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(†: denotes equal contribution)

2024

Yeonkyeong Ryu†, Fatima Ezzahra Bouharras†, Minseok Cha†, Joyce Mudondo†, Younghoon Kim, Sudha Rani Ramakrishnan, Sangbin Shin, Youngchang Yu, Wonjoo Lee, Jiyoung Park, Yunjeong Song, Su-jin Yum, Hyun Gil Cha*, Dowon Ahn*, Soo-Jung Kim*, and Hee Teak Kim*,

"Recent advancements in biodegradable mulch films (BDMs): A comprehensive review on the evolution, production processes, and control of the degradation rate of BDMs",

Submitted (2024)

Youngjoo Park, Junkyu Kim, Dowon Ahn, Youngchang Yu*, Wonjoo Lee*, and Minsang Kwon*,

"Biomass-derived optically clear adhesives for foldable displays",

ChemSusChem, e202301795 (2024)

Sangbin Shin†, Yonghwan Kwon†, Chiwon Hwang, Woojin Jeon, Youngchang Yu, Hyun-Jong Paik*, Wonjoo Lee*, Minsang Kwon*, and Dowon Ahn*,

"Visible-light-driven rapid 3D printing of photoresponsive resins for optically clear multifunctional 3D objects",

Advanced Materials, 36, 2311917 (2024)

selected as frontispiece
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Min Pyeong Kim, Swatilekha Kayal, Chiwon Hwang, Jonghoon Bae, Hyunseok Kim, Dong Gyu Hwang, Min Ho Jeon, Jeong Kon Seo, Dowon Ahn, Wonjoo Lee, Sangwon Seo, Joong-Hyun Chun*, Youngchang Yu*, and Sung You Hong*,

"Iterative SuFEx approaches for sequence-regulated oligosulfates and its extension to periodic copolymers",

Nature Communications, 15, 3381 (2024)

2023

Haeun Kwon†, Sangbin Shin†, Youngchang Yu, Wonjoo Lee, Hyunok Park, Seo Yoon Lee, Eunji Woo, Dowon Ahn*, Myung-jin Baek*, and Dong Woog Lee*,

"Polyol-dependent adhesion mechanism of XDI- and H6XDI-based polyurethanes",

Polymer Testing, 129, 108260 (2023)

Chiwon Hwang, Sangbin Shin, Dowon Ahn, Hyun-Jong Paik*, Wonjoo Lee*, and Youngchang Yu*,

"Realizing cross-linking-free acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives with intensive chain entanglement through visible light-mediated photoiniferter-reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization",

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 58905 (2023)

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Jong-Ho Back, Wonjoo Lee, Hyun-Joong Kim, Youngchang Yu*, and Dowon Ahn*,

"A hybrid-filler-incorporated, photocurable, thermally conductive elastomer with high stretchability and self-attachability",

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62, 9257 (2023)

Jong-Ho Back†, Yonghwan Kwon†, Hyeju Cho, Huesoo Lee, Dowon Ahn, Hyun-joong Kim, Youngchang Yu*, Youngdo Kim*, Wonjoo Lee*, and Minsang Kwon*, 

“Visible-light curable acrylic resins towards UV-light blocking adhesives for foldable displays”, 

Advanced Materials, 35, 2204776 (2023)

Sangbin Shin, Chiwon Hwang, Youngchang Yu, Wonjoo Lee, and Dowon Ahn*, 

“Rapid and efficient vat photopolymerization with visible light”, 

Polymer Science and Technology, 34, 21 (2023)

2022

Chiwon Hwang, Jaehee Jeon, Dowon Ahn, Youngchang Yu*, and Wonjoo Lee*, 

“Synthesis and characterization of PPG-based urethane-modified epoxy resin for enhancing impact resistance of epoxy composite resin”, 

Journal of Adhesion and Interface, 23, 44 (2022)

Sangbin Shin, Eunji Sim, Wonjoo Lee, Hyun-Jong Paik*, Youngchang Yu*, and Dowon Ahn*, 

“Synthesis and reactivity of novel cinnamonitrile derivatives as reactive UV stabilizers for enhanced light protection and performance of coatings”, 

Polymer Degradation and Stability, 201, 109969 (2022)

Chiwon Hwang, Jong-Ho Back, Dowon Ahn, Hyun-Jong Paik*, Wonjoo Lee*, and Youngchang Yu*, 

“A facile post-modification strategy for carboxylic acid-functionalized UV-responsive pressure-sensitive adhesives”, 

Polymer Chemistry, 13, 193 (2022)

selected as front cover

Prior to 2022

Jong-Ho Back, Chiwon Hwang, Dooyoung Baek, Dongwoo Kim, Youngchang Yu, Wonjoo Lee*, Hyun-Joong Kim*,

"Synthesis of urethane-modified aliphatic epoxy using a greenhouse gas for epoxy composites with tunable properties: Toughened polymer, elastomer, and pressure-sensitive adhesive",

Composites Part B: Engineering, 222, 109058 (2021).

Jong-Ho Back, Yonghwan Kwon, Hyun-Joong Kim, Youngchang Yu*, Wonjoo Lee*, Min Sang Kwon*,

"Visible-light-curable solvent-free acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives via photoredox-mediated radical polymerization",

Molecules, 26, 385 (2021)

Jaehee Jeon, Chiwon Hwang, Choongsun Lim, Bongkuk Seo, Youngchang Yu*, Wonjoo Lee*,

"Synthesis and Characterization of Propylene Glycol based Polyol and Urethane modified Epoxy Monomer for Flexibility",

Journal of Adhesion and Interface, 22, 8 (2021)

Jong-Ho Back, Yonghwan Kwon, Juan Carlos Roldao, Youngchang Yu, Hyun-Joong Kim, Johannes Gierschner*, Wonjoo Lee*, Min Sang Kwon*,

"Synthesis of solvent-free acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives via visible-light-driven photocatalytic radical polymerization without additives",

Green Chemistry, 22, 8289 (2020)