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Publications

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**. Alkaline water electrolysis; Hydrogen evolution reaction; Electrocatalyst; Tapecasting method; Partial oxidation

     Seo, K.; Lee, G.; Ra, J.; Kim, H. R.; Im, S.; Lim, H.; Kim, C.; Joo, J. H.*   

     Submitted. (2025)

**. State-of-the-Art Characterization Methods and Computational Approaches for Elucidating the 

Epitaxial Growth of 2D Materials

     Ahn, C.(§); Kim, D.(§), Kim, J. H.(§); Ahn, J.-G.*; Lim, H.*  

     Submitted. (2025)

**. Revisiting Ferroelectric-Gated Phototransistors: A Tripartite Synapse-Inspired Approach to In-Sensor Image Processing

     Seo, D. H.; Lee, Y.; Lee, J. S.; Jeon, J. M.; Kim, H. R.; Ahn, C.; An, S. U.; Lim, H.; Kang, D.-H.*; Song, Y. M.*  

     Submitted. (2025)

**. Designing Band-Edge Emissive AgInS2 Nanocrystals via Composition and Structure Control

     Kim, J. H.; Song, J.; Park, Y.; Lim, H.; Bang, J.*  

     Submitted. (2025)

**. Polarity Engineering in a Single MoTe2 Device for Homogeneous Complementary Circuit Applications

     Son, H.; Lee, S.; Go, H.; Lee, S. B.; Baek, J. H.; An. S. U.; Lee, J.; Yoon, H. H.; Shin, H.-J.; Lee, J.-H.; Lim, H.; Kim, M.*; Kang, D.-H.*  

     Submitted. (2025)

62. Exploring the Efficient Catalytic Activity of Mixed-Phase Palladium Selenides in Oxygen Reduction Reaction

     Kim, H. J.; Yu, S.; Kim, S.; Wahidah, H.; Ahn, J.-G.; Ahn, C.; Hong, J. W.*; Hong, S.*; Lim, H.*  

     Chem. Eng. J. 512, 162213(2025)

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61. Residue-free fabrication of two-dimensional materials using van der Waals interactions

     Lee, M.; Kim, C.; Kwon, S.-Y.; Lee, K.;Kwak, G.; Lim, H.; Seol, J. H.*  

     Adv. Mater. 2418669 (2025)

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60. Au@h-BN Core-Shell Nanostructure as Advanced Shell-Isolated Nanoparticles for In-Situ Electrochemical Raman Spectroscopy in Alkaline Environments

     Kim, J. H.; Ra, J.; Park.Y.; Yoon, J.; Lee, E.; Lim, H.*  

     Adv. Funct. Mater. 2504706 (2025)

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59. Enhancing OER activity through water treatment-induced surface reconstruction of metal surfaces

     Kim, H. R.; Yeon, C.; Kim, J.H.; Lee, G.; Baek, S.; Lim, H.; Lee, C.-W.*; Joo, J. H.*  

     Small 25000, 78 (2025)

58. Proton-electron Coupling and Mixed Conductivity in a Hydrogen-bonded Coordination Polymer

     Park, M.; Ju, H.; Oh, J.; Park, K.; Lim, H.*; Yoon, S. M.*; Song, I.*  

     Nat. Commun. 16, 1316 (2025) 

57. Facile Synthesis of Iodine Variants-Incorporated Lithium Perrhenate Crystal and Film: Resistive Switching Device and Synaptic Behavior

     Lee, S.(§); Ahn, J.-G.(§); Jang.E.; Hyun, G.; Kim,J.; Kim, H.; Park, J.; Song, I.*; Lim, H.*; Yoon, S. M.*  

     J. Alloys Compd. 1002, 175423 (2024)

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56. Photochemical and Patternable Synthesis of 2D Covalent Organic Framework Thin Film Using Dynamic Liquid/Solid Interface

     Kim, T.; Oh, J.; Kim, S. C.; Ahn, J.-G.; Kim, S.; Kim, Y. Y.; Lim, H.*  

     Small Methods 2400063 (2024)

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55. The Effect of Photodissociation of Confined Water on Photoemission Behaviors of Monolayer MoS2

     Ahn, C.; Ahn, J.-G.; Hong, S. M.; Kim, H. W.; Lim, H.*

     Appl. Surf. Sci. 663, 160157 (2024)

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54. Anomalous One-Dimensional Quantum Confinement Effect in Graphene Nanowrinkle

     Ahn, J.-G.Kim, J. H.; Lee, M.; Kim, Y.; Jung, J.*; Lim, H.*

     Phys. Rev. B. 108, 045412 (2023)

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53. Critical Role of Surface Termination of Sapphire Substrates in Crystallographic Epitaxial Growth of MoS2 Using Inorganic Molecular Precursors

     Park, Y.(§); Ahn, C(§).; Ahn, J.-G.; Kim, J. H.; Jung, J.; Oh, J.; Ryu, S.; Kim, S.; Kim, S. C.; Kim, T.; Lim, H.*

     ACS Nano, 17 (2), 1196–1205 (2023)

52. Engineering geometric electrodes for electric field-enhanced high-performance flexible in-plane micro-supercapacitors

     Kim, J.; Wi, S. M.; Ahn, J.-G.; Sohn, S.; Lim, H. Y.; Park, Y.; Eun, H. J.; Park, J. B.; Lim, H.; Pak, S.*; Jang, A.-R.*;       Lee, Y.-W.*

     Energy Environ. Mater., 6, e12581 (2023)

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51. Synthesis of Monolayer 2D MoS2 Quantum Dots and Nanomesh Films by Inorganic Molecular Chemical Vapor Deposition for Quantum Confinement Effect Control (Invited for Special Issue 'Emerging Investigator')

     Ahn, C.; Lim, H.*

     Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 10, 1184-1190, (2022)

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50. Vapor Pressure-Controllable Molecular Inorganic Precursors for Growth of Monolayer WS2: Influence of Precursor-Substrate Interaction on Growth Thermodynamics

     Kim, J. H.Ahn, C.Ahn, J.-G.; Park, Y.; Kim, S.; Kim, D.; Baik, J.; Jung, J.; Lim, H.*

     Appl. Surf. Sci. 587, 152829. (2022)

49. Sustainable Surface-Enhanced Raman Substrate with Hexagonal Boron Nitride Dielectric Spacer for Preventing Electric Field Cancellation at Au-Au Nanogap

     Ahn, J.-G.; Yeo, G.; Han, Y.; Park, Y.; Hong, J. W.; Lim, H.*

     ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 13, 42176-42182. (2021)

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48. Growth of Monolayer and Multilayer MoS2 Film by Selection of Growth Mode: Two Pathways via Chemisorption and Physisorption of Inorganic Molecular Precursor

     Ahn, C.(§); Park, Y.(§); Shin, S.Ahn, J.-G.; Song, I.; An, Y.; Jung, J.; Kim, C. S.; Kim, J. H.; Bang, J.; Kim, D.; Baik, J.; Lim, H.*

     ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 13, 6805–6812. (2021) (§ equally contributed to this work)

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47. Controlled Photoinduced Electron Transfer from InP/ZnS Quantum Dots through Cu Doping: a New Prototype for Visible-light Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

     Bang, J.*; Das, S.; Yu, E.-J.; Kim, K.; Lim, H.; Kim, S.; Hong, J. W.*

     Nano Lett. 20, 6263. (2020)

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46. Tunable Optical Transition in 2H-MoS2 via Direct Electrochemical Engineering of Vacancy Defect and

Surface S-C Bond

     Park, Y.(§); Shin, S.(§); An, Y.Ahn, J.-G.Shin, G.Ahn, C.; Bang, J.; Baik, J.; Kim, Y.; Jung, J.*; Lim, H.*

     ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12, 40870. (2020) (§ equally contributed to this work)

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45. Pyridine-Chelated Imidazo[1,5-a]Pyridine N-Heterocyclic Carbene Nickel(II) Complexes for Acrylate Synthesis from Ethylene and CO2

     Kim, J.; Hahm, H.; Ryu, J. Y,; Byun, S.; Park, D.-A.; Lee, S. H.; Lim, H.; Lee, J.; Hong, S.*

     Catalysts 10, 758. (2020)

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44. Centimeter-Scale and Highly Crystalline 2D Alcohol: Evidence for Graphenol (C6OH)

     Lim, H.*; Park, Y.; Lee, M.; Ahn, J.-G.; Li, B. W.; Luo, D., Jung, J.*; Ruoff, R. S.*; Kim, Y.*

     Nano Lett. 20, 2107. (2020)

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43. Scanning tunneling microscopic investigations for studying conformational change of underlying Cu(111) and Ni(111) during graphene growth (Cover Article)

      Ahn, J.-G.(§); Bang, J.(§); Jung, J.; Kim, Y.; Lim, H.*

      Surf. Sci. 693, 121526. (2020) (§ equally contributed to this work)

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42.  Facile in situ Synthesis of Ag-Doped CdSe Supra-Quantum Dots and their Characterization

       Lee, S.(§); Lim, H.(§); Lee, Y. Bang, J.*

       ChemPhysChem 20, 1885. (2019) (§ equally contributed to this work)

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40.  Highly-Oriented Monolayer Graphene Grown on a Cu/Ni(111) Alloy Foil

       Huang, M.; Biswal, M.; Park, H.-J.; Jin, S.; Qu, D.; Huang, Y.; Hong, S.; Lim, H.; Yoo, W. J.; Lee, Z.; Ruoff, R. S.  

       ACS Nano  12, 6117. (2018)

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39. Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Quantum Dots : Splitting of the Photoluminescence Peaks of CsPbBr3 and CsPb(Br/I)3 Quantum Dots at Low Temperature

       Lee, S. M.; Moon, C. J.; Lim, H.; Lee, Y.; Choi, M. Y.; Bang, J.  

       J. Phys. Chem. C. 121, 26054. (2017)

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38.  Rapid Photochemical Synthesis of Sea Urchin-Shape Hierarchical Porous COF-5 and its Lithography-Free Patterned Growth

        Kim, S.; Park, C.; Lee, M.; Song, I.; Kim, J.; Lee, M.; Jung, J.; Kim, Y.; Lim, H.*; Choi, H. C.*

        Adv. Funct. Mater. 27, 1700925. (2017)

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37.  Reverse Anti-solvent Crystallization Process for the Facile Synthesis of Zinc Tetra(4-pyridyl)porphyrin Single Crystalline Cubes

      Park, Y.; Hong, M.; Koo, J. Y.; Lee, M.; Lee, J.; Moon, D. J.; Sohn, S. H.; Joo, T.; Lim, W. T.*;
      Lim, H.*; Choi, H. C.*

      Sci. Rep. 7,2582. (2017)

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36.  Probing Evolution of Twist-Angle-Dependent Interlayer Excitons in MoSe2/WSe2 van der Waals Heterostructures

       Nayak, P. ; Horbatenko, Y.; Ahn, S.; Kim, G.; Lee, J.-U.; Jang, A-R.; Lim, H.; Cheong, H.; Park, N.; Shin, H. S.

       ACS Nano 11, 4041. (2017).

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35.  Controlled Folding of Single Crystal Graphene

     Wang, B.; Huang, M.; Kim, N. Y.; Cunning, B. V.; Huang, Y.; Qu, D. Chen, X.; Jin, S.; Biswal, M.
     Zhang, X. Lee, S. H. Lim, H.; Yoo, W. J.; Lee, Z.; 
Ruoff, R. S.  

     Nano Lett. 17, 1467. (2017).

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34.  Chemically induced topological zero mode at graphenic armchair edges

       Ziatdinov, M.; Lim, H.; Fujii, S.; Enoki, T.; Kim, Y.; Kiguchi, M.  

       Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19, 5145. (2017).

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33.  Conversion of Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayers and Bilayers of Poly(amic acid) through Polyimide to Graphene

       Jo, H.; Lyu, J. H.; Ruoff, R. S.; Lim, H.; Yoon, S. I.; Jeong, H. Y.; Shin, T. J.; Bielawski, C.; Shin, H. S.  

       2D Mater.  4, 014005. (2017).

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32.  Hexagonal Boron Nitride/Au Substrate for Manipulating Surface Plasmon and Enhancing Capability of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

       Kim, G.; Kim, M.; Hong, S.; Hyun, C; Ma, K. Y.; Shin, H. S.*; Lim, H.

       ACS Nano 10, 11156. (2016).

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31.  A New Analysis for Precise Extraction of Structural Parameters on Epitaxial Graphene

       Lim, H.*; Yang, H. J.; Kim, Y.*  

       Adv. Mater. Interf. 3, 1600826 (2016).

       - Research Highlight (RIKEN) : Interfering with graphene

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30.  Prevention of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Photodegradation by Encapsulation with h-BN Layers

       An, S.; Kim, G.; Nayak, P. K.; Yoon. S. I.; Lim, H.; Shin, H.-J. Shin, H. S.  

       ACS Nano, 10, 8973 (2016).

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29.  Wafer-Scale and Wrinkle-free Epitaxial Growth of Single-Oriented and Bernal Stacked Multi-layer hexagonal Boron Nitride Sheet on Sapphire

       Jang, A-R.; Hong, S.; Hyun, C.; Yoon, S. I.; Kim, K.; Jeong, H. Y.; Park, S. O.; Wong, K.; Kwak, S. K.;
       Park, N.; Yu, K.; Choi, E.; Lim, H.*; Shin, H. S.*

       Nano Lett. 16, 3360 (2016). 

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28.  Lateral hopping of CO on Ag(110) by multiple overtone excitation

       Oh, J.; Lim, H.; Arafune, R.; Jung, J.; Ueba, H.; Kawai, M.; Kim, Y.

       Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 056101 (2016).

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27.  Selective Synthesis of Pure Cobalt Disulfide on Reduced Graphene Oxide Sheets and Its High Electrocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

       An, S.; Yang, J.; Lim, H.; Shin, H. S.

       Nano Convergence, 3, 5 (2016).

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26.  Structurally Driven One-dimensional Electron Confinement in Sub-5-nm Graphene Nanowrinkles

       Lim, H.;. Jung, J.; Ruoff, R. S.; Kim, Y. , 

       Nat. Commun. 6, 8601 (2015). (Selected as a ‘High-profile Article’ by Nature Asia)

         - Related News

         - Press release (RIKEN): Manipulating wrinkles could lead to graphene semiconductors.

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25.  Catalytic Conversion of Hexagonal Boron Nitride to Graphene for in-plane Heterostructures

       Kim, G.(§); Lim, H.(§); Ma, K. Y.; Jang, A.-R.; Ryu, G. H.; Jung, M.; Shin, H.-J.; Lee, Z.; Shin, H. S.  

       Nano Lett. 15, 4769 (2015). (§ equally contributed to this work)

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24.  Self-Organization of S Adatoms on Au(111): √3R30˚ Rows at Low Coverage

       Walen, H.; Liu, D.-J.; Oh, J.; Lim. H.; Evans, J. W.; Kim, Y.; Thiel, P. A.

       J. Chem. Phys. 142, 014704 (2015).

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23.  Reconstruction of steps on the Cu(111) surface induced by sulfur

       Walen, H.; Liu, D.-J.; Oh, J.; Lim. H.; Evans, J. W.; Kim, Y.; Thiel, P. A.  

       J. Chem. Phys. 142, 194711 (2015).

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22.  Cu2S3 complex on Cu(111) as a candidate for mass transport enhancement

       Walen, H.; Liu, D.-J.; Oh, J.; Lim. H.; Evans, J. W.; Aikens, C. M.; Kim, Y.; Thiel, P. A.

       Phys. Rev. B  91, 045426 (2015).

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21.  Stacking of two-dimensional materials in lateral and vertical directions

       Lim, H.; Yoon, S. I.; Kim, G.; Jang, A.-R.; Shin, H. S.  

       Chem. Mater. 26, 4891 (2014).

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20.  Search for the structure of a sulfur-induced reconstruction on Cu(111)

       Liu, D.-J.; Walen, H.; Oh, J.; Lim, H.; Evans, J. W.; Kim, Y.; Thiel, P. A.

       J. Phys. Chem. C. 118, 29218 (2014).

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19.  Functionalization of Graphene Grown on Metal Substrate with Atomic Oxygen: Enolate vs. Epoxide

      Jung, J.; Lim, H.; Oh, J. Kim, Y.

      J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 8528 (2014).

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18.  Lattice-contraction-induced Moiré patterns in direction-controlled epitaxial graphene on Cu(111)

      Lim, H.; Jung, J.; Yang, H. J.; Kim, Y.

      Adv. Mater. Interf. 1, 1300080 (2014).

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17.  Real-time XRD studies of Li-O2 electrochemical reaction in nonaqueous lithium-oxygen battery

     Lim, H.; Yilmaz, E.; Byon, H. R.

      J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3, 3210-3215 (2012).

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16.  Large scale metal-free synthesis of graphene on sapphire and transfer-free device fabrication

      Song, H. J.; Son, M.; Park, C.; Lim, H.; Levendorf, M. P.; Tsen, A. W.; Park, J.; Choi, H. C. 

      Nanoscale 4, 3050-3054 (2012).

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15.  Direct growth of graphene pad on exfoliated hexagonal boron nitride surface

      Son. M. H.; Lim, H.; Hong, M. S.; Choi, H. C.

      Nanoscale 3, 3089 (2011).

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14.  The unique photoemission from single-layer graphene on SiO2 layer by substrate charging effect

      Lim, H.; Song, H. J.; Son, M.; Shin, H.-J.; Choi, H. C.  

      Chem. Commun. 47, 8608 (2011).

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13.  Graphenes converted from polymer thin films under a metal capping layer

      Byun, S.-J.; Lim. H.; Shin, G.-Y.; Oh, S. H.; Ahn, J.-H.; Choi, H. C.; Lee T.- W.  

      J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2, 493 (2011).

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12.  Spontaneous electron transfer from C60 to Au ions: Oxidation of C60 and hole doping

      Shin, H. S.; Lim, H.; Song, H. J.; Shin, H. -J.; Park, S. -M.; Choi, H. C.  

      J. Mater. Chem. 20, 7183 (2010).

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11.  The spatially resolved spontaneous reactivity of diazonium salt on edge and basal plane of graphene without surfactant and its doping effect

      Lim, H.; Lee, J.; Shin, H.-J.; Shin, H. S.; Choi, H. C. 

      Langmuir 26, 12278 (2010).

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10.  Wavelength-selective silencing of photocurrent in Au-coated C60 wire hybrid

      Yang, J.; Lim, H.; Choi, H. C.; Shin, H. S.

      Chem. Commun. 46, 2575 (2010).

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9.  Carbon nanotube Schottky diode via selective electrochemical metal deposition

       Lim, H.; Song, H. J.; Lee, Y.; Shin, H. J.; Choi, H. C.

       Langmuir 26, 1464 (2010).

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8.  Growth of germanium nanowires using liquid GeCl4 precursor: The critical role of Si impurity

      Song, H. J.; Yoon, S. M.; Shin, H.; Lim, H.; Park, C.; Choi. H. C

      Chem. Commun. 5124 (2009).

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7.  Conversion of single crystalline C60 nanodisks and nanorods into graphitic nanostructures via hydrogen thermal annealing

      Lim, H.; Shin, H. S.; Song, H. J.; Choi. H. C.

      Nanotechnology. 20, 145601 (2009).

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6.  Silencing of metallic single walled carbon nanotubes via spontaneous hydrosilylation

     Lee, Y.; Jeon, K.; Lim, H.; Shin, H. S.; Jin, S. M.; Byon, H. R.; Suh, Y. D.; Choi, H. C

      Small 5, 1398-1402 (2009).

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5.  Nanotube-based chemical and biomolecular sensors

      Koh, J.; Kim, B.; Hong S.; Choi H. C.; Lim H. 

      J. Mater. Sci. Technol. 24, 1 (2008).

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3.  Lithium ions intercalated into pyrene-functionalized carbon nanotubes and their mass transport: A chemical route to carbon nanotube Schottky diode

      Lim, H.; Shin, H. S.; Shin, H. J.; Choi, H. C.  

      J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 2160 (2008).

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2.  Redox-mediated negative differential resistance behavior from metalloproteins connected through carbon nanotube nanogap electrodes

     Tang, Q.; Moon, H. K.; Lee, Y.; Yoon, S. M.; Song, H. J.; Lim, H.; Choi, H. C.

      J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 11018 (2007).

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1.  A synthesis of high purity single-walled carbon nanotubes from small diameters of cobalt nanoparticles by using oxygen-assisted chemical vapor deposition process

      Byon, H. R.; Lim, H.; Song, H. J.; Choi, H. C.

      Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 28, 2056 (2007).

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