• 1972, 07, Born in Seoul, Korea
• 1991, 03-1996, 02, B.S., Applied Chemistry, Ajou University, Korea
• 1996, 03-1998, 02, M.S., Applied Chemistry, Ajou University, Korea
• 1999, 08-2003, 08, Ph.D., Chemistry, Purdue University at West Lafayette, USA
  • Advisor: Michael J. Weaver
  • Thesis: Electrochemical Vibrational Characterization of Metal Nanoelectrodes
• 2003, 06-2005, 10, Postdoc Fellow, Northwestern University at Evanston, USA
• 2005, 11-Present, Assistant Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
  
  

Our research interests are centered on the understanding and elucidation of the microscopic processes, such as electrochemistry, catalysis, chemical and biological sensors, and photovoltaics. These include the synthesis, characterization and application of various organic-inorganic nanostructured materials. Due to their unique physical and chemical properties, which lie somewhere between those of bulk and atomic species, they will be exploited for many fascinating potential uses in the future.

• Nanoporous membrane fabrication and use as a template for electrochemical nanorod synthesis.
• Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials, such as isotropic and anisotropic nanoparticles, via wet-chemical methods.
• Nano-photovoltaic cell and optical sensor fabrication
• Chemical and biochemical sensors with hybrid organic-inorganic nanorod structures.
• Ultra-thin coating of transition metals on noble metal nanoparticles for electrocatalysis.
• Dip-pen-nanolithography for bio-material patterning.
• Nano-scale lithography using nanoparticles.
• Molecular-level understanding of adsorbate-surface interactions via Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS), Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy (IRAS), Langmuir-Blodgette (LB) methods.
  
  

1. "On-Wire Lithography (OWL)", Science, 2005, 309, 113-115
2. "Observation of a Quadrupole Plasmon Mode for a Colloidal Solution of Gold Nanoprisms", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 5312-5313
3. "Hybrid Organic-Inorganic, Rod-Shaped Nanoresistors and Diodes", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 11772-11773
4. "Multicomponent Magnetic Nanorods for Biomolecular Separations", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 3048-3050
5. "Self-Assembly of Mesoscopic Metal-Polymer Amphiphiles", Science, 2004, 303, 348-351
6. "Electrochemical Infrared Characterization of CO Domains on Ruthenium Decorated Platinum Nanoparticles", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 2282-2290
7. "Transition Metal Coated Nanoparticle Films: Vibrational Characterization with Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124 (11), 2428-2429