Welcome to Functional Soft Materials Laboratory! 

Our main interest lies in creating new functionalities in soft materials, thereby finding useful applications, such as soft electronic/energy devices, actuators, microfluidics, sensors, etc.


Soft materials studied in our lab include, but not limited to, hydrogels, polymers, liquid metals and elastomers.


If you are interested in our research or collaboration opportunity, please contact us via the email address below.

창의적인 연구를 함께할, 의욕이 넘치는 대학원생 및 학부 연구생을 모집합니다. 관심있는 학생은 아래 주소로 연락바랍니다.


e-mail: hjkoo@seoultech.ac.kr


The on-going projects are listed below;

- Flexible/stretchable perovskite solar cells

- Liquid metal-based electronic/energy devices

- Hydrogel-based energy device

- Colloid assembly and manipulation via dielectrophoresis

- Polymer-based sensors

News


Jan. 2024

박예일 학생(석사과정)이 연구실에 들어왔습니다. 축하합니다!


Yale joined the lab!!!

Jan.06 2024

이양우 학생(박사과정)의 논문이 materials에 게재되었습니다. 축하합니다!


The paper entitled "A Transparent Hydrogel-Ionic Conductor with High Water Retention and Self-Healing Ability" has been published in materials (JCR ranking&: 25.82%).

Dec.18 2023

NC State University 석좌교수인 Michael D. Dickey 교수가 우리 랩을 방문하여 즐겁고 유익한 시간을 가졌습니다.


Professor Michael D. Dickey at NC State University visited our lab to give a seminar and have individual meetings. We had a very productive, fruitful, and fun time. Thanks, Dr. Dickey!