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†equal contribution, +undergraduate researcher, *corresponding author.
55. Cheng, L.; Deng, Y.; Huang, J.; Zhang, Z.; Duan, H.*; Kim, Y.*; Wang, Y.* Atomistic Transport Mechanisms in Ionic Covalent Organic Framework Based Electrolytes. (Submitted)
54. Liu, G.; Liu, Y.; Qiu, X.; Zhang, B.; Jang, J.; Cui, Y.; Xiao, F.; Zhao, Q.; Wang, W.; Kim, Y.; Xing, W.; Shao, M.* High-Performance and Durable Ni-Cu-W Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction in Alkaline. (Submitted)
53. Peng, F.; Liang, D.; Yang, E.; Kim, Y.; Zhao, Y.;* Ma, W* Multicolor chiral perovskite nanowire films with strong and tailorable circularly polarized luminescence. (Submitted)
52. Wei, S.; Zhang, M.; Li, P.; Kim, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Ma, W* Perspective on rational design and optimization of nanochannel membrane for osmotic energy conversion. (Submitted)
51. Kim, E.; Ma, X.; Zhou, J.; Gao, J.; Liu, A.; Ru, Y.; Kim, Y.; Lee, S.; Shin, D.M.* Long-lasting moisture energy scavenging in dry ambient air empowered by a salt concentration-gradient cationic hydrogel. (Submitted)
50. Tao, R.†; Cui, Y.†; Tian, Y.; Wang, R.; Bang, K.-T.; Chen, H.; Hu, C.; Yuan, Y.; Zhu, S.; Lee, Y.M.; Mustain, W.E.; Shao, M.;* Kim, Y.* Poly(Aryl Piperidiniums) with Imidazolium Side Chains for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells with Zero Voltage Decay. (Submitted)
49. Cui, Y.; Wang, Y.; Liu, G.; Yang, F.; Zhu, S.; Qiu, X.; Xiao, F.; Chen, G.; Farhadpour, M.; Mustain, W.E.; Kim, Y.; Shao, M.* Boron-Activated Ruthenium Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction in Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. (Submitted)
48. Yang, E.†; Zhang, M.†; Wei, S.; Liang, D.; Zhang, L.; Kim, Y.; Zhao, Y.*; Ma, W.* 1D Anisotropic Perovskites: Synthesis, Properties and Emerging Applications. (Submitted)
47. Cheng, H.; Bu, R.; Wu, Q.; Shen, Z.; Mao, S.; Zhang, J.; Zhong, W.; Tan, C.; Zhang, S.; Zhang, B.; Liu, C.; Gao, H.; Kim, Y.; Lu, Y.* Bottom-up designed membrane enabled efficient ion sieving for stable electrochemical energy storage. (Submitted)
46. Li, C.; Wang, D.D.; Zhang, Z.; Choi, J.U.+; Huang, J.; Bang, K.T.; Xu, S.; Wang, Y.; Kim, Y.* Poly(norbornene-diphenothiazine) for Electrochemical Capture and Release of Chromium and Arsenic Oxyanions from Water. (Submitted)
45. Tian, Y.; Hui, X.; Wang, K.; Yuan, Y.; Chen, H.; Bang, K.T.; Tao, R.; Wang, R.; Shin, D.M.; Lan, Y.; Xu, Z.L.; Kim, Y.* Freestanding Phosphonium Covalent Organic Frameworks with Efficient Hydroxide Conduction for Zinc–Air Batteries. (Submitted)
44. Huang, J.†; Li, C.†; Jiang, D.; Gao, J.; Cheng, L.; Li, G.; Luo, H.; Xu, Z-L.; Shin, D-M.; Wang, Y.; Lu, Y.; Kim, Y.* Solid-State Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries: State‐of‐the‐Art and Perspectives. Adv. Funct. Mater. (2024)
43. Gu, M.; Suleman, S.; Kim, Y.* Mechanically Interlocked Macrocycles on Covalent Networks for Energy and Environmental Applications. ChemPlusChem (2024)
Invited to Early Career Series – ChemPlusTalents, ChemPlusChem
42. Kim, Y.*; Li, C.; Huang, J.; Yuan, Y.; Tian, Y.; Zhang, W.* Ionic Covalent Organic Framework Solid-State Electrolytes. Adv. Mater. 2407761 (2024)
41. Yuan, Y.; Wang, D.D.; Zhang, Z.; Bang, K.T.; Wang, R.; Chen, H.; Wang, Y.; Kim, Y.* Charge-Delocalized Triptycene-Based Ionic Porous Organic Polymers as Solid Electrolytes for Lithium-Metal Batteries. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2024)
40. Tao, R; Shao, M.*; Kim, Y.* Polyarylene-Based Anion Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells. Chem. Eur. J. 30, e202401208 (2024)
Invited
39. Huang, J.; Cheng, L.; Zhang, Z.; Li, C.; Bang, K.T.; Liem, A.+; Luo, H.; Hu, C.; Lee, Y.M.; Lu, Y.; Wang, Y.*; Kim, Y.* High-Performance All-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by Ionic Covalent Organic Framework Composites. Adv. Energy Mater. 2400762 (2024)
Featured on the HKUST website, Tech Xplore, Mirage News, EurekAlert, etc.
48. Zhong, W.; Shen, Z.; Mao, J.; Zhang, S.; Cheng, H.*; Kim, Y.; Lu, Y.* Mitigating Cathodic Dissolution through Interfacial Water Masking to Enhance the Longevity of Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries. Energy Environ. Sci., 17, 2059 (2024)
37. Yuan, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, Z.; Bang, K.T.; Tian, Y.; Dang, Z.; Gu, M.; Wang, R.; Tao, R.; Lu, Y.; Wang, Y.; Kim, Y.* Imidazolate Covalent Organic Frameworks with Ether Chains as Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. e202402202 (2024)
36. Cao, H.; Yang, E.; Kim, Y.; Ma, W.*; Zhao, Y* Biomimetic Chiral Nanomaterials with Selective Catalysis Activity. Adv. Sci. 2306979 (2024)
35. Gao, J.; Zhou, J.; Chen, X.; Tao, R.; Li, Y.; Ru, Y.; Li, C.; Kim, E.; Ma, X.; Wang, M.; Kim, Y.; Lee, S.; Shin, D.M.* Accelerated Selective Li+ Transports Assisted by Microcrack-Free Anionic Network Polymer Membranes for Long Cyclable Lithium Metal Batteries. Adv. Sci. 2308530 (2024)
34. Wu, W.; Wang, R.; Kim, Y.* Single-Atom Catalysts on Covalent Organic Frameworks for Energy Applications. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2024)
Invited to Early Career Forum 2024, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces
33. Li, C.; Wang, D.D.; Poon Ho, G.S.H.; Zhang, Z.; Huang, J.; Bang, K.T.; Lau, C.Y.; Leu, S.Y.; Wang, Y.; Kim, Y.* Anthraquinone-Based Silicate Covalent Organic Frameworks as Solid Electrolyte Interphase for High-Performance Lithium-Metal Batteries. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 45, 24603 (2023)
32. Luo, H.†; Poon Ho, G.S.H.†; Huang, J.; Li, C.; Xu, Z.L.; Kim, Y.* Ionic Porous Organic Polymers Synthesized Using Solvothermal and Mechanochemical Methods as Solid Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 62, 39, 15790 (2023)
Invited to 2023 I&EC Research Influential Researcher Awards
31. Wang, R.; Lyu, H.; Poon Ho, G.S.H.; Chen, H.; Yuan, Y.; Bang, K.T.; Kim, Y.* Highly Conductive Covalent–Organic Framework Films. Small 2306634 (2023)
30. Chen, H.; Bang, K.T.; Tian, Y.; Hu, C.; Tao, R.; Yuan Y.; Wang, R.; Shin, D-M.; Shao, M.; Lee, Y.M.; Kim, Y.* Poly(Ethylene Piperidinium)s for Anion Exchange Membranes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. e202307690 (2023)
29. Lam, I.T.Y.; Yuan, Y.; Bang, K.T.; Choi, S.J.; Shin, D.M.; Lu, D.; Kim, Y.* Towards the Fastest Kinetics and Highest Uptake of Post-Functionalized UiO-66 for Hg2+ Removal from Water. Nanoscale 15, 10558 (2023)
Invited to Nanoscale 2023 Emerging Investigators
28. Lam, I.T.Y.; Lu, D.; Choi, S.J.; Kim, Y.* Functionalized Metal–Organic Frameworks for Heavy Metal Ion Removal from Water. Nanoscale 15, 10189 (2023)
27. Yuan, Y.†; Bang, K.†; Wang, R.; Kim, Y.* Macrocycle-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks. Adv. Mater. 2210952 (2023)
26. Wang, R.; Yuan, Y.; Bang, K.; Kim, Y.* Single-Atom Catalysts on Covalent Organic Frameworks for CO2 Reduction. ACS Mater. Au 3, 28 (2022)
Invited article to ACS Materials Au 2022 Rising Stars
25. Yuan, Y.; Kim, Y.* Synthesis of Zr metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) to remove Fe3+ from water STAR Protocols 3, 101477 (2022)
Invited
24. Chen, H.†; Tao, R.†; Bang, K.; Shao, M; Kim, Y.* Anion Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells: State of the Art and Perspectives Adv. Energy Mater. 2200934 (2022)
23. Yuan, Y.†; Yu, J.†; Chen, H.; Bang, K.; Pan, D.*; Kim, Y.* Thiol-Functionalized Zr Metal–Organic Frameworks for Efficient Removal of Fe3+ from Water Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 3, 100783 (2022)
22. Liang, X.†; Tian, Y.†; Yuan, Y.; Kim, Y.* Ionic Covalent Organic Frameworks for Energy Devices Adv. Mater. 2105647 (2021)
Top Downloaded Article in 2021 by Wiley.
21. Kumar, A.*; Kim, Y.; Su, X.; Fukuda, H.; Naidu, G.; Du, F.; Vigneswaran, S.; Drioli, E.; Hatton, T.A.; Lienhard, J.H.* Advances and Challenges in Metal Ion Separations from Water. Trends Chem. 3, 819 (2021)
20. Chen, Z.; Yang, X.; Li, W.; Liang, X.*; Guo, J.; Li, H.; He, Y.*; Kim, Y.* Nanofiber Composite for Improved Water Retention and Dendrites Suppression in Flexible Zinc-Air Batteries Small 2103048 (2021).
19. He, H.; Li, Y.; Liu, H.; Kim, Y.; Yan, Y.; Xu, L.* Elastic, Conductive, and Mechanically Strong Hydrogels from Dual-Crosslinked Aramid Nanofiber Composites ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 13, 7539 (2021).
18. Yang, X.; Wu, X.; Guo, Z.; Li, Q.; Wang, H.; Ke, C.; Zeng, W.; Qiu, X.; He, Y.; Liang, X.*; Kim, Y. Phosphorus/Nitrogen Co-Doped and Bimetallic MOFs-Derived Cathode for All-Solid-State Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery RSC Adv. 10, 33327 (2020).
17. Koo, W-T.; Kim, Y.; Kim, S.; Suh, B.L.; Savagatrup, S.; Kim, J.; Lee, S-J.; Swager, T.M.*; Kim, I-D.* Hydrogen Sensors from Ultra-small Bimetallic Nanoparticles and Porous Ion-Exchange Polymers. Chem 6, 2746 (2020).
16. Kim, Y.; Wang, Y.†; France-Lanord, A.†; Wang, Y.; Wu, Y-C.M.; Lin, S.; Li, Y.; Grossman, J.C.*; Swager, T.M.* Ionic Highways from Covalent Assembly in Highly Conducting and Stable Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 18152 (2019).
15. Choi, S.-J.; Savagatrup, S.; Kim, Y.; Lang, J.H.*; Swager, T.M.* Precision pH Sensor based on WO3 Nanofiber-Polymer Composites and Differential Amplification. ACS Sens. 4, 2593 (2019).
Pre-Independent Career:
14. Koo, W-T.; Kim, Y.; Savagatrup, S.; Yoon, B.; Jeon, I.; Choi, S-J.; Kim, I-D.*; Swager, T.M.* Porous Ion Exchange Matrix, Au Nanoparticle, Carbon Nanotube Chemiresistors with Voltage-Activated Sensitivity. Chem. Mater. 31, 5413 (2019).
13. Kim, Y.; Lin, Z.; Jeon, I.; Voorhis, T.V.; Swager, T.M.* Polyaniline Nanofiber Electrodes for Reversible Capture and Release of Mercury(II) from Water. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140, 14413 (2018).
12. Lopez, L.; Kim, Y.; Jierry, L.; Hemmerlé, J.; Boulmedais, F.; Schaaf, P.; Pronkin, S.N.; Kotov, N.A.* Electrochemistry on Stretchable Nanocomposite Electrodes: Dependence on Strain. ACS Nano 12, 9223 (2018).
11. Li, M.; Guler, U.; Li, Y.; Rea, A.; Tanyi, E.K.; Kim, Y.; Noginov, M.A.; Song, Y.; Boltasseva, A.; Shalaev, V.; Kotov, N.A.* Plasmonic Biomimetic Nanocomposite with Spontaneous Subwavelength Structuring as Broadband Absorbers. ACS Energy Lett. 3, 1578 (2018).
10. Moh, L.; Goods, J.B.; Kim, Y.; Swager, T.M.* Free Volume Enhanced Proton Exchange Membranes from Sulfonated Triptycene Poly(Ether Ether Ketone). J. Membrane Sci. 549, 236 (2018).
9. Kim, Y.†; Moh, L.†; Swager, T.M.* Anion Exchange Membranes: Enhancement by Addition of Unfunctionalized Triptycene Poly(Ether Sulfone)s. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 42409 (2017).
8. Zhu, J.; Yang, M.; Emre, A.; Bahng, J.H.; Xu, L.; Yeom, J.; Yeom, B.; Kim, Y.; Johnson, K.; Green, P.; Kotov, N.A.* Branched Aramid Nanofibers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 11744 (2017).
7. Lyu, J.; Wang, X.; Liu, L.; Kim, Y.; Tanyi, E.K.; Chi, H.; Feng, W.; Xu, L.; Li, T.; Noginov, M.A.; Uher, C.; Hammig, M.D.; Kotov, N.A.* High Strength Conductive Composites from Plasmonic Nanoparticles Aligned on Aramid Nanofibers. Adv. Funct. Mater. 26, 8435 (2016).
6. Xu, L.; Wang, X.; Kim, Y.; Shyu, T.; Lyu, J.; Kotov, N.A.* Kirigami Nanocomposites as Wide-Angle Diffraction Gratings. ACS Nano 10, 6156 (2016).
5. Kim, Y.†; Yeom, B.†; Arteaga, O.; Yoo, S.J.; Lee, S.G.; Kim, J.G.; Kotov, N.A.* Reconfigurable Chiroptical Nanocomposites with Chirality Transfer from the Macro- to the Nanoscale. Nature Materials 15, 461 (2016).
Featured in News and Views of Nature Materials 15, 377 (2016), home page of the University of Michigan with a YouTube video clip, “Making nanostructures with rotatory optical activity”, Phys.org, Science 360, IEEE Spectrum, Science News, Nanotechweb.org, the Economic Times, etc.
4. Lee, Y.H.; Kim, Y.; Lee, T.I.; Lee, I.; Shin, J.; Choi, M.H.; Kim, T.S.; Choi, J.W.* Anomalous Stretchable Conductivity Using an Engineered Tricot Weave. ACS Nano 9, 12214 (2015).
3. Kim, Y.; Zhu, J.; Yeom, B.; Prima, M.D.; Su, X.; Kim, J.G.; Yoo, S.J.; Uher, C.; Kotov, N.A.* Stretchable Nanoparticle Conductors with Self-Organized Conductive Pathways. Nature 500, 59 (2013).
Featured in home page of the University of Michigan with a YouTube video clip, “Stretchable Conductors | MconneX | MichEpedia”, C&EN, MRS bulletin, Phys.org, Science Daily, Newswise, French Tribune, Chemistry World, Science & Enterprise etc.
2. Kim, Y.; Koh, K.; Roll, M.F.; Laine, R.M.; Matzger, A.J.* Porous Networks Assembled with Octa Phenyl Silsesquioxanes as Building Blocks. Macromolecules 43, 6995 (2010). (Undergraduate publication)
1. Roll, M.F.; Kampf, J.W.; Kim, Y.; Yi, E.; Laine, R.M.* Nano Building Blocks via Iodination of [PhSiO1.5]n, Forming [p-I-C6H4SiO1.5]n (n = 8, 10, 12), and a New Route to High-Surface-Area, Thermally Stable, Microporous Materials via Thermal Elimination of I2. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 132, 10171 (2010). (Undergraduate publication)
PATENTS ———————————————————————————————————————————-
Kim, Y.; Li, C.; Poon Ho, G.S.H.; Huang, J.; Bang, G.; “Anthraquinone-Based Silicate Covalent Organic Frameworks as Solid Electrolyte Interphase for High-Performance Li-Metal Batteries” Ref.: IP.PA.1746 US Provisional Patent Application (No. 63/415,304) filed on Oct 12, 2022.
Kim, Y.; Huang, J.; Li, C.; Bang, G.; “Ionic Covalent Organic Framework and Poly(Ionic Liquid) Composite Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Li-Metal Batteries” Ref.: IP.PA.1745 US Provisional Patent Application (No. 63/379,145) filed on Oct 12, 2022.
Kim, Y.; Yuan, Y. “硫醇化的 Zr 基金属有机骨架及其制备方法和应用” Ref.: 2022103695558. Chinese patent application filed on April 8, 2022.
Kim, Y.; Yuan, Y. “Thiol-Functionalized Zr Metal-Organic Frameworks for Selective Removal of Iron (III) from Water” (Ref.: TTC.PA.1498) – US Provisional Patent Application (No. 63/175,566) filed on 16 April 2021
Pre-Independent Career:
Swager, T.M.; Kim, Y.; Grossman, J.C.; Lin, S.; Wang, Y.; France-Lanord, A.; Wu Y.; Li, Y; Wang, Y; “Stable, Highly Conductive, Anion Exchange Polymer Films” Invention disclosure filed on 12 Jul 2019
Swager, T.M.; Koo, W.; Kim, Y.; Kim, I.D. “Polymer Constrained Growth and Applications of Metal Nanoparticles” Invention disclosure filed on 25 Feb 2019
Kotov, N.A.; Kim, Y.; Zhu, J.; Prima, M.D. Application No. 14/193,837, U.S. Patent No. 9,922,746 “Stretchable Composite Conductors for Flexible Electronics, Stretchable Plasmonic Devices, Optical Filters, and Implantable Devices and Methods for Manufacture Thereof”
CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES ————————————————————————————————————
24. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Flexible Pillar [6] arene for Enhanced Host–Guest Properties” Synfacts 14, 0815 (2018).
23. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Fluctuating Macromolecules from Controlled Defects” Synfacts 14, 0813 (2018).
22. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Metallophilic Phosphorescence Polymers” Synfacts 14, 0700 (2018).
21. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Heteroatom-Coordinated Conducting Polymers” Synfacts 14, 0694 (2018).
20. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Metal-Free Routes for Biaryls” Synfacts 14, 0581 (2018).
19. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “π-Extended Helicene with Quantum Yield > 80%” Synfacts 14, 0589 (2018).
18. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Mechanofluorochromic Materials from Transient-Ligand-Enabled Arylation” Synfacts 14, 0480 (2018).
17. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “peri-Annulation for Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons” Synfacts 14, 0473 (2018).
16. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “π-Extension Through the Catellani Reaction” Synfacts 14, 0370 (2018).
15. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Heterocyclic Fluorophores via Grignard Chemistry” Synfacts 14, 0362 (2018).
14. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “The Longest 1D Nanographene” Synfacts 14, 0250 (2018).
13. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Azulene’s D–A Structure for Optoelectronic Materials” Synfacts 14, 0258 (2018).
12. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Helical Radicals with NIR Circular Dichroism” Synfacts 14, 0143 (2018).
11. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Butterfly-Shaped Semiconductor Molecules” Synfacts 14, 0137 (2018).
10. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Oxidation in the Direction of Increasing Aromaticity” Synfacts 14, 0027 (2018).
9. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Diels–Alder Reaction for New Fluorophores” Synfacts 14, 0032 (2018).
8. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Regiospecific Alkynylation Enabled by Ruthenium Catalyst” Synfacts 13, 1254 (2017).
7. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Reactivity-Enhanced Arene–Metal Complex for the Synthesis of Medium-Sized Rings” Synfacts 13, 1253 (2017).
6. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Extended Enantiospecific Helicenes” Synfacts 13, 1149 (2017).
5. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Novel N-Heteroheptacenes for OFET Devices” Synfacts 13, 1147 (2017).
4. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Expanding Functionality of Indole and Pyrrole the Electrophilic Way” Synfacts13, 1038 (2017).
3. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Four-Membered Heterocycles from Ynamide” Synfacts 13, 1036 (2017).
2. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Longer Arms Make It More Optically Active” Synfacts 13, 0925 (2017).
1. Swager, T.M. and Kim, Y. “Bent Porphyrin Tapes Enabled by Seven-Membered Rings” Synfacts 13, 0929 (2017).