Surface and Interface Science Laboratory
Associate Chief Scientist
Yousoo KIM (D.Eng.)
Our research focuses on describing details of the energy transport and conversion at the solid surfaces and interfaces in the nanoscale regime. In order to understand their basic mechanism at a single molecule/atom level, we carry out combined study of density functional theory calculation and scanning probe microscopy/spectroscopy on the well-defined solid surfaces under ultra-high vacuum condition. Part of our research is directed toward investigation of single-molecule chemistry by use of vibrational and electronic quantum states on metal or metal oxide thin film surfaces. Another important part of our research focuses on self-assembled organic thin films aiming at understanding their microscopic structure and electronic properties, and their use as template for the development of molecular-based functional materials. In addition, we have recently started working on detection of THz photons from a single molecule and on atomic scale investigation of energy conversion between electrons and photons of the nanometer scale materials.
- Single-molecule chemistry on the surfaces of metal single crystals and metal oxide thin films
- Investigation of structure and electronic properties of self-assembled organic thin films
- Study of energy transport and conversion at the nano-scale surfaces and interfaces
- April 19, 2010
- How to split a water molecule
- Sylvain Clair, Yousoo Kim, and Maki Kawai.:
"Step-edge faceting and local metallization of a single-wall semiconducting carbon nanotube "
J. Appl. Phys. 110 (2011) 073710 - Tomonari Okada, Yousoo Kim, Yasuyuki Sainoo, Tadahiro Komeda, Michael Trenary, and Maki Kawai.:
"Coexistence and interconversion of di-σ and π-bonded ethylene on the Pt(111) and Pd(110) surfaces "
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2 (2011) 2263 - Hyo Won Kim, Jaehoon Jung, Mina Han, Seongjoon Lim, Kaoru Tamada, Masahiko Hara, Maki Kawai, Yousoo Kim, and Young Kuk.:
"One-dimensional molecular zippers"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133 (2011) 9236 - Sylvain Clair, Yousoo Kim, and Maki Kawai.:
"Energy level alignment of single-wall carbon nanotubes on metal surfaces "
Phys. Rev. B 83 (2011) 245422 - Jaehoon Jung, Hyung-Joon Shin, Yousoo Kim, and Maki Kawai.:
"Activation of ultrathin oxide films for chemical reaction by interface defects "
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133 (2011) 6142 - Hyo Won Kim, Mina Han, Hyung-Joon Shin, Seongjoon Lim, Youngtek Oh, Kaoru Tamada, Masahiko Hara, Yousoo Kim, Maki Kawai, and Young Kuk.:
"Control of molecular rotors by selection of anchoring sites "
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 (2011) 146101 - Sylvain Clair, Yousoo Kim and Maki Kawai.:
"Coverage-dependent formation of chiral ethylthiolate-Au complexes on Au(111) "
Langmuir 27 (2011) 627-629 - Kenta Motobayashi, Yousoo Kim, Hiromu Ueba, and Maki Kawai.:
"Insights into action spectroscopy for single molecule motion and reactions through inelastic electron tunneling"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 (2010) 076101 - Hyung-Joon Shin, Jaehoon Jung, Kenta Motobayashi, Susumu Yanagisawa, Yoshitada Morikawa, Yousoo Kim, and Maki Kawai.:
"State-selective dissociation of a single water molecule on an ultrathin MgO film"
Nature Materials 9 (2010) 442 - Tomoko K. Shimizu, Jaehoon Jung, Hiroyuki S. Kato, Yousoo Kim, and Maki Kawai.:
"Termination and Verwey transition of the magnetite (111) surface studied by scanning tunneling microscopy and first principle calculations"
Phys. Rev. B 81 (2010) 235429
Principal Investigator
- Yousoo KIM
- Associate Chief Scientist
Staff Scientist
- Tomoko KATO-SHIMIZU
- ASI Research Scientist
Postdoctoral Fellow
- Emi MINAMITANI
- Special Postdoctoral Researcher
- Junepyo OH
- Special Postdoctoral Researcher
- Jaehoon JUNG
- Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher
- Hiroshi IMADA
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Hyunseob LIM
- Postdoctoral Researcher
Student Trainee
- Seiji TAKEMOTO
- Junior Research Associate
- Hyun Jin YANG
- Junior Research Associate
- Liping ZHU
- International Program Associate
- Juyeon PARK
- International Program Associate
- Ju-Hyung KIM
- International Program Associate