Jinhyeong Jang

Awards

• 2025 IEEE Chicago Early Career Award in Nanotechnology
• Ph.D. Dissertation Award (KAIST College of Engineering)

Media

• Research Highlight (2025): ​“Turning Nitrogen into Ammonia with a Hybrid Nano-Bio Catalyst”

Lead-Authored Publications & Research Projects

[1] Development of semiconductor–bio hybrid nanostructures for energy

• “Nanoarchitectonic Semiconductor–Bio Hybrid Systems with Enhanced Charge Transfer for Hydrogen Peroxide Production” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026, 148 (19), 19895-19905. - [Featured as ​“Front Cover” of JACS]
• “Photosynthetic Biohybrid System for Enhanced Abiotic N2-to-NH3 Conversion under Ambient Conditions” Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147 (38), 34477-34486. - [Featured as ​“Front Cover” of JACS]
• “Carbon Conversion on Biophotonic Leaf” Nature Catalysis 2024, 7 (9), 953-954.

[2] Unveiling piezoelectric properties and surface charge behaviors of crystalline biological nanostructure using atomic force microscopy

• “Lateral Piezoelectricity of Alzheimer’s Aβ Aggregates” Advanced Science 2024, 11 (39), 2406678.

[3] Development of stimuli-responsive inorganic nanomaterials interacting with biological nanostructures

• “NIR Light‐Triggered Structural Modulation of Self‐Assembled Prion Protein Aggregates” Small 2025, 21 (8), 2405354.
• “Magnetic Field-Boosted Electrocatalytic Process for the Dissociation of Alzheimer’s β-Amyloid Aggregates” Chemical Engineering Journal 2023, 475, 146193.
• “Linnaeite Mineral for NIR Light-Triggered Disruption of Alzheimer’s Pore-Forming Aβ Oligomers” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023, 15 (1), 48-56.
• “Magnetoelectric Dissociation of Alzheimer’s β-Amyloid Aggregates” Science Advances 2022, 8 (19), eabn1675.
• “Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Carbon as a Photoacoustic Modulator of Alzheimer’s β-Amyloid Aggregate Structure” ACS Nano 2022, 16 (11), 18515-18525.
• “Near-Infrared-Active Copper Molybdenum Sulfide Nanocubes for Phonon-Mediated Clearance of Alzheimer’s β-Amyloid Aggregates” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13 (16), 18581-18593.
• “Piezoelectric Materials for Ultrasound-Driven Dissociation of Alzheimer’s β-Amyloid Aggregate Structure” Biomaterials 2020, 255, 120165.

[4] Development of versatile polymer hydrogels for centimeter-scale applications

• “Multivalent Polyaspartamide Cross-Linker for Engineering Cell-Responsive Hydrogels with Degradation Behavior and Tunable Physical Properties” Biomacromolecules 2018, 19 (2), 691-700.
• “Effects of Precursor Composition and Mode of Crosslinking on Mechanical Properties of Graphene Oxide Reinforced Composite Hydrogels” Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 2017, 69, 282-293.