Nanoscale Materials Research Laboratory
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Home of Nanoelectronic Materials
Our main research interest is to develop, modify and understand nano-material systems that are applicable to semiconductor devices.
For this, we largely focus on the synthesis of electrically conductive molecular crystals, organic/inorganic thin films, and 2D materials.
Research
Vapor phase chemical reactions
Metal organic frameworks
Covalent organic frameworks
Recent Publications
 Lee, H. et al. RSC Advances. 2026, Accepted |  No, J. et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 23410-23415. |
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 Structure Directing Acid-Amine Salt Films for Imine-Linked Covalent Organic Framework Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition |  Mechanical Grinding Effect: Facile Sublimation and Its Application in Molecular Cocrystal Synthesis by Physical Vapor Transport |
 Elucidation of the Transformation of Coordination Polymer Intermediates into 2D Metal–Organic Framework Films during Chemical Vapor Deposition |  A Selective Reduction Approach in Cocrystal Systems for Highly Conducting Organic Radical Crystals |
 Chemical Vapor Deposition of Edge-on Oriented 2D Conductive Metal–Organic Framework Thin Films |  Rotation of Graphene on Cu during Chemical Vapor Deposition and Its Application to Control the Stacking Angle of Bilayer Graphene |
 A Platform to Evaluate the Effect of Back Charge Transfer on the Electrical Conductivity of TTF Charge Transfer Complexes: TTF3MCl6 (M = In, Sb) |  Solvent Influenced Coordination Variation of Flexible Ligands to Y(III) towards MOF Structural Diversities. |
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Lee, H.; Choi, H. C.* RSC Advances. 2026, Accepted. Direct Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Cu3(C6O6) Kagome Conjugated Coordination Polymer Thin Films via Chemical Vapor Deposition.
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Lee, C.; Shin, S.; Choi, C.; Jang, S.; Choi, H. C.; Lee, G.-H.* Nano Lett. 2026, 26, 25, 8224–8230. Remote CF4 Plasma Fluorination of Graphene for Low-Damage Spin–Orbit Engineering.
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Choi, C.; Park, S.; Choi, Y.; Choi, H. C.* Commun. Mater. 2026, Accepted. Extraction and usage of free electrons from alkali metals at room temperature.
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No, J.; Ahn, T.; Kim, T.; Choi, H. C.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 23410-23415. Formation of quasi-2D Mon+1Cn Layered Structures via Carburizing Metal Films Towards Surface Functional Group-free Molybdenum Carbide MXene thin films. <Supplementary Cover>
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Hong, Y.; Kumari, N.; Maji, A.; Kim, C.; Jeevanandham, S.; Kumar, A.; Gu, B. S. ; Kim, M. G.; Lee, Y. J.; Kim, G.; Choi, S.; No, J.; Choi, H. C. ; Lee, D.; Yun, Y.; Lee, I. S.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 44, 41023–41033. Turing-type Catalytic 2D-Metal Nanomesh inside Silica-Bilayer for Multicomponent Reaction Control.
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Jeevanandham, S.#; Maji, A.#; Kumari, N.; Gu, B. S.; No, J.; Choi, H. C.; Oh, D.; An, K.; Kumar, A.*; Lee, I. S.* Nano Lett. 2025, 25, 44, 15970–15977. Ligand-Substrate Self-Sorting in Silica-Encased Rh-Nanopetals as Model Catalyst for Hydroformylation of Arylalkenes.
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Son, Y.; Choi, H. C.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 22, 18419-18423. Structure Directing Acid-Amine Salt Films for Imine-Linked Covalent Organic Framework Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition.
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News
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Hyeonwoo's paper entitled "Direct Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Cu3(C6O6) Kagome Conjugated Coordination Polymer Thin Films via Chemical Vapor Deposition" is accepted for publication in RSC Advances. Congratulations! 2026.07.20.
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Junhyeok won the "KGS Superior Poster Presentation Winner" at the symposium of the 2026 Korean Symposium on Graphene and 2D Materials. Congratulations! 2026.07.11.
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A paper to which Changmin contributed has been accepted for publication in Nano Lett. Congratulations! 2026.06.17.
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Junhyeok (Dr. No) and Kwangjin (Dr. Song) have successfully defended their Ph. D. thesis. Congratulations! 2026.06.17.
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Changmin (Dr. Choi) and Hyeonwoo (Dr. Lee) have successfully defended their Ph. D. thesis. Congratulations! 2026.06.11.
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Changmin's paper entitled "Extraction and usage of free electrons from alkali metals at room temperature" is accepted for publication in Communications Materials Congratulations! 2026.05.19.
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The paper entitled "Vapor-phase synthesis of MOF films" by Myeonggeun and Hyeonwoo has been recognized as a "Top Viewed Article" in the Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society by WILEY. Congratulations! 2026.05.15.
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Junhyeok's paper entitled "Formation of quasi-2D Mon+1cn layered structures via carburizing metal films towards surface functional group-free molybdenum carbide MXene thin films" is accepted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations! 2026.04.29.
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A paper to which Junhyeok contributed has been accepted for publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations! 2025.10.23.
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A paper to which Junhyeok contributed has been accepted for publication in Nano Lett. Congratulations! 2025.10.23.
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A paper to which Junhyeok contributed has been accepted for publication in Adv. Mater. Congratulations! 2025.07.07.
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Yelim's paper entitled "Structure directing acid-amine salt films for imine-linked covalent organic framework films by chemical vapor deposition" has been accepted in J. Am. Chem. Soc. Congratulations! 2025.05.17.