H A Park, Y J Kim, I S Kwon, L Klosterman, C J Bettinger, Lithium purification from aqueous solutions using bioinspired redox active melanin membranes

Polymer International 2016 available online

Y J Kim, W Wu, S-E Chun, J F Whitacre, V Viswanathan, C J Bettinger, Evidence of porphyrin-like structures in natural melanin pigments using electrochemical fingerprinting

Advanced Materials 2016 available online

• Featured in Phys.org, “Researchers discover melanin could make for great batteries”

I S Kwon, Y J Kim, L Klosterman, M Forssell, C J Bettinger, In vitro electrochemical characterization of melanin as a stimulating electrode material

Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2016 4 3031

• Selected as Front Cover Article

Y J Kim, X Sun, J E Jones, M Lin, Q Yu, H Li, Surface modification of SERS substrates with plasma polymerized trimethylsilane nanocoating

Applied Surface Science 2015 331 346

Y J Kim, W Wu, S-E Chun, J F Whitacre, C J Bettinger, Catechol-mediated reversible binding of multivalent cations in eumelanin half-cells

Advanced Materials 2014 26 6521

• Selected as Front Cover Article

H Ding, M Zhong, Y J Kim, P Pholpabu, A Balasubramanian, C M Hui, H He, H Yang, K Matyjaszewski, C J Bettinger, Biologically-derived soft conducting hydrogels using heparin-doped polymer networks

ACS Nano 2014 8 4348

Y J Kim, W Wu, S-E Chun, J F Whitacre, C J Bettinger, Biologically derived melanin electrodes in aqueous sodium-ion energy storage devices

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 2013 110 20912

• **Featured in Nature News, “Biodegradable battery could melt inside the body”
• **Featured in MIT Technology Review, “Biodegradable Batteries”

Y J Kim, S-E Chun, J F Whitacre, C J Bettinger, Self-deployable current source fabricated from edible materials

Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2013 1 3781

• Selected as Cover Article
• Featured in Pittsburgh Trib-Review, “Yummy-for-Tummy Test”
• Broadcasted in CBS Pittsburgh, “CMU breakthrough”

Y J Kim, J E Jones, H Li, H Yampara-Iquiseb, G Zheng, C A Carson, M Cooperstock, M Sherman, Q Yu, Three-dimensional (3-D) microfluidic-channel-based DNA biosensor for ultra-sensitive electrochemical detection

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 2013 702 72