Sung Yun Lee

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Pohang 37673, KR

Hello, I’m Sung Yun Lee, a postdoctoral researcher at Center for Ultrafast Science on Quantum Matter, Max Planck POSTECH/Korea Research Initiative. I’m interested in dichroism in resonant X-ray diffraction and deep-learning-based data processing for coherent diffraction imaging.

selected publications

Deep-learning real-time phase retrieval of imperfect diffraction patterns from X-ray free-electron lasers

Sung Yun Lee, Do Hyung Cho, Chulho Jung, and 4 more authors

npj Computational Materials, 2025

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Machine learning is attracting surging interest across nearly all scientific areas by enabling the analysis of large datasets and the extraction of scientific information from incomplete data. Data-driven science is rapidly growing, especially in X-ray methodologies, where advanced light sources and detection technologies produce vast amounts of data that exceed meticulous human inspection capabilities. Despite the increasing demands, the full application of machine learning has been hindered by the need for data-specific optimizations. In this study, we introduce a new deep-learning-based phase retrieval method for imperfect diffraction data. This method provides robust phase retrieval for simulated data and performs well on partially damaged and noisy single-pulse diffraction data from X-ray free-electron lasers. Moreover, the method significantly reduces data processing time, facilitating real-time image reconstructions that are crucial for high-repetition-rate data acquisition. This approach offers a reliable solution to the phase problem to be widely adopted across various research areas confronting the inverse problem.
Nanoscale Three-Dimensional Network Structure of a Mesoporous Particle Unveiled via Adaptive Multidistance Coherent X-ray Tomography

Sung Yun Lee^†, Do Hyung Cho^†, Sung Chan Song^†, and 7 more authors

ACS Nano, 2023

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Mesoporous nanoparticles provide rich platforms to devise functional materials by customizing the three-dimensional (3D) structures of nanopores. With the pore network as a key tuning parameter, the noninvasive and quantitative characterization of these 3D structures is crucial for the rational design of functional materials. This has prompted researchers to develop versatile nanoprobes with a high penetration power to inspect various specimens sized a few micrometers at nanoscale 3D resolutions. Here, with adaptive phase retrievals on independent data sets with different sampling frequencies, we introduce multidistance coherent X-ray tomography as a noninvasive and quantitative nanoprobe to realize high-resolution 3D imaging of micrometer-sized specimens. The 3D density distribution of an entire mesoporous silica nanoparticle was obtained at 13 nm 3D resolution for quantitative physical and morphological analyses of its 3D pore structure. The morphological features of the whole 3D pore network and pore connectivity were examined to gain insight into the potential functions of the particles. The proposed multidistance tomographic imaging scheme with quantitative structural analyses is expected to advance studies of functional materials by facilitating their structure-based rational design.