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List of Publications

29. Reversible Color Switching of Bright Phosphorescence in Purely Organic Materials for Advanced Data Encryption

J.-M. Heo, H. Woo, M. F. Florez-Angarita, J. Park, B. Milian-Medina, A. Matzger, J. Gierschner*, M. S. Kwon*, J. Kim*, Nat. Commun. (Accepted)

28. Color-tunable, high-dissymmetry circularly polarized phosphorescence in chiral nematic phases: self-assembly, energy transfer, and handedness inversion

J.-M. Heo, J. Park, J. Kim*, Mater. Chem. Front. 9, 3188-3196 (2025)

27. Deterministic Structural Distortion in Mn2+-Doped Layered Hybrid Lead Bromide Perovskite Single Crystals

Yadav, K. Moon, M. Shoaib, R. Sun, P. Thapa, J.-M. Heo, S. Seong, J. McCraken, W. Gong, J. Kim, D. Sun, S. Kim*, ACS Nano 19, 26920–26931 (2025)

26. Elucidating the molecular structural origin of efficient emission across solid and solution phases of single benzene fluorophores

J.-M. Heo, J. Park, M. F. Florez-Angarita, C. Yu, J. Choi, H. Woo, B. Milian-Medina, A. Matzger, M. S. Kwon, J. Gierschner*, J. Kim*, Nat. Commun. 16, 5560 (2025)

25. Noninvasive Detection of Chorioretinal Hypoxia via Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Nanoparticles Embedded with Purely Organic Phosphors

J.-M. Heo§, V. P. Nguyen§, M. Zheng, J. Park, Y. M. Paulus*, J. Kim*, Adv. NanoBiomed Res. 5, 2400153 (2025)

24. Microsecond triplet emission from organic chromophore-transition metal dichalcogenide hybrids via through-space spin orbit proximity effect

J. Choi§, H. Im§, J.-M. Heo, D. W. Kim, H. Jiang, A. Starg, W. Shao, P. M. Zimmerman, G. W. Jeon, J.-W. Jang, E. H. Hwang, S. Kim, D. H. Park, J. Kim, Nat. Commun.15, 10282 (2024)

23. Co-assembly-Directed Enhancement of the Thermochromic Reversibility and Solvatochromic Selectivity of Supramolecular Polydiacetylene

. Baek§, J.-M. Heo§, K. Bae§, M.I. Khazi, S. Lee, K. Kim, J.-M. Kim*, Langmuir 40, 18272–18282 (2024)

22. Polydopamine Adhesion: Catechol, Amine, Dihydroxyindole, and Aggregation Dynamics

J. Lim, S. Zhang, J.-M. Heo, M.C. Dickwella Widanage, A. Ramamoorthy, J. Kim*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 16, 31864–31872 (2024)

21. Directed Chiral Self-Assembly of Purely Organic Phosphors for Room-Temperature Circularly Polarized Phosphorescence

J.-M. Heo, J. Kim, M.I. Hasan, H. Woo, J. Lahann, J. Kim*, Adv. Opt. Mater. 12, 2400572 (2024)

20. Conjugation through Si–O–Si bonds, silsesquioxane (SQ) half cage copolymers, extended examples via SiO0.5/SiO1.5 units: multiple emissive states in violation of Kasha's rule

Z. Zhang, J.J.R. Arias, H. Kaehr, Y. Liu, R. Murata, M. Unno, N. Yodsin, P. Pimbaotham, S. Jungsuttiwong, M. Rammo, J.-M. Heo, J. Kim, A. Rebane, R. M. Laine*, Dalton Trans. 53, 10328–10337 (2024)

19. Nanoarchitectonics of Exfoliated Flexible Nanosheet Based on Laterally Stacked Macrocycles

N. Shioda, J.-M. Heo, B. Kim, H. Imai, J.-M. Kim*, Y. Oaki*, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 10, 2300521 (2023).

18. A diaminotriazine-functionalized polydiacetylene for colorimetric sensing of thymine and oligothymidine

F. Jannah§, J.-M. Heo§, J. Park, J.-M. Kim*, Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 390, 133871 (2023)

17. Retro Diels–Alder-triggered self-assembly of a polymerizable macrocyclic diacetylene

J.-M. Heo§, J. Park§, J.-M. Kim*, Org. Biomol. Chem. 21, 6302–6306 (2023)

16. Rapid and sensitive detection of lysophosphatidylcholine using zwitterionic polydiacetylene vesicles and a microfluidic gradient sensor

F. Jannah, S. Park, J.-M. Heo, N. Choi, J. Choo, J.-M. Kim*, Sens. Actuators B: Chem. 371, 132528 (2022)

15. Polarity-induced Dual Room-temperature Phosphorescence Involving the T2 state of Purely Organic Phosphors

L. Zang, W. Shao, O. Bolton, R. Ansari, S. J. Yoon, J.-M. Heo, J. Kieffer, A. J. Matzger, J. Kim*, J. Mater. Chem. C 10, 14746 (2022)

14. High-Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy Reveals the Unique Striated Hollow Structure of Photocatalytic Macrocyclic Polydiacetylene Nanotubes

N. N. Kadamannil§, J.-M. Heo§, D. Jang§, R. Zalk, S. Kolusheva, R. Zarivach, G. A. Frank, J.-M. Kim*, R. Jelinek*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 17889-17896 (2022)

13. Stimulus-responsive Tubular Conjugated Polymer 2D Nanosheets

D. Jang§, J.-M. Heo§, F. Jannah, M. I. Khazi, Y. Son, J. Noh, H. An, S. Park, D. Yoon, N. N. Kadamannil, R. Jelinek*, J.-M. Kim*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 61, e202211465 (2022).

12. Layered macrocycles with flexibility and tunable dynamic properties for wide-range thermoresponsive color changes

N. Shioda, J.-M. Heo, B. Kim, H. Imai, J.-M. Kim*, Y. Oaki*, Sens. Diagn., 1, 160 (2022)

11. Self-assembly using a retro Diels-Alder reaction

J. Park§, J.-M. Heo§, S. Seong, J. Noh, J.-M. Kim*, Nat. Commun., 12, 4207 (2021)

10. Reversible solvatochromism of polydiacetylenes based on extensively hydrogen-bonded tubular arrays

B. Kim§, J.-M. Heo§, M. I. Khazi, J.-M. Kim*, Macromolecules, 54, 2485–2493 (2021)

9. Macrocyclic diacetylene-terthiophene cocrystal: molecular self-assembly, topochemical polymerization, and energy transfer

K. Bae§, J.-M. Heo§, M. I. Khazi, J. F. Joung, S. Park, Y. Kim, J.-M. Kim*, Cryst. Growth Des., 20, 434–441 (2020)

8. Photoinduced reversible bending and guest molecule release of azobenzene-containing polydiacetylene nanotubes

D. Jang, S. K. Pramanik, A. Das, W. Baek, J.-M. Heo, H.-J. Ro, S. Jun, B. J. Park*, J.-M. Kim*, Sci. Rep., 9, 15982 (2019)

7. Thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer-based gel polymer electrolytes for sodium-metal cells with enhanced cycling performance

M.-S. Park, H.-S. Woo, J.-M. Heo, J.-M. Kim, R. Thangavel, Y.-S. Lee, D.-W. Kim*, ChemSusChem, 12, 4645–4654 (2019)

6. Thermochromic polydiacetylene nanotube from amphiphilic macrocyclic diacetylene in aqueous solution

J.-M. Heo, Y. Son, S. Han, H.-J. Ro, S. Jun, U. Kundapur, J. Noh, J.-M. Kim*, Macromolecules, 52, 4405–4411 (2019)

5. Reversibly thermochromic cyclic dipeptide nanotubes

M. J. Seo, J. Song, C. Kantha, M. I. Khazi, U. Kundapur, J.-M. Heo, J.-M. Kim*, Langmuir, 34, 8365–8373 (2018)

4. Topochemical polymerization of macrocyclic diacetylene with a naphthalene moiety for a tubular-shaped polydiacetylene chromophore

C. Kantha, H. Kim, Y. Kim, J.-M. Heo, J. F. Joung, S. Park, J.-M. Kim*, Dyes Pigm., 154, 199–204 (2018)

3. Smartphone-based VOC sensor using colorimetric polydiacetylenes

D.-H. Park§, J.-M. Heo§, W. Jeong, Y. H. Yoo, B. J. Park*, J.-M. Kim*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10, 5014–5021 (2018)

2. Chromogenic tubular polydiacetylenes from topochemical polymerization of self-assembled macrocyclic diacetylenes

J.-M. Heo§, Y. Kim§, S. Han, J. F. Joung, S.-h. Lee, S. Han, J. Noh, J. Kim, S. Park, H. Lee, Y. M. Choi, Y.-S. Jung, J.-M. Kim*, Macromolecules 50, 900–913 (2017)

1. Photoinduced reversible phase transition of azobenzene-containing polydiacetylene crystals

W. Baek, J.-M. Heo, S. Oh, S.-h. Lee, J. Kim, J. F. Joung, S. Park, H. Chung, J.-M. Kim*, Chem. Commun. 52, 14059–14062 (2016)

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