Hyun-Joong Chung, PhD, P.Eng.

Area of Study / Keywords

Nanomaterials and Nanofabrication Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Materials Characterization and Processing Polymeric Materials Sensors Polymers

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About

Hyun-Joong Chung is a Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta. He leads a research program on polymeric materials science, specifically on gels and elastomers with functionalities for sensors, actuators, and medical devices.

B.Sc. - KAIST (2000), PhD - U. Pennsylvania (2005), Senior Engineer @ Samsung Display (2006 - 2009), Post-doc - U. Illionois at Urbana-Champaign (2009 - 2012)

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Research

Please refer to my research group website:

https://www.smdl-canada.com/

And, please see link below for recent contributions from my research group:

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=oT7ywJkAAAAJ&hl=en

Recent Projects:

• Hydrogels for chemical and physical sensing
• Colorimetric chemical sensors
• Gel electrolytes for medical applications
• Elastomer composites for medical devices
• Magnetically controlled 3D printed structures
• and any related fundamental and application studies on hydrogels and elastomers

Keywords: Gels, Elastomers, Sensors, Adhesives, Medical devices, Colorimetric devices, Polyampholytes, Polymer physics, Nanocomposites.

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Teaching

• MatE491/669 – Physics and Applications of Functional Materials (F16, F17, F18, F19, F20, F22, W25, W26)
• CME494/694 – Introduction to Polymer Science and Engineering (F24) 
• CME482/689 – Fundamentals of Polymers / Polymer Properties (F14, F17, F23, F25)
• CME694 – Physicochemical Properties of Gels and Elastomers (F19)
• MatE211 – Characterization of Materials (W19, W20, W21, W23)
• MatE202 – Materials Science II (F13, W14, W15, S16, S17, W23)
• MatE335 – Phase Transformation I (F23)
• MatE390 – Introduction to Nano and Functional Materials (F15)
• CME483 – Colloquium II (W13, W21)
• CME481 – Colloquium I (F14, F16, F25)

MAT E 491 - Properties and Physics of Functional Materials

Classical mechanics and its limitations; basic quantum mechanics; band theory; band diagrams for metals, insulators; Semiconductor and dielectric materials, piezoelectrics and thermoelectrics, and magnetic materials; Intrinsic and doped semiconductors; Optical properties of materials; Light-matter interactions, Prerequisite: PHYS 130, MAT E 202, or by consent of instructor.

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MAT E 669 - Properties and Applications of Functional Materials

Band theory and solid state properties. Thin film growth at the nanoscale. Semiconductors and dielectric materials, piezoelectrics and thermoelectrics. Semiconductors, doping, p-n junctions, solar cells. Thermoelectric materials and the Seebeck, Thomson, and Peltier Effects. Optical and electrical property measurement.

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Browse more courses taught by Hyun-Joong Chung

Rayan A. M. Basodan, Jack Keddie, Byoungyoul Park, Hyun‐Joong Chung

Advanced Engineering Materials. 2026 February; 10.1002/adem.202502775

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Jueun Lee, Zhitong Lin, Hyun‐Joong Chung

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 2025 December; 10.1002/macp.202500311

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David Liu, Eric Brian Gamboa, Akshay Kothamath, Colleen Lam, Rayan A. M. Basodan, Hyun-Joong Chung

ACS Applied Engineering Materials. 2025 August; 10.1021/acsaenm.5c00449

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Zhitong Lin, Gabrielle Anne Bacani, Hyun-Joong Chung

ACS Applied Engineering Materials. 2025 February; 10.1021/acsaenm.4c00811

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Ozge Zengin Akca, Rayan A. M. Basodan, Fredrick Flores, Byoungyoul Park, Hyun-Joong Chung

ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2024 October; 10.1021/acsapm.4c02989

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Nathan Jen, Jake Hadfield, Guilherme M. Bessa, Marco Amabili, David S. Nobes, Hyun-Joong Chung

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 2023 September; 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.105994

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Nathan Jen, Guilherme M. Bessa, Kaelyn Nicolson, Jianliang Xiao, David S. Nobes, Hyun-Joong Chung

iScience. 2022 June; 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104369

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Hyun‐Joong Chung, Andrew M. Parsons, Lelin Zheng

Advanced Intelligent Systems. 2021 March; 10.1002/aisy.202000186

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Dinara Zhalmuratova, Hyun-Joong Chung

ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2020 March; 10.1021/acsapm.9b01078

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Dinara Zhalmuratova, Thanh-Giang La, Katherine Ting-Ting Yu, Alexander R. A. Szojka, Stephen H. J. Andrews, Adetola B. Adesida, Chun-il Kim, David S. Nobes, Darren H. Freed, Hyun-Joong Chung

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2019 September; 10.1021/acsami.9b10524

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Hemant Charaya, Xinda Li, Nathan Jen, Hyun-Joong Chung

Langmuir. 2019 February; 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02281

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Thanh‐Giang La, Shide Qiu, Dylan K. Scott, Reyhaneh Bakhtiari, Jonathan W. P. Kuziek, Kyle E. Mathewson, Jana Rieger, Hyun‐Joong Chung

Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2018 November; 10.1002/adhm.201801033

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Xinda Li, Hemant Charaya, Guy M. Bernard, Janet A. W. Elliott, Vladimir K. Michaelis, Byeongdu Lee, Hyun-Joong Chung

Macromolecules. 2018 April; 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02498

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Polymers. 2017 October; 10.3390/polym9110558

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Thanh-Giang La, Xinda Li, Amit Kumar, Yiyang Fu, Shu Yang, Hyun-Joong Chung

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2017 September; 10.1021/acsami.7b08907

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Xinda Li, Li Liu, Xianzong Wang, Yong Sik Ok, Janet A. W. Elliott, Scott X. Chang, Hyun-Joong Chung

Scientific Reports. 2017 May; 10.1038/s41598-017-01873-3

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Biomacromolecules. 2015 January; 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00018

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