Division of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University
Mar. 2008 – Present · Professor
Electrochemical Nanostructure Engineering and Materials Processing
Department of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, UC Riverside
Sep. 2004 – Jan. 2008 · Post Doctoral Researcher, Lecturer, and Laboratory Manager of Dr. Myung Lab.
- Development of nanoengineered materials with electrochemistry
- Metal-CNT nanocomposite films
- Nanoparticles-CNT hybrid nanostructures
- Segmented nanowires (i.e. magnetic/conducting polymer/magnetic, magnetic/semiconductor/magnetic)
- Semiconducting nanowires (e.g. CdTe)
- Thermoelectric nanowires (e.g. BiTe, BiSbTe)
- Zero-valent iron (ZVI) nanoparticles
- Development of nanosensor array
- Pd and FePd nanowire based H2 sensor
- Conducting polymer coated SWNTs based CO2 and NH3 sensor
- Single conducting polymer nanowire based bio/chemical sensor
- Development of alumina nanotemplate
- Three-dimensional alumina nanotemplate
- Magneto-transport studies of 1-D nanostructure
- Magnetic assembling of nanostructures
- Fabrication of SWNT based spintronics devices
- Domain wall movement within ferromagnetic nanowire with artificial defects
- Magnetoresistance of ferromagnetic nanowire
- FePd shape memory nanowires
- Development of thermoelectric power generator and cooler
- Electrodeposition of BiTe and BiSbTe thin films, nanowires, and superlattice structures
- Electrodeposition of PbTe thin films and nanowires
- Electrodeposition of single crystalline PbTe nanocrystals
- Development of Zero-Valence-Iron nanoparticles for heavy metal remediation
- Cr(VI), As(V) remediation using ZVI nanoparticles
- Supervising the graduate students and under-graduate students for research
Department of Chemical Engineering, UCLA
Sep. 2003 – Aug. 2004 · Research Staff
- Shock-resistive MEMS Magnetometer Project – DARPA Program
- XYZ Frequency Selective Surface on Chip Project – NSF Program
- Development of Hard Magnetic Iron group-Rare earth Thin Films with Electrodeposition
- Development of Conducting Nanowire with Electrochemical Method
Department of Chemical Engineering, UCLA
Aug. 2000 – Sep. 2003 · Graduate Research Assistant
- MEMS Magnetometer Project – DARPA Program
- XYZ Frequency Selective Surface on Chip Project – NSF Program
- Development of low stress CoNi magnetic thin film
- Electrodeposited Co/Cu thin film multilayer for GMR
- Development high saturation magnetization CoFeV electrodeposited thin film
SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
Jan. 1994 – Aug. 1999 · Process Engineer, Process Development Team 3, Semiconductor R&D Center
Cu Interconnection Process Development for LOGIC DeviceCu Task Force Member · Apr. 1998 – Aug. 1999- Module process integration for ECD Cu interconnection
- IMP Ta/TaN barrier process for Cu metallization
- IMP Cu process for the seed layer of electroplating Cu
- MOCVD Cu process for VIA fill and seed process
Advanced Interconnection Process Development for DRAMJan. 1996 – Apr. 1998- Process development of metal bit-line at COB structure for 256M, 1G, 4G DRAM and MDL (merged DRAM in Logic)
- Technology development of barrier metal with Ionized Metal Plasma (IMP) PVD for deep sub-micron contacts (Joint Evaluation with Applied Materials Inc., USA)
- RTP technology development for BEOL process
- Study of physical and electrical phenomena at Si/metal-silicide interface for low contact resistance
SiH2Cl2 (DCS)-Tungsten Silicide Process & Hardware Development1995 – Jan. 1996- Joint Development Project with Genus Inc. (USA) for DCS-based WSi2 process and development of LPCVD System
- Process development for the bit line of 4M Fast SRAM process development for the gate and bit lines of 16M and 64M DRAM
TiSix/Poly-Si (Ti-polycide) Gate Line Process DevelopmentJan. 1994 – Feb. 1995- Process development of Ti-silicide gate structure for advanced DRAM
- Evaluation of gate oxide reliability
- Thermal stability of Ti-silicide gate line