Unyong Jeong

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Unyong Jeong is a leading figure in deformable electronics and soft tactile sensing, pioneering material and device strategies for wearable and robotic systems. His core research spans stretchable strain sensors, iontronic sensors, and deformable displays, where he has made foundational contributions to both fundamental mechanisms and practical implementations. His highly cited 2015 work on material approaches to stretchable strain sensors (217 citations) established design principles that have guided the field. Jeong’s innovations include decoupling shear and pressure in ionic sensors through frequency-dependent ionic behavior, enabling accurate perception of shear directions—a critical advance for robotic manipulation. He also developed folding and bending planar coils for precise soft angle sensing, addressing viscoelastic challenges in soft robotics. His work on electro-photoluminescence color change introduced a novel deformable visual encryption platform. With recent papers on dynamic tactility via position-encoded spike spectra and object shape recognition using spiking neural networks, Jeong is bridging sensor hardware with neuromorphic computing. His achievements include advancing deformable displays and publishing in high-impact venues, with multiple papers accumulating over 50 citations. Jeong’s research continues to shape the future of electronic skin, haptic interfaces, and intelligent soft systems.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Material Approaches to Stretchable Strain Sensors

   217 citations · 2015
2. 2
   Fabrication of practical deformable displays: advances and challenges

   71 citations · 2023
3. 3
   Dynamic tactility by position-encoded spike spectrum

   69 citations · 2022
4. 4
   Approaches to deformable physical sensors: Electronic versus iontronic

   57 citations · 2021
5. 5
   Folding and Bending Planar Coils for Highly Precise Soft Angle Sensing

   55 citations · 2020
6. 6
   Electro‐Photoluminescence Color Change for Deformable Visual Encryption

   53 citations · 2020
7. 7
   Smart and Responsive Micro‐ and Nanostructured Materials

   21 citations · 2020
8. 8
   Shear-Pressure Decoupling and Accurate Perception of Shear Directions in Ionic Sensors by Analyzing the Frequency-Dependent Ionic Behavior

   14 citations · 2023
9. 9
   Current Landscape of the Robotic Tactile Array Sensors and Algorithm‐Based Performance Enhancement

   13 citations · 2024
10. 10
    Object shape recognition using tactile sensor arrays by a spiking neural network with unsupervised learning

    11 citations · 2020

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