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Ionic spiderwebs
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

2025

Kosmotropic Effects in Hydrogel-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Enhanced Electrical and Mechanical Robustness under Arid Conditions
Thien Trung Luu, Minyong Shim, Yong Jun Choi, Bui Minh Quang, Miso Kim, Yong Tae Park, Kyungwho Choi*, Younghoon Lee*, Dukhyun Choi*

Under revision​

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*

Under revision

Dynamically assembled magnetic nanoparticles via phase transitional matrices 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*

Under revision

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

Advancement 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 21.1, JCR 3.5%

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 31.6, JCR 1.7%

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 16.1, JCR 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 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 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, JCI 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, JCI 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, JCI 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, JCI 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, JCI 1.32%

Selected as Cover article

2022

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, JCI 5.68%

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, JCI 0.68%

Selected as Frontispiece

Liquid-metal micro-networks with strain-induced conductivity for soft electronics and robotic skin
Triboresistive Touch Sensing: grid‐free Touch Point Recognition Based on Monolayered Ionic Power Generators

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)

JCI 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)

JCI 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) 

JCI 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)

JCI 8.46%

Science Robotics

2017

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

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)

JCI 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) 

JCI 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)

JCI 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)

JCI 2.47%

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