Since coming to Boise State University in 2004, Dr. Kim has served as an Associate Professor for the Department of Physics and as an Affiliate Faculty member of the Materials Science and Engineering graduate program with the College of Engineering. His extensive scholarship includes such work as interdisciplinary nanoscale biophysics research using atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy. Dr. Kim teaches several physics courses, supervises a variety of Undergraduate Research projects, and serves as a reviewer for publications such as: Nanotechnology, Ultramicroscopy, and Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.
Articles
Cantilever-Based Optical Interfacial Force Microscope in Liquid Using an Optical-Fiber Tip (with Luke Smith, Thanh Tran, Steven Rossland, and Erik Parkinson), AIP Advances (2013)
We developed a novel cantilever-based optical interfacial force microscope (COIFM) to study molecular interaction in...
Imaging Stability in Force-Feedback High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy (with Ryan Boehm), Ultramicroscopy (2013)
We studied the stability of force-feedback high-speed atomic force microscopy (HSAFM) by imaging soft, hard,...
Mechanical Property Investigation of Soft Materials by Cantilever-Based Optical Interfacial Force Microscopy (with Ryan Boehm), Scanning (2013)
Cantilever-based optical interfacial force microscopy (COIFM) was applied to the investigation of the mechanical properties...
Force-Feedback High-Speed Atomic Force Microscope for Studying Large Biological Systems (with Ryan Boehm), Micron (2012)
We designed and developed a high-speed atomic force microscope (HSAFM) utilizing a force-feedback scheme for...
Influence of Solvent on the Chiral Resolution of Organic Molecules on Au(111): EC-STM Study of Biphenyl Dicarboxylic Acid on Au(111) in an Aqueous Environment (with Joey Hanson, Matthew Turner, and Lauren Reeder), Surface Science (2012)
Adsorption-induced chiral resolution of organic molecules is important due to its potential applications in stereo-selective...
Contributions to Books
Cantilever-Based Optical Interfacial Force Microscopy, Molecular Interaction (2012)
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is one of the most important tools that lead current nanoscience...