Kunmo Koo, PhD
Research Associate, NUANCE Center
Northwestern University
JG14, Technological Institute
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-3113
Phone: 847-467-4992
Email: kunmo.koo@northwestern.edu
Educational/Research Background
| 2021-present | Research Associate, Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, Evanston, IL |
| 2020-2021 | Post-Doc Researcher, Interdisciplinary Materials Measurement Institute, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea |
| 2013-2020 | Ph.D. in Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea |
| 2009-2013 | B.S. in Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea |
Research Objective
- Development, implementation, and application of novel devices and instrumentation for in situ electron microscopy to achieve high spatial, temporal, and spectral clarity.
- Nanoscale investigations of liquid-solid and gas-solid interfaces.
- Exploring electron beam-mediated reaction chemistry of soft and hard materials.
Publications and Supported Works
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- Koo, B. Shen, S. -I. Baik, Z. Mao, P. J. M. Smeets, I. Cheuk, K. He, R. d. Reis, L. Huang, Z. Ye, C. Mirkin, X. Hu, and V. P. Dravid, “Formation Mechanism of High-index Faceted Pt-Bi Alloy Nanoparticles by Evaporation-induced Growth from Metal Salts”, Nature Communications, 14, 3790, 2023
- Koo, S. M. Ribet, C. Zhang, P. J. M. Smeets, R. d. Reis, X. Hu, and V. P. Dravid, “Effect of the Encapsulation Membrane in Operando Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy”, Nano Letters, 22, 10, 4137-4144, 2022
- Koo, J. Park, S. Ji, S. Toleukhanova, and J. M. Yuk, “Liquid-Flowing Graphene Chip-Based High-Resolution Electron Microscopy”, Advanced Materials, 33, 2, 2005468, 2021
- Koo, K. S. Dae, Y. K. Hahn, and J. M. Yuk, “Live Cell Electron Microscopy Using Graphene Veils”, Nano Letters, 20, 6, 4708-4713, 2020
- I. Koo, I. Kim, M. Y. Yang, S. D. Jo, K. Koo, S. Y. Shin, K. M. Park, J. M. Yuk, E. Lee, and Y. S. Nam, “Protein-induced Metamorphosis of Unilamellar Lipid Vesicles to Multilamellar Hybrid Vesicles”, Journal of Controlled Release, 331, 187-197, 2021
- Park, K. Koo, N. Noh, J. H. Chang, J. Y. Cheong, K. S. Dae, J. S. Park, S. Ji, I. -D. Kim, and J. M. Yuk, “Graphene Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy: Progress, Applications, and Perspectives”, ACS Nano, 15, 1, 288–308, 2021 (Invited Review)
- Noh, J. Park, J. S. Park, Koo, J. Y. Park, and J. M. Yuk, “Lithographically Patterned Well-Type Graphene Liquid Cells with Rational Designs”, Lab on a Chip, 20, 15, 2796-2803, 2020
- S. Dae, J. H. Chang, K. Koo, J. Park, J. S. Kim, and J. M. Yuk, “Real-time Observation of CaCO3 Mineralization in Highly Supersaturated Graphene Liquid Cells”, ACS Omega, vol. 5, no. 24, pp. 14619-14624, 2020 (Supplementary cover)
- Y. Kim, K. S. Dae, K. Koo, D. Kim, J. Park, and J. M. Yuk, “Sequential Growth and Etching of Gold Nanocrystals Revealed by High‐Resolution Liquid Electron Microscopy”, Physica Status Solidi (a), 216, 7, 1970026, 2019 (Cover picture)
- J. Lee, H. S. Park, K. Koo, J. Y. Lee, Y. S. Nam, W. Lee, and M. Y. Yang, “Gold Binding Peptide Identified from Microfluidic Biopanning: An Experimental and Molecular Dynamics Study”, Langmuir, 35, 2, 522-528, 2019