Publications

24. Telenar, T. B. L., Askew, B., Sims, C., Li, Y., Lee, J. S., Lind, M. L., Seo, S. E., Green, M. D.* Enhanced Ethanol-Water Pervaporation through Functionalized Siloxanes: Impact of Phenyl, Trifluoropropyl, and Quaternary Ammonium Groups on Hansen Solubility Parameters and Separation Performance. J. Membr. Sci. 2026, Under Review. Preprint [doi: 10.2139/ssrn.6382390].

23. Gonzalez Calvo, T., Yu, J. -C., Cherry, B. R., Seo, S. E.* Dual-Wavelength Photoinduced Reversible-Deactivation Radical Polymerization Directed by Monomer and Initiator Reactivity. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 33631-33640 [doi: 10.1021/jacs.6c10177].

22. Oh, T.,+ Seo, S. E.,+ Mirkin, C. A. Toehold-Mediated Surface Editing of DNA-Engineered Colloidal Crystals. 2026, 26, 6088-6093 [doi: 10.1021/nanolett. 6c00727].

21. Sarmas-Farfán, J., Yu, J. -C., Gonzalez Calvo, T., Self, J. L., Seo, S. E.* Self-Assembly Driven Microlithography via Near-Infrared Light Activation. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2026, 8, 4822 [doi: 10.1021/acsapm.5c04693]. *invited article

20. Seo, S. E., Lee, B., Oh, T., Girard, M., Mirkin, C. A.* Salt-Induced Polymorphs Observed in Colloidal Single Crystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 34831 [doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c10844].

19. Mirkin, C. A. et al., 33 Unresolved Questions in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. ACS Nano 2025, 19, 31933 [doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5c12854]. *ACS Editors’ Choice article

18. Du, J., Qi, X., Seo, S. E., Zhang, S., Borkiewicz, O. J. Crystallization and Assembly at Interfaces: Celebrating the Achievements of a Vibrant Research Community. MRS Adv. 2024, 9, 1037 [doi: 10.1557/s43580-024-00922-0]. *editorial team introduction to special issue

17. Yu, J., Browne, R., Seo, S. E.* Mechanically Robust, Self-Healing Polymer Nanocomposites with Tailorable Nanoparticle-Based Bonds. Macromolecules 2024, 57, 9059 [doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01013].

16. Alfarhan, S., Nettles, J., Prabhudesai, P., Yu, J. -C., Westover, C., Tang, T., Wang, W., Chen, X., Seo, S. E., Li, X., Long, T. E., Jin, K.* Directing Network Degradability using Wavelength-Selective Thiol-Acrylate Photopolymerization. Polym. Chem. 2024, 15, 1141 [doi: 10.1039/D3PY01285A].

15. Gonzalez Calvo, T.,+ Hawkins, K. D.,+ Seo, S. E.* Rapid, Visible Light-Controlled Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers for 3D Printing of Chemically Reprocessable Networks under Ambient Conditions. J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 62, 2630 [doi: 10.1002/pol.20230678]. *featured as a journal cover / invited article

14. Kwon, Y., Seo, S. E., Lee, J., Berezvai, S., Read de Alaniz, J., Eisenbach, C. D., McMeeking, R. M., Hawker, C. J., Valentine, M. T.* 3D-Printed Polymer Foams Maintain Stiffness and Energy Dissipation under Repeated Loading. Compos. Commun. 2023, 37, 101453 [doi: 10.1016/j.coco.2022.101453].

13. Seo, S. E., Kwon, Y., Dolinski, N. D., Sample, C. S., Self, J., Bates, C. M., Valentine, M. T., Hawker, C. J.* Three-Dimensional Photochemical Printing of Thermally Activated Polymer Foams. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2021, 3, 4984 [doi: 10.1021/acsapm.1c00726].

12. Seo, S. E., Hawker, C. J.* The Beauty of Branching in Polymer Science. Macromolecules 2020, 53, 3257 [doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00286].

11. Abdilla, A., Dolinski, N. D., de Roos, P., Ren, J. M., van der Woude, E., Seo, S. E., Zayas, M. S., Lawrence, J., Read de Alaniz, J., Hawker, C. J.* Polymer Stereocomplexation as a Platform for Scalable Nanoparticle Assembly. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 1667 [doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b10156].

10. Seo, S. E., Discekici, E. H., Zhang, Y., Bates, C. M., Hawker, C. J.* Surface-Initiated PET-RAFT Polymerization under Metal-Free and Ambient Conditions using Enzyme Degassing. J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 58, 70 [doi: 10.1002/pola.29438].

9. Jung, K., Corrigan, N., Ciftci, M., Xu, J., Seo, S. E., Hawker, C. J., Boyer, C.* Designing with Light: Advanced 2D, 3D, and 4D Materials. Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 1903850 [doi: 10.1002/adma.201903850].

8. Seo, S. E., Girard, M., de la Cruz, M. O.,* Mirkin, C. A.* The Importance of Salt-Enhanced Electrostatic Repulsion in Colloidal Crystal Engineering with DNA. ACS Cent. Sci. 2019, 5, 186 [doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00826].

7. Seo, S. E., Girard, M., de la Cruz, M. O.,* Mirkin, C. A.* Non-Equilibrium Anisotropic Colloidal Single Crystal Growth with DNA. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 4558 [doi: s41467-018-06982-9].

6. Gabrys, P. A.,+ Seo, S. E.,+ Wang, M. X.,+ Oh, E., Macfarlane, R. J., Mirkin, C. A.* Lattice Mismatch in Crystalline Nanoparticle Thin Films. Nano Lett. 2018, 18, 579 [doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04737].

5. Wang, M. X.,+ Brodin, J. D.,+ Millan, J. A., Seo, S. E., Girard, M., de la Cruz, M. O., Lee, B., Mirkin, C. A.* Altering DNA-Programmable Colloidal Crystallization Paths by Modulating Particle Repulsion. Nano Lett. 2017, 17, 5126 [doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02502].

4. Seo, S. E.,+ Li, T.,+ Senesi, A. J., Mirkin, C. A., Lee, B.* The Role of Repulsion in Colloidal Crystal Engineering with DNA. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 16528 [doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b06734].

3. Wang, M. X.,+ Seo, S. E.,+ Gabrys, P. A., Fleischman, D., Lee, B., Kim, Y., Atwater, H. A., Macfarlane, R. J., Mirkin, C. A.* Epitaxy: Programmable Atom Equivalents versus Atoms. ACS Nano 2017, 11, 180 [doi: 10.1021/acsnano.6b06584].

2. Seo, S. E.,+ Wang, M. X.,+ Shade, C. M., Rouge, J. L., Brown, K. A., Mirkin, C. A.* Modulating the Bond Strength of DNA-Nanoparticle Superlattices. ACS Nano 2016, 10, 1771 [doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5b07103].

1. Shade, C. M., Kennedy, R. D., Rouge, J. L., Rosen, M. S., Wang, M. X., Seo, S. E., Clingerman, D. J., Mirkin, C. A.* Duplex Selective Ruthenium-Based DNA Intercalators. Chemistry 2015, 21, 10983 [doi: 10.1002/chem.201502095].