Microscope-based Nanoscale Physics Lab.

Professor

Education

2013  Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University (Ph.D)

Career

2022-current    Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Jeonbuk National University (JBNU), Korea

2022-current    CEO, K-tip Corp.

2020-2022    Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Jeonbuk National University (JBNU), Korea

2023-current    Committee, Board of education in the Korean Physical Society (KPS), Korea

2023-current    Chair of the Academic Committee in Korean Surface Analysis Society (KoSAS), Korea

2022-current    Expert Adviser (AFM part), Korean Surface Analysis Society (KoSAS), Korea

2022-2023    Vice Deen, College of Natural Sciences in Jeonbuk National University, Korea

2021-2024    Expert Adviser (AFM part), Korean Society of Microscopy (KSM), Korea

2017-2020    Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU), Korea

2014-2016    NIST associate (Postdotoral Researcher), Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) in National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg 20899 MD, USA

2013    Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Fundamental Science, Seoul National University (SNU), Korea

~ 2013    PhD in Physics, Seoul National University (SNU), Korea

(Thesis; Nanoliquid Delivery and 3D Patterning using QTF-based AFM with Nanopipette / Advisor; Prof. Wonho Jhe)

Funding

2024-2029   Funding of NRF, Global - Learning & Academic research institution for Master’s·PhD students, and Postdocs(LAMP) Program (G-LAMP)

2024-2025   Funding of Korea Innovation Foundation

2023-2024   Funding of Korea Institute of Startup and Entrepreneurship Development

2023-2024   Funding of Ministry of SMEs and Startups

2022-2025   Funding of NRF, Basic Research Lab (BRL)

2022-2025   Funding of MOTIE, Development of Material and Parts (Packaging) Project

2021-2024   Funding of KIAT, TACR-KIAT Bilateral Co-funding R&D Project

2020-2023   Funding of NRF, Creative challenge Research (Nanoscale 3D Bioprinting Technology)

2017-2020   Funding of NRF, Research Fellowship (Nanopipette-based Inkjet Printing Technology)

2016-2020   Partial Funding of NRF, Leader Research (Center for 0-Dimension Nanofluidics)

2014   Funding of NRF, Postdoctoral Fellowship (SPM-based 3D Nanofabrication platform)

Award and Honor

Paper Award, Korea Vacuum Society (2023)

Achievement Award, Korea Society of Surface Analysis Conference (2022)

Innovation Leader Award (Education/R&D), National Assembly (2022)

Korea's Innovation Leader (Physics), Newsmaker (2022)

Innovative Koreans & POWER KOREA Grand Prize (Education/Research), Sports Seoul (2022)

IAAM Award, International Association of Advanced Materials (2022)

Best Presentation Award, ICAE2021 Meeting (2021)

Grand Prize, Korean Physical Society Autumn Meeting (2018)

Outstanding presentation award, Korean Physical Society Autumn Meeting (2018)

Best research paper award, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Seoul National University (2013)

Outstanding presentation award, Korean Physical Society Autumn Meeting (2010)

Conference Organizing

International Workshop of Scanning Probe Microscopy (IWSPM 2024)

3rd  Advanced AFM Workshop (2024)

International Workshop of Scanning Probe Microscopy (IWSPM 2023)

2nd  Advanced AFM Workshop (2023)

1st  Advanced AFM Workshop (2022)

Korean Physical Society Spring meeting, Pioneer Session: Low-dimensional nanomaterials and 2D van der Waals Heterostructures (2022)

Korean Physical Society Spring meeting, Pioneer Session: Nano-Rheology and Physics of Complex Fluids (2022)

Rheology of Soft Matter (International Workshop) (2021)

Korean Physical Society Spring Meeting (Focus Session: Micro/nanofluidics: Physics and Applications (2019)

1st International Workshop on QTF-AFM (2018)

Selected Paper

Nanoscale Young’s modulus and resistivity of flexible Au films on PET substrates revealed by atomic force microscopy, Appl. Surf. Sci. 695, 162921 (2025)

Atomic force microscope-guided nanoscale 3D patterning for carbon nanofibers with in situ Raman spectroscopy, Nanoscale 17, 13333-13343 (2025)

Direct 3D-printed CdSe quantum dots via scanning micropipette, Nanoscale Adv. (Front Cover Image) 5, 983-983 (2023)

Spectroscopic distinction of carbon nanobelts and nanohoops, Carbon 201, 829-836 (2023)

Capillary grip-induced stick-slip motion, Nano Res. 15, 7384-7391 (2022)

Sorting Gold and Sand (Silica) Using Atomic Force Microscope‑Based Dielectrophoresis, Nano-Micro Lett. 14, 13 (2022) 

Quantitative Visualization of the Nanomechanical Young’s Modulus of Soft Materials by Atomic Force Microscopy, Nanomaterials 11(6), 1593 (2021)

Probing the shear viscoelasticity of a nanoscale ionic liquid meniscus, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 12387-12394 (2021)

Direct Evidence for Curvature-Dependent Surface Tension in Capillary Condensation: Kelvin Equation at Molecular Scale, Phys. Rev. X 8, 041046 (2018) – News (Physics & high technology, 2019.03),  News (Seoul National University Press, 2018.12)

Bifurcation-enhanced ultrahigh sensitivity of a buckled cantilever, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 115(12), 2884-2889 (2018) –  News (Physics & high technology, 2018.07/08),  News (Seoul National University Press, 2018.03)

Nanophotonic atomic force microscope transducers enable chemical composition and thermal conductivity measurements at the nanoscale, Nano Lett. 17(9), 5587-5594 (2017) - News (NanoWerk, 2017.09) / News (NIST Press, 2017.09)

Nanoscale imaging and spectroscopy of band gap and defects in polycrystalline photovoltaic devices, Nanoscale 9, 7771-7780 (2017) - Cover paper

Probing nonlinear rheology layer-by-layer in interfacial hydration water, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112(51), 15619-15623 (2015)

Fabrication and Characterization of Au Nanoparticle-aggregated Nanowires by Using Nanomeniscus-induced Colloidal Stacking Method, Nano-Micro Lett. 7(1), 27-34 (2015)

Superwetting of TiO2 by light-induced water-layer growth via delocalized surface electrons”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111(16), 5784-5789 (2014)

Unified Stress Tensor of the Hydration Water Layer”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 246102 (2013)

Book

Fundamental of Nanoscale Microscope (Principle and Applications of Atomic Force Microscope), Textbook of Research Equipment Development Cooperative Course in Chungbuk National University (2020)

Scanning Probe Microscope (Analysis of Force Dynamics),  Textbook of Research Equipment Development Cooperative Course in Chungbuk National University (2019)

Patent

(Patent, Registered, South Korea)  Quartz Oscillator Cantilever and Probe for Atomic Force Microscopy, 10-2713656 (2024)

(Patent, Registered, US)  Rheometer, US12098990B2 (2024)

(Patent, Registered, US)  Nano Printing Device and Raman Analysis Apparatus Using Same, US11874203B2 (2024)

(Patent, Registered, South Korea)  Raman analysis system, 10-2267767 (2021)

(Patent, Registered, South Korea)  Rheometer, 10-2252266 (2021)

(Patent, Registered, South Korea)  Raman analysis apparatus using nanoscale printing apparatus, 10-2202437 (2021)

(Patent, Registered, South Korea)  Printing apparatus for nanoscale, 10-2197009 (2020)