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Hyunyou Kim

Postdoctoral Research Associate | Theory and Computation

Expertise

  • Theoretical approaches to the correlation of the morphology and the chemical properties of naomaterials.
  • Surface chemistry of nanomaterials
  • Electrocatalysis by nanomaterials

Education

  • B.S.: Korea University, Seoul, Korea
    • Major: Materials science and engineering
  • PhD: KAIST
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering
    • Dissertation Title: Computational Design of Bimetallic Nano Catalysts and Metal Oxide Catalysts

Professional Appointments

  • Postdoctoral Research: University of Texas at Austin
    • Department of Chemistry
    • Project: Correlation of Theory and Function in Well-defined Bimetallic Electrocatalysts

Selected Publications & Research Highlights

H. Y. Kim and G. Henkelman, CO Oxidation at the Interface between Doped CeO2 and Supported Au Nanoclusters, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters  3, 2194, 2012.

E. V. Carino, H. Y. Kim, G. Henkelman, and R. M. Crooks, Site-Selective Cu Deposition on Pt Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles: Correlation of Theory and Experiment, Journal of the American Chemical Society 134, 4152, 2012.

H. Y. Kim, H. M. Lee, and G. Henkelman, CO Oxidation Mechanism on CeO2-Supported Au Nanoparticles, Journal of the American Chemical Society 134,1560, 2012.

H. Y. Kim, J.-N. Park, G. Henkelman, and J.-M. Kim, Design of a Highly Nanodispersed Pd-MgO/SiO2 Composite Catalyst with Multifunctional Activity for CH4 Reforming, ChemSusChem  5, 1474, 2012.

H. Y. Kim, H. M. Lee, R. G. S. Pala, and H. Metiu, Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Methanol to Formaldehyde by Isolated Vanadium, Molybdenum, and Chromium Oxide Clusters Supported on Rutile TiO2(110), Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112, 12398, 2012.