Publications & Patents | Woo Lab

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Publications
& patents

A complete list of peer-reviewed journal articles and patent families spanning DNA nanotechnology, molecular recording, programmable recognition, biosensing, and biomolecular engineering.

Peer-reviewed work

Journal publications

Listed in reverse chronological order. An asterisk (*) indicates co-corresponding authors.

2025

Electrochemical pan-variant detection of SARS-CoV-2 through host cell receptor-mimicking molecular recognition

M. Lee, J. Kwon, S. Kim, S. Woo* & S. S. Oh*

Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 117311 (2025).

2024

Molecular robotic agents that survey molecular landscapes for information retrieval

S. Woo*, S. K. Saka, F. Xuan & P. Yin*

Nature Communications 15, 3293 (2024).

2024

Aptasensor-encapsulating semi-permeable proteinosomes for direct target detection in non-treated biofluids

J. Kim, H. Yoo, S. Woo* & S. S. Oh*

Biosensors and Bioelectronics 251, 116062 (2024).

2024

In vitro selection of a trans aptamer complex for target-responsive fluorescence activation

S. V. Park, B. Kang, M. Lee, H. Yoo, H. Jo, S. Woo* & S. S. Oh*

Analytica Chimica Acta 1301, 342465 (2024).

2022

Force mapping reveals the spatial distribution of individual proteins in a neuron

J. Lim, H. J. Kim, I. Park, S. Woo, J.-H. Kim & J. W. Park

Nano Letters 22, 3865–3871 (2022).

2022

Nanoscale force-mapping-based quantification of low-abundance methylated DNA

W. C. Shim, S. Woo* & J. W. Park*

Nano Letters 22, 1324–1330 (2022).

2017

A DNA nanoscope via auto-cycling proximity recording

T. E. Schaus, S. Woo, F. Xuan, X. Chen & P. Yin

Nature Communications 8, 696 (2017).

2014

Self-assembly of two-dimensional DNA origami lattices using cation-controlled surface diffusion

S. Woo* & P. W. K. Rothemund*

Nature Communications 5, 4889 (2014).

2011

Programmable molecular recognition based on the geometry of DNA nanostructures

S. Woo* & P. W. K. Rothemund*

Nature Chemistry 3, 620–627 (2011).

2007

“Fingertip”-guided noncovalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes by dendrons

S. Woo, Y. Lee, V. Sunkara, R. K. Cheedarala, H. S. Shin, H. C. Choi & J. W. Park

Langmuir 23, 11373–11376 (2007).

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Patents & technology transfer

Patent families are grouped by invention, with major international and national-stage publications shown together.

Patent 03

Carbon nanotube-dendron composite and biosensor comprising the same

Inventors: J. W. Park, H. C. Choi and S. Woo