Publications

(31) Chemically functionalized robust hydrophilic interface of PVDF-based ultrafiltration membranes: Effective membrane iodine adsorption 

• Ji Woo Bae‡,  Ho Jin Jung‡, Young Je Kwon‡, Jang Woo Park‡, Jagannath Panda, Dong Jun Han, Sunghwan Park, Hyuk Taek Kwon, Hoik Lee, Min Young Shon, Jeong-Gu Yeo,* Young Hoon Cho,* and Kie Yong Cho*

•  Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal (ISSN: 1385-8947, IF: 12.5, JCR: 4.0 % in 2025) 

• Publication: volume 548, pp 181823 (2026/11/15)

(Book) Chapter4: Processing Techniques for Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Composites

• Sunghwan Park (Edited by Umer Rashid and S. M. Sapuan)

• Book title: Metal–Organic Framework Composites Energy Storage, Catalysis, Adsorption and Drug Delivery

•  Publisher: De Gruyter (eBook ISBN: 9783111574080, Hardcover ISBN: 9783111573373) 

• Publication: 2026, pp 63-96 (2026/06/01)

(30) Laser-Induced Porosity Engineering of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Enhanced CO2/CH4 Adsorption Properties 

• Sangwoo Kim‡, Yeonbhin Kim‡, Gayeong Kim‡, Jisoo Kim, Changyong Yim, Jung Gi Min, Youngchul Byun, Hyuk Taek Kwon, Minkyu Kim,* Hee Jung Lee,* and Sunghwan Park*

•  Journal: Small (ISSN: 1613-6810 , IF: 12.1, JCR: 7.2 % in 2024) 

• Publication: volume 22, issue 24, pp e14765-e14778 (2026/04/27)

(29) Polymer-Coordinated Heterogeneous Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 with Exceptional Propylene/Propane Molecular Sieving Effect 

• Sunghwan Park‡, Ho Jin Jung‡, Se Hun Kim, Hoang Vu Ly, Seung-Soo Kim, Dong A. Kang, Young Je Kwon, Seunghyeon Joo, Kie Yong Cho*, and Hae-Kwon Jeong* 

•  Journal: Small (ISSN: 1613-6810 , IF: 12.1, JCR: 7.2 % in 2024) 

• Publication: volume 21, issue 37, pp e05746-e05756 (2025/09/18)

(28) Redefining Progress, Challenges, and Future Opportunities of Mixed-Matrix Membranes from an Engineering Perspective for Commercial Gas Separation Applications: A Review  

• Yinying Hua‡, Sunghwan Park‡*, Hae-Kwon Jeong*

• Journal: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (ISSN: 2213-2929, IF: 7.4, JCR: 10.3 % in 2023) 

• Publication: volume 12, issue 5, pp 113753-113771 (2024/10/01) 

(27) Synergistic interfacial interaction in polyetherimide/ZIF-7 mixed matrix membranes for enhanced H2/CO2 separation  

• Sunghwan Park‡, Heseong An‡, Jeongho Seong‡, Sangwoo Kim, Jungkyu Choi*, Jong Suk Lee*

• Journal: Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (ISSN: 1387-1811, IF: 4.8, JCR: 20.9 % in 2023) 

• Publication: volume 379, pp 113267-113274 (2024/11/01)

(26) Systematic Narrowing of ZIF‑8 Apertures via Controlled 2‑Ethylimidazole Doping for Hydrogen/Carbon Dioxide Separation 

• Lee Yang‡, Sunghwan Park‡, Wong Zhong Han, Musab Abdul Razak, Lee Yong Zhen, Muhammed Faires, Rozita Omar, Thomas Shean Yeaw Choong, Rosiah Rohan, Mohamad Rezi Abdul Hamid*

• Journal: Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (ISSN: 0256-1115, IF: 2.9, JCR: 44.1 % in 2023) 

• Publication: volume 41, issue 8, pp 2277-2285 (2024/7/01)

(25) Enantioselective catalysts based on metal-organic framework-supported nucleotides

• Danyu Wang, Zhe Li, Tian-Yi Luo, Michael B Schmithorst, Sunghwan Park, Wenqian Xu, Yurun Miao, Kaivalya Gawande, Chaoyun Tang, Brandon C Bukowski, Bradley F Chmelka, D Howard Fairbrother, Efrosini Kokkoli*, Michael Tsapatsis*

• Journal: Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (ISSN: 1387-1811, IF: 5.2, JCR: 19.9 % in 2022) 

• Publication: volume 360, pp 112703-112714 (2023/10/01)

(24) 고분자 변형으로 가능해진 MOF의 원위치 형성을 이용한 혼합기질 기체분리막의 대면적화 가능한 제막

• Sunghwan Park*, Young-Sei Lee*

• Journal: Applied Chemistry for Engineering (한국공업화학회지) (ISSN: 1225-0112) 

• Publication: volume 34, issue 3, pp 213-220 (2023/6/10)

(23) Quantitative Analysis of SO2 and NO2 Adsorption and Desorption on Quartz Crystal Microbalance Coated with Cobalt Gallate Metal-Organic Framework

• Junhyuck Ahn, Taewook Kim, Sunghwan Park, Young-Sei Lee*, Changyong Yim*

• Journal: Journal of Sensor Science and Technology (ISSN: 1225-5475) 

• Publication: volume 32, number 3, pp 147-153 (2023/5/31)

(22) Highly Propylene-selective Asymmetric Mixed-Matrix Membranes by Polymer Phase-Inversion in sync with In-Situ ZIF-8 Formation

• Authors: Yinying Hua‡, Sunghwan Park‡, Gyeong Min Choi, Ho Jin Jung, Kie Yong Cho, Hae-Kwon Jeong*

• Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal (ISSN: 1385-8947, IF: 16.744, JCR: 2.45 % in 2021) 

• Publication: volume 466, pp 143048-143055 (2023/06/15)

(21) Cross-Linked Polyimide/ZIF-8 Mixed-Matrix Membranes by In Situ Formation of ZIF-8: Effect of Cross-Linking on Their Propylene/Propane Separation

• Authors: Sunghwan Park*, Hae-Kwon Jeong*

• Journal: Membranes (EISSN: 2077-0375, IF: 4.562, JCR 22.78 % in 2021) 

• Publication: volume 12, issue 10, pp 964-977 (2022/10/01) 

(20) Simultaneously Enhanced Hydrophilicity and Stability of a Metal-Organic Framework via Post-Synthetic Modification for Water Vapor Sorption/Desorption,

• Authors: Tian-Yi Luo‡, Sunghwan Park‡, Tso-Hsuan Chen, Prerna, Roshan Patel, Xinyu Li, J. Ilja Siepmann, Stavros Caratzoulas, Zhiyong Xia*, Michael Tsapatsis*

• Journal: Angewandte Chemie-International Edition (ISSN: 1433-7851, IF: 16.823, JCR: 8.10 % in 2021) 

• Publication: volume 61, issue 44, pp e202209034-e202209042 (2022/11/02)  

(19) Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Membranes: Novel Synthesis Methods and Progress Toward Industrial Use

• Authors: Dennis T. Lee‡, Peter Corkery‡, Sunghwan Park‡, Hae-kwon Jeong*, Michael Tsapatsis*, 

• Journal: Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ISSN: 1947-5438, IF: 9.700, JCR: 6.25 % in 2021) 

• Publication: volume 13, pp 23.1-23.27 (2022/06/07)

(18) Effective Aperture Tuning of a Zeolitic-Imidazole Framework CdIF-1 by Controlled Thermal Amorphization

• Authors: Sunghwan Park, Hae-Kwon Jeong*

• Journal: Journal of Materials Chemistry A (ISSN: 2050-7488, IF: 14.511, JCR: 7.14 % in 2021) 

• Publication: volume 10, issue 9, pp 4992-4998 (2022/03/01)

(17) Enhancing Propylene/Propane Separation Performances of Polycrystalline ZIF-8 Membranes by Post-Synthetic Surface Modification and Polymerization

• Authors: Sunghwan Park, Kie Young Cho, Hae-Kwon Jeong*

• Journal: Journal of Materials Chemistry A (ISSN: 2050-7488, IF: 14.511, JCR: 7.14 % in 2021) 

• Publication: volume 10, issue 4, pp 1940-1947 (2022/01/25)

(16) Enhancing Air-dehumidification Performance of Polyimide Membranes by Generating Hydrophilic Poly(amic acid) Domains using Partial Hydrolysis

• Authors: Sunghwan Park, Hae-Kwon Jeong*

• Journal: Journal of Membrane Science (ISSN: 0376-7388, IF: 10.530, JCR: 3.89 % in 2021)

• Publication:  volume 621, pp 119006-119013 (2021/03/01)

(15) Highly H2O Permeable Ionic Liquid Encapsulated Metal-Organic Framework Membranes for Energy-efficient Air-Dehumidification

• Authors: Sunghwan Park, Hae-Kwon Jeong*

• Journal: Journal of Materials Chemistry A (ISSN: 2050-7488, IF: 12.7362, JCR: 6.58 % in 2020)

• Publication: volume 8, issue 44, pp 23645-23653 (2020/11/28)

(14) Transforming Polymer Hollow Fiber Membrane Modules to Mixed-Matrix Hollow Fiber Membrane Modules for Propylene/Propane Separation

• Authors: Sunghwan Park, Hae-Kwon Jeong*

• Journal: Journal of Membrane Science (ISSN: 0376-7388, IF: 8.742, JCR: 3.89 % in 2020) 

• Publications: volume 612, pp 118429-118436 (2020/10/15)

(13) Polyimide/ZIF-7 Mixed-Matrix Membranes: Understanding in-situ Confined Formation of ZIF-7 Phases inside Polymer and Their Effects on Gas Separations

• Authors: Sunghwan Park‡, Kie Yong Cho‡, Hae-Kwon Jeong*

• Journal: Journal of Materials Chemistry A (ISSN: 2050-7488, IF: 12.7362, JCR: 6.58 % in 2020)

• Publication: volume 8, issue 22, pp 11210-11217 (2020/06/14)

(12) In-situ linker doping as an effective means to tune zeolitic-imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) fillers in mixed-matrix membranes for propylene/propane separation

• Authors: Sunghwan Park, Hae-Kwon Jeong*

• Journal: Journal of Membrane Science (ISSN: 0376-7388, IF: 8.742, JCR: 3.89 % in 2020) 

• Publication: volume 596, pp 117689-117696 (2020/02/15)

(11) Fluorine-containing polyimide/polysilsesquioxane carbon molecular sieve membranes and techno-economic evaluation thereof for C3H6/C3H8 separation

• Authors: Ju Ho Shin‡, Hyun Jung Yu‡, Junhyung Park‡, Albert S Lee, Seung Sang Hwang, Seok-Jhin Kim, Sunghwan Park, Kie Yong Cho, Wangyun Won*, Jong Suk Lee*

• Journal: Journal of Membrane Science (ISSN: 0376-7388, IF: 8.742, JCR: 3.89 % in 2020) 

• Publication: volume 598, pp 117660-117668 (2020/03/15)

(10) Synthesis of Ultrathin Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework ZIF-8 Membranes on Polymer Hollow Fibers Using a Polymer Modification Strategy for Propylene/Propane Separation 

• Mohamad Rezi Abdul Hamid, Sunghwan Park, Ju Sung Kim, Young Moo Lee, Hae-Kwon Jeong*

• Journal: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (ISSN: 0888-5885, IF: 3.573, JCR: 29.72 % in 2019)

• Publication: volume 58, issue 32, pp 14947-14953 (2019/08/14) 

(9) Highly Propylene-Selective Mixed-Matrix Membranes by in Situ Metal–Organic Framework Formation Using a Polymer-Modification Strategy

• Authors: Sunghwan Park, Mohamad Rezi Abdul Hamid, Hae-Kwon Jeong*

• Journal: ACS applied materials & interfaces (ISSN: 1944-8244, IF: 8.758, JCR: 10.35 % in 2019) 

• Publication: volume 11, issue 29, pp 25949-25957 (2019/07/24)

(8) In situ formation of zeolitic-imidazolate framework thin films and composites using modified polymer substrates 

• Mohamad Rezi Abdul Hamid, Sunghwan Park, Ju Sung Kim, Young Moo Lee, Hae-Kwon Jeong*

• Journal: Journal of Materials Chemistry A (ISSN: 2050-7488, IF: 11.301, JCR: 7.48 % in 2019)

• Publication: volume 7, issue 16, pp 9680-9689 (2019/04/28)

(7) The Lifshitz-van der Waals acid-base theory assisted fabrication of MFI-containing mixed matrix membranes for gas separations

• Author: Sunghwan Park‡, Eunhee Jang‡, Heseong An, Wansuk Choi, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Jung-Hyun Lee*, Jungkyu Choi*, Jong Suk Lee*

• Journal: Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (ISSN: 1387-1811, IF: 4.182, JCR: 16.20 % in 2018)

• Publication: volume 264, pp 60-69 (2018/07/01)

(6) A new superior competitor for exceptional propylene/propane separations: ZIF-67 containing mixed matrix membranes

• Authors: Heseong An‡, Sunghwan Park‡, Hyuk Taek Kwon, Hae Kwon Jeong, Jong Suk Lee*

• Journal: Journal of Membrane Science (ISSN: 0376-7388, IF: 6.578, JCR: 2.87 % in 2017) 

• Publication: volume 526, pp 367-376 (2017/03/15)

(5) Side-chain engineering of ladder-structured polysilsesquioxane membranes for gas separations

• Authors: Sunghwan Park‡, Albert S. Lee‡, Yu Seong Do, Jung F. Kim, Seung Sang Hwang, Young Moo Lee, Jung-Hyun Lee, Jong Suk Lee*

• Journal: Journal of Membrane Science (ISSN: 0376-7388, IF: 6.035, JCR: 4.07 % in 2016)

• Publication: volume 516, pp 202–214 (2016/10/15)

(4) Rational molecular design of PEOlated ladder-structured polysilsesquioxane membranes for high performance CO2 removal

• Authors: Sunghwan Park‡, Albert S. Lee‡, Yu Seong Do‡, Seung Sang Hwang, Young Moo Lee, Jung-Hyun Lee, Jong Suk Lee*

• Journal: Chemical Communications (ISSN: 1359-7345, IF: 6.567, JCR: 12.58 % in 2015) 

• Publication: volume 51, issue 83, pp 15308-15311 (2015/08/24)

(3) The polymeric upper bound for N2/NF3 separation and beyond; ZIF-8 containing mixed matrix membranes

• Authors: Sunghwan Park‡, Woo Ram Kang‡, Hyuk Taek Kwon‡, Soobin Kim, Myungeun Seo, Joona Bang, Sang Hyup Lee, Hae Kwon Jeong*, Jong Suk Lee*

• Journal: Journal of Membrane Science (ISSN: 0376-7388, IF: 5.557, JCR: 4.81 % in 2015)

• Publication: volume 486, pp 29–39 (2015/07/15) 

(2) Free-standing, polysilsesquioxane-based inorganic/organic hybrid membranes for gas separations

• Authors: Woo Ram Kang‡, Albert S. Lee‡, Sunghwan Park, Sang-Hee Park, Kyung-Youl Baek, Ki Bong Lee, Sang-Hyup Lee, Jung-Hyun Lee*, Seung Sang Hwang*, Jong Suk Lee*

• Journal: Journal of Membrane Science (ISSN: 0376-7388, IF: 5.557, JCR: 4.81 % in 2015)

• Publication: volume 475, pp 384–394 (2015/02/01)

(1) 3-Dimensionally disordered mesoporous silica (DMS)-containing mixed matrix membranes for CO2 and non-CO2 greenhouse gas separations

• Authors: Sunghwan Park, Joona Bang, Jungkyu Choi, Sang Hyup Lee*, Jung-Hyun Lee*, Jong Suk Lee*

• Journal: Separation and Purification Technology (ISSN: 1383-5866, IF: 3.091, JCR: 11.48 % in 2014)

• Publication: volume 136, pp 286–295 (2014/11/05)