+: equal contribution, *:corresponding, underline: from our group

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2025

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 3. Yu Jin Jeong, Youngeun Lee, Taekyung Won, Ji Won Lee, Youngho Eom*,  Dae Seok Kim*

    "Ultra tough and high resilience mechanochromic fibres for real world stress detection"

     Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 2257.

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 2. Ji Won Lee, Yu Jin Jeong, Dae Seok Kim*

    "Development of Seed Germination Enhancement Capsulation Technology Using Carboxymethyl Cellulose Double-Layer Hydrogel Films"

     Polymer(Korea), 2025, accepted.

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 1. Hyun Seung Choi+, Young Been Kim+, Chae Won Lee, Hyunji Kim, Yun-Seok Choi, Dae Seok Kim*

    "Enhancing Actuation Control in Monolithic Liquid Crystal Elastomer Films with Dual Heat and Light Responsiveness"

     Sensors and Actuators: B. Chemical, 2025, 137058.

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2024 (8)

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 8. Hyun Seung Choi, Dae Seok Kim*

    "Self-Repeatable Snapping Liquid-Crystal-Elastomer Actuator"

     Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 500, 156744.

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 7. Hyun Yun Lee, Hye Joo Lee, Seong Ho Ryu, Daniel Sim, Dae Seok Kim*

    "Development of Eco-friendly and Edible Adhesive Using Basil Seed Mucilage"

     Applied Chemistry for Engineering, 2024, 35(4), 341-345.

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 6. Gyeong Min Choi+, Ho Jin Jung+, Jagannath Panda+, Yong Je Kwon, Kaiyun Zhang, Ji Woo Bae, Minju Kim, Do-Kyun Kim, Seunggun Yu, Dae Seok Kim, 

     Yong Hyun Kim, Jin Hong Lee, Jun Young Cheong, Hoik Lee, Kie Yong Cho*
    "Mono-axial stretching-induced growth of crystalline phase of melt-processed perfluoroalkoxy alkane (PFA) films for protecting inner layer of battery

     pouch films"

      European Polymer Journal, 2024, 219, 113380.

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 5. Wantae Kim, Dae Seok Kim*, Dong Ki Yoon*

    "Surface-induced orientation of liquid crystal phases"

     Giant, 2024, 100324.

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 4. Hyewon Park+, Hye Joo Lee+, Hyungju Ahn, Woong Chan Han, Hee Seong Yun, Yun-Seok Choi*, Dae Seok Kim*, Dong Ki Yoon*

    "Mechanochromic Palettes of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Visual Signaling"

      Advanced Optical Materials, 2024, 2400266.

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 3. Yerin Sung, Hyun Seung Choi, Wonseong Song, Vanessa, Yuri Kim, Yeonhae Ryu, Youngjin Kim, Jaemin Im, Dae Seok Kim*, Hyun Ho Choi*

    "Micropatterning of Polyimide and Liquid Crystal Elastomer Bilayer for Smart Actuator"

      Journal of Adhesion and Interface, 2024, 25(1), 169.

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 2. Wantae Kim, Eduardo Vitral, Perry Leo, Jorge Viñals*, Dae Seok Kim*, Dong Ki Yoon*

    "Sublimation of Isolated Toric Focal Conic Domain on Micro-Patterned Surfaces"

     Soft Matter, 2024, 20, 2040.

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 1. Young Been Kim, Shu Yang*, Dae Seok Kim*

    "Sidewinder-inspired self-adjusting, lateral-rolling soft robots for autonomous terrain exploration"

     Advanced Science, 2024, 2308350.

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2023 (4)

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 4. Young Been Kim, Dae Seok Kim*

    "Understanding and Research Trends in Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fibers"

     Applied Chemistry for Engineering, 2023, 34(4), 347-356.

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 3. Young Been Kim, Yu Jin Jeong, Hyunseung Choi, Hye Joo Lee, Dae Seok Kim*

    "액정 엘라스토머 기반 구동 시스템 소개"

     Information Display 2023, 24(3), 21-35.

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 2. Dae Seok Kim*, Young-Joo Lee, Young Been Kim, Yuchen Wang, Shu Yang*

    "Autonomous, untethered gait-like synchronization of lobed loops made from liquid crystal elastomer fibers via spontaneous snap-through"

     Science Advances, 2023, 9, eadh5107. 

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 1. Yu Jin Jeong, Jae Hyeon Kim, Hyeon Jin Ju, Dae Seok Kim* 

    "Development of a fully biocompatible and solid enzymatic-time-temperature indicator for cold chain system"

     Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 2023, 1-9.

 

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2022 (8)

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 8. Woong Chan Han+, Young-Joo Lee+, Se-Um Kim+, Hye Joo Lee, Young-Seok Kim*, Dae Seok Kim*

    "Versatile mechanochromic sensor based on highly stretchable chiral liquid crystalline elastomer"

     Small 2022, 2206299.

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 7. Dae Seok Kim, Young-Joo Lee,  Yuchen Wang, Jinseok Park, Keren Winey, Shu Yang*

    "Self-folding liquid crystal network filaments patterned with vertically aligned mesogens"

     ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14, 50171.

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 6. Sepideh Norouzi, Antonio Tavera-Vazquez,  Johanan Ramirez-de Arellano, Dae Seok Kim, Teresa Lopez-Leon,  Juan de Pablo,

      José Martínez-González, Monirosadat Sadati*

    "Elastic Instability of Cubic Blue Phase Nano Crystals in Curved Shells"

     ACS Nano 2022, 16, 15894.

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 5. Woong Chan Han+, Young Been Kim+, Young-Joo Lee+, Dae Seok Kim*

    "Exploring multiphase liquid crystal polymeric droplets created by a partial phase-separation"

     Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2022, 654, 130124. (+co-first author)

       

 4. AstriniPradyasti, Dae Seok Kim, Mun Ho Kim*

    "Synthesis of Au@AgAuS core–shell hybrid nanorods and their photocatalytic application"

     Colloid and Interface Science Communications 2022, 49, 100635.​

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 3. Young Been Kim+, Woong Chan Han+, Jeonghyun Heo+, Kie Yong Cho, Sujong Chae, Seyoung Kee, Dae Seok Kim* 

    "Camouflage Coating Using Photochromic Microcapsules and Epoxy Resin"

     Polymer(Korea) 2022, 46, 288. 

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 2. Jeonghyun Heo, Young Been Kim, Dae Seok Kim*
    "Versatile smart coating of photochromic pigments" 
     Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 2022, 1-7.

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 1. Se-Um Kim, Young-Joo Lee, Jiaqi Liu, Dae Seok Kim, Haihuan Wang, and Shu Yang*         

    "Broadband and pixelated camouflage in inflating chiral nematic liquid crystalline elastomers"

     Nature Materials 2022, 21, 41-46.

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2021 (4)

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 4. Woong Chan Han, Young Been Kim, Gun Woo Sim, Dae Seok Kim*

    "Liquid Crystal Elastomer based Soft Actuators"​

     Polymer Science and Technology 2021, 32(6), 551-561.

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 3. Subin Jin, Sumin Kim, Dae Seok Kim, Donghee Son and Mikyung Shin*
    "Optically anisotropic topical hemostatic coacervate for naked-eye identification of blood coagulation" 
     Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 2110320.

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 2. Mira Shin+, Youngeun Lee+, Jinkyung Kim+, Gun Woo Sim+, Youngho Eom, Se-Um Kim*, Dae Seok Kim* 

    "스마트 윈도우 응용을 위한 광 투과 조절 가능 다공성 엘라스토머 제작"

     Polymer(Korea) 2021, 45, 934. 

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 1. Woong Chan Han+, Gun Woo Sim+, Young Been Kim+, Dae Seok Kim* 
    "Reversible curvature reversal of monolithic liquid crystal elastomer film and its smart valve application" 
     Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2021, 42, 2100404. 

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Before PKNU

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 17. Dae Seok Kim, Won Suk Lee, Teresa Lopez-Leon* and Dong Ki Yoon*

       “Self-Regulated Smectic Emulsion with Switchable Lasing Application” 

        Small  2019, 1903818.​​

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 16. Yu Xia, Andrew A. DeBenedictis, Dae Seok Kim, Shenglan Chen, Douglas J. Cleaver, Timothy J. Atherton*, Shu Yang* 

       “Programming Emergent Symmetries with Saddle-Splay Elasticity” 

        Nature communications, 2019, 10, 5104.

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 15. Helen S. Ansell+, Dae Seok Kim+, Randall D. Kamien, Eleni Katifori, and Teresa Lopez-Leon*, 

       “Threading the spindle: a geometric study of chiral liquid crystal polymer microparticles”

        Physical Review Letters 2019, 123, 157801(+ co-first author)

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 14. Dae Seok Kim, Aram Suh, Apiradee Honglawan, Shu Yang, and Dong Ki Yoon* 

       “Grooving of Nanoparticles using Sublimable Liquid Crystal toward Transparent Omniphobic Coating” 

         Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2018, 513, 585.

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​​​​​​​​ 13. Dae Seok Kim and Dong Ki Yoon* 

       "Curvatures of smectic liquid crystals and their applications" 

         Journal of Information Display 2018, 19, 7

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 12. Dae Seok Kim+, Simon C ̌opar+, Uros ̌ Tkalec* and Dong Ki Yoon* 
       "Mosaics of topological defects in micropatterned liquid crystal textures" 
        Science Advances, 2018, 4, eaau8064 (+ co-first author)​​

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 11. Dae Seok Kim and Dong Ki Yoon* 

       "Patterning Application Using Self-Assembled Liquid Crystal Materials" 

        Bulletin of Korean Chemical Science and Technology, 2017, 9, 66-73

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 10. Yun Jeong Cha, Dae Seok Kim, and Dong Ki Yoon* 

       "Highly Aligned Plasmonic Gold Nanorods in DNA Matrix" 

        Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 27, 1703790​​

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 9. Shanshan Wu, Yongguang Li, Siying Xie, Cong Ma, Joonwon Lim, Jiong Zhao, Dae Seok Kim, Minyong Yang,

     Dong Ki Yoon, Myongsoo Lee, Sang Ouk Kim,* and Zhegang Huang* 

    "Supramolecular Nanotubules as Catalytic Regulator for Pd Cation and Their Application in Selective Catalysis" 

     Angewandte Chemie. 2017, 129, 1-5.

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 8. Dae Seok Kim, Apiradee Honglawan, Shu Yang, and Dong Ki Yoon* 

    “Arrangement and SERS Applications of Nanoparticle Clusters Using Liquid Crystalline template” 

     ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9, 7787. 

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 7. Dae Seok Kim, Yun Jeong Cha, Min-Jun Gim, and Dong Ki Yoon* 

    "Fast Fabrication of Sub-200-nm Nanogrooves using Liquid Crystal Material" 

     ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2016, 8,11851

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​​​​​​​​ 6. Ahram Suh, Dae Seok Kim, Hanim Kim, Hyungju Ahn, Tae Joo shin and Dong Ki Yoon* 

    "Fabrication of disordered porous structures by solvent-assisted reorganisation of liquid crystal materials" 

     Liquid Crystals, 2016, 43, 1198. (Frontcover) 

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​​​​​​​ 5. Dae Seok Kim, Yun Jeong Cha, Mun Ho Kim, Oleg D.Lavrentovich*, Dong Ki Yoon* 

    "Controlling Gaussian and mean curvatures at microscale by sublimation and condensation of smectic liquid crystals." 

     Nature Communications, 2016, 7,10236

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​​​​​​​​​​​ 4. Apiradee Honglawan, Dae Seok Kim, Daniel A. Beller, Dong Ki Yoon, Mohamed A. Gharbi, Kathleen J. Stebe, 

     Randall D. Kamien, and Shu Yang* 

    "Synergistic assembly of nanoparticles in smectic liquid crystals" 

     Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 7367

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​​​​​​ 3. Dae Seok Kim, Apiradee Honglawan, Kyungnam Kim, Mun Ho Kim, Sohee Jeong, Shu Yang, and Dong Ki Yoon* 

    "Fabrication of periodic nanoparticle clusters using a soft lithographic template" 

     Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2015, 3, 4598

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​​​​​​​ 2. Dae Seok Kim, Yun Jeong Cha, Hanim Kim, Mun Ho Kim, Yun Ho Kim, and Dong Ki Yoon* 

    "Creation of a superhydrophobic surface from a sublimed smectic liquid crystal"

     RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 26946

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​​​​​​​​​ 1. Dong Ki Yoon*, Yun Ho Kim, Dae Seok Kim, Seong Dae Oh, Ivan I. Smalyukh, Noel A. Clark*, and Hee-Tae Jung*

    "Three-dimensional textures and defects of soft material layering revealed by thermal sublimation" 

     Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A., 2013, 110, 19263

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​PATENTS

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 • Dong Ki Yoon, Dae Seok Kim

   “METHOD FOR FABRICATING NANOPARTICLE CLUSTERS”,

    South Korea, 10-1894982-0000, (2018-08-29)

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 • Dong Ki Yoon, Dae Seok Kim

   “Method of Fabricating Nanoparticle Clusters Array Using Thermally Transformation of Sublimed  Liquid Crystal Film”

    United State, 10,017,393 (2018-07-10)