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Chemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
15561
World Ranking
5941
National Ranking
92

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Sung-Jin Kim is affiliated with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research primarily centers on materials science and engineering, with a notable focus on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. Their work spans subfields including electronic, optical and magnetic materials, inorganic chemistry, and spectroscopy.

The topics frequently addressed in their research include:

  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Sung-Jin Kim has contributed publications to various scientific venues. The venues with the highest number of publications include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nanomaterials

Recent papers authored by or involving Sung-Jin Kim demonstrate a focus on energy storage materials and photocatalysis, including:

  • "Manganese and Vanadium Oxide Cathodes for Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc-Ion Batteries: A Focused View on Performance, Mechanism, and Developments," 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • "An analysis of the electrochemical mechanism of manganese oxides in aqueous zinc batteries," 2022, Chem
  • "Highly Efficient Aggregation-Induced Red-Emissive Organic Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials with Prolonged Fluorescence Lifetime for Time-Resolved Luminescence Bioimaging," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Visible-Light Photocatalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide by Ni(II) Complexes with N4S2 Coordination: Highly Efficient and Selective Production of Formate," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Robust Copper Metal-Organic Framework-Embedded Polysiloxanes for Biomedical Applications: Its Antibacterial Effects on MRSA and In Vitro Cytotoxicity," 2021, Nanomaterials

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Sung-Jin Kim include:

  • Youngmee Kim
  • Sujin Kim
  • Jaekook Kim
  • So-Hyeon Yang
  • Mi-Kyung Han

Best Publications

  • Cu2+-Selective Ratiometric and “Off-On” Sensor Based on the Rhodamine Derivative Bearing Pyrene Group

    Ying Zhou;Fang Wang;Youngmee Kim;Sung Jin Kim

  • New BODIPY derivatives as OFF-ON fluorescent chemosensor and fluorescent chemodosimeter for Cu2+: cooperative selectivity enhancement toward Cu2+.

    Xin Qi;Eun Jin Jun;Li Xu;Sung Jin Kim

  • Pyrophosphate-selective fluorescent chemosensor at physiological pH: formation of a unique excimer upon addition of pyrophosphate.

    Ha Na Lee;Zhaochao Xu;Sook Kyung Kim;K. M. K. Swamy

  • Naphthalimide Modified Rhodamine Derivative: Ratiometric and Selective Fluorescent Sensor for Cu2+ Based on Two Different Approaches

    Jun Feng Zhang;Ying Zhou;Juyoung Yoon;Youngmee Kim

  • Hg2+ Selective Fluorescent and Colorimetric Sensor: Its Crystal Structure and Application to Bioimaging

    Xiaoqiang Chen;Seong Won Nam;Min Jung Jou;Youngmee Kim

  • Bio-functionalization of metal–organic frameworks by covalent protein conjugation

    Suhyun Jung;Youngmee Kim;Sung Jin Kim;Tae Hwan Kwon

  • Thin‐Film Formation of Imidazolium‐Based Conjugated Polydiacetylenes and Their Application for Sensing Anionic Surfactants

    Xiaoqiang Chen;Sunwoo Kang;Min Jung Kim;Joohee Kim

  • A new multifunctional Schiff base as a fluorescence sensor for Al3+ and a colorimetric sensor for CN− in aqueous media: an application to bioimaging

    Seul Ah Lee;Ga Rim You;Ye Won Choi;Hyun Yong Jo

  • n-Type nanostructured thermoelectric materials prepared from chemically synthesized ultrathin Bi2Te3 nanoplates.

    Jae Sung Son;Moon Kee Choi;Mi Kyung Han;Kunsu Park

  • Sulfur-doped graphene as a potential alternative metal-free electrocatalyst and Pt-catalyst supporting material for oxygen reduction reaction

    Ji Eun Park;Yu Jin Jang;Yeo Jin Kim;Mi Sun Song

  • A new fluorescein derivative bearing a boronic acid group as a fluorescent chemosensor for fluoride ion.

    K. M.K. Swamy;Yoon Ju Lee;Han Na Lee;Jihyun Chun

  • Simple but effective way to sense pyrophosphate and inorganic phosphate by fluorescence changes.

    Han Na Lee;K. M. K. Swamy;Sook Kyung Kim;Ji-Young Kwon

  • Rhodamine hydrazone derivatives as Hg2+ selective fluorescent and colorimetric chemosensors and their applications to bioimaging and microfluidic system.

    Ha Na Kim;Seong Won Nam;K. M.K. Swamy;Yan Jin

  • Preparation of layered MnO2 via thermal decomposition of KMnO4 and its electrochemical characterizations

    Sa Heum Kim;Sung Jin Kim;Seung M. Oh

  • Porphyrinic metal–organic frameworks from custom-designed porphyrins

    Seong Huh;Sung-Jin Kim;Youngmee Kim

  • A selenolactone-based fluorescent chemodosimeter to monitor mecury/methylmercury species in vitro and in vivo

    Xiaoqiang Chen;Xiaoqiang Chen;Kyung Hwa Baek;Youngmee Kim;Sung Jin Kim

  • Pyrophosphate selective fluorescent chemosensors based on coumarin–DPA–Cu(II) complexes

    Min Jung Kim;K. M.K. Swamy;Kyung Mi Lee;Arun R. Jagdale

  • Manipulation of fluorescent and colorimetric changes of fluorescein derivatives and applications for sensing silver ions.

    K. M.K. Swamy;Ha Na Kim;Jung Huyn Soh;Youngmee Kim

  • [Mn(tmc)(O2)]+: a side-on peroxido manganese(III) complex bearing a non-heme ligand.

    Mi Sook Seo;Ja Young Kim;Jamespandi Annaraj;Youngmee Kim

  • A single molecule that acts as a fluorescence sensor for zinc and cadmium and a colorimetric sensor for cobalt.

    Eun Joo Song;Juhye Kang;Ga Rim You;Gyeong Jin Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Youngmee Kim
Youngmee Kim Ewha Womans University
Cheal Kim
Cheal Kim Seoul National University of Science and Technology
Juyoung Yoon
Juyoung Yoon Ewha Womans University
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Northwestern University
Wonwoo Nam
Wonwoo Nam Ewha Womans University
Seong-Ju Hwang
Seong-Ju Hwang Yonsei University
Jin-Ho Choy
Jin-Ho Choy Ewha Womans University
Jin Yong Lee
Jin Yong Lee Sungkyunkwan University
Wooyoung Lee
Wooyoung Lee Yonsei University
Chongmok Lee
Chongmok Lee Ewha Womans University

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