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Yeonwoong "Eric" Jung

Associate Professor

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BIOGRAPHY

Yeonwoong “Eric” Jung is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF), where he also holds appointments in the NanoScience Technology Center and Electrical & Computer Engineering. He joined UCF in 2016.

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
  • M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University

RESEARCH

  • Emerging nanoscale materials
  • Choudhary, C. Li, H.-S. Chung, J. Moore, J. Thomas, Y. Jung* “High-Performance One-Body Core/Shell Nanowire Supercapacitor Enabled by Conformal Growth of Capacitive 2D WS2 Layers” ACS Nano, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b06111
  • Kim, J. Kim, S. Song, S. Zhang, J. Cha, K. Kim, H. Yoon, Y. Jung, K.-W. Paik, S. Jeon “Strength dependence of epoxy composites on the average filler size of non-oxidized graphene flake” Carbon, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.11.023
  • Choudhary, M. R. Islam, N. Kang, L. Tetard, Y. Jung*, S. I Khondaker “Two-dimensional lateral heterojunction through bandgap engineering of MoS2 via oxygen plasma” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 28 (36), 364002 (2016)
  • Choudhary, J. Park, J. Y. Hwang, H.-S. Chung, K. H. Dumas, S. I. Khondaker, W. Choi, Y. Jung* “Centimeter scale patterned growth of vertically stacked few layer only 2D MoS2/WS2 van der Waals heterostructure” Scientific Reports 6, 25456 (2016)
  • Jung*, Y. Zhou, J. J. Cha “Intercalation in two-dimensional transition metal chalcogenides” Inorg. Chem. Front. (2016) (* corresponding author, invited review paper)
  • M. Woods, Y. Jung, Y. Xie, W. Liu, Y. Liu, H. Wang, J. J. Cha “One-Step Synthesis of MoS2/WS2 Layered Heterostructures and Catalytic Activity of Defective Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Films” ACS Nano 10, 2004-2009 (2016)
  • R. Bhimanapati, Z. Lin, V. Meunier, Y. Jung, et al. “Recent advances in two-dimensional materials beyond graphene”, ACS Nano, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05556 (invite review paper)
  • Sohn*, Y. Jung*, Y. Xie, J. Schroers, C. Osuji, J. J. Cha, “Nanoscale size effects in crystallization of metallic glasses”, Nature Communications  6, 8157 (2015) (* co-first author)
  • Jung, J. Shen, Y. Liu, J. M. Woods, Y. Sun, J. J. Cha “Metal seed layer thickness-induced transition from vertical-to-horizon growth of MoS2 and WS2” Nano Letters 14, 6842–6849 (2014)
  • Shen, Y. Jung, A. S. Disa, F. J. Walker, C. H. Ahn, J. J. Cha “Synthesis of SnTe nanoplates with {100} and {111} surfaces” Nano Letters 14, 4183 (2014)
  • Jung, J. Shen, Y. Sun, J. J. Cha “Chemically synthesized heterostructures of two-dimensional molybdenum/tungsten-based dichalcogenides with vertically aligned layers” ACS Nano 8, 95508, (2014)
  • Li, Y. Jung, J.-S. Huang, T. Goh, A. D. Taylor, “Device area scale-up and improvement of SWNT/Si solar cells”, Advanced Energy Materials 1400186 (2014)
  • Jung, J. Shen, J. J. Cha, “Surface effects on electronic transport of 2D chalcogenide thin films and nanostructures” Nano Convergence 1 (1), 1-8 (2014) (invited review paper)
  • Jung†, X. Li, N. K. Rajan, A. D. Taylor, M. A. Reed “Record high efficiency SWNT/Si solar cells”, Nano Letters 13, 95 (2013) († corresponding author)
  • Li, Y. Jung, K. Sakimoto, T-H Goh, M. A. Reed, A. D. Taylor “Improved efficiency of smooth and aligned single walled carbon nanotube/silicon hybrid solar cells” Energy & Environmental Science 6, 879 (2013)
  • He, J.-H. Cho, Y. Jung, S. T. Picraux, J. Cumings, “Silicon nanowires; electron holography studies of doped p-n junctions and biased Schottky barriers” Nanotechnology 24,115703 (2013)
  • Picione, R. Agarwal, Y. Jung, R. Agarwal, “Size-dependent chemical transformation, structural phase-change, and optical properties of nanowires” 93, 17 (2013), Philosophical Magazine Letters (invited review paper)
  • Jung†, A. Vacic, Y. Sun, E. Hadjimichael, M. A. Reed “Mapping of near-field light and fabrication of complex nanopatterns by diffraction lithography” Nanotechnology 23, 045301 (2012) (†corresponding author)
  • S.-W. Nam, H.-S. Chung, Y. C. Lo, L. Qi, J. Li, Y. Lu, A. T. C. Johnson, Y. Jung, P. Nukala , R. Agarwal “Electrical wind force-driven and dislocation-templated amorphization in phase change nanowires”, Science 336, 1561 (2012)
  • Jung†, A. Vacic, D. E. Perea, S. T. Picraux, M. A. Reed “Minority carrier lifetimes and surface effects in VLS-grown axial pn junction silicon nanowires” Advanced Materials 23, 4306 (2011) (†corresponding author)
  • Jung, R. Agarwal, C.-Y. Yang, R. Agarwal “Chalcogenide phase-change nanotubes for lower writing current operation” Nanotechnology 22, 254012,(2011) (invited paper)
  • Jung, S.-W. Nam, Ritesh Agarwal “High resolution transmission electron microscopy study of electrically-driven phase change phenomena in Ge2Sb2Te5 nanowires” Nano Letters 11(3), 1364, (2011)
  • Mitra, Y. Jung, D. S. Gianola, R. Agarwal “Extremely low drift in amorphous phase change nanowire materials”. Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 222111 (2010)
  • Zhang*, Y. Jung*, H.-S. Chung, L. V. van Vugt, R. Agarwal, “Nanowire structure transformation by size-dependent cation-exchange” Nano Letters 10 (1), 149, (2010) (* co-first author)

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