Publications

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Submitted

Jeong, K.-J.; Son, C.Y*.; “Importance of Collective Ion Transport in Molecular Weight Dependence of Conductivity in Block Copolymer Electrolytes” submitted

Son, S.-H.†; Kim, M.†; Moon, S.Y.; Oh, S.S.*; Son, C.Y.*; Lee, J.Y.*; “Spatial Control of Enzyme Orientation at Lipid Droplet Interfaces Enables Regio- and Chemo-selective Metabolic Flux” submitted

Kang, T.†; Park, C. B.†; Lim, Y.†; Son, C. Y.*; Kang, J.*; “Chiral Chain Rotation Amplifies Fracture Resistance and Induces Mechanical Anisotropy in Supramolecular Elastomers” submitted

Published

Accepted

2026

Architecting Percolating Ionic Networks in Spiro-OMeTAD via Radical-Dopant Cooperation for Enhanced Hole Transport and Stability Dohyun Kim†, Sungryong Kim†, Seungbin Hong†, Jeongsu Kim, Giwon Shin, Minjun Kim, Hong Chul Moon*, Chang Yun Son*, Taiho Park‡. ACS Energy Letters, 2026, . https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.6c01191

Ion–backbone accessibility enables unity doping efficiency in organic electrochemical transistors Won Jun Pyo, Kyeong-Jun Jeong, Jordan Shanahan, Justin Neu, Junseo Kim, Xiaowei Zhong, Chang Yun Son*, Wei You*, Dae Sung Chung*. Nature Communications, 2026, 17, 8644. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75568-7

Dual Impact of Long‐Lived Localized Carriers Induced by Restricted Hole Transfer in Organic Photovoltaics and Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Gayoung Ham, Sanghyeok An, Wooteak Jung, Hyun Min Kwon, Seonghyeon Kang, Jaehyuk Lee, ..., Young Yong Kim, Sungjin Jo, Chang Yun Son*, Sae Byeok Jo*, Dae Sung Chung*, Hyojung Cha*. Advanced Energy Materials, 2026, Early View. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.70952

Perfluoroarene‐Based Interlayers Unlock High External Quantum Efficiency in Planar Heterojunction OPDs Seyeon Baek, Sangjun Lee, Jubin Kang, Seonghyeon Kang, Syed Zahid Hassan, Jungmin Oh, Sanghyeok An, Kyo Bin Park, Hye Ryun Sim, Chang Yun Son, Seong-Jin Kim, Dae Sung Chung*. Advanced Functional Materials, 2026, 36(46), e17827. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202517827

Visible‐Light Photoprogrammable Transistors Enabled by an All‐Organic Triplet‐Sensitized Diarylethene Channel Layer Jieun Kwon†, Syed Zahid Hassan†, Gayoung Ham, Seonghyeon Kang, Geoneop Choi, Sanghyeok An, Hye Ryun Sim, Suryeon Jang, Chang Yun Son*, Hyojung Cha*, Dae Sung Chung*. Advanced Optical Materials, 2026, 14(13), e03525. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202503525

Design of Optical Transducer for Recognition of Biomolecular Interactions between Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides and Amino Acids Yena Choi†, Sangmin Lee†, Jin-Kang Choi, Hyunsoo Han, Yeongseon Choi, Jun-Hyung Im, Hyein Kim, Sangmin Jeon, Minjae Lee*, Chang Yun Son*, Young-Ki Kim*. Advanced Science, 2026, 13(29), e23658. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202523658

매일경제 BRIC

From Clustered Motion to Percolation: Unveiling Correlated Lithium Ion Dynamics in Ionic Liquid Mixtures via an Ab Initio Force Field Seungwon Jeong, Donguk Shin, Chang Yun Son*. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 2026, 22(1), 575-587. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.5c01679

2025

In Situ Click Chemistry Screen Facilitated by an On‐Nanoparticle DNA‐Encoded Library Identifies Highly Selective and Potent Peptoid Ligands for a Phosphatase Minkyung Kim, Jungyeon Kim, Hee Myeong Wang, Hyemin Kim, Dohee Ahn, Jeongsik Lee, Chang Yun Son*, Sang Jeon Chung*, Min Hyeon Shin*, Hyun-Suk Lim*. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64(41), e202511606. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202511606

Room‐Temperature Single Li <sup>+</sup> Ion Conducting Organic Solid‐State Electrolyte with 10 <sup>−4</sup> S cm <sup>−1</sup> Conductivity for Lithium‐Metal Batteries

Room‐Temperature Single Li ⁺ Ion Conducting Organic Solid‐State Electrolyte with 10 ⁻⁴ S cm ⁻¹ Conductivity for Lithium‐Metal Batteries Rak Hyeon Choi†, Akshay Gurumoorthi†, Sangwon Bae, Chang Yun Son*, Hye Ryung Byon*. Advanced Energy Materials, 2025, 15(47), e04143. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202504143

연합뉴스 헤럴드경제

Energetic Disorder in Doped P3HT: A Crucial Factor in Overcoming Coulomb Binding for Free Charge Generation Seong Hyeon Kim, Seonghyeon Kang, Minyoung Jeong, Jisang Park, Seungwon Jeong, Hyunji Lee, Chang Yun Son, Kilwon Cho*. ACS Nano, 2025, 19 (32), 29265-29275. doi:10.1021/acsnano.5c04666

Stoichiometric anion exchange by a low-dielectric-constant solvent for highly-doped conjugated polymers with enhanced environmental stability Daegun Kim†, Jiwoo Min†, Kyeong-Jun Jeong†, Eunsol Ok, Jaemin Im, Hyun Ho Choi, Giwon Lee, Chang Yun Son*, Kilwon Cho*. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2025, 13, 18966-18977. doi:10.1039/d5ta01703c

Aptamer-Guided, Hydrolysis-Resistant Deoxyoxanosine Enables Epitope- and Moiety-Selective Conjugation to Nonengineered Proteins Even in Complex Environments Hyesung Jo, Seonmin Ju, Minhye Kim, Jiyun Beon, Se-Young Jang, Seung Pil Pack, Chang Yun Son, Jong-Seo Kim, Seung Soo Oh^*. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147 (11), 9328–9340. doi:10.1021/jacs.4c15674

Tailoring of Selective Chemo‐Responsiveness in Liquid Crystals via Organic Ionic Plastic Crystals Jin-Kang Choi†, Kyeong-Jun Jeong†, Yena Choi, Won-Sik Kim, Jong Chan Shin, Jun-Hyung Im, Hyein Kim, Minjae Lee^*, Chang Yun Son^*, Young-Ki Kim^*. Small, 2025, 2410079. doi:10.1002/smll.202410079

2024

Molecular Engineering of Coordination Ligand for Multifunctional Sol-gel Oxides Juhyeok Lee†, Syed Zahid Hassan†, Hye Ryun Sim, Sangjun Lee, Kyeong-Jun Jeong, Jieun Kwon, Chang Yun Son, Dae Sung Chung^*. Advanced Materials, 2024, 36 (46), 2409906. doi:10.1002/adma.202409906

Hydrophilic Photocrosslinkers as a Universal Solution to Endow Water Affinity to a Polymer Photocatalyst for an Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Rate Sanghyeok An†, Kyeong-Jun Jeong†, Syed Zahid Hassan, Gayoung Ham, Seonghyeon Kang, Juhyeok Lee, ..., Jiwoong Yang, Han Young Woo, Han-Hee Cho, Hyojung Cha^*, Chang Yun Son^*, Dae Sung Chung^*. Advanced Science, 2024, 11 (28), 2309786. doi:10.1002/advs.202309786

2023

G‐Quadruplex‐Filtered Selective Ion‐to‐Ion Current Amplification for Non‐Invasive Ion Monitoring in Real Time Hyebin Yoo, Hyun-Ro Lee, Soon-Bo Kang, Juhwa Lee, Kunwoong Park, Hyunjae Yoo, ..., Taek Dong Chung, Kyung-Mi Lee, Hyun-Ho Lim^*, Chang Yun Son^*, Jeong-Yun Sun^*, Seung Soo Oh^*. Advanced Materials, 2023, 35 (42), 2303655. doi:10.1002/adma.202303655

Sculpting In‐plane Fractal Porous Patterns in Two‐Dimensional MOF Nanocrystals for Photoelectrocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> Reduction

Sculpting In‐plane Fractal Porous Patterns in Two‐Dimensional MOF Nanocrystals for Photoelectrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction Soumen Dutta, Akshay Gurumoorthi, Shinbi Lee, Sun Woo Jang, Nitee Kumari, Yu-Rim Hong, Wonyong Choi, Chang Yun Son^*, In Su Lee^*. Angewandte Chemie, 2023, 62 (28), e202303890. doi:10.1002/ange.202303890

Effects of Connecting Polymer Structure and Morphology at Inter‐Tube Junctions on the Thermoelectric Properties of Conjugated Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Composites Seong Hyeon Kim†, Seungwon Jeong†, Daegun Kim, Chang Yun Son^*, Kilwon Cho^*. Advanced Electronic Materials, 2023, 9 (7), 2201293. doi:10.1002/aelm.202201293

2022

Predictive Molecular Models for Charged Materials Systems: From Energy Materials to Biomacromolecules Kyeong-jun Jeong†, Seungwon Jeong†, Sangmin Lee†, Chang Yun Son^*. Advanced Materials, 2022, 35 (4), 2204272. doi:10.1002/adma.202204272

Perspective article

De novo selected hACE2 mimics that integrate hotspot peptides with aptameric scaffolds for binding tolerance of SARS-CoV-2 variants Minjong Lee, Byunghwa Kang, Juhwa Lee, Jisun Lee, Sang Taek Jung, Chang Yun Son, Seung Soo Oh^*. Science Advances, 2022, 8 (43), eabq6207. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abq6207

Superionic Bifunctional Polymer Electrolytes for Solid‐State Energy Storage and Conversion Rui-Yang Wang, Seungwon Jeong, Hyeonseong Ham, Jihoon Kim, Hojun Lee, Chang Yun Son^*, Moon Jeong Park^*. Advanced Materials, 2022, 35 (4), 2203413. doi:10.1002/adma.202203413

Chain flexibility of medicinal lipids determines their selective partitioning into lipid droplets So-Hee Son, Gyuri Park, Junho Lim, Chang Yun Son^*, Seung Soo Oh^*, Ju Young Lee^*. Nature Communications, 2022, 13 (1), 3612. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31400-6

paper

Metastable hexagonal close-packed palladium hydride in liquid cell TEM Jaeyoung Hong, Jee-Hwan Bae, Hyesung Jo, Hee-Young Park, Sehyun Lee, Sung Jun Hong, ..., Jungwon Park, Chang Yun Son^*, Yongsoo Yang^*, Young-Su Lee^*, Sung Jong Yoo^*, Dong Won Chun^*. Nature, 2022, 603, 631-636. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04391-5

Enhanced Electrochemical Properties of Block Copolymer Electrolytes with Blended End-Functionalized Homopolymers Jihoon Kim, Kyeong-Jun Jeong, Kyoungwook Kim, Chang Yun Son, Moon Jeong Park^*. Macromolecules, 2022, 55 (6), 2028-2040. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02461

2021

Enhancing ion transport in charged block copolymers by stabilizing low symmetry morphology: Electrostatic control of interfaces Jaemin Min, Ha Young Jung, Seungwon Jeong, Byeongdu Lee, Chang Yun Son^*, Moon Jeong Park^*. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021, 118 (32), e2107987118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2107987118

Au/Pt‐Egg‐in‐Nest Nanomotor for Glucose‐Powered Catalytic Motion and Enhanced Molecular Transport to Living Cells Taewan Kwon, Nitee Kumari, Amit Kumar, Jongwon Lim, Chang Yun Son, In Su Lee^*. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60 (32), 17579–17586. doi:10.1002/anie.202103827

Image-charge effects on ion adsorption near aqueous interfaces Chang Yun Son, Zhen-Gang Wang^*. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021, 118 (19), e2020615118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2020615118

2020

Identifying the proton loading site cluster in the ba cytochrome c oxidase that loads and traps protons Xiuhong Cai, Chang Yun Son, Junjun Mao, Divya Kaur, Yingying Zhang, Umesh Khaniya, Qiang Cui, M.R. Gunner. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biogetics, 2020, 1861 (10), 148239. doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148239

Ion transport in small-molecule and polymer electrolytes Chang Yun Son^*, Zhen-Gang Wang^*. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020, 153 (10), 100903. doi:10.1063/5.0016163

Protonation-Driven Aqueous Lyotropic Self-Assembly of Synthetic Six-Tail Lipidoids James Jennings, Matthew C. D. Carter, Chang Yun Son, Qiang Cui, David M. Lynn, Mahesh. K. Mahanthappa. Langmuir, 2020, 36 (28), 8240–8252. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01369

2019

Proper Thermal Equilibration of Simulations with Drude Polarizable Models: Temperature-Grouped Dual-Nosé–Hoover Thermostat Chang Yun Son, Jesse G. McDaniel, Qiang Cui, Arun Yethiraj. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2019, 10 (23), 7523–7530. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02983

2018

Network analysis of a proposed exit pathway for protons to the P-side of cytochrome c oxidase Xiuhong Cai, Kamran Haider, Jianxun Lu, Slaven Radic, Chang Yun Son, Qiang Cui, M.R. Gunner. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biogetics, 2018, 1859 (10), 997-1005. doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2018.05.010

Conformational and Dynamic Properties of Poly(ethylene oxide) in BMIM<sup>+</sup>BF<sub>4</sub><sup>–</sup>: A Microsecond Computer Simulation Study Using ab Initio Force Fields

Conformational and Dynamic Properties of Poly(ethylene oxide) in BMIM⁺BF₄^–: A Microsecond Computer Simulation Study Using ab Initio Force Fields Chang Yun Son, Jesse G. McDaniel, Qiang Cui, Arun Yethiraj. Macromolecules, 2018, 51 (14), 5336–5345. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.8b01002

Ion Correlation and Collective Dynamics in BMIM/BF<sub>4</sub>-Based Organic Electrolytes: From Dilute Solutions to the Ionic Liquid Limit

Ion Correlation and Collective Dynamics in BMIM/BF₄-Based Organic Electrolytes: From Dilute Solutions to the Ionic Liquid Limit Jesse G. McDaniel, Chang Yun Son. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2018, 122 (28), 7154–7169. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b04886

Ab Initio Force Fields for Organic Anions: Properties of [BMIM][TFSI], [BMIM][FSI], and [BMIM][OTf] Ionic Liquids Jesse G. McDaniel, Chang Yun Son, Arun Yethiraj. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2018, 122 (14), 4101–4114. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b01221

2017

Cavity hydration dynamics in cytochrome
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oxidase and functional implications

Cavity hydration dynamics in cytochrome c oxidase and functional implications Chang Yun Son, Arun Yethiraj, Qiang Cui. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017, 114 (42),E8830-E8836. doi:10.1073/pnas.1707922114

2016

<i>Ab Initio</i> Force Fields for Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids

Ab Initio Force Fields for Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids Jesse G. McDaniel, Eunsong Choi, Chang Yun Son, J. R. Schmidt, Arun Yethiraj. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2016, 120 (28), 7024–7036. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b05328

First-Principles United Atom Force Field for the Ionic Liquid BMIM<sup>+</sup>BF<sub>4</sub><sup>–</sup>: An Alternative to Charge Scaling

First-Principles United Atom Force Field for the Ionic Liquid BMIM⁺BF₄^–: An Alternative to Charge Scaling Chang Yun Son, Jesse G. McDaniel, J. R. Schmidt, Qiang Cui, Arun Yethiraj. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2016, 120 (14), 3560–3568. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b12371

Conformational and Dynamic Properties of Poly(ethylene oxide) in an Ionic Liquid: Development and Implementation of a First-Principles Force Field Jesse G. McDaniel, Eunsong Choi, Chang Yun Son, J. R. Schmidt, Arun Yethiraj. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2016, 120 (1), 231–243. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b10065

Multiple gas-phase conformations of proline-containing peptides: is it always cis/trans isomerization? Christopher B. Lietz, Zhengwei Chen, Chang Yun Son, Xueqin Pang, Qiang Cui, Lingjun Li. The Analyst, 2016, 141 (16), 4863-4869. doi:10.1039/C5AN00835B

2013

An accurate expression for the rates of diffusion-influenced bimolecular reactions with long-range reactivity Chang Yun Son, Jaehoon Kim, Ji-Hyun Kim, Jun Soo Kim, Sangyoub Lee. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2013, 138 (16), 164123. doi:10.1063/1.4802584

2011

Effects of the interaction potential and hydrodynamic interaction on the diffusion-influenced reaction rates Chang Yun Son, Sangyoub Lee. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2011, 135 (22), 224512. doi:10.1063/1.3665415

Zwanzig-Mori equation for the time-dependent pair distribution function Song-Ho Chong, Chang Yun Son, Sangyoub Lee. Physical Review E, 2011, 83, 041201. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.83.041201

Communication: Propagator for diffusive dynamics of an interacting molecular pair Sangyoub Lee, Chang Yun Son, Jaeyoung Sung, Song-Ho Chong. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2011, 134 (12),121102. doi:10.1063/1.3565476