Ji-young Oh

Educational Background

B.S., Physics, 1999 Pusan National University, Korea
M.S, Physics, 2001 Pusan National University, KoreaThesis title: “The liquid-glass transition in ethonol and cyclo-octanol by dielectirc loss spectroscopy
Ph.D., Physics, 2007 Pusan National University, Korea
Thesis title: “Electrochemical characterization of carbon based composite and nanostructured materials for supercapacitor and actuator application”

Research Interests

The electrochemical properties of CNT-polymer nanocomposite and nanostructured materials for supercapacitor application
Improving the actuation properties of shape memory alloy for micro-actuator system
Design and characterization of the fuel powered artificial muscles.
Physical and electrochemical properties of nanotube forest, sheet, and yarn

Contact Information

Email: jiyoung.oh@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-4287
Fax: 972-883-6529
Office: BE2.306B
Mail Stop: BE26

Awards and Grants

Oct 2005: 3RD award of the best poster, the SPRING Conference
Jan 2005 – Jun 2005: International Research Internship Program, Korea Research Foundation
Jan 2003 – Feb 2003: Visiting Foreign Research Fellow Program, University of Tsukuba
1995- 1998: Academic Scholarship, Pusan National University
1995: Entrance scholarship, Pusan National University

Selected Publications

A tough nanofiber hydrogel incorporating ferritin, Min Kyoon Shin, Sun I. Kim, Seon Jeong Kim, Byung Joo Kim, Insuk So, Mikhail E. Kozlov, Jiyoung Oh, and Ray H. Baughman, Applied Physics Letters93. 163902 (2008)

Preparation and electrochemical characterization of porous SWNT–PPy nanocomposite sheets for supercapacitor applications, Jiyoung Oh, Mikhail E. Kozlov, Bog Gi Kim, Hyung-Kook Kim, Ray H. Baughman, and Yoon Hwae Hwang, Synthetic Metals 158, 638 (2008)

Carbon nanotube yarns as high load actuators and sensors, Tissaphern Mirfakhrai, Jiyoung Oh, Mikhail Kozlov, Shaoli Fang, Mei Zhang, Ray H. Baughman, and John D Madden, Advance in Science and Technology 61, 65 (2008)

Electrochemical actuation of carbon nanotube yarns, Tissaphern Mirfakhrai, Jiyoung Oh, Mikhail Kozlov, Eddie Chi Wah Fok, Mei Zhang, Shaoli Fang, Ray H. Baughman, and John D Madden, Invited Paper in Journal of Smart Materials and Structures 16, S243 (2007),

Fuel-Powered Artificial Muscles, Von Howard Ebron, Zhiwei Yang, Daniel J. Seyer, Mikhail E. Kozlov, Jiyoung Oh, Hui Xie, Joselito Razal, Lee J. Hall, John P. Ferraris, Alan G. MacDiarmid, and Ray H. Baughman, Science 311, 1580 (2006)

The liquid glass transition in sugars and sugar mixtures, Jeong-Ah, Seo, Jiyoung Oh, Hyun-Joung Kwon, Hyung Kook Kim, and Yoon-Hwae Hwang, AIP Conference Proceeding 832, 37 (2006)

The secondary relaxation in the dielectric loss of glucose-water mixtures, Jiyoung Oh, Jeong-Ah Seo, Hyung Kook Kim, and Yoon-Hwae Hwang, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 352, 4679 (2006)

The liquid-glass transition in sugars: Relaxation dynamics in trehalose, Herman Z. Cummins, Hepeng Zhang, Jiyoung Oh, Jeong-Ah Seo, Hyung Kook Kim, Yoon-Hwae Hwang, Yong Suk Yang, Yun Sik Yu, and Yong woo Inn, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 352, 4464 (2006)

Study of glass transition temperatures in sugar mixtures, Jeong-Ah Seo, Jiyoung Oh, Hyung Kook Kim, Yoon-Hwae Hwang, Yong Suk Yang, and S. J Kim, J. Korean Phys. Soc. 46, 606 (2005)

Study of dielectric relaxations in glucose-water mixtures, Jiyoung Oh, Jeong-Ah Seo, Hyung Kook Kim, and Yoon-Hwae Hwang, AIP Conference Proceeding 708, 689 (2004)

Study of glass transition temperatures in sugar mixtures by DSC, Jeong-Ah Seo, Su Jae Kim, Jiyoung Oh, Yong Suk Yang, Hyung Kook Kim, and Yoon-Hwae Hwang, AIP Conference Proceeding 708, 697 (2004)

Dielectric study on the secondary relaxation in glucose-water mixtures, Jiyoung Oh, Jeong-Ah Seo, Gwang Soo Jeen, Hyung Kook Kim, Yoon-Hwae Hwang and Seiji Kojima, J. Korean Phys. Soc. 44, 527 (2004)

Brillouin scattering and DSC studies of glass transition temperatures of glucose-water mixtures, Jeong-Ah Seo, Su Jae Kim, Jiyoung Oh, Hyung Kook Kim, Yoon-Hwae Hwang, and Yong Suk Yang, J. Korean Phys. Soc. 44, 523 (2004)

Making monosaccharide and disaccharide sugar glasses by using microwave oven, Jeong-Ah Seo, Jiyoung Oh, Dong Jin Kim, Hyung Kook Kim, and Yoon-Hwae Hwang, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 333, 111 (2004)

Study of glass behavior in ethanol and cyclo-octanol, Jiyoung Oh, Chung-Sik Kim, Dae-Hwang Yoo, Hyung-Kook, Yoon-Hwae Hwang, Jong-Ho Park, and Byung-Chun Choi, Sae Mulli, 45, 98 (2002)

The liquid-glass transition in ethanol and cyclo-octanol by dielectric loss spectroscopy, Jiyoung Oh, Chung-Sik Kim, Hyung Kook Kim, and Yoon-Hwae Hwang, Physica A, 315, 208 (2002)

A DSC study of the glass transitions of sugars, Su Jae Kim, Chung-Sik Kim, Jiyoung Oh, Jeong-Ah Seo, Yong Suk Yang, Kim, Hyung Kook Kim, and Yoon-Hwae Hwang, Sae Mulli, 44, 252 (2002)

A study of temperature dependent e “(w ) in amorphous ferroelectrics: Mode coupling theory analysis, Yoon Hwae Hwang, Suhwan Kim, and Jiyoung Oh, AIP Conference Proceeding 519, 170 (2000)

Study of the temperature-dependent e “(w) in amorphous LiNbO3 and KNbO3: a mode coupling theory analysis, Suhwan Kim, Jiyoung Oh, and Yoon Hwae Hwang, Sae Mulli 39, 452 (1999)