Department Personnel
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
Assisted by: Steven Smith
Phone: (814) 863-4961
Primary Links
News article
03/06/09
The Winter 2009 edition of "Focus on Materials" includes an article about my group's work with MEMS.
View the "Advanced Coatings" article.
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: