Low temperature zinc oxide nanorod synthesis for gas detection applications

The paper presents the creation of well aligned, vertically oriented, single crystal, high aspect ratio zinc oxide nanorods (ZnO NRs) for the purpose of gas detection in a chip based sensor. It is hypothesized that the best sensor functionality will be observed when the ZnO NRs are uniform and well controlled in their growth. The resulting process will maximize aspect ratio and attempt to find an optimal NR density for surface gas absorption.