Publications & Patents

Publications

[yet to be published]

17. Sunghoon Yoo†, Seongsu Park†, Hayoung Kim†, Seong Chan Cho†, Ara Ko, Dun Chan Cha, Sang Uck Lee*, Gyu Leem*, Seunghyun Lee* "Electrocatalytic Oxidative Cleavage of Lignin Model Compounds Using MOF-Derived Hybrid Catalysts" In preparation

16. Hayoung Kim, Junghwa Lee, Eun Jeong Park, Seungah Lee*, Seunghyun Lee* "Asymmetric Plasmonic Nanorod Cavity-Enhanced Fluorescence for Near-Infrared Single-Molecule Immunoassay" In preparation

15. Md Ahasan Habib†, Jaejun Park†, Hayoung Kim, Sumin Kim, Jaeil Jung, Manjinder Singh, Dunchan Cha, Jihye Jeong, Gyu Leem, Wooseok Yang*, Seunghyun Lee* "Mechanistic insights into MEA stability and degradation in industrial-scale electrolysis: Fundamentals, recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives" Submitted 

[2026]

14. Md Ahasan Habib†, Manjinder Singh†, Hayoung Kim, Jaejun Park, Dun Chan Cha, Sumin Kim, Jaeil Jung, Jongbok Lee, Seunghyun Lee* "High-Entropy Materials for Electrocatalysis: Fundamentals, Design, and Applications in OER/ORR" Accepted to International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 

13. Xinyi Liang, Hayoung Kim, T. M. Nguyen, Chengcheng Li, Xiang Li, Seunghyun Lee*, Jingbin Zeng*, Jaebum Choo* "Advances in intelligent multi-mode lateral flow assays: From multi-metallic nanomaterials to smart analytical integration" (Chemical Society Reviews, IF=48.3, JCR 1%(Selected as Cover Article)) 

12. Dun Chan Cha†, Hyun Seung Lee†, Sumin Kim†, Hayoung Kim, Sun-Joon Min, Thangjam Ibomcha Sing, Seunghyun Lee* "Highly Stable and Minimally Pt-Loaded Multi-porous Bimetallic Matryoshka Heterostructures for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction via pH-Dependent Mechanistic Decoupling" (Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, IF= 4.0, JCR 13.2%)

11. Dong Hwan Nam†, Hayoung Kim†, Hongyi Ban†, Özce Durak, Jaejun Park, John D. Fortner*, Seunghyun Lee* "Beyond Persistence: Prospects of SERS-Driven Strategies for PFAS Detection and Monitoring" (Nano Convergence, IF=11.0, JCR 8.8%) 

10. Hayoung Kim†, Jaejun Park†, Seunghyun Lee* "Morphology-Directed Growth of Urchin-like Au Nanoparticles using Modular Microfluidic Chips" (Elastomers and Composites, JIF 1.0, JCR 93.2%)

[2025]

9. Manjinder Singh†, Jaejun Park†, Hayoug Kim†, Gyuchan Kim, Dunchan Cha, Dasu Ram Paudel, Byung-Hyun Kim*, Seunghyun Lee* "Heterointerface-Driven Electronic Modulation in MoO2@N/Mo-ReS2 Hybrid for Efficient Alkaline HER, OER, and Overall Water Splitting" (Small, IF=12.1, JCR 9.8%)  

8. Dun Chan Cha, Chandan Kumar, Ashakiran Maibam, Sunghoon Yoo, Jaejun Park, Sumin Kim, Hayoung Kim, Thangjam Ibomcha Singh*, Seunghyun Lee* "Synchronization of Emerging Materials and their Synthetic Strategies for Efficient Alkaline Water Splitting" (ChemElectroChem, IF=3.5, JCR 41.1% (Selected as Cover Article))

7. Yun su Yeo†, Jaejun Park†, Sunghoon Yoo, Tae Jae Lee, Hayoung Kim, Jae-Sung Kwon*, Seunghyun Lee* "Dielectrophoretic Well-defined Assembly of Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles for Highly Sensitive SERS-active Substrate" (Lab on a Chip, IF=6.1, JCR 5.3% (Selected as Cover Article, Lab on a Chip Hot Articles 2025))

6. Dong Hwan Nam†, Jaejun Park†, Sunghoon Yoo, Sumin Kim, Hayoung Kim, Gyu Leem, Seunghyun Lee* "Recent Progress on Plasmonic Hybrid SERS-active Substrates for Molecular Detection" (Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, IF=5.4, JCR 8.0%)

5. Manjinder Singh, Dasu Ram Paudel, Hayoung Kim, Tae Hyeong Kim, Jaejun Park, Seunghyun Lee* "Interface engineering strategies for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction" (Energy Advances, IF=3.2, JCR 38.3% (Selected as Outside Front Cover Article))

[2024]

4. Manjinder Singh, Dun Chan Cha, Hayoung Kim, Jaejun Park, Saerona Kim, Chang Geun Yoo, Gyu Leem,  Seunghyun Lee* "Photocatalysis‒derived Biomass Conversion for Green Hydrogen Production" (Book Chapter_Towards Scalable Production of Green Hydrogen through Photocatalysis, ACS Symposium Series, ACS Publications) 

3. Sumin Kim†, Sunghoon Yoo†, Dong Hwan Nam, Hayoung Kim, Jason H. Hafner*, Seunghyun Lee* “Monodispersed Mesoscopic Star-shaped Gold Particles via Silver-ion Assisted Multi-directional Growth for Highly Sensitive SERS-active Substrate” (Nano Convergence, IF=13.4, JCR 6.4%) 

2. Hayoung Kim, Sunghoon Yoo, Sumin Kim, Hyeon Seung Lee, Tae Jae Lee, Seunghyun Lee* "Colorimetric Detection and Automatic Quantitative Analysis of Mercury(II) Ions via Selective Redox Reaction Sites on Silver-Coated Gold Nanorods" (Sensors and Actuators Reports, IF=6.5, JCR 5.9%) 

1. Minwook Jeon†, Hayoung Kim†, Sunghoon Yoo, Seongsu Park, Gyu Leem*, Seunghyun Lee*, Jin Ho Bang* "Unveiling the Critical Role of Crystallinity in Photogenerated Hole Transfer Behavior of TiO2 with an Aminoxyl Radical Mediator" (Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, IF=5.9, JCR 16.2%) 

Patents

1.Seunghyun Lee, Sunghoon Yoo, Hayoung Kim “Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles and Adjust of Aspect Ratio by Mixing Ascorbic Acid (AA) and Hydroquinone (HQ), Two Reducing Agents” [US, JP, KR]

2. Seunghyun Lee, Jaejun Park, Hayoung Kim, Dong Hwan Nam, “Method for Preparing Multipods Silica Nanoparticles” [PCT, KR]