Sungbaek Seo

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Sungbaek Seo is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomaterials and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sungbaek Seo has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Organic Chemistry, 16 papers in Biomaterials and 12 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Sungbaek Seo's work include Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (15 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (12 papers) and Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (11 papers). Sungbaek Seo is often cited by papers focused on Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications (15 papers), Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities (12 papers) and Ocular Surface and Contact Lens (11 papers). Sungbaek Seo collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and India. Sungbaek Seo's co-authors include Jinsang Kim, Min Sang Kwon, Jae Hun Jung, Dong-Wook Lee, B. Kollbe Ahn, Jacob N. Israelachvili, J. Herbert Waite, Jiseok Lee, Dong Woog Lee and Yair Kaufman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Sungbaek Seo

55 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Underwater contact adhesion and microarchitecture in polyelectrolyte complexes actuated by solvent exchange

2016 443 citations Qiang Zhao, Dong Woog Lee et al. Nature Materials profile →
Tailoring Intermolecular Interactions for Efficient Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence from Purely Organic Materials in Amorphous Polymer Matrices

2014 440 citations Min Sang Kwon, Dong-Wook Lee et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sungbaek Seo South Korea	24	996	715	711	679	611	56	2.9k
Ziwei Deng China	31	1.3k 1.3×	622 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	414 0.6×	736 1.2×	91	3.5k
Miao Xu China	37	1.9k 1.9×	1.2k 1.6×	586 0.8×	875 1.3×	825 1.4×	98	3.8k
Melissa M. Reynolds United States	35	921 0.9×	268 0.4×	1.3k 1.9×	560 0.8×	797 1.3×	125	3.8k
Abraham Joy United States	33	733 0.7×	205 0.3×	831 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	533 0.9×	98	3.3k
Lixia Ren China	29	829 0.8×	347 0.5×	496 0.7×	1.3k 1.9×	531 0.9×	94	2.8k
Loı̈c Jierry France	28	435 0.4×	318 0.4×	533 0.7×	746 1.1×	864 1.4×	107	2.3k
Dominik Jańczewski Singapore	30	790 0.8×	405 0.6×	621 0.9×	658 1.0×	383 0.6×	69	2.7k
Shuaijun Pan Australia	29	1.0k 1.0×	467 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	487 0.7×	695 1.1×	77	3.3k
Xiaomin Zhu China	30	1.2k 1.2×	318 0.4×	460 0.6×	798 1.2×	440 0.7×	148	2.8k
Blanca González Spain	26	834 0.8×	433 0.6×	818 1.2×	553 0.8×	595 1.0×	57	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Sungbaek Seo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sungbaek Seo

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Lee, Su Jin, Eunji Lee, Sang Myung Woo, et al.. (2025). Metal-Phenolic Coordination mediated Nanoemulsions for All-in-One Drug Delivery. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 8(4). 3218–3226. 2 indexed citations

Im, Gun‐Il, Dowon Ahn, Basudam Adhikari, et al.. (2025). Fabrication of self-repairing and low-swelling polymer network via dynamic boronic ester bonds for enhanced membranes longevity and stability. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 152. 443–448. 1 indexed citations

Park, Eun Seo, et al.. (2024). Effect of Silica Nanoparticle Treatment on Adhesion between Tissue-like Substrates and In Vivo Skin Wound Sealing. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 15(9). 259–259.

Ezazi, Mohammadamin, et al.. (2024). Electrosorption-Driven Remediation of PFAS-Contaminated Water Using a MXene Nanosheet-PEDOT:PSS Adsorbent. ACS Applied Engineering Materials. 2(2). 368–375. 13 indexed citations

Kim, So Young, Eun‐Kyung Lim, Sung‐Min An, et al.. (2024). Microbead-Based Colorimetric and Portable Sensors for Polyphenol Detection. ACS Omega. 9(34). 36531–36539. 3 indexed citations

Han, Jeongwoo, Youngwoo Choi, Seong‐Min Jo, et al.. (2024). Ionic Character and Alkyl Chain Length of Surfactants Affect Titanium Dioxide Dispersion and Its UV-Blocking Efficacy. Applied Sciences. 14(23). 11035–11035. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Ji‐Eun, Ki Ho Park, Beum‐Soo An, et al.. (2023). Complement C3-Deficiency-Induced Constipation in FVB/N-C3em1Hlee/Korl Knockout Mice Was Significantly Relieved by Uridine and Liriope platyphylla L. Extracts. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(21). 15757–15757. 1 indexed citations

Ku, Minhee, et al.. (2023). Antioxidative Impact of Phenolics-Loaded Nanocarriers on Cytoskeletal Network Remodeling of Invasive Cancer Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(29). 34462–34474. 7 indexed citations

Kim, Ji Eun, et al.. (2023). Characterisation of changes in global genes expression in the lung of ICR mice in response to the inflammation and fibrosis induced by polystyrene nanoplastics inhalation. Toxicological Research. 39(4). 575–599. 13 indexed citations

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Kim, Ji Eun, et al.. (2023). Anti-Atopic Dermatitis Effects of Abietic Acid Isolated from Rosin under Condition Optimized by Response Surface Methodology in DNCB-Spread BALB/c Mice. Pharmaceuticals. 16(3). 407–407. 5 indexed citations

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Seong, Keum‐Yong, Seungsoo Lee, Hyungju Ahn, et al.. (2022). User‐demand fast‐curable ocular glues enforced by multilength tunable networks. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 7(3). e10323–e10323. 7 indexed citations

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Major, Terry C., Do Hyun Kang, Sungbaek Seo, et al.. (2021). Polydiacetylene Liposome Microarray toward Facile Measurement of Platelet Activation in Whole Blood. ACS Sensors. 6(9). 3170–3175. 21 indexed citations

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Choi, Yun Ju, Ji Eun Kim, Su Jin Lee, et al.. (2021). Inflammatory response in the mid colon of ICR mice treated with polystyrene microplastics for two weeks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 37(1). 31–31. 34 indexed citations

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Ku, Minhee, Nara Yoon, Dae Youn Hwang, et al.. (2019). Effect of polydiacetylene-based nanosomes on cell viability and endocytosis. Nanotechnology. 30(24). 245101–245101. 8 indexed citations

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Lunn, David J., Sungbaek Seo, Sang‐Ho Lee, et al.. (2019). Scalable synthesis of an architectural library of well‐defined poly(acrylic acid) derivatives: Role of structure on dispersant performance. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 57(6). 716–725. 18 indexed citations

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Zhao, Qiang, Dong Woog Lee, B. Kollbe Ahn, et al.. (2016). Underwater contact adhesion and microarchitecture in polyelectrolyte complexes actuated by solvent exchange. Nature Materials. 15(4). 407–412. 443 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kwon, Min Sang, Dong-Wook Lee, Sungbaek Seo, Jae Hun Jung, & Jinsang Kim. (2014). Tailoring Intermolecular Interactions for Efficient Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence from Purely Organic Materials in Amorphous Polymer Matrices. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(42). 11177–11181. 440 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jeong, Eun Jeong, et al.. (2013). A molecular design principle of lyotropic liquid-crystalline conjugated polymers with directed alignment capability for plastic electronics. Nature Materials. 12(7). 659–664. 248 indexed citations

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Kang, Do Hyun, Ho‐Sup Jung, Namyoung Ahn, et al.. (2012). Biomimetic detection of aminoglycosidic antibiotics using polydiacetylene–phospholipids supramolecules. Chemical Communications. 48(43). 5313–5313. 50 indexed citations

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Yang, Jaemoon, Sungbaek Seo, Jae‐Won Lee, et al.. (2007). Enhancement of cellular binding efficiency and cytotoxicity using polyethylene glycol base triblock copolymeric nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 84A(1). 273–280. 15 indexed citations

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