Core faculty

[NT] So-Jung Park  

About

  • Our research focuses on nanoscale materials and phenomena, impacting diverse areas of science and technology ranging from biomedicine to alternative energy. We use concepts and tools in biology to organize nanoparticles into mesoscale or macroscale assemblies with controllable architecture and properties. Our primary interest in this effort is to understand collective properties of nanomaterials and to learn how to manipulate materials properties through self-assembly.
    
    ■ Colloidal self-assembly of nanoparticles and amphiphilic block-copolymers
    - Size-controlled assembly of magnetic polymersomes
    
    ■ Functional block copolymers
    - Hierarchical assembly of conducting block-copolymers
    - DNA nanostructures with enhanced binding properties
    
    ■ Synthesis, assembly, and properties of plasmonic nanoparticles
    - Spiky nanoshell as a highly efficient SERS substrate
    - Synthetic approach to mata-materials
    
    ■ Nanoscale materials for bioanalytical/medical applications and sustainable energy