Principal investigator
Professor Seong-Yong Cho, Ph. D.
Associate Professor
School of Semiconductor Convergence Engineering, College of Advanced Technology and Convergence,
Department of Photonics and Nanoelectronics, BK21 FOUR ERICA-ACE Center,
Department of HYU-KITECH Joint Graduate School (JA), LIONS College (JA), Hanyang University, Ansan 15588, Korea
Address: 207 Dong-502-2, Hanyangdaehakro 55, Sangnokgu, Ansan City, Gyeonggido, 15588, Korea
Phone(office) : +82-31-400-5485
Email : seongyongcho (at) hanyang.ac.kr / sycho86 (at) gmail.com
Homepage: https://nmdl.hanyang.ac.kr
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KH084XUAAAAJ&hl=ko
CAREER
2023.03-date Associate Professor, Major in Semiconductor and Display Engineering, Hanyang University ERICA, Ansan, Korea.
2018.03-2023.02 Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Myongji University, Yongin, Korea.
2015.06-2017.12 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA. (Advisor: Moonsub Shim)
2015.03-2015.05 Postdoctoral researcher, Research Institute of Advanced Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
EDUCATION
2009-2015 Ph. D. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. (Advisor: Ki-Bum Kim)
2005-2009 B. S. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Honors and scholarship
Best poster award, Materials Research Society, 2023
Research academic award (학술상), Myongji University, 2021
Best teaching award (교육상), Myongji University, 2019
Ph. D. Scholarship, Samsung Electronics, 2013-2015
Scholarship from Korean Federation of Textile Industries, 2007
Teaching Courses
Materials Science & Engineering (재료과학 및 공학 원리)
Physical Chemistry, Thermodynamics (물리화학, 열역학)
Crystallography (결정학)
Display Engineering (LCD, OLED, and QD display)
Semiconductor Manufacturing Processes (반도체 공정)
Semiconductor Physics and Devices (반도체 물리 및 소자)
Instrumental Analysis of Thin Films and Optical Materials (기기분석)
Academic activities
Program Chair of QD session, International Meeting on Information Display (iMiD 2025)
Member of Korean Information Display Society (정보디스플레이학회, KIDS, 2018~)
Member of Materials Research Society (MRS)
Member of Korean Institute of Metals and Materials (대한금속재료학회)
Member of Materials Research Society of Korea (한국재료학회)
Member of Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers (전기전자재료학회)
Member of Korean Nano Technology Research Society (KoNTRS, 나노기술연구협의회)
Technical sub-committee member of International Meeting on Information Display (iMiD 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Technical committee member of the Korean Meeting on Information Display (KMiD 2025)
Symposium Co-organizer of International Conference on Advanced Electromaterials (ICAE 2025)
SCI Journal peer reviews (2019-present > 60)
- Wiley Journals: Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Optical Materials, Small, Advanced Materials Interfaces, Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters, Physica Status Solidi A, Laser & Photonics Review
- American Chemical Society Journals: Accounts of Chemical Research, Chemistry of Materials, ACS Photonics, ACS Applied Nano Materials, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, ACS Omega
- Royal Society of Chemistry Journals: Journal of Materials Chemistry C
- Nano Research, Nano-Micro Letters, Nano Convergence, Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials (Springer)
- Materials Letters, Optical Materials, Ceramics International, Current Applied Physics (Elsevier)
- Journal of Information Display (Taylor & Francis)
- Journal of Flexible and Printed Electronics (IOP)
- Korean Journal of Materials Society
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Colloidal quantum dot light emitting diode devices
Device architecture design for semiconductor nanocrystal light emitting diode
Lifetime measurement and failure mechanism study on colloidal quantum dot light emitting diode (Full grant from Dow Chemical Company)
Novel process and device development for future optoelectronic devices by solution-processed fabrication
Light responsive display application based on nanocrystal light emitting diode and photodetector (Full grant from Dow Chemical Company)
Transfer printing for pixelated multicolor quantum dot light emitting diode (collaboration with John A. Rogers group at University of Illinois)
Perovskite nanocrystals for optoelectronics
Solvent orthogonality strategies for solution-processed QD-LEDs
Nucleation and growth studies on graphene synthesis on Cu surfaces
Graphene synthesis on liquid Cu surfaces and study on self-assembly behavior
Gas transport control in low pressure chemical vapor deposition graphene growth and kinetics study
Structural study of graphene single crystal via transmission and scanning electron microscopy
Electrical transport study of graphene crystal through grain boundary
Direct graphene synthesis on target substrate by kinetics control (Supported by World Class University Program)
Graphene growth on Si substrate by carburization process and crystallographic relationship study
Direct graphene growth on dielectric surface by metal induced crystallization process
Direct graphene growth on insulating substrate by oxide capping and interfacial energy control
Atomic layer deposition system for optoelectronic applications
Interfacial engineering for CdSe QDs by emplying ALD layer
Patterning QD films by optical lithography
Solid state nanopore device fabrication and biological applications
Funding agencies & Collaborators
