"Explainable AI-Driven Optimization of Electrode Activation Reduces Power Consumption While Preserving Object Recognition in Retinal Prostheses"

Sein Kim, Hamin Shim, and Maesoon Im†, Advanced Intelligent Systems, Early View, e202501360, (Selected for Inside Front Cover), 2026

"Artifact-Minimizing Ultrathin Transparent Electrodes Fabricated via iCVD for In Vivo Optogenetic Stimulation and Neural Signal Monitoring of Primary V…"

Tae Jin Mun*, Minju Kim*, Chaesung Kim*, Yunyoung Choi, In-Yeop Baek, Younghak Cho, Gyeongyong Lee, Yerim Jang, Min-Ho Nam, Wonryung Lee, Maesoon Im†, Hyejeong Seong†, Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 36, Issue 42, (*These authors contributed equally.)(Impact Factor 19.0, JCR Ranking 4.5%; Selected for Front Cover), 2026

"A three-dimensional bipolar microneedle electrode array with local ground integrated at each sidewall for enhanced focal stimulation"

Seung-Han Chung*, Chaesung Kim*, Minju Kim*, Donggeun Choi, Yunseo Son, Hyeonhee Roh, Byung Chul Lee, Hyung-Min Lee, Yong-Kweon Kim, Seung-Ki Lee, Jae-Hyoung Park†, and Maesoon Im†, Microsystems & Nanoengineering, 11, Article number: 230, (*These authors contributed equally.)(Impact Factor 9.9, JCR Ranking 0.6%) (*INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION 분야 1위), 2025

"Polymer-Incorporated Mechanically Compliant Carbon Nanotube Microelectrode Arrays for Multichannel Neural Signal Recording"

Hyeonhee Roh*, Kwangjun Kim*, Chaesung Kim, Minju Kim, Minwook Kim, Sangjun Sim, Jongbaeg Kim, Jong G. Ok†, Maesoon Im†, Advanced Functional Materials, Volume35, Issue51 (e09630), (*These authors contributed equally.) (Impact Factor 19.0, JCR Ranking 4.9%), 2025

"Enhanced optogenetic stimulation of retinal ganglion cells with assistive electric stimulation for low optical power artificial vision"

Hyeonhee Roh, Joonghoon Kang, Hyung-Min Lee, Maesoon Im, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 33, pp. 1958-1968, 2025

"Retinal degeneration increases inter-trial variabilities of light-evoked spiking activities in ganglion cells"

Da Eun Kim*, Sein Kim*, Minju Kim, Byoung-Kyong Min, and Maesoon Im†, Experimental Eye Research, Art. No. 110305, (*These authors contributed equally.) (Impact Factor 3.0, JCR Ranking 18.4%), Feb. 2025

"Machine learning techniques for simulating human psychophysical testing of low-resolution phosphene face images in artificial vision"

Na Min An, Hyeonhee Roh, Sein Kim, Jae Hun Kim, and Maesoon Im†, Advanced Science,, Art. No. 2405789, (Impact Factor 14.3, JCR Ranking 6.5%), Feb. 2025

"Quantitative analyses of how optimally heterogeneous neural codes maximize neural information in jittery transmission environments"

Hyeonhee Roh*, Sein Kim*, Hyung-Min Lee†, and Maesoon Im†, Scientific Reports, Vol. 14, Art. no. 29623 (14pp), (Impact Factor 3.8, JCR Ranking 18.3%). (*These authors contributed equally.), Nov. 2024

"Shear thickening fluid and sponge-hybrid triboelectric nanogenerator for motion sensor array based lying state detection system"

Youngsu Kim, Inkyum Kim, Maesoon Im†, and Daewon Kim†, Materials, Vol. 17, Art. No. 3536 (15pp), Jul. 2024.

"Membrane depolarization mediates both the inhibition of neural activity and cell-type-differences in response to high-frequency stimulation"

Jae-Ik Lee, Paul Werginz, Tatiana Kameneva, Maesoon Im, and Shelley I. Fried†, Communications Biology, Vol. 7, Art. No. 734 (13pp), Jun. 2024.

"Localization of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channels in the vertebrate retinas across species and their physiological roles"

Daniel Kim*, Hyeonhee Roh H*, Hyung-Min Lee†, Sang Jeong Kim† and Maesoon Im†, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 18, (*These authors contributed equally.), Mar 2024

"Effective protection of photoreceptors using an inflammation-responsive hydrogel to attenuate outer retinal degeneration"

Hyerim Kim, Hyeonhee Roh, Sang-Heon Kim, Kangwon Lee, Maesoon Im & Seung Ja Oh, npj Regenerative Medicine, 8, Article number: 68, 2023

"Editorial: Neuromodulation and neural technologies for sight restoration"

Maesoon Im†, Günther Zeck†, Leanne Lai Hang Chan†, Diego Ghezzi†, and Shelley I. Fried†, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Vol. 17, Art. No. 1304872, (4pp), (Impact Factor 5.3), Oct. 2023

"Non-fullerene acceptor based photoelectric material for retinal prosthesis"

Maesoon Im†, Günther Zeck†, Leanne Lai Hang Chan†, Diego Ghezzi†, and Shelley I. Fried†, Micro and Nano Systems Letters, Vol. 11, Art. No. 10, (6pp), (*These authors contributed equally.), Sep. 2023

"Effects on Retinal Stimulation of the Geometry and the Insertion Location of Penetrating Electrodes"

Yunseo Son*, Zhijie Charles Chen, Hyeonhee Roh, Byung Chul Lee, Maesoon Im, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Early View, 1-1, Sep. 2023