Kim Kimoon

Kim Kimoon
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Seoul, South Korea
NationalitySouth Korean
Alma materSeoul National University (B.S., 1977)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (M.S., 1979)
Stanford University (Ph.D., 1986)
Known forSupramolecular chemistry, self-assembly, cucurbituril, metal-organic framework
Awards Izatt-Christensen Award (2012)
Top Scientist and Technologist Award of Korea (2008)
Ho-Am Prize (2006)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsPohang University of Science and Technology, Institute for Basic Science
ThesisElectrocatalytic four-electron reduction of dioxygen by metalloporphyrin adsorbed on graphite (1986)
Doctoral advisorsJames P. Collman, Mu Shik Jon
Korean name
Hangul
김기문
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Gi-mun
McCune–ReischauerKim Kimun
WebsiteCenter for Self-assembly and Complexity

Kim Kimoon (born 1954) is a South Korean chemist and professor in the Department of Chemistry at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH). He is the first and current director of the Center for Self-assembly and Complexity at the Institute for Basic Science. Kim has authored or coauthored 300 papers which have been cited more than 30,000 times[1] and he holds a number of patents.[2] His work has been published in Nature, Nature Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie, and JACS, among others. He has been a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in the field of chemistry in 2014, 2015, 2016.[3]

His research has focused on developing novel functional materials and devices based on supramolecular chemistry.[4] In particular, his research group has worked on a various functional materials based on cucurbiturils (CB[n]s),[5][6][7][8][9] pumpkin-shaped macrocyclic molecules, and metal-organic porous materials for catalysis, separation, and gas storage.[10][11][12][13][14][15] His discovery and isolation of new members of the CB[n] family reported in 2000 had a major impact in expanding the field. Additionally, his paper published in Nature in 2000,[5] which reported the synthesis of homochiral nanoporous crystalline materials using self-assembly and an application for a chiral catalyst, is notable as it was placed among 35 top notable chemical related papers published in Nature from 1950 to 2000.[16] His research has been recognized by a number of awards, including the Izatt-Christensen Award in 2012.[17]

  1. ^ "Director's Biography". Institute for Basic Science. Center for Self-assembly and Complexity. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Patents by Inventor Ki-Moon Kim". Justia. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  3. ^ "IBS Places First Among Korean Institutions by Featuring 9 Scientists in List of Highly Cited Researchers". Institute for Basic Science. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  4. ^ "ICOMC 2018 - Kimoon Kim". 28th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry. 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  5. ^ a b Seo, Jung Soo; Whang, Dongmok; Lee, Hyoyoung; Jun, Sung Im; Oh, Jinho; Jeon, Young Jin; Kim, Kimoon (27 April 2000). "A homochiral metal-organic porous material for enantioselective separation and catalysis". Nature. 404 (6781): 982–986. Bibcode:2000Natur.404..982S. doi:10.1038/35010088. PMID 10801124. S2CID 1159701.
  6. ^ Kim, Jaheon; Jung, In-Sun; Kim, Soo-Young; Lee, Eunsung; Kang, Jin-Koo; Sakamoto, Shigeru; Yamaguchi, Kentaro; Kim, Kimoon (2000). "New Cucurbituril Homologues: Syntheses, Isolation, Characterization, and X-ray Crystal Structures of Cucurbit[n]uril(n=5, 7, and 8)". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 122 (3): 540–541. doi:10.1021/ja993376p.
  7. ^ J. W. Lee; S. Samal; N. Selvapalam; H.-J. Kim; K. Kim (2003). "Cucurbituril Homologues and Derivatives: New Opportunities in Supramolecular Chemistry". Acc. Chem. Res. 36 (8): 621–630. doi:10.1021/ar020254k. PMID 12924959. S2CID 16606191.
  8. ^ D. N. Dybtsev; H. Chun; S. H. Yoon; D. Kim; K. Kim (2004). "Microporous Manganese Formate: A Simple Metal-Organic Porous Material with High Framework Stability and Highly Selective Gas Sorption Properties". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 (1): 32–33. doi:10.1021/ja038678c. PMID 14709045.
  9. ^ D. N. Dybtsev; H. Chun; K. Kim (2004). "Rigid and Flexible: A Highly Porous Metal-Organic Framework with Unusual Guest-Dependent Dynamic Behavior". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 43 (38): 5033–5036. doi:10.1002/anie.200460712. PMID 15384114.
  10. ^ D. N. Dybtsev; A. L. Nuzhdin; H. Chun; K. P. Bryliakov; E. P. Talsi; V. P. Fedin; K. Kim (2006). "A Homochiral Metal-Organic Material with Permanent Porosity, Enantioselective Sorption Properties, and Catalytic Activity". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45 (6): 916–920. doi:10.1002/anie.200503023. PMID 16385607.
  11. ^ K. Kim; N. Selvapalam; Y. H. Ko; K. M. Park; D. Kim; J. Kim (2007). "Functionalized cucurbiturils and their applications". Chem. Soc. Rev. 36 (2): 267–279. doi:10.1039/b603088m. PMID 17264929.
  12. ^ D. Kim; E. Kim; J. Kim; K. M. Park; K. Baek; M. Jung; Y. H. Ko; W. Sung; H. S. Kim; J. H. Suh; C. G. Park; O. S. Na; D.-k. Lee; K. E. Lee; S. S. Han; K. Kim (2007). "Direct Synthesis of Polymer Nanocapsules with a Noncovalently Tailorable Surface". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46 (19): 3471–3474. doi:10.1002/anie.200604526. PMID 17221900. S2CID 7894440.
  13. ^ M. Banerjee; S. Das; M. Yoon; H. J. Choi; M. H. Hyun; S. M. Park; G. Seo; K. Kim (2009). "Postsynthetic Modification Switches an Achiral Framework to Catalytically Active Homochiral Metal-Organic Porous Materials". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131 (22): 7524–7525. doi:10.1021/ja901440g. PMID 19438178.
  14. ^ S. Das; H. Kim; K. Kim (2009). "Metathesis in Single Crystal: Complete and Reversible Exchange of Metal Ions Constituting the Frameworks of Metal-Organic Frameworks". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131 (11): 3814–3815. doi:10.1021/ja808995d. PMID 19256486.
  15. ^ D.-W. Lee; K. M. Park; M. Banerjee; S. H. Ha; T. Lee; K. Suh; S. Paul; H. Jung; J. Kim; N. Selvapalam; S. H. Ryu; K. Kim (2011). "Supramolecular fishing for plasma membrane proteins using an ultrastable synthetic host–guest binding pair". Nature Chemistry. 3 (2): 154–159. Bibcode:2011NatCh...3..154L. doi:10.1038/nchem.928. PMID 21258389.
  16. ^ "Looking Back". Nature. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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