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Heejeong Kim

Heejeong Kim 김희정

Postdoctoral Researcher

Spectroscopy and AI Lab, Department of Chemistry, Kookmin University · Joined March 2026

Publications

Thermoelectric and pyroelectric cancer therapy

Heejeong Kim, Chowon Kim, Sunghoon Hur, Guosheng Song, Hyun-Cheol Song, Heemin Kang, Juyoung Yoon

Coordination Chemistry Reviews (2026)

Covalent organic frameworks for ferroptosis cancer therapy

C Shi, X Lou, Q Li, H Kim, J Shin, X Zhuang, Z Yang, J Jiang, H Kang, H Li, et al.

Coordination Chemistry Reviews (2026)

Metal-organic frameworks for Cuproptosis-based Cancer therapy

Y Li, H Niu, K Kim, H Kim, Y Liu, M Wen, H Kang, Y Zhao, J Yoon, et al.

Coordination Chemistry Reviews (2026)

Enhancing biosafety in photodynamic therapy: progress and perspectives

YY Zhao, L Lu, H Jeong, H Kim, X Li, H Zhang, J Yoon

Chemical Society Reviews (2025)

A Hypoxia-Triggered Bioreduction of Hydrophilic Type I Photosensitizer for Switchable In Vivo Photoacoustic Imaging and High-Specificity Cancer Phototherapy

YY Zhao, Y Xu, X Zhang, Z Chen, H Kim, X Li, J Yoon

Angewandte Chemie (2025)

Rational Design of an Activatable Near-Infrared Fluorogenic Platform for In Vivo Orthotopic Tumor Imaging and Resection

X Wu, Y Deng, R Wang, H Kim, G Kim, Y Xu, KT Hong, JS Lee, JJ Hu, et al.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025)

An O2-Independent Copper(II) Phototherapeutic Agent for Photoactivating H2O2 to Enhance Antitumor Immunotherapy

YY Zhao, Y Xu, J Wen, H Jeong, H Kim, X Li, J Yoon

Journal of the American Chemical Society (2025)

A One Stone Three Birds Paradigm of Photon-Driven Pyroptosis Dye for Amplifying Tumor Immunotherapy

S Zeng, C Chen, D Yu, M Jiang, X Li, X Liu, Z Guo, Y Hao, D Zhou, H Kim, et al.

Advanced Science (2025)

A Nanotherapeutic Agent for Synergistic Tumor Therapy: Co-Activation of Photochemical-Biological Effects

J Liu, Y Liu, S Zhi, Y Yang, H Kim, D Wu, G Wang, TD James, J Yoon, et al.

Angewandte Chemie (2025)

Recent developments of small-molecule fluorescent probes for the detection of hydroxyl radical in biological systems

SS Zhang, H Kim, Y Zhou, H Kang, J Yoon

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry (2025)

Lipid droplets-targetable fluorescent probe for monitoring polarity changes during ferroptosis

Y Zhou, B Huang, Y Wang, H Kim, M Yan, J Yoon

Dyes and Pigments (2025)

Supramolecular Synthesis of Dithienylethene-Albumin Complexes for Enhanced Photoswitching In Photoacoustic Imaging-Guided Near-Infrared Photothermal Therapy

X Tan, Y Wang, H Li, Y Duan, B Wen, J Zhao, H Kim, JY Lee, L Zhou, et al.

Small (2025)

Transferrin-Mediated Nanophotosensitizer to Enhance Phototherapy with Photoacoustic Imaging Under Hypoxia

M Yang, Y Nah, D Oh, X Li, H Kim, S Park, J Lim, A Chen, C Kim, et al.

CCS Chemistry (2025)

An ER-targeted, viscosity-sensitive hemicyanine dye for the diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver and photodynamic cancer therapy by activating pyroptosis pathway

S Zeng, Y Wang, C Chen, H Kim, X Liu, M Jiang, Y Yu, YS Kafuti, Q Chen, et al.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2024)

Recent advances and prospects in organic molecule-based phototheranostic agents for enhanced cancer phototherapy

YY Zhao, H Kim, VN Nguyen, S Jang, WJ Jang, J Yoon

Coordination Chemistry Reviews (2024)

Activatable Near-Infrared Versatile Fluorescent and Chemiluminescent Dyes Based on the Dicyanomethylene-4H-pyran Scaffold: From Design to Imaging

H Li, J Wang, H Kim, X Peng, J Yoon

Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2024)

A renal clearable nano-assembly with förster resonance energy transfer amplified superoxide radical and heat generation to overcome hypoxia resistance in phototherapeutics

YY Zhao, X Zhang, Y Xu, Z Chen, B Hwang, H Kim, H Liu, X Li, J Yoon

Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2024)

Recent advances and challenges in monitoring chromium ions using fluorescent probes

S Liu, L Zhang, H Kim, J Sun, J Yoon

Coordination Chemistry Reviews (2024)

Supramolecular phthalocyanine assemblies-enhanced synergistic photodynamic and photothermal therapy guided by photoacoustic imaging

YY Zhao, X Zhang, Z Chen, Y Xu, H Kim, H Jeong, YR Lee, J Lee, X Li, et al.

Aggregate (2024)

Fluorescent dyes based on rhodamine derivatives for bioimaging and therapeutics: recent progress, challenges, and prospects

S Zeng, X Liu, YS Kafuti, H Kim, J Wang, X Peng, H Li, J Yoon

Chemical Society Reviews (2023)

Recent advances in fluorescent and colorimetric chemosensors for the detection of chemical warfare agents: a legacy of the 21st century

V Kumar, H Kim, B Pandey, TD James, J Yoon, EV Anslyn

Chemical Society Reviews (2023)

Photodynamic and photothermal therapies for bacterial infection treatment

H Kim, YR Lee, H Jeong, J Lee, X Wu, H Li, J Yoon

Smart Molecules (2023)

Recent progress on photodynamic therapy and photothermal therapy

H Kim, M Yang, N Kwon, M Cho, J Han, R Wang, S Qi, H Li, VN Nguyen, et al.

Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (2023)

Activity-based NIR fluorescent probes based on the versatile hemicyanine scaffold: design strategy, biomedical applications, and outlook

H Li, H Kim, F Xu, J Han, Q Yao, J Wang, K Pu, X Peng, J Yoon

Chemical Society Reviews (2022)

Reactivity differences enable ROS for selective ablation of bacteria

X Wu, M Yang, JS Kim, R Wang, G Kim, J Ha, H Kim, Y Cho, KT Nam, et al.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2022)

Mitochondria-targeted smart AIEgens: Imaging and therapeutics

H Li, H Kim, C Zhang, S Zeng, Q Chen, L Jia, J Wang, X Peng, J Yoon

Coordination Chemistry Reviews (2022)

Tumor selective metabolic reprogramming as a prospective PD-L1 depression strategy to reactivate immunotherapy

Y Liu, Z Zhou, J Hou, W Xiong, H Kim, J Chen, C Zheng, X Jiang, J Yoon, et al.

Advanced Materials (2022)

Rational design and application of an indolium-derived heptamethine cyanine with record-long second near-infrared emission

X Ma, Y Huang, SAA Abedi, H Kim, TTB Davin, X Liu, WC Yang, Y Sun, et al.

CCS Chemistry (2022)

Acid-Responsive Nanoporphyrin Evolution for Near-Infrared Fluorescence-Guided Photo-Ablation of Biofilm

M Yang, Z Özdemir, H Kim, S Nah, E Andris, X Li, Z Wimmer, J Yoon

Advanced Healthcare Materials (2022)

Structure-oriented design strategy to construct NIR AIEgens to selectively combat gram (+) multidrug-resistant bacteria in vivo

H Li, M Yang, JS Kim, J Ha, J Han, H Kim, Y Cho, J Wang, KT Nam, et al.

Biomaterials (2022)

Molecular structural evolution of near-infrared cationic aggregation-induced emission luminogens: preclinical antimicrobial pathogens activities and tissues regeneration

H Li, L Zhang, J Han, D Kim, H Kim, J Ha, J Wang, J Yoon

CCS Chemistry (2022)

Activity-based NIR fluorescent probes based on the versatile hemicyanine scaffold: design strategy, biomedical applications, and outlook [Erratum]

H Li, H Kim, F Xu, J Han, Q Yao, J Wang, K Pu, X Peng, J Yoon

Chemical Society Reviews (2022)

Activity-based smart AIEgens for detection, bioimaging, and therapeutics: recent progress and outlook

H Li, H Kim, J Han, VN Nguyen, X Peng, J Yoon

Aggregate (2021)

Rational design of a highly selective near-infrared two-photon fluorogenic probe for imaging orthotopic hepatocellular carcinoma chemotherapy

X Wu, R Wang, S Qi, N Kwon, J Han, H Kim, H Li, F Yu, J Yoon

Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2021)

Supramolecular agents for combination of photodynamic therapy and other treatments

N Kwon, H Kim, X Li, J Yoon

Chemical Science (2021)

Activation of apoptosis by rationally constructing NIR amphiphilic AIEgens: surmounting the shackle of mitochondrial membrane potential for amplified tumor ablation

H Li, Y Lu, J Chung, J Han, H Kim, Q Yao, G Kim, X Wu, S Long, X Peng, et al.

Chemical Science (2021)

Reasonably constructed NIR fluorescent probes based on dicyanoisophorone skeleton for imaging ONOO− in living cells

J Chung, H Kim, H Li, J Yoon

Dyes and Pigments (2021)