The research in our lab includes:

Nanoengineered Superhydrophilic Metal Surface

Nanoengineered Superhydrophobic Metal Surface

Research Interests:

 • Surface Engineering: Anodizing, Adhesion, Coating, Corrosion, Wetting

 • Superhydrophobic, Superhydrophilic and Superoleophobic Surfaces

 • Aluminum, Titanium, Magnesium, Stainless Steel and its Alloys

 • Materials Characterization and Surface Analysis

 • Optimized Advanced Manufacturing Process

 • Novel Alloys for Additive Manufacturing 

 • Nanofabrication and Nanotechnology

 • CMF (Color/Materials/Finishing)

 • Metallurgical Engineering

 • Machine Learning

 • Electrochemistry

 • Biomaterials

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Professional Activities & Affiliations

 • Member of the Electrochemical Society (ECS)

 • Member of Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)

 • Executive Director of Corrosion Science Society of Korea (CSSK)

 • Editing Executive Director at the Korea Institute of Surface Engineering

 • Peer Reviewer at Applied Surface Science (Elsevier)

 • Peer Reviewer at Applied Materials and Interfaces (ACS)

 • Peer Reviewer at Materials Performance and Characterization (ASTM International)

 • Editor at Coatings (Recent Advances in Functional Surfaces & Interfaces)

I. Design and fabrication of multi-scale structures on metal surfaces (Nano-/Micro-scale manufacturing) and improvements in surface finishing quality with metals and its alloys  

References:

- C. Jeong et al., “A Study on Functional Hydrophobic Stainless Steel 316L using Single-Step Anodization and a Self-Assembled Monolayer Coating to Improve Corrosion Resistance”, Coatings, 12 (3), 395 (2022).  

- C. Jeong et al, “Systematic Control of Anodic Aluminum Oxide Nanostructures for Enhancing the Superhydrophobicity of 5052 Aluminum Alloy”, Materials 12 (19), 3231 (2019). 

II. Characterization of multi-functional metal surfaces  (Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic/Lubricant/Metal oxide)

References:

 - C. Jeong et al, “Systematic Control of Anodic Aluminum Oxide Nanostructures for Enhancing the Superhydrophobicity of 5052 Aluminum Alloy”, Materials 12 (19), 3231 (2019).

 - C. Jeong et al., “Single-Step Direct Fabrication of Pillar-on-pore Hybrid Nanostructures in Anodizing Aluminum for Superior Superhydrophobic Efficiency”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 4 (2), 842-848 (2012). 

III. The control of surface corrosion for energy saving

References:

- C. Jeong et al., “A Study on Functional Hydrophobic Stainless Steel 316L using Single-Step Anodization and a Self-Assembled Monolayer Coating to Improve Corrosion Resistance”, Coatings, 12 (3), 395 (2022).

- H. Ji and C. Jeong*, “Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Aluminum Alloy Surface with Hierarchical Pore Nanostructure for Anti-corrosion, Corrosion Science and Technology 18 (6), 228-231 (2019).

- C. Jeong  et al., “Air-Impregnated Nanoporous Anodic Aluminum Oxide Layers for Enhancing Corrosion Resistance of Aluminum”, Langmuir 31 (40), 11040-11050 (2015).

IV. Prediction of Oxide Creation Condition using Machine Learning Techniques

References:

- S.-H. Kim and C. Jeong*, “Feasibility of Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting the Deformation of Anodic Titanium Films by Modulating Anodization Processes”, Materials 14 (5), 1089 (2021).