Sung Hoon Kang

The recent advances in wearable electronics and intelligent human-machine interface systems have garnered great interests in electromechanical sensors, which can measure and quantify physical stimuli. Among different types of electromechanical sensors, piezoresistive sensors have been extensively investigated due to the excellent sensitivity, simple construction, and durability. Especially, there have been remarkable developments of flexible and stretchable piezoresistive sensors for wearable de

Geometrical frustration arises when a local order cannot propagate throughout the space because of geometrical constraints. This phenomenon plays a major role in many systems leading to disordered ground-state configurations. Here, we report a theoretical and experimental study on the behavior of buckling-induced geometrically frustrated triangular cellular structures. To our surprise, we find that buckling induces complex ordered patterns which can be tuned by controlling the porosity of the st

Abstract A unique rate‐dependent energy absorption behavior of liquid crystal elastomer (LCE)‐based architected materials is reported. The architected materials consist of repeating unit cells of bistable tilted LCE beams sandwiched between stiff supports. The viscoelastic behavior of the LCE causes the energy absorption to increase with strain rate according to a power‐law relationship, which can be modulated by changing the degree of mesogen alignment and the loading direction relative to the

Buckling-induced reversible symmetry breaking and amplification of chirality using macro- and microscale supported cellular structures is described. Guided by extensive theoretical analysis, cellular structures are rationally designed, in which buckling induces a reversible switching between achiral and chiral configurations. Additionally, it is demonstrated that the proposed mechanism can be generalized over a wide range of length scales, geometries, materials, and stimuli.

Highly sensitive flexible tactile sensors are of continuing interest for various applications including wearable devices, human-machine interface systems, and internet of things. Current technologies for high sensitivity piezoresistive sensors rely on costly materials and/or fabrication methods such as graphene-based and micro-structured composites limiting accessibility and scalability. Here, we report a facile sacrificial casting-etching method to synthesize nanoporous carbon nanotube/polymer

Control of self-organization of nanofibers into regular clusters upon evaporation-induced assembly is receiving increasing attention due to the potential importance of this process in a range of applications including particle trapping, adhesives, and structural color. Here we present a comprehensive study of this phenomenon using a periodic array of polymeric nanopillars with tunable parameters as a model system to study how geometry, mechanical properties, as well as surface properties influen

We demonstrate organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) with a charge trap layer that show memory behavior. These OLEDs demonstrate that organic heterojunction structures can controllably trap and release electronic charges. The trap layer is either 5-nm-thick clustered silver islands, or a 10-nm-thick organic laser dye DCM2 ([2-methyl-6-[2-(2,3,6,7-tetrahydro-1H,5H-benzo[i,j]quinolizin-9-yl)-ethenyl]-4H-pyran-4-ylidene] propane-dinitrile) doped into TPD (N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-bis(3-methylphenyl)-1,1

It is widely known that the printing quality of fused filament fabrication (FFF) is heavily affected by environmental temperature and humidity, taking the form of warping and porosity. However, there is little understanding about the quantitative relations between environmental conditions, geometry, and the mechanical properties of printed parts. In this study, we systematically investigated those relations using bisphenol A polycarbonate as a model material system. For the environmental tempera

Abstract 3D printing technology has revolutionized various fields since it was first developed in the 1980s. In 2013, time was introduced to the spatial dimensions of the 3D printing as a new dimension leading to 4D printing. This emerging technology integrates stimuli-responsive materials with 3D printing technologies and opened up new possibilities for challenging problems by allowing the fabrication of complex structures that can undergo programmed temporal changes in response to external sti