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Jong K. Keum is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States, focusing on research primarily within the fields of materials science and engineering. Their work spans 128 publications in materials science and 113 in engineering, reflecting engagement with interdisciplinary approaches to advanced materials and technologies.

Their subfields of study include electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, polymers and plastics, mechanical engineering, and biomaterials. This range highlights a broad expertise across several key areas contributing to materials development and application.

Keum's research topics cover specialized subjects such as advanced battery materials and technologies, polymer composites and self-healing systems, advancements in battery materials, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, conducting polymers and applications, topological materials and phenomena, and advanced condensed matter physics.

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Keum concentrate on material properties and synthesis, with selected works including:

  • Highly Recyclable and Tough Elastic Vitrimers from a Defined Polydimethylsiloxane Network, 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Photocarrier-induced persistent structural polarization in soft-lattice lead halide perovskites, 2023, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Strain-tunable Berry curvature in quasi-two-dimensional chromium telluride, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Surpassing the stiffness-extensibility trade-off of elastomers via mastering the hydrogen-bonding clusters, 2021, Matter
  • Synthesis and catalytic performance of polydopamine supported metal nanoparticles, 2020, Scientific Reports

Keum frequently publishes in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Macromolecules, Advanced Electronic Materials, ECS Meeting Abstracts, and ACS Applied Energy Materials. These venues represent platforms for diverse contributions in both foundational and applied materials research.

Their collaboration network includes frequent coauthors:

  • Gyoung Gug Jang (16 publications)
  • Yangyang Wang (14 publications)
  • Valeria Lauter (14 publications)
  • Costas Tsouris (12 publications)
  • Amit K. Naskar (12 publications)

This pattern of coauthorship suggests active collaboration across multiple research groups working on overlapping scientific challenges in materials science and engineering.

Best Publications

  • Confined Crystallization of Polyethylene Oxide in Nanolayer Assemblies

    Haopeng Wang;Jong K. Keum;Anne Hiltner;Eric Baer

  • Studies on Supercapacitor Electrode Material from Activated Lignin-Derived Mesoporous Carbon

    Dipendu Saha;Yunchao Li;Zhonghe Bi;Jihua Chen

  • One‐Step Synthesis of Nb2O5/C/Nb2C (MXene) Composites and Their Use as Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution

    Tongming Su;Tongming Su;Tongming Su;Rui Peng;Zachary D. Hood;Zachary D. Hood;Michael Naguib;Michael Naguib

  • Polymer matrix nanocomposites for automotive structural components

    Amit K. Naskar;Jong K. Keum;Raymond G. Boeman

  • Perovskite Solar Cells with Near 100% Internal Quantum Efficiency Based on Large Single Crystalline Grains and Vertical Bulk Heterojunctions

    Bin Yang;Ondrej Dyck;Jonathan Poplawsky;Jong Keum

  • Germanium as negative electrode material for sodium-ion batteries

    Loïc Baggetto;Jong K. Keum;James F. Browning;Gabriel M. Veith

  • An Air-Stable Na3 SbS4 Superionic Conductor Prepared by a Rapid and Economic Synthetic Procedure.

    Hui Wang;Yan Chen;Zachary D. Hood;Zachary D. Hood;Gayatri Sahu

  • The role of interlamellar chain entanglement in deformation-induced structure changes during uniaxial stretching of isotactic polypropylene

    Feng Zuo;Jong Kahk Keum;Xuming Chen;Benjamin S. Hsiao

  • The isotopic effects of deuteration on optoelectronic properties of conducting polymers

    Ming Shao;Jong Keum;Jihua Chen;Youjun He

  • Uniform Permutation of Quasi-2D Perovskites by Vacuum Poling for Efficient, High-Fill-Factor Solar Cells

    Jia Zhang;Jiajun Qin;Miaosheng Wang;Yujie Bai

  • Formation and Stability of Shear-Induced Shish-Kebab Structure in Highly Entangled Melts of UHMWPE/HDPE Blends

    Jong Kahk Keum;Feng Zuo;Benjamin S. Hsiao

  • A path for lignin valorization via additive manufacturing of high-performance sustainable composites with enhanced 3D printability

    Ngoc A. Nguyen;Sietske H. Barnes;Christopher C. Bowland;Kelly M. Meek

  • Epitaxial stabilization and phase instability of VO2 polymorphs

    Shinbuhm Lee;Ilia N. Ivanov;Jong K. Keum;Ho Nyung Lee

  • Li2OHCl Crystalline Electrolyte for Stable Metallic Lithium Anodes

    Zachary D. Hood;Hui Wang;Amaresh Samuthira Pandian;Jong Kahk Keum

  • Identification of site-specific isotopic labels by vibrational spectroscopy in the electron microscope.

    Jordan A. Hachtel;Jingsong Huang;Ilja Popovs;Santa Jansone-Popova

  • Confined Crystallization of PEO in Nanolayered Films Impacting Structure and Oxygen Permeability

    Haopeng Wang;Jong K. Keum;Anne Hiltner;Eric Baer

  • Surface-Induced Orientation Control of CuPc Molecules for the Epitaxial Growth of Highly Ordered Organic Crystals on Graphene

    Kai Xiao;Wan Deng;Jong K. Keum;Mina Yoon

  • Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Epoxy Networks with Shape Memory Behavior and Dynamic Ester Bonds

    Yuzhan Li;Orlando Rios;Jong K. Keum;Jihua Chen

  • Deformation Behavior of Polyethylene/Silicate Nanocomposites As Studied by Real-Time Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering

    Ki Hyun Wang;In Jae Chung;Min Cheol Jang;Jong Kahk Keum

  • PS-b-P3HT copolymers as P3HT/PCBM interfacial compatibilizers for high efficiency photovoltaics.

    Zhenzhong Sun;Kai Xiao;Jong Kahk Keum;Xiang Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jihua Chen
Jihua Chen Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Kai Xiao
Kai Xiao Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Kunlun Hong
Kunlun Hong Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Bobby G. Sumpter
Bobby G. Sumpter Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Benjamin S. Hsiao
Benjamin S. Hsiao Stony Brook University
Ilia N. Ivanov
Ilia N. Ivanov Oak Ridge National Laboratory
David B. Geohegan
David B. Geohegan Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Zachary D. Hood
Zachary D. Hood Argonne National Laboratory
Michael R. Kessler
Michael R. Kessler North Dakota State University
Eric Baer
Eric Baer Case Western Reserve University

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