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Triboresistive Touch Sensing: grid‐free Touch Point Recognition Based on Monolayered Ionic Power Generators
Laser-assisted failure recovery for dielectric elastomer actuators in aerial robots
 2023 Recent Advances in Triboelectric Nanogenerators: From Technological Progress to Commercial Applications
Hydrogel-based Droplet Electricity Generators: Intrinsically Stretchable and Transparent for Seamless Integration in Diverse

2026

Droplet electricity generators with maximized energy collection zone enabled by Aloe-inspired midrib and cuticle

Gibeom Lee, Eunbyeol Kim, Kyongtae Choi, Minjun Song, Sunmin Jang, Dongwhi Choi, Donghyun Seo, Min-Gyu Lee*, Younghoon Lee*

Under revision

Toward Self-Sustained Soft Robotics: Triboelectric Nanogenerator–Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Hybrids

Jiwon Jang†, Kyongtae Choi†, Gibeom Lee, Sumin Cho, Min-Gyu Lee, Dongwhi Choi, Kyungwho Choi*, Dukhyun Choi*, and Younghoon Lee*

Under revision

2025

Soft Ionic and Electronic Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Toward Attachable and Implantable Biomedical Applications

Kyongtae Choi, Jimin Park, Soohwan An, Seonggyu Choe, Byeong-Rak Keum, Min Young Kim, Daehee Hwang, Young-Geun Park, Sangyul Baik*, Gwang-Bum Im*, and Younghoon Lee*

Under revision

A reconfigurable dielectric elastomer actuator via phase-transitional ferrofluid enables sustainable operation

Yun Hyeok Lee†, Seung Won Moon†, Min-Gyu Lee†, Won Jun Song, Seong-Yu Choi, Gimin Sung, Yong Eun Cho, Junhyun Choi, Byung Ik Park, Younghoon Lee, Ho-Young Kim*, Jeong-Yun Sun*

Under revision

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All-3D-printed modular microrobots for multi-environment navigation and real-time interaction with humans and robots

Won Jun Song, Yong-Woo Kang, Junhyung Kim, Bastien F.G. Aymon, Yun Hyeok Lee, Seong-Yu Choi, Yong Eun Cho, Xiao-Yun Yan, Shucong Li, Younghoon Lee, Xuanhe Zhao, Yong-Lae Park*, Jeong-Yun Sun*

Advanced Materials (2025)

IF 26.8, JCR Top 2.1%

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Dynamically assembled magnetic nanoparticles in a phase transitional matrix for reconfigurable electronics

Min-Gyu Lee†, Seong-Yu Choi†, HyunJae Yoo†, Jae-Man Park, Younghoon Lee, Yun Hyeok Lee, Yong Eun Cho, Sungsoo Lim, Hakjun Lee, Jeong-Yun Sun*

Science Advances (2025)

IF 12.5, JCR Top 8.5%

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Kosmotropic Ions Embedded Hydrogel for Significantly Enhancing Deformability and Performance of Iontronic Triboelectric Nanogenerators
Thien Trung Luu, Minyong Shim, Yong Jun Choi, Quang Minh Bui, Miso Kim, Yong Tae Park, Kyungwho Choi*, Younghoon Lee*, Dukhyun Choi*

Chemical Engineering Journal (2025)

IF 13.2, JCR Top 3.0%

Advancement in 3D Printed Triboelectric Nanogenerators and Supercapacitors for Self-Sustainable Energy Systems

Advances in 3D-printed triboelectric nanogenerators and supercapacitors for self-sustainable energy systems

Sumin Cho, Muhammad Ramzan Khawar, Yoonsang Ra, Sunmin Jang, Donghan Lee, Dongik Kam, Soban Ali Shah, Donghyeon Yoo, Yasir Javed, Awais ahmad, Younghoon Lee, Hee Jae Hwang, Chengkuo Lee*, Dongwhi Choi*

Materials Today (2025)
IF 22.0, JCR
Top 3.8%

Bio-inspired Ionic Sensors: Transforming Natural Mechanisms into Sensory Technologies

Bio-inspired Ionic Sensors: Transforming Natural Mechanisms into Sensory Technologies
Kyongtae ChoiGibeom Lee, Mingyu Lee, Heejae Hwang, Kibeom Lee*, Younghoon Lee* 

Nano-Micro Letters (2025)

IF 36.3, JCR Top 1.2%

Recent progress of triboelectric platform: Engineering materials to industrial applications

Yoonsang Ra, Minjun Song, Donghan Lee, Sunmin Jang, Sumin Cho, Yu-seop Kim, Joonmin Chae, Dongik Kam, Donghyun Lee, Gibeom Lee, Younghoon Lee*, Dongwhi Choi*

International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing (2025)

IF 21.3, JCR Top 0.7%

Recent progress of triboelectric platform: Engineering materials to industrial applications

2024

Hydrogel-based Droplet Electricity Generators: Intrinsically Stretchable and Transparent for Seamless Integration in Diverse

Hydrogel-based Droplet Electricity Generators: Intrinsically Stretchable and Transparent for Seamless Integration in Diverse Environments
Sunmin Jang, Sangeun Lee, Soban Ali Shah, Sumin Cho, Yoonsang Ra, Gibeom Lee, Younghoon Lee*, Dongwhi Choi*
Advanced Functional Materials (2024)

IF 18.5, JCR Top 4.1%

Selected as Front cover article

A Review on Soft Ionic Touch Point Sensors

A Review on Soft Ionic Touch Point Sensors
Gibeom Lee, Donghyun Lee, Gwang-Bum Im, Younghoon Lee*
Energy & Environmental Materials (2024)
IF 15.0, JCR
Top 7.1%

Liftoff of a Soft-Actuated Micro-Aerial-Robot Powered by Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Liftoff of a Soft-Actuated Micro-Aerial-Robot Powered by Triboelectric Nanogenerators
Younghoon Lee
, Zhijian Ren, Yi-Hsuan Hsiao, Suhan Kim, Won Jun Song, Chengkuo Lee, Yufeng Chen*
Nano Energy (2024)
IF 17.6, JCR 
Top 2.71%

Ionic liquid with hydrogen bonding reducing leakage charge for enhancing triboelectric performance

Ionic liquid with hydrogen bonding reducing leakage charge for enhancing triboelectric performance
Hee Jae Hwang
, Kyung Yeun Kim, Joo Sung Kim, Taeyeon Kim, Do Hwan Kim, Younghoon Lee* & Dukhyun Choi*
Nano Energy (2024)
IF 17.6, JCR 
Top 2.71%

Soft Modularized Robotic Arm for Safe Human-Robot Interaction Based on Visual and  Proprioceptive Feedback

Soft Modularized Robotic Arm for Safe Human-Robot Interaction Based on Visual and 
Proprioceptive Feedback

Subyeong Ku, Byung-Hyun Song, Taejun Park, Younghoon Lee, and Yong-Lae Park*

International Journal of Robotics Research (2024)

IF 9.2, JCR Top 8.33%

2023

ACS Nano

Recent Advances in Triboelectric Nanogenerators: From Technological Progress to Commercial Applications

Dongwhi Choi, Younghoon Lee, Zong-Hong Lin, Sumin Cho, Miso Kim, Chi Kit Ao, Siowling Soh, Changwan Sohn, Chang Kyu Jeong, Jeongwan Lee, Minbaek Lee, Seungah Lee, Jungho Ryu, Parag Parashar, Yujang Cho, Jaewan Ahn, Il-Doo Kim, Feng Jiang, Pooi See Lee, Gaurav Khandelwal, Sang-Jae Kim, Hyun Soo Kim, Hyun-Cheol Song, Minje Kim, Junghyo Nah, Wook Kim, Habtamu Gebeyehu Menge, Yong Tae Park, Wei Xu, Jianhua Hao, Hyosik Park, Ju-Hyuck Lee, Dong-Min Lee, Sang-Woo Kim, Ji Young Park, Haixia Zhang, Yunlong Zi, Ru Guo, Jia Cheng, Ze Yang, Yannan Xie, Sangmin Lee, Jihoon Chung, Il-Kwon Oh, Ji-Seok Kim, Tinghai Cheng, Qi Gao, Gang Cheng, Guangqin Gu, Minseob Shim, Jeehoon Jung, Changwoo Yun, Chi Zhang, Guoxu Liu, Yufeng Chen, Suhan Kim, Xiangyu Chen, Jun Hu, Xiong Pu, Zi Hao Guo, Xudong Wang, Jun Chen, Xiao Xiao, Xing Xie, Mourin Jarin, Hulin Zhang, Ying-Chih Lai, Tianyiyi He, Hakjeong Kim, Inkyu Park, Junseong Ahn, Nghia Dinh Huynh, Ya Yang, Zhong Lin Wang*, Jeong Min Baik*, Dukhyun Choi*

ACS Nano (2023)

IF 17.1, JCR Top 4.17%

Selected as Back cover article

Science Robotics

Laser-assisted failure recovery for dielectric elastomer actuators in aerial robots

Suhan Kim, Yi-Hsuan Hsiao, Younghoon Lee, Weikun Zhu, Zhijian Ren, Farnaz Niroui, Yufeng Chen*

Science Robotics (2023)

IF 25.0, JCR Top 1.32%

Selected as Cover article

2022

Liquid-metal micro-networks with strain-induced conductivity for soft electronics and robotic skin

Liquid-metal micro-networks with strain-induced conductivity for soft electronics and robotic skin

Yeongmin Park, Jaewoong Jung, Younghoon Lee, Dongwoo Lee, Joost J Vlassak, Yong-Lae Park*

npj Flexible Electronics (2022)

IF 14.6, JCR Top 5.68%

Triboresistive Touch Sensing: grid‐free Touch Point Recognition Based on Monolayered Ionic Power Generators

Triboresistive Touch Sensing: grid‐free Touch Point Recognition Based on Monolayered Ionic Power Generators

Younghoon Lee, Sungsoo Lim, Won Jun Song, Sudong Lee, Sohee John Yoon, Jae‐Man Park, Min‐Gyu Lee, Yong‐Lae Park, Jeong‐Yun Sun*

Advanced Materials (2022)

IF 29.4, JCR Top 0.68%

Selected as Frontispiece

2021

Soft artificial electroreceptors for noncontact spatial perception

Soft artificial electroreceptors for noncontact spatial perception

Won Jun Song, Younghoon Lee, Yeonsu Jung, Yong-Woo Kang, Junhyung Kim, Jae-Man Park, Yong-Lae Park, Ho-Young Kim*, Jeong-Yun Sun*

Science Advances (2021)

IF 15.0, JCR Top 2.73%

Highlighted at the main page of Science

2020

Accelerated Wound Healing with an Ionic Patch assisted by a Triboelectric Nanogenerator

Accelerated Wound Healing with an Ionic Patch assisted by a Triboelectric Nanogenerator

Seol-Ha Jeong, Younghoon Lee, Min-Gyu Lee, Won Jun Song, Ji-Ung Park, Jeong-Yun Sun*

Nano Energy (2020)

IF 17.9, JCR Top 2.47%

Aromatic nonpolar organogels for efficient and stable perovskite green emitters

Aromatic nonpolar organogels for efficient and stable perovskite green emitters

Jae-Man Park, Jinwoo Park, Young-Hoon Kim, Huanyu Zhou, Younghoon Lee, Seung Hyeon Jo, Jinwoo Ma, Tae-Woo Lee, Jeong-Yun Sun*

Nature Communications (2020) 

IF 14.9, JCR Top 3.52%

Highlighted at Editor's Choice website

Hydrogel soft robotics

Hydrogel soft robotics

Younghoon Lee, Won Jun Song, Jeong-Yun Sun*

Materials Today Physics (2020)

IF 9.3, JCR Top 8.46%

Science Robotics

2017

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Cam-based sustainable triboelectric nanogenerators with a resolution-free 3D-printed system

Younghoon Lee, Wook Kim, Divij Bhatia, Hee Jae Hwang, Sangmin Lee*, Dukhyun Choi*

Nano Energy (2017)

IF 13.1, JCR Top 2.47%

An Ultrasensitive, Visco‐Poroelastic Artificial Mechanotransducer Skin Inspired by Piezo2 Protein in Mammalian Merkel Cells

An Ultrasensitive, Visco‐Poroelastic Artificial Mechanotransducer Skin Inspired by Piezo2 Protein in Mammalian Merkel Cells

Ming Liang Jin, Sangsik Park, Younghoon Lee, Ji Hye Lee, Junho Chung, Joo Sung Kim, Jong‐Seon Kim, So Young Kim, Eunsong Jee, Dae Woo Kim, Jae Woo Chung, Seung Geol Lee, Dukhyun Choi, Hee‐Tae Jung*, Do Hwan Kim*

Advanced Materials (2017) 

IF 22.0, JCR Top 0.68%

Selected as Cover article

2016

Kinematic design for high performance triboelectric nanogenerators with enhanced working frequency  Wook Kim†, Hee Jae Hwang,

Kinematic design for high performance triboelectric nanogenerators with enhanced working frequency

Wook Kim, Hee Jae Hwang, Divij Bhatia, Younghoon Lee, Jung Min Baik, Dukhyun Choi*

Nano Energy (2016)

IF 12.3, JCR Top 2.47%

2014

Stitchable organic photovoltaic cells with textile electrodes  Seungwoo Lee†, Younghoon Lee, Jongjin Park, Dukhyun Choi*

Stitchable organic photovoltaic cells with textile electrodes

Seungwoo Lee, Younghoon Lee, Jongjin Park, Dukhyun Choi*

Nano Energy (2014)

IF 10.3, JCR Top 2.47%

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