Name: Young-taek Hwang
E-Mail: dragpond@postech.ac.kr
Phone: 017-267-0322

2005 - present

Samsung Electronics LCD

2001 - 2005

Ph.D. - Environmental Polymer Chemistry and Physics, POSTECH

1999 - 2001

M.S. - Environmental Science & Engineering, POSTECH

1993 - 1999

B.S. - Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University

Research Interests

• Synthesis and Physics of Polymeric materials for information and microelectronics
• Synthesis and characterization of polymers from carbon dioxide
• Enzymatic and biological degradation of polymers

Publications

1. M. Ree, J.Y. Bae, J.H. Jung, T.J. Shin, Y.-t. Hwang, and T. Chang, "Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide and Propylene Oxide Using Various Zinc Glutarate Derivatives as Catalysts", Polymer Eng. Sci., 30, 2294 - 2299, 1997
2. M. Ree, Y.-t. Hwang, and H. Kim, "Green Synthetic Process of Aliphatic Polycarbonates from CO2 and Their Biodegrad-abilities", Polymer Preprints,41(2), 1859, 2000

Patents

1. M. Ree, Y.-t. Hwang, J.H. Jung, S.J. Moon, M.H. Kim, Poly(alkylene carbonate-delta-valerolactone) Copolymer and Method of Preparing Same, Korea Patent Application No.2000-59672
2. M. Ree, Y.-t. Hwang, J.H. Jung, S.J. Moon, M.H. Kim, Aliphatic Poly(alkylene carbonate-lactide) Copolymer and Method of Preparing Same, Korea Patent Application No.2000-59671

Presentation

1. J. H. Jung, Y.-T. Hwang, M.Ree, "Synthesis and Characterization of poly(propylene carbonate-co-caprolactone)", Korean Polymer Society - Spring Meeting, Proc. Kor. Polym. Soc., 80, Dong-guk Univ., Seoul, April 16-17,1999.
2. Y.-T. Hwang, M. Ree, "Synthetic Process of Poly(propylene carbonate) from CO2 and Their Biodegradabilities", Polymer Society of Korea - Fall Meeting, Chungnam University, Taejon, October 13-14, 2000.
3. M.Ree, Y.-t.. Hwang, and H. Kim, "Green synthetic Process of Aliphatic Polycarbonates from CO2 and Their Biodegradabilities", ACS, August 20-25, 2000, Washinton, DC., USA : Polymer Preprints, 41(2), 1859-1860 (2000).