Welcome to the Kim group.

We synthesize building blocks of materials, using principles from organic and polymer chemistry, assemble them to have tailored functionalities, and apply them for diverse engineering applications, primarily energy and environmental. Porous crystalline polymers such as covalent-organic frameworks, metal-organic frameworks, and other porous polymers are our main foci. The versatility and modularity in the structures and thus tailored properties enable us to utilize them in, e.g., electrochemical or purification devices. The knowledge from materials chemistry guides the synthetic approaches and the results solve the problems that we are currently facing.

Latest News:

Jul 07, 2021. Yoon (Prof. Kim) is invited to the World Laureates Forum (Young Scientist section) as an HKUST representative! The forum would be an exciting venue to exchange ideas and connect with people. Looking forward to the event!

Jul 02, 2021. Xiaoguang’s paper on the use of nanofiber composite electrolytes for improved water retention and dendrites suppression in flexible zinc-air batteries is accepted for publication in Small. Congratulations to Xiaoguang!

June 30, 2021. The group receives a General Research Fund for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell project. Thank you, Research Grants Council!

June 29, 2021. Welcome to a PhD student Rui Wang to start from Fall 2021.

Jun 25, 2021. The group enjoyed Sea Kayaking on a cloudy day. The cluster of buildings over the water on the right side of the picture is the HKUST campus.

Jun 2021. The group receives Bridge Gap Fund from Technology Transfer Center (TTC), HKUST, for a “Synthetic–Organic Frameworks for Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Water” project. Thank you, TTC, HKUST!

**Annual group dinner**

**April 2021.** We welcomed new members and celebrated the productive past year.

April 30, 2021. The group receives funding from Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology for the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program with Dr. Dong LU (Guangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute) and Prof. Seon-Jin Choi (Hanyang University, Korea). Thank you, GDST!

January 2021. The group receives HKUST-BDR Joint Research Institute project fund with Dr. Dong LU (Guangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute). Thank you, HBJRI!

September 2020. The group welcomes three Final Year Project UG researchers, Hyeongwoo Kim, Taewan Kim, and Jaeyeon Hwang, and one UROP student, Anthony Lai!

July 24, 2020. Congratulations Xiaoguang for winning the HKUST Post-Doctoral Fellowship Matching Fund.

July 2020. Welcome to MPhil students Gerald Poon and Iris Lam to start from Fall 2020.

July 22, 2020. The group receives ASPIRE League Partnership Seed Fund. Thank you, ASPIRE (Asian Science and Technology Pioneering Institutes of Research and Education)!

June 30, 2020. The group receives an Early Career Scheme for water purification project with additional funding of Early Career Grant. Thank you, Research Grants Council!

**The first group dinner.**

**June 6, 2020.** We had a great time. Looking forward to many of the next ones!

June 2020. Welcome to PhD students Ye Tian, Jun Huang, Ran Tao (Co-supervised with Prof. Minhua Shao), and Chen Li to start from Fall 2020.

February 2020. Welcome to Huanhuan Chen (PhD student) and Dr. Xiaoguang Liang (Postdoc).

December 2019. Welcome to the first student Yufei Yuan who is working as an RA then to be a PhD student from February 2020.

**A new paper published in JACS**

**November 4, 2019.** Prof. Kim published an exciting article on fuel cell membranes using ionic highways. This work first demonstrated ionic highways using covalent assembly. *Yoon very much appreciates contributions from all co-authors!* (doi)

September 9, 2019. Dr. Yoonseob Kim reported duty. Looking forward a great journey. (link)