Ki Wook Kim
Biography
Prof. Kim's current research interests include semiconductor physics and modeling of electronic and optoelectronic devices, carrier transport in heterostructures, low dimensional effects, quantum transport, quantum computing, Monte Carlo simulations, magnetoelectronics, and bioelectronics.
Education
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Ph.D.
1988
Electrical Engineering
University of illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana -
Master's
1985
Electrical Engineering
University of illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana -
Bachelor's
1983
Electronics Engineering
Seoul National University, Seoul
Research Focus
- Physical Electronics, Photonics & Magnetics
- III - V Materials and Devices
- Optical Materials and Photonic Devices
- Quantum Engineering
- Silicon Devices and Fabrication
Recent Publications
- Carrier-induced ferromagnetism in two-dimensional magnetically doped semiconductor structures (2021)
- Domains of electrically induced valley polarization in two-dimensional Dirac semiconductors (2021)
- First-principles analysis of magnetically doped transition-metal dichalcogenides (2021)
- Scalable Characterization of 2D Gallium-Intercalated Epitaxial Graphene (2021)
- Spin-transfer and fieldlike torques in antiferromagnets (2021)
- Efficient Control of Stochastic Switching via Spin Pumping in Antiferromagnetic Structures (2020)
- Modeling of Antiferromagnetic Dynamics: A Brief Review (2020)
- Optical bistability and self-opacity in magnetically doped monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (2020)
- Spin wave generation via localized spin-orbit torque in an antiferromagnet-topological insulator heterostructure (2020)
- Conductance nonreciprocity on the surface of a topological insulator with magnetic electrodes (2019)
Funded Research
- Goali: From Heat to Spin to Electricity: Fundamental Understanding and Development of High-Performance Spin-Driven Thermoelectric Heterostructures
- Implementation of Axion Electrodynamics in Topological Films and Devices
- 2D Hybrid Material Architectures for Terahertz (2D-HyMaTer)
- Doping of Diamond and c-BN beyond Thermodynamic Solubility Limit for Solid State Devices
Recent News
Dr. Kim Receives Research Award from the NSF
Posted on August 1, 2013 | Filed Under: News
Ki Wook Kim and Jagdish Narayan have been awarded $420,000 by the National Science Foundation for research on Topological Insulator Hybrid Structures for Novel Optoelectronic Applications.
Dr. Kim Receives Research Award from University of Texas-Austin
Posted on July 26, 2013 | Filed Under: News
Dr. Ki Wook Kim, professor of electrical and computer engineering at NC State University, has been awarded $475,000 by the University of Texas – Austin for research on Charge/Spin Transport and Thermal Management in 2D Crystal Nanostructure …