Yoonseob KIM

PhD in Chemical Engineering
University of Michigan, 2016

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering



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yoonseobkim@ust.hk
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Research Interest

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Advanced materials
Polymer
Nanoporous and nanostructured materials
Membrane technology
Electrochemical energy technologies



Publications

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All Years 22 2022 0 2021 4 2020 2 2019 3 2018 4 2017 2 2016 7

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2021 4

Advances and challenges in metal ion separation from water
Trends in Chemistry, v. 3, (10), October 2021, p. 819-831
Kumar, Amit; Kim, Yoonseob; Su, Xiao; Fukuda, Hiroki; Naidu, Gayathri; Du, Fengmin; Vigneswaran, Saravanamuth; Drioli, Enrico; Hatton, T. Alan; Lienhard V, John, H. Article
Elastic, Conductive, and Mechanically Strong Hydrogels from Dual-Cross-Linked Aramid Nanofiber Composites
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 13, (6), February 2021, p. 7539-7545
He, Huimin; Li, Yanran; Liu, Hongzhen; Kim, Yoonseob; Yan, Aixin; Xu, Lizhi Article
Ionic Covalent Organic Frameworks for Energy Devices
Advanced Materials, October 2021, article number 2105647
Liang, Xiaoguang; Tian, Ye; Yuan, Yufei; Kim, Yoonseob Article
Nanofiber Composite for Improved Water Retention and Dendrites Suppression in Flexible Zinc-Air Batteries
Small, v. 17, (39), October 2021, article number 2103048
Chen, Zhaoyang; Yang, Xing; Li, Wenqiong; Liang, Xiaoguang; Guo, Jiaming; Li, Haihan; He, Yun; Kim, Yoonseob Article

2020 2

Hydrogen Sensors from Composites of Ultra-small Bimetallic Nanoparticles and Porous Ion-Exchange Polymers
Chem, v. 6, (10), 8 October 2020, p. 2746-2758
Koo, Won-Tae; Kim, Yoonseob; Kim, Sunwoo; Suh, Bong Lim; Savagatrup, Suchol; Kim, Jihan; Lee, Sung-Ju; Swager, Timothy M.; Kim, Il-Doo Article
Phosphorus/nitrogen co-doped and bimetallic MOF-derived cathode for all-solid-state rechargeable zinc-air batteries
RSC Advances, v. 10, (55), 10 September 2020, p. 33327-33333
Yang, Xing; Wu, Xianghua; Guo, Zeping; Li, Qingyu; Wang, Hongqiang; Ke, Chujun; Zeng, Wei; Qiu, Xiafei; He, Yun; Liang, Xiaoguang; Kim, Yoonseob Article

2019 3

Ionic Highways from Covalent Assembly in Highly Conducting and Stable Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 141, (45), November, 2019, p. 18152-18159
Kim, Yoonseob; Wang, Yanming; France-Lanord, Arthur; Wang, Yichong; Wu, You-Chi Mason; Lin, Sibo; Li, Yifan; Grossman, Jeffrey C. Grossman; Swager, Timothy M. Article
Porous Ion Exchange Polymer Matrix for Ultrasmall Au Nanoparticle-Decorated Carbon Nanotube Chemiresistors
Chemistry of Materials, v. 31, (15), August 2019, p. 5413-5420
Koo, Won Tae; Kim, Yoonseob; Savagatrup, Suchol; Yoon, Bora; Jeon, Intak; Choi, Seon-Jin; Kim, Il-Doo; Swager, Timothy M. Article
Precision pH Sensor Based on WO₃ Nanofiber-Polymer Composites and Differential Amplification
ACS Sensors, v. 4, (10), October 2019, p. 2593-2598
Choi, Seon-Jin; Savagatrup, Suchol; Kim, Yoonseob; Lang, Jeffrey H.; Swager, Timothy M. Article

2018 4

Electrochemistry on Stretchable Nanocomposite Electrodes: Dependence on Strain
ACS Nano, v. 12, (9), September 2018, p. 9223-9232
Lopez, Lionel; Kim, Yoonseob; Jierry, Loic; Hemmerle, Joseph; Boulmedais, Fouzia; Schaaf, Pierre; Pronkin, Sergey; Kotov, Nicholas A. Article
Free volume enhanced proton exchange membranes from sulfonated triptycene poly(ether ketone)
Journal of Membrane Science, v. 549, March 2018, p. 236-243
Moh, Lionel C.H.; Goods, John B.; Kim, Yoonseob; Swager, Timothy M. Article
Plasmonic Biomimetic Nanocomposite with Spontaneous Subwavelength Structuring as Broadband Absorbers
ACS Energy Letters, v. 3, (7), July 2018, p. 1578-1583
Li, Mingzhu; Guler, Urcan; Li, Yanan; Rea, Anthony; Tanyi, Ekembu K.; Kim, Yoonseob; Noginov, Mikhail; Song, Yanlin; Boltasseva, Alexandra; Shalaev, Vladimir; Kotov, Nicholas A. Article
Polyaniline Nanofiber Electrodes for Reversible Capture and Release of Mercury(II) from Water
Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 140, (43), October 2018, p. 14413-14420
Kim, Yoonseob; Lin, Zhou; Jeon, Intak; Voorhis, Troy Van; Swager, Timothy M. Article

2017 2

Anion Exchange Membranes: Enhancement by Addition of Unfunctionalized Triptycene Poly(Ether Sulfone)s
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 9, (49), December 2017, p. 42409-42414
Kim, Yoonseob; Moh, Lionel C.H.; Swager, Timothy M. Article
Branched Aramid Nanofibers
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 56, (39), September 2017, p. 11744-11748
Zhu, Jian; Yang, Ming; Emre, Ahmet; Bahng, Joong Hwan; Xu, Lizhi; Yeom, Jihyeon; Yeom, Bongjun; Kim, Yoonseob; Johnson, Kyle; Green, Peter; Kotov, Nicholas A. Article

2016 3

High Strength Conductive Composites with Plasmonic Nanoparticles Aligned on Aramid Nanofibers
Advanced Functional Materials, v. 26, (46), December 2016, p. 8435-8445
Lyu, Jing; Wang, Xinzhi; Liu, Lehao; Kim, Yoonseob; Tanyi, Ejemby K.; Chi, Hang; Feng, Wenchun; Xu, Lizhi; Li, Tiehu; Noginov, Mikhail A.; Uher, Ctirad; Hammig, Mark D.; Kotov, Nicholas A. Article
Kirigami Nanocomposites as Wide-Angle Diffraction Gratings
ACS Nano, v. 10, (6), June 2016, p. 6156-6162
Xu, Lizhi; Wang, Xinzhi; Kim, Yoonseob; Shyu, Terry C.; Lyu, Jing; Kotov, Notov A.. Article
Reconfigurable chiroptical nanocomposites with chirality transfer from the macro- to the nanoscale
Nature Materials, v. 15, (4), April 2016, p. 461-4+8
Kim, Yoonseob; Yeom, Bongjun; Arteaga, Oriol; Yoo, Seung Jo; Lee, Sang-Gil; Kim, Jin-Gyu; Kotov, Nicholas A. Article

2015 1

Anomalous Stretchable Conductivity Using an Engineered Tricot Weave
ACS Nano, v. 9, (12), October 2015, p. 12214-12223
Lee, Yong-Hee; Kim, Yoonseob; Lee, Tae-lk; Lee, Inhwa; Shin, Jaoho; Lee, Hyun Soo; Kim, Taek-Soo; Choi, Jang Wook Article

2013 1

Stretchable nanoparticle conductors with self-organized conductive pathways
Nature, v. 500, (7460), August 2013, p. 59-63
Kim, Yoonseob; Zhu, Jian; Yeom, Bongjun; Di Prima, Matthew; Su, Xianli; Kim, Jin-Gyu; Yoo, Seung Jo; Uher, Ctirad; Kotov, Nicholas A. Article

2010 2

Nano Building Blocks via Iodination of [PhSiO_1.5]n, Forming [p-I-C₆H₄SiO_1.5]_n (n = 8, 10, 12), and a New Route to High-Surface-Area, Thermally Stable, Microporous Materials via Thermal Elimination of I₂
Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 132, (29), July 2010, p. 10171-10183
Roll, M.F.; Kampf, J.W.; Kim, Y.; Yi, E.; Laine, R.M. Article
Porous networks assembled from octaphenylsilsesquioxane building blocks
Macromolecules, v. 43, (17), September 2010, p. 6995-7000
Kim, Yoonseob; Koh, Kyoungmoo; Roll, Mark F.; Laine, Richard M.; Matzger, Adam J. Article


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Article 4

Advances and challenges in metal ion separation from water
Trends in Chemistry, v. 3, (10), October 2021, p. 819-831
Kumar, Amit; Kim, Yoonseob; Su, Xiao; Fukuda, Hiroki; Naidu, Gayathri; Du, Fengmin; Vigneswaran, Saravanamuth; Drioli, Enrico; Hatton, T. Alan; Lienhard V, John, H.
Elastic, Conductive, and Mechanically Strong Hydrogels from Dual-Cross-Linked Aramid Nanofiber Composites
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 13, (6), February 2021, p. 7539-7545
He, Huimin; Li, Yanran; Liu, Hongzhen; Kim, Yoonseob; Yan, Aixin; Xu, Lizhi
Ionic Covalent Organic Frameworks for Energy Devices
Advanced Materials, October 2021, article number 2105647
Liang, Xiaoguang; Tian, Ye; Yuan, Yufei; Kim, Yoonseob
Nanofiber Composite for Improved Water Retention and Dendrites Suppression in Flexible Zinc-Air Batteries
Small, v. 17, (39), October 2021, article number 2103048
Chen, Zhaoyang; Yang, Xing; Li, Wenqiong; Liang, Xiaoguang; Guo, Jiaming; Li, Haihan; He, Yun; Kim, Yoonseob


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Article 2

Hydrogen Sensors from Composites of Ultra-small Bimetallic Nanoparticles and Porous Ion-Exchange Polymers
Chem, v. 6, (10), 8 October 2020, p. 2746-2758
Koo, Won-Tae; Kim, Yoonseob; Kim, Sunwoo; Suh, Bong Lim; Savagatrup, Suchol; Kim, Jihan; Lee, Sung-Ju; Swager, Timothy M.; Kim, Il-Doo
Phosphorus/nitrogen co-doped and bimetallic MOF-derived cathode for all-solid-state rechargeable zinc-air batteries
RSC Advances, v. 10, (55), 10 September 2020, p. 33327-33333
Yang, Xing; Wu, Xianghua; Guo, Zeping; Li, Qingyu; Wang, Hongqiang; Ke, Chujun; Zeng, Wei; Qiu, Xiafei; He, Yun; Liang, Xiaoguang; Kim, Yoonseob


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Article 3

Ionic Highways from Covalent Assembly in Highly Conducting and Stable Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 141, (45), November, 2019, p. 18152-18159
Kim, Yoonseob; Wang, Yanming; France-Lanord, Arthur; Wang, Yichong; Wu, You-Chi Mason; Lin, Sibo; Li, Yifan; Grossman, Jeffrey C. Grossman; Swager, Timothy M.
Porous Ion Exchange Polymer Matrix for Ultrasmall Au Nanoparticle-Decorated Carbon Nanotube Chemiresistors
Chemistry of Materials, v. 31, (15), August 2019, p. 5413-5420
Koo, Won Tae; Kim, Yoonseob; Savagatrup, Suchol; Yoon, Bora; Jeon, Intak; Choi, Seon-Jin; Kim, Il-Doo; Swager, Timothy M.
Precision pH Sensor Based on WO₃ Nanofiber-Polymer Composites and Differential Amplification
ACS Sensors, v. 4, (10), October 2019, p. 2593-2598
Choi, Seon-Jin; Savagatrup, Suchol; Kim, Yoonseob; Lang, Jeffrey H.; Swager, Timothy M.


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Article 4

Electrochemistry on Stretchable Nanocomposite Electrodes: Dependence on Strain
ACS Nano, v. 12, (9), September 2018, p. 9223-9232
Lopez, Lionel; Kim, Yoonseob; Jierry, Loic; Hemmerle, Joseph; Boulmedais, Fouzia; Schaaf, Pierre; Pronkin, Sergey; Kotov, Nicholas A.
Free volume enhanced proton exchange membranes from sulfonated triptycene poly(ether ketone)
Journal of Membrane Science, v. 549, March 2018, p. 236-243
Moh, Lionel C.H.; Goods, John B.; Kim, Yoonseob; Swager, Timothy M.
Plasmonic Biomimetic Nanocomposite with Spontaneous Subwavelength Structuring as Broadband Absorbers
ACS Energy Letters, v. 3, (7), July 2018, p. 1578-1583
Li, Mingzhu; Guler, Urcan; Li, Yanan; Rea, Anthony; Tanyi, Ekembu K.; Kim, Yoonseob; Noginov, Mikhail; Song, Yanlin; Boltasseva, Alexandra; Shalaev, Vladimir; Kotov, Nicholas A.
Polyaniline Nanofiber Electrodes for Reversible Capture and Release of Mercury(II) from Water
Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 140, (43), October 2018, p. 14413-14420
Kim, Yoonseob; Lin, Zhou; Jeon, Intak; Voorhis, Troy Van; Swager, Timothy M.


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Article 2

Anion Exchange Membranes: Enhancement by Addition of Unfunctionalized Triptycene Poly(Ether Sulfone)s
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, v. 9, (49), December 2017, p. 42409-42414
Kim, Yoonseob; Moh, Lionel C.H.; Swager, Timothy M.
Branched Aramid Nanofibers
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, v. 56, (39), September 2017, p. 11744-11748
Zhu, Jian; Yang, Ming; Emre, Ahmet; Bahng, Joong Hwan; Xu, Lizhi; Yeom, Jihyeon; Yeom, Bongjun; Kim, Yoonseob; Johnson, Kyle; Green, Peter; Kotov, Nicholas A.


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Article 3

High Strength Conductive Composites with Plasmonic Nanoparticles Aligned on Aramid Nanofibers
Advanced Functional Materials, v. 26, (46), December 2016, p. 8435-8445
Lyu, Jing; Wang, Xinzhi; Liu, Lehao; Kim, Yoonseob; Tanyi, Ejemby K.; Chi, Hang; Feng, Wenchun; Xu, Lizhi; Li, Tiehu; Noginov, Mikhail A.; Uher, Ctirad; Hammig, Mark D.; Kotov, Nicholas A.
Kirigami Nanocomposites as Wide-Angle Diffraction Gratings
ACS Nano, v. 10, (6), June 2016, p. 6156-6162
Xu, Lizhi; Wang, Xinzhi; Kim, Yoonseob; Shyu, Terry C.; Lyu, Jing; Kotov, Notov A..
Reconfigurable chiroptical nanocomposites with chirality transfer from the macro- to the nanoscale
Nature Materials, v. 15, (4), April 2016, p. 461-4+8
Kim, Yoonseob; Yeom, Bongjun; Arteaga, Oriol; Yoo, Seung Jo; Lee, Sang-Gil; Kim, Jin-Gyu; Kotov, Nicholas A.


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Article 1

Anomalous Stretchable Conductivity Using an Engineered Tricot Weave
ACS Nano, v. 9, (12), October 2015, p. 12214-12223
Lee, Yong-Hee; Kim, Yoonseob; Lee, Tae-lk; Lee, Inhwa; Shin, Jaoho; Lee, Hyun Soo; Kim, Taek-Soo; Choi, Jang Wook


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Article 1

Stretchable nanoparticle conductors with self-organized conductive pathways
Nature, v. 500, (7460), August 2013, p. 59-63
Kim, Yoonseob; Zhu, Jian; Yeom, Bongjun; Di Prima, Matthew; Su, Xianli; Kim, Jin-Gyu; Yoo, Seung Jo; Uher, Ctirad; Kotov, Nicholas A.


Expand All Collapse All


Article 2

Nano Building Blocks via Iodination of [PhSiO_1.5]n, Forming [p-I-C₆H₄SiO_1.5]_n (n = 8, 10, 12), and a New Route to High-Surface-Area, Thermally Stable, Microporous Materials via Thermal Elimination of I₂
Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 132, (29), July 2010, p. 10171-10183
Roll, M.F.; Kampf, J.W.; Kim, Y.; Yi, E.; Laine, R.M.
Porous networks assembled from octaphenylsilsesquioxane building blocks
Macromolecules, v. 43, (17), September 2010, p. 6995-7000
Kim, Yoonseob; Koh, Kyoungmoo; Roll, Mark F.; Laine, Richard M.; Matzger, Adam J.


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2016 3

High Strength Conductive Composites with Plasmonic Nanoparticles Aligned on Aramid Nanofibers
Advanced Functional Materials, v. 26, (46), December 2016, p. 8435-8445
Lyu, Jing; Wang, Xinzhi; Liu, Lehao; Kim, Yoonseob; Tanyi, Ejemby K.; Chi, Hang; Feng, Wenchun; Xu, Lizhi; Li, Tiehu; Noginov, Mikhail A.; Uher, Ctirad; Hammig, Mark D.; Kotov, Nicholas A. Article
Kirigami Nanocomposites as Wide-Angle Diffraction Gratings
ACS Nano, v. 10, (6), June 2016, p. 6156-6162
Xu, Lizhi; Wang, Xinzhi; Kim, Yoonseob; Shyu, Terry C.; Lyu, Jing; Kotov, Notov A.. Article
Reconfigurable chiroptical nanocomposites with chirality transfer from the macro- to the nanoscale
Nature Materials, v. 15, (4), April 2016, p. 461-4+8
Kim, Yoonseob; Yeom, Bongjun; Arteaga, Oriol; Yoo, Seung Jo; Lee, Sang-Gil; Kim, Jin-Gyu; Kotov, Nicholas A. Article

2015 1

Anomalous Stretchable Conductivity Using an Engineered Tricot Weave
ACS Nano, v. 9, (12), October 2015, p. 12214-12223
Lee, Yong-Hee; Kim, Yoonseob; Lee, Tae-lk; Lee, Inhwa; Shin, Jaoho; Lee, Hyun Soo; Kim, Taek-Soo; Choi, Jang Wook Article

2013 1

Stretchable nanoparticle conductors with self-organized conductive pathways
Nature, v. 500, (7460), August 2013, p. 59-63
Kim, Yoonseob; Zhu, Jian; Yeom, Bongjun; Di Prima, Matthew; Su, Xianli; Kim, Jin-Gyu; Yoo, Seung Jo; Uher, Ctirad; Kotov, Nicholas A. Article

2010 2

Nano Building Blocks via Iodination of [PhSiO_1.5]n, Forming [p-I-C₆H₄SiO_1.5]_n (n = 8, 10, 12), and a New Route to High-Surface-Area, Thermally Stable, Microporous Materials via Thermal Elimination of I₂
Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 132, (29), July 2010, p. 10171-10183
Roll, M.F.; Kampf, J.W.; Kim, Y.; Yi, E.; Laine, R.M. Article
Porous networks assembled from octaphenylsilsesquioxane building blocks
Macromolecules, v. 43, (17), September 2010, p. 6995-7000
Kim, Yoonseob; Koh, Kyoungmoo; Roll, Mark F.; Laine, Richard M.; Matzger, Adam J. Article


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Teaching Assignment

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2021-22 Winter 0 2021-22 Fall 2 2020-21 Summer 0 2020-21 Spring 2 2020-21 Winter 0 2020-21 Fall 1

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CENG3220 Transport Phenomena II
CENG6800U Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Seminar


CENG4920 Chemical Engineering Capstone Design
CENG5520 Polymer and Materials Characterization Techniques


CENG3220 Heat and Mass Transfer


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Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision From January 2019 to December 2022 (As of 30 January 2022)

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Current RPGs

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Doctor of Philosophy QIU, Xiaoyi (co-supervision)
Sustainable Energy and Environment( 2021 - )

TAO, Ran (co-supervision)
Sustainable Energy and Environment( 2021 - )

WANG, Rui
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering( 2021 - )

CHEN, Huanhuan
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering( 2020 - )

HUANG, Jun
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering( 2020 - )

LI, Chen
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering( 2020 - )

TIAN, Ye
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering( 2020 - )

YUAN, Yufei
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering( 2020 - )

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Master of Philosophy LAM, Tsz Yan
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering( 2020 - )

POON HO, Gerald Siu Hang
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering( 2020 - )









ProjectsFrom January 2020 to December 2022

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All Projects 4 Leading Projects 2 Participating Projects 2

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Anion exchange membranes from ROMP-enabled ether-free polymers with high pKa cations for high-performing fuel cells


ROMP反應製備應用於高性能燃料電池的含有高pKa陽離子無醚陰離子交換膜 Leading


RGC - General Research Fund


Project Team (HKUST)
KIM Yoonseob (Lead)
SHAO Minhua


2022 -




Development of High-Performance and Long-Life Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells


高性能長壽命鹼性膜燃料電池的開發 Participating


RGC - Collaborative Research Fund


Project Team (HKUST)
SHAO Minhua (Lead)
GAO Ping
KIM Yoonseob
PAN Ding
ZHAO Tianshou


2021 -




Sulfur-Functionalized Metal-Organic Frameworks for Rapid Removal of Heavy Metal Ions with Wireless Real-time Sensing


具有快速移除重金屬離子及無線實時傳感功能的硫功能化金屬-有機框架材料 Participating


Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province


Project Team (HKUST)
KIM Yoonseob
LAM Leung Yuk Frank


2021 -




Cross-linked conducting networks containing sulfurs to reversibly capture and release cadmium(II) and lead(II) in water


含硫的交聯導電網絡可逆地捕獲和釋放水中的鎘（II)和鉛(II) Leading


RGC - Early Career Scheme


Project Team (HKUST)
KIM Yoonseob (Lead)


2020 -