Our Research & Initiatives
IPE Lab explores ultrafast optoelectronics, neuromorphic computing, and next-gen sensing. We develop brain-inspired photodetectors, in- and near-sensor processing, energy-efficient devices, and multidimensional imaging. Join us in shaping the future of intelligent photonic systems!
Research Highlights







List of publications:
2025
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2024
[1] A Single-Pixel Event Photoactive Device for Real-Time,In-Sensor Spatiotemporal Optical Information Processing
Mohit Kumar*, H. Park, H. Seo*
Advanced Materials, 2406607 (2024)
[2] Tunable sub-threshold current firing via insulator-to-metal transition enabled by lithographic nanochannels for neuromorphic applications
Mohit Kumar*, H. Park, H. Seo*
Applied Materials Today, 40, 102405 (2024)
[3] Ultrahigh-speed absolute temperature sensing using ferroelectric HfO2 enabled by transient negative differential capacitance
Mohit Kumar*, H. Park, H. Seo*
Nanoscale, 16, 18027 (2024)
[4] Flexo-Pyrophotronic Effect Modulated Giant Near Infrared Photoresponse from VO2-Based Heterojunction for Optical Communication
Mohit Kumar*, D. Kim, H. Seo*
Small Methods, 8, 2300425 (2024)
[5] Transformative Multifunction Deep Ultraviolet Photodetectors for On-Demand Applications: From Fast Optical Communication to Tunable In-Sensor Photocurrent Integration.
Mohit Kumar*, H. Park, H. Seo*
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 16, 27550 (2024)
[5] Adaptable Photonic Artificial Neurons for Attention-Based Object Identification.
Mohit Kumar*, J. Kim, J. Kim, H. Seo*
Nano Energy, 121, 109221 (2024)
2023
[1] Room-Temperature Quantum Diodes with Dynamic Memory for Neural Logic Operations.
Mohit Kumar*, J. Park, J. Kim, H. Seo*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 56003 (2023)
[2] Reconfigurable Polarized Photodetector with Centrosymmetric Silicon Enabled by Flexoelectric Effect for Encrypted Communication.
Mohit Kumar* and H. Seo*
Advanced Optical Materials, 11, 2301165 (2023)
[3] Flexo‐Pyrophotronic Effect Modulated Giant Near Infrared Photoresponse from VO2 ‐Based Heterojunction for Optical Communication.
Mohit Kumar*, D. Kim, H. Seo*
Small Methods, 2300425 (2023)
[4] A memphotoristor for high-efficiency temporal vision processing.
Mohit Kumar*, J. Kim, H. Seo*
Materials Today Physics, 36, 101176 (2023)
[5] Switchable Polar Nanotexture in Nanolaminates HfO2 -ZrO2 for Ultrafast Logic-in-Memory Operations.
Mohit Kumar*, S.-I. Han, Y. Ahn, Y. Jeon, J. Park, H. Seo*
Small, 19, 2206736 (2023)
[6] Hybrid Volatile/Nonvolatile Resistive Switching Memory in Ternary Metal Oxide Enabling Hopfield Neural Classification.
Mohit Kumar*, S.-I. Han, S. W. Lim, and H. Seo*
ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 5, 2, 896 (2023)
[7] Picoampere Dark Current and Electro-opto-coupled Sub-to-Super-linear response from Mott-transition enabled Infrared Photodetector for Near-sensor Vision processing.
Mohit Kumar*, S. Lim, J. Kim, H. Seo*
Advanced Materials, 35, 2210907 (2023)
[8] Millimeter‐range Induced Flexo‐Pyrophotronic Effect in Centrosymmetric Heterojunction for Ultrafast Night‐Photomonitoring.
Mohit Kumar*, H. Seo*
Advanced Functional Materials, 33, 2210621 (2023)
2022
[1] Adaptive Memory and In Materia Reinforcement Learning Enabled by Flexoelectric-like Response from Ultrathin HfO2
Mohit Kumar*, H. Seo*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14, 54876 (2022)
[2] Ultrahigh-speed In-memory Electronics Enabled by Proximity Oxidation Evolved Metal Oxide Redox Transistor
Mohit Kumar*, U. Kim, W. Lee, H. Seo*
Advanced Materials, 2200122, (2022)
[3] Boosting Self-Powered Ultraviolet Photoresponse of TiO2-based Heterostructure by Flexo-Phototronic Effects
Mohit Kumar*, J.-Y. Park, H. Seo*
Advanced Optical Materials, 10, 2102532 (2022)
[4] High Performing Self-Powered Photosensing and Reconfigurable Pyro-photoelectric Memory with Ferroelectric Hafnium Oxide
Mohit Kumar* and H. Seo*
Advanced Materials, 34, 2106881, (2022)
[5] Site‐Specific Regulated Memristors via Electron‐Beam‐Induced Functionalization of HfO2
Mohit Kumar*, Y. H. Ahn, S. Iqbal, U. Kim, H. Seo*
Small, 18, 2105585 (2022).
2021
[1] Mimicking Melanopsin Behavior with Integrated Photoregulated Memory
Mohit Kumar* and H. Seo*
Advanced Optical Materials, 9, 2101372 (2021)
[2] Highly Transparent Reconfigurable Non-Volatile Multilevel Optoelectronic Memory for Integrated Self-Powered Brain-Inspired Perception
Mohit Kumar*, J. Lim, H. Seo*
Nano Energy, 89, 106471 (2021).
[3] Controllable, Self‐Powered, and High‐Performance Short‐Wavelength Infrared Photodetector Driven by Coupled Flexoelectricity and Strain Effect
Mohit Kumar*, J. Lim, J. Y. Park, H. Seo*
Small Methods, 5, 2100342 (2021).
[4] High-Performance and Self-Powered Alternating Current Ultraviolet Photodetector for Digital Communication
Mohit Kumar*, J. Y. Park, H. Seo
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13, 12241 (2021).
[5] Ultrafast Nanoscale Gradient Junction Self‐Powered Schottky Photodetectors for Vision‐Like Object Classification
Mohit Kumar*, J. Lim, J. Y. Park, S. Kim, H. Seo*
Advanced Optical Materials, 9, 2100208 (2021).
[6] Light‐Regulated Mott Transition for On‐Demand Multilevel Memory Storage, Processing, and Energy Efficient Machine Vision
Mohit Kumar*, C. J. Pawase, H. Choi, S. Kim, H. Seo*
Advanced Electronic Materials 7, 2001118 (2021).
[7] Photon-Triggered Self-powered all Electronics with Graphene-Silicon Hybrid Device
Mohit Kumar*, J. Lim, S. Kim, H. Seo*
Nano Energy 82, 105668 (2021).
2020
[1] Environment-Adaptable Photonic–Electronic Coupled Angular Perception System
Mohit Kumar, J. Lim, S. Kim, H. Seo*
ACS Nano 14, 14108 (2020).
[2] Highly Transparent Solid-State Artificial Synapse based on Oxide Memristor
R. Singh, Mohit Kumar, S. Iqbal, H. Kang, J.-Y. Park, H. Seo*
Applied Surface Science 536, 147738 (2020).
[3] Broadband alternating current photovoltaic effect: An application for high-performance sensing and imaging body aches
Mohit Kumar, H. Choi, J. Lim, J.-Y. Park, S. Kim, H. Seo*
Nano Energy 77, 105240 (2020).
[4] Electric-Field-Induced Healing of Inanimate Topographies: Multistate Resistive Switching and Nano-sized Artificial Synapse Functionality
Mohit Kumar, J. Lim, J.-Y. Park, S. Kim, H. Seo*
Applied Surface Science 530, 147190 (2020).
[5] Brain-like Spatiotemporal Information Processing with Nanosized Second-Order Synaptic Emulators; “Solid-State Memory Visualizer
Mohit Kumar, R. Singh, H. Kang, S. Kim, H. Seo*
Nano Energy 76, 105014 (2020).
[6] An artificial piezotronic synapse for tactile perception
Mohit Kumar, R. Singh, H. Kang, S. Kim, H. Seo*
Nano Energy, 73, 104756 (2020).
Before 2020
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