Center for Nanoparticle Research

Professor

Synthesis and application of nanocrystals

Professor Taeghwan Hyeon is a renowned leader in the field of nanomaterial synthesis and their applications.

In Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2001, Professor Taeghwan Hyeon reported the synthesis of monodisperse iron oxide nanocrystals that does not need any size separation steps by using thermolysis. Since former synthetic ways cannot yield monodisperse nanocrystals without any size separation steps, this research clears the problem of size sorting. Later, in 2004, he reported in Nature Materials about the ultra-large-scale syntheses of monodisperse nanocrystals starting from inexpensive metallic salts. This research shows an innovative way of making huge amounts of high quality nanoparticles at once, even without size sorting procedure, thus building a milestone to the commercialized manufacturing of the nanoparticles.

Furthermore, he has reported numerous research results to prestigious journals on synthesizing monodisperse nanoparticle of various materials and controlling their size, morphology, composition and structure. By investigating physical, chemical, optical, electrical and magnetic properties of nanoparticle according to their size, morphology and structure along with eminent research groups from the world, he is broadening basic understanding of nanoparticles and making a great contribution to development of nanoscience.

Also, by employing nanomaterial to medical and energy application, he is developing diagnostic and therapeutic method of disease using nanoparticle, and presenting a future vision of nanoscience.