RAFT polymerization

Sulfonated 10-nm pores optimize ion transport in lithium metal batteries
June 25, 2025 / Group News Publication
In a recent paper published in Energy Storage Materials, we collaborated with Hye Ryung Byon group at KAIST to utilize our sulfonated mesoporous membranes in lithium metal batteries to boost cyclability.

Combating marine biofouling with amphiphilic random copolymer coating
June 7, 2025 / Group News Publication
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.

Ordered nanostructured materials via JanusPIMS
March 31, 2025 / Group News Publication
Our recent Macromolecules paper shows the grafting-from polymerization produces Janus bottlebrush polymer materials with periodic order via polymerization-induced microphase separation process.

Controlling folding height in bilayer-folded lamellae using bending rigidity
September 16, 2024 / Group News Publication
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.

We reviewed polymerization-induced microphase separation
September 10, 2023 / Group News Publication
Our review on the PIMS process, initially developed by Myungeun Seo and Marc Hillmyer in 2012, was published in Progress in Polymer Science to provide a comprehensive information about the field and a practical guide to colleagues interested in PIMS.

Radicals form at the immiscible liquid-liquid interface and initiate polymerization
September 3, 2022 / Group News Publication
“Microdroplet-Mediated Radical Polymerization” by Kyoungmun Lee, Hyun-Ro Lee, Young Hun Kim, Jaemin Park, Suchan Cho, Sheng Li, Myungeun Seo, and Siyoung Q. Choi was published in ACS Central Science.

Grafting star polymers onto metal-organic framework
August 6, 2022 / Group News Publication
"Patchwork Metal-Organic Frameworks by Radical-Mediated Heterografting of Star Polymers for Surface Modification" by Ahn et al. was published in Inorganic Chemistry.

Emergence of order from random sequence ensemble
May 10, 2022 / Group News Publication
"Bilayer-folded lamellar mesophase induced by random polymer sequence" by Shin et al. was published in Nature Communications.

Control of grafting density via postpolymerization modification
April 18, 2022 / Group News Publication
“Side-Chain Density Driven Morphology Transition in Brush−Linear Diblock Copolymers” by Jaemin Park, Jiyun Nam, Myungeun Seo and Sheng Li was published in ACS Macro Letters in collaboration of the Li and the Seo groups at KAIST.

Autonomous supramolecular polymerization of micellar building blocks
February 1, 2022 / Group News Publication
“In-Situ Supramolecular Polymerization of Micellar Nanoobjects Induced by Polymerization” by Nam Young Ahn et al. was published in ACS Macro Letters.