Oh-Nyoung Hur

About

Oh-Nyoung Hur is a rising leader in the field of advanced manufacturing and soft materials, with a research focus on liquid metal composites, additive manufacturing, and soft robotics. His most impactful work centers on engineering programmable thermal and electrical properties in soft materials. Hur pioneered the use of direct ink writing to create anisotropic and heterogeneous thermal conductivity in liquid metal composites, a breakthrough with direct applications in thermal management for electric vehicles, electronics, and robotics—a paper that has already garnered 23 citations since 2024. He has also made significant contributions to soft robotics through his work on twisted and coiled polymer actuators (TCPA), demonstrating high cycle performance and challenging prior assumptions about actuator stability, earning 14 citations. Additionally, Hur has advanced the field of directed material extrusion to design liquid metal microstructures and developed conformal printing techniques for electrically conductive viscous liquid metal on 3D structures. His work is notable for bridging materials science and manufacturing, offering scalable solutions for next-generation flexible electronics and thermal systems.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Anisotropic and Heterogeneous Thermal Conductivity in Programmed Liquid Metal Composites Through Direct Ink Writing

   23 citations · 2024
2. 2
   High cycle performance of twisted and coiled polymer actuators

   14 citations · 2024
3. 3
   Designing liquid metal microstructures through directed material extrusion additive manufacturing

   11 citations · 2023
4. 4
   Conformal printing of electrically conductive viscous liquid metal on 3D structures

   3 citations · 2025

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