Flexible/stretchable materials and devices for wearable electronics:
- flexible/stretchable synaptic semiconductor devices
- flexible/stretchable physical and chemical sensors
- flexible/stretchable energy generation devices
- body-attachable integrated systems for human-machine interfaces and human monitoring
Materials and devices for biomedical applications:
- optical and electrochemical biosensor integrated systems for POCT
- soft biosensor-integrated systems for wearable diagnostics and human monitoring
- soft systems integrated with microfluidics and biosensors for drug screening, toxicity analysis and stem cell engineering
Education
Seoul National Univ., Metallurgical Engineering, BS (1986)
Seoul National Univ., Metallurgical Engineering, MS (1988)
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D (1996)
Experience
Dongsun Special Materials Co., Researcher (1987-1990)
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Coordinated Science Research Lab., Research Assistant (1990-1996)
Lam Research Corporation(USA), Senior Process Engineer (1996-1998)
Sungkyunkwan Univ., Department of Materials Science and Engineeering, Senior Lecturer (1998-2000)
Sungkyunkwan Univ., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor (2000-2004)
Sungkyunkwan Univ., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Associate Professor (2004-2010)
Sungkyunkwan Univ., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor (2010-present)
Journal Articles
(2025)
Point-of-Care Testing: The Convergence of Innovation and Accessibility in Diagnostics.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY.
97,
18
(2025)
Bio-inspired artificial mechanoreceptors with built-in synaptic functions for intelligent tactile skin.
NATURE MATERIALS.
(2025)
A critical review of lanthanum and lanthanum-based materials: synthesis, applications, and challenges.
RARE METALS.
44,
8
(2024)
Stretchable impedance electrode array with high durability for monitoring of cells under mechanical and chemical stimulations.
LAB ON A CHIP.
25,
-
(2024)
Tactile sensory synapse based on organic electrochemical transistors with ionogel triboelectric layer.
NANO ENERGY.
131,
(2024)
Highly stretchable and mechanically robust copolymer-based strain-engineered substrate for wearable electronics.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL.
499,
(2024)
Selective Identification of Hazardous Gases Using Flexible, Room-Temperature Operable Sensor Array Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles via Machine Learning.
ACS SENSORS.
9,
11
(2024)
Highly Durable, Stretchable Multielectrode Array for Electro-mechanical Co-stimulation of Cells.
BIOMATERIALS RESEARCH.
28,
(2024)
Ultra-thin vertical tft photosensor and photosynapse based on au-doped- graphene under transition metal selenide reaction.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.
183,
-
(2024)
Metal-enhanced fluorescence biosensor integrated in capillary flow-driven microfluidic cartridge for highly sensitive immunoassays.
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS.
248,
-
(2024)
Utilizing a High-Performance Piezoelectric Nanocomposite as a Self-Activating Component in Piezotronic Artificial Mechanoreceptors.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES.
16,
16
(2024)
Bio‐Inspired Photosensory Artificial Synapse Based on Functionalized Tellurium Multiropes for Neuromorphic Computing.
SMALL.
-,
-
(2023)
Bio-Inspired Artificial Retinas Based on a Fibrous Inorganic-Organic Heterostructure for Neuromorphic Vision.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS.
34,
11
(2023)
Soft microfiber-based hollow microneedle array for stretchable microfluidic biosensing patch with negative pressure-driven sampling.
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS.
237,
(2023)
Bio-Inspired Artificial Fast-Adaptive and Slow-Adaptive Mechanoreceptors With Synapse-Like Functions.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS.
33,
42
(2023)
Fluorescence-Enhanced Microfluidic Biosensor Platform Based on Magnetic Beads with Highly Stable ZnO Nanorods for Biomarker Detection.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES.
15,
18
(2023)
Sensor design strategy for environmental and biological monitoring.
ECOMAT.
5,
5
(2023)
Chitosan-reinforced gelatin composite hydrogel as a tough, anti-freezing, and flame-retardant gel polymer electrolyte for flexible supercapacitors.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES.
234,
(2023)
Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors.
ACS NANO.
17,
6
(2023)
A flexible artificial chemosensory neuronal synapse based on chemoreceptive ionogel-gated electrochemical transistor.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS.
14,
1
Patent/Intellectual Property
반응 잠복 시간 조절형 생화학 검출 장치 및 이의 제조 방법 (BIOCHEMICAL DETECTION DEVICE WITH CONTROLLED REACTION INCUBATION TIME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME).
16276795.
20210518.
UNITED STATES
Electronic device.
15862483.
20201208.
UNITED STATES
미세유체소자를 이용한 피부 부착형 센서 및 이의 제조 방법(SKIN ATTACHABLE SENSOR USING MICROFLUIDICS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THEREOF).
10-2185-8370000.
20201126.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
피부 모방형 신축성 투명 기판 및 이의 제조 방법.
10-2019-0011687.
20201123.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
CAPACITOR STRUCTURE, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING CAPACITOR STRUCTURE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CAPACITOR STRUCTURE.
15869680.
20201006.
UNITED STATES
고정확도 생화학물질 검출용 기판 및 양방향 시소 형광검출법.
10-2017-0014843.
20190718.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
금속 산화물 나노로드와 환원된 그래핀 옥사이드의 하이브리드 구조를 이용한 쇼트키 다이오드 기체 센서 및 이의 제조 방법(SCHOTTKY CONTACT DIODE GAS SENSOR USING HYBRID STRUCTURE COMPRISING METAL OXIDE NANORODS AND REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF).
10-1957-0180000.
20190305.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
나노 복합체를 이용한 변형률 감지센서 및 이의 제조방법(STRAIN SENSOR USING NANOCOMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF).
10-2016-0064559.
20180717.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
생화학 분자 검출 장치, 생화학 분자 검출 장치 제조방법 및 생화학 분자 검출 방법(BIOMOLECULE DETECTING SENSOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND BIOMOLECULE DETECTING METHOD).
10-2016-0028630.
20180306.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
전기적 감지 및 광학적 감지가 동시에 가능한 유해 가스 감지 센서, 및 이의 제조 방법(POISONOUS GAS SENSOR CAPABLE OF ELECTRICAL SENSINGAND OPTICAL SENSING SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THEREOF).
10-2016-0128528.
20171108.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Pressure sensor and pressure sensing method.
14018505.
20170905.
UNITED STATES
전계효과 트랜지스터형 바이오 센서 어레이 제조방법 및 미세유체소자를 포함하는 전계효과 트랜지스터형 바이오 센서 어레이 제조방법.
10-2015-0149985.
20170807.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
신축성 소자용 기판의 제조방법, 이에 의해 제조된 신축성 소자용 기판 및 이를 포함하는 전자 장치.
10-2015-0126304.
20170306.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
전계효과 트랜지스터를 이용한 바이오 센서 및 이의 제조(BIO SENSOR USING FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF).
10-2015-0059947.
20170202.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
순환적 증착을 이용한 구리합금 형성방법.
10-2010-0043226.
20161206.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
3차원 구조의 가스 센서 및 이의 제조방법(GAS SENSOR HAVING THREE DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF).
10-2015-0068919.
20160404.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
전계효과 트랜지스터를 이용한 자외선 센서 및 이의 제조방법 (ULTRAVIOLET-RAY SENSOR USING FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF).
10-2015-0053893.
20151223.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
압력과 자기장을 측정할 수 있는 전계효과 트랜지스터형 센서(FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR TYPE SENSOR FOR MEASURING PRESSURE AND MAGNETIC FIELD).
10-2015-0065252.
20150904.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Cell-Based Transparent Sensor Capable of Real-time Optical Observation of Cell Behavior, Same and Multi-detection Sensor Chip using the same.
13/354,490.
20150106.
UNITED STATES
3차원 그래핀 소자의 제작 방법 및 이를 포함한 센서.
10-2013-0097958.
20140827.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Honors / Awards
The Minister Award, Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MTIE), 2009
The Best Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014
The Best Contribution Award, College of Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 2012
The AMSE Award, School of Advanced Materials Science and Emgineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 2015
SKKU Fellow, 2019
The National Academy of Engineering of Korea, general member, 2022
Conference Paper
(2024)
Utilizing a High-Performance Piezoelectric Nanocomposite as a Self-Activating Component in Piezotronic Artificial Mechanoreceptors.
The 1st International Conference on Advanced and Multifunctional Materials (ICAMM’24).
VIET NAM
(2024)
Artificial Sensory Receptors for Artificial-Intelligent Perception.
The 1st International Conference on Advanced and Multifunctional Materials (ICAMM’24).
VIET NAM
(2024)
Bio-Mimetic Tactile Sensing and Material Identification with Triboelectric-driven Synaptic Organic Electrochemical Transistor.
NANO KOREA2024.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2024)
A flexible, room-temperature operable gas sensors based on reduced graphene oxide and metal oxide nanostructures.
ICMAP 2024.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2024)
Artificial mechanoreceptors with synaptic properties.
ICMAP 2024.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2022)
Artificial Synaptic Mechanoreceptor based on Organic Electrochemical Transistor for Touch Classification.
The International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2022)
Excitatory and inhibitory synaptic functions in a flexible chemo-receptive ionogel gated organic electrochemical transistor as an artificial chemical synapse.
International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment (ENGE 2022).
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2022)
Imaging-based fluorescence biosensing for on-site point-of-care testing.
IMID 2022.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2022)
Engineering of Soft Materials for Stretchable Electronics.
ICMCTF.
UNITED STATES
(2021)
Fabrication of stretchable, stable, room-temperature operable toxic gas sensor composed of reduced graphene oxide and MOF-derived ZnFe2O4 hollow octahedron.
International Conference on Advanced Electromaterials.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
Biomemetic touch sensor based on PVDF-TRFE piezoelectric device and synaptic field effect transistor.
한국센서학회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
Development of a tunable time-controlled cartridge for capturing and quantitative numeration of highly pathogenic bacteria from food matrices.
한국센서학회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
Biomemetic touch sensor based on PVDF-TRFE piezoelectric device and synaptic field effect transistor.
한국진공학회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2021)
Stretchable, stable, room-temperature operable toxic gas sensor composed of reduced graphene oxide and MOF-derived ZnFe2O4 hollow octahedron.
ICMAP.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
Reduced graphene oxide and zinc oxide nanorods composite based room-temperature operable and stretchable nitrogen dioxide gas sensor.
한국센서학회 추계학술대회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
Bio-Mimetic Tactile Sensor with Intrinsic Intelligence by Synaptic Functions.
ENGE.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
Enhanced Synaptic Properties of Hybrid Channel Field-Effect Transistor with Reduced Graphene Oxide-ZnO Nanorods.
한국진공학회 하계학술대회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
Room Temperature Organic Electrochemical Transistor Gas Sensors with Ionic Liquids.
한국진공학회 하계학술대회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
Room-temperature operable and stretchable nitrogen dioxide gas sensor based on reduced graphene oxide and zinc oxide nanorods composite.
한국진공학회 하계학술대회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2019)
A flexible synaptic tactile sensor.
2019 한국바이오칩학회 추계학술대회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
