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Hak‐Sung Kim

Hanyang University · Engineering

About the Lab

Professor Hak-Sung Kim's research lab specializes in advanced functional materials and printed electronics, with a focus on low-temperature sintering techniques for metal nanoparticle inks, particularly copper-based systems, on flexible and low-cost substrates. The lab develops innovative approaches such as intense pulsed light (IPL) sintering and inkjet printing to achieve high-conductivity, mechanically robust, and environmentally stable metallic electrodes for flexible and wearable electronics. Key research directions include the design of nanostructured copper inks, multilayered enzyme films for biosensing, and the integration of nanomaterials like copper nanowires and dendrimers for enhanced electrical and mechanical performance. The lab emphasizes in situ process monitoring and precise control of microstructure and conductivity during rapid sintering processes.

printed electronicscopper nanoinksintense pulsed light sinteringflexible electronicsbiosensing interfaces

Research Overview

Papers
428
Total Citations
12,718
Papers (5y)
74
Primary Field
Engineering

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
74total
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Citations per year (5y)
547total
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Selected Papers

15
1
Article|433 citations·2009
Intense pulsed light sintering of copper nanoink for printed electronics
Hak‐Sung Kim, Sanjay R. Dhage, Dong-Eun Shim, H. Thomas Hahn
SJR Q2Applied Physics AOA

An intense pulsed light (IPL) from a xenon flash lamp was used to sinter copper nanoink printed on low-temperature polymer substrates at room temperature in ambient condition. The IPL can sinter the copper nanoink without damaging the polymer substrates in extremely short time (2 ms). The microstructure of the sintered copper film was investigated using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray micro tomography, and atomic force microscopy (AFM

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
2
Article|275 citations·2010
Reactive Sintering of Copper Nanoparticles Using Intense Pulsed Light for Printed Electronics
Jong Eun Ryu, Hak‐Sung Kim, H. Thomas Hahn
SJR Q2Journal of Electronic Materials
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
3
Article|208 citations·2010
Inkjet printed electronics using copper nanoparticle ink
Jin Sung Kang, Hak‐Sung Kim, Jong Eun Ryu, H. Thomas Hahn, Seonhee Jang, Jae Woo Joung
SJR Q2Journal of Materials Science Materials in ElectronicsOA

Inkjet printing of electrode using copper nanoparticle ink is presented. Electrode was printed on a flexible glass epoxy composite substrate using drop on demand piezoelectric dispenser and was sintered at 200 °C of low temperature in N 2 gas condition. The printed electrodes were made with various widths and thickness. In order to control the thickness of the printed electrode, number of printing was varied. Resistivity of printed electrode was calculated from the cross-sectional area measured

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
4
Article|199 citations·2007
Optimization of microencapsulation of seed oil by response surface methodology
Jang‐Hyuk Ahn, Young‐Pil Kim, Yu‐Mi Lee, Eun-Mi Seo, Ki-Woong Lee, Hak‐Sung Kim
SJR Q1Food Chemistry
Food ScienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences
5
Article|187 citations·2015
Design optimization and manufacture of hybrid glass/carbon fiber reinforced composite bumper beam for automobile vehicle
Do Hyoung Kim, Hyun-Gyung Kim, Hak‐Sung Kim
SJR Q1Composite Structures
Mechanical EngineeringEngineering
6
Article|180 citations·2011
Sintering of Inkjet-Printed Silver Nanoparticles at Room Temperature Using Intense Pulsed Light
J. S. Kang, Jong Eun Ryu, Hak‐Sung Kim, H. Thomas Hahn
SJR Q2Journal of Electronic Materials
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
7
Article|156 citations·2000
Functionalization of a Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimer with Ferrocenyls and Its Application to the Construction of a Reagentless Enzyme Electrode
Hyun C. Yoon, Mi-Young Hong, Hak‐Sung Kim
SJR Q1Analytical Chemistry

Poly(amidoamine) dendrimers having various degrees of modification with the redox-active ferrocenyls were prepared by controlling the molar ratio of ferrocenecarboxaldehyde to amine groups of dendrimers. By alternate layer-by-layer depositions of partial ferrocenyl-tethered dendrimers (Fc-D) with periodate-oxidized glucose oxidase (GOx) on a Au surface, an electrochemically and enzymatically active multilayered assembly of enzyme was constructed. The resulting GOx/Fc-D multilayer-associated elec

Polymers and PlasticsMaterials Science
8
Article|151 citations·2000
Multilayered Assembly of Dendrimers with Enzymes on Gold: Thickness-Controlled Biosensing Interface
Hyun C. Yoon, Hak‐Sung Kim
SJR Q1Analytical Chemistry

A new approach to construct a multilayered enzyme film on the Au surface for use as a biosensing interface is described. The film was prepared by alternate layer-by-layer depositions of G4 poly(amidoamine) dendrimers and periodate-oxidized glucose oxidase (GOx). The cyclic voltammograms obtained from the Au electrodes modified with the GOx/dendrimer multilayers revealed that bioelectrocatalytic response is directly correlated to the number of deposited bilayers, that is, to the amount of active

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
9
Article|143 citations·2014
Highly conductive copper nano/microparticles ink via flash light sintering for printed electronics
Sung-Jun Joo, H. Y. Hwang, Hak‐Sung Kim
SJR Q2Nanotechnology

In this study, the size effect of copper particles on the flash light sintering of copper (Cu) ink was investigated using Cu nanoparticles (20-50 nm diameter) and microparticles (2 μm diameter). Also, the mixed Cu nano-/micro-inks were fabricated, and the synergetic effects between the Cu nano-ink and micro-ink on flash light sintering were assessed. The ratio of nanoparticles to microparticles in Cu ink and the several flash light irradiation conditions (irradiation energy density, pulse number

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
10
Article|142 citations·2015
A Highly Reliable Copper Nanowire/Nanoparticle Ink Pattern with High Conductivity on Flexible Substrate Prepared via a Flash Light-Sintering Technique
Sung-Jun Joo, Sung-Hyeon Park, Chang-Jin Moon, Hak‐Sung Kim
SJR Q1ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

In this work, copper nanowires (NWs) and Cu nanoparticles (NPs) were employed to increase the reliability of a printed electrode pattern under mechanical bending fatigue. The fabricated Cu NW/NP inks with different weight fractions of Cu NWs were printed on a polyimide substrate and flash light-sintered within a few milliseconds at room temperature under ambient conditions. Then, 1000 cycles of outer and inner bending fatigue tests were performed using a lab-made fatigue tester. The flash light-

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
11
Article|141 citations·2010
Intense pulsed light induced platinum–gold alloy formation on carbon nanotubes for non-enzymatic glucose detection
Jong Eun Ryu, Kyung-Hyun Kim, Hak‐Sung Kim, H. Thomas Hahn, David Lashmore
SJR Q1Biosensors and Bioelectronics
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
12
Article|132 citations·2013
Flash light sintering of nickel nanoparticles for printed electronics
Sung-Hyeon Park, Hak‐Sung Kim
SJR Q2Thin Solid Films
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
13
Article|120 citations·2015
Nondestructive evaluation of hidden multi-delamination in a glass-fiber-reinforced plastic composite using terahertz spectroscopy
Chung-Hyeon Ryu, Sung-Hyeon Park, Do-Hyoung Kim, Kyung-Young Jhang, Hak-Sung Kim
SJR Q1Composite Structures
Mechanics of MaterialsEngineering
14
Article|113 citations·2012
In situmonitoring of a flash light sintering process using silver nano-ink for producing flexible electronics
Wan-Ho Chung, H. Y. Hwang, Seunghyun Lee, Hak‐Sung Kim
SJR Q2Nanotechnology

In this work, a flash light sintering process using silver nano-inks is investigated. A silver nano-ink pattern was printed on a flexible PET (polyethylene terephthalate) substrate using a gravure-offset printing system. The printed silver nano-ink was sintered at room temperature and under ambient conditions using a flash of light from a xenon lamp using an in-house flash light sintering system. In order to monitor the light sintering process, a Wheatstone bridge electrical circuit was devised

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
15
Article|112 citations·2007
Antioxidant effect of natural plant extracts on the microencapsulated high oleic sunflower oil
Jang‐Hyuk Ahn, Young‐Pil Kim, Eun-Mi Seo, Young-Ki Choi, Hak‐Sung Kim
SJR Q1Journal of Food Engineering
Organic ChemistryChemistry

Research Areas

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringMaterials ChemistryMechanics of MaterialsMechanical EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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