News
June 2020
Byoungsang Lee and Si Hyun Kim received fellowships for their graduate studies from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
March 2020
Cheolhyun Park and Min Jeong Kim joined our group as graduate students. Welcome!
December 2019
Huihun and Junhyuck visited SASTRA University as a visiting scholars with Prof. Lee.
December 2019
Byoungsang and Jinwoong presented their studies at 2019 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit.
December 2019
Dr. Kyung-Il Kim's work carried out in collaboration with Prof. Kyubong Jo (Sogang University) on multifunctionalization of carbon nanotubes assembled by DNA binding peptides has been accepted in Small. Congratulations!
December 2019
Kyung-Il successfully defended his final defense. Congratulations, Dr. Kim!
December 2019
Min Jeong Kim, So Hui Kim, Min Joon Kim, Jinwoo Oh from our lab won Best AMSE award for their undergraduate research work on "Development of non-wettable paper straws". Congratulations!
November 2019
Chansong won Best Presentation Award in 2019 5th SKKU-HUST workshop. Congratulations!
October 2019
Seokyoung and Younghwan's work on mesoporous silica encapsulated gold/silver nanorod based anti-bacterial agent has been accepted in Biochip Journal. Congratulations!
September 2019
Muthaiyan Kumar from SASTRA University, India, joined our group as a visiting scholar for 3 months. Welcome!
September 2019
Jin Woong and Dr. Jun Hyuk Heo's work on adhesion properties of polycarbonate surfaces has been accepted in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. Congratulations!
August 2019
Prabakaran Shankar's review paper prepared in collaboration with Prof. Kyubong Jo (Sogang University) and Prof. Kwang-il Lim (Sookmyung Women's University) on molecular-level interactions between engineered materials and cells has been accepted in International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Congratulations!
August 2019
Si Hyun's work carried out in collaboration with Prof. Jae-young Choi (SKKU)'s group on hydrogel composite materials with significantly enhanced mechanical properties was accepted in Nano Letters. Congratulations!
August 2019
Cheolhyun Park, Do Hyun Jung, Soomin Kim joined our group as undergraduate researchers. Welcome!
July 2019
Chansong and Seokyoung's work on the synthesis of mesoporous silica nanomaterials has been accepted in Microporous Mesoporous Materials. Congratulations!
June 2019
Seokyoung‘s work on multifunctional nanomaterial-alginate drug delivery and imaging system was published in BioChip Journal. Congratulations!
June 2019
Min Joon Kim, Min Jeong Kim, Jinwoo Oh, and So Hui Kim joined our group as undergraduate researchers. Welcome!
June 2019
After his time in the industry at Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Dr. Heo joined our group as a Postdoctoral Researcher. Great to have you back, Dr. Heo!
April 2019
Seokyoung’s work on the synthesis of smooth and spherical gold nanoparticles was published in Nanoscale Advances. Congratulations!
April 2019
Byoungsang and Dr. Jun Hyuk Heo's work on adhesion properties of polypropylene surfaces has been accepted in Science of Advanced Materials. Congratulations!
April 2019
Hui Hun and Su Ji’s work carried out in collaboration with Prof. Jinkee Lee’s group (SKKU) on paper-based platform for long-term deposition of nanoparticles with exceptional redispersibility was published in Particle & Particle Systems Characterization. Congratulations!
January 2019
Byoungsang's work carried out in collaboration with Prof. Soong Ho Uhm’s group (SKKU) on designing nucleic acid sequences based on k-means clustering algorithm has been accepted in Molecules. Congratulations!
January 2018
Jaewoo Lee visited Prof. Chaoyong James Yang's group at Xiamen University as an undergraduate visiting student.
December 2018
Taeyoon Lee and Yunchul Kim joined our lab as graduate students. Welcome!
December 2018
Younghwan successfully finished defense of his Master's thesis. Congratulations!
November 2018
Si Hyun and Byoungsang’s work on the interaction between nanoparticle and hydrogel has been accepted in Particle & Particle Systems Characterization.
November 2018
Jin Woong’s work carried out in collaboration with Prof. Jae-young Choi (SKKU)'s group on extracellular matrix-mimicking material with exceptional biocompatibility and bioactivity has been accepted in Nano Letters. Congratulations!
July 2018
Syed Farrukh Alam Zaidi joined our group as a graduate student. Welcome!
July 2018
Dr. Prabakaran Shankar joined our group as a Postdoctoral Researcher. Welcome!
July 2018
Seokyoung’s work on the synthesis of highly heterogeneous mesoporous silica-coated gold nanorods has been accepted in Crystal Growth & Design. Congratulations!
June 2018
Taeyoon Lee joined our group as undergraduate researcher. Welcome!
January 2017
Gyusung, Sun Hwan, and Junhyuck went to Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany for a month as exchange visiting students.
December 2017
Jun Hyuk successfully defended his final defense. Congratulations, Dr. Heo!
December 2017
Kyung-il and Seokyong presented their studies at 2017 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit.
December 2017
Sun Hwan and Junhyuck joined our lab as graduated students. Welcome!
July 2017
Prof. Lee gave a talk on Metallization based Imaging of Biomolecules at joint 19th International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) and 11th European Biophysical Societies' Association (EBSA) Congress held in Edinburgh, Scotland. One of the two organizers of the section, Imaging molecules of life, was Nobel Laureate, Prof. Richard Henderson.
April 2017
Seokyoung's work investigating interdependent factors on the gold nanorod synthesis, which was studied with computer aided image analysis method, was accepted in Nanoscale. This work was done in collaboration with Prof. Jong-Seok Lee's group at the Dept. of Systems Management Engineering, SKKU. Congratulations!
April 2017
Sun Hwan Jeong joined our group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome!
March 2017
Junhyuck Chang joined our group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome!
Jan.-Feb. 2017
Chansong Kim visited Prof. Andrew Yoo's group at Washington University at St. Louis as an undergraduate visiting student.
Jan. 2017
Jinyoung Kim joined our group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome!
Oct 2016
Kyung-Il's work on the synthesis of DNA nanowires for analysis of large DNA molecules with SEM, which was done in collaboration with Prof. Kyubong Jo's lab. at Dept. of Chemistry, Sogang Univ., was published in Small. Congratulations!
Oct 2016
Jun Hyuk's work on achromatic colorimetric nanosensor was published in Nanoscale. Congratulations!
Sep 2016
Undergraduate students participating GCTI (Grand Challenge Tech+Innovator) project from our group (Kyung Taik Lim, Ho Jae Choi, Jong Won Lim (all three from Chem E., 12), Chan Yourl Lee (Mech E., 12), and Young O Bang (System E., 12)) won silver prize by proposing a new method to remove fine dust in the air.
Aug 2016
Su Ji Kim successfully finished defense of her Master's thesis. Congratulations!
Aug 2016
Jun Hyuk Heo and Hui-Hun Cho went to Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany for a month as exchange visiting students.
Aug 2016
Zertasha Riaz (SAINT) from Prof. Hoo Jeong Lee's group joined our group as a collaborative researcher.
July 2016
Chan Song Kim (AMSE, 12), Sun Kyun Baik (Mech E., 12), and Dong Hoon Lee (Chem E., 12) will carry out undergraduate research program (URP) supported by Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science & Creativity (KOFAC).
April 2016
Our work on strontium-substituted hydroxyapatite microspheres done in collaboration with Prof. Hyun Suk Jung (AMSE, SKKU) was published in Cryst. Growth Des. Congratulations!
April 2016
Hui Hun had his work on a colorimetric titration sensor accepted in Analyst. Congratulations!
Jan 2016
Jun Hyuk won Best Poster prize in ISNIT (International Symposium on Nature-Inspired Technology) 2016 for his work on "Achromatic - chromatic colorimetric sensors for on-off type detection of analytes". Congratulations!
Dec 2015
Gyusung Lee and Young Hwan Chung will join our lab as graduate students. Welcome!
Dec 2015
Three undergraduate students from our lab, Gyusung Lee, Chambo Park, and Seungcheol Chung won the most prestigious AMSE award for their undergraduate thesis research on "Surface treatment of gold nanorods for biological applications".
Congratulations!
Dec 2015
Jun Hyuk had his work on "Ultrastable-stealth large gold nanoparticles with DNA directed biological functionality" accepted at Langmuir. Congratulations!
June 2015
Yunju Chang and two other undergraduate students from our lab won AMSE award for their undergraduate research work on "Self assembly of silica nanoparticles". Congratulations!
April 2015
Jun Hyuk and Hui Hun will have an oral presentation on "Surfactant-free nanoparticle-DNA complexes with ultrahigh stability against salt for environmental and biological sensing" at MRS Spring meeting 2015 at San Francisco, USA. Congratulations!
Feb 2015
Dai-Hwan and Kyung-Il had their work on "Dental hetero-graft materials with nano hydroxyapatite surface treatment" accepted at Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Congratulations!
Dec 2014
Byungsang Lee joined our group as an undergraduate researcher from the Department of Biomechatronics, SKKU. Welcome!
Oct 2014
Jun Hyuk had his work "Achromatic - chromatic colorimetric sensors for on-off type detection of analytes" accepted at the Analyst. Congratulations!
Sept 2014
Jun Hyuk had his work "Surfactant-free nanoparticle-DNA complexes with ultrahigh stability against salt for environmental and biological sensing" accepted at the Analyst. Congratulations!
Dec 2013
Three undergraduate students from our lab, Yooncheol Nam, Hyun Seok Kim & Mihee Jung won AMSE award for their undergraduate research on "Self-assembly of silica beads for mask fabrication". Congratulations!
Nov 2013
Jun Hyuk has published a paper entitled "The Stability of Gold Nanoparticle-DNA system in Seawater" in the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Congratulations!
July 2013
Hui Hun Cho (Adv. Mater. Sci. Eng.) has joined the group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome!
June 2013
Five undergraduate students from our lab, Hui-Hun Cho, Ashraf Mohd Razi, Kairoon Rozman, Young-Gul Woo, & Sukyoung Yoon won AMSE award for the excellence in their undergraduate research on "Biomimetic Imitation of Leaf Structures and their Optical Properties". Congratulations!
Dec. 2012
Three undergraduate students from our lab, Dukju Hwang, Min Hyung Tak, & Dai Hwan Kim won the Best AMSE award for their undergraduate research on "Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Materials using Soft Lithography". Congratulations!
June. 2012
Four undergraduate students from BNML, Jun Hyuk Heo, Won Taek Hwang, Byung Cheol Moon, & Yoon Ji Nam won the 2nd prize of AMSE award. Congratulations!
April 2012
Recent work of Prof. Lee, reporting direct observation of the nanoparticle-cancer cell nucleus interaction, has been published at ACS Nano. The work has been highlighted at C&EN!