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    Journals >Nano-Micro Letters >Volume 16 >Issue 1 >Page 261 > Article
    • Nano-Micro Letters
    • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 261 (2024)
    Real-Time Tunable Gas Sensing Platform Based on SnO2 Nanoparticles Activated by Blue Micro-Light-Emitting Diodes
    Gi Baek Nam1,†, Jung-El Ryu1,2,†, Tae Hoon Eom1,†, Seung Ju Kim1,3,†..., Jun Min Suh1,2, Seungmin Lee1, Sungkyun Choi1, Cheon Woo Moon4, Seon Ju Park1, Soo Min Lee1, Byungsoo Kim1, Sung Hyuk Park1, Jin Wook Yang1, Sangjin Min5, Sohyeon Park1, Sung Hwan Cho1, Hyuk Jin Kim1, Sang Eon Jun1, Tae Hyung Lee1, Yeong Jae Kim1, Jae Young Kim1, Young Joon Hong6, Jong-In Shim5, Hyung-Gi Byun7, Yongjo Park8, Inkyu Park9,*, Sang-Wan Ryu10,** and Ho Won Jang1,8,***|Show fewer author(s)
    Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
  • 2Research Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
  • 3Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
  • 4Department of Display Materials Engineering, Soonchunhyang University, Asan 31538, Republic of Korea
  • 5Department of Photonics and Nanoelectronics, BK21 FOUR ERICA-ACE Center, Hanyang University ERICA, Ansan 15588, Republic of Korea
  • 6Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Republic of Korea
  • 7Department of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheok 25913, Republic of Korea
  • 8Advance Institute of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University, Suwon 16229, Republic of Korea
  • 9Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
  • 10Department of Physics, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-024-01486-2 Cite this Article
    Gi Baek Nam, Jung-El Ryu, Tae Hoon Eom, Seung Ju Kim, Jun Min Suh, Seungmin Lee, Sungkyun Choi, Cheon Woo Moon, Seon Ju Park, Soo Min Lee, Byungsoo Kim, Sung Hyuk Park, Jin Wook Yang, Sangjin Min, Sohyeon Park, Sung Hwan Cho, Hyuk Jin Kim, Sang Eon Jun, Tae Hyung Lee, Yeong Jae Kim, Jae Young Kim, Young Joon Hong, Jong-In Shim, Hyung-Gi Byun, Yongjo Park, Inkyu Park, Sang-Wan Ryu, Ho Won Jang. Real-Time Tunable Gas Sensing Platform Based on SnO2 Nanoparticles Activated by Blue Micro-Light-Emitting Diodes[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 261 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Gi Baek Nam, Jung-El Ryu, Tae Hoon Eom, Seung Ju Kim, Jun Min Suh, Seungmin Lee, Sungkyun Choi, Cheon Woo Moon, Seon Ju Park, Soo Min Lee, Byungsoo Kim, Sung Hyuk Park, Jin Wook Yang, Sangjin Min, Sohyeon Park, Sung Hwan Cho, Hyuk Jin Kim, Sang Eon Jun, Tae Hyung Lee, Yeong Jae Kim, Jae Young Kim, Young Joon Hong, Jong-In Shim, Hyung-Gi Byun, Yongjo Park, Inkyu Park, Sang-Wan Ryu, Ho Won Jang. Real-Time Tunable Gas Sensing Platform Based on SnO2 Nanoparticles Activated by Blue Micro-Light-Emitting Diodes[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 261
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