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• TITLE: Semiconductor ZnO Nano-Rods Thin Film Grown on Silver Wire for Hemoglobin Biosensor Fabrication

  AUTHORS: I. K. Battisha, H. A. Wahab, A. A. Salama, A. A. El Saeid, M. Willander, O. Nur

  KEYWORDS: ZnO Nano-Rods, Thin Films, Sol-Gel, X-Ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscope and Hemoglobin Biosensor

  JOURNAL NAME: New Journal of Glass and Ceramics, Vol.5 No.2, February 15, 2015

  ABSTRACT: Wurtzite hexagonal ZnO semiconductor nano-rods (NRs) thin films were grown on silicon substrates and silver wire with diameter equal 68 nm. Sol gel (SG) and aqueous chemical growth (ACG) methods by two steps of preparation (seed layers and nano-rod growth) are used for samples preparation. The structural and morphological properties are evaluated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The proposed iron ion sensor has shown good linearity for a wide concentration range from 0.078 M/L to 0.26 M/L of iron ions. The results show that the electrode is highly sensitive to iron ions with a slope around 47.8 mV/decade with a regression coefficient R2 = 0.96.