Nature Inspired Soft Matter Laboratory

[51] Hydrogel microneedle patch with linker-free antibody conjugation for rapid, transfer-free on-patch immunoassays

Mina Kim, Eun Ji Son, Hojeong Jeon*, Nakwon Choi*, Seok Chung*, Tae Soup Shim*

Macromolecular Research, 1-10 (2026)

[50] Tailored 3D-printed viscoelastic adsorbents for efficient removal of micro-and nanoplastics in water

Jin Hyeok Park, Junyong Park, Chi Yeung Oh, Jonathan T Pham, Sanghyuk Wooh, Tae Soup Shim*

Chemical Engineering Journal, 536, 175794 (2026)

[49] Sustainable Design of Biocompatible and Mechanically Robust Inks for Direct Ink Writing of Brick-and-Mortar Structures

Eun Ji Son, Hyun Wook Kang, Joo Yong Shin, Min Je Hong, Si Eun Baek, Jin Hui Park, Ju Min Kim, Nakwon Choi, Tae Soup Shim*

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 14, 6, 2954–2964 (2026)

– Selected as a supplementary cover article

[48]Air-Stable, All-Solid-State Supercapacitors Designed for Covalent Bonds of Acrylic Polymeric Binders and Ionogel Electrolytes

Jin Hyeok Park† , Jong Sik Kim† , Seo Jin Kim† , Tae Soup Shim*

ACS Applied Energy Materials, 8, 22, 16772–16780 (2025)

[47] Meso–macroporous hydrogel for direct litre-scale isolation of extracellular vesicles

Junbeom Kim, Minjin Kang, Geonhee Han, Sujin Hyung, Mina Kim, Minjeong Jang, Han Kyul Lee, Yunhee Seo, Ki Cheol Gil, Changheon Kim, Sojin Song, Seonghyeok Jeong, Seongchan Kim, Min Soo Kim, Ji Sung Shim, Sung Gu Kang, Young Chan Lee, Seok Chung, Il-Joo Cho, Tae Soup Shim, Kwang Hoon Song, Jouha Min, Hyejeong Seong, Kyungeun Lee, Jeeyun Lee, Cheolju Lee, Hong Nam Kim, Hyojin Lee, Sun Hwa Kim, Ji Yoon Kang, Ki Wan Bong, Nakwon Choi*

Nature Nanotechnology, 20, 1678–1687 (2025) 

[46] Hue‐Resolved Strain Sensing in Mechanochromic Colloidal Photonic Crystal Films

Yujin Lee, Seonu Lee, Chi Yeung Oh, Young‐Seok Kim, Tae Soup Shim, Hyerim Hwang*

Advanced Materials Interfaces, 12, 22 (2025)

[45] Rheological properties of silicon anode slurries modified with citric acid and borax and their impact on battery performance

Sabin Hong, Sung Sik Lee, Tae Soup Shim, Ju Min Kim*

Korea-Australia Rheology Journal, 38, 1-12 (2025)

[44] Dynamic birefringence and chirality of magnetically controllable assemblies of anisotropic plasmonic nanoparticles in dispersion

Hyojung Kang, Yoojung Jeon, Kyungnae Baek, SeonJu Park, Jayoon Lee, Tae Soup Shim, Jerome K Hyun, So-Jung Park*

Nature Communications, 16, 7076 (2025)

[43] Structured Liquid-in-Liquid Emulsion Stabilized by Surface-Engineered Liquid Metal Droplets as “Mutant” Pickering Emulsifierstle

Jiyoon Park, Hyunji Lee, Eunju Na, Hyeonmin Jo, Tae Soup Shim, Chae Bin Kim, Hern Kim, Guihua Yu, Joohyung Lee*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17, 6, 9945–9959 (2025)

[42] Optofluidic paper-based analytical device for discriminative detection of organic substances via digital color coding

Jinsol Choi† , Chi Yeung Oh† , Gong Qian, Tae Soup Shim*, Heon-Ho Jeong*

Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 11, 11 (2025)

– Selected as a featured article

[41] Shape-dependent locomotion of DNA-linked magnetic nanoparticle films

Jein Ko† , Jongwook Kim† , Kanghyun Ki, Soyoon Moon, Hyunjin Jeon, Jin Hyeok Park, Murali Golla, Chan Joo Chun, Jong Sik Kim, Anna Lee, Hyoungsoo Kim, Sarah S Park, Tae Soup Shim*, So-Jung Park*

Nano Letters, 25, 1, 419–425 (2024)

[40] Photothermally Reconfigurable Biomimetic Photonic Structures Prepared via Crystallization of Polydopamine‐Incorporated Core–Shell Nanoparticles

Chi Yeung Oh, Jong Sik Kim, Tae Soup Shim*

Advanced Optical Materials, 12, 30, 2401382 (2024)

[39] Biaxial mechanochromic behaviors of mechanically heterogeneous colloidal photonic crystal weave

Youngki Cho, Chi Yeung Oh, Eun Ji Son, Young‐Seok Kim, Tae Soup Shim*

Advanced Optical Materials, 112, 19, 2400135 (2024)

[38] Confinement Effect on the Lateral Particle Migration in DNA Solution

Yoonyoung Jung, Daekwon Jin, Tae Soup Shim, Sung Sik Lee, Ju Min Kim*

Physics of Fluids, 35, 122014 (2023)

[37] Mechanically Robust All-Hydrogel Supercapacitor Having Seamless Interfaces Among Components by Rapid Phase Transition of Physical
Gels

Jong Sik Kim†, Jin Hyeok Park†, Jongkook Hwang*, Tae Soup Shim*

Chemical Engineering Journal, 472, 144928 (2023)

[36] Lateral Particle Migration in Shear-thinning Colloidal Dispersion

Young Hwan Kim, Tae Soup Shim*, Ju Min Kim*

Korea-Australia Rheology Journal, 34, 327-334 (2022)

[35] Fabrication of Tunable Photothermal Actuator via In-Situ Oxidative Polymerization of Polydopamine Nanoparticles in Hydrogel Bilayers

Chaewon Lee, Jin Hyeok Park, Mina Kim, Jong Sik Kim, Tae Soup Shim*

Soft Matter, 18, 4604-4612 (2022)

[34] Facile Microfluidic Method for Measuring the Relaxation Time of Dilute Polymer Solution Based on Viscoelastic Particle Focusing

Yoonyoung Jung, Tae Soup Shim*, Ju Min Kim*

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 39, 2318-2323 (2022)

[33] Solvatochromic Discrimination of Alcoholic Solvents by Structural Colors of Polydopamine Nanoparticle Thin Films

Yeon-Su Lim†, Jong Sik Kim†, Jang Han Choi, Ju Min Kim*, Tae Soup Shim*

Colloid and Interface Science Communications, 48, 100624 (2022)

[32] Shape-Changing DNA-Linked Nanoparticle Films Dictated by Lateral and Vertical Patterns

Jongwook Kim, Sunghee Lee, Jisu Choi, Kyungnae Baek, Tae Soup Shim, Jerome Kartham Hyun, So-Jung Park*

Advanced Materials, 34, 2109091 (2022)

[31] Thermogelling Behaviors of Aqueous Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Microgel-Silica Nanoparticle
Composite Dispersions

Byung Soo Hwang†, Jong Sik Kim†, Ju Min Kim*, Tae Soup Shim*

Materials, 14, 1212 (2021)

[30] Stepwise Evolution of Crease Patterns on Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels for the Production of Long-Range Ordered Structures

Mina Kim, Kwon-Young Choi, Ju Min Kim, Tae Soup Shim*

Advanced Materials Interfaces, 7, 2001551 (2020)

– Selected as a cover article

[29] Real-Time Pressure Monitoring System in Microfluidic Devices by Deformable Colloidal Crystal Membrane

Jang Han Choi, Tae Soup Shim*

Lab on a Chip, 19, 3954-3961 (2019)

[28] Agarose/Spherical Activated Carbon Composite Gels for Recyclable and Shape-Configurable Electrodes

Jong Sik Kim, Ju-Hyung Kim*, Younghyun Cho*, Tae Soup Shim*

Polymers, 11(5), 875 (2019)

[27] Microscale Patterning of Electrochromic Polymer Films via Soft Lithography

Jae-Young Jeong, Seokwon Joo, Da-Seul Kim, Kyoung-Hwan Kim, Tae Soup Shim*, Soonmin Seo*, Ju-Hyung Kim*

International Journal of Polymer Science, 6365096 (2018)

[26] DNA-Functionalized 100-nm Polymer Nanoparticles from Block Copolymer Micelles

Saerom Lee, Jeong Hoon Yoon, In-Seong Jo, Joon Suk Oh, David J. Pine, Tae Soup Shim*, Gi-Ra Yi*

Langmuir, 34, 11042-11048 (2018)

[25] Hydrogel Micropost-Based qPCR for Multiplex Detection of miRNAs Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease

Woongsun Choi†, Sang Yun Yeom†, Junsun Kim, Seungwon Jung, Seungho Jung, Tae Soup Shim, Sang Kyung Kim, Ji Yoon Kang, Soo Hyun Lee, Il-Joo Cho, Jungkyu Choi*, Nakwon Choi*

Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 101, 235-234 (2018)

[24] Lithographically-Designed Conical Microcarriers for Programed Release of Multiple Actives

Kwanghwi Je, Ju Hyeon Kim, Tae Soup Shim, Minhee Ku, Jaemoon Yang, Shin-Hyun Kim*

Advanced Materials Interfaces, 5, 1701163 (2018)

[23] Inertio-Elastic Flow Instabilities in 90° Bending Microchannel

Junghee Kim, Sun Ok Hong, Tae Soup Shim, Ju Min Kim*

Soft Matter, 13, 5656-5664 (2017)

– Selected as a cover article

[22] Soft-, Shape Changing Materials Toward Physico-chemically Powered Actuators

Tae Soup Shim*, Ju Min Kim

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 9, 2355-2365 (2017)

[21] Soft Patchy Micelles

In-Seong Jo, Saerom Lee, Jintao Zhu, Tae Soup Shim, Gi-Ra Yi*

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 30, 97-105 (2017)

[20] Elastic Effects of Dilute Polymer Solution on Bubble Generation in a Microfluidic Flow-Focusing Channel

Dong Young Kim, Tae Soup Shim, Ju Min Kim*

Korea-Australia Rheology Journal, 29, 147-153 (2017)

[19] Selective Coloration of Melanin Nanospheres through Resonant Mie Scattering

Soojeong Cho, Tae Soup Shim, Ju Hyeon Kim, Dong-Hyun Kim, Shin-Hyun Kim*

Advanced Materials, 29, 1700256 (2017)

– Selected as a cover article

[18] Reaction-Diffusion-Mediated Photolithography for Designing Pseudo-3D Microstructures

Ju Hyeon Kim, Kwanghwi Je, Tae Soup Shim, Shin-Hyun Kim*

Small, 13, 1603516 (2017)

[17] Shape Changing Thin Films Powered by DNA Hybridization

Tae Soup Shim, Zaki G. Estephan, Zhaoxia Qian, Jacob H. Prosser, Su Yeon Lee, David M. Chenoweth, Daeyeon Lee*, So-Jung Park*, John C. Crocker*

Nature Nanotechnology, 12, 41-47 (2017)

[16] Microfluidic Production of Multiple Emulsions and Functional Microcapsules

Tae Yong Lee, Tae Min Choi, Tae Soup Shim, Raoul A.M. Frijins, Shin-Hyun Kim*

Lab on a Chip, 16, 3415-3440 (2016)

[15] Tuning the Mechanical Properties of Recombinant Protein-Stabilized Gas Bubbles Using Triblock Copolymers

Yeongseon Jang, Woo-Sik Jang, Chen Gao, Tae Soup Shim, John C. Crocker, Daniel A Hammer*, Daeyeon Lee*

ACS Macro Letters, 5, 371-376 (2016)

[14] Spatially Selective Nucleation and Growth of Water Droplets on Hierarchically Patterned Polymer Surfaces

Younghyun Cho, Tae Soup Shim, Shu Yang*

Advanced Materials, 28, 1433-1439 (2016)

[13] Lithographic Design of Overhanging Microdisk Arrays Toward Omniphobic Surfaces

Ju Hyeon Kim, Tae Soup Shim, Shin-Hyun Kim*

Advanced Materials, 28, 2, 291-298 (2016)

[12] Regenerative Astaxanthin Extraction from a Single Microalgal (Haematococcus pluvialis) Cell Using a Gold Nano-Scalpel

Ramasamy Praveenkumar, Raekeun Gwak, Mijeong Kang, Tae Soup Shim, Soojeong Cho, Jiye Lee, You-Kwan Oh, Kyubock Lee*, Bongsoo Kim*

ACS Applied Material & Interfaces, 7, 40, 22702-22708 (2015)

[11] Magnetic-Nanoflocculant-Assisted Water−Nonpolar Solvent Interface Sieve for Microalgae Harvesting

Kyubock Lee, Jeong-Geol Na, Jung Yoon Seo, Tae Soup Shim, Bohwa Kim, Ramasamy Praveenkumar, Ji-Yeon Park, You-Kwan Oh,*, Sang Goo Jeon*

ACS Applied Material & Interfaces, 7, 33, 18336-18343 (2015)

[10] Dynamic designing of microstructures by chemical gradient-mediated growth

Tae Soup Shim, Seung-Man Yang*, Shin-Hyun Kim*

Nature Communications, 6, 6584 (2015)

– Selected as a featured article

[9] Nanocrystalline Calcitic Lens Arrays Fabricated by Self-Assembly Followed by Amorphous-to-Crystalline Phase Transformation

Ingo Schmidt, Kyubock Lee, Emil Zolotoyabko, Peter Werner, Tae Soup Shim, You-Kwan Oh, Peter Fratzl, Wolfgang Wagermaler*

ACS Nano, 8, 9, 9233-9238 (2014)

[8] Direct Fabrication of Hexagonally Ordered Ridged Nanoarchitectures via Dual Interference Lithography for Effi cient Sensing Applications

Hwan Chul Jeon, Tae Yoon Jeon, Tae Soup Shim, Seung-Man Yang*

Small, 10, 8, 1490-1494 (2014)

[7] 3D Hierarchical Architectures Prepared by Single Exposure Through a Highly Durable Colloidal Phase Mask

Tae Yoon Jeon, Hwan Chul Jeon, Su Yeon Lee, Tae Soup Shim, Jung-Dae Kwon, Sung-Gyu Park*, Seung-Man Yang*

Advanced Materials, 26, 9, 1422-1426 (2014)

– Selected as frontispiece

[6] Droplet Microfluidics for Producing Functional Microparticles

Ju Hyeon Kim, Tae Yoon Jeon, Tae Min Choi, Tae Soup Shim, Shin-Hyun Kim*, Seung-Man Yang*

Langmuir, 30, 6, 1473-1488 (2014)

– Selected as a cover article

[5] Colloidal Photonic Crystals toward Structural Color Palettes for Security Materials

Hye Soo Lee, Tae Soup Shim, Hyerim Hwang, Seung-Man Yang*, Shin-Hyun Kim*

Chemistry of Materials, 25, 13, 2684-2690, (2013)

[4] Elaborate Design Strategies Toward Novel Microcarriers for Controlled Encapsulation and Release

Tae Soup Shim, Shin-Hyun Kim*, Seung-Man Yang*

Particle&Particle Systems Characterization, 30, 1, 9-45 (2013)

– Selected as a cover article

[3] High-throughput optofluidic platforms for mosaicked microfibers toward multiplex analysis of biomolecules

Soojeong Cho†, Tae Soup Shim†, Seung-Man Yang*

Lab on a Chip, 12, 3676-3679 (2012)

[2] Controlled Origami Folding of Hydrogel Bilayers with Sustained Reversibility for Robust Microcarriers

Tae Soup Shim, Shin-Hyun Kim, Chul-Joon Heo, Hwan Chul Jeon, Seung-Man Yang*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 51, 6, 1420-1423 (2012)

– Selected as a cover article

[1] Dynamic Modulation of Photonic Bandgaps in Crystalline Colloidal Arrays Under Electric Field

Tae Soup Shim, Shin-Hyun Kim, Jae Young Sim, Jong-Min Lim, Seung-Man Yang*

Advanced Materials, 22, 40, 4494-4498 (2010)