Kim, Chanjoong -- Kent State University Liquid Crystal Institute

Collaborators

David A. Weitz and L. Mahadevan (Harvard university)
Yaqian Liu, Christian Holtze (BASF, Germany)
Christoph Eissenman (Germany)
Johan Masson (Chalmers University, Sweden)
Alberto Fernandez-Nieves and Juan Jose Lietor-Santos (Georgia Tech.)
Hyuk Yu and Qiang Cui (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Allan R. Esker (Virginia Tech.)
Paul S. Cremer and Marc C. Gurau (Texas A&M)
Jae R. Youn (Seoul National University)

Publications

C. Kim, Y. Liu, A. Kühnle, S. Hess, S. Viereck, T. Danner, L. Mahadevan and D. A. Weitz, “Gravitational Stability of Suspensions of Attractive Colloidal Particles”, Physical Review Letters, 2007, 99, 028303. pdf

A. R. Esker, C. Kim, and H. Yu, “Polymer Monolayer Dynamics”, Advances in Polymer Science, 2007, 209, 59-110. (Invited review) pdf

H. J. Kong, C. Kim, D. A. Weitz, D. J. Mooney, “Non-Invasive Probing of the Spatial Organization of Polymer Chains in Hydrogels Using Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 4518-4519. pdf

C. Kim, A. R. Esker, F. E. Runge, and H. Yu “Surface Rheology of Monolayers of Poly(1-alkylene-co-maleic anhydride) polymers (PXcMA) at the Air/Water Interface: Surface Light Scattering Studies” Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 4889-4893. pdf

C. Kim and H. Yu, “Surface Rheology of Monolayers of Triblock Copolymers of PEO and PPO: Surface Light Scattering Studies at the Air/Water Interface”, Langmuir, 2003, 19, 4460 - 4464. pdf

C. Kim and J. R. Youn, "Environmentally Friendly Processing of Polyurethane Foam for Thermal Insulation", Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering, 2000, 39, 163-185. pdf

C. Kim, J. R. Youn, and J. Lee, ”Processing of Polyurethane Microcellular Foam for Thermal Insulation”, Korean Journal of Rheology, 1997, 9, 190-199.

H. Park, C. Kim, and J. R. Youn, ”Bubble Growth Analysis in Ultrasonic Foaming using Reaction Injection Molding”, Korean Journal of Rheology, 1995, 7, 237-249.

C. Eisenmann, C. Kim, and D. A. Weitz, “The nature of shear-induced melting of a colloidal glass”, Physical Review Letters, submitted.

C. O. Osuji, C. Kim, and D. A. Weitz, “Shear Thickening and Gel Elasticity in a Colloidal System with Attractive interactions”, Physical Review Letters, submitted, [cond-mat.soft].

C. Kim, M. C. Gurau, P. S. Cremer, and H. Yu, “Study of the Molecular Orientation of poly(dimethyl siloxane) at the Air/Water Interface by Sum-Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy”, Langmuir, submitted.

C. Kim, and H. Yu, “Surface Rheology of Phospholipids Monolayers: Surface Light Scattering and Epifluorescence Micrographs Studies at the Air/Water Interface”, in preparation.

C. Kim, Q. Cui, and H. Yu, “Structure of Binary Monolayers of Dilauroylphosphatidylcholine-Cholesterol at the Vacuum/Water Interface by Molecular Dynamics Simulation”, in preparation.

C. Kim, Q. Cui, and H. Yu, “Dynamics in Binary Monolayers of Dilauroylphosphatidylcholine-Cholesterol at the Vacuum/Water Interface by Molecular Dynamics Simulation”, in preparation.

J. J. Lietor-Santos, C. Kim, A. Fernandez-Nieves, and D. A. Weitz, “Gravitational Compression of Colloidal Gels”, in preparation.

Patents

I. C. Han, C. Kim, S. H. Kim, J. Lee, and J. R. Youn, “Mixing head for foaming polyurethane micro-cell having attached ultrasonic oscillating horn”, Korean Patent Pub. No. 10-0196748

C. Kim, D. A. Weitz, A. Kühnle, S. Hess, G. Oetter and Y. Liu, “Method for stabilization of disperse systems”. US Patent applied on June 2006.

Background image: micro-photograp of a thin nematic liquid crystal layer taken under the optical microscope with a pair of crossed polarizers. The liquid crystal represents a thin (3-5 micron) film placed onto the surface of glycerine; the upper surface of the LC is free (air).
Copyright photo courtesy of Dr. Oleg D. Lavrentovich