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Since coming to Boise State University in 2004, Dr. Kim has served as a 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.

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Since coming to Boise State University in 2004, Dr. Kim has served as a 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.

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Interfacial Water Structure and Its Application, Single Molecular Chiral Recognition, and Probing an Enzymatic Transition State

2011 - NSF Funding $342,000 - Cantilever-based Optical Interfacial Force Microscope (COIFM) Study
2006 - Cottrell College Science Award
2006 - Petroleum Research Fund Award

PHYS 307 - Introduction to Biophysics
PHYS 301 - Analog Electronics

Articles (21)

Coil-to-Bridge Transitions of Self-Assembled Water Chains Observed in a Nanoscopic Meniscus (Byung I. Kim, Ryan D. Boehm and Harrison Agrusa) Langmuir (2022)

Ten downward portions in the large oscillatory force–distance curve reported earlier are analyzed to understand a nanoscale water meniscus confined between a sharp probe and a flat substrate in air. The sigmoidal shape of each ...

Experimental and Sensitivity Analysis of DMASP Cantilever Vibration Behavior Based on MCS Theory in the Moist Environment (M. H. Korayem, Byung I. Kim and A. H. Korayem) Smart Materials and Structures (2018)

A Micro-cantilever (MC) and a probe are two main components of the atomic force microscope (AFM). The dimensions of these components are in micro scales while their oscillation amplitude is on a nanometer scale. The ...

Reproducible Nanostructure Fabrication Using Atomic Force Microscopy Indentation with Minimal Tip Damage (SeungHee Jeon, BongWoo Ryu, Wonho Jhe, et al.) AIP Scitation (2014)

A uniform pattern of quantum dots and nanowires were reproducibly fabricated by creating holes in a two-layer structure using atomic force microscopy (AFM) indentation, dry-etching of polymer resists, and metal deposition through the indentation holes. ...

Direct Observation of Self-Assembled Chain-Like Water Structures in a Nanoscopic Water Meniscus (Byung I. Kim, Ryan D. Boehm and Jeremy R. Bonander) The Journal of Chemical Physics (2013)

Sawtooth-like oscillatory forces generated by water molecules confined between two oxidized silicon surfaces were observed using a cantilever-based optical interfacial force microscope when the two surfaces approached each other in ambient environments. The humidity-dependent oscillatory ...

Optimization of Force Sensitivity in Q-Controlled Amplitude-Modulation Atomic Force Microscopy (Jongwoo Kim, Baekman Sung, Byung I. Kim, et al.) Journal of Applied Physics (2013)

We present control of force sensitivity in Q-controlled amplitude-modulation atomic force microscopy (AM-AFM) that is based on the high-Q quartz tuning-fork. It is found that the phase noise is identical to the amplitude noise divided ...

Cantilever-Based Optical Interfacial Force Microscope in Liquid Using an Optical-Fiber Tip (Byung I. Kim, Luke Smith, Thanh Tran, et al.) AIP Advances (2013)

We developed a novel cantilever-based optical interfacial force microscope (COIFM) to study molecular interaction in liquid environments. The force sensor was created by attaching a chemically etched optical-fiber tip to the force sensor with UV ...

Imaging Stability in Force-Feedback High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy (Byung I. Kim and Ryan Boehm) Ultramicroscopy (2013)

We studied the stability of force-feedback high-speed atomic force microscopy (HSAFM) by imaging soft, hard, and biological sample surfaces at various applied forces. The HSAFM images showed sudden topographic variations of streaky fringes with a ...

Mechanical Property Investigation of Soft Materials by Cantilever-Based Optical Interfacial Force Microscopy (Byung I. Kim and Ryan Boehm) Scanning (2013)

Cantilever-based optical interfacial force microscopy (COIFM) was applied to the investigation of the mechanical properties of soft materials to avoid the double-spring effect and snap-to-contact problem associated with atomic force microscopy (AFM). When a force ...

Force-Feedback High-Speed Atomic Force Microscope for Studying Large Biological Systems (Byung I. Kim and Ryan Boehm) Micron (2012)

We designed and developed a high-speed atomic force microscope (HSAFM) utilizing a force-feedback scheme for imaging large biological samples. The system collects three simultaneous images: a deflection image, a topographic image, and a force image. ...

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 (Byung I. Kim, Joey Hanson, Matthew Turner, et al.) Surface Science (2012)

Adsorption-induced chiral resolution of organic molecules is important due to its potential applications in stereo-selective catalysis. We studied the adsorption-induced chiral resolution using a model achiral molecule of 4,4′ biphenyl dicarboxylic acid (BPDA) on Au(111) ...

Self-Assembled Trimer Structures Highlight the Competitive Roles of Intermolecular and Adsorbate-Substrate Interactions: PVBA Trimer on Pd(111) (Byung I. Kim and Soomin Kim) Langmuir (2012)

We observed the orientation of 4-trans-2-(pyrid-4-yl-vinyl)benzoic acid (PVBA) trimers on Pd(111) using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) under ultrahigh vacuum (UHV). The image showed three different types of trimers, one of which does not follow predicted ...

Self-Assembled Trimer Structures Highlight the Competitive Roles of Intermolecular and Adsorbate-Substrate Interactions: PVBA Trimer on Pd(111) (Byung I. Kim and Soomin Kim) Langmuir (2012)

We observed the orientation of 4-trans-2-(pyrid-4-yl-vinyl)benzoic acid (PVBA) trimers on Pd(111) using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) under ultrahigh vacuum (UHV). The image showed three different types of trimers, one of which does not follow predicted ...

Effects of Long-Range Tip-Sample Interaction on Magnetic Force Imaging: A Comparative Study Between Bimorph Driven System and Electrostatic Force Modulation (Byung I. Kim) Journal of Applied Physics (2012)

Magnetic force microscopy (MFM) using electrostatic force modulation has been designed and developed to avoid the drawbacks of the bimorph driven system. The bimorph driven system has poor frequency response and overlap of the topographic ...

Large Oscillatory Forces Generated by Interfacial Water Under Lateral Modulation Between Two Hydrophilic Surfaces (Byung I. Kim, Jared Rasmussen and Edward J. Kim) Applied Physics Letters (2011)

We observed remarkable oscillatory forces with amplitude of 60-90 nN and periodicity of 3–4 water molecule diameters in an ambient environment between two silicon surfaces as the tip-sample distance decreased using the cantilever-based optical interfacial ...

Long-Term Structural Changes of Plasmid DNA Studied by Atomic Force Microscopy (Byung I. Kim, Reilly Clark and Tyler Clark) Scanning (2011)

Long-term stability of plasmid DNA (pDNA) conformations is critical in many research areas, especially those concerning future gene therapy. Despite its importance, the time-evolution of pDNA structures has rarely been studied at a molecular resolution. ...

Simultaneous Measurement of Normal and Friction Forces Using a Cantilever-Based Optical Interfacial Force Microscope (Byung I. Kim, Jeremy R. Bonander and Jared A. Rasmussen) Review of Scientific Instruments (2011)

We measured normal and friction forces simultaneously using a recently developed cantilever-based optical interfacial force microscope (COIFM) technique for studies of interfacial structures and mechanical properties of nanoscale materials. We derived how the forces can ...

Separation of Topographic Features from Magnetic Force Images Using Capacitive Coupling Effect (Byung I. Kim) Review of Scientific Instruments (2009)

Separation of topographic features from magnetic images has been an issue for the past two decades in magnetic force microscopy (MFM). The frequent pickups of the topographic features are interpreted as transitions of the tip ...

Cantilever Based Optical Interfacial Force Microscope (Jeremy R. Bonander and Byung I. Kim) Applied Physics Letters (2008)

We developed a cantilever based optical interfacial force microscopy (COIFM) that employs a microactuated silicon cantilever and optical detection method to establish the measurement of the single molecular interactions using the force feedback technique. Through ...

Chiral Recognition of PVBA on Pd(111) and Ag(111) Surfaces (Byung I. Kim) Langmuir (2006)

An asymmetric planar molecule, 4-trans-2-(pyrid-4-yl-vynyl) benzoic acid (PVBA), has been used to establish the organic chiral recognition on fcc(111) metal surfaces. The strong correlation between the orientation and chiral recognition of PVBA on both Ag(111) ...

Carrier-Controlled Ferromagnetism in Transparent Oxide Semiconductors (Alex Punnoose, Byung I. Kim, K. M. Reddy, et al.) Nature Materials (2006)

The search for an ideal magnetic semiconductor with tunable ferromagnetic behaviour over a wide range of doping or by electrical gating is being actively pursued as a major step towards realizing spin electronics. A magnetic ...

Direct Comparison Between Phase Locked Oscillator and Direct Resonance Oscillator in the Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy Under Ultrahigh Vacuum (Byung I. Kim) Review of Scientific Instruments (2004)

I have demonstrated the advantage of the phase locked oscillator (PLO) over the conventional direct resonance oscillator (DRO) in noncontact mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) under ultrahigh vacuum. Direct comparison between PLO and DRO has ...

Self-Assembled Water Chains: A Scanning Probe Microscopy Approach (Byung Il Kim) Faculty & Staff Authored Books (2023)

Despite advances in the long-range electrostatic double-layer force, which depends strongly on ionic strength in water by using theoretical models such as DLVO (Derjaguin, Landau, Verwey, and Overbeek), the structure of confined water in air ...

Magnetic Force Images Using Capacitive Coupling Effect (Byung I. Kim) Handbook of Measurement in Science and Engineering (2016)

This chapter focuses on magnetic images taken with the conventional noncontact amplitude modulation (AM) magnetic force microscopy (MFM) frequently picked up topographic features even at larger distances. An MFM method has recently been designed and ...

Force-Feedback High-Speed Atomic Force Microscope (Byung I. Kim and Ryan D. Boehm) Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM): Principles, Modes of Operation and Limitations (2014)

High-speed atomic force microscopy (HSAFM) has enabled researchers to view the nanometer-scale dynamic behavior of individual biological and bio-relevant molecules at a molecular-level resolution under physiologically relevant time scales, which is the realization of a ...

Cantilever-Based Optical Interfacial Force Microscopy (Byung I. Kim) Molecular Interaction (2012)

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is one of the most important tools that lead current nanoscience and nanotechnology in many diverse areas including physics, chemistry, material engineering, and nano-biology. The current AFM technique has been routinely ...