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	Arūnas ŠETKUS
Contact info: dr. Arūnas ŠETKUS Senior Research Associate, Head of Gas Sensors Group Semiconductor Physics Institute Goštauto 11 2600 Vilnius, Lithuania   Phone:+ 370 2 627 934 Email:  setkus@uj.pfi.lt WEB: www.ltmrs.lt/members/a_shetkus

Arūnas ŠETKUS was born 29 September, 1958, Raseiniai (Lithuania)
He graduated from the Faculty of Physics Vilnius University (VU) in 1981 and received the diploma of Physicist.
1988 Awarded Degree of PhD in Semiconductor and Dielectric Physics;

1981-1984 engineer,  Semiconductor Physics Institute, Vilnius (Lithuania);
1984-1988 Junior Research Associate,  Semiconductor Physics Institute;
1988-1993 Research Associate,  Semiconductor Physics Institute;
1993-        Senior Research Associate,  Semiconductor Physics Institute;

Member of Lithuanian Physics Society.
Member of Lithuanian Materials Research Society.
Member of the Institute of Physics.

Arūnas ŠETKUS has authored more then 42 papers  in refereed journals and more than 30 presentation in conferences.

 Field of scientific studies :
Main field
semiconductor physics;
thin film technology, surface physics, surface chemistry, signal processing, bio-sensors
Current research interest
electrical and optical properties of thin films; gas-surface interaction; mechanisms originating electrical response of thin films to exposure to gas; thin film technology, bio-sensors, mono-molecular structures, nano-structured materials, gas sensor arrays, gas identification in multi-component gas atmosphere.

 Some publications :

A.Galdikas, Z.Martūnas, A.Setkus.
SnInO-based chlorine gas sensor.
Sensors and Actuators B 7 (1992) 633.

G.Gaggiotti, A.Galdikas, S.Kačiulis, G.Mattogno, A.Setkus.
Surface chemical composition study of tin oxide based gas sensors.
J.Appl.Phys. 76 (1994) 4467.

G.Gaggiotti, A.Galdikas, S.Kačiulis, G.Mattogno, A.Setkus.
Surface characterization study of tin oxide based gas sensors.
Vuoto Scienza e Technologia 7 (1995) 51.

V.Ambrazevičienė, A.Galdikas, A.Mironas, A.Setkus.
Cu-doping level controled sensitivity and selectivity of tin oxide based thin films.
Sensors and Materials 7 (1995) 91.

G.Gaggiotti, A.Galdikas, S.Kačiulis, G.Mattogno, A.Setkus.
Temperature dependencies of sensitivity and surface chemical composition of SnO_x gas sensors.
Sensors and Actuators B 24-25 (1995) 516.

S.Kačiulis, G.Mattogno, A.Galdikas, A.Mironas, A.Setkus.
The influence of surface oxygen on chemoresistance of tin oxide film.
J.Vac.Sci.Technol. A 14 (1996) 3164.

A.Galdikas, A.Mironas, D.Senulienė, A.Setkus.
CO gas induced resistance switching in SnO2/ultra-thin-Pt sandwich structure. Gas-surface interaction influence on electrical properties of new gas sensitive metal oxide-metal sandwich structure.
Sensors and Actuators B 32 (1996) 87-92.

A.Galdikas, V.Jasutis, S.Kačiulis, G.Mattogno, A.Mironas, V.Olevano, D.Senulienė, A.Setkus.
Peculiarities of surface doping with Cu in SnO₂-thin film gas sensors.
Sensors and Actuators B 43 (1997) 140-146.

A.Galdikas, S.Kačiulis, A.Mironas, A.Setkus.
Gas induced resistance response in ultra-thin metal films covered with non-conductive layers.
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 43 (1997) 186-192.

F.Cirilli, S.Kačiulis, G.Mattogno, A.Galdikas, A.Mironas, D.Senulienė and A.Setkus.
Influence of Cu and Pt overlayers on the properties of SnO₂ gas sensors.
Thin Solid Films 315 (1998) 310-315.

A.Galdikas, A.Mironas, D.Senulienė, A.Setkus.
Gas sensitivity studies by optical spectroscopy below absorption edge in tin oxide thin film sensors.
Thin Solid Films 323 (1998) 275-284.

A.Galdikas, S.Kačiulis, G.Mattogno, A.Mironas, D.Senulienė, A.Setkus,
Stability and oxidation of the sandwich type gas sensors based on thin metal films.
Sensors and Actuators B 48 (1998) 377-383.

A.Galdikas, S.Kačiulis, G.Mattogno, A.Mironas, A.Napoli, D.Senulienė, A.Setkus.
Thickness effect of constituent layers on gas sensitivity in SnO₂/[metal]/metal mulit-layers.
Sensors and Actuators B 58 (1999) 478.

A.Galdikas, A.Mironas, D.Senulienė, A.Setkus, W.Göpel and K-D.Schierbaum.
Copper on-top-sputtering induced modification of tin oxide thin film gas sensors.
Sensors and Actuators B 58 (1999) 330-337.

A.Galdikas, A.Mironas, D.Senulienė, A.Setkus,
Specific Set of the Time Constants for Characterisation of Organic Volatile Compounds in the Output of Metal Oxide Sensors,
Sensors and Actuators B 68 (2000) 335.

A. Galdikas, A. Mironas, D. Senulienė, V. Strazdienė, A. Setkus, D. Zelenin,
Response Time Based Output of Metal Oxide Gas Sensors Applied to Evaluation of Meat Freshness with Neural Signal Analysis,
Sensors and Actuators B. 69 (2000) 258.

A. Galdikas, A. Mironas, D. Senulienė, V. Strazdienė, A. Setkus, I.Ancutienė, V.Janickis,
Room-temperature-functioning ammonia sensor based on solid-state Cu_xS films.
Sensors and Actuators B 67 (2000) 76-83.

A.Setkus, R.Bocevičiūtė, A.Galdikas, Ž.Kancleris, D,Senulienė, P.R.Venskutonis.
Grading of coating materials from 2D-τ-charts of gas sensor transient response to microencapsulated flavour.
Abstracts of the 7 th Internat. Symposium OLFACTION & ELECTRONIC NOSE 2000 (ISOEN’2000),
Brighton, UK, 20-24 July, 2000, p. 39-40.

A. Setkus, A. Galdikas, A. Mironas, S. Strazdienė, I. Simkienė, I. Ancutienė, V. Janickis, S. Kačiulis, G. Mattogno and G.M. Ingo.
The room temperature ammonia sensors based on improved CuxS-microporous-Si structure.
Sensors and Actuators B 78 (2001) 208-215.

A. Setkus, A. Galdikas, A.Mironas, I. Simkienė, I. Ancutienė, V. Janickis, S. Kačiulis, G. Mattogno and G.M. Ingo,
Properties of Cu_xS thin film based structures: influence on the sensitivity to ammonia at room temperatures,
Thin Solid Films 391 (2001) 275-281.

R.P.Venskutonis, R.Vasiliauskaitė, A.Galdikas, A.Setkus.
Use of GC-headspace and “electronic nose” for the detection of volatile compounds from glucose-glycine Maillard reaction.
Food Control Journal, V. 13, No. 1 (2002) p. 13-21.

Last updated: 22.02.2002