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2026

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Citations
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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Philip Kim is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research encompasses a wide range of topics within materials science, physics, and medicine, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to scientific investigation.

The primary fields of study in Kim's research include:

  • Materials Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine

Within these fields, Kim has specialized in subfields such as:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Surgery

Their research covers several key topics, including:

  • Graphene research and applications
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Pain Management and Treatment

Kim's publications have appeared in various reputable venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface
  • Nature Communications
  • Nano Letters
  • Nature

Some of the recent papers by Kim demonstrate engagement with advanced materials and electronic properties. Selected publications are:

  • A few-layer covalent network of fullerenes, 2023, Nature
  • Broken mirror symmetry in excitonic response of reconstructed domains in twisted MoSe2/MoSe2 bilayers, 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Tuning Electrical Conductance of MoS2 Monolayers through Substitutional Doping, 2020, Nano Letters
  • Electrically Tunable Valley Dynamics in Twisted WSe2/WSe2 Bilayers, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Graphene-based Josephson junction microwave bolometer, 2020, Nature

Collaboration is an essential aspect of Kim's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Takashi Taniguchi
  • Kenji Watanabe
  • Michael Fishman
  • Hyobin Yoo
  • Harold Cordner

Kim has been recognized with the title of Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020, indicating acknowledgment within the academic community.

Best Publications

  • Experimental observation of the quantum Hall effect and Berry's phase in graphene

    Yuanbo Zhang;Yan-Wen Tan;Horst L. Stormer;Philip Kim

  • Large-scale pattern growth of graphene films for stretchable transparent electrodes

    Keun Soo Kim;Yue Zhao;Houk Jang;Sang Yoon Lee

  • Ultrahigh electron mobility in suspended graphene

    K.I. Bolotin;K.J. Sikes;Z. Jiang;M. Klima

  • Boron nitride substrates for high-quality graphene electronics

    C. R. Dean;A. F. Young;I. Meric;C. Lee

  • Energy band-gap engineering of graphene nanoribbons.

    Melinda Y. Han;Barbaros Özyilmaz;Yuanbo Zhang;Philip Kim

  • Thermal transport measurements of individual multiwalled nanotubes.

    P. Kim;Li Shi;A. Majumdar;P. L. McEuen;P. L. McEuen

  • Room-Temperature Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene

    K. S. Novoselov;Z. Jiang;Y. Zhang;S. V. Morozov

  • Atomic structure and electronic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes

    Teri Wang Odom;Jin Lin Huang;Philip Kim;Charles M. Lieber

  • One-dimensional electrical contact to a two-dimensional material.

    L. Wang;I. Meric;P. Y. Huang;Q. Gao

  • Atomically thin p–n junctions with van der Waals heterointerfaces

    Chul Ho Lee;Chul Ho Lee;Gwan Hyoung Lee;Arend M. Van Der Zande;Wenchao Chen

  • Thermal conductivity of individual silicon nanowires

    Deyu Li;Yiying Wu;Philip Kim;Li Shi

  • Current saturation in zero-bandgap, top-gated graphene field-effect transistors.

    Inanc Meric;Melinda Y. Han;Andrea F. Young;Barbaros Ozyilmaz

  • Hofstadter’s butterfly and the fractal quantum Hall effect in moiré superlattices

    C. R. Dean;L. Wang;P. Maher;C. Forsythe

  • Tuning the graphene work function by electric field effect.

    Young-Jun Yu;Yue Zhao;Sunmin Ryu;Louis E Brus

  • Temperature-dependent transport in suspended graphene.

    K. I. Bolotin;K. J. Sikes;J. Hone;H. L. Stormer;H. L. Stormer

  • Dirac charge dynamics in graphene by infrared spectroscopy

    Z. Q. Li;E. A. Henriksen;Z. Jiang;Z. Hao

  • Quantum interference and Klein tunnelling in graphene heterojunctions

    Andrea F. Young;Philip Kim

  • Electric field effect tuning of electron-phonon coupling in graphene.

    Jun Yan;Yuanbo Zhang;Philip Kim;Aron Pinczuk

  • Multi-terminal transport measurements of MoS2 using a van der Waals heterostructure device platform.

    Xu Cui;Gwan-Hyoung Lee;Young Duck Kim;Ghidewon Arefe

  • Observation of the fractional quantum Hall effect in graphene

    Kirill Bolotin;Fereshte Ghahari;Michael D. Shulman;Horst L. Stormer

  • Room Temperature Quantum Hall Effect in Graphene

    Andre Geim;Philip Kim;Kostya Novoselov;Zhigang Jiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenji Watanabe
Kenji Watanabe National Institute for Materials Science
Takashi Taniguchi
Takashi Taniguchi National Institute for Materials Science
James Hone
James Hone Columbia University
Cory Dean
Cory Dean Columbia University
H. L. Stormer
H. L. Stormer Columbia University
Kenneth L. Shepard
Kenneth L. Shepard Columbia University
Hongkun Park
Hongkun Park Harvard University
Lei Wang
Lei Wang Cornell University
Tony F. Heinz
Tony F. Heinz Stanford University
Colin Nuckolls
Colin Nuckolls Columbia University

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