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40
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5789
World Ranking
7395
National Ranking
93

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Swee Chuan Tjin is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, focusing research within the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics emphasize advanced fiber optic technologies, including the development and application of advanced fiber optic sensors and photonic and optical devices. Other areas of interest cover gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors, soft robotics and related applications, geophysics and sensor technology, advanced fiber laser technologies, and plasmonic and surface plasmon research.

Recent publications of Swee Chuan Tjin include:

  • "A Three-Axial Force Sensor Based on Fiber Bragg Gratings for Surgical Robots", 2021, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • "Recent Advances in Optical Fiber Enabled Radiation Sensors", 2022, Sensors
  • "Hybrid Plasmonic Fiber-Optic Sensors", 2020, Sensors
  • "Carbon Allotrope-Based Optical Fibers for Environmental and Biological Sensing: A Review", 2020, Sensors
  • "Inorganic Thermoelectric Fibers: A Review of Materials, Fabrication Methods, and Applications", 2021, Sensors

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Sensors
  • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • IEEE Sensors Journal
  • Open Access Repository (University of Tasmania)
  • Nanotheranostics

Swee Chuan Tjin has collaborated with multiple coauthors on various projects, notably with Lei Wei, Ken-Tye Yong, Stephanie Hui Kit Yap, Kok Ken Chan, and Wenjie Lai.

Best Publications

  • Development of fiber Bragg grating sensors for monitoring civil infrastructure

    P. Moyo;J.M.W. Brownjohn;R. Suresh;S.C. Tjin

  • Optimised film thickness for maximum evanescent field enhancement of a bimetallic film surface plasmon resonance biosensor

    Biow Hiem Ong;Xiaocong Yuan;Swee Chuan Tjin;Jingwen Zhang

  • Compact graphene mode‐locked wavelength‐tunable erbium‐doped fiber lasers: from all anomalous dispersion to all normal dispersion

    Han Zhang;Dingyuan Tang;Luming Zhao;Qiaoliang Bao

  • The application of mesoporous silica nanoparticle family in cancer theranostics

    Yin Feng;Yin Feng;Nishtha Panwar;Danny Jian Hang Tng;Swee Chuan Tjin

  • Ultrahigh Sensitivity Refractive Index Sensor Based on Optical Microfiber

    Wen Bin Ji;Huan Huan Liu;Swee Chuan Tjin;Kin Kee Chow

  • A new theoretical basis of higher-derivative optical differentiators

    N.Q. Ngo;S.F. Yu;S.C. Tjin;C.H. Kam

  • Refractive index sensing based on higher-order mode reflection of a microfiber Bragg grating

    Yu Zhang;Bo Lin;Swee Chuan Tjin;Han Zhang

  • High relative humidity measurements using gelatin coated long-period grating sensors

    Khay Ming Tan;Chia Meng Tay;Swee Chuan Tjin;Chi Chiu Chan

  • A Self‐Powered Implantable Drug‐Delivery System Using Biokinetic Energy

    Peiyi Song;Shuangyang Kuang;Nishtha Panwar;Guang Yang

  • SERS-based ultrasensitive sensing platform: An insight into design and practical applications

    Yufeng Yuan;Yufeng Yuan;Nishtha Panwar;Stephanie Hui Kit Yap;Qiang Wu;Qiang Wu

  • On-chip detection of myoglobin based on fluorescence.

    Farzana Darain;Paul Yager;Kai Ling Gan;Swee Chuan Tjin

  • A Dual-Wavelength Fiber Laser Sensor System for Measurement of Temperature and Strain

    Duan Liu;Nam Quoc Ngo;Swee Chuan Tjin;Xinyong Dong

  • Active mode locking of tunable multi-wavelength fiber ring laser

    Jian Yao;Jianping Yao;Yong Wang;Swee Chuan Tjin

  • Simultaneous strain and temperature measurement using a compact photonic crystal fiber inter-modal interferometer and a fiber Bragg grating.

    Bo Dong;Jianzhong Hao;Chin-yi Liaw;Bo Lin

  • Functionalized 2D nanomaterials for gene delivery applications

    Feng Yin;Bobo Gu;Yining Lin;Nishtha Panwar

  • Functionalized gold nanorods for nanomedicine: Past, present and future

    Jie Zhou;Zhonglin Cao;Nishtha Panwar;Rui Hu

  • Thermally tunable narrow-bandpass filter based on a linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating.

    S Y Li;N Q Ngo;S C Tjin;P Shum

  • Non-viral gene therapy using multifunctional nanoparticles : status, challenges, and opportunities

    Guimiao Lin;Li Li;Nishtha Panwar;Jie Wang

  • Antibody immobilization on to polystyrene substrate—on-chip immunoassay for horse IgG based on fluorescence

    Farzana Darain;Kai Ling Gan;Swee Chuan Tjin

  • Electrically tunable dispersion compensator with fixed center wavelength using fiber Bragg grating

    N.Q. Ngo;S.Y. Li;R.T. Zheng;S.C. Tjin

  • An Advanced Hand-Held Microfiber-Based Sensor for Ultrasensitive Lead Ion Detection.

    Stephanie Hui Kit Yap;Yi-Hsin Chien;Yi-Hsin Chien;Rex Tan;Abdul Rahman Bin Shaik Alauddin

  • Carbon Dot-functionalized Interferometric Optical Fiber Sensor for Detection of Ferric Ions in Biological Samples.

    Stephanie Hui Kit Yap;Kok Ken Chan;Gong Zhang;Swee Chuan Tjin

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken-Tye Yong
Ken-Tye Yong University of Sydney
Graham T. Reed
Graham T. Reed University of Southampton
A.D. Crocombe
A.D. Crocombe University of Surrey
Xinyong Dong
Xinyong Dong Guangdong University of Technology
Anand Asundi
Anand Asundi d'Optron Pte
Chi Chiu Chan
Chi Chiu Chan Shenzhen University
Ping Shum
Ping Shum Southern University of Science and Technology
Han Zhang
Han Zhang Shenzhen University
Dingyuan Tang
Dingyuan Tang Nanyang Technological University
Chao Lu
Chao Lu Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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