성봉준 (Bong June Sung)

Prof. Bong June Sung

Name: 성봉준 (Bong June Sung)
Major: 물리화학 (Physical Chemistry)

Education
  • B. S. — Seoul National University (1999)
  • M. S. — Seoul National University (2001)
  • Ph. D. — University of Wisconsin-Madison (2006)
Career
  • 2006 ~ 2007: Post-Doc at UW-Madison
  • 2007 ~ Current: Professor at Sogang University, Chemistry

Contact

  • Telephone: 82-2-705-8880
  • E-mail: bjsung@sogang.ac.kr
  • Office: 리치과학관 1217호 (Ricci Science Hall 1217)

Awards

  1. 신국조 학술상, 대한화학회 물리화학분과회, 2023/5
  2. 젊은물리화학자상, 대한화학회 물리화학분과회, 2019/10
  3. KCS-Wiley Young Chemist Award 2014, 2014/10
  4. The Distinguished Lectureship Award, The Chemical Society of Japan, 2011/03
  5. 서강대학교 자연과학부 Teaching Excellence Award, 2014
  6. 서강대학교 자연과학부 Teaching Excellence Award, 2015
  7. 서강대학교 자연과학부 Teaching Excellence Award, 2016
  8. 서강대학교 자연과학부 Award for the Largest Cumulative Impact Factor, 2018
  9. 서강대학교 자연과학부 Teaching Excellence Award, 2019
  10. 서강대학교 자연과학부 Teaching Excellence Award, 2021

Research Interests

  1. Electrical conductivity and structure of polymer nanocomposites
  2. Dynamics and structure of fluids in nano-porous materials
  3. Dynamics and structure of proteins in cell membranes
  4. Monte Carlo (MC) and Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations of polymers
  5. Polymer Reference Interaction Site Model (PRISM) integral equation theory
  6. Phase transition and structure of associating copolymers

Selected Publications

  1. 118. “Beyond the Paddle-Wheel Mechanism: Hop Function Analysis of Ion Transport in Organic Ionic Plastic Crystals”, H. Park, S. Saito*, and B. J. Sung*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 148, 24151 (2026)
  2. 114. “Non-Monotonic Ion Conductivity in Lithium-Aluminum-Chloride Glass Solid-State Electrolytes Explained by Cascading Hopping”, B. Kang†, J. Yu†, S. Saito*, J. Jang*, and B. J. Sung*, Adv. Sci. 12, e09205 (2025)
  3. 111. “High-Performance Stretchable Conductive Adhesives for Washable Textile Electronics via Intermolecular Interaction Control”, J.-Y. Jeon†, S. Kwon†, J. Jung†, Y. Ko†, B. J. Sung*, and H. Kim*, Chem. Eng. J. 518, 164488 (2025)
  4. 109. “The Entropic Contribution to the Non-linear Mechanical Properties of Thermoplastic Elastomers”, H. Park, S. Park, J. M. Park, and B. J. Sung*, Macromolecules 58, 1993 (2025)
  5. 101. “AT Specific DNA Visualization Revisits the Directionality of Bacteriophage ƛ DNA Ejection”, S. Bong†, C. B. Park†, S.-G. Cho†, N. D. Hapsari†, X. Jin†, J. Lee, S. Heo, J. Bae, H. Sugiyama, K.-H. Jung*, B. J. Sung*, and K. Jo*, Nucleic Acids Res. 51, 5634 (2023)
  6. 95. “Relative Chain Flexibility Determines the Spatial Arrangement and the Diffusion of A single Ring Chain in Linear Chain Films”, J. H. Choi, T. Kwon, and B. J. Sung*, Macromolecules 54, 11008 (2021)
  7. 89. “The Effects of Packaging History on the Ejection of a Polymer Chain from a Small Confinement”, C. B. Park and B. J. Sung*, Macromolecules 54, 7174 (2021)
  8. 69. “Facilitated and Non-Gaussian Diffusion of Cholesterol in Liquid Ordered Phase Bilayers Depends on the Flip-Flop and Spatial Arrangement of Cholesterol”, Y. Oh and B. J. Sung*, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9, 6529 (2018) - Journal Cover
  9. 64. “Fractional Viscosity Dependence of Reaction Kinetics in Glass-Forming Liquids”, S. Kwon, H. W. Cho, J. Kim, and B. J. Sung*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 087801 (2017)
  10. 52. “Tracer Shape and Local Media Structure Determine the Trend of Translation-Rotation Decoupling in Two Dimensional Colloids”, J. Kim and B. J. Sung*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 158302 (2015) - Selected for Editors’ Suggestion
  11. 37. “Simulation Study of Seemingly Fickian but Heterogeneous Dynamics of Two Dimensional Colloids”, J. Kim, C. Kim, and B. J. Sung*, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 047801 (2013)
  12. 36. “Enhancement of Electrical and Thermomechanical Properties of Silver Nanowire Composites by the Introduction of Non-Conductive Nanoparticles: Experiment and Simulation”, S. Nam†, H. W. Cho†, S. Lim, D. Kim, H. Kim*, and B. J. Sung*, ACS Nano 7, 851 (2013)
  13. 33. “The Effect of Polydispersity on Diffusion in Random Obstacle Matrices”, H. W. Cho, G. Kwon, B. J. Sung*, and A. Yethiraj, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 155901 (2012)
  14. 19. “Mixing Molecular Junctions with Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites: A Strategy to Enhance the Conductivity and the Transparency”, G. Kwon, K. Shin, and B. J. Sung*, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 193108 (2009) - Selected for “Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Techonology”, May 25, 2009
  15. 11. “Lateral diffusion and percolation in membranes”, B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 228103 (2006)
  16. 5. “Integral equation theory of random copolymer melts”, B. J. Sung and A. Yethiraj, Macromolecules 38(5), 2000–2008 (2005)