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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Korea Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society

Overview

Taeghwan Hyeon is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering with concentrated work in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The main topics of their research output include:

  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Taeghwan Hyeon has published extensively, with frequent appearances in several key scientific venues. The most common publication venues are:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Nano
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Nanotechnology

Several papers authored with the involvement of Taeghwan Hyeon include:

  • Atomic-level tuning of Co-N-C catalyst for high-performance electrochemical H2O2 production, 2020, Nature Materials
  • Highly conductive and elastic nanomembrane for skin electronics, 2021, Science
  • Tissue-like skin-device interface for wearable bioelectronics by using ultrasoft, mass-permeable, and low-impedance hydrogels, 2021, Science Advances
  • Curved neuromorphic image sensor array using a MoS2-organic heterostructure inspired by the human visual recognition system, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Floatable photocatalytic hydrogel nanocomposites for large-scale solar hydrogen production, 2023, Nature Nanotechnology

Frequent co-authors in Taeghwan Hyeon's collaborations include:

  • Dae-Hyeong Kim
  • Byoung-Hoon Lee
  • Megalamane S. Bootharaju
  • Yung-Eun Sung
  • Guocheng Deng

In recognition of contributions to the field, Taeghwan Hyeon was named a Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Ultra-large-scale syntheses of monodisperse nanocrystals.

    Jongnam Park;Kwangjin An;Yosun Hwang;Je-Geun Park

  • Synthesis of highly crystalline and monodisperse maghemite nanocrystallites without a size-selection process.

    Taeghwan Hyeon;Su Seong Lee;Jongnam Park;Yunhee Chung

  • Recent Progress in the Synthesis of Porous Carbon Materials

    Jinwoo Lee;Jaeyun Kim;Taeghwan Hyeon

  • Synthesis of monodisperse spherical nanocrystals.

    Jongnam Park;Jin Joo;Soon Gu Kwon;Youngjin Jang

  • Inorganic Nanoparticles for MRI Contrast Agents

    Hyon Bin Na;In Chan Song;Taeghwan Hyeon

  • Chemical synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles

    Taeghwan Hyeon

  • The surface science of nanocrystals.

    Michael A. Boles;Daishun Ling;Daishun Ling;Taeghwan Hyeon;Dmitri V. Talapin;Dmitri V. Talapin

  • A graphene-based electrochemical device with thermoresponsive microneedles for diabetes monitoring and therapy

    Hyunjae Lee;Tae Kyu Choi;Young Bum Lee;Hye Rim Cho

  • Fabrication of hollow palladium spheres and their successful application to the recyclable heterogeneous catalyst for Suzuki coupling reactions

    Sang-Wook Kim;Minsuk Kim;Wha Young Lee;Taeghwan Hyeon

  • Multifunctional wearable devices for diagnosis and therapy of movement disorders

    Donghee Son;Jongha Lee;Shutao Qiao;Roozbeh Ghaffari

  • Stretchable silicon nanoribbon electronics for skin prosthesis

    Jaemin Kim;Mincheol Lee;Hyung Joon Shim;Roozbeh Ghaffari

  • Multifunctional Uniform Nanoparticles Composed of a Magnetite Nanocrystal Core and a Mesoporous Silica Shell for Magnetic Resonance and Fluorescence Imaging and for Drug Delivery

    Jaeyun Kim;Hoe Suk Kim;Nohyun Lee;Taeho Kim

  • Prospects of Nanoscience with Nanocrystals

    Maksym V. Kovalenko;Liberato Manna;Liberato Manna;Andreu Cabot;Zeger Hens

  • Magnetic Fluorescent Delivery Vehicle Using Uniform Mesoporous Silica Spheres Embedded with Monodisperse Magnetic and Semiconductor Nanocrystals

    Jaeyun Kim;Ji Eun Lee;Jinwoo Lee;Jung Ho Yu

  • Multifunctional nanostructured materials for multimodal imaging, and simultaneous imaging and therapy

    Jaeyun Kim;Yuanzhe Piao;Taeghwan Hyeon

  • Atomic-level tuning of Co-N-C catalyst for high-performance electrochemical H2O2 production.

    Euiyeon Jung;Heejong Shin;Byoung-Hoon Lee;Vladimir Efremov

  • Wearable/disposable sweat-based glucose monitoring device with multistage transdermal drug delivery module.

    Hyunjae Lee;Changyeong Song;Yong Seok Hong;Min Sung Kim

  • Designed synthesis of uniformly sized iron oxide nanoparticles for efficient magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents.

    Nohyun Lee;Taeghwan Hyeon

  • Recent Advances in Flexible and Stretchable Bio-Electronic Devices Integrated with Nanomaterials.

    Suji Choi;Hyunjae Lee;Roozbeh Ghaffari;Taeghwan Hyeon

  • Iron Oxide Based Nanoparticles for Multimodal Imaging and Magnetoresponsive Therapy.

    Nohyun Lee;Dongwon Yoo;Daishun Ling;Daishun Ling;Mi Hyeon Cho

  • Large-Scale Synthesis of Uniform and Extremely Small-Sized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for High-Resolution T1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents

    Byung Hyo Kim;Nohyun Lee;Hyoungsu Kim;Kwangjin An

Frequent Co-Authors

Dae-Hyeong Kim
Dae-Hyeong Kim Seoul National University
Nohyun Lee
Nohyun Lee Kookmin University
Jinwoo Lee
Jinwoo Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jaeyun Kim
Jaeyun Kim Sungkyunkwan University
Jongnam Park
Jongnam Park Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Yung-Eun Sung
Yung-Eun Sung Seoul National University
Kwangjin An
Kwangjin An Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Je-Geun Park
Je-Geun Park Seoul National University
Jungbae Kim
Jungbae Kim Korea University
Sang-Wook Kim
Sang-Wook Kim Ajou University

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