• Advanced biomaterials for dental restoratives and orthopedics
• Biodegradable polymers for tissue engineering and drug delivery system
• Functional polymers for regenerative medicine

Professor Chung works primarily in the area of advanced polymeric biomaterials using various synthetic techniques such as orgainc/inorganic hybridization, block copolymer synthesis by atom transfer radical polymerization as well as self assembled supramolecules based on cyclodextrin.
One major goal in this emerging field is to develop novel polymers and their composites for dental and orthopedic applications, which include hard and soft tissue restorations. The second main goal in this field is to develop novel biodegradable polymers and composite systems for drug delivery and tissue engineering, which include design and formulation of deliverable, in situ polymerizable and resorbable polymers as tissue scaffolds for soft and hard tissue regenerations.

Development of polymeric new materials for biomedical applications

• Soft/hard tissue compatible polymer
• Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable polymer
• Synthesis and evaluation of polymeric drug and their anti-tumor/AIDS actions

Development of well defined polymers by controlled radical polymerizationDevelopment of environmentally benign nano hybrid PSA by emulsion ATRP