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Edge-enriched MoS2 nanosheets modified porous nanosheet-assembled hierarchical In2O3 microflowers for room temperature detection of NO2 with ultrahigh sensitivity and selectivity

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In-situ mechanochemically tailorable 2D gallium oxyselenide for enhanced optoelectronic NO2 gas sensing at room temperature

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Sulfur filling in oxygen vacancy and modulating surface active site on molybdenum-based transition metal oxides/sulfides heterostructure for room-temperature chemiresistive NO2 detection

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Ambiently Rapid Response and High Selectivity to NO₂ Enabled by Pd-rGO Composite Film-Coated Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor

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MOF Structure engineering to synthesize core-shell heterostructures with controllable shell layer thickness: Regulating gas selectivity and sensitivity

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UV light driven high-performance room temperature surface acoustic wave NH3 gas sensor using sulfur-doped g-C3N4 quantum dots

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Reversible NH3 capture on g-C3N5 ferroelectric nanosheet investigated by density functional theory

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Comprehensive overview of detection mechanisms for toxic gases based on surface acoustic wave technology

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Efficient low-temperature detection of CO gas by various metalated porphyrinic-Al-based MOF (Cu and Co) materials

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High performance langasite based SAW NO2 gas sensor using 2D g-C3N4@TiO2 hybrid nanocomposite

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Boron doped g-C3N4 quantum dots based highly sensitive surface acoustic wave NO2 sensor with faster gas kinetics under UV light illumination

Kedhareswara Sairam Pasupuleti, Sayandeep Ghosh, Nagabandi Jayababu, Chang-Jong Kang, Hak Dong Cho, Song-Gang Kim and Moon-Deock Kim

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Nanostructured Silicon-Based Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor for CO2 Gas Detection

Muhammad Izzudin Ahmad Asri, Mohammed Nazibul Hasan, Marwan Nafea, Yusri Md Yunos and Mohamed Sultan Mohamed Ali

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Fabrication of LaCoO3/g-C3N5 Z-scheme photo catalyst for Allura Red dye degradation, ascorbic acid sensing and hydrogen evolution studies

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Native Oxide MoO₂– MoSe₂ Heterostructure‐Based Self‐Powered Gas Sensor for Selective NO₂ and H₂ Detection

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Highly Sensitive and Selective Gas Sensors Based on Nanoporous Cn Monolayer for Reusable Detection of No, H2s and Nh3: A First-Principles Study

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Review of surface acoustic wave-based gas sensors

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Enhanced room temperature acetic acid gas sensing properties of graphitic carbon nitride having two dimensional lamellar structures

N. Meghana, V. Zimba and J. Nayak

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Enhanced Nitric Oxide Sensing Performance of Conjugated Polymer Films through Incorporation of Graphitic Carbon Nitride

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A novel coupling-activated GO nanocomposites based on surface acoustic wave for assessing capture molecules and detection of explosive gases

Jie Yang, Weiye Gao, Tianran Wang, Chushu Zhu, Peitao Dong and Xuezhong Wu

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Polyoxometalate as electron acceptor in dye/TiO2 films to accelerate room-temperature NO2 gas sensing

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Ultrafast Detection of ppb-Level NH3 Gas at Room Temperature Using CuO Nanoparticles Decorated AlN-Based Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor

Na-Hyun Bak, Kedhareswara Sairam Pasupuleti, Reddeppa Maddaka, Yun-Hae Shim, Thu Thi Minh Pham, Young Heon Kim and Moon-Deock Kim

ACS Sens., 2025, 10, 709
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Room temperature ultrasensitive ppb-level H2S SAW gas sensor based on hybrid CuO@V2C MXene van der Waals heterostructure

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Integrated sensor based on acoustics-electricity-mechanics coupling effect for wireless passive gas detection

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TiO2 QDs/MoSe2 heterojunctions for enhanced photo-excited charge separation and gas sensing performance

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A photoactivated gas sensor of SnO2 ordered spherical pore array: Electrodeposition-based construction and application in room temperature detection of ethanol gas

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Advances in two-dimensional layered materials for gas sensing

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Cu3P/Zn0.8Cd0.2S/g-C3N4 ternary nanocomposite for efficient visible-light-driven degradation of methylene blue through a dual Z-scheme photocatalytic configuration

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Fabrication of visible-active ZnO-gC3N4 nanocomposites for photodegradation and cytotoxicity of methyl orange and antibacterial activity towards drug resistance pathogens

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Piezo/Triboelectric Effect Driven Self‐Powered Gas Sensor for Environmental Sensor Networks

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Enhanced sensitivity of langasite-based surface acoustic wave CO gas sensor using highly porous Ppy@PEDOT:PSS hybrid nanocomposite

Kedhareswara Sairam Pasupuleti, Na-Hyun Bak, Koteswara Rao Peta, Song-Gang Kim, Hak Dong Cho and Moon-Deock Kim

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