Home > Press > UV photoconductive sensor
 |
| The winner of the Bank Islam Grand Prize in IID2010-SE, University Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, student Mohamad Hafiz Mamat being interviewed by Mr Terrence Dass of Radio TV Malaysia 2 |
Abstract:
Mohamad Hafiz Mamat's winning innovation is a UV photoconductive sensor, the Grand Prize won in the Innovation and Design 2010 - Special Edition, 12 - 14 October 2010 at the Sri Budiman Hall, Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam
Reported by Dr Megawati Omar, Fellow of Research and Publication, Reserch Management Institute at UiTM Shah Alam, Malaysia
UV photoconductive sensor
Malaysia | Posted on November 4th, 2010Mohamad Hafiz and his team, Zuraida Khusaimi and Musa Mohamed Zahidi, supervised by Assoc. Professor Dr. Mohamad Rusop, of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, won a grand prize in the Innovation and Design 2010 - Special Edition, 12 - 14 October 2010 at the Sri Budiman Hall, Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam. The exposition and competition saw 523 participations by the university's academics, students and staff. Their research is Ultra-Violet Photoconductive Sensor Fabricated Using Environmentally-Friendly and Novel Nanostructures: Nanoholes Enhanced Aligned Zinc Oxide Nanorod Arrays.
Improving the sensor's configuration by nanotechnology, he explained that this UV sensor is to improve signal detection in fire detection in buildings, gas leakage in industries, photomultiplier tube (PMT) in optical measurement instrument, or sensing in space.
The team said their UV sensor is cheaper than the ones used in today's market as the UV fabrication makes use of less than 1 micron layer of material, thus having less configuration elements. As such, fabrication can be done in lower temperature which in turn costs less. Besides, as it is nanostructured ZnO- based UV photoconductive, it is thus eco-friendly because the physical and chemical properties of ZnO are non-toxic. Other than that ZnO also possesses high radiation hardness and have wide band gap semiconductor material characteristics.
Mohamad Hafiz added that the UV sensor could replace the present sensors which are mostly deploying materials such as Silicon, Gallium Nitride-based, Boron Nitride, and Gallium Arsenide; which are also expensive. The traditional sensors also hold less radiation strength fabrication. He also said that with the UV, mass production is easier as a few hundred thousand of single nanorod sensor from 2cm x 2cm nanorod deposited sample can be produced due to its use of large number of nanorods in small substrate.
Mohamad Hafiz's innovation will be making sensor system specialists none happier.
####
For more information, please click here
Copyright © ResearchSEA
If you have a comment, please Contact us.Issuers of news releases, not 7th Wave, Inc. or Nanotechnology Now, are solely responsible for the accuracy of the content.
Bookmark:
| Related News Press |
News and information
Simulating magnetization in a Heisenberg quantum spin chain April 5th, 2024
NRL charters Navy’s quantum inertial navigation path to reduce drift April 5th, 2024
Discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits: Rice find could hasten development of nonvolatile quantum memory April 5th, 2024
Possible Futures
Discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits: Rice find could hasten development of nonvolatile quantum memory April 5th, 2024
With VECSELs towards the quantum internet Fraunhofer: IAF achieves record output power with VECSEL for quantum frequency converters April 5th, 2024
Academic/Education
Rice University launches Rice Synthetic Biology Institute to improve lives January 12th, 2024
Multi-institution, $4.6 million NSF grant to fund nanotechnology training September 9th, 2022
Sensors
Announcements
NRL charters Navy’s quantum inertial navigation path to reduce drift April 5th, 2024
Discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits: Rice find could hasten development of nonvolatile quantum memory April 5th, 2024
Environment
Billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving baby food containers: Exposure to plastic particles kills up to 75% of cultured kidney cells July 21st, 2023
Home
Nanomaterials enable dual-mode heating and cooling device: Device could cut HVAC energy use by nearly 20% in the US December 2nd, 2020
Bosch Sensortec launches ideation community to foster and accelerate innovative IoT applications : Creativity hub for customers, partners, developers and makers February 18th, 2019
Iran Develops Water-Repellent Nano-Paint December 5th, 2018
Aerospace/Space
Under pressure - space exploration in our time: Advancing space exploration through diverse collaborations and ethical policies February 16th, 2024
Bridging light and electrons January 12th, 2024
Manufacturing advances bring material back in vogue January 20th, 2023
Industrial
Boron nitride nanotube fibers get real: Rice lab creates first heat-tolerant, stable fibers from wet-spinning process June 24th, 2022
Nanotubes: a promising solution for advanced rubber cables with 60% less conductive filler June 1st, 2022
Protective equipment with graphene nanotubes meets the strictest ESD safety standards March 25th, 2022
OCSiAl receives the green light for Luxembourg graphene nanotube facility project to power the next generation of electric vehicles in Europe March 4th, 2022
Events/Classes
Researchers demonstrate co-propagation of quantum and classical signals: Study shows that quantum encryption can be implemented in existing fiber networks January 20th, 2023
Grants/Sponsored Research/Awards/Scholarships/Gifts/Contests/Honors/Records
Discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits: Rice find could hasten development of nonvolatile quantum memory April 5th, 2024
Chemical reactions can scramble quantum information as well as black holes April 5th, 2024
Photonics/Optics/Lasers
With VECSELs towards the quantum internet Fraunhofer: IAF achieves record output power with VECSEL for quantum frequency converters April 5th, 2024
Nanoscale CL thermometry with lanthanide-doped heavy-metal oxide in TEM March 8th, 2024
Optically trapped quantum droplets of light can bind together to form macroscopic complexes March 8th, 2024
HKUST researchers develop new integration technique for efficient coupling of III-V and silicon February 16th, 2024
 |
||
 |
||
| The latest news from around the world, FREE | ||
 |
||
|
|
||
| Premium Products | ||
 |
||
|
Only the news you want to read!
Learn More |
||
 |
||
|
Full-service, expert consulting
Learn More |
||
|
|
||