Dr. Young-Seok Shon

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

California State University, USA

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

Ph.D., The University of Houston, University Park, Houston, Texas, 1999

M.Sc., Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, 1993

B.Sc., Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, 1991

Publications (Selected)

1. Pak, J. B., Jin, H. C., & Jeong, J. H. (2026). Optimizing water-based emulsion adhesives for superior durability and environmental resistance in building materials. Macromolecular Research, 34(5), 577–592.
2. Pavlakovich, N., Dalaub, S., & Nasser, P. (2025). Effects of bilayer nanoenvironment on the catalytic activity of lipid-Pd-nanoparticle assemblies in water. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 8(41), 20096–20104.
3. Nisa, Q. A., Son, D. H., & Shon, Y. S. (2025). Effect of side chain structure on the photovoltaic properties of BDTF-based polymers. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 769(4), 407–417.
4. Farag, J. W., Khalil, R., & Avila, E. (2025). Catalytic activity of water-soluble palladium nanoparticles with anionic and cationic capping ligands for reduction, oxidation, and C-C coupling reactions in water. Nanomaterials, 15(5), 405.
5. Nasrun, R. F., Son, D. H., & Park, J. S. (2025). Investigation of acid additive in amino-functionalized conjugated polymer electrolytes as the interlayer for organic solar cells. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 769(15-18), 1278–1289.
6. Nisa, Q. A., Son, D. H., & Shon, Y. S. (2025). Enhancing photovoltaic efficiency in BDTF-based donor polymer solar cells: Insights from structural modifications. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 769(2), 277–295.
7. Lee, A., Carrillo, S., & Shon, Y. S. (2025). Large-area field enhancement via plasmonic hot-grid in nanocube arrays. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 24, 529–536.
8. Son, D. H., Nasrun, R. F., & Shon, Y. S. (2024). Synthesis and characterization of small molecular electrolyte as an interlayer and its application in organic solar cells. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 768(6), 37–49.
9. Salma, S. A., Son, D. H., & Nasrun, R. F. (2023). Synthesis and characterization of novel conjugated polymer based on indacenetetraone as the electron acceptor and its photovoltaic properties. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 762(1), 99–105.
10. Avila, E., Nixarlidis, C., & Shon, Y. S. (2023). Water-soluble Pd nanoparticles for the anti-Markovnikov oxidation of allyl benzene in water. Nanomaterials, 13(2), 348.
11. Ortega, D. D., Pavlakovich, N., & Shon, Y. S. (2022). Effects of lipid bilayer encapsulation and lipid composition on the catalytic activity and colloidal stability of hydrophobic palladium nanoparticles in water. RSC Advances, 12(34), 21866–21874.
12. Alam, A.-M., & Shon, Y. S. (2021). Water-soluble noble metal nanoparticle catalysts capped with small organic molecules for organic transformations in water. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4(4), 3294–3318.
13. Tieu, P., Nguyen, V., & Shon, Y. S. (2020). Proximity effects of methyl group on ligand steric interactions and colloidal stability of palladium nanoparticles. Frontiers in Chemistry, 8, 599.
14. Mahdaly, M. A., Zhu, J. S., & Nguyen, V. (2019). Colloidal palladium nanoparticles for selective hydrogenation of styrene derivatives with reactive functional groups. ACS Omega, 4(24), 20819–20828.
15. Vargas, K. M., San, K. A., & Shon, Y. S. (2019). Isolated effects of surface ligand density on the catalytic activity and selectivity of palladium nanoparticles. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2(11), 7188–7196.
16. Vargas, K. M., & Shon, Y. S. (2019). Hybrid lipid-nanoparticle complexes for biomedical applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 7(5), 695–708.
17. Pan, H., Low, S., & Weerasuriya, N. (2019). Morphological transformation of gold nanoparticles on graphene oxide: Effects of capping ligands and surface interactions. Nano Convergence, 6, 2.
18. Low, S., & Shon, Y. S. (2018). Molecular interactions between pre-formed metal nanoparticles and graphene families. Advances in Nano Research, 6(4), 357–375.
19. Chen, T.-A., & Shon, Y. S. (2018). Alkanethiolate-capped palladium nanoparticles for regio- and stereoselective hydrogenation of allenes. Catalysts, 8(10), 428.
20. San, K. A., & Shon, Y. S. (2018). Synthesis of alkanethiolate-capped metal nanoparticles using alkyl thiosulfate ligand precursors: A method to generate promising reagents for selective catalysis. Nanomaterials, 8(5), 346.
21. Chen, T.-A., & Shon, Y. S. (2017). Alkanethiolate-capped palladium nanoparticles for selective catalytic hydrogenation of dienes and trienes. Catalysis Science & Technology, 7(20), 4823–4829.
22. Maung, M. S., & Shon, Y. S. (2017). Effects of noncovalent interactions on the catalytic activity of unsupported colloidal palladium nanoparticles stabilized with thiolate ligands. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121(38), 20882–20891.

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WOS ResearcherID: DZW-2090-2022