Poly(arylene ether)

Synthesis of poly(bis(trifluoromethyl)biphenylene oxide)
February 7, 2020 / Group News Publication
“Double-activated nucleophilic aromatic substitution polymerization by bis-ortho-trifluoromethyl groups to soluble para-poly(biphenylene oxide)” by Suhyeon Lee, Rokam Jeong, Myungeun Seo, and Hee-Seung Lee was published in Polymer. Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032386119311292

Microphase separation of poly(ether sulfone)-b-polylactide
October 12, 2019 / Group News Publication
“Well-defined poly(ether sulfone)-b-polylactide: synthesis and microphase separation behavior” by Jinhee Lee, Jongmin Park, and Myungeun Seo was published in Polymer Journal. This manuscript was submitted in response to the invitation to the special issue entitled “Precision Polymer Synthesis”. Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41428-019-0268-2

Nanoporous poly(ether sulfone)s from block polymer precursors
October 12, 2019 / Group News Publication
“Nanoporous poly(ether sulfone) from polylactide-b-poly(ether sulfone)-b-polylactide precursor”, Jinhee Lee, Jongmin Park, Jaehoon Oh, Sanghwa Lee, Sang Youl Kim and Myungeun Seo was published in Polymer. Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032386119307104

Our first patent was registered!
February 25, 2017 / Group News Publication
Our first patent invented by Dr. Seo, Dr. Jinhee Lee, and Prof. Sang Youl Kim in the department of chemistry was just registered on February 15, 2017!

Cu2S nanowire growth on sulfonated poly(ether sulfone)
June 23, 2015 / Group News
“Synthesis and self-assembly of partially sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone)s and their role in the formation of Cu2S nanowires” by Jeyoung Park, Changjun Park, Byoung Tak Yim, Myungeun Seo and Sang Youl Kim just appeared in RSC Advances.   Link: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/ra/c5ra05563f#!divAbstract  

Synthesis of triarylamine-containing poly(arylene ether)s
July 6, 2014 / Group News Publication
“Synthesis of triarylamine-containing poly(arylene ether)s by nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction” by Jinhee Lee, Jaewon Heo, Changjun Park, Byung-Kwon Kim, Juhyoun Kwak, Myungeun Seo and Sang Youl Kim just appeared in Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry as an Early View Article.   Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pola.27289/pdf