“Molecular-scale Design and Advanced Characterization of Nanomaterials for Energy-Efficient Separations and Green Technology Applications”

1. Materials Design
- Nanomaterials (MOFs, Zeolite, ordered silica, and other ceramics) Synthesis.
- Post-synthetic Tuning and Modification of Materials Properties.
- High Aspect Ratio Materials, Composite Materials, and their Interface Design.

2. Advanced Characterizations
- Understanding Transport Fundamentals by Diffusion/Sorption Analysis.
- Structure Analysis, Surface Pattern Information, and Single Crystal Engineering.
- Evaluation of Microstructures and Functionality.

3. Delivery of Materials for Target Applications
- Diffusion/Adsorption-based Energy Efficient Separation.
- Sol-Gel Chemistry, Functional Coating, and Hollow Fibers
- Vapor Phase, Interfacial Processing for Industrial Scalability.

2016 ~ 2017: Georgia Institute of Technology Chemical  박사후 연구원

2017 ~ 2019: University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,  박사후 연구원

2020 ~ 2020: Johns Hopkins University, Chemical Engineering, 박사후 연구원

2020 ~ 현재: 숭실대학교 화학공학과 조교수

2021 ~ 현재: Materials Today Sustainability 저널의 Editorial Board member

2021 : 미원상사신진과학자상, 한국공업화학회

2022 ~ 현재: 분리기술 부문위원회 국제간사 

Wooyoung Choi, Young ho Cho, Taehwan Kim, Choong Hoo Lee, Ju Yeon Kim, Soon Hyeong So, Kiwon Eum, Chang Ha Lee, and Dae Woo Kim “Faujasite/Graphene Nanoribbon Hybrid Adsorbent Pellet for Carbon Dioxide Capture.” Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 354(P6), 129270. 

Jongbum Kim, Minsu Kim, Seungho Yu, Jihee Yu, Chanjong Yu, Taehwan Kim, Nahyeon Lee, et al “Twinned Metal–Organic Framework Nanoplates for Hydrocarbon Separation Membranes.” Small Methods, 2024, 2401248, 1–10. 

Jihee Yu, Jongbum Kim, Nahyeon Lee, Kiwon Eum, and Yun Ho Ahn “Engineering Interfacial Interactions for Hydrogen Separation Enhancement in Torlon®/Mixed-Linker ZIF-8 Mixed Matrix Membranes.” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024, 12(5), 113167. 

 Hyegi Min, Ohchan Kwon, Jihyun Lee, Eunji Choi, Jihee Kim, Nahyeon Lee, Kiwon Eum, Kyu Hyoung Lee, Dae Woo Kim, and Wooyoung Lee “N-Carbon-Doped Binary Nanophase of Metal Oxide/Metal–Organic Framework for Extremely Sensitive and Selective Gas Response.” Advanced Materials, 2024, 36(8), 1–13.

Hyuk Taek Kwon, J. Kim, M. Shon, and K. Eum “Postsynthetic Modification Strategies to Improve Polycrystalline Metal-Organic Framework Membranes.” Materials Today Sustainability, 2023, 21, 100296.

 Eunji Choi, Ji Il Choi, Yong‐Jae Kim, Yeong Jae Kim, Kiwon Eum, Yunkyu Choi, Ohchan Kwon, et al “Graphene Nanoribbon Hybridization of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Membranes for Intrinsic Molecular Separation.” Angewandte Chemie, 2022, 134(49).

 Kangho Park, Sukwon Hyeon, Kyoung Min Kang, Kiwon Eum, Jihan Kim, Dae Woo Kim, and Hee Tae Jung “Long-Range Alignment of Liquid Crystalline Small Molecules on Metal-Organic Framework Micropores by Physical Anchoring.” Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2022, 105, 378–83. 

 Chanjong Yu, Yeong Jae Kim, Jongbum Kim, Mikio Hayashi, Dae Woo Kim, Hyuk Taek Kwon, and Kiwon Eum “A Sacrificial ZIF-L Seed Layer for Sub-100 Nm Thin Propylene-Selective ZIF-8 Membranes.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022, 10(29), 15390–94. 

 Chester Huff, Anndee L., Kiwon Eum, Michael Tsapatsis, Marc A. Hillmyer, and Paige J. Novak “Enhanced Nitrogen Removal and Anammox Bacteria Retention with Zeolite-Coated Membrane in Simulated Mainstream Wastewater.” Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 2021, 8(6), 468–73.

Eunji Choi, Sung Jun Hong, Yong Jae Kim, Seung Eun Choi, Yunkyu Choi, Ji Hoon Kim, Junhyeok Kang, et al “Pore Tuning of Metal-Organic Framework Membrane Anchored on Graphene-Oxide Nanoribbon.” Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31(17), 1–8.

 Eunji Choi, Sung Jun Hong, Junhe Chen, Yeong Jae Kim, Yunkyu Choi, Ohchan Kwon, Kiwon Eum, et al “CO2-Selective Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Membrane on Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons: Experimental and Theoretical Studies.” Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2021, 9(45), 25595–602.

Kiwon Eum, Dae Woo Kim, Yunkyu Choi, Xuekui Duan, Marc A. Hillmyer, and Michael Tsapatsis “Assembly of Graphene Oxide Nanosheets on Diamine-Treated PVDF Hollow Fiber as Nanofiltration Membranes.” ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2020, 2(9), 3859–66.

Kiwon Eum, Shaowei Yang, Byunghyun Min, Chen Ma, Jeffrey H. Drese, Yash Tamhankar, and Sankar Nair “All-Nanoporous Hybrid Membranes: Incorporating Zeolite Nanoparticles and Nanosheets with Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Matrices.” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2020, 12(24), 27368–77.

Kiwon Eum, Mikio Hayashi, Matheus Dorneles De Mello, Feng Xue, Hyuk Taek Kwon, and Michael Tsapatsis “ZIF‐8 Membrane Separation Performance Tuning by Vapor Phase Ligand Treatment.” Angewandte Chemie, 2019, 58, 16390-16394

Dae Woo Kim, Kiwon Eum, Hanim Kim, Daeok Kim, Matheus Dorneles de Mello, Kangho Park, and Michael Tsapatsis “Continuous ZIF-8/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocoating for Ultrafast Oil/Water Separation.” Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 372(April), 509–15.

Kiwon Eum, Chen Ma, Dong Yeun Koh, Fereshteh Rashidi, Zhong Li, Christopher W. Jones, Ryan P. Lively, and Sankar Nair “Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Membranes Supported on Macroporous Carbon Hollow Fibers by Fluidic Processing Techniques.” Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2017, 4(12), 1–6.

Kiwon Eum, Chen Ma, Ali Rownaghi, Christopher W. Jones, and Sankar Nair “ZIF-8 Membranes via Interfacial Microfluidic Processing in Polymeric Hollow Fibers: Efficient Propylene Separation at Elevated Pressures.” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2016, 8(38), 25337–42.

Kiwon Eum, Ali Rownaghi, Dalsu Choi, Ramesh R. Bhave, Christopher W. Jones, and Sankar Nair “Fluidic Processing of High-Performance ZIF-8 Membranes on Polymeric Hollow Fibers: Mechanistic Insights and Microstructure Control.” Advanced Functional Materials, 2016, 26(28), 5011–18.

Kiwon Eum, Krishna C. Jayachandrababu, Fereshteh Rashidi, Ke Zhang, Johannes Leisen, Samuel Graham, Ryan P. Lively, et al “Highly Tunable Molecular Sieving and Adsorption Properties of Mixed-Linker Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137(12): 4191–97.

Andrew J. Brown, Nicholas A. Brunelli, Kiwon Eum, Fereshteh Rashidi, J. R. Johnson, William J. Koros, Christopher W. Jones, and Sankar Nair “Interfacial Microfluidic Processing of Metal-Organic Framework Hollow Fiber Membranes” Science, 2014, 345(6192), 72–75.