Publications

44 publications from our group

2026

Interfacial Mechanics Determines Emulsion Stability in Architectured Copolymers

Boominathan Muniyappan†, Sangyeop Lee†, Jun Su Chae†, Jiyun Nam, Siyoung Q. Choi*, Su-Mi Hur*, Myungeun Seo*

(Submitted)

Sticker Valence Governs Chain Collapse and Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Peptide-Inspired Associative Polymers

Seung-Hwan Oh†, Jinhoon Lee†, Seunghyun Lee, Raehyun Jung, Sangyeop Lee, Su-Mi Hur*, Dong Woog Lee*, Soo-Hyung Choi*

(Submitted)

Chemically Informed Learning Enables Interpretable Prediction and Generation of Polymers under Complex Constraints

Jihun Ahn†, Gabriella Pasya Irianti†, Vikram Thapar*, Su-Mi Hur*

(Submitted)

Multiscale Tissue Adhesion through Water-Mediated Mesoporous Silica-Biopolymer Integration

Seulgi Kim†, Se Eun Kim†, Raehyun Jung†, Woo Jin Gil†, Yechan Chang, Vikram Thapar, Saetbyeol Jeon, Marta Gonçalves, Seung A Chae, Hwan Hee Oh, Don Woong Choi, Jae Hyung Park, Chan-Hwa Chung, Gi-Ra Yi*, Chul-Su Yang*, Su-Mi Hur*, Jin Woong Kim*

(Submitted)

Directed Self-Assembly of Linear and Janus-Type Bottlebrush Block Copolymers for Enhanced EUV Lithography Pattern Quality

Sehyun Yun†, Changhyeon Lee†, Jihun Ahn, Su-Mi Hur*

Journal of Micro-Nanopatterning Materials and Metrology-JM3 (Accepted)

Quantitative control of orientational and positional disorder in nanopatterned arrays of metal-infiltrated block copolymers

Sung Kwan Tae†, Gabriella Pasya Irianti†, Ye Chan Kim†, Seong-Gyun Im, S. Joon Kwon*, Su-Mi Hur*, So Youn Kim*

Nature Communications, selected as editor's highlight

2025

Tin-Oxo Nanocluster Extreme UV Photoresists Equipped with Chemical Features for Atmospheric Stability and High EUV Sensitivity

Yejin Ku†, Gayoung Kim, Minseung Kim, Hyungju Ahn, Jin-Kyun Lee*, Jiho Kim, Byeong-Gyu Park, Dohyun Moon, Sangsul Lee, Seohyeon Lee, Yu Ha Jang, Byung Jun Jung, Hyunseok Kim, Changhyeon Lee, Su-Mi Hur, Ji Young Park, Chawon Koh, Tsunehiro Nishi, Hyun-Woo Kim

Advanced Functional Materials, 36, no. 27 (2026)

GITT limitations and EIS insights into Linetics of NMC622

Intizar Abbas†, Tran Thi Huyen Tran, Tran Thi Ngoc Tran, Thuy Linh Pham, Eui-Chol Shin, Chan-woo Park, Sung-Bong Yu, Oh Jeong Lee, An-Giang Nguyen, Hoon-Hwe Cho, Jongwoo Lim, Su-Mi Hur, Chan-Jin Park, Jaekook Kim, Jong-Sook Lee*

Batteries, 11(6), 234 (2025)

Direct approach to high-resolution, square-lattice alternating nanodot array by breaking hexagonal symmetry of block copolymer spheres

Seong Eun Kim†, Gabriella Pasya Irianti†, Hyunwoo Kim, Vikram Thapar, Jungki Ryu, Su-Mi Hur*, So Youn Kim*

Science Advances, 11, eadx1235 (2025)

A fluorine-free siloxane material with low dielectric loss in gigahertz frequencies for high-speed electronic devices

Seung-Mo Kang†, Allan Pérez Ramírez†, Jae Kyeong Lee, Luis Adrián Padilla Salas, Junho Jang, Byung Jo Um, Hyeon-Gyun Im, Su-Mi Hur*, Byeong-Soo Bae*

Cell Reports Physical Science, 6 (8), 102776 (2025)

Defect Rectification in High-Density Patterns through Directed Self-Assembly of Advanced Block Copolymer Architectures

Sehyun Yun†, Jihun Ahn†, Vikram Thapar, Sangyeop Lee, Sheng Li*, Su-Mi Hur*

Advanced Functional Materials, 35, 2422231 (2025)

2024

Machine Learning Assisted Tensile Strength Prediction and Optimization of Ti Alloy

Jaka Fajar Fatriansyah*, Muhmad Rafi Aquila, Iping Suhariadi, Andreas Federico, Dzaky Iman Ajiputro, Agrin Febrian Pradana, Yossi Andreano, Muhammad Ali Yafi Rizky, Donanta Dhaneswara, Zainovia Lockman, Su-Mi Hur

IEEE ACCESS, 12, 119660–119670 (2024)

Approach for enhancing sensitivity of tin-oxo cluster resist for high NA extreme UV lithography

Yejin Ku†, Gayoung Kim, Min Seung Kim, Jin-Kyun Lee*, Jiho Kim, Byeong-Gyu Park, Sangsul Lee, Seohyeon Lee, Byung Jun Jung, Changhyeon Lee, Hyunseok Kim, Su-Mi Hur, Chawon Koh, Tsunehiro Nishi, Hyun-Woo Kim

Proceedings of SPIE, 12957, 1295706 (2024)

Nanoengineering Spikey Surfaces: Investigation of Reversible Organizational Control of Surface-Tethered Polypeptide Brushes

Yuming Huang†, Hyunseok Kim, Luis Adrián Padilla Salas, Warren R. Zipfel, Su-Mi Hur, Christopher K. Ober*

Langmuir, 40(45), 24045–24061 (2024)

Enhancing deep learning predictive models with HAPPY (Hierarchically Abstracted rePeat unit of PolYmers) representation

Jihun Ahn†, Gabriella Pasya Irianti, Yeojin Choe, Su-Mi Hur*

npj Computational Materials, 10, 110 (2024)

Shape-Controlled Anisotropic Block Copolymer Particles via Interfacial Engineering of Multiple-Phase Emulsions

Zhengping Tan†, Eun Ji Kim†, Sheng Li, Su-Mi Hur, Jaeman J. Shin*, Bumjoon J. Kim*

Macromolecules, 57(9), 4263–4272 (2024)

Chemical Structure–Physicochemical Property Relationships of Copolymers Utilizable for Negative-Tone Photoimaging via Chemical Amplification

Yun Hee Ko†, Hyeji Lee, Hyunseok Kim, Seungjun Kim, Chanjae Ahn, Su-Mi Hur*, Yoonhyun Kwak*, Myungwoong Kim*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(12), 15286–15297 (2024)

2023

Exploring conformations of comb-like polymers with varying grafting density in dilute solutions

Carlos Salinas-Soto†, Yeojin Choe, Su-Mi Hur*, Abelardo Ramírez-Hernández*

Journal of Chemical Physics, 159(11), 114901 (2023)

Chain End-Functionalized Dense Polymer Brushes from an Inimer Coating by SI-RAFT

Julia D. Smith†, Luis Adrian Padilla Salas†, Carter Kreft, Su-Mi Hur*,  Padma Gopalan*

Langmuir, 39(23), 8267–8278 (2023)

Coarse-Grained Modeling of EUV Patterning Process Reflecting Photochemical Reactions and Chain Conformations

Tae-Yi Kim†, In-Hwa Kang, Juhae Park, Myungwoong Kim*, Hye-Keun Oh*,  Su-Mi Hur*

Polymers, 15(9), 1988 (2023)

Effect of Block Sequence on the Solution Self-Assembly of Symmetric ABCBA Pentablock Polymers in a Selective, Solvent

Tae-Yi Kim†, Su-Mi Hur*, Abelardo Ramírez-Hernández*

Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 27(11), 2575–2586 (2023)

2022

Coarse-grained Simulation of Bottlebrush: From Single-Chain Properties to Self-Assembly

Juhae Park†, Vikram Thapar, Yeojin Choe, Luis Adrian Padilla Salas, Abelardo Ramírez-Hernández*, Juan J. de Pablo*, Su-Mi Hur *

ACS Macro Letters, 11(9), 1167–1173 (2022)

Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Poly(vinylpyridine)-Containing Brush Block Copolymers: Combined Synthesis of Grafting-through and Grafting-to Approaches

Eun Ji Kim, Jaeman J. Shin, Gue Seon Lee, Sejong Kim, Sora Park, Juhae Park, Yeojin Choe, Dahye Lee, Jinwoong Choi, Joona Bang, Young Hun Kim, Sheng Li, Su-Mi Hur*, Jeung Gon Kim*, Bumjoon J. Kim*

Macromolecules, 55(5), 1590–1599 (2022)

2021

Full parameter space exploration of microphase separation of block copolymer brushes within a single simulation framework

Tae-Yi Kim, Ga Ryang Kang, Myungwoong Kim*, Vikram Thapar, Su-Mi Hur*

Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 6, 1087–1097 (2021)

Defect recognition in line-space patterns aided by deep learning with data augmentation

Jihun Ahn, Ye Chan Kim, So Youn Kim, Su-Mi Hur*, Vikram Thapar*

Journal of Micro/Nanopatterning, Materials, and Metrology, 20(4), 041203 (2021)

Self-Aligned Assembly of Poly(2-vinylpyridine)-b-polystyrene-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine) Triblock Copolymer on Graphene Nanoribons

J Zhou, V Thapar, Y Chen, BW Wu, GSW Craig, PF Nealey, SM Hur*, TH Chang*, S Xiong*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13(34), 41190–41199 (2021)

Line width roughness variation and printing failures caused by stochastic effect at extreme-ultraviolet exposure

In-Hwa Kang, Tae-Yi Kim, Su-Mi Hur, Chung-Hyun Ban, Jang-Gun Park, Hye-Keun Oh

Proceedings of SPIE, 11609, 116091K (2021)

Mesoscale Simulations of Polymer Solution Self-Assembly: Selection of Model Parameters within an Implicit Solvent Approximation

Juhae Park, Abelardo Ramírez-Hernández*, Vikram Thapar*, Su-Mi Hur*

Polymers, 13(6), 953 (2021)

Molecular Weight Dependent Morphological Transitions of Bottlebrush Block Copolymer Particles: Experiments and Simulations

Eun Ji Kim, Jaeman J. Shin, Taeyang Do, Gue Seon Lee, Juhae Park, Vikram Thapar, Jinwoong Choi, Joona Bang, Gi-Ra Yi, Su-Mi Hur*, Jeung Gon Kim*, Bumjoon J. Kim*

ACS Nano, 15(3), 5513–5522 (2021)

2020

Boundary-directed epitaxy of block copolymers

RM Jacobberger, V Thapar, GP Wu*, TH Chang, V Saraswat, AJ Way, KR Jinkins, Z Ma, PF Nealey, SM Hur* , S Xiong*, MS Arnold*

Nature Communications, 11, 4151, (2020), selected as editor's highlight

2019

Molecular Modeling of EUV Photoresist Revealing the Effect of Chain Conformation on Line-Edge Roughness Formation

J Park, SG Lee, Y Vesters, J Severi, M Kim, D De Simone, HK Oh*, SM Hur*

Polymers, 11(12), 1923 (2019)

Phase Behavior of Mixed Polymer Brushes Grown from Ultrathin Coatings

W Wei, TY Kim, A Balamurugan, J Sun, R Chen, A Ghosh, F Rodolakis, J L McChesney, A Lakkham, P G Evans, SM Hur, P Gopalan*

ACS Macro Letters, 8(9), 1086–1090 (2019)

Shear-solvo defect annihilation of diblock copolymer thin films over a large area

YC Kim, TJ Shin, SM Hur*, SJ Kwon*, SY Kim*

Science Advances, 5, eaaw3974 (2019)

2018

Defect Annihilation Pathways in Directed Assembly of Lamellar Block Copolymer Thin Films

SM Hur*, V Thapar, A Ramírez-Hernández, PF Nealey, JJ de Pablo*

ACS nano, 12(10), 9974–9981 (2018)

The Solvent Distribution Effect on the Self-Assembly of Symmetric Triblock Copolymers during Solvent Vapor Annealing

S Xiong*, D Li, SM Hur, GSW Craig, CG Arges, XP Qu, PF Nealey*

Macromolecules, 51 (18), 7145-7151 (2018)

Stable polymer brushes with effectively varied grafting density synthesized from highly crosslinked random copolymer thin films

H Kang, S An, WJ Lee, GR Kang, S Kim, SM Hur*, K Paeng*, M Kim*

RSC Advances, 8 (43), 24166-24174 (2018)

2017

Development of Effective Porosity in Carbon Nanofibers Based on Phase Behavior of Ternary Polymer Blend Precursors: Toward High-Performance Electrode Materials

S Noh, DN Nguyen, CS Park, Y Kim, HJ Kong, S Kim, S Kim, SM Hur, H Yoon*

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121 (34), 18480-18489 (2017)

Gyroid Structures in Solvent Annealed PS-b-PMMA Films: Controlled Orientation by Substrate Interactions

S Park, Y Kim, W Lee, SM Hur*, DY Ryu*

Macromolecules, 50 (13), 5033-5041 (2017)

Demixing by a Nematic Mean Field: Coarse-Grained Simulations of Liquid Crystalline Polymers

A Ramírez-Hernández*, SM Hur, JC Armas-Pérez, MO Cruz, JJ de Pablo*

Polymers, 9 (3), 88 (2017)

2015

Molecular pathways for defect annihilation in directed self-assembly

SM Hur, V Thapar, A Ramírez-Hernández, G Khaira, T Segal-Peretz, PA Rincon-Delgadillo, W Li, M Muller, PF Nealey, JJ de Pablo*

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(46), 14144–14149 (2015)

Interplay of Surface Energy and Bulk Thermodynamic Forces in Ordered Block Copolymer Droplets

SM Hur, MS Onses, A Ramírez-Hernández, PF Nealey*, JA Rogers*, JJ de Pablo*

Macromolecules, 48(13), 4717–4723 (2015)

The effects of geometry and chemistry of nanopatterned substrates on the directed self-assembly of block-copolymer melts

Grant Garner, Lance Williamson, Robert Seidel, Paulina Rincon Delgadillo, Su-Mi Hur, Roel Gronheid, Paul F. Nealey, Juan J. de Pablo*

Proc. SPIE, 9423, 94231K (2015)

Simulation of Defect Reduction in Block Copolymer Thin Films by Solvent Annealing

Su-Mi Hur, Gurdaman S. Khaira, Abelardo Ramírez-Hernández, Marcus Müller, Paul F. Nealey, Juan J. de Pablo*

ACS Macro Letters, 4(1), 11–15 (2015)

Self‐consistent field theory investigation of directed self‐assembly in cylindrical confinement

Nabil Laachi, Kris T. Delaney, Bongkeun Kim, Su-Mi Hur, Robert Bristol, David Shykind, Corey J. Weinheimer, Glenn H. Fredrickson*

Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 53(2), 142–153 (2015)