Kyekyoon Kim

Research Interests

• Syntheses and Study of Tailored Organometallic, Inorganic and Polymeric Precursors for Sol-Gel Processing, Charged Liquid Cluster Beam Deposition and Chemical Vapor Deposition
• Investigation of Methods for Controlled Fabrication of Thin Films, Nanofibers, and Nanoparticles Using Charged Liquid Cluster Beams of Precursor Solutions
• Investigation of Novel Approaches to Fabricating Micro and Nanoscale Structures for Development of New Devices and Material Systems for Controlled Release, Lighting, Display, Solar Cells, Photosensors, and Power Storage
• Development of Methods for Fabricating Uniform Micro and Nano Spheres and Capsules of Biodegradable and Biocompatible Materials for Advanced Drug Delivery and Cell-Based Therapy
• Development of High Power Electronic Devices Based on III-V Nitride Semiconductors Using Plasma Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Selective Area Growth Technology

Primary Research Area

• Bio-Micro and Nanotechnology

Selected Articles in Journals

• Weinan Zhou, Benjamin Lew, Hyungsoo Choi, Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, Sayeepriyadarshini Anakk, "Bile acid-loaded nanoparticles are sufficient to induce mitochondrial function and decrease adipocyte size." Nano Letters (2024)
• B. Lew, M. George, S. Blair, Z. Zhu, Z. Liang, J. Ludwig, C. Y. Kim, K. Kim, V. Gruev, H. Choi (2022). "Protease-activated indocyanine green nanoprobes for intraoperative NIR fluorescence imaging of primary tumors." Nanoscale Advances.
• Riley Vesto, Hyungsoo Choi, and Kyekyoon Kim,"Observation of Band Gap Closing in SrxBa1-xBiO3 Films: Evidence Towards Topological Order in BaBiO3," Journal of Applied Physics (2022) 132(1): 015102.
• P. Sarker, F. P. Kelly, M. Landi, and K. Kim, “Design of PAMBE-based selective-area growth compliant ultra-Low Leakage GaN Mixed-Conduction Vertical Diodes for high-power applications,” Semicond. Sci. Technol. (2021).
• Elizabeth Joachim, Radwa Barakat, Benjamin Lew, Kyekyoon(Kevin) Kim, JayMyoung Ko, Hyungsoo Choi, "Single intranasal administration of 17ß-estradiol loaded gelatin nanoparicles confers Neuroprotection in the post-ischemic brain," Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 29 (May 2020):102246, DOI:10.1016/j.nano.2020.102246.
• Fawad Ismail, Palash Sarker, Mohamed Mohamed, Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, Umberto Ravaioli, "Moving mesh adaptation for Si and GaN-based power device simulation," Journal of Computational Electronics, DOI: 10.1007/s10825-018-1218-5, July 2018
• Benjamin Lew, In-Yong Kim, Hyungsoo Choi, Kyekyoon(Kevin) Kim, "Sustained exenatide delivery via intracapsular microspheres for improved survival and function of microencapsulated porcine islets," Drug Delivery and Translational Research (2018) 8:857-862; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13346-018-0484-x.
• In-Yong Kim, Hyungsoo Choi, Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, "Improved survival of anchorage-dependent cells in core-shell hydrogel microcapsules via co-encapsulation with cell-friendly microspheres," Journal of Microencapsulation, 34(1): 57-62 (2017)
• Il-Doo Kim, Elizabeth Sawicki, Hye-Kyung Lee, Eun-Hwa Lee, Heon Joo Park, Pyung-Lim Han, Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, Hyungsoo Choi, Ja-Kyeong Lee, "Robust neuroprotective effects of intranasally delivered iNOS siRNA encapsulated in gelatin nanoparticles in the postischemic brain," Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 12 (2016) 1219-1229.
• In-Yong Kim, Elizabeth Joachim, Hyungsoo Choi, Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, "Toxicity of silica nanoparticles depends on size, dose, and cell type," Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine. (2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2015.03.004, NANO-01098; No of Pages 10.
• Liang Pang, Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, "Improvement of Ohmic contacts to n-type GaN using a Ti/Al multi-layered contact scheme," Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Volume 29, January 2015, Pages 90–94.
• Elizabeth Joachim, Il-Doo Kim, Yinchuan Jin, Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, Ja-Kyeong Lee and Hyungsoo Choi,"Gelatin nanoparticles enhance the neuroprotective effects of intranasally administered osteopontin in rat ischemic stroke model,"Drug Deliv. and Transl. Res. (2014) 4:395–399; DOI 10.1007/s13346-014-0208-9
• Gulsim Kulsharova, Matthew Lee, Felice Cheng, Munima Haque, Hyungsoo Choi, Kyekyoon Kim, William D. O'Brien, Jr, and G. Logan Liu, "In vitro and in vivo imaging of peptide-encapsulated polymer nanoparticles for cancer biomarker activated drug delivery," IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience 12(2013)304-310.
• Philip Edward Heil, Hyunmin Kang, Hyungsoo Choi, and Kyekyoon(Kevin) Kim,"Effects of controlled surface treatment on titanium dioxide electrode nanostructure for dye-sensitized solar cells,” Appl. Phys. A 112(2013) 371-380.
• Liang Pang, H.-C. Seo, K. Kim,"Transfer printing of flexible hybrid inductor-capacitor filters via pre-etched silicon-on-insulator mother wafer, "Appl. Phys. Lett., 101, 063113 (2012).
• In-Yong Kim, P.L.Pusey,Y. Zhao, S.S. Korban, H. Choi, K. Kim,"Controlled release of Pantoea agglomerans E325 for biocontrol of fire blight disease of apple," J. Controlled Release,161(2012) 109-115; doi:10.1016/j.j conrel.2012.03.028 (2012).
• Liang Pang, Hui-Chan Seo, Patrick Chapman, Ilesanmi Adesida, and Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, “Breakdown voltage enhancement of AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors via selective-area growth for ohmic contacts over ion-implantation,” Journal of Electronic Materials, DOI:10.1007/s11664-010-1139-y(2010).
• Seung Jae Hong, Patrick Chapman, Philip T. Krein, and Kyekyoon (Kevin) Kim, "Selective-area growth and fabrication of recessed-gate GaN MESFET using plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy," Phys. stat. sol (a) 203, No. 7, 1872-1875 (2006)
• W. Gu, R. Singh, and K. Kim, “Flow-limited field-injection electrostatic spraying for controlled formation of charged multiple jets of precursor solutions: Theory and application,” Applied Physics Letters 87, 084107, 2005.
• C. Berkland, K. Kim, and D. W. Pack, Fabrication of PLG microspheres with precisely controlled and monodisperse size distributions, J. Controlled Release, 73, 59-74, 2001.

Teaching Honors

• ECE Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award, 2004.
• Nominated for the ECE Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award, 1999

Research Honors

• Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2017
• US Chair, 1st US-Korea Frontier Energy Forum, Mar 5-6, Seoul, Korea, 2015
• Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, University of Illinois, December 2011.
• Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting, 2005
• Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, University of Illinois, December 2005.
• ECE Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Illinois, 2004
• Outstanding Consumer & Diversified Product Paper Award, Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting, 2004.
• Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, Controlled Release Society Annual Meeting, 2003
• Overseas Member, National Academy of Engineering, Korea, 2002
• Meritorious Award, ICF Target Fabrication Specialists' Meeting, 1995.
• Member, U. S. Delegate to International Atomic Energy Agency Meeting, 1993
• Member, National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Electrical and Communications Division, 1991-1993
• Best Paper Award, Nuclear Division, American Ceramic Society 92nd Annual Meeting, 1990
• Japanese Government Award for Foreign Specialist, 1989 (Awarded by the Science and Technology Agency of Japan)
• Member, U. S. Delegate to International Atomic Energy Agency Meeting Gut Ising, Upper Bavaria, Fed. Rep. of Germany, Oct. 24-26, 1988.
• Beckman Research Award, 1985 (University of Illinois)