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Overview

Sung Young Park is affiliated with the Korea National University of Transportation in South Korea. Their research broadly encompasses the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on several specialized subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Polymers and Plastics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The primary thematic areas of their work include:

  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies

Park has contributed significantly to scientific literature, publishing extensively in several venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial Cooperation Society
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Their recent research papers exemplify the scope and interdisciplinary nature of their studies:

  • Diselenide-Bridged Carbon-Dot-Mediated Self-Healing, Conductive, and Adhesive Wireless Hydrogel Sensors for Label-Free Breast Cancer Detection, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Enhancing Light Absorption and Prolonging Charge Separation in Carbon Quantum Dots via Cl-Doping for Visible-Light-Driven Photocharge-Transfer Reactions, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Mineralized Soft and Elastic Polymer Dot Hydrogel for a Flexible Self-Powered Electronic Skin Sensor, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Highly sensitive non-enzymatic wireless glucose sensor based on Ni-Co oxide nanoneedle-anchored polymer dots, 2020, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
  • Mitochondria-targeted ROS- and GSH-responsive diselenide-crosslinked polymer dots for programmable paclitaxel release, 2021, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

Collaborative efforts feature prominently in Park's research process. Frequent co-authors include Akhmad Irhas Robby, Eun-Jung Jin, Benny Ryplida, Seul Gi Kim, and Gibaek Lee. These collaborations reflect ongoing partnerships that have contributed to the development of various aspects of their research agenda.

Best Publications

  • In Vivo Biodistribution and Toxicology of Carboxylated Graphene Quantum Dots

    Nurunnabi;Zehedina Khatun;Kang Moo Huh;Sung Young Park

  • One‐Step Multipurpose Surface Functionalization by Adhesive Catecholamine

    Sung Min Kang;Nathaniel S. Hwang;Jihyeon Yeom;Sung Young Park

  • Simultaneous Reduction and Surface Functionalization of Graphene Oxide by Mussel‐Inspired Chemistry

    Sung Min Kang;Sungjin Park;Daewon Kim;Sung Young Park

  • Attenuation of the in vivo toxicity of biomaterials by polydopamine surface modification

    Seonki Hong;Keum Yeon Kim;Hwang Jin Wook;Sung Young Park

  • Progressive fuzzy cation-π assembly of biological catecholamines

    Seonki Hong;Younseon Wang;Sung Young Park;Haeshin Lee

  • Target Delivery and Cell Imaging Using Hyaluronic Acid-Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots

    Abdullah-Al-Nahain;Jung-Eun Lee;Insik In;Haeshin Lee

  • Light controllable surface coating for effective photothermal killing of bacteria.

    Sung Han Kim;Eun Bi Kang;Chan Jin Jeong;Shazid Md Sharker

  • Microwave-assisted synthesis of luminescent and biocompatible lysine-based carbon quantum dots

    Yujin Choi;Nichaphat Thongsai;Ari Chae;Seongho Jo

  • Catechol-grafted poly(ethylene glycol) for PEGylation on versatile substrates

    Hyukjin Lee;Kang Dae Lee;Kyung Bo Pyo;Sung Young Park

  • Thermosensitive pluronic micelles stabilized by shell cross-linking with gold nanoparticles.

    Ki Hyun Bae;Seung Ho Choi;Sung Young Park;Yuhan Lee

  • pH triggered in vivo photothermal therapy and fluorescence nanoplatform of cancer based on responsive polymer-indocyanine green integrated reduced graphene oxide.

    Shazid Md. Sharker;Jung Eun Lee;Sung Han Kim;Ji Hoon Jeong

  • Diselenide-Bridged Carbon-Dot-Mediated Self-Healing, Conductive, and Adhesive Wireless Hydrogel Sensors for Label-Free Breast Cancer Detection.

    Hyun Jeong Won;Benny Ryplida;Seul Gi Kim;Gibaek Lee

  • Light‐Induced Swelling‐Responsive Conductive, Adhesive, and Stretchable Wireless Film Hydrogel as Electronic Artificial Skin

    Benny Ryplida;Kang Dae Lee;Insik In;Sung Young Park

  • Synthesis, characterization, antitumor activity of pluronic mimicking copolymer micelles conjugated with doxorubicin via acid-cleavable linkage.

    Yuhan Lee;Sung Young Park;Hyejung Mok;Tae Gwan Park

  • Target delivery of β-cyclodextrin/paclitaxel complexed fluorescent carbon nanoparticles: externally NIR light and internally pH sensitive-mediated release of paclitaxel with bio-imaging

    Shazid Md. Sharker;Sung Min Kim;Sung Han Kim;Insik In

  • Fluorescent carbon nanoparticles derived from natural materials of mango fruit for bio-imaging probes

    Chan Jin Jeong;Arup Kumer Roy;Sung Han Kim;Jung-Eun Lee

  • Controlling Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells Using Extracellular Matrix Protein Patterns

    Aniruddh Solanki;Shreyas Shah;Kevin A. Memoli;Sung Young Park

  • Near-infrared-activated Z-scheme NaYF4:Yb/Tm@Ag3PO4/Ag@g-C3N4 photocatalyst for enhanced H2 evolution under simulated solar light irradiation

    G. Murali;S.V. Prabhakar Vattikuti;Yuwaraj K. Kshetri;Hyungjin Lee

  • Functionalized biocompatible WO3 nanoparticles for triggered and targeted in vitro and in vivo photothermal therapy.

    Shazid Md. Sharker;Sung Min Kim;Jung Eun Lee;Kyung Ho Choi

  • Microwave-assisted synthesis of fluorescent carbon quantum dots from an A2/B3 monomer set

    Ari Chae;Yujin Choi;Seongho Jo;Nur'aeni

  • Temperature/pH-Sensitive Hydrogels Prepared from Pluronic Copolymers End-Capped with Carboxylic Acid Groups via an Oligolactide Spacer

    Sung Young Park;Yuhan Lee;Ki Hyun Bae;Cheol-Hee Ahn

  • Simultaneous Reduction and Surface Functionalization of Graphene Oxide by MusselInspired Chemistry

    Sung Min Kang;Daewon Kim;Sung Young Park;Rodney S. Ruoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Insik In
Insik In Korea National University of Transportation
Haeshin Lee
Haeshin Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Ji Hoon Jeong
Ji Hoon Jeong Chung-Ang University
Tae Gwan Park
Tae Gwan Park Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Gyun Min Lee
Gyun Min Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Kang Moo Huh
Kang Moo Huh Chungnam National University
Phillip B. Messersmith
Phillip B. Messersmith University of California, Berkeley
Rodney S. Ruoff
Rodney S. Ruoff Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Elsa Reichmanis
Elsa Reichmanis Lehigh University

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