Department of Chemistry
Yonsei University
Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
Tel.: (02) 10-7173-4908
E-mail: bskim19@yonsei.ac.kr
Homepage: http://bskim19.yonsei.ac.kr


Education / Professional Career
2018 – present Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University
2013 – 2018 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, UNIST
2015 – 2016 Visiting Professor, Materials Research Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
2009 – 2013 Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary School of Green Energy, UNIST
2007 – 2009 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, USA
2002 – 2007 Ph.D. Polymer/Material Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA
1999 – 2001 M.S. Organic Chemistry, Seoul National University
1994 – 1999 B.S. Chemistry, Seoul National University


Research Interests (Soft and Hybrid Nanomaterials)
Synthesis of functional polyethers and polymeric therapeutics, self-assembly of polymers, layer-by-layer
assembly, chemistry of defective nanocarbons, smart hybrid nanomaterials


Representative Publications (122 publications, h-index: 38)
1) “Tailorable Degradation of pH-Responsive All Polyether Micelles via Copolymerisation with Varying
Acetal Groups” Polymer Chemistry 2018 online published
2) “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Composition- and Morphology-Tunable Polyimide-Based Microparticles”
ACS Macro Letters 2018, 7, 1480.
3) “Interface Engineering of Hematite with Nacre-Like Catalytic Multilayers for Solar Water Oxidation”
ACS Nano 2018 online published
4) “The Power of the Ring: pH-Responsive Hydrophobic Epoxide Monomer for Superior Micelle Stability"
Polymer Chemistry 2017, 8, 7119.
5) “Highly Stable Au Nanoparticles with Double Hydrophilic Block Copolymer Templates: Correlation
between Structure and Stability" Polymer Chemistry 2017, 8, 4528
6) “Morphology Tunable Hybrid Carbon Nanosheets with Solvatochromism:” Advanced Materials 2017,
29, 1701975.
7) "pH-Tunable Thermoresponsive PEO-based Functional Polymers with Pendant Amine Groups" ACS
Macro Letters 2016, 5, 1391.
8) “Functionalized Nanocellulose-Integrated Heterolayered Nanomats toward Smart Battery Separators"
Nano Letters 2016, 16, 5533.
9) “Redox-Degradable Biocompatible Hyperbranched Polyglycerols: Synthesis, Co-polymerization Kinetics,
Degradation, and Biocompatibility" Macromolecules 2015, 48, 600.
10) "Interface Controlled Synthesis of Heterodimeric Silver–Carbon Nanoparticles Derived from
Polysaccharides" ACS Nano 2014, 8, 11377.
11) "Functional Polyelectrolyte Nanospaced MoS2 Multilayers for Enhanced Photoluminescence" Nano
Letters 2014, 14, 6456.
12) "Light-Responsive Micelles of Spiropyran Initiated Hyperbranched Polyglycerol for Smart Drug
Delivery" Biomacromolecules 2014, 15, 628.
13) “Surface Plasmon Resonance of Carbon Dot-supported Silver Nanoparticles: Versatility in Polymer
Optoelectronic Devices” Nature Photonics 2013, 7, 732.