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Unlocking Exceptional Antibacterial Potency in Root Canal Sealers via AgCuO2 Nanocomposites
Seyeon Kim†, Min-Yong Lee†, Hwakyoung Seo†, Junha Lim, Yujin Lee, Abraham Seo, Suyeon Chae, Kanghyun Lee, Eo-Jin Kang, Ji-Yeon Hong, Sue-Hyun Park, Inho Nam, Jungu Kang, Seung Hyun Cho, Tae Yong Kim*, Jeong Woo Han*, Jae-Sung Kwon*, Soomin Park*
Submitted
Interfacial Charge Dynamics and Optical Constraints in Chlorophyll-Functionalized TiO2 Nanotube Arrays
Abraham Seo†, Kanghyun Lee†, Yujin Lee, Seyeon Kim, Sanghyuk Lee, Suyeon Chae, Inho Nam*, Sungju Yu*, Soomin Park*
International Journal of Energy Research, Accepted for Publication
CuxO-TiO2-Embedded Nanofiber Filters with Optimized Cu/(Ti/C) Composition for Sustained Visible-Light-Driven Antiviral Performance
Seyeon Kim†, Hye Eun Shin†, Insun Woo, Yujin Lee, Abraham Seo, Kanghyun Lee, Suyeon Chae, Inho Nam*, Soomin Park*
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Published online [link]
Reevaluating carbonization: The untapped potential of pristine ZIFs for lithium metal batteries
Jihyeon Kang†, Ohhyun Kwon†, Seungwoo Choi†, Seyoung Choi, Seohyeon Jang, Hojong Eom, Hyeonjong Seo, Junhyeop Shin, Jongkwon Park, Jae Hyun Kim, Myeong-Lok Seol, Jeong Woo Han, Soomin Park*, Hyun-Wook Lee*, Inho Nam*
Chemical Engineering Journal (2025) 522, 166980 [link]
Sustained virucidal functionality in practical-scale polymer matrices enabled by visible-light-responsive CuxO-TiO2 photocatalyst
Yujin Lee†, Kanghyun Lee†, Junhyeop Shin†, Seyoung Choi, Seyeon Kim, Geon Woo Kim, Abraham Seo, Jeong Woo Han, Tae Yong Kim*, Inho Nam*, Soomin Park*
Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials (2025) 8(303) [link]
Featured as a news topic [link] [link]
Ambient multivariate synthesis of ZIF-8 nanoparticles: Optimization and application in Li metal batteries
Hyeonjong Seo†, Yujin Lee†, Hoyu Kim†, Seohyeon Jang, Jae Hyun Kim, Jihyeon Kang, Hojong Eom, Ohhyun Kwon, Junhyeop Shin, Jongkwon Park, Seyoung Choi, Yeeun Bae, Chang Wan Park, Myeong-Lok Seol, Hannah Song, Soomin Park*, Inho Nam*
Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2025) 1013, 178578 [link]
Enhancing the performance of LiFePO4 cathodes in Li-ion batteries: Role of surface coating based on ZIF-8 particle size optimization
Hyeonjong Seo, Jihyeon Kang, Hoyu Kim, Seohyeon Jang, Jae Hyun Kim, Seyoung Choi, Hojong Eom, Ohhyun Kwon, Junhyeop Shin, Jongkwon Park, Doehyeop Yoo, Seoyeon Jeong, Seong Hyeon Noh, Chang Wan Park, Myeong-Lok Seol, Soomin Park*, Inho Nam*
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (2025) 42, 1529-1538 [link]
Non-volatile and stretchable polyvinylchloride-based solid-state electrolyte for capacitive energy storage
Seung-Ju Oh†, Hyeon-Su Park†, Kanghyun Lee, Yujin Lee, Soomin Park*, Jin Woo Bae*
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (2024) 41, 1861-1869 [link]
Intelligent stress-adaptive binder enabled by shear-thickening property for silicon electrodes of lithium-ion batteries
Ohhyun Kwon, Tae Yong Kim, Taewon Kim, Jihyeon Kang, Seohyeon Jang, Hojong Eom, Seyoung Choi, Junhyeop Shin, Jongkwon Park, Myeong-Lok Seol, Jeong Woo Han, Soomin Park*, Hyun-Wook Lee*, Inho Nam*
Advanced Energy Materials (2024) 14, 2304085 [link]
Featured as a news topic [link]
Optimizing molecular weight of polyethylene glycol as an additive for stabilizing Zn metal anode in aqueous electrolyte
Ohhyun Kwon, Jihyeon Kang, Seohyeon Jang, Hojong Eom, Seyoung Choi, Junhyeop Shin, Jongkwon Park, Hyeonjong Seo, Jae Hyun Kim, Soomin Park*, Inho Nam*
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (2024) 41, 539-544 [link]
Synthesizing the gel polymer electrolyte for supercapacitor, assembling supercapacitor using coin cell, and measuring gel electrolyte performance
Ohhyun Kwon, Jihyeon Kang, Seohyeon Jang, Seyoung Choi, Hojong Eom, Junhyeop Shin, Jongkwon Park, Soomin Park*, Inho Nam*
Journal of Visualized Experiments (2022) 189, e64057 [link]
Rational design of fluorescent/colorimetric chemosensors for detecting transition metal ions by varying functional groups
Jong-Kwon Park, Junhyeop Shin, Seohyeon Jang, Myeong-Lok Seol, Jihyeon Kang, Seyoung Choi, Hojong Eom, Ohhyun Kwon, Soomin Park, Dong-Youn Noh*, Inho Nam*
Inorganics (2022) 10(11), 189 [link]
Fabrication of antiviral nanofibers containing various Cu salts and ZnO nanorods by electrospinning
Jinsoo Yoon, Joohyun Kim, Juri Lee, Sung Pil Hong, Soomin Park, Yong Won Jeong, Changha Lee, Seong-Geun Oh*
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2022) 116, 572-580 [link]
The major trimeric antenna complexes serve as a site for qH-energy dissipation in plants
Pierrick Bru†, Collin J. Steen†, Soomin Park†, Cynthia L. Amstutz, Emily J. Sylak-Glassman, Lam Lam, Agnes Fekete, Martin J. Mueller, Fiamma Longoni, Graham R. Fleming, Krishna K. Niyogi, Alizée Malnoë*
Journal of Biological Chemistry (2022) 298(11), 102519 [link]
Agarose gel-templating synthesis of a 3D wrinkled graphene architecture for enhanced supercapacitor performance
Junheop Shin†, Jong-Kwon Park†, Geon Woo Kim†, Inho Nam*, Soomin Park*
Micromachines (2022) 13, 1113 [link]
Synthesis of porous metallic structure and its application for energy storage materials
Seohyeon Jang, Jihyeon Kang, Soomin Park*, Inho Nam*
Ceramist (2022) 25, 206-217 [link]
Pre-KOREATECH Papers (~February 2022)
Practical scale evaluation of a photocatalytic air purifier equipped with a titania-zeolite composite bead filter for VOC removal and viral Inactivation
Sungwon Kim, Saemi Kim, Hee-Jin Park, Soomin Park, Jee Yeon Kim, Yong Won Jeong, Hae Heon Yang, Youngsup Choi, Minjoo Yeom, Daesub Song, Changha Lee*
Environmental Research (2022) 204, 112036 [link]
Fabrication of Ag-doped ZnO/PAN composite nanofiber filters: Photocatalytic and anti-virus performance
Jinsoo Yoon, Joohyun Kim, Soomin Park, Yong Won Jeong, Changha Lee, Seong-Geun Oh*
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (2022) 39, 1632-1640 [link]
Synthesis of Au sponges based on agarose template
Soyul Kwak†, Seohyeon Jang†, Soomin Park†, Jihyeon Kang, Inho Nam*
Scripta Materialia (2021) 196, 113769 [link]
Variable optical properties of light-harvesting complex II revisited
Masakazu Iwai*, Jie-Jie Chen, Soomin Park, Yusuke Yoneda, Eva Schmid, Daniel Fletcher, Graham R. Fleming, Krishna K. Niyogi
posted on bioRxiv [link]
Snapshot transient absorption spectroscopy: Toward in vivo investigations of nonphotochemical quenching mechanisms
Soomin Park, Collin J. Steen, Alexandra L. Fischer, Graham R. Fleming*
Photosynthesis Research (2019) 141, 367-376 [link]
Models and mechanisms of the rapidly reversible regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting
Doran I. G. Bennett, Kapil Amarnath, Soomin Park, Collin J. Steen, Jonathan M. Morris and Graham R. Fleming*
Open Biology (2019) 9, 190043 [link]
Chlorophyll-carotenoid excitation energy transfer and charge transfer in Nannochloropsis oceanica for the regulation of photosynthesis
Soomin Park, Collin J. Steen, Dagmar Lyska, Alexandra L. Fischer, Benjamin Endelman, Masakazu Iwai, Krishna K. Niyogi, Graham R. Fleming*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2019) 116, 3385-3390 [link]
Chlorophyll-carotenoid excitation energy transfer in high-light-exposed thylakoid membranes investigated by snapshot transient absorption spectroscopy
Soomin Park, Alexandra L. Fischer, Collin J. Steen, Masakazu Iwai, Jonathan M. Morris, Peter Jomo Walla, Krishna K. Niyogi, Graham R. Fleming*
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2018) 140, 11965-11973 [link]
Featured as a news topic in BERKELEY LAB [link]
Transition metal-free graphene framework based on disulfide bridges as a Li host material
Young Geun Yoo†, Soomin Park†, Seongjun Bae, Jongseok Park, Inho Nam, Jongheop Yi*
Energy Storage Materials (2018) 14, 238-245 [link]
Snapshot transient absorption spectroscopy of carotenoid radical cations in high-light-acclimating thylakoid membranes
Soomin Park, Alexandra L. Fischer, Zhirong Li, Roberto Bassi, Krishna K. Niyogi, Graham R. Fleming*
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2017) 8, 5548-5554 [link]
A platinum catalyst deposited on zirconia support for the design of lithium-oxygen battery with enhanced cycling ability
Seongjun Bae, Young Geun Yoo, Jongseok Park, Soomin Park, Inho Nam, Jeong Woo Han, Jonghoep Yi*
Chemical Communications (2017) 53, 11767-11770 [link]
Observation of crystalline changes of titanium dioxide during lithium insertion by visible spectrum analysis
Inho Nam, Jongseok Park, Soomin Park, Seongjun Bae, Young Geun Yoo, Jeong Woo Han, Jongheop Yi*
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2017) 19, 13140-13146 [link]
Sponge-like Li4Ti5O12 constructed on graphene for high Li electroactivities
Seongjun Bae, Inho Nam, Soomin Park, Young Geun Yoo, Jongseok Park, Jong Min Lee, Jeong Woo Han, Jongheop Yi*
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2017) 17, 588-593 [link]
Insights into the Li diffusion dynamics and nanostructuring of H2Ti12O25 to enhance its Li storage performance
Soomin Park, Young Geun Yoo, Inho Nam, Seongjun Bae, Jongseok Park, Jeong Woo Han, Jongheop Yi*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2016) 8, 12186-12193 [link]
Energy storage systems based on endoskeleton structuring
Inho Nam, Jongseok Park, Seongjun Bae, Soomin Park, Young Geun Yoo, Jongheop Yi*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2016) 4, 13228-13234 [link]
Tunable lithium storage properties of metal lithium titanates by stoichiometric modulation
Seongjun Bae, Young Geun Yoo, Inho Nam, Soomin Park, Jongseok Park, Jong Min Lee, Jeong Woo Han, Jongheop Yi*
Electrochemistry Communications (2016) 64, 26-29 [link]
Dual planar-helix type energy storage wires to circumvent universal energy lag effect
Inho Nam, Jongseok Park, Soomin Park, Seongjun Bae, Young Geun Yoo, Jongheop Yi*
Advanced Energy Materials (2016) 6, 1501812 [link]
Radial alignment of c-channel nanorods in 3D porous TiO2 for eliciting enhanced Li storage performance
Jayeon Baek†, Soomin Park†, Chyan Kyung Song, Inho Nam, Jong Min Lee, Jeong Woo Han, Jongheop Yi*
Chemical Communications (2015) 51, 15019-15022 [link]
Interfacial adsorption and redox coupling of Li4Ti5O12 with nano-graphene for high-rate lithium storage
Seongjun Bae, Inho Nam, Soomin Park, Young Geun Yoo, Sungju Yu, Jong Min Lee, Jeong Woo Han, Jongheop Yi*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2015) 7, 16565-16572 [link]
Omnidirectionally stretchable, high performance supercapacitors based on a graphene-carbon-nanotube layered structure
Inho Nam, Seongjun Bae, Soomin Park, Young Geun Yoo, Jong Min Lee, Jeong Woo Han, Jongheop Yi*
Nano Energy (2015) 15, 33-42 [link]
All-solid-state, washable and wearable supercapacitors fabricated by using a fibrous graphite network and self-adhering architecture
Soomin Park, Young Geun Yoo, Inho Nam, Seongjun Bae, Jongheop Yi*
Energy Technology (2014) 2, 677-684 [link]
Preparation of energy storage material derived from used cigarette filter for supercapacitor electrode
Minzae Lee, Gil-Pyo Kim, Hyeon Don Song, Soomin Park, Jongheop Yi*
Nanotechnology (2014) 28, 345601 [link]
All-solid-state, origami-type foldable supercapacitor chips with integrated series circuit analogues
Inho Nam, Gil-Pyo Kim, Soomin Park, Jeong Woo Han, Jongheop Yi*
Energy & Environmental Science (2014) 7, 1095-1102 [link]
Hybrid MnO2 film with agarose gel for enhancing the structural integrity of thin film supercapacitor electrodes
Soomin Park, Inho Nam, Gil-Pyo Kim, Jeong Woo Han, Jongheop Yi*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2013) 5, 9908-9912 [link]
A brain-coral-inspired metal-carbon hybrid synthesized using agarose gel for ultra-fast charge and discharge supercapacitor electrodes
Soomin Park, Inho Nam, Gil-Pyo Kim, Junsu Park, Nam Dong Kim, Younghun Kim, Jongheop Yi*
Chemical Communications (2013) 49, 1554-1556 [link]
Preferential growth of Co3O4 anode material with improved cyclic stability for lithium-ion batteries
Gil-Pyo Kim†, Soomin Park†, Inho Nam, Junsu Park, Jongheop Yi*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2013) 1, 3872-3876 [link]
Effect of dispersion stability on the deposition of citrate-capped silver nanoparticles in natural soils
Soomin Park, Esther Hehsun Kim, Moonjung Eo, Hyeon Don Song, Suseung Lee, Jin-Kyu Roh, Byoung-Cheun Lee, Younghun Kim, Jongheop Yi*
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2013) 13, 2224-2229 [link]
Selected by Abstracts in Virtual Journal of Nanotechnology Environment, Health and Safety, ICON (International Council on Nanotechnology)
Effect of end group modification of DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticles on cellular uptake in HepG2 cells
Surin Hong, Soomin Park, Junsu Park, Jongheop Yi*
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (2013) 112, 415-420 [link]
Preparation via an electrochemical method of graphene films coated on both sides with NiO nanoparticles for use as high-performance lithium ion anodes
Gil-Pyo Kim, Inho Nam, Soomin Park, Junsu Park, Jongheop Yi*
Nanotechnology (2013) 24, 475402 [link]
Synthesis of porous NiO materials with preferentially oriented crystalline structures with enhanced stability as lithium ion battery anodes
Gil-Pyo Kim, Soomin Park, Inho Nam, Junsu Park, Jongheop Yi*
Journal of Power Sources (2013) 237, 172-177 [link]
Three-dimensional aligned mesoporous carbon nanotubes filled with Co3O4 nanoparticles for Li-ion battery anode applications
Junsu Park, Won Gyun Moon, Gil-Pyo Kim, Inho Nam, Soomin Park, Younghun Kim, Jongheop Yi*
Electrochimica Acta (2013) 105, 110-114 [link]
Co3O4 nanoparticles embedded in ordered mesoporous carbon with enhanced performance as an anode material for Li-ion batteries
Junsu Park, Gil-Pyo Kim, Ha Nee Umh, Inho Nam, Soomin Park, Younghun Kim, Jongheop Yi*
Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2013) 15, 1943 [link]
Removal characteristics of engineered nanoparticles by activated sludge
Hee-Jin Park, Hee Yeon Kim, Seoeun Cha, Chang Hoon Ahn, Jinkyu Roh, Soomin Park, Sujin Kim, Kyunghee Choi, Jongheop Yi, Younghun Kim, Jeyong Yoon*
Chemosphere (2013) 92, 524-528 [link]
Transparent and ultra-bendable all-solid-state supercapacitors without percolation problems
Inho Nam, Soomin Park, Gil-Pyo Kim, Junsu Park, Jongheop Yi*
Chemical Science (2013) 4, 1663-1667 [link]
Biofilm-inactivating activity of silver nanoparticles: A comparison with silver ions
Hee-Jin Park, Soomin Park, Jinkyu Roh, Sujin Kim, Kyunghee Choi, Jongheop Yi, Younghun Kim, Jeyong Yoon*
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2013) 19, 614-619 [link]
Dispersion stablity of citrate- and PVP-AgNPs in biological media for cytotoxicity test
Jinkyu Roh, Ha Nee Umh, Jaehoon Sim, Soomin Park, Jongheop Yi, Younghun Kim*
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (2013) 30, 671-674 [link]
Selected by Abstracts in Virtual Journal of Nanotechnology Environment, Health and Safety, ICON (International Council on Nanotechnology)
One-pot synthesis of silicon nanoparticles trapped in ordered mesoporous carbon for use as an anode material in lithium-ion batteries
Junsu Park, Gil-Pyo Kim, Inho Nam, Soomin Park, Jongheop Yi*
Nanotechnology (2013) 24, 025602 [link]
Fabrication and design equation of film-type large-scale interdigitated supercapcitor chips
Inho Nam, Gil-Pyo Kim, Soomin Park, Junsu Park, Nam Dong Kim, Jongheop Yi*
Nanoscale (2012) 4, 7350-7353 [link]
A synthesis of graphene/Co3O4 thin films for lithium ion battery anodes by coelectrodeposition
Gil-Pyo Kim, Inho Nam, Nam Dong Kim, Junsu Park, Soomin Park, Jongheop Yi*
Electrochemistry Communications (2012) 22, 93-96 [link]
Case studies for nanomaterials’ exposure to environmental media
Ha Nee Umh, Jinkyu Roh, Byoung-Cheun Lee, Soomin Park, Jongheop Yi, Younghun Kim*
Korean Chemical Engineering Research (2012) 50, 1056-1063 [link]
The sensitive, anion-selective detection of arsenate with poly(allylamine hydrochloride) by single particle plasmon-based spectroscopy
Surin Hong, Soomin Park, Suseung Lee, Young In Yang, Hyeon Don Song, Jongheop Yi*
Analytica Chimica Acta (2011) 694, 136-141 [link]