Matyjaszewski Group Members
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Dr. Yungwan Kwak
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Carnegie Mellon University |
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2006-Present |
Research Associate, Center for Macromolecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University (USA) |
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| Research Supervisor: Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski | ||
| 2006-2006 | Research Associate, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University (Japan) | |
| 2003-2006 | Ph. D., Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University (Japan) | |
| Ph. D. Thesis "Kinetics Studies on Living Radical Polymerizations" | ||
| Research Supervisor: Professor Takeshi Fukuda | ||
| 2001-2003 | M. S., Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University (Japan) | |
| 2000-2001 | Research Student, Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University (Japan) | |
| 1992-2000 | B. S., Polymer Science and Engineering, Sunchon National University (Republic of Korea) | |
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Including: |
Scholarships
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2000-2006 |
Japanese Government (MEXT) Research Student Scholarships, 2000-2006 |
Research Area
| • | Kinetics of Living Radical Polymerizations (LRPs) including NMP, ATRP, RAFT, and Iodide-, Germanium-, Organotellurium-, Organostibine-, and Organobismuth-Mediated Polymerizations | |
| • | Designing New CRP Techniques. | |
| • | Polymer synthesis using various CRP techniques. | |
| • | Photo-Polymerization. | |
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Ligand Synthesis for ATRP. |
Research Interests
| • | Kinetics of LRPs, Polymer Brushes, Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials, Self-Assembly by Block Copolymers, and Biopolymers |
Research Interests Experience in Instrumental Technique
| • | GPC, GC, ESR, NMR, UV/VIS, FT-IR, MALDI-TOF-MS, SEM, TEM, DSC, Contact Angle Measurement, CV, Glove Box |
Publications (No. of Citation from Web of Science)
| 1. | Nicolaÿ, R.; Kwak, Y.; Matyjaszewski, K. “Dibromotrithiocarbonate Iniferter for Concurrent ATRP and RAFT Polymerization. Effect of Monomer, Catalyst, and Chain Transfer Agent Structure on the Polymerization Mechanism.” Macromolecules ASAP. 0 | |
| 2. | Kayahara, E.; Yamago, S.; Kwak, Y.; Goto, A.; Fukuda, T. “Optimization of Organotellurium Transfer Agents for Highly Controlled Living Radical Polymerization” Macromolecules 2008, 41, 527. 0 | |
| 3. | Matyjaszewski, K.; Tsarevsky, N. V.; Braunecker, W. A.; Dong, H.; Huang, J.; Jakubowski, W.; Kwak, Y.; Nicolay, R.; Tang, W.; Yoon, J. A. “Role of Cu0 in Controlled/"Living" Radical Polymerization” Macromolecules 2007, 40, 7795. 2 | |
| 4. | Kwak, Y.; Tezuka, M.; Goto, A.; Fukuda, T.; Yamago, S. "Kinetic Study on Role of Ditelluride in Organotellurium-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization (TERP)" Macromolecules 2007, 40, 1881. 3 |
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| 5. | Goto, A.; Zushi, H.; Hirai, N.; Wakada, T.; Kwak, Y.; Fukuda, T. "Germanium- and Tin-Catalyzed Living Radical Polymerizations of Styrene and Methacrylates" Macromolecular Symposia 2007, 248, 126. 2 |
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| 6. | Yamago, S.; Kayahara, E.; Kotani, M.; Ray, B.; Kwak, Y.; Goto, A.; Fukuda, T. "Highly Controlled Living Radical Polymerization through Dual Activation of Organobismuthines" Angewandte Chemie 2007, 119, 1326. 6 |
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| 7. | Kwak, Y.; Goto, A.; Fukuda, T.; Kobayashi, Y.; Yamago, S. "A Systematic Study on Activation Processes in Organotellurium-Mediated Living Radical Polymerizations of styrene, methyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate, and vinyl acetate" Macromolecules 2006, 39, 4671. 13 |
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| 8. | Goto, A.; Zushi, H.; Kwak, Y.; Fukuda, T. "Germanium- and Tin-Catalyzed Living Radical Polymerizations of Styrene" ACS Symposium Series 2006, 944, 595. 3 |
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| 9. | Kubo, K.; Goto, A.; Sato, K.; Kwak, Y.; Fukuda, T. “Kinetic Study on Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Process for Block and Random Copolymerizations of Styrene and Methyl Methacrylate” Polymer 2005, 46, 9762. 11 |
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| 10. | Kwak, Y.; Goto, A.; Fukuda, T.; Yamago, S.; Ray, B. "Mechanism and Kinetics of Organostibine-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization of Styrene" Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie (Munchen) 2005, 219, 283. 6 |
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| 11. | Yamago, S.; Ray, B.; Iida, K.; Yoshida, J.; Tada, T.; Yoshizawa, K.; Kwak, Y.; Goto, A.; Fukuda, T. "Highly Versatile Organostibine Mediators for Living Radical Polymerization" Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004, 126, 13908. 34 |
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| 12. | Kwak, Y.; Goto, A.; Koichi, K.; Yukio, S.; Fukuda, T. "Characterization of Low-Mass Model 3-Arm Stars Produced in Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Process" Macromolecules 2004, 37, 4434. 41 |
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| 13. | Kwak, Y.; Goto, A.; Fukuda, T. "Rate Retardation in Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Polymerization: Further Evidence for Cross-Termination Producing 3-Arm Star Chain" Macromolecules 2004, 37, 1219. 84 |
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| 14. | Wang, A. R.; Zhu, S.; Kwak, Y.; Goto, A.; Fukuda, T.; Monteiro, M. S. "A Difference of Six Orders of Magnitude: A Reply to 'the Magnitude of the Fragmentation Rate Coefficient'" Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2003, 41, 2833. 85 |
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| 15. | Goto, A.; Kwak, Y.; Fukuda, T.; Yamago, S.; Iida, K.; Nakajima, M.; Yoshida, J. "Mechanism-Based Invention of High-Speed Living Radical Polymerization Using Organotellurium Compounds and Azo-Initiators" Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003, 125, 8720. 40 |
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| 16. | Fukuda, T.; Yoshikawa, C.; Kwak, Y.; Goto, A.; Tsujii, Y. "Mechanisms and Kinetics of Living Radical Polymerization: Absolute Comparison of Theory and Experiment" ACS Symposium Series 2003, 854, 24. 14 |
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| 17. | Fukuda, T.; Goto, A.; Kwak, Y.; Yoshikawa, C.; Ma, Y. "Penultimate Unit Effects in Free Radical Copolymerization" Macromolecular Symposia 2002, 182, 53. 14 |
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| 18. | Goto, A.; Kwak, Y.; Yoshikawa, C.; Tsujii, Y.; Sugiura, Y.; Fukuda, T. "Comparative Study on Decomposition Rate Constants for Some Alkoxyamines" Macromolecules 2002, 35, 3520. 37 |
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| 19. | Kwak, Y.; Goto, A.; Tsujii, Y.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K.; Fukuda, T. "A Kinetic Study on the Rate Retardation in Radical Polymerization of Styrene with Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer" Macromolecules 2002, 35, 3026. 152 |
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Citation by June 15/08 (Total: 547) |
List of Symposium Proceedings/Preprints
| 1. | Kwak, Y.; Matyjaszewski, K. “Atom transfer radical polymerizations of styrene and methyl methacrylate using alkyl diethyldithiocarbamate initiators” Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) 2008, 49(1), 418. | |
| 2. | Tang, W.; Dong, H.;Kwak, Y.; Matyjaszewski, K. “Atom transfer radical polymerization in the presence of Cu0 - mechanism and kinetics study” Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) 2007, 48(2), 262. | |
| 3. | Tang, W.; Kwak, Y.; Tsarevsky, N. V.; Matyjaszewski, K. “Effect of Ligand and Initiator Structures on the equilibrium constants in ATRP”. Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) 2007, 48(1), 392 | |
| 4. | Kwak, Y.; Goto, A.; Fukuda, T.; Yamago, S. "Kinetic Studies on Activation Processes for Organotellurium- and Organostibine-Mediated Living Radical Polymerizations" Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) 2005, 46, 272. | |
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Goto, A.; Zushi, H.; Kwak, Y.; Fukuda, T. "Germanium- and tin-catalyzed living radical polymerizations of styrene" Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) 2005, 46, 245. |
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Goto, A.; Kwak, Y.; Tsujii, Y.; Fukuda, T. "Kinetic Study on the Rate Retardation in Radical Polymerization of Styrene with Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer" Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) 2002, 43, 311. |
List of Presentations (International Conference)
| 1. | “Atom transfer radical polymerizations of styrene and methyl methacrylate using alkyl diethyldithiocarbamate initiators” 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6, 2008. | |
| 2. | "Kinetic Study on Activation Processes for Organotellurium- and Organostibine-Mediated Living Radical Polymerizations" 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 30, 2005. | |
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"Kinetic Study on Activation Process in Organotellurium-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization" 40th IUPAC International Symposium on Macromolecules, World Polymer Conference MACRO 2004, Paris, France, July 8, 2004. |
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"Kinetic Study on Activation Process in Organotellurium-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization" The Second Trilateral Workshop on Organic Chemistry, Kyoto, Japan, September 4, 2004. |
Other Presentations (Domestic Conference, Japan)
| 1. | 8 times domestic presentations at the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (2002-2006). |