Seung Soon Jang Assistant Professor Georgia Institute of Technology Materials Science and Engineering 771 Ferst Drive, N.W. Atlanta, GA 30332-0245 Office:  Love Bldg., Room 354 Phone: 404.385-3356  | Fax: 404.894.9140 SeungSoon.Jang@mse.gatech.edu B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, 1992, Seoul National University, Korea M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, 1994, Seoul National University, Korea Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, 1999, Seoul National University, Korea Dr. Seung Soon Jang joined the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in July 2007.  Dr. Jang worked at Samsung Electronics and the Materials and Process Simulation Center (MSC) at CalTech performing various researches in nanoelectronics, fuel cell, and interfacial systems as a director of Supramolecular Technology for six years. His research interest includes computations and theories to characterize and design nanoscale systems based on the molecular architecture-property relationship, which are especially relevant to molecular electronics, molecular machines, fuel cell technology and biotechnology. Research Interests Developing new methods for atomistic modeling of materials and biological systems Applying multiscale modeling for materials and biological systems Computational nano/biotechnology Computational fuel cell technology Selected Publications Mechanical and Transport Properties of Poly (Ethylene Oxide) - Poly (Acrylic Acid) Double Network Hydrogel: Molecular Dynamic Simulation Approach Seung Soon Jang William A. Goddard III and Yashar Kalani J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 1729 (2007). Structures and Transport Properties of Hydrated Water-Soluble Dendrimer-Grafted Polymer Membranes for Application to Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells: Classical Molecular Dynamics Approach J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 2759 (2007). Structures and Properties of Newton Black Films: Molecular Dynamics Simulation Approach Seung Soon Jang and William A. Goddard III J. Phys. Chem. B 110, 7992 (2006). Possible Performance Improvement in [2]Catenane Molecular electronic Switches Yong-Hoon Kim, Seung Soon Jang, William A. Goddard III Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 163112 (2006). Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Amphiphilic Bistable [2]Rotaxane Langmuir Monolayer at Air/Water Interface Seung Soon Jang, Yun Hee Jang, Yong-Hoon Kim, William A. Goddard III, Jang Wook Choi, James R. Heath, A. H. Flood, B. W. Laursen, J. F. Stoddart J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 14804 (2005). Conformations and charge transport characteristics of biphenyldithiol self-assembled-monolayer molecular electronic devices: A multiscale computational study Yong-Hoon Kim, Seung Soon Jang, and William A. Goddard III, J. Chem. Phys. 122, 244703 (2005). Nanophase-segregation and water dynamics in the dendrion diblock copolymer formed from the Fréchet polyaryl ethereal dendrimer and linear PTFE Seung Soon Jang, Shiang-Tai Lin, Tahir Cagin, Valeria Molinero and William A. Goddard III J. Phys. Chem.B. 109, 10154 (2005). First-principles study of the switching mechanism of [2]catenane molecular electronic devices Yong-Hoon Kim, Seung Soon Jang, Yun Hee Jang, and William A. Goddard III Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 156801 (2005). Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study on a Monolayer of Half [2]Rotaxane Self-Assembled on Au(111) Yun Hee Jang, Seung Soon Jang and William A. Goddard III J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 4959 (2005). Structures and Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Bistable [2]Rotaxanes on Au (111) Surfaces from Molecular Dynamics Simulations Validated with Experiment Seung Soon Jang, Yun Hee Jang, Yong-Hoon Kim, William A. Goddard III, A. H. Flood, B. W. Laursen, H.-R. Tseng, J. F. Stoddart, Jan O. Jeppesen, Jang Wook Choi, David W. Steuerman, Erica DeIonno, James R. Heath J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 1563 (2005). Molecular dynamics study of surfactant-mediated decane/water interface: Effect of molecular architecture of alkyl benzene sulfonate Seung Soon Jang, Shiang-Tai Lin, Prabal K. Maiti, Mario Blanco, William A. Goddard III, Patrick Shuler and Yongchun Tang, J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 12130 (2004). Density Functional Theory Studies of the [2] Rotaxane Component of the Stoddart-Heath Molecular Switch Yun Hee Jang, Sungu Hwang, Yong-Hoon Kim, Seung Soon Jang, and William A. Goddard, III, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126,12636 (2004). Thermodynamic stability of Zimmerman self-assembled Supramolecules from atomistic molecular dynamics simulations Shiang-Tai Lin, Seung Soon Jang, Tahir Cagin and William A. Goddard III, J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 10041 (2004). Nanophase-Segregation and Transport in Nafion 117 from Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Effect of Monomeric Sequence Seung Soon Jang, Valeria Molinero, Tahir Cagin, and William A. Goddard, III, J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 3149 (2004). Effect of monomeric sequence on nanostructure and water dynamics in Nafion 117 Seung Soon Jang, Valeria Molinero, Tahir Cagin, and William A. Goddard III, Solid State Ionics 175, 805 (2004).. Effect of Cyclic Chain Architecture on Properties of Dilute Solutions of Polyethylene from Molecular Dynamics Simulations Seung Soon Jang, Tahir Cagin and William A. Goddard III, J. Chem. Phys. 119, 1843 (2003). The Source of Helicity in Perfluorinated n-Alkane Seung Soon Jang, Mario Blanco, William A. Goddard III, Gregg Caldwell and Richard B. Ross Macromolecules 36, 5331 (2003). Return to top