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Minhaeng Cho

Minhaeng Cho

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Chemistry
Korea
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
21321
World Ranking
4229
National Ranking
59

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Minhaeng Cho is a researcher affiliated with Korea University in South Korea. Their academic focus spans multiple areas within engineering and physics, especially emphasizing spectroscopy and molecular physics. The main fields of study covered by their work include Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with notable contributions to several subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, and Spectroscopy.

Their research topics broadly center on spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, spectroscopy techniques in biomedical and chemical research, and spectroscopy and laser applications. Additional topics of work include advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, laser-matter interactions and applications, advanced battery materials and technologies, and photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

Minhaeng Cho has published extensively across various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Recent representative papers include:

  • "Vibrational Spectroscopic Map, Vibrational Spectroscopy, and Intermolecular Interaction" (2020, Chemical Reviews)
  • "Wettability of graphene, water contact angle, and interfacial water structure" (2022, Chem)
  • "Operando Raman and UV-Vis spectroscopic investigation of the coloring and bleaching mechanism of self-powered photochromic devices for smart windows" (2021, Nano Energy)
  • "Wettability of graphene and interfacial water structure" (2021, Chem)
  • "Modeling and Simulation of Concentrated Aqueous Solutions of LiTFSI for Battery Applications" (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C)

Collaborations have been a consistent aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including Kyungwon Kwak, Tai Hyun Yoon, Seok-Cheol Hong, Jonggu Jeon, and Kwang Seob Jeong. These collaborations reflect a network of researchers engaged in various intersecting fields related to spectroscopy and materials science.

Best Publications

  • Two-dimensional spectroscopy of electronic couplings in photosynthesis

    Tobias Brixner;Tobias Brixner;Jens Stenger;Jens Stenger;Harsha M. Vaswani;Harsha M. Vaswani;Minhaeng Cho

  • Coherent Two-Dimensional Optical Spectroscopy

    Minhaeng Cho

  • CHROMOPHORE-SOLVENT DYNAMICS

    Graham R. Fleming;Minhaeng Cho

  • Two-Dimensional Optical Spectroscopy

    Minhaeng Cho

  • Exciton analysis in 2D electronic spectroscopy.

    Minhaeng Cho;Harsha M. Vaswani;Tobias Brixner;Jens Stenger

  • Instantaneous normal mode analysis of liquid water

    Minhaeng Cho;Graham R. Fleming;Shinji Saito;Iwao Ohmine

  • Two Photon Absorption Properties of 1,3,5-Tricyano-2,4,6-tris(styryl)benzene Derivatives

    Bong Rae Cho;Kyung Hwa Son;Sang Hae Lee;Young-Suk Song

  • Vibrational Spectroscopic Map, Vibrational Spectroscopy, and Intermolecular Interaction.

    Carlos R. Baiz;Bartosz Błasiak;Jens Bredenbeck;Minhaeng Cho

  • Correlation between electronic and molecular structure distortions and vibrational properties. II. Amide I modes of NMA–nD2O complexes

    Sihyun Ham;Joo Hee Kim;Hochan Lee;Minhaeng Cho

  • The Integrated Photon Echo and Solvation Dynamics

    Minhaeng Cho;Jae Young Yu;Taiha Joo;Yutaka Nagasawa

  • Off-resonant transient birefringence in liquids

    Minhaeng Cho;Mei Du;Norbert F. Scherer;Norbert F. Scherer;Graham Fl Fleming

  • Molecular dynamics simulation study of N-methylacetamide in water. II. Two-dimensional infrared pump–probe spectra

    Kijeong Kwac;Minhaeng Cho

  • Amide I vibrational dynamics of N-methylacetamide in polar solvents: the role of electrostatic interactions.

    M. F. DeCamp;L. DeFlores;J. M. McCracken;A. Tokmakoff

  • Ultrafast solvent dynamics: Connection between time resolved fluorescence and optical Kerr measurements

    Minhaeng Cho;Sandra J. Rosenthal;Norbert F. Scherer;Lawrence D. Ziegler;Lawrence D. Ziegler

  • Infrared probes for studying the structure and dynamics of biomolecules

    Heejae Kim;Minhaeng Cho

  • Two-photon absorption and nonlinear optical properties of octupolar molecules.

    Won-Ho Lee;Hochan Lee;Jin-A Kim;Jun-Ho Choi

  • Molecular dynamics simulation study of N-methylacetamide in water. I. Amide I mode frequency fluctuation

    Kijeong Kwac;Minhaeng Cho

  • Nitrile and thiocyanate IR probes: Quantum chemistry calculation studies and multivariate least-square fitting analysis

    Jun Ho Choi;Kwang Im Oh;Hochan Lee;Chewook Lee

  • Nanometric Water Channels in Water-in-Salt Lithium Ion Battery Electrolyte

    Joonhyung Lim;Kwanghee Park;Hochan Lee;Jungyu Kim

  • Femtosecond characterization of vibrational optical activity of chiral molecules

    Hanju Rhee;Young Gun June;Jang Soo Lee;Kyung Koo Lee

  • Non-Gaussian statistics of amide I mode frequency fluctuation of N-methylacetamide in methanol solution: Linear and nonlinear vibrational spectra

    Kijeong Kwac;Hochan Lee;Minhaeng Cho

Frequent Co-Authors

Graham R. Fleming
Graham R. Fleming University of California, Berkeley
Bong Rae Cho
Bong Rae Cho Korea University
Norbert F. Scherer
Norbert F. Scherer University of Chicago
Mischa Bonn
Mischa Bonn Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Taiha Joo
Taiha Joo Pohang University of Science and Technology
Shaul Mukamel
Shaul Mukamel University of California, Irvine
Ho Jang
Ho Jang Korea University
Sandra J. Rosenthal
Sandra J. Rosenthal Vanderbilt University
Yousung Jung
Yousung Jung Seoul National University

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