In this section of the site we will highlight news and press updates as well as feature recent research and blog posts. Look here often for news and announcements from the group
FEB 2026: Hotae and Jaehyun’s paper on nanostructured electrocatalysts has been published in ACS Nano and highlighted by Hongik News! Good job Hotae and Jay!
MAY 2025: Won-Kyu was recently featured in Hongik University Library’s “Research Capacity Building Lecture Series”. Thrilled to share this methodological lecture with our research group!
MAY 2024: Through the successful acquisition of the ‘Young Researcher Infrastructure Support Program’ grant, Won-Kyu has established an operando confocal Raman spectrometer within his research group, raising high expectations for in-depth research outcomes powered by advanced real-time analysis.
MAR 2024: Jiheon and Hotae’s work on plasma-assisted surface reconstruction of WS2 has been published in Advanced Materials and highlighted by Hongik News, very excited! This paper has been dedicated to Professor George M. Whitesides on the occasion of his 85th birthday.
OCT 2023: Yujin and Sun Kyung’s work on phase-engineered MoTe2 for hydrogen evolution has been published in ACS Energy Letters and highlighted by Monthly People!
AUG 2022: Won-Kyu’s personal story and research philosophy has been highlighted in Monthly People, good to see!
JUL 2022: Dohyun’s Nano Letters paper has been further highlighted by THE FACT and Hongik News!
JUL 2022: Dohyun and Yujin’s work on strain-engineered MoS2 for hydrogen evolution has been published in Nano Letters and highlighted as the front cover article! This is 1Q Lab’s the first academic achievement! Very good job, Dohyun!
MAR 2022: Won-Kyu secures 4-Year ‘Excellent Young Researcher’ grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea to pioneer novel layered transition metal chalcogenide catalyst design, congratulations!
MAR 2021: Won-Kyu started as an assistant professor at Hongik University! Cross fingers for his and group’s future achievements!