Publications

[2026]

23. Seong Hwan Kim, Je Seon Park, Dong Yun Kim, Yeong Eun Park, Hansol Kim, Sung Tae Kim, Yu-Hong Min and Min Chul Park,  Antibiofilm activity of a recombinant mussel-derived antimicrobial protein through surface charge-mediated hydration layer formation, Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2026, 379, 154017. 

22. Seonhye Jang, Kundansingh Pardeshi, Suyeon Shin, ByeongJun Jeong, Sheng Zhao, Yalin Qi, Sung Tae Kim, Min Chul Park, Niren Murthy* and Hansol Kim*, Redox-Activated Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin Enables Cytosolic Release of Liposomal Cargo, Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2026, 376, 153346. 

21. Suyeon Shin, Ju Hwan Kim and Hansol Kim*, Intein-Mediated Reconstitution of Split Lumazine Synthase for Programmable Protein Nanocage Assembly, Macromol, 2026, 6, 2, 39. 

20. Mi-Jin Kim, Hansol Kim, Min Chul Park, Seong-Bo Kim, Dong-Jin Jang and Sung Tae Kim, Polyhydroxyalkanoate-Based Microparticles for Enhanced Photostability and Controlled Release of Pyraclostrobin, Polymers, 2026, 18, 11, 1380. 

[2025]

19. Jin Young Heo, Min Kyung Sung, Seonhye Jang, Hansol Kim, Youngdo Jeong, Dong-Jin Jang, Sang-Jae Lee, Seong-Bo Kim* and Sung Tae Kim*, Surface Functionalized Polyhydroxyalkanoate Nanoparticles via SpyTag–SpyCatcher System for Targeted Breast Cancer Treatment, Pharmaceutics, 2025, 17, 721

18. Min Kyung Sung, Jin Young Heo, Seonhye Jang, Hansol Kim, Youngdo Jeong, Sang-Jae Lee, Seong-Bo Kim* and Sung Tae Kim*, SpyTag/SpyCatcher-ligated nanostructured lipid carriers for active mammary cancer targeting, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 2025, In press   

17. Seonhye Jang, Heejin Jun, Soomin Eom, Sheng Zhao, Niren Murthy*, Sebyung Kang * and Hansol Kim*, EGFR Affibody and PEG functionalized protein nanoparticles: Sustaining targeting and macrophage evasion, Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2025, 307, 4, 142167

[2024]

16. Eom, S., Jun, H., Kim, E., Kim, D., Kim, H.*, and Kang, S.*, Developing Porous Protein Cage Nanoparticles as Cargo-loadable and Ligand-displayable Modular Delivery Nanoplatforms. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 58464-58476 

15. SY Kim, D Guk, Y Jeong, E Kim, H Kim, ST Kim*, Engineered Hybrid Vesicles and Cellular Internalization in Mammary Cancer Cells. Pharmaceutics, 2024, 16(4), 440.

14. E Kim, H Kim, DJ Jang, SB Kim, ST Kim*,  Micronized dry emulsion with solid nanocore: A novel strategy to incorporate a large amount of ceramides. J. Ind. Eng. Chem, 2024,  135, 596-602.

[2023]

13.  J. Y. Oh, E.K. An, B. Jana, H. Kim, S. Jin, G. Yang, J. Kim, E. Choi,* J.-O Jin,* J.-H. Ryu* Antibody Plug-and-Playable Nanoparticles as a facile and versatile platform for targeted drug delivery. Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 470, 144357 

[2022]

12. Jun, H.,# Jang, E.,# Kim, H.,# Yeo, M., Park, S. G., Lee, J., Shin, K. J., Chae, Y. C. Kang, S.,* and Kim, E.* TRAIL & EGFR Affibody Dual-display on a Protein Cage Nanoparticle Synergistically Suppresses Tumor Growth. J. Control. Release, 2022, 349, 367-378.

# Equal contribution to this work

[2021]

11. Li, J., Tuma, J., Han, H., Kim, H., Wilson, R., Lee, H.Y.* & Murthy, N.* The Coiled-Coil Forming Peptide (KVSALKE)5 is A Cell Penetrating Peptide that Enhances the Intracellular Delivery of Proteins. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2021, p.2102118.

10. Kim, H., Jin, S., Choi, H., Kang, M., Park, SG., Jun, H., Cho, H.,* and Kang, S.* Target-switchable Gd(III)-DOTA/protein cage nanoparticle conjugates with multiple targeting affibody molecules as target selective T1 contrast agents for high-field MRI. J. Control. Release, 2021, 335, 269-280.

[2019]

9. Kim, H., Choi, H., Bae, Y., and Kang, S.* Development of Target-Tunable P22 VLP-Based Delivery Nanoplatforms Using Bacterial Superglue. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 2019, 116, 2843-2851. *Editor's Choice Article

[2018]

8. Oh, J. Y,# Kim, H.,# Palanikumar, L.,# Go, E. M., Jana, B., Park, S. A., Kim, H. Y., Kim, K., Seo, J. K., Kwak, S. K., Kim, C.,* Kang, S.,* and Ryu, J-H.* Cloaking Nanoparticles with Protein Corona Shield for Targeted Drug Delivery. Nat. Comm., 2018, 9, 4548.

# Equal contribution to this work

7. Choi, B., Kim, H., Choi, H., and Kang, S.* Protein Cage Nanoparticles as Delivery Nanoplatforms. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 2018, 1064, 27-43.

6. Bae, Y., Kim, G.J., Kim, H., Park, S.G., Jung, H.S., and Kang, S.* Engineering Tunable Dual Functional Protein Cage Nanoparticles using Bacterial Superglue. Biomacromolecules, 2018, 19, 2896-2904.

[2016]

5. Moon, H., Bae, Y., Kim, H. and Kang, S.* Plug-and-Playable Fluorescent Cell Imaging Modular Toolkits Using the Bacterial Superglue, SpyTag/SpyCatcher. Chem. Comm., 2016, 52, 14051-14054.

4. Kim, H.,# Kang, Y. J.,# Min, J., Choi, H. and Kang, S.* Development of an Antibody-binding Modular Nanoplatform for Antibody-guided Targeted Cell Imaging and Delivery. RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 19208-19213. 

# Equal contribution

3. Min, J.,# Song, E. K.,# Kim, H., Kim, K. T., Park, T. J. and Kang, S., A Recombinant Secondary Antibody Mimic as a Target-specific Signal Amplifier and an Antibody Immobilizer in Immunoassays. Sci. Rep. 2016, 6, 24159.

[2015]

2. Song, Y. K.,# Kang, Y. J.,# Jung, H., Kim, H., Kang, S. and Cho, H. J., Lumazine Synthase Protein Nanoparticle-Gd(III)-DOTA Conjugate as a T1 contrast agent for high-field MRI. Sci. Rep. 2015, 5, 15656.

[2014]

1. Moon, H., Lee, J., Kim, H., Heo, S., Min, J. and Kang, S., Genetically Engineering Encapsulin Protein Cage Nanoparticle as a SCC-7 Cell Targeting Optical Nanoprobe. Biomater. Res., 2014, 18,21.