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D-Index
53
Citations
14163
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9082
National Ranking
397

Young-Woo Heo publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Young-Woo Heo sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 224 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Young-Woo Heo D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Young-Woo Heo sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Young-Woo Heo is affiliated with Kyungpook National University in South Korea. Their primary research activities focus on engineering and materials science, with specific work in electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, and bioengineering.

Their research encompasses several main topics, including:

  • ZnO doping and properties
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Young-Woo Heo has published multiple papers, with selected recent works as follows:

  • "VOC gas sensor based on hollow cubic assembled nanocrystal Zn2SnO4 for breath analysis," 2020, Sensors and Actuators A Physical
  • "Growth and NO2-Sensing Properties of Biaxial p-SnO/n-ZnO Heterostructured Nanowires," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Synthesis of Cs2SnI6 perovskite thin film by low-pressure chemical vapor deposition method," 2021, Thin Solid Films
  • "Room-temperature NO2 sensor based on a hybrid nanomaterial of methylammonium tin iodide submicron spheres and tin dioxide nanowires," 2020, Scripta Materialia
  • "Synthesis of Cs2TeI6 thin film and its NO2 gas-sensing properties under blue-light illumination," 2021, Scripta Materialia

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Joon-Hyung Lee
  • Pham Tien Hung
  • Phung Dinh Hoat
  • Hyo-Jun Lim
  • Sangwook Lee

Young-Woo Heo has published in several venues with notable frequency, such as:

  • Scripta Materialia
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Their contributions to engineering and materials science address topics relevant to nanomaterial synthesis, sensor technology, and thin-film materials for various technological applications.

Best Publications

  • Recent progress in processing and properties of ZnO

    S.J. Pearton;D.P. Norton;K. Ip;Y.W. Heo

  • Recent advances in processing of ZnO

    S. J. Pearton;D. P. Norton;K. Ip;Y. W. Heo

  • ZnO: growth, doping & processing

    David P. Norton;Y. W. Heo;M. Ivill;K. Ip

  • ZnO nanowire growth and devices

    Y.W. Heo;D.P. Norton;L.C. Tien;Y. Kwon

  • Origin of green luminescence in ZnO thin film grown by molecular-beam epitaxy

    Y. W. Heo;D. P. Norton;S. J. Pearton

  • Site-specific growth of Zno nanorods using catalysis-driven molecular-beam epitaxy

    Y. W. Heo;V. Varadarajan;M. Kaufman;K. Kim

  • Depletion-mode ZnO nanowire field-effect transistor

    Y. W. Heo;L. C. Tien;Y. Kwon;D. P. Norton

  • Electrical characteristics of Au and Ag Schottky contacts on n-ZnO

    A. Y. Polyakov;N. B. Smirnov;E. A. Kozhukhova;V. I. Vdovin

  • Hydrogen incorporation and diffusivity in plasma-exposed bulk ZnO

    K. Ip;M. E. Overberg;Y. W. Heo;D. P. Norton

  • p-type behavior in phosphorus-doped (Zn,Mg)O device structures

    Y. W. Heo;Y. W. Kwon;Y. Li;S. J. Pearton

  • Enhancement-mode thin-film field-effect transistor using phosphorus-doped (Zn,Mg)O channel

    Y. Kwon;Y. Li;Y. W. Heo;M. Jones

  • Electrical transport properties of single ZnO nanorods

    Y. W. Heo;L. C. Tien;D. P. Norton;B. S. Kang

  • Effects of high-dose Mn implantation into ZnO grown on sapphire

    Y. W. Heo;M. P. Ivill;K. Ip;D. P. Norton

  • Transport properties of phosphorus-doped ZnO thin films

    Y. W. Heo;S. J. Park;K. Ip;S. J. Pearton

  • pH measurements with single ZnO nanorods integrated with a microchannel

    B. S. Kang;F. Ren;Y. W. Heo;L. C. Tien

  • ZnO spintronics and nanowire devices

    S. J. Pearton;D. P. Norton;Y. W. Heo;L. C. Tien

  • Pt∕ZnO nanowire Schottky diodes

    Y. W. Heo;L. C. Tien;D. P. Norton;S. J. Pearton

  • Effects of ambient atmosphere on the transfer characteristics and gate-bias stress stability of amorphous indium-gallium-zinc oxide thin-film transistors

    Sang-Yun Sung;Jun Hyuk Choi;Un Bin Han;Ki Chang Lee

  • Transparent amorphous indium zinc oxide thin-film transistors fabricated at room temperature

    Ju-Il Song;Jae-Soung Park;Howoon Kim;Young-Woo Heo

  • Ferromagnetism in Mn- and Co-implanted ZnO nanorods

    K. Ip;R. M. Frazier;Y. W. Heo;D. P. Norton

Frequent Co-Authors

David P. Norton
David P. Norton University of Florida
Stephen J. Pearton
Stephen J. Pearton University of Florida
Fan Ren
Fan Ren University of Florida
Arthur F. Hebard
Arthur F. Hebard University of Florida
J. M. Zavada
J. M. Zavada New York University
Brent P. Gila
Brent P. Gila University of Florida
C. R. Abernathy
C. R. Abernathy University of Florida
R. G. Wilson
R. G. Wilson General Motors (United States)
Andrei Osinsky
Andrei Osinsky Corning (United States)
Chennupati Jagadish
Chennupati Jagadish Australian National University

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