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John Kim

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Contact

  • johnjk@umich.edu

Education

  • PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan 2024 (Expected)

  • BS in Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, 2018

Research

  • John studies the surface chemistry of polymer nanofibers templated by liquid crystals.

Awards

  • Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2021

  • Scholarship, Sungkyunkwan University, 2013, 2016, 2017

  • Capstone Design Award, Sungkyunkwan University, 2017

Publications

  • Heo JM, Kim J, Hasan MI, Woo H, Lahann J, Kim J, Directed Chiral Self-Assembly of Purely Organic Phosphors for Room-Temperature Circularly Polarized Phosphorescence, Adv. Optical Mater. 2024, 2400572.

    Kim J.*; Patra A.*; Pal S.*; Abbott N. L.; Lahann J. Emergent Properties, Functions and Applications of Phane-based Polymers, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, 2400572 (Co-first)

  • Mohammadi H. T.; Zhong X.; Kim J.; Dadfar B.; Lahann J. Chemical and Topological Control of Surfaces Using Functional Parylene Coatings. Organic Materials 2023, 5 (02), 98–111

  • Wawryszyn, M.; Wilhelm, R.; Kim, J.; Zhong, X.; Raymond, J. E.; Thelen, R.; Trouillet, V.; Schwotzer, M.; Bräse, S.; Kim, D. H.; Abbott, N. L.; Lahann, J. Emergence of Structural Phosphorescence in Free-Standing, Laterally Organized Polymer Nanofiber Membranes. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2023, 5 (3), 1670–1680

  • Roh, S.*; Kim, J.*; Varadharajan, D.; Lahann, J.; Abbott, N. L. Sharing of Strain Between Nanofiber Forests and Liquid Crystals Leads to Programmable Responses to Electric Fields. Adv. Funct, Mater. 2022, 32 (27), 2200830 (Co-first)

  • Varadharajan, D.; Nayani, K.; Zippel, C.; Spuling, E.; Cheng, K. C.; Sarangarajan, S.; Roh, S.; Kim, J.; Trouillet, V.; Bräse, S.; Abbott, N. L.; Lahann, J. Surfaces Decorated with Enantiomorphically Pure Polymer Nanohelices via Hierarchical Chirality Transfer across Multiple Length Scales. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34 (9), 2108386

  • Khan, F.; Khan, W.; Kim, J. H.; Huda, N. U.; Salman Ajmal, H. M.; Kim, S.-D. Oxygen Desorption Kinetics of ZnO Nanorod–Gated AlGaN/GaN HEMT-Based UV Photodetectors. AIP Adv. 2018, 8 (7), 075225

Presentations

  • "Ultraviolet photonic response of N2O plasma-treated ZnO nanostructures grown on AlGaN/GaN HEMTs.” International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment, South Korea, 2018