Our achievements

Peer-reviewed journals, international and domestic conferences, and patents from the VDLab.

VDLab member · † equal contribution · * corresponding author
25 papers
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Spatially deterministic nucleation of 2D semiconductors by etching flux
Nature · 2026

Jeongwon Park†, Jiyun Kim†, Sumin Kang†, Jieun Oh†, Youngmin Sunwoo†, Saeyoung Oh, Seunghye Shin, Sera Yang, Seonghwan Jo, Jaehyun Lee, Donghyeop Lee, Minsu Kim, Changhun Eom, Seohyun Jeong, Chan Lim, Gunho Moon, Mingu Kang, Min-gyu Kim, Junhyeok Kim, Chaejeong Yun, Gichang Noh, Donggeon Park, Dongyoung Kim, Seongdae Kwon, Chengyun Hong, Hyeongjin Lim, Minseok Choi, Yongjoon Lee, Joonghoon Choi, Junhyuk Tak, Guanning Shao, Seung Jae Kwak, Tae Soo Kim, Jeehwan Kim, YongJoo Kim, Young Joon Hong, Sung-Yool Choi, Heejun Yang, Jonghwan Kim, Byungjo Kim*, Woo-Hee Kim*, Chang-Soo Lee*, Kibum Kang*

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Inherent area-selective atomic layer deposition of ZnO films on SiO₂ over metals as non-growth substrates
Applied Surface Science, Elsevier · 2026

Sang Bok Kim†, Yuki Mori†, Yanfeng Zhao, Yeseul Son, Minwoo Kim, Taehoon Cheon, Junghwan Kim, Byungjo Kim*, Soo-Hyun Kim*

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Preventing Plasma-Induced Resist Hardening in Molybdenum Disulfide Transistors via Sacrificial Metal Mask Lithography
Small, Wiley · 2026

Dahyeon Kim†, Yanfeng Zhao†, Sungyeon Kim, Seungchan Lee, Sangmin Eom, Tae Yeon Kim, Hyun Seok Lee, Joonki Suh, Byungjo Kim*, Myungsoo Kim*

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22
Highly Conductive Tungsten Carbide Thin Films with a Suppressed Size Effect Prepared by Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition
Chemistry of Materials, ACS · 2026

Dongbeom Seo†, Yanfeng Zhao†, Subeen Lim, Eunhyeok Heo, Chaehyun Park, Taewoo Lee, Sang Bok Kim, Taehoon Cheon, Jong-Seong Bae, Bong Lim Suh, Yeonghun Lee, Byungjo Kim*, Soo-Hyun Kim*

21
Mechanistic Atomic Hydrogen Chemistry for Ruthenium Deposition: From Ligand Elimination to Area-Selective Patterning
J. American Chemical Society, ACS · 2026

Kyeongmin Min, Chi Thang Nguyen, Eun-Hyoung Cho, Minhyeok Lee, Wonjoong Kim, Youngmin Sunwoo, Eunhyeok Heo, Byungjo Kim, Hao Van Bui, Han-Bo-Ram Lee*

20
Oxygen-Tunnel Indium Tin Oxide Vertical Channel Transistors with Enhanced Current Density and Reliability for Monolithic 3D Compute-In-Memory Systems
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley · 2026

Hyeonho Gu, Haksoon Jung*, Yongwoo Lee*, Hoichang Jeong, Yanfeng Zhao, Heesoo Yang, Minho Park, Hyeonjin Lee, Seunghun Baek, Minju Song, Junghwan Kim, Youngmin Jo, Hyunjin Park, Munhyeon Kim, Jae-Joon Kim, Kyuho Jason Lee, Byungjo Kim, Jimin Kwon*

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Structural characterization and bonding energy analysis for plasma-activated bonding of SiCN films: A reactive molecular dynamics study
Applied Surface Science, Elsevier · 2026

Juheon Kim, Minki Jang, Won Hong Choi, Junhyeok Park, Byungjo Kim*, Sunghyup Kim, Hayoung Chung*

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Indium Tin Oxide Vertical Channel Transistors for Scaled 4F² 2T0C Gain Cell Memory With Etched Sidewall Cleaning
IEEE Electron Device Letters · 2026

Hyeonho Gu†, Haksoon Jung†, Minho Park, Hyeonjin Lee, Ae Rim Choi, Il-Kwon Oh, Yanfeng Zhao, Byungjo Kim, Jungsik Kim, Byung Chul Jang, Yongwoo Lee, Jimin Kwon*

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Polyaniline as an Integrated Amine-Redox Platform for Reversible Electrosorption and Energy-Efficient PFAS Remediation: From Molecular Mechanisms to System Integration
Environmental Science & Technology, ACS · 2026

Sunghoon Doh†, Sangmin Eom†, Suk Soon Choi, Hayoung Chung, Taeyeon Kim, Kyung-Duk Zoh, Byungjo Kim*, Kwiyong Kim*

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Molecular dynamics study of grain size effects on interfacial voids in Cu–Cu diffusion bonding
Applied Surface Science, Elsevier · 2026

Junhyeok Park, Juheon Kim, Minki Jang, Byungjo Kim*, Hayoung Chung*

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In-situ post-doping plasma process during atomic layer deposition of Al-doped TiO₂ for sub-nanometer lattice ordering and defect annihilation
Int. J. Extreme Manufacturing, IOP · 2026

Gyuha Lee†, Youngmin Sunwoo†, Hyong June Kim, Geongu Han, Jeongmin Oh, Sangwon Lee, Byungjo Kim*, Jihwan An*

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14
Efficient design of Voronoi energy-absorbing foams using Bayesian optimization
Materials & Design, Elsevier · 2025

Youngtaek Oh, Byungjo Kim, Hayoung Chung*

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Deep neural network-based reduced-order modeling of ion–surface interactions combined with molecular dynamics simulation
J. Physics D: Applied Physics, IOP · 2023

Byungjo Kim†*, Jinkyu Bae†, Hyunhak Jeong, Seung Ho Hahn, Suyoung Yoo, Sang Ki Nam

Invited — special issue on “Data Driven Plasma Science”

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Computational approach for plasma process optimization combined with deep learning model
J. Physics D: Applied Physics, IOP · 2023

Jungmin Ko†, Jinkyu Bae†, Minho Park, Younghyun Jo, Hyunjae Lee, Kyunghyun Kim, Suyoung Yoo, Sang Ki Nam, Dougyong Sung, Byungjo Kim*

Invited — special issue on “Data Driven Plasma Science”

11
Combined molecular dynamics simulations and reaction kinetics study on wettability of trimethylsilyl functionalized silicon surfaces
Surfaces and Interfaces, Elsevier · 2022

Hyunhak Jeong, Byungjo Kim*, Taeuk Park, Suyoung Yoo, Sang Ki Nam

10
Multiscale modeling of load transfer characteristics in crosslinked epoxy nanocomposites
Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, Taylor & Francis · 2022

Byungjo Kim, Hyunseong Shin, Joonmyung Choi, Maenghyo Cho*

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Atomistic kinetic Monte Carlo simulation on atomic layer deposition of TiN thin film
Computational Materials Science, Elsevier · 2022

Sangtae Kim†, Hyungmin An†, Sangmin Oh, Jisu Jung, Byungjo Kim, Sang Ki Nam, Seungwu Han*

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Atomistic insights on hydrogen plasma treatment for stabilizing High-k/Si interface
Applied Surface Science, Elsevier · 2022

Byungjo Kim, Muyoung Kim*, Suyoung Yoo, Sang Ki Nam

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Multi-scale coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation to investigate the thermo-mechanical behavior of shape-memory polyurethane copolymers
Polymer, Elsevier · 2021

Sungwoo Park, Junghwan Moon, Byungjo Kim, Maenghyo Cho*

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Multiscale Study of the Relationship between Photoisomerization and Mechanical Behavior of Azo-Polymer Based on the Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Macromolecules, ACS · 2019

Junghwan Moon, Byungjo Kim, Joonmyung Choi, Maenghyo Cho*

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Toward the constitutive modeling of epoxy matrix: Temperature-accelerated quasi-static molecular simulations consistent with the experimental test
Composites Part B: Engineering, Elsevier · 2018

Hyungbum Park, Joonmyung Choi, Byungjo Kim, Seunghwa Yang, Hyunseong Shin, Maenghyo Cho*

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Influences of the molecular structures of curing agents on the inelastic-deformation mechanisms in highly-crosslinked epoxy polymers
Polymer, Elsevier · 2018

Hyungbum Park, Byungjo Kim, Joonmyung Choi, Maenghyo Cho*

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Multiscale modeling of interphase in crosslinked epoxy nanocomposites
Composites Part B: Engineering, Elsevier · 2017

Byungjo Kim, Joonmyung Choi, Seunghwa Yang, Suyoung Yu, Maenghyo Cho*

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Fracture toughness enhancement of thermoplastic/epoxy blends by the plastic yield of toughening agents: A multiscale analysis
Composites Science and Technology, Elsevier · 2017

Hyunseong Shin, Byungjo Kim, Jin-Gyu Han, Man Young Lee, Jong Kyoo Park, Maenghyo Cho*

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Influence of crosslink density on the interfacial characteristics of epoxy nanocomposites
Polymer, Elsevier · 2015

Byungjo Kim, Joonmyung Choi, Seunghwa Yang, Suyoung Yu, Maenghyo Cho*