Duck Joo (D. J.) Yang, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Research and Interdisciplinary Programs
Research Professor
Nanoscience and Technology
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Education and Experience
- B.S., Clark University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa (1972): Chemistry
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1977): Physical Inorganic Chemistry
- Executive MBA, University of Pennsylvania (1982)
- Executive Vice President, Head of New Business Development, SAIT (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology: Samsung Group Central R&D Institute (2000-2003)
- Vice President, CRO & Head of Chemical Sector, Samsung: SAIT (1997-2000)
- Director: Product/Sales/Marketing/Supply Chains Management, DuPont Automotive Products SBU (DuPont Asia Pacific/DuPont-Korea) (1995-1997)
- Project Manager, Semiconductor Materials Division, DuPont Electronics Materials SBU (Special Business Unit), Wilmington, DE (1993-1995)
- Marketing Manager, Semiconductor Materials Division, DuPont Electronics Materials SBU, Wilmington, DE (1992-1993)
- Technology Manager, Semiconductor Materials Division, DuPont Electronics Materials SBU, Wilmington, DE (1990-1992)
- Research Chemist at DuPont Experimental Station, and was promoted in various R&D and mfg positions as Senior Research Chemist, Research Associate & Project Team Leader in several DuPont Specialty Business Units (SBUs): Polymer Intermediates Department, Explosives Division, Finishes/Fabricated Products Dept, Automotive Products SBU and Electronics Materials SBU, DuPont-USA, Wilmington, DE (1978-1990)
Affiliations
- Nanotech Institute
- Affiliated Professor at Department of Physics
- Associate Director, UT Dallas Global Communication and Leadership Institute
- Executive member at the Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the School of Management at UT Dallas
- Adjunct Professor at School of Applied Chemical Engineering/Alan G. MacDiarmid Energy Research Institute at Chonnam National University, Korea
- Affiliated Researcher, Nano Systems Ins.-NCRC, Seoul National University, Korea
Research Description
- Eco-friendly process research of nano-materials synthesis
- Immobilization of nano particles on substrate for catalyst development for clean fuel synthesis and that of micro-organisms on substrate for bio-catalyst development for biofuels synthesis
- CNT growth using atmospheric PECVD
- Metallic and semiconducting SWNT enrichment from mixture
- Study of CNT & nano-materials’ application for flexible electronic devices such as PLED and solar cells as well as nano-sensor for chemical or bio-molecule detection
- Hydrogen storage material research using conductive polymer
- PEM fuel cell membrane development
- Economical process development of biofuels: Conversion of cellulosics to biofuels
- Microalgae growth and biodiesel extraction from the algae
Selected Publications
1) Seung Gon Wi, Hyun Joo Kim, Shobana Arumugam Mahadevan, Duck-Joo Yang, Hyeun-Jong Bae The potential value of the seaweed Ceylon moss (Gelidium amansii) as an alternative bioenergy resource In Press, Bioresource Technology, Available online 3 August 2009
2) Abdelaziz Rahy, Pooja Bajaj, Inga Musselman, Soon Hyung Hong, Ya-Ping Sun and Duck J. Yang, “Coating of Carbon Nanotubes on Flexible Substrate and Its Adhesion Study”, Applied Surface Science, 255, 7084-7089, 2009
3) Abdelaziz Rahy and D. J. Yang, “Highly Conductive Polyaniline Nanofibers” Material Letters, 62 (2008) 4311-4314
4) Grace Jones D. Kalaw, Zhiwei Yang, Inga H. Musselman, Duck-Joo Yang, Kenneth J. Balkus Jr., and John P. Ferraris, “Novel Polysilsesquioxane Hybrid Membranes for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) Applications”, Separation Science and Technology, 43, 3981-4008, 2008.
5) Kyung Hwan Lee, Hoon-Sik Jang, Gum Yong Eom, Byeong-Jun Lee, Dorothea Burk, Lawrence Overzet, Duck J. Yang and Gil S. Lee, “The enhanced growth of multi-walled carbon nanotubes using an atmospheric pressure plasma jet” Materials Letters, 62 (2008) 3849–3851
6) Abdelaziz Rahy, Mohamed Sakrout, Sanjeev Manohar, Sung June Cho, John Ferraris, D. J. Yang, “Polyaniline Nanofibers Synthesis by Co-use of Ammonium Peroxydisulfate and Sodium Hypochlorite”, Chemistry of Materials, 2008; 20(15); 4808-4814
7) Yang, Zhiwei; Coutinho, Decio H.; Yang, Duck-Joo; Balkus, Kenneth J.; Ferraris, John P. “Proton-conducting membranes based on HTFSI-doped PEI/SiO2 nanocomposites.” Journal of Membrane Science (2008), 313(1-2), 91-96.
8) Kim DW, Lee JS, Lee GS, Aliev A, Overzet L, Yang, DJ., “Carbon Nanotubes based Methanol Sensor for Fuel Cells Application”, Journal of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Vol. 6, 1-6, 2006
9) D. Coutinho, J.P. Ferraris, D.J. Yang, K.J. Balkus Jr “Transformation of Mesoporous Benzene Silica to Nanoporous Carbon”, Microporous & Mesoporous Materials, 91, 276-285, 2006
10) Xinyu, Z., Lee, J.S., Lee, G.S., Yang, Duck. J., Manohar, S. K., “Synthesis of PEDOT Nanotubes” Macromolecules, 39(2), 470-472, 2006
11) Bae, Jong Wook; Lee, Jae Sung; Lee, Kyung Hee; Lee, Byeongno; Yang, Duck Joo “A novel method of CCl4 Disposal by Disproportionation with CH4 over Pt on Various Supports”, Chemistry Letters, 2001, N3 (MAR 5), P264-265
12) Lin, T. J.; Antonelli, J. A.; Yang, D. J.; Yasuda, H. K.; Wang, F. T., “Plasma treatment of automotive steel for corrosion protection - a dry energetic process for coatings”, Progress in Organic Coatings, 31, 351-361 (1997)
13) Yasuda, H.; Chun, B. H.; Cho, D. L.; Lin, T. J.; Yang, D. J.; Antonelli, J. A. Morphology of phosphate layer investigated by vacuum depositing a parylene C film. Corrosion (Houston) (1996), 52(8), 584-591
14) Yasuda, H.; Chun, B. H.; Cho, D. L.; Lin, T. J.; Yang, D. J.; Antonelli, J. A. Interface-engineered Parylene C coating for corrosion protection of cold-rolled steel. Corrosion (Houston) (1996), 52(3), 169-176
15) Wang, Tinghao F.; Lin, T. J.; Yang, D. J.; Antonelli, J. A.; Yasuda, H. K. “Corrosion protection of cold-rolled steel by low temperature plasma interface engineering I. Enhancement of E-coat adhesion”, Progress in Organic Coatings, 28, 291-297 (1996)
16) Burkett, S.L.; Charlson, E.M.; Charlson, E.J.; Yasuda, H.K.; Duck-Joo Yang, The effect of cleaning procedures on surface charging of various substrates Semiconductor Manufacturing, IEEE Transactions on, 1995, V8, N1 (FEB), P10-16
17) F. S. Ohuchi T. J. Lin, J. A. Antonelli and D. J. Yang, “Preparation and in-situ characterization of polycarbosilane thin films by d.c. plasma-enhanced deposition”, Thin Solid Films, 245, 10-16 (1994)
18) Lin, T. J.; Chun, B. H.; Yasuda, H. K.; Yang, D. J.; Antonelli, J. A., "Plasma polymerized organosilanes as interfacial modifiers in polymer-metal systems", Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (1991), 5(10), 893-904
19) Yang, Duck J.; Jolly, William L., Decarbonylation of 2-germaacetic acid in aqueous solutions. Inorganic Chemistry (1978), 17(3), 621-624
20) Yang, Duck J.; Jolly, William L., A kinetic study of the hydrolysis of 2-germaacetate in neutral and alkaline solutions. Inorganic Chemistry (1977), 16(11), 2834-2837
21) Yang, Duck J.; Jolly, William L.; O'Keefe, Anthony. Conversion of hydrous germanium (II) oxide to germynyl sesquioxide, (HGe)2O3, Inorganic Chemistry (1977), 16(11), 2980-2982
- Updated: August 17, 2009
