Selected papers

Y. Lee†*, Y. W. Choi†, L. Li, W. Zhou, M. L. Cohen, K. Kim*, and A. Zettl*, SiX2 (X=S, Se) Single Chains and (Si-Ge)X2 Quaternary Alloys, ACS Nano, 18, 17882-17889 (2024). (†Equal contribution,*Corresponding Author) Link 

Y. Lee, Y. W. Choi†, K. Lee, C. Song, P. Ercius, M. L. Cohen, K. Kim, and A. Zettl, 1D Magnetic MX3 Single-Chains (M=Cr, V and X=Cl, Br, I), Adv. Mater., 2307942 (2023). Link (†Equal contribution) 

Y. Lee, Y. W. Choi†, K. Lee, C. Song, P. Ercius, M. L. Cohen, K. Kim, and A. Zettl, Tuning the sharing modes and composition in a tetrahedral GeX2 (X=S, Se) system via one-dimensional confinement, ACS Nano, 17, 8734-8742 (2023). Link
(†Equal contribution) 

S. Lee†, Y. Lee†*, L. P. Ding†, K. Lee, F. Ding*, and K. Kim*, Atomically Sharp, Closed Bilayer Phosphorene Edges by Self-Passivation, ACS Nano, 16, 12822–12830 (2022). Link
(† Equal contribution,* Corresponding Author)

Y. Lee, H.Kim, T. K. Yun, J. C. Kim, S. Lee, S. J. Yang, M. Jang, D. Kim, H. Ryu, G.-H. Lee, S. Im, H. Y. Jeong, H. J. Choi, and K. Kim, Single-Crystalline Metallic Films Induced by van der Waals Epitaxy on Black Phosphorus, Chem. Mater., 33, 3593-3601 (2021). Link

Y. Lee, S. Lee, J.-Y. Yoon, J. Cheon, H. Y. Jeong, and K. Kim, Fabrication and Imaging of Monolayer Phosphorene with Preferred Edge Configurations via Graphene-Assisted Layer-by-Layer Thinning, Nano Lett., 20, 559-566 (2020). Link

Y. Lee, J. Koo, S. Lee, J.-Y. Yoon, K. Kim, M. Jang, J. Jang, J. Choe, B.-W. Li, C. T. Le, F. Ullah, Y. S. Kim, J. Y. Hwang, W. C. Lee, R. S. Ruoff, H. Cheong, J. Cheon, H. Lee, and Kwanpyo Kim, Universal Oriented van der Waals Epitaxy of 1D Cyanide Chains on Hexagonal 2D Crystals, Adv. Sci., 1900757 (2020). Link

Publications (full list)

[56] Yangjin Lee*, Young Woo Choi†, Linxuan Li, Wu Zhou, Marvin L. Cohen, Kwanpyo Kim*, and Alex Zettl*, SiX2 (X=S, Se) Single Chains and (Si-Ge)X2 Quaternary Alloys, ACS Nano, 18, 17882-17889 (2024).
(†Equal contribution,*Corresponding Author) Link 

[55] Myeongjin Jang, Minseol Kim, Sol Lee, Minseok Kwon, Hani Kang, Kihyun Lee, Jinsub Park, Anh Tuan Hoang, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Yangjin Lee, and Kwanpyo Kim, Controlled epitaxy and patterned growth of one-dimensional crystals via surface treatment of two-dimensional templates, npj 2D Mater. Appl. 8, 36 (2024). Link

[54] Huije Ryu, Seong Chul Hong, Kangwon Kim, Yeonjoon Jung, Yangjin Lee, Kihyun Lee, Youngbum Kim, Hyunjun Kim, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Jeongyong Kim, Kwanpyo Kim, Hyeonsik Cheong, and Gwan-Hyoung Lee,  Optical Grade Transformation of Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides via Encapsulation Annealing, Nanoscale, 16,5836-5844 (2024). Link 

[53] Weifeng Zhang, Mengwei Wu, Yan Zhang, Hongyi Yan, Yangjin Lee, Zihan Zhao, He Hao, Xiaohu Shi, Zhaoxian Zhang, Kwanpyo Kim, Nan Liu, Paraffin-Enabled Superlattice Customization for a Photostimulated Gradient-Responsive Artificial Reflex Arc, Adv. Mater. 2313267 (2024). Link 

[52] Yangjin Lee†, Young Woo Choi†, Kihyun Lee, Chengyu Song, Peter Ercius, Marvin L. Cohen, Kwanpyo Kim, and Alex Zettl, 1D Magnetic MX3 Single-Chains (M=Cr, V and X=Cl, Br, I), Adv. Mater., 2307942 (2023). Link (†Equal contribution)

[51] Dekui Song, Xueli Li, Myeongjin Jang, Yangjin Lee, Yu Zhai, Wenya Hu, Hongping Yan, Song Zhang, Luyao Chen, Chunming Lu, Kwanpyo Kim, and Nan Liu, An Ultra-thin MXene Film for Multimodal Sensing of Neuroelectrical Signals with Artifacts Removal, Adv. Mater., 2304956 (2023). Link 

[50] Jun-Yeong Yoon, Yangjin Lee, Dong-Gyu Kim, Dong Gun Oh, Jin Kyun Kim, Linshuo Guo, Jungcheol Kim, Jeongheon Choe, Kihyun Lee, Hyeonsik Cheong, Chae Un Kim, Young Jai Choi, Yanhang Ma, and Kwanpyo Kim, Type-II Red Phosphorus: Wavy Packing of Twisted Pentagonal Tubes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., e202307102 (2023). Link 

[49] Sungjae Hong, Chang-Ui Hong, Sol Lee, Myeongjin Jang, Chorom Jang, Yangjin Lee, Livia Janice Widiapradja, Sam Park, Kwanpyo Kim, Young-Woo Son, Jong-Gwan Yook, and Seongil Im, Ultrafast van der Waals diode using graphene quantum capacitance and Fermi-level depinning, Sci. Adv., 9, eadh9770 (2023). Link 

[48] Kihyun Lee, Jun-Yeong Yoon, Sol Lee, Myeongjin Jang, Yangjin Lee*, and Kwanpyo Kim*, Anisotropic assembly and reorganization of noble metals on black phosphorus van der Waals template, Curr. Appl. Phys., 51, 98-103 (2023). Link  (*Corresponding Author)

[47] Yangjin Lee, Young Woo Choi†, Kihyun Lee, Chengyu Song, Peter Ercius, Marvin L. Cohen, Kwanpyo Kim, and Alex Zettl , Tuning the sharing modes and composition in a tetrahedral GeX2 (X=S, Se) system via one-dimensional confinement, ACS Nano, 17, 8734-8742 (2023). Link (†Equal contribution) 

[46] Yan Zhang, Yangjin Lee, Weifeng Zhang, Dekui Song, Kihyun Lee, Yan Zhao, He Hao, Zihan Zhao, Shiyu Wang, Kwanpyo Kim, and Nan Liu, Deterministic Fabrication of Twisted van der Waals Structures, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2212210 (2023). Link

[45] Ye-Jin Kim, Yangjin Lee, WonJae Choi, Myeongjin Jang, Won-Woo Park, Kwanpyo Kim, Q-Han Park, and Oh-Hoon Kwon, Tailoring Two-Dimensional Matter Using Strong Light-Matter Interactions, Nano Lett., 23, 3645-3652 (2023). Link

[44] Huije Ryu, Yunah Lee, Jae Hwan Jeong, Yangjin Lee, Yeryun Cheon, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Kwanpyo Kim, Hyeonsik Cheong, Chul-Ho Lee, and Gwan-Hyoung Lee, Laser-induced Phase Transition and Patterning of hBN-encapsulated MoTe2, Small, 2205224 (2023). Link

[43] Chia-Hao Lee, Huije Ryu, Gillian Nolan, Yichao Zhang, Yangjin Lee, Siwon Oh, Hyeonsik Cheong, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Kwanpyo Kim, Gwan-Hyoung Lee, and Pinshane Huang, In situ Imaging of an Anisotropic Layer-by-layer Phase Transition in Few-layer MoTe2, Nano Lett., 23, 677-684 (2023). Link

[42] Sol Lee, Yangjin Lee†*, Li Ping Ding†, Kihyun Lee, Feng Ding*, and Kwanpyo Kim*, Atomically Sharp, Closed Bilayer Phosphorene Edges by Self-Passivation, ACS Nano, 16, 12822–12830 (2022). Link
(†Equal contribution,*Corresponding Author)

[41] Kihyun Lee, Jinsub Park, Soyeon Choi, Yangjin Lee, Sol Lee, Joowon Jung, Jong-Young Lee, Farman Ullah, Zeeshan Tahir, Yong Soo Kim, Gwan-Hyoung Lee, and Kwanpyo Kim, STEM image analysis based on deep learning: identification of vacancy defects and polymorphs of MoS2, Nano Lett., 22, 4677–4685 (2022). Link 

[40] Hyuk Jin Kim, Nguyen Van Quang, Thi Huong Nguyen, Sera Kim, Yangjin Lee, In Hak Lee, Sunglae Cho, Maeng‑Je Seong, Kwanpyo Kim, and Young Jun Chang, Tuning of Thermoelectric Properties of MoSe2 Thin Films Under Helium Ion Irradiation, Nanoscale Res. Lett., 17, 26 (2022). Link

[39] Weifeng Zhang, He Hao, Yangjin Lee, Yan Zhao, Lianming Tong, Kwanpyo Kim, Nan Liu, One-Interlayer-Twisted Multilayer MoS2 Moiré Superlattices, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2111529 (2022). Link

[38] Tae Keun Yun, Yangjin Lee, Min Je Kim, Jeongwoo Park, Donghee Kang, Seongchan Kim, Young Jin Choi, Yeonjin Yi, Bonggeun Shong, Jeong Ho Cho, and Kwanpyo Kim, Commensurate Assembly of C60 on Black Phosphorus for Mixed-dimensional van der Waals Transistors, Small, 2105916 (2022). Link

[37] Guanmeng Li, Weifeng Zhang, Yan Zhang, Yangjin Lee, Zihan Zhao, Xue-zhi Song, Zhenquan Tan, Kwanpyo Kim, and Nan Liu, Ammonium Salts: New Synergistic Additive for Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of MoS2, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 12, 12384-12390 (2021). Link

[36] Huije Ryu, Yangjin Lee, Hyun-Jung Kim, Seoung-Hun Kang, Yoongu Kang, Kangwon Kim, Jungcheol Kim, Blanka E. Janicek, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Pinshane Y. Huang, Hyeonsik Cheong, In-Ho Jung, Kwanpyo Kim, Young-Woo Son, and Gwan-Hyoung Lee, Anomalous Dimensionality-driven Phase Transition of MoTe2 in van der Waals Heterostructure, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2107376 (2021). Link

[35] Jong-Young Lee, Jonghun Kim, Yeonjoon Jung, June-Chul Shin, Yangjin Lee, Kwanpyo Kim, Namwon Kim, Arend van der Zande, Jangyup Son, and Gwan-Hyoung Lee, Evolution of defect formation during atomically precise desulfurization of monolayer MoS2, Commun. Mater., 2, 80 (2021). Link

[34] Sol Lee, Joong-Eon Jung, Han-gyu Kim, Yangjin Lee, Je Myoung Park, Jeongsu Jang, Sangho Yoon, Arnab Ghosh, Minseol Kim, Joonho Kim, Woongki Na, Jonghwan Kim, Hyoung Joon Choi, Hyeonsik Cheong, and Kwanpyo Kim, γ-GeSe: a new hexagonal polymorph from group IV–VI monochalcogenides, Nano Lett., 21, 4305-4313 (2021). Link

[33] Yangjin Lee, Han-gyu Kim, Tae Keun Yun, Jong Chan Kim, Sol Lee, Sung Jin Yang, Myeongjin Jang, Donggyu Kim, Huije Ryu, Gwan-Hyoung Lee, Seongil Im, Hu Young Jeong, Hyoung Joon Choi, and Kwanpyo Kim, Single-Crystalline Metallic Films Induced by van der Waals Epitaxy on Black Phosphorus, Chem. Mater., 33, 3593-3601 (2021). Link

[32] Xiaojia Du, Yangjin Lee, Yan Zhang, Tianhao Yu, Kwanpyo Kim, and Nan Liu, Electronically Weak Coupled Bilayer MoS2 at Various Twist Angles via Folding, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13, 22819-22827  (2021). Link

[31] Hyunmin Cho, Donghee Kang, Yangjin Lee, Heesun Bae, Sungjae Hong, Yongjae Cho, Kwanpyo Kim, Yeonjin Yi, Ji Hoon Park, and Seongil Im, Dramatic reduction of contact resistance via ultrathin LiF in two-dimensional MoS2 field effect transistors, Nano Lett., 21, 3503-3510 (2021). Link

[30] Livia Janice Widiapradja, Taewook Nam, Yeonsu Jeong, Hye-Jin Jin, Yangjin Lee, Kwanpyo Kim, Sangyoon Lee, Hyungjun Kim, Heesun Bae, and Seongil Im, 2D MoS2 Charge Injection Memory Transistors Utilizing Hetero‐Stack SiO2/HfO2 Dielectrics and Oxide Interface Traps, Adv. Elect. Mater., 2100074 (2021). Link

[29] Ki-Tae Kim, Hye-Jin Jin, Wonjun Choi, Yeonsu Jeong, Hyung Gon Shin, Yangjin Lee, Kwanpyo Kim, and Seongil Im, High Performance β‐Ga2O3 Schottky Barrier Transistors with Large Work Function TMD Gate of NbS2 and TaS2, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2010303 (2021). Link

[28] Myeongjin Jang, Hyeonhu Bae, Yangjin Lee, Woongki Na, Byungkyu Yu, Soyeon Choi, Hyeonsik Cheong, Hoonkyung Lee, and  Kwanpyo Kim, Unidirectional Alignment of AgCN Microwires on Distorted Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Crystals, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13, 8727-8735 (2021). Link

[27] Matteo Moschetta, Jong-Young Lee, João Rodrigues, Alice Podestà, Omar Varvicchio, Jangyup Son, Yangjin Lee, Kwanpyo Kim, Gwan-Hyoung Lee, Fabio Benfenati, Mattia Bramini, and Andrea Capasso, Hydrogenated Graphene Improves Neuronal Network Maturation and Excitatory Transmission, Adv. Bio., 2000177 (2021). Link

[26] Daniel Rossi, Xiaohan Liu, Yangjin Lee, Mohit Khurana, Joseph Puthenpurayil, Kwanpyo Kim, Alexey V. Akimov, Jinwoo Cheon, and Dong Hee Son, Intense Dark Exciton Emission from Strongly Quantum Confined CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals, Nano Lett., 20, 7321-7326 (2020). Link

[25] Ye-Jin Kim, Yangjin Lee, Kwanpyo Kim, and Oh-Hoon Kwon, Light-Induced Anisotropic Morphological Dynamics of Black Phosphorus Membranes Visualized by Dark-Field Ultrafast Electron Microscopy, ACS Nano, 14, 11383-11393 (2020). Link

[24] Taewook Kim, Donghee Kang, Yangjin Lee, Sungjae Hong, Hyung Gon Shin, Heesun Bae, Yeonjin Yi, Kwanpyo Kim, and Seongil Im, 2D TMD Channel Transistors with ZnO Nanowire Gate for Extended Nonvolatile Memory Applications, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2004140 (2020). Link

[23] Tharith Sriv, Thi Minh Hai Nguyen, Yangjin Lee, Soo Yeon Lim, Van Quang Nguen, Kwanpyo Kim, Sunlae Cho, and Hyeonsik Cheong, Optical phonons of SnSe(1-x)Sx layered semiconductor alloys, Sci. Rep., 10, 11761 (2020). Link

[22] Shinyoung Choi, Nguyen Ngan Nguyen, Yangjin Lee, Seong‐Jun Yang, Kwanpyo Kim, Kilwon Cho, and Cheol‐Joo Kim, Nanoscale Molecular Building Blocks for Layer‐by‐Layer Assembly, Adv. Mater. Inter., 7, 2000522 (2020). Link

[21] Sung Jin Yang, Kyu-Tae Park, Jaeho Im, Sungjae Hong, Yangjin Lee, Byung-Wook Min, Kwanpyo Kim, and Seongil Im, Ultrafast 27GHz cutoff frequency in semitransparent vertical WSe2 Schottky diodes with extremely low contact resistance, Nature Commun., 11, 1574 (2020). Link

[20] Hye-Jin Jin, Jayeong Kim, Yejin Kim, Seokhyun Yoon, Yangjin Lee, Kwanpyo Kim, and William Jo, Photo-response in 2D metal chalcogenide-ferroelectric oxide heterostructure controlled by spontaneous polarization, J. Mater. Chem. C, 8, 3724 (2020). Link

[19] Yangjin Lee, Sol Lee, Jun-Yeong Yoon, Jinwoo Cheon, Hu Young Jeong, and Kwanpyo Kim, Fabrication and Imaging of Monolayer Phosphorene with Preferred Edge Configurations via Graphene-Assisted Layer-by-Layer Thinning, Nano Lett., 20, 559-566 (2020). Link

[18] Yangjin Lee, Jahyun Koo, Sol Lee, Jun-Yeong Yoon, Kangwon Kim, Myeongjin Jang, Jeongsu Jang, Jeongheon Choe, Bao-Wen Li, Chinh Tam Le, Farman Ullah, Yong Soo Kim, Jun Yeon Hwang, Won Chul Lee, Rodney S. Ruoff, Hyeonsik Cheong, Jinwoo Cheon, Hoonkyung Lee, and Kwanpyo Kim, Universal Oriented van der Waals Epitaxy of 1D Cyanide Chains on Hexagonal 2D Crystals, Adv. Sci., 1900757 (2020). Link

[17] Anh Duc Nguyen, Tri Khoa Nguyen, Chinh Tam Le, Sungdo Kim, Farman Ullah, Yangjin Lee, Sol Lee, Kwanpyo Kim, Dooyong Lee, Sungkyun Park, Jong-Seong Bae, Joon I. Jang, and Yong Soo Kim, Nitrogen Plasma Treated Continuous Monolayer MoS2 for Improving Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, ACS Omega, 4, 21509 (2019). Link

[16] Jeongheon Choe, Yangjin Lee, Jungwon Park, Yunho Kim, Chae Un Kim, and Kwanpyo Kim, Direct imaging of structural disordering and heterogeneous dynamics of fullerene molecular liquid, Nature Commun., 10, 4395 (2019). Link

[15] Jong Kook Won, Chahwan Hwang, Kyunghan Ahn, Seong-Young Choi, Yongkyu Lee, Jaehyun Kim, Yangjin Lee, Sung Kyu Park, In Chung, Choongik Kim, Kwanpyo Kim, Sang Hyun Ahn, Minhyung Lee, and Myung-Gil Kim, Controlled synthesis of SnSxSe2− x nanoplate alloys via synergetic control of reactant activity and surface defect passivation control with surfactant and co-surfactant mixture, J. Solid State Chem., 278, 120887 (2019). Link

[14] Seung Jun Yang, Yangjin Lee, Jin Hong Kim, Byoung Ki Choi, Hyuk Jin Kim, Hu Young Jeong, Kwanpyo Kim, Jin Sik Choi, Young Jun Chang, Single-step synthesis of wrinkled MoSe2 thin films, Curr. Appl. Phys., 19, 273 (2019). Link

[13] Jeongsu Jang†, Yangjin Lee†, Jun-Yeong Yoon, Hoon Hahn Yoon, Jahyun Koo, Jeongheon Choe, Sungho Jeon, Jongbaek Sung, Jungwon Park, Won Chul Lee, Hoonkyung Lee, Hu Young Jeong, Kibog Park, and Kwanpyo Kim, One-Dimensional Assembly on Two-Dimensions: AuCN Nanowire Epitaxy on Graphene for Hybrid Phototransistors, Nano Lett., 18, 6214-6221 (2018). Link
(†Equal contribution)

[12] Jiwoong Yang, Kihwan Kim, Yangjin Lee, Kwanpyo Kim, Won Chul Lee, and Jungwon Park, Self-organized growth and self-assembly of nanostructures on 2D materials, FlatChem, 5, 50 (2017). Link

[11] Farman Ullah, Yumin Sim, Chinh Tam Le, Maeng-Je Seong, Joon I. Jang, Sonny H. Rhim, Bien Cuong Tran Khac, Koo-Hyun Chung, Kibog Park, Yangjin Lee, Kwanpyo Kim, Hu Young Jeong, and Yong Soo Kim, Growth and Simultaneous Valleys Manipulation of Two-Dimensional MoSe2-WSe2 Lateral Heterostructure, ACS Nano, 11, 8822 (2017). Link

[10] John W. F. To, Jia Wei Desmond Ng, Samira Siahrostami, Ai Leen Koh, Yangjin Lee, Zhihua Chen, Kara D. Fong, Shucheng Chen, Jiajun He, Won-Gyu Bae, Jennifer Wilcox, Hu Young Jeong, Kwanpyo Kim, Felix Studt, Jens K. Nørskov, Thomas F. Jaramillo, and Zhenan Bao, High-performance oxygen reduction and evolution carbon catalysis: From mechanistic studies to device integration, Nano Res., 10, 1163 (2017). Link

[9] Yangjin Lee, Jun-Yeong Yoon, Declan Scullion, Jeongsu Jang, Elton J. G. Santos, Hu Young Jeong, and Kwanpyo Kim, Atomic-scale imaging of few-layer black phosphorus and its reconstructed edge, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 50, 084003 (2017). Link

[8] Jonghyeok Kim, Kitaek Lim, Yangjin Lee, Jongin Kim, Kihwan Kim, Jungwon Park, Kwanpyo Kim, Won Chul Lee, Precise Identification of Graphene's Crystal Structures by Removable Nanowire Epitaxy, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 8, 1302 (2017). Link

[7] Jeongheon Choe, Yangjin Lee, Lei Fang, Gun-Do Lee, Zhenan Bao, and Kwanpyo Kim, Direct imaging of rotating molecules anchored on graphene, Nanoscale, 8, 13174 (2016). Link

[6] Byung Soo Lee, Yangjin Lee, Jun Yeon Hwang, and Young Chul Choi, Structural properties of reduced graphene oxides prepared using various reducing agents, Carbon lett., 16, 255 (2015). Link

[5] Moo Sung Kim, Dong Hun Lee, Chang Hyo Kim, Yang Jin Lee, Jun Yeon Hwang, Cheol-Min Yang, Yoong Ahm Kim, and Kap Seung Yang, Shell–core structured carbon fibers via melt spinning of petroleum- and wood-processing waste blends, Carbon, 85, 194 (2015). Link

[4] Chang Hyo Kim, Moo Sung Kim, Yoong Ahm Kim, Kap Seung Yang, Seung Jo Baek, Young-Jun Lee, Cheol-Min Yang, Yang Jin Lee, and Jun Yeon Hwang, Electro-conductively deposited carbon fibers for power controllable heating elements, RSC Adv., 5, 26998 (2015). Link

[3] Hanbin Jeong, Hwa Jung Kim, Yang Jin Lee, Jun Yeon Hwang, Ok-Kyung Park, Jae-Hyeung Wee, Cheol-Min Yang, Bon-Cheol Ku, and Jae Kwan Lee, Amino acids derived nitrogen-doped carbon materials for electrochemical capacitive energy storage, Mater. Lett., 145, 273 (2015). Link

[2] Ki-Heon Lee, Jeong-Hoon Lee, Hee-Don Kang, Chang-Yeol Han, Seung Muk Bae, Yangjin Lee, Jun Yeon Hwang, and Heesun Yang, Highly fluorescence-stable blue CdZnS/ZnS quantum dots against degradable environmental conditions, J. Alloys Compd., 610, 511 (2014). Link

[1] Jong-Hoon Kim, Ki-Heon Lee, Dae-Yeon Jo, Yangjin Lee, Jun Yeon Hwang, and Heesun Yang, Cu−In−Ga−S quantum dot composition-dependent device performance of electrically driven light-emitting diodes, Appl. Phys. Lett., 105, 133104 (2014). Link