Advanced Polymer and Fiber Materials major is concerned with
polymeric materials and fibers produced from them. Our goal
is to offer a graduate program based on skill and experience
to raise the students' capability to solve urgent problems
in nanotechnology(NT), biotechnology(BT), environmental technology(ET),
and information technology(IT). Our department includes bio-material,
nano-material, computational interface and electronics in
the educational process. This broad field of study permits
a wide range of useful concentrations. Students with the MS
degree or Ph.D. degree from our department specialize in the
areas of polymer synthesis and characterization, structure-property
relationships of polymers and fibers, and advanced materials
applications.
1) At least 24 course units of graduate level credit in Advanced
polymer and fiber materials courses are required for the master
degree and 60 course units for the Ph.D. degree (including
units completed in master course).
2) Students have to pass a series of written qualifying examinations.
3) Students must fulfill the requirements of oral defense
for a research proposal and their dissertation based on original
research.
4) A thesis advisor can be any faculty member from the Chemistry
department.
Advanced Polymer Chemistry, Advanced Physical Chemistry of Polymer,
Advanced X-ray Diffraction, Advanced Functional Polymers, Design
of Fiber Forming Polymers, Polymeric Materials Science, Emotional
Engineering, Advanced Human Sensibility Ergonomics, Process
Simulation, Variation Engineering, Advanced Color Science etc.
Kap-Jin
Kim, Ph.D.
[Seoul National University, 1985, Professor, Polymer Material
Science, kjkim@khu.ac.kr]
·Research Overview
1)Synthesis and Characterization of Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites
and Polymer-POSS Nanocomposites.
2)Application of Laser Light Scattering to Study Phase Separation
and Crystallization Behavior of Polymer Blend.
3)Crystallization and Phase Separation Behavior of Electroactive
Polymers and Their Blends under an External Electric Field.
4)Application of FTIR to Analyze Chain-Conformational Change
of Heat-Treated Polymer and Ferroelectric Polymer, to Evaluate
the Miscibility of Polymer Blends, to Characterize the Phase
Structure of Polymer Blends.
5)Application of FTIR-GIRAS(Grazing Incident Reflectance Absorption
Spectroscopy) to Analyze dipole orientation of ultra thin
film for ferroelectric Polymer.
6)Ring Opening Polymerization of Lactams via Anionic Polymerization
Mechanism.
7)Synthesis and Characterization of Block Copolymers Containing
PEG Block
8)Degradation and Crack Generation Mechanism of Scrapped Glass
Fiber Reinforced Nylon Products
·Ongoing Projects
1)Synthesis and Characterization of New Co-polyesters Suitable
for the Development of Ultrafine Sea-island Type Polyester
Filament Fiber
2)Synthesis and Characterization of Polyesteramides Based
on PTT to Impart New Functions to PTT
3)A study of Manufacturing of High Modulus Nylon6/POSS Nanocomposite
via in situ polymerization
4)A study of Crystalline Structure and Ferroelectricity of
Ferroelectric P(VDF/TrFE) Thin Film for the Preparation of
FePoRAM
5)Improvement of Recycling Rate of Nylon 6,6 Glycolyzed through
a Novel Molecular Weight Enhancement Process and Nanocomposite
Preparation
6)Intelligent Tactile Sensory Textiles Using Polymeric Array-Sensors
with Pressure Sensing Ability
Polymer and Fiber Materials Research
Laboratory (PFMRL)
Director: Professor Joon Youl Lee (jylee@khu.ac.kr)
Research Overview
Application of Vibrational Spectroscopies to the Study of
Multicomponent Polymer Systems
Biomedical Polymeric Materials: Tissue Engineering and Hydrogels
for Drug Delivery
Environmentally Friendly Processes for Polymer and Textile
Manufacturing: Supercritical Fluid Applications
Biomacromolecular Research Laboratory
(BRL)
Jae Hyung Park
Assistant Professor
Department of Advanced Polymer and Fiber Materials
College of Environment and Applied Chemistry
Tel: +82-31-201-3256; fax: +82031-204-8114; e-mail: jaehyung@khu.ac.kr
Research Overview
The research areas at BRL have included the development of
novel polymeric materials that can be used for biomedical
applications. Since polymers have excellent biocompatibility,
they have received increasing attention as constituents of
artificial organs and drug delivery systems. In our laboratory,
polymeric nanoparticles have been developed for tumor targeting,
oral drug delivery, and tissue engineering. Also, the injectable
systems for protein delivery have been studied, which can
enhance the biological stability and therapeutic effect of
protein drugs. Research projects to enhance the synergistic
effects have been collaborated with leading research groups
in the world such as the School of Pharmacy at Purdue University,
Biomedical Research Center at Korea Institute of Science and
Technology, School of Medicine at Ulsan University, and School
of Pharmacy at Seoul National University. In recent years,
our group has extended the research area to the nanocomposites,
composed of the inorganic core and the biocompatible polymeric
shell, for tumor diagnosis as well as treatment.
