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2D Materials and Devices Group

Juhwan Lim

 

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy,
University of Cambridge,
27 Charles Babbage Road,
Cambridge, CB3 0FS

jl2092@cam.ac.uk

 

 

 

Education:

  • University of Cambridge (UK), Department of Physics, PhD Candidate, 2019-pres : under Prof. Manish Chhowalla and Dr. Akshay Rao (in Physics)
  • Yonsei University (Korea), Department of Mechanical Engineering, M.S., 2013 : The title of thesis: Optical property modification of graphene oxide
  • Yonsei University (Korea), Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.S., 2011

 

 

Work Experience:

  • Senior Researcher/Researcher, Agency for Defense Development (Korea), 2013.09 – 2019.09

 

Research Interests:

  • Optoelectronic and energy devices based on two-dimensional semiconducting materials.

 

Publications:

  • B.Park, S. Oh, S. Jo, D. Kang, J. Lim, Y. Jung, H. Lee, S. C. Jun, “Determination of the molecular assembly of actin and actin-binding proteins using photoluminescence”, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 169, 462 (2018)
  • G. Anoop, J. R. Rani, J. Lim, M. S. Jang, D. W. Suh, S. Kang, S. C. Jun, J. S. Yoo, “Reduced graphene oxide enwrapped phosphors for long-term thermally stable phosphor converted white light emitting diodes”, Scientific Reports, 6, 33993 (2016)
  • B. Park, S. J. Kim, J. Lim, S. Some, J. Park, S. Kim, C. Kim, T. J. Lee, S. C. Jun, "Tunable wide blue photoluminescence with europium decorated graphene", Journal of Materials Chemistry- C, 3, 4030 (2015)
  • S. H. Tamboli, B. S. Kim, G. Choi, H. Lee, D. Lee, U. M. Patil, J. Lim, S. B. Kulkarni, S. C. Jun, H. H. Cho, "Post-heating effects on the physical and electrochemical capacitive properties of reduced graphene oxide paper", Journal of Materials Chemistry-A, 2, 5077 (2014)
  • H. G. Park, H. S. Yoon, U. Patil, J. R. Anoop, J. Lee, J. Lim, W. Lee, S. C. Jun, "Radio frequency-based label-free detection of glucose", Biosensors and bioelectroncis, 54, 141 (2014)
  • J. Lim, S. Hwang, H. S. Yoon, E. Lee, W. Lee, S. C. Jun, “Asymmetric hole distribution of single graphene in hydrogen gas detection”, Carbon, 63, 3 (2013)
  • J. Lee, Y. Kim, H. Shin, C. S. Lee, D. Lee, C. Moon, J. Lim, S. C. Jun, "Clean transfer of graphene and its effect on contact resistance", Applied Physics Letters 103, 103104 (2013)
  • J. Lim†, K Choi†, J. R. Rani, J. Kim, C. Lee, J. H. Kim, S. C. Jun, “Terahertz, optical, and Raman signatures of monolayer graphene behavior in thermally reduced graphene oxide films”, Journal of Applied Physics, 113, 183502 (2013) (equally contributed)
  • H. S. Yoon, J. Lim, S. U. Son, D. Kim, I. Song, S. C. Jun, “Biotin- streptavidin detection with a graphene-oxide supported radiofrequency resonator”, Applied Physics Letters, 102, 193701 (2013)
  • K. Choi†, J. Lim†, J. R. Rani, H. S. Yoon, J. Oh, T. Hong, T. Ha, B. C. Park, K. I. Sim, S. C. Jun, J. H. Kim, “Terahertz and optical study of monolayer graphene processed by plasma oxidation”, Applied Physics Letters, 102, 131901 (2013) (equally contributed)
  • J. R. Rani, J. Oh, J. Park, J. Lim, B. Park, K. Kim, S. Kim, S. C. Jun, “Controlling the luminescence emission from palladium grafted graphene oxide thin films via reduction”, Nanoscale, 5, 5620 (2013)
  • J.R Rani, J. Lim, J. Oh, J. Kim, H. S. Shin, J. H. Kim, S. Lee, S. C. Jun, “Substrate and buffer layer effect on the structural and optical properties of graphene oxide thin films”, RSC Advances, 3, 5926 (2013)
  • H. G. Park, S. Hwang, J. Lim, D. Kim, I. S. Song, J. H. Kim, D. H. Woo, S. Lee, S. C. Jun, “Comparison of Chemical Vapor Sensing Properties between Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes”, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 51, 045101 (2012)
  • J.R. Rani†, J. Lim†, J. Oh, J. Kim, H. S. Shin, J. H. Kim, S. Lee, S. C. Jun, “Epoxy to Carbonyl Group Conversion in Graphene Oxide Thin Films: Effect on Structural and Luminescent Characteristics”, Journal of Physical Chemistry - C, 116,19010 (2012) (equally contributed)
  • J. H. Cho, H. S. Yoon, W. K. Kim, J. Lim, J. Y. Kang, J. Oh, R. Ha, J. H. Choi, H. Choi, S. C. Jun, “Microwave transmission characteristics of ZnO nanowire”, IEE Electronics Letters, 48, 17 (2012)
  • S. Hwang†, J. Lim†, H. G. Park, W. K. Kim, D. Kim, I. S. Song, J. H. Kim, S. Lee, D. H. Woo, S. C. Jun*, “Chemical vapor sensing properties of graphene based on geometrical evaluation”, Current Applied Physics, 12(4) 1017 (2012) (equally contributed)

 

Patents:

  • Hyeon-jin Shin, Jae-Young Choi, Seong Chan Jun, Whan Kyun Kim, Hyung-seo Yoon, Ju-yeong Oh, Juhwan Lim, “High frequency circuit comprising graphene and method of operating the same”, US 9,576,916 B2 (Feb. 21, 2017)
  • Jae Hun Kim, Seong Chan Jun, Ju Yeong Oh, Seok Lee, Taikjin Lee, Deok Ha Woo, Sun Ho Kim, Chul Ki Kim, Juhwan Lim, “Photoluminescence wavelength tunable material and energy harvesting using metal nanoparticle-graphene oxide composite” United States Patent Application 2014/0352784 A1 (Dec. 4, 2014)

 

Contact Information

   jl2092@cam.ac.uk

 

 

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