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: 118B 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

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• 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

Main theme

The main theme of the Kim research program is to understand and control the physical properties and chemical reactions of adsorbed molecular layers on solid surfaces, phenomena that are related to a wide range of fundamental and technical areas from interfacial science to nanotechnology. Interactions and reactions of individual or single-layer molecules at solid surfaces have been studied extensively under ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions by the surface chemistry community. The interfaces between solids and bulk fluids have also been widely investigated. In contrast, the field of interfacial chemistry of molecules adsorbed from the gas phase under ambient conditions has been explored much less extensively although it can provide valuable information connecting the two extremes (UHV and liquid) and it is critical for many technical innovations. Our research program can be divided into five main focal areas:

1. Nanotribology
2. Interfacial water
3. Surface chemical imaging
4. Biocatalytic nanofibers
5. Atmospheric rf plasma
6. Nanomanufacturing

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