Professor (Courtesy)

Location

Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Chemistry

B26-133N NCRC
2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800

Primary Website

https://mse.engin.umich.edu/people/jinsang/group

Education

California Institute of Technology
Postdoc in Chemical Engineering, 2001 – 2003

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD Materials and Science Engineering, 2001

Seoul National University
MS Fiber and Polymer Science, 1993
BS Fiber and Polymer Science, 1991

Research Interests

General research interests are molecular design, synthesis, modification and self-assembly of smart polymers for biomedical and optoelectronic applications, including biomaterials, molecular biosensors, smart gels, optoelectronic polymers, conjugated polymers, block copolymers, organic-inorganic hybrid materials, photovoltaic cells and self-assembly.

Currently, the Kim Research Group is studying the following areas:

• Biosensors: Sensitivity and selectivity are the most important parameters of a sensor. Nature provides high fidelity in biosynthesis. The unique combination of this specificity of the bio-system and the tunable properties of synthetic polymers would be a promising direction toward molecular sensors with high selectivity and sensitivity. We are developing molecular biosensors and bio-microarrays through bio-/synthetic hybrid systems for clinically important biological materials.
• Plastic Electronics: Conjugated polymers have become emerging materials for electronic devices. Their optical and semiconducting properties can be readily tunable through rational molecular design and chemical synthesis. We have been investigating structure-property correlation of conjugated polymers to establish molecular design rules to achieve high charge mobility, optimized energy levels, enhanced stability and fabrication versatility. Designer conjugated polymers for TFT, solar cells, thermoelectric, and LED are under development.
• Organic Phosphors: Recently we developed a molecular design principle to realize pure organic phosphor having high emission quantum yield even at room temperature with oxygen presence. By rationally designing directed heavy atom effects through intermolecular halogen bonding in crystalline aromatic carbonyl compounds we achieved highly efficient triplet generation and suppression of vibration dissipation. Controlling electron density of such organic phosphorescent materials we could achieve active color tuning as well. We are developing a second generation of organic phosphors to apply them to device applications.

Research Grants

AFOSR MURI: Center for Dynamic Magneto-Optics (DYNAMO)

NSF DMR: DMREF: Simulation-Based PredictiveDesign of All-Organic Phosphorescent Light-Emitting Molecular Materials

Samsung GRO: Purely Organic Blue Phosphorescent Materials for Display and Solid-state Lighting Application

Korea Institute of Machinery Materials: Surface Functionalization of Diagnostic Devices for Selective and Sensitive Harvesting, Detection, and Releasing of Circulating Tumor Cells

Qatar National Research Foundation: Directed Self-Assembly and Alignment of Conjugated Polymers for High Performance Plastic Electronics

Biography

Professional Experience

University of Michigan
Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Professor, 2015-
Associate Professor, 2009-present
Assistant Professor, 2003-2009

California Institute of Technology
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Pasadena, CA

Postdoctoral Scholar, 2001-2003
Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Research Scientist, 1994 – 1996

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Courses:

MSE 250 “Principles of Engineering Materials”
MSE 365 “Materials Lab II
MSE/BME/Macro 410 “Design and Applications of Biomaterials”

Graduate Courses:

MSE 517 “Advanced Functional Polymers: Design Principles and Applications”

Awards

Research Excellent Award, 2016
Monroe-Brown Foundation

Outstanding Accomplishment Award, 2013
University of Michigan

WCU Invited Professorship, 2009
Seoul National University

NSF CAREER Award, 2007
National Science Foundation

Named Emerging Investigator, May 2007
Journal of Materials Chemistry

Jon R. and Beverly S. Holt Awards for Excellence in Teaching, 2006
University of Michigan

ACSICI Award in Applied Polymer Science, 2002
American Chemical Society

2002 IUPAC Award for Young Chemist
MRS Graduate Student Gold Award 2000

Materials Research Society
Il-Ju Academic Foundation Overseas Graduate Fellowship, Korea, June 1996

Publications

Selected Publications

Min Sang Kwon, Youngchang Yu, Caleb Coburn, Andrew W. Phillips, Kyeongwoon Chung, Apoorv Shanker, Jaehun Jung, Gunho Kim, Kevin Pipe, Stephen R. Forrest, Ji Ho Youk, Johannes Gierschner, Jinsang Kim “Suppressing Molecular Motions for Enhanced Room Temperature Phosphorescence (RTP) of Metal-free Organic Materials” Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 8947.

Kyeongwoon Chung, Andrew McAllister, David Bilby, Bong-Gi Kim, Min Sang Kwon, Emmanouil Kioupakis, Jinsang Kim “Designing interchain and intrachain properties of conjugated polymers for latent optical information encoding” Chemical Science 2015, 6, 6980.

Kyeongwoon Chung, Min Sang Kwon, Brendan Leung, Antek Wong-Foy, Min Su Kim, Jeongyong Kim, Shuichi Takayama, Johannes Gierschner, Adam Matzger, Jinsang Kim “Shear-triggered Crystallization and Light Emission of a Thermally Stable Organic Supercooled Liquid” ACS Central Science 2015, 1, 94.

Gun-Ho Kim+, Dongwook Lee+, Apoorv Shanker+, Lei Shao, Min Sang Kwon, David Gidley, Jinsang Kim* and Kevin Pipe* “High thermal conductivity in amorphous polymer blends by engineered interchain interactions” Nature Materials 2015, 14, 295.

Min Sang Kwon+, Dongwook Lee+, Sungbaek Seo, Jaehun Jung, Jinsang Kim “Engineering Intermolecular Interactions for Efficient Room Temperature Phosphorescence from Purely Organic Materials in Amorphous Polymer Matrices” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 11177.

Dongwook Lee, Bolton Onas, Byoung Choul Kim, Ji Ho Youk, Shuichi Takayama, Jinsang Kim “Room Temperature Phosphorescence of Metal-free Organic Materials in Amorphous Polymer Matrices” J. of Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 6325.

Bong-Gi Kim, Eun Jeong Jeong, Jong Won Chung, Sungbaek Seo, Bonwon Koo, Jinsang Kim “A Molecular Design Principle of Lyotropic Liquid-Crystalline Conjugated Polymers with Directed Alignment Capability for Plastic Electronics” Nature Materials 2013, 12, 659.

Kangwon Lee, Jiseok Lee, Eun Jeong Jeong, Adam Kronk, Kojo Elenitoba-Johnson, Megan S. Lim, Jinsang Kim “Conjugated Polyelectrolyte-Antibody Hybrid Molecules for Live Cell Imaging” Adv. Mater. 2012, 24, 2479.

Jiseok Lee, Sungbaek Seo, Jinsang Kim “Colorimetric Detection of Warfare Gases by Polydiacetylenes toward Equipment-free detection” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 22,1632.

Onas Bolton, Kangwon Lee, Hyong-Jun Kim, Kevin Lin, Jinsang Kim “Activating Efficient Phosphorescence from Metal-free Organics by Crystal Design” Nature Chemistry 2011, 3, 205.

Bong-Gi Kim, Myung-Su Kim, Jinsang Kim “Ultrasonic Assisted Nano-Dimensional Self-assembly of Poly-3-hexylthiophene for Organic Photovoltaic Cells” ACS Nano 2010, 4, 2160.

Patents

Jinsang Kim, Jae Cheol Cho, Laura Povlich, David Martin “Carboxylic Acid-Modified EDOT for Bioconjugation” USPTO 7,708,908

Jinsang Kim, Jiseok Lee “Functionalized Diacetylene Sensors” USPTO 8,633,140

Jinsang Kim, Onas Bolton, Kangwon Lee, Eun Jeong Jeong, Bong-Gi Kim “Phosphorescent Organic Compounds” USPTO 8,525,131

Jinsang Kim, Bong-Gi Kim, Eun Jeong Jeong “Compositions for Directed Alignment of Conjugated Polymers” Utility Patent Application Serial No. 14/212,729 (Awarded December 21, 2015)