Publication

Advanced Multifunctional Nanocomposite Lab

Selected Representative Publications

  • 2023
  • Giant thermal rectification efficiency by geometrically enhanced asymmetric non-linear radiation
  • Seongkyun Kim , Taeyeop Kim , Jaehyun Sung , Yongjun Kim , Dongwoo Lee and Seunghyun Baik Materials Horizons
  • Thermal rectification is an asymmetric heat transport phenomenon where thermal conductance changes depending on the temperature gradient direction. The experimentally reported efficiency of thermal rectification materials and devices, which are applicable for a wide range of temperatures, is relatively low. Here we report a giant thermal rectification efficiency of 218% by maximizing asymmetry in …
  • 2022
  • Invariable resistance of conductive nanocomposite over 30% strain
  • C. MUHAMMED AJMAL, SEOKJAE CHA, WONJOON KIM, K. P. FASEELA, HEEJUN YANG, AND SEUNGHYUN BAIK Science Advances
  • The dependence of the electrical resistance on materials’ geometry determines the performance of conductive nanocomposites. Here, we report the invariable resistance of a conductive nanocomposite over 30% strain. This is enabled by the in situ–generated hierarchically structured silver nanosatellite particles, realizing a short interparticle distance (4.37 nm) in a stretchable silicone rubber matr…
Reduced haze of transparent conductive films by smaller diameter silver nanowires
Author
Mini Mol Menamparambath, Kihyuk Yang, Hyeong Hoon Kim, Oh Seung Bae, Mun Seok Jeong, Jae-Young Choi and Seunghyun Baik
Journal
Nanotechnology
Vol
27
Page
465706
Year
2016
Silver nanowires (Ag NWs) have received considerable attention for flexible transparent conductive films (TCFs) since they provide a relatively low sheet resistance at a high transmittance. However, the diffuse light scattering, haze, has been regarded as a hurdle to achieve clarity of films. Here we revisit the Mie scattering theory to calculate the extinction and scattering coefficients of Ag NWs which were employed to estimate haze of TCFs. The theory predicted a decrease in haze with a decrease in Ag NW diameter which was supported by experimental investigations carried out using Ag NWs with 5 different diameters (17.6, 19.9, 22.5, 24.3, and 29.6 nm). Overall, excellent properties of TCFs (haze = 0.21%–1.8%, transmittance = 95.33%–98.45%, sheet resistance = 20.87–81.76 Ω sq−1) were obtained. Ag NWs with a diameter of 17.6 nm provided minimum haze values at equivalent sheet resistances (e.g., haze = 0.21%, transmittance = 98.45%, sheet resistance = 77.36 Ω sq−1) compared with ones with lager diameters and the controls in literatures. This work investigated the interdependence between haze and NW diameter and might provide a design guide for flexible Ag NW TCFs.