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Choi, J., Kwansa, A. L., Chae, I., Yingling, Y. G., Kim, S., DFT-based calculation of the vibrational sum frequency generation spectrum of noncentrosymmetric domains interspersed in an amorphous matrix. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 129, 6138-6152 (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c00590
Lee, J., Ryu J., Choi J., Chae, I., Kim, S., Vibrational sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy study of nano-to-meso scale polarity and orientation of crystalline biopolymers in natural materials. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 76:405-430 (2025).
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-082423-125535
Chae, I., Shivkumar, A., Doyle, F. M., Lee, S.-W., Virus-based separation of rare earth elements. Nano Letters, 24, 32, 9946-9952 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c02510
Chae, I., Chung, W.-J., Jin, H.-E., Kim, H., Lim, B., Yang, J. R., Lee, H., Kim, S.-Y., Lee, S.-W., Evolutionary design of self-templated supramolecular fibrils using M13 bacteriophage for tissue engineering. Nano Letters, 24, 33, 10388-10395 (2024).
Kim, H., Okada, K., Chae, I., Lim, B., Ji, S., Kwon, Y., Lee, S.-W., Virus-based Pyroelectricity, Advanced Materials, 2305503 (2023).
Chae, I., Paniagua-Guerra, L., Pitcher, M., Koshani, R., Yuan, M., Lin, Y., Lee, J., Perini, S., Sheikhi, A., Ramos-Alvarado, B., Lanagan, M., Kim, S., Relaxation dynamics of water in the vicinity of cellulose nanocrystals. Cellulose, 30, 8051-8061 (2023).
Lim, B., Kim, J., Desai, M., Wu, W., Chae, I., Lee, S.-W., Elastic fluorescent protein based down-converting optical films for flexible display. Biomacromolecules, 24,118-131 (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00957
Chae, I., Han, A., Sundaram J., Lee, S., Recombinant factor VIII protein aggregation and adsorption at the liquid-solid interface. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 628 (Part A), 820-828 (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.07.161
Chae, I., Zu, R., Meddeb, A., Ogawa, Y., Dong, B., Gopalan, V., Ounaies, Z., Kim, S., Electric field-induced polarization responses of noncentrosymmetric crystalline biopolymers in different frequency domains ─ A case study with unidirectionally-aligned β-chitin crystals. Biomacromolecules, 22, 5, 1901-1909 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01799
Chae, I., Bokhari, S., Chen, X., Zu, R., Liu, K., Borhan, A., Gopalan, V., Catchmark, J., Kim, S., Shear-induced unidirectional deposition of bacterial cellulose microfibrils using rising bubble stream cultivation. Carbohydrate Polymers, 255, 117328 (2021).
Meddeb, A., Chae, I., Scurti, F., Schwartz, J., Kim, S., Ounaies, Z., From a cholesteric non-aqueous cellulose nanocrystal suspension to a highly ordered film. MRS Advances, 5 (64), 3547-3554 (2020). DOI: 10.1557/adv.2020.404
Meddeb, A., Chae, I., Han, A., Kim, S., Ounaies, Z., Magnetic field effects on cellulose nanocrystal ordering in a non-aqueous solvent. Cellulose, 27, 7901-7910 (2020). DOI: 10.1007/s10570-020-03320-5
Chae, I., Ngo, D., Chen, Z., Meddeb, A., Kwansa, A., Xing, Chen., Podraza, N., Yingling, Y., Ounaies, Z., Kim, S., Anisotropic optical and frictional properties of Langmuir-Blodgett film consisting of uniaxially-aligned rod-shaped cellulose nanocrystals. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 7, 1902169 (2020). DOI: 10.1002/admi.201902169
Chae, I., Ngo, D., Makarem, M., Ounaies, Z., Kim, S., Compression-induced topographic corrugation of air/surfactant/water interface: effect of nanoparticles adsorbed beneath the interface. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, 42, 25628-25634 (2019).
Farell, M., Wetherington, M., Shankla, M., Chae, I., Subramanian, S., Kim, S., Sksimentiev, A., Robinson, J., Kumar, M., Characterization of lipid structure and fluidity on epitaxial graphene and their correlation to graphene features. Langmuir, 35, 13, 4726-4735 (2019). DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00164
Makarem, M., Lee, C., Kafle, K., Huang, S., Chae, I., Yang, H., Kubicki, J., Kim, S., Probing cellulose structures with vibrational spectroscopy. Cellulose, 26, 1, pp 35-79 (2019). DOI: 10.1007/s10570-018-2199-z
Yoon, Y., Chae, I., Thundat, T., Lee, J., Hydrogel microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonators: beyond cost-effective sensing platform, Advanced Materials Technologies, 1800597 (2019). DOI: 10.1002/admt.201800597
Chae, I., Jeong, C., Ounaies, Z., Kim, S., Review on electromechanical coupling properties of biomaterials. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 1, 4, 936-953 (2018). DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.8b00309
Chae, I., Ahmed, S., Atitallah, H., Luo, J., Wang, Q., Ounaies, Z., Kim, S., Vibrational sum frequency generation (SFG) analysis of ferroelectric response of PVDF-based copolymer and terpolymer. Macromolecules, 50, 2838-2844 (2017).
Liu, X., Chae, I., Miriyala, N., Lee, D., Thundat, T., Kim, S. Broadband mid-infrared stand-off reflection-absorption spectroscopy using a pulsed external cavity quantum cascade laser. Applied Spectroscopy, 71 (7), 1494-1505 (2017). DOI: 10.1177/0003702817693233
Lee, D., Chae, I. (co-first author), Kwon, O., Lee, K., Kim, C., Kim, S., Thundat, T., Plasmonic absorbers with optical cavity for the enhancement of photothermal/optocalorimetric infrared spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 110, 011901 (2017).
DOI: 10.1063/1.4973591
Chae, I., Khan, F., Song, J., Lee, J., Lee, J., Thundat, T., Standoff mechanical resonance spectroscopy based on infrared-sensitive hydrogel microcantilevers. Analytical Chemistry, 88, 9678−9684 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b02540
Rahimi, M., Chae, I., Hawk, J., Mitra, S., Thundat, T. Methane sensing at room temperature using photothermal cantilever deflection spectroscopy. Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical, 221, 564-569 (2015). DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.07.006
Chae, I., Lee, D., Kim, S., & Thundat, T. Electronic nose for recognition of volatile vapor mixtures using a nanopore-enhanced opto-calorimetric spectroscopy. Analytical Chemistry, 87 (14), 7125-7132 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b00915
Lee, D., Kim, S., Chae, I., Jeon, S., & Thundat, T., Nanowell-patterned TiO2 microcantilevers for calorimetric chemical sensing. Applied Physics Letters, 104 (14), 141903 (2014). DOI: 10.1063/1.4870535
Bagheri, M., Chae, I., Lee, D., Kim, S., & Thundat, T., Selective detection of physisorbed hydrocarbons using photothermal cantilever deflection spectroscopy. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 191, 765–769 (2014). DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2013.10.078
Yun, M., Kim, S., Lee, D., Jung, N., Chae, I., Jeon, S., & Thundat, T., Photothermal cantilever deflection spectroscopy of a photosensitive polymer. Applied Physics Letters, 100 (20), 204103 (2012). DOI: 10.1063/1.4719521