JOURNAL ARTICLES
†denotes (co-)first authors and *denotes (co-)corresponding authors

• Nonequilibrium ordering dynamics of confined soft alginate hydrogel colloids driven by time-evolving electrostatic interactions  
  In Hwan Jung, Chetan C. revadekar, Hag Sung Lee, Hyerim Hwang*, Hyosung An*, and Bum Jun Park*
  Nat. Commun. 2026, in press [Link]

• Architected redox-active colloids for tunable charge transport in aqueous systems
  Sinae Lee†, Jeongwon Kim†, Eunsung Kim, Sanghyuk Park, Won-Jang Cho, Gi-Ra Yi, Hee Jung Park*, Dong Ha Kim*, and  Hyerim Hwang*
  Small 2026, 22(11):e10692  [Link]

• Quantitative Structural Mapping via Colloidal Imaging: Toward Physically Interpretable Pre-AI Data
  Yeonseo Joo and Hyerim Hwang*
  Polymer Science and Technology. 2025, 36(4):245-249 [Link]

• Environmental-tolerant ionic colloidal photonic composites via ion-dipole interactions for synchronized optical-electrical dual-response underwater flexible sensing
  Xiujuan Zhang, Meiru Zhao, Zhen Hu, Xingduo Chen, Hyerim Hwang, Lianbin Zhang*, and Jintao Zhu
  Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025 [Link]

• Single-cell mapping of colloidal phase transitions via dielectrophoretic control of particle concentration
  Namhee Kang†, Yeonseo Joo†, and Hyerim Hwang*
  Langmuir 2025, 41(40):27461-27468  [Link]

• Colloidal systems as experimental platforms for physics-informed machine learning
  Namhee Kang†, Yeonseo Joo, Hyosung An, and Hyerim Hwang*
  Nanoscale Horiz. 2025, 10:3270-3280 [Link]

• Hue-resolved strain sensing in mechanochromic colloidal photonic films
  Yujin Lee†, Seonu Lee, Chi Yeung Oh, Young-Seok Kim, Tae Soup Shim, and Hyerim Hwang*
  Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2025, e00633 [Link]

• Surface-resolved mapping of structural disorder in colloidal glass-forming analogues
  Namhee Kang, Wahyu Martumpal Hamonangan, Sanghyuk Park, and Hyerim Hwang*
  J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2025, 16(36):9353-9361 [Link]  

• Accelerated discovery of solvation structure engineering for stable aqueous rechargeable Zinc batteries via physics-guided Bayesian active learning
  Minsu Kim†, Minji Lee, Inyoung Choi, Jihye Oh, Sanga Paik, Areum Han, Sinae Lee, Hyerim Hwang, Jonggeol Na*, and Kwan Woo Nam*
  Small 2025, 21(24):2411632 [Link]  

• Deterministic formation and growth of dendritic crystals of attractive colloids
  Sanghyuk Park†, Hyerim Hwang, and Shin-Hyun Kim*
  Small 2024, 20(29):2311543 [Link]  

• Direct investigation of materials behaviors at single-particle level through colloidal modeling
  Sinae Lee, Namhee Kang, and Hyerim Hwang*
  Polymer Science and Technology 2024, 35(2):84-88 [Link]

• Auxetic photonic patterns with ultrasensitive mechanochromism
  Hwan-Young Lee†, Minbon Gu, Jeonghee Hwang, Hyerim Hwang, Young-Seok Kim, Su Yeon Lee*, and Shin-Hyun Kim*
  Adv. Sci. 2023 

• Fabrication of superhydrophobic water-pinning surfaces through integration of silica colloids into cellulose nanocrystals
  Mikyung Kim†, Eunsung Kim†, Hansol Doh*, and Hyerim Hwang*
  Langmuir 2023 [Link]

• Direct determination of phase diagram of depletion-mediated colloidal system
  Sanghyuk Park†, Hyerim Hwang, and Shin-Hyun Kim*
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022 [Link]

• Spatiotemporal distribution of mesoporous silica nanoparticles in tissue-mimicking collagen using lab-on-a-chip technology for drug carrier diffusivity evaluation
  Hae Won Hwang†, Seongchan Kim†, Hyerim Hwang, Hyung-Seop Han,  Hojeong  Jeon,  Yu-Chan Kim, Hyojin Lee*, Jeong-Yun Sun*, and Myoung-Ryul Ok*
  ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022 [Link] 

• Mie-resonant rutile TiO2 nanospheres for unclonable structural colors
  Jeong-Bin Moon†, Seung-Jea Lee, Seung-Hyun Kim, Yechan Chang, Hyerim Hwang, and Gi-Ra Yi*
  Chem. Mater. 2022 [Link]

• Advances in colloidal building blocks: toward patchy colloidal clusters
  You-Jin Kim†, Jeong-Bin Moon, Hyerim Hwang, Youn Soo Kim, and Gi-Ra Yi*
  Adv. Mater. 2022 [Link]

• Hydration breaking and chemical ordering in a levitated NaCl solution droplet beyond metastable zone width limit: evidence for early stage of two-step nucleation
  Hyerim Hwang†, Yong Chan Cho, Sooheyong Lee, Yun-Hee Lee, Seongheun Kim, Yongjae Kim, Wonhyuk Jo, Patrick Duchstein, Dirk Zahn*, and Geun Woo Lee*
  Chem. Sci. 2021, 12:179-187 [Link]

• Controlled assembly of icosahedral colloidal clusters for structural coloration
  Cheolho Kim†, Kinam Jung†, Jiwoong Yu†, Sanghyuk Park, Shin-Hyun Kim, Won Bo Lee, Hyerim Hwang*, Vinothan N. Manoharan*, and Jun Hyuk Moon*
  Chem. Mater. 2020, 32(22):9704-9712 [Link] 

• Stiffness of the interface between a colloidal body-centered cubic crystal and its liquid
  Hyerim Hwang†, David A. Weitz, and Frans Spaepen*
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2020, 117(41):25225-25229 [Link] 

• Colloidal assembly in droplets: structures and optical properties
  Sanghyuk Park†, Hyerim Hwang†, Minjung Kim, Jun Hyuk Moon, and Shin-Hyun Kim*
  Nanoscale 2020, 12:18576-18594 [Link] 

• Real-time monitoring of colloidal crystallization in electrostatically-levitated drops
  Hyerim Hwang†, Yong Chan Cho, Sooheyong Lee, Tae Min Choi, Shin-Hyun Kim*, and Geun Woo Lee*
  Small 2020, 16(11):1907478 [Link] 

• Photonic microcapsules containing single-crystal colloidal arrays with optical anisotropy
  Tae Min Choi†, Gun Ho Lee, Young-Seok Kim, Jin-Gyu Park, Hyerim Hwang, and Shin-Hyun Kim*
  Adv. Mater. 2019, 31(18):1900693 [Link] 

• Coherence and pulse duration characterization of the PAL-XFEL in the hard X-ray regime
  Kyuseok, Yun†, Sungwon Kim, Dongjin Kim, Myungwoo Chung, Wonhyuk Jo, Hyerim Hwang, Daewoong Nam, Sangsoo Kim, Jangwoo Kim, Sang-Youn Park, Kyung Sook Kim, Changyong Song, Sooheyong Lee, and Hyunjung Kim*
  Sci. Rep. 2019, 9:3300 [Link] 

• Direct observation of crystallization and melting with colloids
  Hyerim Hwang†, David A. Weitz, and Frans Spaepen*
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2019, 116(4):1180-1184 [Link] 

• Controlled pixelation of inverse opaline structures towards reflection-mode displays
  Su Yeon Lee†, Shin-Hyun Kim*, Hyerim Hwang, Jae Young Sim, and Seung-Man Yang
  Adv. Mater. 2014, 26(15):2391-2397 [Link]

• Colloidal photonic crystals toward structural color palettes for security materials
  Hye Soo Lee†, Tae Soup Shim, Hyerim Hwang, Seung-Man Yang*, and Shin-Hyun Kim*
  Chem. Mater. 2013, 25(13):2684-2690 [Link] 

• Fabrication of highly uniform three-dimensional SERS substrates by control of wettability
  Sung-Gyu Park†, Hyerim Hwang, and Seung-Man Yang*
  J. Mater. Chem. C 2013, 1:426-431 [Link] 

• Fabrication of robust optical fibers by controlling film drainage of colloids in capillaries
  Shin-Hyun Kim†, Hyerim Hwang, and Seung-Man Yang*
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51(15):3601-3605 [Link] 

• Robust chirped photonic crystals created by controlled colloidal diffusion
  Shin-Hyun Kim†, Woong Chan Jeong, Hyerim Hwang, and Seung-Man Yang*
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50(49):11649-11653 [Link] 

• Packing of emulsion droplets: structural and functional motifs for multi-cored microcapsules
  Shin-Hyun Kim†, Hyerim Hwang, Che Ho Lim, Jae Won Shim, and Seung-Man Yang*
  Adv. Funct. Mater. 2011, 21(9):1608-1615 [Link]

• Microfluidic fabrication of SERS-active microspheres for molecular detection
  Hyerim Hwang†, Shin-Hyun Kim†, and Seung-Man Yang*
  Lab Chip 2011, 11(1):87-92 [Link] 

• Lithographically-featured photonic microparticles of colloidal assemblies
  Su Yeon Lee†, Shin-Hyun Kim, Chul-Joon Heo, Hyerim Hwang, and Seung-Man Yang*
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12:11861-11868 [Link] 

DISSERTATIONS 

• PhD Thesis (Harvard, 2016)
  Crystal-liquid transitions studied with colloids in an electric bottle
  (Advisors: Profs. Frans Spaepen and David A. Weitz)

• MS Thesis (KAIST, 2011)
  Fabrication of hierarchically-structured microspheres for surface-enhanced Raman scattering
  (Advisor: Late Prof. Seung-Man Yang)