Eunkyoung Kim

South Korean materials chemist

Eunkyoung Kim

Born|

South Korea

Alma mater| Yonsei University (BS)
Seoul National University (MS)
University of Houston (PhD)
Scientific career
Institutions| Yonsei University
Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
Thesis| Charge transfer complexes of the nitrosonium cation with arenes (1990)
Korean name
Hangul|

김은경

Revised Romanization| Kim Eungyeong
McCune–Reischauer| Kim Ŭnkyŏng

Eunkyoung Kim is a South Korean materials chemist who is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Yonsei University. Her research considers functional polymers, including electro- and photo-chromic materials and bioelectronic materials. She was made a member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea in 2016.

## Early life and education[edit]

Kim studied chemistry at Yonsei University graduating with a BS in 1982.[1] After earning her undergraduate degree, she moved to the Korea Institute of Science and Technology as a research scientist. She went to Seoul National University obtaining her master's degree in 1984, and the University of Houston for her doctorate which she completed in 1990.[1] Her doctoral research considered the development of arene-based charge transfer complexes.[2] Kim then spent two years as an assistant professor at the University of Houston.[3]

## Research and career[edit]

Kim joined the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology in 1992, were she worked as a Principal Research Scientist and Chair of Advanced Materials.[3] She moved to Yonsei University in 2004. Her research considers the development of polymer materials for electro- and photo-chromic materials.[1] In 2006, she was one of the first to report an example of an electrofluorochromic (EFC) window.[4] EFC materials enhance electrochromic (EC) displays' applications in dark conditions and increase their potential for security, encryption, and analytical uses. She and her research group have improved EC/EFC materials by designing substituents to optimize EC bistability in order to prevent charge leakage and introducing TiO2 nanoparticles (TNP) as a transparent ion storage layer to lower power consumption.[4] In 2018 Kim was made Chair of the American Chemical Society Korean chapter.[1]

## Awards and honours[edit]

* 2001 Korean Ministry of Science and Technology Woman Scientist of the Year[1]
* 2009 AMOREPACIFIC Award for Outstanding Women in the Sciences[5]
* 2013 Yonsei University Underwood Distinguished Professor[6]
* 2014 Polymer Society of Korea Samsung Polymer Award[1]
* 2015 Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan Honorary Doctorate[7]
* 2016 Member of the National Academy of Engieering of Korea[1]

## Selected publications[edit]

* Jaemoon Yang; Jihye Choi; Doyeon Bang; et al. (1 January 2011). "Convertible organic nanoparticles for near-infrared photothermal ablation of cancer cells". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50 (2): 441–444. doi:10.1002/ANIE.201005075. ISSN 1433-7851. PMID 21132823. Wikidata Q39623569.
* Teahoon Park; Chihyun Park; Byeonggwan Kim; Haejin Shin; Eunkyoung Kim (2013). "Flexible PEDOT electrodes with large thermoelectric power factors to generate electricity by the touch of fingertips". Energy & Environmental Science. 6 (3): 788. doi:10.1039/C3EE23729J. ISSN 1754-5692. Wikidata Q63549195.
* Jong Kwan Koh; Jeonghun Kim; Byeonggwan Kim; Jong Hak Kim; Eunkyoung Kim (18 February 2011). "Highly efficient, iodine-free dye-sensitized solar cells with solid-state synthesis of conducting polymers". Advanced Materials. 23 (14): 1641–1646. doi:10.1002/ADMA.201004715. ISSN 0935-9648. PMID 21472792. Wikidata Q83801815.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g Boltasseva, Alexandra (2018). "The OMEx team: editorial". Optical Materials Express. 8 (1): 136–143. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
2. ^ "Charge transfer complexes of the nitrosonium cation with arenes". uh.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
3. ^ a b "Eunkyoung Kim CV" (PDF). University of Newcastle (Australia). Retrieved 2024-05-28.
4. ^ a b Gu, Chang; Jia, Ai-Bo; Zhang, Yu-Mo; Zhang, Sean Xiao-An (August 18, 2022). "Emerging Electrochromic Materials and Devices for Future Displays". Chemical Reviews. 18: 14679–14721.
5. ^ "Amore Pacific Award for Outstanding Women in the Sciences: 2009 Laureates". www.kofwst.org. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
6. ^ Yue, Yuan-Yuan (2016-11-29). "Prof. Eunkyoung Kim from Yonsei University visited C-UFO". Center for Ultrafast Optoelectronic Technologies, Jilin University. Archived from the original on 2023-08-19.
7. ^ "Eunkyoung Kim | ENS-PARIS-SACLAY". ens-paris-saclay.fr. Retrieved 2023-08-19.

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Korea

Academics|

* Google Scholar
* ORCID

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