• Controlling Hydrophobicity and Oleophobicity of Silica Hybrid Particles through UV/ozone Surface Treatment

  • Keumjung Lee# , Seo Yeon Park# , Hye Yun Park, Ju Yeon Myeong, Jin-Wook Lee*, Sung-Hun Lim**, and Jun Hyup Lee†

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Korea
    *School of Mechanical Engineering, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Korea
    **School of Electrical Engineering, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Korea

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(2): 331-339

    Published online Mar 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.2.331
  • Received on Nov 17, 2025
  • Revised on Nov 24, 2025
  • Accepted on Nov 25, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Jun Hyup Lee

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Korea

  • E-mail: junhyuplee@ssu.ac.kr