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[2026]

Thermal management
[31] "Adaptable personalized thermoregulation through rational design of passive and active heat transfer" 

Dong Hyun Kim, Farooq Khan, Jae-uk Lee, In Chul Shin, Jinwoo Na, Taeho Yoo, Yeongju Jung*, Seung Hwan Ko*, Jinwoo Lee*

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Laser processing
[30] "Robust Freestanding Laser-induced Graphene Electrodes for Wearable Energy Devices" 

Gyuho Choi†, Sangjin Yoon†, Yeongju Jung, Huijae Park, Dohyung Kim, Sejong Yu, Minwoo Kim*, Seung Hwan Ko*

Carbon, 246, 120852, 2026. [2024 JCR top 10.1%]

[2025]

Thermal management & Laser processing
[29] "Monolithic integration of radiative cooling and solar heating functionalities by laser-induced pyrolysis"

Yeongju Jung†, Seongmin Jeong†, Gyu Heo, Kyung Rok Pyun, Seok Hwan Choi, Junhyuk Bang, Jae Gun Lee, Hongchan Kim, Jaeho Shin, Sukjoon Hong, Jinwoo Lee, Daeyeon Won, Jaeman Song*, Seung Hwan Ko*

Joule, 9(8), 102007, 2025. [2024 JCR top 1.4%]

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Laser processing & Signal monitoring
[28] "Laser-Induced Nanowire Percolation Interlocking for Ultrarobust Soft Electronics"

Yeongju Jung†, Kyung Rok Pyun†, Sejong Yu, Jiyong Ahn, Jinsol Kim, Jung Jae Park, Min Jae Lee, Byunghong Lee, Daeyeon Won, Junhyuk Bang, Seung Hwan Ko*

Nano-Micro Letters, 17, 127, 2025. [2024 JCR top 1.0%]

[현대자동차 산학협력연구] 

Signal monitoring
[27] "Smart filtering facepiece respirator with self-adaptive fit and wireless humidity monitoring"

Kangkyu Kwon†, Yoon Jae Lee†, Yeongju Jung, Ira Soltis, Yewon Na, Lissette Romero, Myung Chul Kim, Nathan Rodeheaver, Hodam Kim, Chaewon Lee, Seung-Hwan Ko*, Jinwoo Lee*, Woon-Hong Yeo*

Biomaterials, 314, 122866, 2024. [2024 JCR top 3.6%]

Laser processing & Signal monitoring
[26] "Monolithically stacked VIA-free liquid metal circuit for stretchable electronics"

Minwoo Kim†, Jung Jae Park†, Sangwoo Hong, Yeongju Jung, Junhyuk Bang, Chulmin Cho, Seung Hwan Ko*

Materials Today, 83, 24-34, 2025. [2024 JCR top 3.8%]

Thermal management & Energy harvesting
[25] "All Weather-Usable Wearable Dual Energy Harvester for Outdoor Sustainable Operation"

Yeongju Jung†, Jiyong Ahn†, Ji-Seok Kim, Junhyuk Bang, Minwoo Kim, Seongmin Jeong, Jinwoo Lee, Seonggeun Han, Il-Kwon Oh, Seung Hwan Ko*

SusMat, 5(1), e264, 2025. [2023 JCR top 1.6%]

Laser processing & Signal monitoring
[24] "Highly Sensitive Cuffless Blood Pressure Monitoring with Selective Laser-Sintered Liquid Metal Conductors"

Jung Jae Park†, Sangwoo Hong†, Yeongju Jung, Phillip Won, Carmel Majidi, Minwoo Kim*, Seung Hwan Ko*

Advanced Functional Materials, 35(42), 2505089, 2025. [2024 JCR top 4.5%] 

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[2024]

Thermal management
[23] "Radiative cooling technology with artificial intelligence"

Yeongju Jung, Seung Hwan Ko*

iScience, 27(12), 111325, 2024. 

Thermal management & Energy harvesting
[22] "Energy-saving window for versatile multimode of radiative cooling, energy harvesting, and defrosting functionalities"

Yeongju Jung, Ji-Seok Kim, Junhyuk Bang, Seok Hwan Choi, Kangkyu Kwon, Min Jae Lee, Il-Kwon Oh, Jaeman Song, Jinwoo Lee, Seung Hwan Ko*

Nano Energy, 129, 110004, 2024. [2023 JCR top 5.3%]

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[21] "Bioinspired electronics for intelligent soft robots"

Junhyuk Bang†, Seok Hwan Choi†, Kyung Rok Pyun, Yeongju Jung, Sangwoo Hong, Dohyung Kim, Youngseok Lee, Daeyeon Won, Seongmin Jeong, Wooseop Shin, Seung Hwan Ko*

Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, 1, 597–613, 2024.

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Laser processing
[20] "Phase patterning of liquid crystal elastomers by laser-induced dynamic crosslinking"

Seok Hwan Choi, Ju Hee Kim, Jiyong Ahn, Taegyeom Kim, Yeongju Jung, Daeyeon Won, Junhyuk Bang, Kyung Rok Pyun, Seongmin Jeong, Hyunsu Kim, Young Gyu Kim, Seung Hwan Ko*

Nature Materials, 23(6), 834–843, 2024. [2023 JCR top 0.6%]

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Signal monitoring
[19] "A Gradient Stiffness-Programmed Circuit Board by Spatially Controlled Phase-Transition of Supercooled Hydrogel for Stretchable Electronics Integration"

Minwoo Kim†, Sangwoo Hong†, Jung Jae Park, Yeongju Jung, Seok Hwan Choi, Chulmin Cho, Inho Ha, Phillip Won, Carmel Majidi, Seung Hwan Ko*

Advanced Materials, 36(25), 2313344, 2024. [2023 JCR top 1.9%]

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Energy harvesting
[18] "MXene-enhanced ionovoltaic effect by evaporation and water infiltration in semiconductor nanochannels"

Huijae Park†, Gyuho Choi†, Sangjin Yoon, Yeongju Jung, Junhyuk Bang, Minwoo Kim, Seung Hwan Ko*

ACS Nano, 18(20), 13130–13140, 2024. [2022 JCR top 5.7%]

[Featured on Cover (front cover)] [국민일보] 

[17] "Untethered soft actuators for soft standalone robotics"

Yeongju Jung†, Kangkyu Kwon†, Jinwoo Lee*, Seung Hwan Ko*

Nature Communications, 15, 3510, 2024. [2022 JCR top 7.5%]

Thermal management
[16] "Switchable radiative cooling and solar heating for sustainable thermal management"

Myung Jin Yoo, Kyung Rok Pyun, Yeongju Jung, Minjae Lee, Jinwoo Lee, Seung Hwan Ko*

Nanophotonics, 13(5), 543–561, 2024. 

Thermal management & Laser processing
[15] "Strain-insensitive outdoor wearable electronics by thermally robust nanofibrous radiative cooler"

Yeongju Jung†, Minwoo Kim†, Seongmin Jeong, Sangwoo Hong, Seung Hwan Ko*

ACS Nano, 18(3), 2312–2324, 2024. [2022 JCR top 5.7%]

[동아사이언스] 

Thermal management  & Energy harvesting
[14] "High efficiency breathable thermoelectric skin using multimode radiative cooling/solar heating assisted large thermal gradient"

Yeongju Jung†, Seongmin Jeong†, Jiyong Ahn, Jinwoo Lee, Seung Hwan Ko*

Small, 20(1), 2304338, 2024. [2022 JCR top 6.6%]

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[2023]

Signal monitoring
[13] "Recent advances in biodegradable green electronic materials and sensor applications"

JinKi Min†, Yeongju Jung†, Jiyong Ahn, Jae Gun Lee, Jinwoo Lee, Seung Hwan Ko*

Advanced Materials, 35(52), 2211273, 2023. [2022 JCR top 2.2%]

Thermal management
[12] "Functional materials and innovative strategies for wearable thermal management applications"

Yeongju Jung†, Minwoo Kim†, Taegyeom Kim, Jiyong Ahn, Jinwoo Lee, Seung Hwan Ko*

Nano-Micro Letters, 15, 160, 2023. [2022 JCR top 2.8%]

Thermal management
[11] "Photonic structures in radiative cooling"

Minjae Lee, Gwansik Kim, Yeongju Jung, Kyung Rok Pyun, Jinwoo Lee, Byung-Wook Kim*, Seung Hwan Ko*

Light: Science and Applications, 12, 134, 2023. [2022 JCR top 2.5%]

Thermal management
[10] "High heat storing and thermally diffusive artificial skin for wearable thermal management"

Yeongju Jung†, Inho Ha†, Minwoo Kim, Jiyong Ahn, Jinwoo Lee, Seung Hwan Ko*

Nano Energy, 105, 107979, 2023. [2021 JCR top 5.901%]

Laser processing & Electrochromic
[9] "An Ag–Au-PANI core–shell nanowire network for visible-to-infrared data encryption and supercapacitor applications"

Yeongju Jung†, Kyung Rok Pyun†, JinKi Min, Hyeokjun Yoon, Minjae Lee, Byung-Wook Kim, Jinwoo Lee*, Seung Hwan Ko*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11, 7264 – 7275, 2023. [2021 JCR top 7.143%]

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Thermal management
[8] "Bioinspired untethered soft robot with pumpless phase change soft actuators by bidirectional thermoelectrics"

Yeosang Yoon†, Huijae Park†, Jinwoo Lee, Joonhwa Choi, Yeongju Jung, Seonggeun Han, Inho Ha, Seung Hwan Ko*

Chemical Engineering Journal, 451(3), 138794, 2023. [2021 JCR top 2.448%]

[2022]

Laser processing
[7] "Smart paper electronics by laser-induced graphene for biodegradable real-time food spoilage monitoring"

Yeongju Jung†, JinKi Min†, Joonhwa Choi, Junhyuk Bang, Seongmin Jeong, Kyung Rok Pyun, Jiyong Ahn, Yeongtak Cho, Seunghun Hong, Sukjoon Hong, Jinwoo Lee, Seung Hwan Ko*

Applied Materials Today, 29, 101589, 2022. 

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Laser processing
[6] "Multi-Bandgap Monolithic Metal Nanowire Percolation Network Sensor Integration by Reversible Selective Laser-Induced Redox"

Junhyuk Bang, Yeongju Jung, Hyungjun Kim, Dongkwan Kim, Maenghyo Cho, Seung Hwan Ko*

Nano-Micro Letters, 14, 49, 2022. [2021 JCR top 3.623%]

Laser processing
[5] "Recent Advances in Laser-Induced Graphene: Mechanism, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications in Flexible Electronics"

Truong-Son Dinh Le, Hoang-Phuong Phan, Soongeun Kwon, Sangbaek Park, Yeongju Jung, Jinki Min, Byung Jae Chun, Hana Yoon, Seung Hwan Ko, Seung-Woo Kim, Young-Jin Kim*

Advanced Functional Materials, 32(48), 2205158, 2022. [2021 JCR top 4.783%]

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Thermal management
[4] "Bioinspired Soft Robotic Fish for Wireless Underwater Control of Gliding Locomotion"

Jinwoo Lee†, Yeosang Yoon†, Huijae Park, Joonhwa Choi, Yeongju Jung, Seung Hwan Ko*, Woon-Hong Yeo*

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 4(7), 2100271, 2022.

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Thermal management & Energy harvesting
[3] "Soft multi-modal thermoelectric skin for dual functionality of underwater energy harvesting and thermo-regulation"

Yeongju Jung†, Joonhwa Choi†, Yeosang Yoon, Huijae Park, Jinwoo Lee*, Seung Hwan Ko*

Nano Energy, 95, 107002, 2022. [2020 JCR top 4.641%]

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Thermal management
[2] "Biomimetic reconstruction of butterfly wing scale nanostructures for radiative cooling and structural coloration"

Jinwoo Lee†, Yeongju Jung†, MinJae Lee, June Sik Hwang, Jiang Guo, Wooseop Shin, JinKi Min, Kyung Rok Pyun, Huseung Lee, Yaerim Lee, Junichiro Shiomi, Young-Jin Kim, Byung-Wook Kim*, Seung Hwan Ko*

Nanoscale Horizons, 7, 1054-1064, 2022. († equal contributions) [2020 JCR top 10.329%]

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[2020]

Thermal management
[1] "Thermally Controlled, Active Imperceptible Artificial Skin in Visible-to-Infrared Range"

Jinwoo Lee†, Heayoun Sul†, Yeongju Jung, Hyeonseok Kim, Seonggeun Han, Joonhwa Choi, Jaeho Shin, Dongkwan Kim, Jinwook Jung, Sukjoon Hong, Seung Hwan Ko*

Advanced Functional Materials, 30(36), 2003328, 2020. [2019 JCR top 3.981%]

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