[2017, Highlight in of Nature New & View and Nature-Asia]

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v546/n7658/full/546358a.html

Our Article on Nature posted on Nature New & View (14 June 2017)

In addition, my article has been introduced as Nature News by Jonathan J. Wilker

[Sangyul Baik, Da wan Kim, Youngjin Park, Tae-Jin Lee, Suk Ho Bhang, Changhyun Pang＊, "A wet-tolerant adhesive patch inspired by protuberances in suction of octopi" Nature 546, 396-400 (2017)]

Materials science: How to suck like an octopus

Rubber sheets that reversibly bind and release substrates have been made by copying a subtlety in the shape of octopus suckers. The findings reveal how macro-scale biological structures can influence function.

Ask beachgoers how mussels, barnacles and oysters attach themselves to rocks, and they will often guess that suction cups are involved. Actually, these shellfish use adhesives. But go a little deeper into the water, and you will find organisms that do use suckers: octopuses. These soft-bodied animals use suction cups for surface attachment, locomotion and grabbing their next meal. On page 396, Baik et al.1 report adhesive patches that are synthetic mimics of octopus suckers. The authors go beyond simply copying suction cups by discovering a specific architectural feature that enhances adhesion.

[Hot Topic from the Nature Asia-Pacific]

(http://www.natureasia.com/en/nature/hot-topics/detail/1476)

[Featured in Bioinspired Materials in Nature.com]

(https://www.nature.com/subjects/bioinspired-materials)

[Selected as a Frontispiece in Advanced Materials]

Microtopography-Guided Conductive Patterns of Liquid-Driven Graphene Nanoplatelet Networks for Stretchable and Skin-Conformal Sensor Array (Adv. Mater. 21/2017)

Graphene nanoplates can be assembled into transparent and conductive ultrathin coatings on micropatterned surfaces or planar substrates by self-assembly via a convective Marangoni force. Based on this method, Sang Ouk Kim, Changhyun Pang, and co-workers fabricate a thin, stretchable, and skin-conformal strain-sensor array that has microtopography-guided, conductive patterns.

Link to journal article

Microtopography-Guided Conductive Patterns of Liquid-Driven Graphene Nanoplatelet Networks for Stretchable and Skin-Conformal Sensor Array: Youngjin Park, Jongwon Shim, Suyeon Jeong, Gi-Ra Yi, Heeyeop Chae, Jong Wook Bae, Sang Ouk Kim and Changhyun Pang

See the article: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201606453/full

[2017, 여대학(원)생 공학연구팀제 심화과정 연구팀 선정: 정수연]

정수연 학생은 올해 3월 한국여성과학기술인지원센터에서 시행하는 미래창조과학부 이공계 여성인재 육성.지원, 여대학(원)생 공학연구팀제 지원사업 심화과정 연구팀에 선정되었다.

“여대학(원)생 공학연구팀제 지원사업 심화과정”은 공학분야 우수 여대학원생에게 대학생들과 연구팀을 이루어 주도적으로 연구과제를 수행하고, 연구결과를 기반으로 하는 연구성과(논문, 특허, 창업)를 도출해보는 기회를 제공, 여대학(원)생의 연구역량 및 리더십 제고는 물론 창의적 공학분야의 인재로서의 역할을 드높고자 하는 프로그램으로 공학을 기반으로 한 융합연구분야에서 전국 50팀 내외로 선정되었다.