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Development of Tetrapod Zinc Oxide-Based UV Sensor for Precision Livestock Farming and Productivity

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dc.creator Knoepfel, Abbey
dc.creator Liu, Na
dc.creator Hou, Yuchen
dc.creator Sujani, Sathya
dc.creator dos Reis, Barbara Roqueto
dc.creator White, Robin
dc.creator Wang, Kai
dc.creator Poudel, Bed
dc.creator Gupta, Sanju
dc.creator Priya, Shashank
dc.date 2022-10-13T16:45:29Z
dc.date 2022-10-13T16:45:29Z
dc.date 2022-10-07
dc.date 2022-10-13T12:59:12Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:54:54Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:54:54Z
dc.identifier Knoepfel, A.; Liu, N.; Hou, Y.; Sujani, S.; dos Reis, B.R.; White, R.; Wang, K.; Poudel, B.; Gupta, S.; Priya, S. Development of Tetrapod Zinc Oxide-Based UV Sensor for Precision Livestock Farming and Productivity. Biosensors 2022, 12, 837.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/112154
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12100837
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/281877
dc.description In order to ensure the health and welfare of livestock, there has been an emphasis on precision farming of ruminant animals. Monitoring the life index of ruminant animals is of importance for intelligent farming. Here, a wearable sensor for monitoring ultraviolet (UV) radiation is demonstrated to understand the effect of primary and secondary photosensitization on dairy animals. Thin films of wide bandgap semiconductor zinc oxide (ZnO) comprising multilevel of nanostructures from microparticles (MP) to nanoparticles (NP), and tetrapod (T-ZnO), were prepared as the UV sensing active materials. The sensitivity was evaluated by exposing the films to various radiation sources, i.e., 365 nm (UV A), 302 nm (UV B), and 254 nm (UV C), and measuring the electrical resistance change. T-ZnO is found to exhibit higher sensitivity and stable response (on/off) upon exposure to UV A and UV B radiation, which is attributed to their higher surface area, aspect ratio, porosity, and interconnective networks inducing a high density of chemical interaction sites and consequently improved photocurrent generation. A wearable sensor using T-ZnO is packaged and attached to a collar for dynamic monitoring of UV response on ruminant animals (e.g., sheep in this study). The excellent performance of T-ZnO wearable sensors for ruminant animals also holds the potential for a wider range of applications such as residential buildings and public spaces.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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dc.title Development of Tetrapod Zinc Oxide-Based UV Sensor for Precision Livestock Farming and Productivity
dc.title Biosensors
dc.type Article - Refereed
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