Kwang S. Kim
Born February 6, 1950, in Euisung, Kyungbuk, Korea.
Dept. of Chemistry
Ulsan National Insitute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
50 UNIST-gil, Ulsan 44919, South Korea
Email:kimks@unist.ac.kr
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Academic Achievement Award of Korean Chemical Society (2001), Korea Science Award (2004). Fellow of Korean Academy of Science and Technology (2005).
Author of:
About 300 publications in chemistry, physics, bio-sciences and material sciences
Important Contributions:
Theoretical/computational development and innovative use of advanced quantum chemical methodologies
to investigate functional molecular systems, nanomaterials, and nanodevices including:
- Structure and dynamics of molecular clusters upon excitation, ionization, electron-capture, protonation/deprotonation, charge-transfer, and solvation
- Molecular recognition, self-assembling, and protein engineering based on molecular interactions including neutral/ionic H-bonding and pi interactions
- Electromagnetic and optical properties of low dimensional systems including metallic/semiconducting nanowires, carbon nanotubes, graphene nanoribbons, organic nanotubes, graphene, and their analogs
- Electron/spin transport phenomena in electronic/spintronic devices using non-equilibrium Green function and (time-dependent) density functional theory
- Design of novel functional molecules, receptors, nanomaterials, electronic/ spintronic nanodevices, bimolecular sensing devices, and optical nanodevices
- New physical phenomena of super-magnetoresistance based on orbital matching/mismatching in addition to spin matching/mismatching
- Novel subwavelength diffraction phenomena by light-matter interactions in nano-optics
- Applications to green chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, and biochemistry for developing new materials and catalysts towards energy storage and understanding novel mechanisms of photoreaction and bio-metabolism