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Overview

Seok Kim is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study, including Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, and Materials Science, with significant contributions to several related subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Polymers and Plastics.

The scientist's main research topics focus on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, and Conducting Polymers and Applications.

Seok Kim has authored papers published across notable venues. Frequent publication platforms include arXiv, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Journal of High Energy Physics, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Carbon Letters.

Key recent publications by Seok Kim include:

  • "Grey Galaxies' as an endpoint of the Kerr-AdS superradiant instability," 2023, Journal of High Energy Physics
  • "A 4d = 1 Cardy Formula," 2021, Journal of High Energy Physics
  • "AdS black holes and finite N indices," 2021, Physical Review D
  • "Particle Size Control Influence on the Electrochemical Properties of Sulfur Deposited on Metal Organic Frameworks Host Electrodes," 2021, Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials
  • "Carbon fiber/epoxy vitrimer composite patch cured with bio-based curing agents for one-step repair metallic sheet and its recyclability," 2021, Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Seok Kim collaborates frequently with a number of coauthors, including Sunjin Choi, Eunwoo Lee, Yongju Jung, Soo-Jin Park, and Kangwoo Cho. Their collaborative work has fostered research output particularly in their shared fields of study and topic areas.

Best Publications

  • Microstructured elastomeric surfaces with reversible adhesion and examples of their use in deterministic assembly by transfer printing

    Seok Kim;Jian Wu;Andrew Carlson;Sung Hun Jin

  • Biologically inspired polymer microfibers with spatulate tips as repeatable fibrillar adhesives

    Seok Kim;Metin Sitti

  • Enhanced Adhesion by Gecko-Inspired Hierarchical Fibrillar Adhesives

    Michael P. Murphy;Seok Kim;Metin Sitti

  • Unusual strategies for using indium gallium nitride grown on silicon (111) for solid-state lighting

    Hoon Sik Kim;Eric Brueckner;Jizhou Song;Yuhang Li;Yuhang Li

  • Gecko-inspired controllable adhesive structures applied to micromanipulation

    Yiğit Mengüç;Sang Yoon Yang;Seok Kim;John A. Rogers

  • Microstructured Shape Memory Polymer Surfaces with Reversible Dry Adhesion

    Jeffrey D. Eisenhaure;Tao Xie;Stephen Varghese;Seok Kim

  • Reversible dry micro-fibrillar adhesives with thermally controllable adhesion

    Seok Kim;Metin Sitti;Tao Xie;Xingcheng Xiao

  • Elastomer Surfaces with Directionally Dependent Adhesion Strength and Their Use in Transfer Printing with Continuous Roll‐to‐Roll Applications

    Sang Yoon Yang;Andrew Carlson;Huanyu Cheng;Qingmin Yu;Qingmin Yu

  • Printing transferable components using microstructured elastomeric surfaces with pressure modulated reversible adhesion

    Etienne Menard;John A. Rogers;Seok Kim;Andrew Carlson

  • Wet self-cleaning of biologically inspired elastomer mushroom shaped microfibrillar adhesives.

    Seok Kim;Eugene Cheung;Metin Sitti

  • Enhanced friction of elastomer microfiber adhesives with spatulate tips

    Seok Kim;Burak Aksak;Metin Sitti

  • Effect of backing layer thickness on adhesion of single-level elastomer fiber arrays

    Seok Kim;Metin Sitti;Chung Yuen Hui;Rong Long

  • Selective photocatalytic degradation of aquatic pollutants by titania encapsulated into FAU-type zeolites

    Guan Zhang;Wonyong Choi;Seok Han Kim;Suk Bong Hong

  • Effects of chemical treatment of carbon supports on electrochemical behaviors for platinum catalysts of fuel cells

    Seok Kim;Soo-Jin Park

  • X-ray imaging of water distribution in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell

    Sang Joon Lee;Nam-Yun Lim;Seok Kim;Gu-Gon Park

  • Filament bundle type nano fiber and manufacturing method thereof

    Jae Rock Lee;Seung Yong Jee;Hyo Joong Kim;Young Taik Hong

  • Effects of imidazolium salts on discharge performance of rechargeable lithium–sulfur cells containing organic solvent electrolytes

    Seok Kim;Yongju Jung;Soo-Jin Park

  • Interfacial thermal conductance of transfer-printed metal films.

    Dong Wook Oh;Seok Kim;John A. Rogers;David G. Cahill

  • Enhanced adhesion with pedestal-shaped elastomeric stamps for transfer printing

    Seok Kim;Andrew Carlson;Huanyu Cheng;Seungwoo Lee

  • Advanced particle-based velocimetry techniques for microscale flows

    Sang Joon Lee;Seok Kim

  • Modeling the soft backing layer thickness effect on adhesion of elastic microfiber arrays

    Rong Long;Chung Yuen Hui;Seok Kim;Metin Sitti

Frequent Co-Authors

Soo-Jin Park
Soo-Jin Park Inha University
John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
Sang Joon Lee
Sang Joon Lee Pohang University of Science and Technology
Metin Sitti
Metin Sitti Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Yonggang Huang
Yonggang Huang Northwestern University
Alexander F. Vakakis
Alexander F. Vakakis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Suk Bong Hong
Suk Bong Hong Pohang University of Science and Technology
Lawrence A. Bergman
Lawrence A. Bergman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Placid Mathew Ferreira
Placid Mathew Ferreira University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ji Man Kim
Ji Man Kim Sungkyunkwan University

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