Publications
65.
Sequential multidimensional heteroepitaxy of chalcogen-sharing 3D ZnSe and 2D MoSe2 with quasi van der Waals interface engineering
S. Kim, S. Oh, S. J. Kwak, G. Noh, M. Choi, J. Lee, Y. Kim, M.-G. Kim, T. S. Kim, M.-K. Jo, W. B. Lee, J. Yoo, Y. J. Hong, S. Song, J. Y. Kwak*, Y. Kim*, H. Y. Jeong*, and K. Kang*
(* co-corresponding author)
Science Advances (2025)
64.
Enhancing solubility of organic crystalline ingredients in aqueous phase through preferential spatial association with polyols
J. Yang, A. Park, W. B. Lee, S. Lee, J. M. Park, Y. Kim*, and J. W. Kim*
(* co-corresponding author)
Journal of Molecular Liquids (2025)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167732225003010
63.
Insights into the synergy effect in dual single-atom catalysts on defective CeO2 under CO2 hydrogenation
D. Park, S. Hong, J. Han, Y. Kim, M. Park, B. Lee, Y. Song, H. Y. Koo, S. Yang, W. B. Lee, and J. Y. Park
Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy (2025)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337324013018
62.
Self-assembly of Architected Macromolecules: Bridging a Gap between Experiments and Simulations
J. W. Yu, C. You, S. Cho, M. Seo*, and Y. Kim*
(* co-corresponding author)
Chemical Physics Reviews (2025)
61.
Novel Anchored Branched Polymer Coating Layers for Enhanced Redox Kinetics in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries
H. S. Jeong, D. I. Kim, W. Lee, H. B. Jeong, S. Jo, J. Byeon, Y. Kwon, Y. Choi, W. B. Lee, S. Cha, J. P. Hong, J.-I. Sohn*, Y. Kim*, and J. Hong*
(* co-corresponding author)
Energy & Environmental Materials (2025)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eem2.12872
60.
Activity-Drop of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in LiNO3 Based “Hydronium-in-Salt” Acidic Electrolytes on Platinum Enables Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction
C. Park, M. Y. Seo, T. Kwon, J. Kim, K. M. Nam*, Y. Kim*, and J. Chang*
(* co-corresponding author)
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024)
59.
Characterization of interactions in battery slurry via MD simulation: Influence on miscibility, morphology, and dispersion with varying ACN content in HNBR
A. Park, S. Kim, J.-Y. Jung, W. Kim, M. Y. Seo, S. Kim, C. Nam,
W. B. Lee*, and Y. Kim* (* co-corresponding author)
The Journal of Chemical Physics (2024)
58.
Clinically-Driven Rapidly Developed Nanoparticle Corona for Label-Free Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage Detection
S. Lee, G. Ryu, S. Shin, W. Kim, M. Yoon, Y. Kim, S. Park, Y. Kim, and S.-Y. Cho
ACS Nano (2024)
57.
Separator-Supported Electrode Configuration for Ultra-High Energy Density Lithium Secondary Battery
J. Y. Kim*, M. Y. Seo, J. Choi, Y. H. Lee, Y. Kim*, S. H. Kang, Y. M. Lee, and Y-G. Lee (* co-corresponding author) (selected as cover)
Advanced Energy Materials (2024)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aenm.202403655
56.
Unveiling Aqueous Polymerization of Poly(amic acid) Salts for Eco-Friendly and Robust Aromatic Polyimide Structuring
Y. So, J. Park, Y-M. Ha, J. Kim, N. K. Park, Y. Y. Kang, W. Lee, S. Lee, S. J. Oh, S. J. Kwak, W. B. Lee, Y. Kim, H-T. Jung, Y. H. Kim, and J. C. Won
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2024)
55.
Scaling Behavior of Solution Self-Assembled Micelle of Sequence-Controlled Bottlebrush Copolymer
S. Kwon, J. Nam, J. W. Chung, M. Seo*, W. B. Lee*, and Y. Kim*
(* co-corresponding author)
Macromolecules (2024)
54.
Two-Regime Conformation of Grafted Polymer on Nanoparticle Determines Symmetry of Nanoparticle Self-Assembly
J. W. Yu, H. Yun*, W. B. Lee*, and Y. Kim* (* co-corresponding author)
Advanced Science (2024)
53.
Systematic Selection of High Affinity ssDNA Sequences to Carbon Nanotubes
D. Lee, J. Lee, W. Kim, Y. Suh, J. Park, S. Kim*, Y. Kim*, S. Kwon*, and
S. Jeong* (* co-corresponding author)
Advanced Science (2024)
52.
Self-assembly prediction of architecture-controlled bottlebrush copolymers in solution using graph convolutional networks
W. Hwang, S. Kwon, W. B. Lee*, and Y. Kim* (* co-corresponding author)
Soft Matter (2024)
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2024/sm/d4sm00453a
51.
Icosahedral supracrystal assembly from polymer-grafted nanoparticles via interplay of interfacial energy and confinement effect
M. Xu, E. J. Kim, Y. J. Lee, H. Lee, K. Jung, J. Choi, S.-H. Kim, Y. Kim, H. Yun*, and B. J. Kim*
Science Advnaces (2024)
50.
Rational Design of 3D Polymer Corona Interfaces of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Receptor-Free Virus Recognition
Y. Lee, W. Kim, Y. Cho, M. Yoon, S. Lee, J. Lee, S. Oh, Y. Song, B. J. Lee, Y. Kim*, and S.-Y. Cho* (* co-corresponding author)
ACS Nano (2024)
49.
Probing Local pH Change during Electrode Oxidation of TEMPO Derivative: Implication of Redox-Induced Acidity Alternation by Imidazolium-Linker Functional Groups
J. Yeo, K. Kim, S. J. Kwak, M. S. Kim, J. H. Yang, W. B. Lee, Y. Kim*, J, Chae*, and J. Chang* (* co-corresponding author)
Analytical Chemistry (2024)
48.
Area-selective atomic layer deposition on 2D monolayer lateral superlattices
J. Park, S. J. Kwak, S. Kang, S. Oh, B. Shin, G. Noh, T. S. Kim, C. Kim, H. Park, S. H. Oh, W. Kang, N. Hur, H-J. Chai, M. Kang, S. Kwon, J. Lee, Y. Lee, E. Moon, C. Shi, J. Lou, W. B. Lee, J. Y. Kwak, H. Yang, T-M. Chung, T. Eom, J. Suh, Y. Han, H. Y. Jeong, Y. Kim*, and K. Kang*
(* co-corresponding author)
Nature Communications (2024)
47.
Threading Subunits for Polymers to Predict the Equilibrium Ensemble of Solid Polymer Electrolytes
J. Park, W. J. Kim, Y. Kim*, E. K. Lee*, and H. Kim*
(* co-corresponding author)
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2024)
46.
Redox-driven confinement of quinone with imidazole in sub-nanometer sized porous carbon space mitigating chemical degradation for aqueous energy storage
J. Yang, A. Park, T. Kwon, Y. Lee, W. B. Lee, K. M. Nam*, Y. Kim*, and J. Chang* (* co-corresponding author)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2024)
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/ta/d3ta07180d
45.
Precise and selective macroscopic assembly of a dual lock-and-key structured hydrogel
E. Heo, W. Hwang, H. B. Koo, S. Park, D-N. kim, H-Y. Kim, Y. Kim, and J-B. Chang
Materials Horizons (2024)
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/mh/d3mh00995e
44.
Covalent conjugation of a ‘hydroxide-philic’ functional group achieving ‘hydroxide-phobic’ TEMPO with superior stability in all-organic aqueous redox flow batteries
N-U Seo, K. Kim, J. Yeo, S. J. Kwak, Y. Kim, H. Kim, M. S. Kim, J. Choi, Y. S. Jung, H. Chae, J. Chang, and J. H. Yang
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2023)
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2023/ta/d3ta03420h
43.
Determination of Glass Transition Temperatures in Bulk and Micellar Nanoconfined Polymers by Using Fluorescent Molecular Rotors as Probes for Changes in Free Volume
S. Kim, M. Lee, H. C. Kim, Y. Kim*, W. B. Lee*, and Y-Y. Won*
(* co-corresponding author)
Macromolecules (2023)
42.
Overlimiting current by iodide electrode oxidation in aqueous media: an electrogenerated iodine interphase with positively charged channels stimulating in situ electrokinetic iodide transport
S. Ki, A. Park, W. B. Lee, Y. Kim*, and J. Chang*
(* co-corresponding author)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2023)
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/ta/d3ta01505j
41.
Molecular dynamics study of shear-induced lamellar alignment of ABA triblock copolymer thin films
C. Nam, J. G. Son, Y. Kim*, and W. B. Lee* (* co-corresponding author)
Soft Matter (2023)
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2023/sm/d3sm00063j
40.
Crystallization behavior of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) in NMP/DMF solvents:
a molecular dynamics study
A. Park, J. Jung, S. Kim, W. Kim, M. Y. Seo, S. Kim, Y. Kim*, and W. B. Lee*
(* co-corresponding author)
RSC Advances (2023)
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2023/ra/d3ra00549f
30.
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Silicon Dioxide Etching by Hydrogen Fluoride Using the Reactive Force Field
D. H. Kim, S. J. Kwak, J. H. Jeong, S. Yoo, S. K. Nam, Y. Kim* and W. B. Lee*
(* co-corresponding author)
ACS Omega (2021)
29.
Shear-Rolling Process for Unidirectionally and Perpendicularly Oriented Sub-10-nm Block Copolymer Patterns on the 4 in Scale
J. Oh, M. Shin, I. S. Kim, H. S. Kim, Y. Kim, J. K. Kim, J. Bang, B. Yeom, and J. G. Son
ACS Nano (2021)
28.
Self-assembly of rod-coil diblock copolymer-nanoparticle composites in thin films: dissipative particle dynamics
C. Nam, W. B. Lee*, and Y. Kim* (* co-corresponding author)
Soft Matter (2021)
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/sm/d0sm02149k
27.
Simulation and Fabrication of Nanoscale Spirals Based on Dual-Scale Self-Assemblies
G. H. Lee, S. Kim, Y. Kim*, M. S. Jang*, and Y. S. Jung*
(* co-corresponding author)
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2020)
26.
Self-Assembly of Monolayer Vesicles via Backbone-Shiftable Synthesis of Janus Core-Shell Bottlebrush Polymer
J. Nam, Y. Kim, J. G. Kim, and M. Seo
Macromolecules (2019) (selected as cover)
25.
Phase behavior of disk-coil block copolymers under cylindrical confinement: Curvature-induced structural frustrations
M. Y. Ha, J. H. Ryu, E. N. Cho, J. Choi, Y. Kim*, and W. B. Lee*
(* co-corresponding author)
Physical Review E (2019)
https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.100.052502
24.
Regioregularity controlled phase behavior for Poly(3-hexylthiophene):
A combined study of simple coarse-grained simulation and experiment
H. J. Kim, J.-S. Kim, Y. Kim, Y. S. Jung, B. J. Kim*, and Y. Kim*
(* co-corresponding author)
Polymer (2019)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0032386119305506
23.
Tuning Solute-Redistribution Dynamics for Scalable Fabrication of Colloidal Quantum-Dot Optoelectronics
M.-J. Choi*, Y. Kim*, H. Lim, E. Alarousu, A. Adhikari, B. S. Shaheen, Y. H. Kim, O. F. Mohammed, E. H. Sargent, J. Y. Kim, and Y. S. Jung (* co-first author)
Advanced Materials (2019) (selected as cover)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201805886
22.
Shape control of nanostructured cone-shaped particles by tuning the blend morphology of A-b-B diblock copolymers and C-type copolymers within emulsion droplets
E. J. Kim, J. M. Shin, Y. Kim, K. H. Ku, H. Yun, and B. J. Kim
Polymer Chemistry (2019)
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/py/c9py00306a
21.
Shape-Anisotropic Diblock Copolymer Particles from Evaporative Emulsions: Experiment and Theory
K. H. Ku, Y. J. Lee, Y. Kim*, and B. J. Kim* (* co-corresponding author)
Macromolecules (2019)
20.
Development of Shape-Tuned, Monodisperse Block Copolymer Particles through Solvent-Mediated Particle Restructuring
J. M. Shin, Y. J. Lee, M. Kim, K. H. Ku, J. Lee, Y. Kim, H. Yun, K. Kiao,
C. J. Hawker, and B. J. Kim
Chemistry of Materials (2019)
19.
Individual Confinement of Block Copolymer Microdomains in Nanoscale Crossbar Templates
W. I. Park, Y. K. Jung, Y. Kim, W. H. Shin, Y. J. Choi, T. W. Park, J. H. Shin, Y. H. Jeong, J. H. Cho, H.-S. Shin, S.-H. Kwon, Y. S. Jung, and K. H. Kim
Advanced Functional Materials (2019)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.201805795
18.
Aspect Ratio-Controlled Synthesis of Uniform Colloidal Block Copolymer Ellipsoid from Evaporative Emulsions
J. M. Shin, Y. Kim, K. H. Ku, Y. J. Lee, E. J. Kim, G.-R. Yi, and B. J. Kim
Chemistry of Materials (2018) (selected as cover)
17.
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Tuning of Block Copolymer Based on Random Copolymerization for High-Quality Sub-6nm Pattern Formation
Y. H. Hur, S. W. Song, J. M. Kim, W. I. Park, K. H. Kim, Y. Kim*, and Y. S. Jung*
(* co-corresponding author)
Advanced Functional Materials (2018)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.201800765
16.
Inhomogeneity of block copolymers at the interface of an immicible polymer blend
J. H. Ryu, Y. Kim, and W. B. Lee
Physical Review E (2018)
https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.97.042502
15.
Synthesis of poly(styrene-b-4-(tertbutyldimethysiloxy)styrene) block copolymers and characterization of their self-assembled patterns
Y. H. Hur, S. W. Song, J. Mays, Y. Kim*, B.-G. Kang*, and Y. S. Jung*
(* co-corresponding author)
Molecular Systems Deisgn & Engineering (2017)
https://pubs.rsc.org/no/content/articlehtml/2017/me/c7me00085e
14.
Interfacial Energy-Controlled Top Coats for Gyroid/Cylinder Phase Transitions of Polystyrene-block-polydimethylsiloxane Block Copolymer Thin Films
I. H. Ryu*, Y. Kim*, Y. S. Jung, J. S. Lim, C. A. Ross, and J. G. Son
(* co-first author)
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2017)
13.
Regioregularity-Driven Morphological Transition of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-Based Block Copolymers
J.-S. Kim, Y. Kim, H.-J. Kim, H. J. Kim, H. Yang, Y. S. Jung, G. E. Stein, and B. J. Kim
Macromolecules (2017)
12.
Morphological Evolution of Block Copolymer Particles: Effect of Solvent Evaporation Rate on Particle Shape and Morphology
J. M. Shin*, Y. Kim*, H. Yun, G.-R. Yi, and B. J. Kim (* co-first author)
ACS Nano (2017)
11.
Block Copolymer with an Extremely High Block-to-Block Interaction for a Significant Reduction of Line-Edge Fluctuations in Self-Assembled Patterns
J. M. Kim, Y. H. Hur, J. W. Jeong, T. W. Nam, J. H. Lee, K. Jeon, Y. Kim*
and Y. S. Jung* (* co-corresponding author)
Chemistry of Materials (2016)
10.
Soft Patchy Particles of Block Copolymers from Interface-Engineered Emulsions
K. H. Ku*, Y. Kim*, Y. S. Jung, and B. J. Kim (* co-first author)
ACS Nano (2015)
9.
Single Nanoparticle Localization in the Perforated Lamellar Phase of Self-Assembled Block Copolymer Driven by Entropy Minimization
T. W. Nam, J. W. Jeong, M.-J. Choi, K. M. Baek, J. M. Kim, Y. H. Hur,
Y. Kim*, and Y. S. Jung* (* co-corresponding author)
Macromolecules (2015)
8.
In Situ Nanolithography with Sub-10 nm Resolution Realized by Thermally Assisted Spin-Casting of a Self-Assembling Polymer
J. H. Lee*, Y. Kim*, J.-Y. Cho, S. R. Yang, J. M. Kim, S. Yim, H. Lee,
and Y. S. Jung (* co-first author)
Advanced Materials (2015)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201501363
7.
Eliminating the Trade-Off between the Throughput and Pattern Quality of Sub-15 nm Directed Self-Assembly via Warm Solvent Annealing
J. M. Kim, Y. Kim, W. I. Park, Y. H. Hur, J. W. Jeong, D. M. Sim, K. M. Baek, J. H. Lee, M.-J. Kim and Y. S. Jung
Advanced Functional Materials (2015)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.201401529
6.
Free energy landscape and localization of nanoparticles at block copolymer model defects
Y. Kim, H. Chen, and A. Alexander-Katz
Soft Matter (2014)
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/sm/c3sm52640b
5.
Host-Guest Self-assembly in Block Copolymer Blends
W. I. Park, Y. Kim, J. W. Jeong, K. Kim, J.-K. Yoo, Y. H. Hur, J. M. Kim, E. L. Thomas, A. Alexander-Katz, and Y. S. Jung
Scientific reports (2013)
Lattice Boltzmann method for multiscale self-consistent field theory simulations of block copolymers
H. Chen, Y. Kim, and A. Alexander-Katz
The Journal of Chemical Physics (2013)
4.
Phase Behavior of Disk-Coil Macromolecules
Y. Kim, E. Ha, and A. Alexander-Katz
Macromolecules (2011)
3.
2.
Phase behavior of symmetric disk-coil macromolecules with stacking interactions
Y. Kim and A. Alexander-Katz
The Journal of Chemical Physics (2011)
1.
Phase behavior of symmetric disk-coil molecules
Y. Kim and A. Alexander-Katz
The Journal of Chemical Physics (2010)
39.
Exploring Optimal Water Splitting Bifunctional Alloy Catalyst by Pareto Active Learning
M. Kim, Y. Kim, M. Y. Ha, E. Shin, S. J. Kwak, M. Park, I-D. Kim, W-B. Jung*, W. B. Lee*, Y. Kim*, and H-T. Jung* (* co-corresponding author)
Advanced Materials (2023)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.202211497
38.
Two-Dimensional Demixing within Multilayered Nanoemulsion Films
H. M. Seo, S. Kim, S. Kwon, Y. Kim, M. Sung, J. Sung, M. Kang, J. Park, K. Shin, W. B. Lee, and J. W. Kim
Science Advances (2022)
37.
High β-phase Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Using A Thermally Decomposable Molecular Splint
J. Choi, K. Lee, M. Lee, T. Kim, S. Eom, J. H. Shim, W. B. Lee, Y. Kim*,
C. Park*, and Y. Kang* (* co-corresponding author)
Advanced Electronic Materials (2022)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/aelm.202200279
36.
Redox-Transition from Irreversible to Reversible Vitamin C by Pore Confinement in Microporous Carbon Network
S. Choi, A. Park, D. Seo, W. B. Lee, K. M. Nam*, Y. Kim*, and J. Chang*
(* co-corresponding author)
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2022)
35.
Searching for an Optimal Multi-Metallic Alloy Catalyst by Active Learning Combined with Experiments
M. Kim, M. Y. Ha, W-B. Jung, J. Yoon, E. Shin, I-D. Kim, W. B. Lee*,
Y. Kim*, and H-T. Jung* (* co-corresponding author) (selected as cover)
Advanced Materials (2022)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.202108900
34.
In Situ Supramolecular Polymerization of Micellar Nanoobjects Induced by Polymerization
N. Y. Ahn, S. Kwon, S. Cho, C. Kang, J. Jeon, W. B. Lee, E. Lee*, Y. Kim*, and M. Seo* (* co-corresponding author)
ACS Macro Letter (2022)
33.
Alcohol-sensing microfiber: Dependence of conductance of a hydrated composite fiber on normal aliphatic alcohol
Y-J. Park*, J-H. So*, Y. Kim*, J-H. Kim, S. Kim, W. Choi, S. T. Chang, and H-J. Koo (* co-first author)
Chemical Engineering Journal (2022)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894721042595
32.
Folding of Sequence-Controlled Graft Copolymers to Subdomain-Defined Single-Chain Nanoparticles
J. Nam, S. Kwon, Y-G. Yu, H-B. Seo, J-S. Lee*, W. B. Lee, Y. Kim*, and M. Seo* (* co-corresponding author)
Macromolecules (2021)
31.
Universal vertical standing of block copolymer microdomains enabled by a gradient block
S. W. Song, Y. H. Hur, Y. Park, E. N. Cho, H. J. Han, H. Jung, J. Oh, G. Yeom, J. Lee, K-S. Yoon, C-M. Park, I. Kim, Y. Kim*, and Y. S. Jung*
(* co-corresponding author)
Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2021)
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/tc/d1tc03058b
