Publications

Below is a list of Dr Kim’s most recent publications (2018-2020)

For a full list of articles and links go to Dr Kim’s Google Scholar page

 Total > 300;  h-index = 53

2020

Origin of High Friction at Graphene Step Edges on Graphite

Z Chen, A Khajeh, A Martini, SH Kim
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Insights into the mechanisms controlling the residual corrosion rate of borosilicate glasses

S Gin, X Guo, JM Delaye, F Angeli, K Damodaran, V Testud, J Du, …
Npj Materials Degradation 4 (1), 1-9

Structural Insight in the Interfacial Effect in Ferroelectric Polymer Nanocomposites

Y Liu, T Yang, B Zhang, T Williams, YT Lin, L Li, Y Zhou, W Lu, SH Kim, …
Advanced Materials 32 (49), 2005431

From a cholesteric non-aqueous cellulose nanocrystal suspension to a highly ordered film

AB Meddeb, I Chae, F Scurti, J Schwartz, SH Kim, Z Ounaies
MRS Advances 5 (64), 3547-3554

Mutations in the pectin methyltransferase QUASIMODO2 influence cellulose biosynthesis and wall integrity in Arabidopsis

J Du, A Kirui, S Huang, L Wang, WJ Barnes, SN Kiemle, Y Zheng, Y Rui, …
The Plant Cell 32 (11), 3576-3597

Competitive adsorption of ionic liquids versus friction modifier and anti-wear additive at solid/lubricant interface—speciation with vibrational sum frequency generation …

D Ngo, X He, H Luo, J Qu, SH Kim
Lubricants 8 (11), 98

Influence of acid leaching surface treatment on indentation cracking of soda lime silicate glass

N Sheth, SH Hahn, D Ngo, A Howzen, R Bermejo, ACT van Duin, …
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 543, 120144

Magnetic field effects on cellulose nanocrystal ordering in a non-aqueous solvent

AB Meddeb, I Chae, A Han, SH Kim, Z Ounaies
Cellulose 27 (14), 7901-7910

Distinguishing Mesoscale Polar Order (Unidirectional vs Bidirectional) of Cellulose Microfibrils in Plant Cell Walls Using Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

M Makarem, Y Nishiyama, X Xin, DM Durachko, Y Gu, DJ Cosgrove, …
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 124 (37), 8071-8081

Reply to: How much does corrosion of nuclear waste matrices matter

X Guo, S Gin, P Lei, T Yao, H Liu, DK Schreiber, D Ngo, G Viswanathan, …
Nature Materials, 1-2

Identifying physical and chemical contributions to friction: A comparative study of chemically inert and active graphene step edges

Z Chen, A Khajeh, A Martini, SH Kim
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, 30007-30015

Competitive Adsorption of Lubricant Base Oil and Ionic Liquid Additives at Air/Liquid and Solid/Liquid Interfaces

D Ngo, X He, H Luo, J Qu, SH Kim
Langmuir 36, 7582-7592

Searching for correlations between vibrational spectral features and structural parameters of silicate glass network

H Liu, SH Hahn, M Ren, M Thiruvillamalai, TM Gross, J Du, ACT van Duin, …
Journal of the American Ceramic Society 103 (6), 3575-3589

Nanoasperity Adhesion of the Silicon Surface in Humid Air: The Roles of Surface Chemistry and Oxidized Layer Structures

C Xiao, C Chen, Y Yao, H Liu, L Chen, L Qian, SH Kim
Langmuir 36 (20), 5483-5491

Anisotropic Optical and Frictional Properties of Langmuir–Blodgett Film Consisting of Uniaxially‐Aligned Rod‐Shaped Cellulose Nanocrystals

I Chae, D Ngo, Z Chen, AL Kwansa, X Chen, AB Meddeb, NJ Podraza, …
Advanced Materials Interfaces 7 (9), 1902169

Atomistic understanding of surface wear process of sodium silicate glass in dry versus humid environments

SH Hahn, H Liu, SH Kim, ACT van Duin
Journal of the American Ceramic Society 103 (5), 3060-3069

Conductance and Configuration of Molecular Gold-Water-Gold Junctions under Electric Fields

L Xiang, P Zhang, C Liu, X He, HB Li, Y Li, Z Wang, J Hihath, SH Kim, …
Matter 3, 166-179

Near-field corrosion interactions between glass and corrosion resistant alloys

X Guo, S Gin, H Liu, D Ngo, J Luo, SH Kim, C Mohanty, JD Vienna, …
npj Materials Degradation 4 (1), 10

Interplay between solution chemistry and mechanical activation in friction-induced material removal of silicon surface in aqueous solution

C Xiao, C Deng, P Zhang, L Qian, SH Kim
Tribology International 148, 106319

Ultralow Boundary Lubrication Friction by Three-Way Synergistic Interactions among Ionic Liquid, Friction Modifier, and Dispersant

W Li, C Kumara, H Luo, HM Meyer III, X He, D Ngo, SH Kim, J Qu
ACS applied materials & interfaces 12 (14), 17077-17090

Friction-induced subsurface densification of glass at contact stress far below indentation damage threshold

H He, SH Hahn, J Yu, Q Qiao, ACT van Duin, SH Kim
Acta Materialia 189, 166-173

Self-accelerated corrosion of nuclear waste forms at material interfaces

X Guo, S Gin, P Lei, T Yao, H Liu, DK Schreiber, D Ngo, G Viswanathan, …
Nature materials 19 (3), 310-316

Impact of Drying on Meso-and Nanoscale Structures of Citrus Fiber: A Study by SFG, ATR-IR, XRD, and DLS

M Makarem, H Kim, P Emami, J Melendez, A Steinbach, T Lipkie, I Deleris, …
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 59 (7), 2718-2724

Hydrogen bonding interactions of H 2 O and SiOH on a boroaluminosilicate glass corroded in aqueous solution

D Ngo, H Liu, Z Chen, H Kaya, TJ Zimudzi, S Gin, T Mahadevan, J Du, …
npj Materials Degradation 4 (1), 1

Measuring nanoscale friction at graphene step edges

Z Chen, SH Kim
Friction 8, 802-811

Topological understanding of the mixed alkaline earth effect in glass

Z Ding, CJ Wilkinson, J Zheng, Y Lin, H Liu, J Shen, SH Kim, Y Yue, J Ren, …
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 527, 119696

Spectral changes in Si–O–Si stretching band of porous glass network upon ingress of water

H Kaya, D Ngo, S Gin, SH Kim
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 527, 119722

Involvement of CesA4, CesA7-A/B and CesA8-A/B in secondary wall formation in Populus trichocarpa wood

M Abbas, I Peszlen, R Shi, H Kim, R Katahira, K Kafle, Z Xiang, X Huang, …
Tree Physiology 40, 73-89

Correlation between crystalline cellulose structure and cellulose synthase complex shape: a spectroscopic study with unicellular freshwater alga Micrasterias

S Huang, SN Kiemle, M Makarem, SH Kim
Cellulose 27 (1), 57-69
2019

Friction at single-layer graphene step edges due to chemical and topographic interactions

L Chen, Z Chen, X Tang, W Yan, Z Zhou, L Qian, SH Kim
Carbon 154, 67-73

Dissolution of silica component of glass network at early stage of corrosion in initially silica‐saturated solution

D Ngo, H Liu, H Kaya, Z Chen, SH Kim
Journal of the American Ceramic Society 102 (11), 6649-6657

Effect of atomic corrugation on adhesion and friction: A model study with graphene step edges

Z Chen, MR Vazirisereshk, A Khajeh, A Martini, SH Kim
The journal of physical chemistry letters 10 (21), 6455-6461

Effect of Ambient Chemistry on Friction at the Basal Plane of Graphite

A Khajeh, Z Chen, SH Kim, A Martini
ACS applied materials & interfaces 11 (43), 40800-40807

Effects of tempering and heat strengthening on hardness, indentation fracture resistance, and wear of soda lime float glass

N Sheth, A Howzen, A Campbell, S Spengler, H Liu, CG Pantano, SH Kim
International Journal of Applied Glass Science 10 (4), 431-440

Compression-Induced Topographic Corrugation of Air/Surfactant/Water Interface: Effect of Nanoparticles Adsorbed beneath the Interface

I Chae, D Ngo, M Makarem, Z Ounaies, SH Kim
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (42), 25628-25634

Thickness and structure of adsorbed water layer and effects on adhesion and friction at nanoasperity contact

C Xiao, P Shi, W Yan, L Chen, L Qian, SH Kim
Colloids and Interfaces 3 (3), 55

Statistical mechanical model of topological fluctuations and the intermediate phase in binary phosphate glasses

KA Kirchner, MS Bødker, MM Smedskjaer, SH Kim, JC Mauro
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 123 (35), 7640-7648

Mechanochemical reactions of adsorbates at tribological interfaces: tribopolymerizations of allyl alcohol coadsorbed with water on silicon oxide

X He, D Ngo, SH Kim
Langmuir 35 (48), 15451-15458

Chemical and physical origins of friction on surfaces with atomic steps

Z Chen, A Khajeh, A Martini, SH Kim
Science advances 5 (8), eaaw0513

Topological Control of Water Reactivity on Glass Surfaces: Evidence of a Chemically Stable Intermediate Phase

CJ Wilkinson, K Doss, SH Hahn, N Keilbart, AR Potter, NJ Smith, I Dabo, …
The journal of physical chemistry letters 10 (14), 3955-3960

Temperature-dependent mechanochemical wear of silicon in water: the role of Si–OH surfacial groups

Z Liu, J Gong, C Xiao, P Shi, SH Kim, L Chen, L Qian
Langmuir 35 (24), 7735-7743

Surface Structure Dependence of Mechanochemical Etching: Scanning Probe-Based Nanolithography Study on Si (100), Si (110), and Si (111)

C Xiao, X Xin, X He, H Wang, L Chen, SH Kim, L Qian
ACS applied materials & interfaces 11 (23), 20583-20588

Relative abundance of subsurface hydroxyl and molecular water species in silicate and aluminosilicate glasses

J Luo, S Amma, L Chen, D Ngo, JC Mauro, CG Pantano, SH Kim
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 510, 179-185

Differences in surface failure modes of soda lime silica glass under normal indentation versus tangential shear: A comparative study on Na+/K+‐ion exchange effects

J Luo, W Grisales, M Rabii, CG Pantano, SH Kim
Journal of the American Ceramic Society 102 (4), 1665-1676

Effects of surface initial condition on aqueous corrosion of glass—A study with a model nuclear waste glass

H Liu, D Ngo, M Ren, J Du, SH Kim
Journal of the American Ceramic Society 102 (4), 1652-1664

Polymer–inorganic solid–electrolyte interphase for stable lithium metal batteries under lean electrolyte conditions

Y Gao, Z Yan, JL Gray, X He, D Wang, T Chen, Q Huang, YC Li, H Wang, …
Nature materials 18, 384–389

Characterization of Lipid Structure and Fluidity on Epitaxial Graphene and Their Correlation to Graphene Features

M Farell, M Wetherington, M Shankla, I Chae, S Subramanian, SH Kim, …
Langmuir 35, 4726-4735

Effect of Gas Environment on Mechanochemical Reaction: A Model Study with Tribo-Polymerization of α-Pinene in Inert, Oxidative, and Reductive Gases

X He, A Pollock, SH Kim
Tribology Letters 67 (1), 25

Effect of water on topological constraints in silica glass

AR Potter, CJ Wilkinson, SH Kim, JC Mauro
Scripta Materialia 160, 48-52

Probing cellulose structures with vibrational spectroscopy

M Makarem, CM Lee, K Kafle, S Huang, I Chae, H Yang, JD Kubicki, …
Cellulose 26 (1), 35-79

Dependence of water adsorption on the surface structure of silicon wafers aged under different environmental conditions

L Chen, D Ngo, J Luo, Y Gong, C Xiao, X He, B Yu, L Qian, SH Kim
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21 (47), 26041-26048

Integrating Density Functional Theory Calculations with Vibrational and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

JD Kubicki, H Yang, SH Kim
Understanding Lignocellulose: Synergistic Computational and Analytic Methods …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) analysis of an object larger and sharper than the AFM tip

Z Chen, J Luo, I Doudevski, S Erten, SH Kim
Microscopy and Microanalysis

Hemicellulose–Cellulose Composites Reveal Differences in Cellulose Organization after Dilute Acid Pretreatment

R Shah, S Huang, SV Pingali, D Sawada, Y Pu, M Rodriguez Jr, …
Biomacromolecules 20 (2), 893-903

Effects of ball milling on the structure of cotton cellulose

Z Ling, T Wang, M Makarem, MS Cintrón, HN Cheng, X Kang, M Bacher, …
Cellulose 26 (1), 305-328
2018
Toward an understanding of the increase in enzymatic hydrolysis by mechanical refining

T De Assis, S Huang, CE Driemeier, BS Donohoe, C Kim, SH Kim, …
Biotechnology for biofuels 11 (1), 1-11
Dehydration-induced physical strains of cellulose microfibrils in plant cell walls

S Huang, M Makarem, SN Kiemle, Y Zheng, X He, D Ye, EW Gomez, …
Carbohydrate polymers 197, 337-348
Tailoring and Characterization of the Liquid Crystalline Structure of Cellulose Nanocrystals for Opto-Electro-Mechanical Multifunctional Applications

I Chae, A Meddeb, Z Ounaies, SH Kim
Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems 51944, V001T01A010
Review on electromechanical coupling properties of biomaterials

I Chae, CK Jeong, Z Ounaies, SH Kim
ACS Applied Bio Materials 1 (4), 936-953
Effect of humidity on friction and wear—A critical review

Z Chen, X He, C Xiao, SH Kim
Lubricants 6 (3), 74
Complex refractive index of silica, silicate, borosilicate, and boroaluminosilicate glasses–Analysis of glass network vibration modes with specular-reflection IR spectroscopy

J Luo, NJ Smith, CG Pantano, SH Kim
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 494, 94-103
Plasma-catalytic decomposition of nitrous oxide over γ-alumina-supported metal oxides

JO Jo, QH Trinh, SH Kim, YS Mok
Catalysis Today 310, 42-48
Probing hydrogen-bonding interactions of water molecules adsorbed on silica, sodium calcium silicate, and calcium aluminosilicate glasses

N Sheth, D Ngo, J Banerjee, Y Zhou, CG Pantano, SH Kim
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122 (31), 17792-17801
Spectroscopic ellipsometry study of thickness and porosity of the alteration layer formed on international simple glass surface in aqueous corrosion conditions

D Ngo, H Liu, N Sheth, R Lopez-Hallman, NJ Podraza, M Collin, S Gin, …
npj Materials Degradation 2 (1), 1-9
Chemical structure and mechanical properties of soda lime silica glass surfaces treated by thermal poling in inert and reactive ambient gases

J Luo, S Bae, M Yuan, E Schneider, MT Lanagan, CG Pantano, SH Kim
Journal of the American Ceramic Society 101 (7), 2951-2964
Molecular Surface Science, Nanomaterials & Catalysis: Symposium in Honor of Gabor Somorjai at 80

RM Rioux, SH Kim
Topics in Catalysis 61 (9), 711-713
Water adsorption on hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces of silicon

L Chen, X He, H Liu, L Qian, SH Kim
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122 (21), 11385-11391
A comparative review of the aqueous corrosion of glasses, crystalline ceramics, and metals

GS Frankel, JD Vienna, J Lian, JR Scully, S Gin, JV Ryan, J Wang, …
npj Materials Degradation 2 (1), 1-17
Mechanochemical association reaction of interfacial molecules driven by shear

A Khajeh, X He, J Yeon, SH Kim, A Martini
Langmuir 34 (21), 5971-5977
Inhomogeneity of cellulose microfibril assembly in plant cell walls revealed with sum frequency generation microscopy

S Huang, M Makarem, SN Kiemle, H Hamedi, M Sau, DJ Cosgrove, …
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 122 (19), 5006-5019
Nanomanufacturing of silicon surface with a single atomic layer precision via mechanochemical reactions

L Chen, J Wen, P Zhang, B Yu, C Chen, T Ma, X Lu, SH Kim, L Qian
Nature communications 9 (1), 1-7
Self-formed hybrid interphase layer on lithium metal for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries

G Li, Q Huang, X He, Y Gao, D Wang, SH Kim, D Wang
ACS nano 12 (2), 1500-1507
Surface Chemistry Dependence of Mechanochemical Reaction of Adsorbed Molecules An Experimental Study on Tribopolymerization of α-Pinene on Metal, Metal Oxide, and Carbon Surfaces

X He, SH Kim
Langmuir 34 (7), 2432-2440
Effect of glass composition on the hardness of surface layers on aluminosilicate glasses formed through reaction with strong acid

S Amma, J Luo, SH Kim, CG Pantano
Journal of the American Ceramic Society 101 (2), 657-665
Effect of heat treatment on the surface chemical structure of glass: Oxygen speciation from in situ XPS analysis

J Banerjee, V Bojan, CG Pantano, SH Kim
Journal of the American Ceramic Society 101 (2), 644-656
Statistical Mechanics of Topological Fluctuations in Glass-Forming Liquids

KA Kirchner, SH Kim, JC Mauro
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 510, 787-801
Comparison and validation of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic methods for monitoring secondary cell wall cellulose from cotton fibers

HJ Kim, Y Liu, AD French, CM Lee, SH Kim
Cellulose 25 (1), 49-64
Tailoring the wettability of glass using a double-dielectric barrier discharge reactor

QH Trinh, MM Hossain, SH Kim, YS Mok
Heliyon 4 (1), e00522
Correlation between IR peak position and bond parameter of silica glass: Molecular Dynamics study on fictive temperature (cooling rate) effect

J Luo, Y Zhou, CG Pantano, SH Kim
Journal of the American Ceramic Society 101, 5419-5422
Molecular dynamics study of correlations between IR peak position and bond parameters of silica and silicate glasses: effects of temperature and stress

J Luo, Y Zhou, ST Milner, CG Pantano, SH Kim
Journal of the American Ceramic Society 101 (1), 178-188

 

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