Publications

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International journals

2026

1. (Corresponding author) Apurva Anjan, Vikram Kishore Bharti*, Manmatha Mahato*, Il-Kwon Oh*, Nikhil Koratkar*, Multivalent metal-ion, sulfur, and selenium batteries for energy and healthcare applications: Current status, challenges, and future outlook, Materials Today 2026, 95, 103286. (Impact Factor: 22.0)

2. Hyunsoo Kim, Manmatha Mahato, Hunpyo Ju, Ryanda Enggar Anugrah Ardhi, Ji-Seok Kim, Ashhad Kamal Taseer, Myung-Joon Lee, Hyunjoon Yoo, Il-Kwon Oh*, Monolithic UV-Laser Programming of Photothermally Meta-Morphing SMA Structures: Dual-Encoded Kirigami Mechanics and Photonic Absorbance, Advanced Science 2026, e74930, Early View. (Impact Factor: 14.1)

3. Hyunsoo Kim, Jaewoo Roh, Hunpyo Ju, Wonhee Ji, Manmatha Mahato, Hyunjoon Yoo, Il-Kwon Oh*, Pose-Independent Soft Haptic Ring for Joint-Centered Directional Guidance via Multichannel Shape Memory Alloy Actuators, Small Structures 2026, 7, e202600017. (Impact Factor: 11.3)

4. Mousumi Garai, Jayaraman Balamurugan, Zakir Ullah, Manmatha Mahato, Geetha Valurouthu, Jawon Ha, Sujin Cha, Habib Ullah, Hyunjoon Yoo, Akash Deo, Yury Gogotsi*, Sang Ouk Kim*, Il-Kwon Oh*, Robust Ti─N Interface in MXene-C2N Heterostructures for Ultra-Durable Acidic Hydrogen Evolution, Advanced Functional Materials 2026, e30090, Early View. (Impact Factor: 19.0)

5. Zhaoyang Sun, Xian Wen, Ji-Seok Kim, Kaiying Zhao, Qun Zhou, Manmatha Mahato, Van Hiep Nguyen, Yang Yang, Liming Wang, Il-Kwon Oh*, Moisture-Driven Hydrogel Power Source with Asymmetric Ion Adsorption for Flexible Electronics, Advanced Functional Materials 2026, 36, 7, e18814. Selected as back cover image (Adv. Funct. Mater. 7/2026). (Impact Factor=19.0)

2025

6. Manmatha Mahato, Jaehwan Kim, Myung-Joon Lee, Seongjun Jo, Gwonmin Kim, Sanghee Nam, Ji-Seok Kim, Van Hiep Nguyen, Mousumi Garai, Hyunjoon Yoo, Daniel Saatchi, Zakir Ullah, Chi Won Ahn, Yury Gogotsi*, Il-Kwon Oh*, Heteronanoarchitecture of Ti3C2Tx MXene and Amorphous MOF for Exceptional Durability in Electro-Ionic Soft Actuator, Advanced Materials 2025, 37, 34, 2500479. Selected as back cover image (Adv. Mater. 34/2025). (Impact Factor: 26.8)

7. Manmatha Mahato, Sanghee Nam, Geetha Valurouthu, Hyunjoon Yoo, Mousumi Garai, Ji-Seok Kim, Woong Oh, Jawon Ha, Vipin Kumar, Chi Won Ahn*, Yury Gogotsi*, Il-Kwon Oh*, Molecular Engineering of MXene-Covalent-Triazine Framework Interfaces for Electrochemical Actuators, ACS Nano 2025, 19, 28, 25757. Selected as front cover image (ACS Nano 28/2025). (Impact Factor: 16.0)

8. Hong Yeon Yoon, Hyunjoon Yoo, Manmatha Mahato, Jong Hun Kim, Sokhna Dieng, Chi Won Ahn, Yury Gogotsi*, Il-Kwon Oh*, Jeong Young Park*, Influence of X Elements on the Tribological Properties and Surface Chemistry of MXene Atomic Layers, Nano Letters 2025, 25, 24, 9817. (Impact Factor: 9.1)

9. Mannan Khan, Saewoong Oh, Tae-Eun Song, Wonhee Ji, Manmatha Mahato, Yang Yang, Daniel Saatchi, Syed Sheraz Ali, Jaewoo Roh, Donghyeok Yun, Jee-Hwan Ryu, Il-Kwon Oh*, Wearable Haptics for Orthotropic Actuation Based on Perpendicularly Nested Auxetic SMA Knotting, Advanced Materials 2025, 37, 1, 2411353. (Impact Factor: 26.8)

10. Daniel Saatchi, Myung-Joon Lee, Tushar Prashant Pandit, Manmatha Mahato, Il-Kwon Oh*, Artificial Intelligence in Metamaterial Informatics for Sonic Frequency Mechanical Identification Tags, Advanced Functional Materials 2025, 35, 10, 2414670. Selected as frontispiece image (Adv. Funct. Mater. 10/2025). (Impact Factor=19.0)

11. Bernd Wicklein*, Hyunjoon Yoo, Geetha Valurouthu, Ji-Seok Kim, Mannan Khan, Manmatha Mahato, Federico Carosio, Yury Gogotsi, Il-Kwon Oh*, Multifunctional Ti3C2Tx-alginate foams for energy harvesting and fire warning, Nanoscale Horizons 2025, 10, 1084. (Impact Factor: 6.6)

2024

12. (Co-first author) Apurva Anjan§, Manmatha Mahato§, Kevin Bhimani, Anoop K. Kushwaha, Varad Mahajani, Hyunjoon Yoo, Reena A. Panchal, Rohit M. Manoj, Jawon Ha, Saroj K. Nayak, Pawel Keblinkski, Il-Kwon Oh*, Nikhil Koratkar*, Physicochemically Interlocked Selenium for High Performing Aqueous Zinc–Selenium Batteries, Advanced Functional Materials 2024, 34, 51, 2410225. (Impact Factor=19.0)

13. (Corresponding author) Ashhad Kamal Taseer, Saewoong Oh, Ji-Seok Kim, Mousumi Garai, Hyunjoon Yoo, Van Hiep Nguyen, Yang Yang, Mannan Khan, Manmatha Mahato*, Il-kwon Oh*, Cobalt MOF-Based Porous Carbonaceous Spheres for Multimodal Soft Actuator Exhibiting Intricate Biomimetic Motions, Advanced Materials 2024, 36, 26, 2312340. Selected as frontispiece image (Adv. Mater. 26/2024). (Impact Factor: 26.8)

14. (Co-first author) Hyunjoon Yoo§, Manmatha Mahato§, Ji-Seok Kim, Saewoong Oh, Mousumi Garai, Van Hiep Nguyen, Ashhad Kamal Taseer, Myung-Joon Lee, Il-Kwon Oh*, Janus CoMOF-SEBS Membrane for Bifunctional Dielectric Layer in Triboelectric Nanogenerators, Advanced Science 2024, 11, 14, 2307656. (Impact Factor: 14.1)

15. Van Hiep Nguyen, Saewoong Oh, Manmatha Mahato, Rassoul Tabassian, Hyunjoon Yoo, Seong-Gyu Lee, Mousumi Garai, Kwang Jin Kim, Il-Kwon Oh*, Functionally antagonistic polyelectrolyte for electro-ionic soft actuator, Nature Communications 2024, 15, 435. (Impact Factor: 15.7)

16. Xiangrong Zeng, Manmatha Mahato, Woong Oh, Hyunjoon Yoo, Van Hiep Nguyen, Saewoong Oh, Geetha Valurouthu, Soon-Ki Jeong, Chi Won Ahn, Yury Gogotsi*, Il-Kwon Oh*, Stoichiometric Ti3C2Tx Coating for Inhibiting Dendrite Growth in Anode-Free Lithium Metal Batteries, Energy & Environmental Materials 2024, 7, 4, e12686. (Impact Factor: 14.1)

17. Hyunjoon Yoo, Manmatha Mahato, Woong Oh, Jawon Ha, Hee Han, Chi Won Ahn*, Il-Kwon Oh*, Exploring role of microbatteries in enhancing sustainability and functionality of implantable biosensors and bioelectronics, Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2024, 260, 116419. (Impact Factor: 10.5)

18. Mousumi Garai, Van Hiep Nguyen, Manmatha Mahato, Saewoong Oh, Daniel Saatchi, Hyunjoon Yoo, Syed Sheraz Ali, Do Van Lam, Ashhad Kamal Taseer, Il-Kwon Oh*, Multifunctional and Electronically Conjugated Triazine Framework for Superior Electro-Ionic Artificial Muscles, Advanced Functional Materials 2024, 34, 45, 2406603. (impact Factor: 19.0)

19. Daniel Saatchi, Saewoong Oh, Hyunjoon Yoo, Ji-Seok Kim, Myung-Joon Lee, Mannan Khan, Bernd Wicklein, Manmatha Mahato, Il-Kwon Oh*, Dynamic Schwarz Meta-Foams: Customizable Solutions for Environmental Noise Reduction, Advanced Science 2024, 11, 33, 2402872. (Impact Factor: 14.1)

20. Rassoul Tabassian, Araz Rajabi-Abhari, Manmatha Mahato, Hyunjoon Yoo, Hong Yeon Yoon, Jeong Young Park, Il-Kwon Oh*, Metal-organic framework-based nanofibrous film for two different modes of triboelectric nanogenerators, SmartMat 2024, 5, 5, e1270. (Impact Factor: 12.8)

21. Bernd Wicklein*, Geetha Valurouthu, HongYeon Yoon, Hyunjoon Yoo, Sathiyanathan Ponnan, Manmatha Mahato, Jiseok Kim, Syed Sheraz Ali, Jeong Young Park, Yury Gogotsi, Il-Kwon Oh*, Influence of MXene Composition on Triboelectricity of MXene-Alginate Nanocomposites, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2024, 16, 18, 23948. (Impact Factor: 8.2)

22. Ponnan Sathiyanathan, Daniel Saatchi, Yeonju Boo, Manmatha Mahato, Bernd Wicklein, Ji-Seok Kim, Hyunjoon Yoo, Tae-Eun Song, Ashhad Kamal Taseer, Won Jong Kim, Il-Kwon Oh*, Nitrogen and Sulfur Rich Covalent Organic Framework-Chitosan Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Disposable Urination Evaluation Tool, Advanced Materials Technologies 2024, 9, 4, 2301883. (Impact Factor: 6.2)

23. Syed Sheraz Ali, Manmatha Mahato, Do Van Lam, Pradeep Sambyal, Geetha Valurouthu, Mousumi Garai, Anweshi Dewan, Van Hiep Nguyen, Mannan Khan, Ashhad Kamal Taseer, Chi Won Ahn, Il‐Kwon Oh*, MXene-Cobalt Hybrid Electrodes for Electroactive Artificial Muscle, Advanced Engineering Materials 2024, 26, 13, 2400515. (Impact Factor: 3.3)

2023

24. Manmatha Mahato, Mousumi Garai, Van Hiep Nguyen, Saewoong Oh, Sanghee Nam, Xiangrong Zeng, Hyunjoon Yoo, Rassoul Tabassian*, Il-Kwon Oh*, Polysulfonated covalent organic framework as active electrode host for mobile cation guests in electrochemical soft actuator, Science Advances 2023, 9, 50, eadk9752. Featured as Common host for relaxed exchange of guest ions (Sci. Adv. 50/2023). (Impact Factor: 14.9)

25. Saewoong Oh, Tae-Eun Song, Manmatha Mahato, Ji-Seok Kim, Hyunjoon Yoo, Myung-Joon Lee, Mannan Khan, Woon-Hong Yeo, Il-Kwon Oh*, Easy-To-Wear Auxetic SMA Knot-Architecture for Spatiotemporal and Multimodal Haptic Feedbacks, Advanced Materials 2023, 35, 47, 2304442. Selected as front cover image (Adv. Mater. 47/2023). (Impact Factor: 29.4)

26. Manmatha Mahato, Sanghee Nam, Myung-Joon Lee, Nikhil Koratkar*, Il-Kwon Oh*, Physicochemically Interlocked Sulfur Covalent Triazine Framework for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with Exceptional Longevity, Small 2023, 19, 30, 2301847. (Impact Factor: 15.1)

27. (Co-first author) Mousumi Garai§, Manmatha Mahato§, Sanghee Nam, Eunji Kim, Darae Seo, Yonghee Lee, Van Hiep Nguyen, Saewoong Oh, Pradeep Sambyal, Hyunjoon Yoo, Ashhad Kamal Taseer, Sheraz Ali Syed, Hee Han, Chi Won Ahn*, Jaehwan Kim*, Il-Kwon Oh*, Metal Organic Framework-MXene Nanoarchitecture for Fast Responsive and Ultra-Stable Electro-Ionic Artificial Muscles, Advanced Functional Materials 2023, 33, 10, 2212252. Selected as inside back cover image (Adv. Funct. Mater. 10/2023). (Impact Factor: 19.9)

28. (Co-first author) Sanghee Nam§, Manmatha Mahato§, Kyle Matthews, Robert W. Lord, Yonghee Lee, Pitchai Thangasamy, Chi Won Ahn, Yury Gogotsi*, Il-Kwon Oh*, Bimetal Organic Framework–Ti3C2Tx MXene with Metalloporphyrin Electrocatalyst for Lithium–Oxygen Batteries, Advanced Functional Materials 2023, 33, 1, 2210702. (Impact Factor: 19.9)

29. (Co-first author) Pradeep Sambyal§, Manmatha Mahato§, Ashhad Kamal Taseer, Hyunjoon Yoo, Mousumi Garai, Van Hiep Nguyen, Syed Sheraz Ali, Il-Kwon Oh*, Magnetically and Electrically Responsive Soft Actuator Derived from Ferromagnetic Bimetallic Organic Framework, Small 2023, 19, 23, 2207140. (Impact Factor: 15.1)

30. Ji-Seok Kim, Manmatha Mahato, Jung-Hwan Oh*, Il-Kwon Oh*, Multi-Purpose Auxetic Foam with Honeycomb Concave Micropattern for Sound and Shock Energy Absorbers, Advanced Materials Interfaces 2023, 10, 4, 2202092. (Impact Factor: 6.4)

2022

31. Manmatha Mahato, Won-Jun Hwang, Rassoul Tabassian, Saewoong Oh, Van Hiep Nguyen, Sanghee Nam, Ji-Seok Kim, Hyunjoon Yoo, Ashhad Kamal Taseer, Myung-Joon Lee, Huapeng Zhang, Tae-Eun Song, Il-Kwon Oh*, A Dual-Responsive Magnetoactive and Electro–Ionic Soft Actuator Derived from a Nickel-Based Metal–Organic Framework, Advanced Materials 2022, 34, 35, 2203613. Selected as inside front cover image (Adv. Mater. 35/2022). (Impact Factor: 32.1)

32. Manmatha Mahato, Sanghee Nam, Rassoul Tabassian, Saewoong Oh, Van Hiep Nguyen, Il-Kwon Oh*, Electronically Conjugated Multifunctional Covalent Triazine Framework for Unprecedented CO2 Selectivity and High-Power Flexible Supercapacitor, Advanced Functional Materials 2022, 32, 5, 2107442. (Impact Factor: 19.9)

33. Huapeng Zhang, Saewoong Oh, Manmatha Mahato, Hyunjoon Yoo, Il-Kwon Oh*, Knot-Architectured Fabric Actuators Based on Shape Memory Fibers, Advanced Functional Materials 2022, 32, 43, 2205732. (Impact Factor: 19.9)

34. Saewoong Oh, Rassoul Tabassian, Pitchai Thangasamy, Manmatha Mahato, Van Hiep Nguyen, Sanghee Nam, Zhang Huapeng, Il-Kwon Oh*, Cooling-Accelerated Nanowire-Nitinol Hybrid Muscle for Versatile Prosthetic Hand and Biomimetic Retractable Claw, Advanced Functional Materials 2022, 32, 18, 2111145. Selected as inside front cover image (Adv. Funct. Mater. 18/2022). (Impact Factor: 19.9)

35. Junseong Ahn, Ji-Seok Kim, Yoonsang Jeong, Soonhyoung Hwang, Hyunjoon Yoo, Yongrok Jeong, Jimin Gu, Manmatha Mahato, Jiwoo Ko, Sohee Jeon, Ji-Hwan Ha, Hee-Seon Seo, Jungrak Choi, Mingu Kang, Chankyu Han, Yohan Cho, Chong Hyun Lee, Jun-Ho Jeong*, Il-Kwon Oh*, Inkyu Park*, All-Recyclable Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Sustainable Ocean Monitoring Systems, Advanced Energy Materials 2022, 12, 30, 2201341. Selected as back cover image (Adv. Energy Mater. 30/2022). (Impact Factor: 29.7)

36. Sanghee Nam, Jaehwan Kim, Van Hiep Nguyen, Manmatha Mahato, Saewoong Oh, Pitchai Thangasamy, Chi Won Ahn, Il-Kwon Oh*, Collectively Exhaustive MXene and Graphene Oxide Multilayer for Suppressing Shuttling Effect in Flexible Lithium Sulfur Battery, Advanced Materials Technologies 2022, 7, 5, 2101025. (Impact Factor: 8.4)

37. Umar Raza, Saewoong Oh, Rassoul Tabassian, Manmatha Mahato, Van Hiep Nguyen, Il-Kwon Oh*, Micro-structured porous electrolytes for highly responsive ionic soft actuators, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2022, 352, 1, 131006. (Impact Factor: 9.2)

2021

38. Manmatha Mahato, Jong-Nam Kim, Rassoul Tabassian, Araz Rajabi-Abhari, Ji-Seok Kim, Sanghee Nam, Hyunjoon Yoo, Il-Kwon Oh*, Mutually exclusive ytterbium and nitrogen co-doping of mesoporous titania-carbon for self-cleanable and sustainable triboelectric nanogenerators, Nano Energy 2021, 90, 106615. (Impact Factor: 17.9)

39. (Co-first author) Rassoul Tabassian§, Manmatha Mahato§, Sanghee Nam, Van Hiep Nguyen, Araz Rajabi-Abhari, Il-Kwon Oh*, Electro-Active and Photo-Active Vanadium Oxide Nanowire Thermo-Hygroscopic Actuators for Kirigami Pop-up, Advanced Science 2021, 8, 23, 2102064. (Impact Factor: 16.8)

40. (Co-first author) Mousumi Garai§, Manmatha Mahato§, Yeongran Hong, Vepa Rozyyev, Uiseok Jeong, Zakir Ullah, Cafer T. Yavuz*, Asynchronous Double Schiff Base Formation of Pyrazole Porous Polymers for Selective Pd Recovery, Advanced Science 2021, 8, 8, 2001676. (Impact Factor: 16.8)

41. Araz Rajabi-Abhari, Jong-Nam Kim, Jeehee Lee, Rassoul Tabassian, Manmatha Mahato, Hye Jung Youn, Haeshin Lee, Il-Kwon Oh*, Diatom Bio-Silica and Cellulose Nanofibril for Bio-Triboelectric Nanogenerators and Self-Powered Breath Monitoring Masks, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 1, 219. (Impact Factor: 9.2)

2020

42. Manmatha Mahato, Rassoul Tabassian, Van Hiep Nguyen, Saewoong Oh, Sanghee Nam, Won-Jun Hwang, Il-Kwon Oh*, CTF-based soft touch actuator for playing electronic piano, Nature Communications 2020, 11, 5358. (Impact Factor: 15.7)

43. Manmatha Mahato, Rassoul Tabassian, Van Hiep Nguyen, Saewoong Oh, Sanghee Nam, Kwang Jin Kim, Il-Kwon Oh*, Sulfur- and Nitrogen-Rich Porous π-Conjugated COFs as Stable Electrode Materials for Electro-Ionic Soft Actuators, Advanced Functional Materials 2020, 30, 46, 2003863. Selected as front cover image (Adv. Funct. Mater. 46/2020). (Impact Factor: 19.9)

44. Van Hiep Nguyen, Rassoul Tabassian, Saewoong Oh, Sanghee Nam, Manmatha Mahato, Pitchai Thangasamy, Araz Rajabi-Abhari, Won-Jun Hwang, Ashhad Kamal Taseer, Il-Kwon Oh*, Stimuli-Responsive MXene-Based Actuators, Advanced Functional Materials 2020, 30, 47, 1909504. (Impact Factor: 19.9)

45. Sanghee Nam, Pitchai Thangasamy, Saewoong Oh, Manmatha Mahato, Nikhil Koratkar, Il-Kwon Oh*, A dual-ion accepting vanadium carbide nanowire cathode integrated with carbon cloths for high cycling stability, Nanoscale 2020, 12, 20868. (Impact Factor: 6.9)

46. Jong-Nam Kim, Jeehee Lee, Tae Won Go, Araz Rajabi-Abhari, Manmatha Mahato, Jeong Young Park, Haeshin Lee, Il-Kwon Oh*, Skin-attachable and biofriendly chitosan-diatom triboelectric nanogenerator, Nano Energy 2020, 75, 104904. (Impact Factor: 16.6)

47. Saewoong Oh, Van Hiep Nguyen, Van-Tien Bui, Sanghee Nam, Manmatha Mahato, Il-Kwon Oh*, Intertwined Nanosponge Solid-State Polymer Electrolyte for Rollable and Foldable Lithium-Ion Batteries, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 12, 10, 11657. (Impact Factor: 8.7)

2019

48. Rassoul Tabassian, Van Hiep Nguyen, Sima Umrao, Manmatha Mahato, Jaehwan Kim, Maurizio Porfiri, Il-Kwon Oh*, Graphene Mesh for Self-Sensing Ionic Soft Actuator Inspired from Mechanoreceptors in Human Body, Advanced Science 2019, 6, 23, 1901711. Selected as front cover image (Adv. Sci. 23/2019). (Impact Factor: 14.1)

49. Manmatha Mahato, S Mukherjee, Trilochan Mishra*, Development of magnetically separable mesoporous N doped TiO2-SiO2 coated Fe3O4 nanomaterial as solar photocatalyst for environmental application, Materials Research Express 2019, 6, 105544. (Impact Factor: 2.2)

2017-2011: Earlier during PhD

50. Manmatha Mahato, Alokesh Ghosh, Hena Roy, Nabarun Bhattacharyya, Basudam Adhikari*, Poly(N-[4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl]acrylamide) with different ratio of poly(vinyl chloride) composite membrane for liquid phase sensing of alcohol, Journal of Applied Polymer Science 2017, 134, 15, 44675. Selected as front cover image (J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 15/2017). (Impact Factor: 2.8)

51. Manmatha Mahato, Basudam Adhikari*, Monitoring of drinking water quality: a preliminary approach by an electronic tongue based on functionalized polymer membrane electrodes, Analytical Methods 2017, 9, 6019. (Impact Factor: 2.6)

52. Manmatha Mahato, Basudam Adhikari*, Vapor phase sensing response of doped polyaniline-poly (vinyl alcohol) composite membrane to different aliphatic alcohols, Synthetic Metals 2016, 220, 410. (Impact Factor: 4.6)

53. Noor Aman, PK Satapathy, Trilochan Mishra, Manmatha Mahato, NN Das, Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of mesoporous cerium doped TiO2 as visible light sensitive photocatalyst, Materials Research Bulletin 2012, 47, 2, 179. (Impact Factor: 5.7)

54. (Leading author) Trilochan Mishra*, Manmatha Mahato, Noor Aman, JN Patela, RK Sahu, A mesoporous WN co-doped titania nanomaterial with enhanced photocatalytic aqueous nitrate removal activity under visible light, Catalysis Science & Technology 2011, 1, 609. (Impact Factor: 4.3)