Associate Professor Seong Kim

BS., Yonsei University, Korea, 1990 MS., Yonsei University, Korea, 1992 Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1998 Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology 1992-1993 University of California, Berkeley 1998-2001 Office: 118-B Fenske Lab Phone: 814-863-4809 E-mail: shkim@engr.psu.edu Labs: 3 Fenske - (814) 863-8324 49 Fenske - (814) 863-9378 123 Fenske - (814) 865-8344 Staff Assistant: Kathy Peters, Phone: (814) 863-1375

Research | Publications | Group | News | Honors and Awards

• View an article about my group's research on The Nature News web site. http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080407/full/news.2008.740.html

Research Areas

Nanomaterials
• Direct Synthesis of Conducting Polymers into Thin Films and Nanostructures via Photo-activated Ullmann Coupling Reactions
• Nanoreactor Processes for Manufacturing Oriented Materials
• Electro-spinning of Hydrogel and Conducting Polymer Nanofibers
• Enzyme Immobilization and Stabilization on Polymeric Nanofibers
• Hydrophobic and Superhydrophobic Coating via Atmospheric RF plasma Processes

Nanotribology
• Gas Phase Lubrication of MEMS devices
• Self-healing Boundary Lubrication
• Chemical-Vibro-Mechanical Planarization (CVMP) of Copper

Catalysis
• In-situ monitoring of catalytic reactions using vibration spectroscopy

Main theme

The chemical and physical properties of solid surfaces play a key role in many industrial processes such as nanotechnology, heterogeneous catalysis, tribology, semiconductor devices, biomaterials, etc. The main theme of research in my lab is to understand fundamentals of the surface chemistry and physics related to these applications and to develop new methodologies to produce solid materials with surface properties tailored for better performance.

The main tools in pursuing these goals are state-of-the-art surface science techniques, scanning probe microscopy, surface vibration spectroscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry, as well as conventional analysis and synthetic methods. Students joining the group will gain expertise in a number of these techniques as well as scientific and technical paper writing.

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