Email Address: sson@skku.edu
Home Page: http://chem.skku.ac.kr/~sson/
Telephone: +82-31-290-5932, 299-4572 / Fax: +82-31-290-7075

• 1972.11. Born in Milyang, Korea
• 1992. 3. - 1996. 2. B.S., Chemistry, Seoul National University
• 1996. 3. - 1998. 2. M.S., Chemistry, Seoul National University
• 1998. 3. - 2001. 2 Ph. D. Inorganic Chemisrty, Seoul National University
  • Supervisor : Prof. Young Keun Chung
• 2001. 3. - 2003. 4. Postdoc Fellow, Seoul National University
• 2003. 5 – 2005. 2. Postdoc Fellow, Research Institute of Engineering Science, Seoul National University
• 2005. 3. – present Assistant Professor, Sungkyunkwan University
• 2005. 3. - 2005. 11. Visiting Professor, Brown University, USA

Our major research interest is the development of functional organometallic or nano systems. Related our research areas are organometallics, transition metal catalysis, self-assembly, nanosynthesis and applications. The projects currently underway in my research group are the following:

We can say that organometallic compounds are one of the most useful molecules. For examples, they are being widely used in various catalysis and material science. Our research in supramolecular chemisrty is focused not on metal-organic networks(MONs), but on metal-organometallic networks (MOMNs), in which organometallic compounds serve as spacers or ligands ("organometalloligands") that connect to metal ion "nodes". Our goals are to design and synthesize a series of novel functional organometallic building blocks for organometallic supramolecular systems and ultimately to develop new catalysts, sensors, solid materials, and functional host-guest systems.

Our research in nanomaterials involves two related areas: (1) chemical synthesis and self-assembly of nanoparticles; (2) construction and elaboration of functional nanoparticles and their assemblies for applications in catalysis, and information storage or optical devices. The rapid progress in the synthesis of nanoparticles with controllable nanometer-sized features and electronic properties has made it possible to rationally design and synthesize nanoparticle-based catalysts. The surface chemistry, and therefore the catalytic properties, of a nanoparticle can be controlled by tuning the size, composition and shape of the nanoparticle. Our goals are to design and synthesize a series of transition metal based nanoparticles for catalytic applications.

1. Son, S. U.; Reingold, J. A.; Carpenter, G. B.; Sweigart, D. A. "Lithium Alkoxide {Li4O4} Cubanes Bridged by Rhodium-Quinonoid Organometalloligands" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44, 7710
2. Son, S. U.; Kim, S. B.; Reingold, J. A.; Carpenter, G. B.; Sweigart, D. A. “An Anionic Rhodium 4-Quinonoid Complex as a Multifunctional Catalyst for the Arylation of Aldehydes with Arylboronic Acids’’ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 12238 (2005)
3. Son, S. U.; Jang, Y.; Yoon, K. Y.; An, C.; Hwang, Y.; Park, J.-G.; Noh, H.-J. ; Kim, J.-Y.; Park, J.; Hyeon, T. “Synthesis of Monodisperse Chromium Nanoparticles from the Thermolysis of a Fischer Carbene Complex’’ Chem. Commun., 2005, 86.
4. Son, S. U.; Jang, Y.; Yoon, K. Y.; Kang, E.; Hyeon, T. “Facile Synthesis of Various Phosphine-Stabilized Monodisperse Palladium Nanoparticles through the Understanding of Coordination Chemistry of the Nanoparticles’’ Nano Lett. 2004, 4. 1147
5. Son, S. U.; Jang, Y.; Park, J.; Na, H. B.; Hyeon, T.; Park, H. M.; Yun, H. J.; Lee, J. H. “Designed Synthesis of Uniform Pd/Ni Bimetallic Nanoparticles and their Atom Economical Catalytic applications for Sonogashira coupling reactions’’ J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 5026.
6. Son, S. U.; Park, K. H.; Kim, B. Y.; Lee, Y.-S.; Choi, C. H.; Lah, M. S.; Jang, Y. H.; Jang, D.-J.; Chung, Y. K. “Synthesis of Ru(II) Complexes of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Their Promising Photoluminescence Properties in Water" Inorg. Chem., 2004, 43, 6896.
7. Son, S. U.; Park, I. K.; Park, J.; Hyeon, T. “Synthesis of Cu2O coated Cu nanoparticles and their successful applications to Ullmann-type amination coupling reactions of aryl chlorides’’Chem. Commun. 2004, 778.