publications

2026

1. Small

   FAST-CRISPR: Fusogenic Association and Secured Transfection of CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoproteins Using Lipid-Silica Hybrid Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Genome Editing

   Minjong Kim, Kyunghwan Kim, Jihyun Lee, and 8 more authors

   Small, 2026

   Bib

   @article{kim2026fast,
     title = {FAST-CRISPR: Fusogenic Association and Secured Transfection of CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoproteins Using Lipid-Silica Hybrid Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Genome Editing},
     author = {Kim, Minjong and Kim, Kyunghwan and Lee, Jihyun and Lee, Soyoung and Choi, Subin and Park, Soo Ah and Jeong, Euihwan and Choi, Song-Yi and Park, Hee Ho and Park, Tae-Eun and others},
     journal = {Small},
     volume = {22},
     number = {15},
     pages = {e11362},
     year = {2026},
   }

2. Nat. Nanotechnol.

   Enzymatic microbubble robots

   Songsong Tang, Hong Han, Xiaotian Ma, and 8 more authors

   Nature Nanotechnology, 2026

   Bib

   @article{tang2026enzymatic,
     title = {Enzymatic microbubble robots},
     author = {Tang, Songsong and Han, Hong and Ma, Xiaotian and Patel, Payal N and Gong, Chen and Zhang, Junhang and Criado-Hidalgo, Ernesto and Yoo, Jounghyun and Li, Jiahong and Kim, Gwangmook and others},
     journal = {Nature Nanotechnology},
     volume = {21},
     pages = {397--407},
     year = {2026},
     publisher = {Nature Publishing Group UK London},
   }

3. Matter

   Bridging the barrier: Micro- and nanorobotics for active brain delivery

   Jounghyun Yoo, Jinmyoung Joo, and Wei Gao

   Matter, 2026

   DOI Bib

   @article{yoo2026bridging,
     title = {Bridging the barrier: Micro- and nanorobotics for active brain delivery},
     author = {Yoo, Jounghyun and Joo, Jinmyoung and Gao, Wei},
     journal = {Matter},
     year = {2026},
     publisher = {Elsevier},
     doi = {10.1016/j.matt.2026.102858},
   }

2025

1. Science

   Imaging-guided deep tissue in vivo sound printing

   Elham Davoodi, Jiahong Li, Xiaotian Ma, and 8 more authors

   Science, 2025

   Bib

   @article{davoodi2025imaging,
     title = {Imaging-guided deep tissue in vivo sound printing},
     author = {Davoodi, Elham and Li, Jiahong and Ma, Xiaotian and Najafabadi, Alireza Hasani and Yoo, Jounghyun and Lu, Gengxi and Sani, Ehsan Shirzaei and Lee, Sunho and Montazerian, Hossein and Kim, Gwangmook and others},
     journal = {Science},
     volume = {388},
     number = {6747},
     pages = {616--623},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science},
   }

2. Nat. Commun.

   All-printed chip-less wearable neuromorphic system for multimodal physicochemical health monitoring

   Yongsuk Choi, Peng Jin, Sanghyun Lee, and 8 more authors

   Nature Communications, 2025

   Bib

   @article{choi2025all,
     title = {All-printed chip-less wearable neuromorphic system for multimodal physicochemical health monitoring},
     author = {Choi, Yongsuk and Jin, Peng and Lee, Sanghyun and Song, Yu and Tay, Roland Yingjie and Kim, Gwangmook and Yoo, Jounghyun and Han, Hong and Yeom, Jeonghee and Cho, Jeong Ho and others},
     journal = {Nature Communications},
     volume = {16},
     number = {1},
     pages = {5689},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {Nature Publishing Group UK London},
   }

3. Biosens. Bioelectron.

   Surface-engineered nanobeads for regioselective antibody binding: A robust immunoassay platform leveraging catalytic signal amplification

   Jounghyun Yoo, Youngsun Kim, Ji Hyun Back, and 8 more authors

   Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2025

   Bib

   @article{yoo2025surface,
     title = {Surface-engineered nanobeads for regioselective antibody binding: A robust immunoassay platform leveraging catalytic signal amplification},
     author = {Yoo, Jounghyun and Kim, Youngsun and Back, Ji Hyun and Shin, Jawon and Bae, Pan Kee and Park, Kyung Mi and Kim, Myung and Seo, Young Hun and Bak, Yecheol and Heo, Yoon Ho and others},
     journal = {Biosensors and Bioelectronics},
     volume = {281},
     pages = {117463},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {Elsevier},
   }

4. ACS AMI

   Sustained release of HIF-2αinhibitors using biodegradable porous silicon carriers for enhanced immunogenic cell death of malignant Merkel cell carcinoma

   Juyoung Seong, Minju Kim, Jounghyun Yoo, and 3 more authors

   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025

   Bib

   @article{seong2025sustained,
     title = {Sustained release of HIF-2$\alpha$ inhibitors using biodegradable porous silicon carriers for enhanced immunogenic cell death of malignant Merkel cell carcinoma},
     author = {Seong, Juyoung and Kim, Minju and Yoo, Jounghyun and Mack, David L and Lee, Jung Hyun and Joo, Jinmyoung},
     journal = {ACS Applied Materials \& Interfaces},
     volume = {17},
     number = {5},
     pages = {7449--7461},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {American Chemical Society},
   }

2024

1. Bioact. Mater.

   Photonic control of ligand nanospacing in self-assembly regulates stem cell fate

   Sungkyu Lee, Jounghyun Yoo, Gunhyu Bae, and 8 more authors

   Bioactive Materials, 2024

   Bib

   @article{lee2024photonic,
     title = {Photonic control of ligand nanospacing in self-assembly regulates stem cell fate},
     author = {Lee, Sungkyu and Yoo, Jounghyun and Bae, Gunhyu and Thangam, Ramar and Heo, Jeongyun and Park, Jung Yeon and Choi, Honghwan and Kim, Chowon and An, Jusung and Kim, Jungryun and others},
     journal = {Bioactive Materials},
     volume = {34},
     pages = {164--180},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Elsevier},
   }

2. Sci. Robot.

   Imaging-guided bioresorbable acoustic hydrogel microrobots

   Hong Han, Xiaotian Ma, Weiting Deng, and 8 more authors

   Science Robotics, 2024

   Bib

   @article{han2024imaging,
     title = {Imaging-guided bioresorbable acoustic hydrogel microrobots},
     author = {Han, Hong and Ma, Xiaotian and Deng, Weiting and Zhang, Junhang and Tang, Songsong and Pak, On Shun and Zhu, Lailai and Criado-Hidalgo, Ernesto and Gong, Chen and Karshalev, Emil and others},
     journal = {Science Robotics},
     volume = {9},
     number = {97},
     pages = {eadp3593},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science},
   }

3. PNAS

   Bacterial outer membrane vesicle nanorobot

   Songsong Tang, Daitian Tang, Houhong Zhou, and 8 more authors

   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024

   Bib

   @article{tang2024bacterial,
     title = {Bacterial outer membrane vesicle nanorobot},
     author = {Tang, Songsong and Tang, Daitian and Zhou, Houhong and Li, Yangyang and Zhou, Dewang and Peng, Xiqi and Ren, Chunyu and Su, Yilin and Zhang, Shaohua and Zheng, Haoxiang and others},
     journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
     volume = {121},
     number = {30},
     pages = {e2403460121},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {National Academy of Sciences},
   }

4. Chem. Eng. J.

   Room-temperature phosphorescence of defect-engineered silica nanoparticles for high-contrast afterglow bioimaging

   Heemin Chang, Yoonsang Park, Kyunghwan Kim, and 8 more authors

   Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024

   Bib

   @article{chang2024room,
     title = {Room-temperature phosphorescence of defect-engineered silica nanoparticles for high-contrast afterglow bioimaging},
     author = {Chang, Heemin and Park, Yoonsang and Kim, Kyunghwan and Han, Chaewon and Yoon, Yeongjun and Yoo, Woojung and Yoo, Jounghyun and Lee, Dajin and Han, Hyunho and Kim, Kyeounghak and others},
     journal = {Chemical Engineering Journal},
     volume = {493},
     pages = {152529},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Elsevier},
   }

2023

1. Nat. Rev. Bioeng.

   Micro- and nanorobots for biomedical applications in the brain

   Jounghyun Yoo, Songsong Tang, and Wei Gao

   Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023

   Bib

   @article{yoo2023micro,
     title = {Micro- and nanorobots for biomedical applications in the brain},
     author = {Yoo, Jounghyun and Tang, Songsong and Gao, Wei},
     journal = {Nature Reviews Bioengineering},
     volume = {1},
     pages = {308--310},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {Nature Publishing Group UK},
   }

2022

1. Adv. Mater.

   Photoswitchable microgels for dynamic macrophage modulation

   Yuri Kim, Ramar Thangam, Jounghyun Yoo, and 8 more authors

   Advanced Materials, 2022

   Bib

   @article{kim2022photoswitchable,
     title = {Photoswitchable microgels for dynamic macrophage modulation},
     author = {Kim, Yuri and Thangam, Ramar and Yoo, Jounghyun and Heo, Jeongyun and Park, Jung Yeon and Kang, Nayeon and Lee, Sungkyu and Yoon, Jiwon and Mun, Kwang Rok and Kang, Misun and others},
     journal = {Advanced Materials},
     volume = {34},
     number = {49},
     pages = {2205498},
     year = {2022},
   }

2. Nanoscale

   Tailored polyethylene glycol grafting on porous nanoparticles for enhanced targeting and intracellular siRNA delivery

   Jounghyun Yoo, Kyunghwan Kim, Suhyun Kim, and 3 more authors

   Nanoscale, 2022

   Bib

   @article{yoo2022tailored,
     title = {Tailored polyethylene glycol grafting on porous nanoparticles for enhanced targeting and intracellular siRNA delivery},
     author = {Yoo, Jounghyun and Kim, Kyunghwan and Kim, Suhyun and Park, Hee Ho and Shin, Heungsoo and Joo, Jinmyoung},
     journal = {Nanoscale},
     volume = {14},
     number = {39},
     pages = {14482--14490},
     year = {2022},
     publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
   }

3. Small

   Multifunction-harnessed afterglow nanosensor for molecular imaging of acute kidney injury in vivo

   Tikum Florence Anjong, Honghwan Choi, Jounghyun Yoo, and 7 more authors

   Small, 2022

   Bib

   @article{anjong2022multifunction,
     title = {Multifunction-harnessed afterglow nanosensor for molecular imaging of acute kidney injury in vivo},
     author = {Anjong, Tikum Florence and Choi, Honghwan and Yoo, Jounghyun and Bak, Yecheol and Cho, Yuri and Kim, Dojin and Lee, Seokyung and Lee, Kangwon and Kim, Bong-Gi and Kim, Sehoon},
     journal = {Small},
     volume = {18},
     pages = {2200245},
     year = {2022},
   }

4. Appl. Mater. Today

   Direct deposition of anatase TiO2 on thermally unstable gold nanobipyramid: Morphology-conserved plasmonic nanohybrid for combinational photothermal and photocatalytic cancer therapy

   Dohyub Jang, Subin Yu, Kyungwha Chung, and 6 more authors

   Applied Materials Today, 2022

   Bib

   @article{jang2022direct,
     title = {Direct deposition of anatase TiO2 on thermally unstable gold nanobipyramid: Morphology-conserved plasmonic nanohybrid for combinational photothermal and photocatalytic cancer therapy},
     author = {Jang, Dohyub and Yu, Subin and Chung, Kyungwha and Yoo, Jounghyun and Mota, Filipe Marques and Wang, Jianfang and Ahn, Dong June and Kim, Sehoon and Kim, Dong Ha},
     journal = {Applied Materials Today},
     volume = {27},
     pages = {101472},
     year = {2022},
     publisher = {Elsevier},
   }

2021

1. Analyst

   Superoxide-responsive fluorogenic molecular probes for optical bioimaging of neurodegenerative events in Alzheimer’s disease

   Jawon Shin, Dong Min Kang, Jounghyun Yoo, and 5 more authors

   Analyst, 2021

   Bib

   @article{shin2021superoxide,
     title = {Superoxide-responsive fluorogenic molecular probes for optical bioimaging of neurodegenerative events in Alzheimer's disease},
     author = {Shin, Jawon and Kang, Dong Min and Yoo, Jounghyun and Heo, Jeongyun and Jeong, Keunsoo and Chung, Ji Hyung and Han, Ye Sun and Kim, Sehoon},
     journal = {Analyst},
     volume = {146},
     number = {15},
     pages = {4748--4755},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
   }

2. ACS Nano

   Photoechogenic inflatable nanohybrids for upconversion-mediated sonotheranostics

   Keunsoo Jeong, Dojin Kim, Hyun Jun Kim, and 8 more authors

   ACS Nano, 2021

   Bib

   @article{jeong2021photoechogenic,
     title = {Photoechogenic inflatable nanohybrids for upconversion-mediated sonotheranostics},
     author = {Jeong, Keunsoo and Kim, Dojin and Kim, Hyun Jun and Lee, Yong-Deok and Yoo, Jounghyun and Jang, Dohyub and Lee, Seokyung and Park, Hyeonjong and Kim, Youngsun and Singh, Ajay and others},
     journal = {ACS Nano},
     volume = {15},
     number = {11},
     pages = {18394--18402},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {American Chemical Society},
   }

3. Nano Converg.

   Metal complexation-mediated stable and biocompatible nanoformulation of clinically approved near-infrared absorber for improved tumor targeting and photonic theranostics

   Yong-Deok Lee, Hyeon Jeong Shin, Jounghyun Yoo, and 6 more authors

   Nano Convergence, 2021

   Bib

   @article{lee2021metal,
     title = {Metal complexation-mediated stable and biocompatible nanoformulation of clinically approved near-infrared absorber for improved tumor targeting and photonic theranostics},
     author = {Lee, Yong-Deok and Shin, Hyeon Jeong and Yoo, Jounghyun and Kim, Gayoung and Kang, Min-Kyoung and Lee, Jae Jun and Bang, Joona and Yang, Jin-Kyoung and Kim, Sehoon},
     journal = {Nano Convergence},
     volume = {8},
     number = {1},
     pages = {1--11},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {SpringerOpen},
   }

2020

1. ACS AMI

   Biocompatible organosilica nanoparticles with self-encapsulated phenyl motifs for effective UV protection

   Jounghyun Yoo, Hyemin Kim, Heemin Chang, and 3 more authors

   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020

   Bib

   @article{yoo2020biocompatible,
     title = {Biocompatible organosilica nanoparticles with self-encapsulated phenyl motifs for effective UV protection},
     author = {Yoo, Jounghyun and Kim, Hyemin and Chang, Heemin and Park, Wonchan and Hahn, Sei Kwang and Kwon, Woosung},
     journal = {ACS Applied Materials \& Interfaces},
     volume = {12},
     number = {8},
     pages = {9062--9069},
     year = {2020},
     publisher = {American Chemical Society},
   }

2019

1. Sens. Actuators B

   A multi-dye containing MOF for the ratiometric detection and simultaneous removal of Cr2O7 in the presence of interfering ions

   Jounghyun Yoo, UnJin Ryu, Woosung Kwon, and 1 more author

   Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2019

   Bib

   @article{yoo2019multi,
     title = {A multi-dye containing MOF for the ratiometric detection and simultaneous removal of Cr2O7 in the presence of interfering ions},
     author = {Yoo, Jounghyun and Ryu, UnJin and Kwon, Woosung and Choi, Kyung Min},
     journal = {Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical},
     volume = {283},
     pages = {426--433},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {Elsevier},
   }

2. J. Mater. Chem. B

   Photoluminescent and biodegradable porous silicon nanoparticles for biomedical imaging

   Yoonsang Park, Jounghyun Yoo, Myoung-Hee Kang, and 2 more authors

   Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2019

   Bib

   @article{park2019photoluminescent,
     title = {Photoluminescent and biodegradable porous silicon nanoparticles for biomedical imaging},
     author = {Park, Yoonsang and Yoo, Jounghyun and Kang, Myoung-Hee and Kwon, Woosung and Joo, Jinmyoung},
     journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry B},
     volume = {7},
     number = {41},
     pages = {6271--6292},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
   }

3. J. Lumin.

   Controlled growth of fluorescent silica nanoparticles using two-phase orthogonal solvents for bioimaging

   Heemin Chang, Jounghyun Yoo, Hyemin Kim, and 3 more authors

   Journal of Luminescence, 2019

   Bib

   @article{chang2019controlled,
     title = {Controlled growth of fluorescent silica nanoparticles using two-phase orthogonal solvents for bioimaging},
     author = {Chang, Heemin and Yoo, Jounghyun and Kim, Hyemin and Park, Wonchan and Hahn, Sei Kwang and Kwon, Woosung},
     journal = {Journal of Luminescence},
     volume = {214},
     pages = {116529},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {North-Holland},
   }

4. ACS AMI

   Formation of TiO2@carbon core/shell nanocomposites from a single molecular layer of aromatic compounds for photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide generation

   Taehyung Lee, Hoang Tran Bui, Jounghyun Yoo, and 4 more authors

   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019

   Bib

   @article{lee2019formation,
     title = {Formation of TiO2@carbon core/shell nanocomposites from a single molecular layer of aromatic compounds for photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide generation},
     author = {Lee, Taehyung and Bui, Hoang Tran and Yoo, Jounghyun and Ra, Mirae and Han, Seung Hwan and Kim, Wooyul and Kwon, Woosung},
     journal = {ACS Applied Materials \& Interfaces},
     volume = {11},
     number = {44},
     pages = {41196--41203},
     year = {2019},
     publisher = {American Chemical Society},
   }

2018

1. ACS AMI

   Defect-induced fluorescence of silica nanoparticles for bioimaging applications

   Jounghyun Yoo, Seulgi Han, Wonchan Park, and 5 more authors

   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018

   Bib

   @article{yoo2018defect,
     title = {Defect-induced fluorescence of silica nanoparticles for bioimaging applications},
     author = {Yoo, Jounghyun and Han, Seulgi and Park, Wonchan and Lee, Taehyung and Park, Yoonsang and Chang, Heemin and Hahn, Sei Kwang and Kwon, Woosung},
     journal = {ACS Applied Materials \& Interfaces},
     volume = {10},
     number = {51},
     pages = {44247--44256},
     year = {2018},
     publisher = {American Chemical Society},
   }

2. Adv. Funct. Mater.

   In vivo photoacoustic imaging of livers using biodegradable hyaluronic acid-conjugated silica nanoparticles

   Donghyun Lee, Songeun Beack, Jounghyun Yoo, and 5 more authors

   Advanced Functional Materials, 2018

   Bib

   @article{lee2018vivo,
     title = {In vivo photoacoustic imaging of livers using biodegradable hyaluronic acid-conjugated silica nanoparticles},
     author = {Lee, Donghyun and Beack, Songeun and Yoo, Jounghyun and Kim, Su-Kyoung and Lee, Changho and Kwon, Woosung and Hahn, Sei Kwang and Kim, Chulhong},
     journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
     volume = {28},
     number = {22},
     pages = {1800941},
     year = {2018},
   }

2017

1. Inorg. Chem.

   Tailoring nanocrystalline metal–organic frameworks as fluorescent dye carriers for bioimaging

   UnJin Ryu, Jounghyun Yoo, Woosung Kwon, and 1 more author

   Inorganic Chemistry, 2017

   Bib

   @article{ryu2017tailoring,
     title = {Tailoring nanocrystalline metal--organic frameworks as fluorescent dye carriers for bioimaging},
     author = {Ryu, UnJin and Yoo, Jounghyun and Kwon, Woosung and Choi, Kyung Min},
     journal = {Inorganic Chemistry},
     volume = {56},
     number = {21},
     pages = {12859--12865},
     year = {2017},
     publisher = {American Chemical Society},
   }

2016

1. J. Mater. Chem. A

   Improving the functionality of carbon nanodots: doping and surface functionalization

   Yoonsang Park, Jounghyun Yoo, Boram Lim, and 2 more authors

   Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016

   Bib

   @article{park2016improving,
     title = {Improving the functionality of carbon nanodots: doping and surface functionalization},
     author = {Park, Yoonsang and Yoo, Jounghyun and Lim, Boram and Kwon, Woosung and Rhee, Shi-Woo},
     journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry A},
     volume = {4},
     number = {30},
     pages = {11582–11603},
     year = {2016},
     publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
   }