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Yeonwoong "Eric" Jung

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Associate Professor

Email: yeonwoong.jung@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-1033
Office: Research Pavilion, Room 487
Website: Jung Research Group

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
Yeonwoong Jung’s research program explores the extraordinary properties of various emerging nanoscale materials and their translation to transformative technologies through interdisciplinary approaches. A primary focus is on integrating a new class of low-dimensional materials into functional structures and developing a fundamental understanding of their topography-property relationships. Material systems of a current interest include two-dimensional electronic materials beyond graphene, where every aspect of 2-D materials research is explored, including new synthetic methods development, near atomic-scale characterization, and device applications for electronics and energy technologies.



Research Focus:

Emerging nanoscale materials



While working in nanoscience, Assistant Professor Yeongwoong Jung has made strides on a large scale. In the last five years he’s spent at UCF, his lab has investigated everything from electronic “tattoos” that monitor a person’s vital signs to supercapacitors considered invaluable for the future of sustainable energy. The Korean native chose to take a position here in 2016 because of the “energy, potential, and opportunities” he witnessed, particularly in nanoscale materials science and engineering. He says he’s continually inspired to charge on by his colleagues and his students. As a mentor, he has inspired great success, with his lab’s most recent cohort of alumni finding jobs among Ivy League universities and companies such as Intel. His lab emphasizes consistent communication, so students at any level can understand what they are working toward. Jung leads a group that explores the extraordinary properties of various emerging nanoscale materials and their translation to transformative technologies through interdisciplinary approaches. A primary focus is on integrating a new class of low-dimensional materials into functional structures and developing a fundamental understanding of their topography-property relationships. His students work alongside him at the cutting edge of the field. Applications for such research are vast; including high-efficiency membranes for desalination and artificial neurons for low-power computing, in addition to supercapacitors and monitoring tattoos. The desire to advance knowledge has always motivated Jung. He says he wants to be “recognized as … someone who can do something that nobody else can do.” Already an inductee to the 2017 worldwide Marquis “Who’s Who” list, he credits his progress as a scientist to his persistent ambition and curiosity. Jung has a bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering from Seoul National University, a master’s degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. He has also served as a visiting scholar for the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico; and a post-doctoral scholar at Yale University.
Publications
  • 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)