Publications

Under review

• Hierarchical Chiral Spindle Microbeads for Full-Colour Circularly Polarized Luminescence
  G. Lee, G. H. Kim, J. Y. Han, J.-M. Heo*, D. K. Yoon*
  Adv. Mater.Under revision
• Electrical Translation of a Chromatic Trajectory Enables Subpixel-Free Color Generation
  J.-S. Ma*, J. Kim, H. S. Yun, B. Kim, J.-M. Heo*, D. K. Yoon*
  Laser Photonics Rev.Submitted

2026

• 32.Molecular Engineering Enables Reversible Thermochromism in Polydiacetylene Vesicles
  C. Yang, J.-M. Heo*, J.-M. Kim*
  Chem. Eng. J. 182756 (2026)
• 31.Microchiral pinwheel arrays based on achiral molecules
  J. Y. Han, W. K. Park, B. Noh, F. Araoka, S. Jeong, B. H. Jhun, Y. You, Y. Park, K. J. Lee*, J.-M. Heo*, D. K. Yoon*
  Nat. Commun. 17, 9413 (2026)
• 30.Chemically Robust, Primary Amine Rich Mussel-Inspired Nanoscale Coatings via a Cation-π Interaction Independent Pathway
  M. I. Hasan, M.-H. Lee, C. Yu, D. Seo, Y. Wu, J.-M. Heo, Z. Chen, J. Kim*
  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 18, 33402–33413 (2026)
• 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. J. Matzger, J. Gierschner*, M. S. Kwon*, J. Kim*
  Nat. Commun. 17, 3039 (2026)

2025

• 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
  P. Yadav, K. Moon, M. Shoaib, P. Thapa, R. Sun, S. Yang, J.-M. Heo, S. Seong, J. McCracken, X. Gong, J. Kim, J. Bang, 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, L. Wang, C. Yu, J. Choi, H. Woo, B. Milian-Medina, A. J. 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)

2024

• 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. Stark, 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
  S. 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)

2023

• 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)

2022

• 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, 14746–14753 (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, 160–168 (2022)

2021–2016

2021

• 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)

2020

• 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)

2019

• 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)

2018

• 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)

2017

• 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)

2016

• 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)