Donghee Son

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Donghee Son is a pioneering researcher at the forefront of flexible and wearable electronics, with particular expertise in electronic skin, human-machine interfaces, and bioinspired neuromorphic systems. His work has fundamentally advanced the design of stretchable, self-healing materials for next-generation wearable devices, most notably demonstrated through his landmark 2018 paper on water-insensitive self-healing elastomers for electronic skin, which has garnered over 1,100 citations and addressed a critical challenge in long-term device durability. Son's contributions span the development of transparent graphene-based human-machine interfaces (578 citations), stretchable optoelectronic synapses that emulate sensory and motor functions (516 citations), and artificial neural tactile sensing systems (423 citations), collectively establishing him as a leading voice in bio-integrated electronics. His more recent work on injectable tissue prosthetics and injectable skin adhesives reflects a bold expansion into closed-loop rehabilitation technologies with direct clinical implications. Son has also made notable strides in ultrastretchable nanocomposite conductors and modular reconfigurable electronics. With thousands of citations across a relatively compact body of work, his research consistently bridges materials science, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering to shape the future of human-centered computing.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Tough and Water‐Insensitive Self‐Healing Elastomer for Robust Electronic Skin

   1,105 citations · 2018
2. 2
   Transparent and Stretchable Interactive Human Machine Interface Based on Patterned Graphene Heterostructures

   578 citations · 2014
3. 3
   Stretchable organic optoelectronic sensorimotor synapse

   516 citations · 2018
4. 4
   An artificial neural tactile sensing system

   423 citations · 2021
5. 5
   Injectable tissue prosthesis for instantaneous closed-loop rehabilitation

   170 citations · 2023
6. 6
   An Ultrastretchable and Self-Healable Nanocomposite Conductor Enabled by Autonomously Percolative Electrical Pathways

   137 citations · 2019
7. 7
   Modular and Reconfigurable Stretchable Electronic Systems

   59 citations · 2018
8. 8
   Injection‐on‐Skin Granular Adhesive for Interactive Human–Machine Interface

   34 citations · 2023
9. 9
   Molecular Rationale for the Design of Instantaneous, Strain-Tolerant Polymeric Adhesive in a Stretchable Underwater Human–Machine Interface

   32 citations · 2022
10. 10
    Wearable Electronics: Transparent and Stretchable Interactive Human Machine Interface Based on Patterned Graphene Heterostructures (Adv. Funct. Mater. 3/2015)

    14 citations · 2015

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