Our research focuses on developing functional materials and interfaces inspired by living organisms.

자연계에서 발견되는 특수한 물질, 화학결합을 모방하여 새로운 (고)분자를 만들고 이를 활용하는 연구 수행.

1) Functional Surface Coatings  고체표면 코팅 능력을 갖는 신규 유기분자 탐색 및 활용

• 4-(3-Aminopropyl)-benzene-1,2-diol: An Improved Material-Independent Surface-Coating Reagent Compared to Dopamine. Langmuir 2019, 35(21), 6898-6904.

• One-Step Modification of Superhydrophobic Surfaces by a Mussel-Inspired Polymer Coating. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49(49), 9401-9404.

• One-Step Multipurpose Surface Functionalization by Adhesive Catecholamine. Adv. Func. Mater. 2012, 22(14), 2949-2955.

• One-Step Functionalization of Zwitterionic Poly[(3-(methacryloylamino)propyl)dimethyl(3-sulfopropyl)ammonium hydroxide] Surfaces by Metal-Polyphenol Coating. Chem. Comm. 2015, 51(25), 5340-5342.

• Mussel-Inspired Approach to Constructing Robust Multilayered Alginate Films for Antibacterial Applications. Adv. Func. Mater. 2016, 26, 4099-4105.

• Enhanced Adhesion of Fish Ovarian Germline Stem Cells on Solid Surfaces by Mussel-Inspired Polymer Coating. Mar. Drugs 2019, 17(1), 11.

• Photochemical Control of Polydopamine Coating in an Aprotic Organic Solvent. Asian J. Org. Chem. 2019, 8(9), 1610-1612. 

• Mussel-Inspired, One-Step Thiol Functionalization of Solid Surfaces. Langmuir 2020, 36(6), 1608-1614. 

2) Environmentally-Friendly Anti-Fouling Coating   의료용, 산업용으로 활용가능한 고분자 (천연다당류 및 합성고분자) 소재 합성 

• Versatile, Tannic Acid-Mediated Surface PEGylation for Marine Antifouling Applications. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7(12), 6412-6416.

• Effect of Catechol Content in Catechol-Conjugated Dextrans on Antiplatelet Performance. Polymers 2017, 9(8), 376.

• Facile Construction of Robust Multilayered PEG Films on Polydopamine-Coated Solid Substrates for Marine Antifouling Applications. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10(9), 7626-7631.

• Multipurpose Antifouling Coating of Solid Surfaces with the Marine-Derived Polymer Fucoidan. Macromol. Biosci. 2018, 18(10), 1800137. 

• Formation of Zirconium(IV)–Heparin Complex Multilayers on Solid Surfaces for Long Lasting Antiplatelet Application. Macromol. Biosci. 2019, 1900154. 

• Ultralow Fouling of Fibrinogen and Human Platelets on Ulvan Multilayer-Coated Solid Surfaces. J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 2020, 82, 228-233.