Combating marine biofouling with amphiphilic random copolymer coating
In a recent paper appeared in NPG Asia Materials, we teamed up with Sung Min Kang group at Chungbuk National University to investigate the sequence and composition effect of amphiphilic copolymer coating for marine antifouling.
June 7, 2025 | Publication
Bottlebrush copolymer patches for Au nanoparticle
In a collaborative work with Hyunjoon Song group at KAIST published in Nanoscale (and selected as the outside backcover), we used bottlebrush copolymer ligands to rapidly form patches on Au nanoparticle surface and direct secondary metal deposition.
June 6, 2025 | Publication
Taeseok won a poster award!
Taeseok won the DONGWOO FINE-CHEM Poster award in the 2025 Spring KCS meeting.
May 7, 2025 | Group
Ordered nanostructured materials via JanusPIMS
Our recent Macromolecules paper shows the grafting-from polymerization produces Janus bottlebrush polymer materials with periodic order via polymerization-induced microphase separation process.
March 31, 2025 | Publication
Welcome Hyo Won to the Group!
The group welcomes Dr. Hyo Won Lee, joining our group as a new postdoc.
March 9, 2025 | Group
Bridging the gap between experiments and simulations
In this featured review article published in Chemical Physics Reviews, we teamed up with the YongJoo Kim group at Korea University to discuss how to explore the self-assembly of nonlinear macromolecules by integrating experiments and simulations.
February 11, 2025 | Publication
Welcome new graduate students to the Group!
The group welcomes Eunseo Cho, Yukyeong Lee, and Seungmin Lee, joining our group as new graduate students in the Department of Chemistry in 2025 spring.
January 31, 2025 | Group
Sung Han won a poster award!
Sung Han won the best presentation award in 2024 fall KCS meeting.
October 22, 2024 | Group
Changsu and Seonwoo won awards!
Changsu and Seonwoo won the best paper presentation award and the encouragement award in 2024 fall PSK meeting.
October 8, 2024 | Group
Controlling folding height in bilayer-folded lamellae using bending rigidity
In our recent Macromolecules paper, we provide more evidence on the bilayer-folded lamellae and show that the folding height is related to the bending rigidity of the bilayers.
September 16, 2024 | Publication