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2025

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D-Index
69
Citations
13120
World Ranking
6370
National Ranking
101

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Myoung Soo Lah is affiliated with the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. The research contributions cover a range of topics primarily within materials science and chemistry, with a particular focus on metal-organic frameworks and their applications.

The main fields of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry

Subfields of specialization span:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Organic Chemistry

Myoung Soo Lah's research topics focus extensively on:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Magnetism in Coordination Complexes
  • Organic and Molecular Conductors Research

Recent publications showcase work published in recognized journals, including:

  • "The rise of metal-organic polyhedra," 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Superprotonic Conductivity of MOF-808 Achieved by Controlling the Binding Mode of Grafted Sulfamate," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Strategies for designing metal-organic frameworks with superprotonic conductivity," 2022, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Amine-Tagged Fragmented Ligand Installation for Covalent Modification of MOF-74," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Deciphering Reaction Products in Formamidine-Based Perovskites with Methylammonium Chloride Additive," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Chemistry of Materials

Collaborations have regularly involved several coauthors, reflecting a diverse network of research partners. Notable frequent coauthors are:

  • Junmo Seong
  • Jaewoong Lim
  • Amitosh Sharma
  • Seung Bin Baek
  • Seonghwan Lee

Best Publications

  • A supermolecular building approach for the design and construction of metal–organic frameworks

    Vincent Guillerm;Dongwook Kim;Jarrod F. Eubank;Ryan Luebke

  • Two-dimensional polyaniline (C3N) from carbonized organic single crystals in solid state

    Javeed Mahmood;Eun Kwang Lee;Eun Kwang Lee;Minbok Jung;Dongbin Shin

  • Structure-function in Escherichia coli iron superoxide dismutase: comparisons with the manganese enzyme from Thermus thermophilus.

    Myoung S. Lah;Melinda M. Dixon;Katherine A. Pattridge;William C. Stallings

  • Indole-based macrocycles as a class of receptors for anions

    Kyoung-Jin Chang;Dohyun Moon;Myoung Soo Lah;Kyu-Sung Jeong

  • Isolation and characterization of {mnii[mniii(salicylhydroximate)]4(acetate)2(dmf)6}. 2dmf: An inorganic analogue of M2+(12-crown-4)

    Myoung Soo Lah;Vincent L. Pecoraro

  • Engineering the structure and magnetic properties of crystalline solids via the metal-directed self-assembly of a versatile molecular building unit.

    Juan C. Noveron;Myoung Soo Lah;Rico E. Del Sesto;Atta M. Arif

  • The mobile flavin of 4-OH benzoate hydroxylase.

    Domenico L. Gatti;Bruce A. Palfey;Myoung Soo Lah;Barrie Entsch

  • Post-Synthetic Modifications of Framework Metal Ions in Isostructural Metal–Organic Frameworks: Core–Shell Heterostructures via Selective Transmetalations

    Xiaokai Song;Xiaokai Song;Tae Kyung Kim;Hyehyun Kim;Dongwook Kim

  • The rise of metal–organic polyhedra

    Soochan Lee;Hyein Jeong;Dongsik Nam;Myoung Soo Lah

  • Face-driven corner-linked octahedral nanocages : M6L8 cages formed by C3-symmetric triangular facial ligands linked via C4-symmetric square tetratopic PdII ions at truncated octahedron corners

    Dohyun Moon;Sangmi Kang;Jaejoon Park;Kyungjae Lee

  • SnO2/Graphene Composites with Self‐Assembled Alternating Oxide and Amine Layers for High Li‐Storage and Excellent Stability

    S. J. Richard Prabakar;Yun-Hwa Hwang;Eun-Gyoung Bae;Sangdeok Shim

  • A Foldamer-Based Chiroptical Molecular Switch That Displays Complete Inversion of the Helical Sense upon Anion Binding

    Jae Min Suk;Veluru Ramesh Naidu;Xinfang Liu;Myoung Soo Lah

  • A designed metal-organic framework based on a metal-organic polyhedron

    Yang Zou;Mira Park;Seunghee Hong;Myoung Soo Lah

  • Synthesis of Ru(II) complexes of N-heterocyclic carbenes and their promising photoluminescence properties in water

    Seung Uk Son;Kang Hyun Park;Young-Shin Lee;Bo Yun Kim

  • Structurally diverse manganese(III) Schiff base complexes: chains, dimers, and cages

    Joseph A. Bonadies;Martin L. Kirk;Myoung Soo Lah;Dimitri P. Kessissoglou

  • Transmetalations in two metal–organic frameworks with different framework flexibilities: Kinetics and core–shell heterostructure

    Xiaokai Song;Xiaokai Song;Seok Jeong;Dongwook Kim;Myoung Soo Lah

  • Vanadium complexes of the tridentate Schiff base ligand N-salicylidene-N'-(2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine: acid-base and redox conversion between vanadium(IV) and vanadium(V) imino phenolates

    Xinhua Li;Myoung Soo Lah;Vincent L. Pecoraro

  • Manganese-manganese separations in oxide-and alkoxide-bridged complexes: Correlation of structure with ligand type and number

    Erlund Larson;Myoung Soo Lah;Xinhua Li;Joseph A. Bonadies

  • Synthesis and Characterization of [MnIII6(N-formylsalicylhydrazidate)6(MeOH)6]: A New Type of Macrocyclic Hexanuclear Manganese Cluster

    Byunghoon Kwak;Hakjune Rhee;Soonheum Park;Myoung Soo Lah

  • Modeling Vanadium Bromoperoxidase: Synthesis, Structure, and Spectral Properties of Vanadium(IV) Complexes with Coordinated Imidazole

    Charles R. Cornman;Jeff Kampf;Myoung Soo Lah;Vincent L. Pecoraro

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent L. Pecoraro
Vincent L. Pecoraro University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jong-In Hong
Jong-In Hong Seoul National University
Dong-Wook Kim
Dong-Wook Kim Ewha Womans University
Martin L. Kirk
Martin L. Kirk University of New Mexico
Young Keun Chung
Young Keun Chung Seoul National University
William E. Hatfield
William E. Hatfield University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kee-Sun Sohn
Kee-Sun Sohn Sejong University
Kyu-Sung Jeong
Kyu-Sung Jeong Yonsei University
Noejung Park
Noejung Park Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Kwang S. Kim
Kwang S. Kim Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

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