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Hyung-il Lee

B.S., M.S. Chemical Engineering
Hanyang University
Seoul, South Korea

Research Interests

Design and preparation of macromolecular materials for electronic and photonic applications
Stimuli-responsive reversible nano-scale materials
Synthesis of well-defined functional polymers by Controlled/Living radical polymerization
Design and preparation of conjugate polymers for photovoltaic and light-emitting devices
Ring-forming polymerizations for photo-resist and plastic optical fiber applications
Preparation of well-defined block copolymers for porous low dielectrics and photonic crystals
Light-responsive polymeric brushes and micelles

Research Experience

Graduate Student, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry
June 2002Present

    • Controlled/Living radical polymerization

    • Molecular bottle brushes and polymeric brushes from the surfaces

    • Light-responsive polymeric brushes and micelles
    • Controlling microstructure and composition of polymers
Graduate assistant (M.S), Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
March 1998—Feb. 2000
  • Advisor: Professor Dong-Hack Suh
    • Photo-cationic polymerization of epoxy-containing materials
    • Photo-alignment layers for liquid crystal displays

Scholarships

2002-2006

Carnegie Mellon University Teaching and Research Assistantship

1998-2000

Hanyang University Graduate Student Fellowship

1997 Hanyang University Scholarship for Excellency in Academic Achievement

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Soo-Jin Park, Hyun-Chel Kim, Hyung-il Lee, Dong-Hack Suh. "Thermal Stability of Imidized Epoxy Blends Initiated by N-Benzylpyrazinium Hexafluoroantimonate Salt." Macromolecules. 2001, 34(22), 7573-7575.
Samuel J. Lord, Sergei S. Sheiko, Isaac LaRue, Hyung-il Lee, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski. '"Tadpole Conformation of Gradient Polymer Brushes." Macromolecules. 2004, 37(11), 4235-4240.
Hyung-il Lee, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Sherryl Yu, Sergei S. Sheiko. "Molecular Brushes with Spontaneous Gradient by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization." Macromolecules. 2005, 38(20), 8264-8271.
Sergei S. Sheiko, Frank C. Sun, Adrian Randall, David Shirvanyants, Michael Rubinstein, Hyung-il Lee, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski "Adsorption-induced scission of carbon-carbon bonds." Nature. 2006, 440(7081), 191-194. (Featured in C&EN. 2006, 84(11), 13)
Hyung-il Lee, Joanna Pietrasik, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski. "Phototunable Temperature-Responsive Molecular Brushes Prepared by ATRP." Macromolecules. 2006, 39(11), 3914-3920.
Hyung-il Lee, Wojciech Jakubowski, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Sherryl Yu, Sergei S. Sheiko. "Cylindrical Core-Shell Brushes Prepared by a Combination of ROP and ATRP." Macromolecules. 2006, 39(11), 4983-4989.
Tadeusz Pakula, Ying Zhang, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Hyung-il Lee, Hans Boerner, Shuhui Qin, Guy C. Berry. "Molecular Brushes as Super-Soft Elastomers." Polymer. 2006, 47(20), 7198-7206.
Silke Rathgeber, Tadeusz Pakula, Agnieszka Wilk, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Hyung-il Lee, Kathryn L. Beers. "Bottle-brush macromolecules in solution: Comparison between results obtained from scattering experiments and computer simulations" Polymer. 2006, 47(20), 7318-7327.

Papers in Preparation

Joanna Pietrasik, Brent S. Sumerlin, Hyung-il Lee, Roberto Gil, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski “Structural mobility of Molecular Bottle-Brushes Investigated by NMR Relaxation Dynamics” Submitted to Macromolecules.
Hyung-il Lee, Wei Wu, Jung Kwon Oh, Laura Mueller, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski “Light-Induced Reversible Polymeric Micelles” Submitted to Angew. Chem.
Hyung-il Lee, Burak Aksak, Brian Cusick, Tomasz Kowalewski, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Metin Sitti “Molecular Brushes Prepared from Functionalized PDMS Surface for Biomimetic Adhesives Inspired by Gecko Foot-Hairs” Manuscript in Preparation.
Jinyu Huang, Chuanbing Tang, Hyung-il, Lee, Tomasz Kowalewski, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski “Well-defined Nanostructured Carbon Prepared from Block Copolymer Micelles and Brushes” Manuscript in Preparation.
Sherryl Yu, Hyung-il Lee, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Sergei S. Sheiko “Analysis of Branching in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Acrylates by Molecular Visualization” Manuscript in Preparation.
Ke Min, Sherryl Yu, Hyung-il Lee, Laura Mueller, Sergei S. Sheiko, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski “Synthesis of Molecular Brushes via ATRP in Miniemulsion to Prevent Macroscopic Gelation” Manuscript in Preparation.
Hyung-il Lee, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Jamie Boyce, Sergei S. Sheiko. “pH-induced conformation changes of the loosely-grafted molecular brushes containing poly (acrylic acid) in the side chain” Manuscript in Preparation

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