Faculty

Our main interests lie in developing fundamental understandings of quantum materials by means of scanning tunneling microscopy. We are We are aiming to develop useful insights for basic questions regarding the nature of nanomaterials and their interfaces, and ultimately novel nanoscale devices and sensors having better performance.

– Curriculum Vitae

• 2020-Present : Professor, UNIST 
• 2011-2020 : Assistant, Associate Professor, UNIST 
• 2006-2010 : Research Associate, RIKEN, Japan
• 2005-2006 : Postdoctoral Fellow, Seoul National University

 

– Academic Credential

• 2001: Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University
• 1998: M.S., Metallurgical Engineering, Seoul National University
• 1996: B.S., Metallurgical Engineering, Seoul National University

 

– Research  Keywords and Topics

 Scanning Tunneling MIcroscopy, Quantum Materials, Single-molecule Manipulation, Surface Science

 

– Publications (selected)  

• “Photocatalytic dehydrogenation of organic hydrogen carrier on Pd-TiO2(110) surfaces” 

S.-D. Sohn et al., ACS Catalysis. 2022, 12, 5990

• “Colossal grain growth yields single-crystal metal foils by contact-free annealing” 

1. Jin et al., Science. 2018, 362, 1021

• “Two-dimensional polyaniline (C3N) from carbonized organic single crystals in solid state” 

1. Mahmood et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2016, 113, 7414

• “Nitrogenated holey two-dimensional structures” 

1. Mahmood et al., Nature Communications. 2015, 6, 6486

 

– Awards/Honors/Memberships

• 2019:  2018 Outstanding Faculty Award