HOME> People> Faculty> Professor Soo-Young Park Organic Materials for Photonics Seoul National University: Ph.D. in Textile Engineering (1988) Mailstop 33-217    Phone: +82-2-880-8327    Fax: +82-2-885-1748 - Seoul National University: Ph.D. in Textile Engineering (1983-1988) - Seoul National University: M.S. in Textile Engineering (1980-1982) - Seoul National University: B.S. in Textile Engineering (1976-1980) - Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University (2004-present) - Director, Organic Nanophotonics National Research Lab (NRL) (2004–present) - Associate Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University (2000-2004) - Associate Professor, Department of Fiber and Polymer Science, Seoul National University (1999-2000) - Assistance Professor, Department of Fiber and Polymer Science, Seoul National University (1995-1999) - Researcher/Senior Researcher, Polymer Division, KIST, Korea (1985-1995) - Frontier Researcher, RIKEN Institute, Japan (1992-1993) · Design, synthesis, and characterization of electroluminescent (EL) organic molecules and polymers · Design, synthesis, and characterization of electroluminescent (EL) phosphorescent transition metal complexes · Development of multidimensional organic nanostructures with aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE) · Development of solid LASER using excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) materials · Study on the photophysics of excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) materials · Development of multifunctional liquid crystal (LC) for photonics · Development of ultrahigh-density optical memory using fluorescent photochromic organic molecules and polymers · Development of non-volatile polymer memory device and its operating-mechanism study · Development and analysis of self-assembled nanostructures of supramolecular organogels · Design, synthesis, and characterization of organic materials for organic thin-film field-effect transistor (OTFT) · Development of fluorescent organic molecules and polymers for biosensor · Development of non-linear optic organic materials · Design, synthesis, and characterization of photorefractive organic molecules and polymers · Development of organic materials and devices for solar cell · Development of nanostructured organic-inorganic hybrid ◑ Seon-Jeong Lim, Byeong-Kwan An, Sang Don Jung, Myung-Ae Chung, and Soo Young Park, "Photoswitchable Organic Nanoparticles and a Polymer Film Enploying Multifunctional Molecules with Enhanced Fluorescence Emission and Bistable Photochromism," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 43(46), 6346-6350 (2004). ◑ Jangwon Seo, Sehoon Kim, and Soo Young Park, "Strong Solvatochromic Fluorescence from the Intramolecular Charge Transfer State Created by Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer," J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 126(36), 11154-11155 (2004). ◑ Byeong-Kwan An, Dueg-Sang Lee, Jong-Soon Lee, Yil-Sung Park, Hyung-Su Song, and Soo Young Park, "Strongly Fluorescent Organogel System Comprising Fibrillar Self-assembly of Trifluoromethyl-Based Cyanostilbene Derivative," J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 126(33), 10232-10233 (2004). ◑ Sehoon Kim and Soo Young Park, "Photochemically Gated Protonation Effected by Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond: An Approach toward Stable Fluorescence Imaging in Polymer Film," Adv. Mat. 15, 1341-1344 (2003). ◑ Byeong-Kwan An, Soon-Ki Kwon, Sang-Don Jung, and Soo Young Park, "Enhanced Emission and Its Switching in Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124(48), 14410-14415, (2002)