Publications (2025-Present)
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94. "From Waste Tires to Defined Molecular Feedstocks via Selective Depolymerization Using Cooperative Isomerization–Metathesis."
Kyoungil Cho+, Jeongwoo Lee+, Byeongwoo Im, and Soon Hyeok Hong* (+equal contribution)
Chem Circularity 2026, pre-accepted.
Chemical Upcycling of Waste Tires
93. "How Should Reproducibility be Approached in Plastic Recycling?"
Maximilian Baur, Susannah Scott, Ding Ma, Gregg T. Beckham, Soon Hyeok Hong, Rodney S. Ridley, Hal S. Alper, Kim Ragaert, Mara Silber, Bernhard von Vacano, Corrine D. Scown, Andrew P. Dove, and Bert M. Weckhuysen
Invited contribution to Voices pieces (the 1st Issue of Chem Circularity).
This Voices article reflects on how academia and industry view the path forward for strengthening reproducibility to advance science and enable a circular plastics economy.
92. "Controlled Hydrogenation of Styrene-Butadiene Copolymers Using Tetralin as a Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier."
Seulchan Lee, Kwanyong Jeong, Ji Hoon Park, Yagnaseni Ghosh, G. K. Surya Prakash*, and Soon Hyeok Hong*
Rubber; Transfer Hydrogenation; Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC); Heterogeneous Catalysis
Collaboration with Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute (USC), Aramco Americas, and KRICT.
91. "C6-ROMP Enabled by Structure-Guided Monomer Design for Chemically Recyclable Polymers."
Kyungmin Choi, Wootae Choi, Minjun Chung, Byeongwoo Im, Soon Hyeok Hong*
Dedicated to Professor Chulbom Lee.
C6-ROMP; Chemically Recyclable Polymer; Homogeneous Catalysis
90. "A Glucose-mediated Independent Pyrolysis Strategy Optimises the Pore Structure of MOF-derived Carbon Catalysts to Promote the Conversion of HMF to FDCA."
Hao Peng, Zhan Chen, Peng Wang, Haoyue Ma, Song Zhang, Shuai Li, Ye Yuan, Cheng Chen,* Somboon Chaemchuen, Soon Hyeok Hong,* Zongkui Kou*
Biomass Conversion; Heterogeneous Catalysis
Collaboration with State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
89. "Facile Molten Salt Synthesis of Co@N-C Catalysts Enables Highly Efficient HMF-to-FDCA Conversion Under Mild Conditions."
Hao-Yue Ma, Jun-Fei Gu, Xing-Chuan Li, Zhan Chena, Qi-Yu Fua, Francis Verpoort, Cheng Chen*, Soon Hyeok Hong*, and Zongkui Kou*
Biomass Conversion; Heterogeneous Catalysis
Collaboration with State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
88. "Conformation-Driven Reversibility Control in Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Non-Bicyclic Cyclooctenes."
Trimbak Baliram Mete, Kyungmin Choi, Honghui Zhang, Seulchan Lee, Ji Hoon Park, Youn K. Kang, Hajime Hirao*, and Soon Hyeok Hong*
Chemically Recyclable Polymer; Molecular Conformation
Collaboration with Warshel Institute for Computational Biology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Sangmyung University
87. "Catalytic and Selective Chemical Recycling of Post-Consumer Rubbers into Cycloalkenes."
Beomsoon Park+, Kyoungil Cho+, Kyungmin Choi, and Soon Hyeok Hong* (+equal contribution)
Dedicated to Professor Bun Yeoul Lee; Highlighted in the Domestic and International News Media as "Innovative Recycling Technology."
Selective chemical recycling of rubbers
Homogeneous Catalysis
[Upcoming] "Completely Recyclable Thermosets Based on C6-ROMP and Coordination Adaptable Networks."
Kyungmin Choi+, Seulchan Lee+, Hyunji Shim, Byeongwoo Im, Trimbak Baliram Mete, Ji-Eun Jeong, Soon Hyeok Hong* (+equal contribution)
Closed-Loop Recyclable Thermoset; Coordination-Adaptive Network; C6-ROMP
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