Hyung Suk Kim
Gachon University, Samsung (South Korea), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Kyushu University
Research areas: Engineering · Electrical and Electronic Engineering · Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research · Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials · Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
About
Hyung Suk Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Semiconductor Engineering at Gachon University and a former Staff Engineer II at Samsung Display, advancing the science and engineering of organic optoelectronic materials and devices. He earned his Ph.D. from KAIST under Prof. Seunghyup Yoo, gaining a strong foundation in OLED device physics with emphasis on efficiency roll-off mechanisms and exciton dynamics.
He later joined the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) at Kyushu University, directed by Prof. Chihaya Adachi, where he deepened his expertise in thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). His contributions to fundamental emission mechanisms and molecular design strategies have been featured in Nature Communications, Science Advances, and other world-leading journals.
Prior to his faculty appointment, Dr. Kim drove industrial R&D at Samsung Display on deep-blue emitters and advanced OLED device architectures, integrating molecular photophysics, computational modeling, and device engineering.
With more than a decade of experience across fundamental research, international collaboration, industrial innovation, and academic leadership, he aspires to establish a research program uniting photophysics, computational-aided design, and device engineering to pioneer next-generation optoelectronics.
Employment
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Gachon University Assistant Professor2026 - Present
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Samsung (South Korea) Mobile Display Materials Development Team @ Samsung Display Research2024 - 2026
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Kyushu University PostDoctoral fellow2022 - 2024
Education
- 2018 - 2022
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (32)
- Efficient UV Organic Solid‐State Lasers with Ultra‐Short Wavelengths Based on Dispirofluorene‐Indenofluorene Isomers Save
- Complementary Multi‐Resonance Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Design for Blue OLEDs Beyond the Concentration Limit Save
- Complementary Multi‐Resonance Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Design for Blue OLEDs Beyond the Concentration Limit Save
- Advancing efficiency in deep-blue OLEDs: Exploring a machine learning–driven multiresonance TADF molecular design Save
- Naphthalene Diimide‐Based Hydrogen‐Bonded Organic Framework for High Electrical Conductivity and Ammonia Sensor Applications Save
- Visualization of Multiple-Resonance-Induced Frontier Molecular Orbitals in a Single Multiple-Resonance Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Molecule Save
- Understanding of complex spin up-conversion processes in charge-transfer-type organic molecules Save
- Rigorous Determination of Dipole Orientation in Organic Thin Films Using Angle-Dependent Photoluminescence Save
- Comparison of Exciton Annihilation Processes in Prototypical Charge-Transfer Molecules Save
- Toward highly efficient deep-blue OLEDs: Tailoring the multiresonance-induced TADF molecules for suppressed excimer formation and near-unity horizontal dipole ratio Save
- Molecular Engineering for Shortening the Pt···Pt Distances in Pt(II) Dinuclear Complexes and Enhancing the Efficiencies of these Complexes for Application in Deep‐Red and Near‐IR OLEDs Save
- Enhancement of Reverse Intersystem Crossing in Charge‐Transfer Molecule through Internal Heavy Atom Effect Save
- Organic Sub-Bandgap Schottky Barrier Photodetectors with Near-Infrared Coherent Perfect Absorption Save
- Quenching-Resistant Solid-State Photoluminescence of Graphene Quantum Dots: Reduction of π-π Stacking by Surface Functionalization with POSS, PEG, and HDA Save
- Realization of Flexible Ultraviolet Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Key Design Issues Save
- Naphthalene Benzimidazole Based Neutral Ir(III) Emitters for Deep Red Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Save
- Blue Graphene Quantum Dots with High Color Purity by Controlling Subdomain Formation for Light-Emitting Devices Save
- Controllable Singlet–Triplet Energy Splitting of Graphene Quantum Dots through Oxidation: From Phosphorescence to TADF Save
- Mitigating the Trade-off between Triplet Harvesting and Roll-off by Opening a Dexter-Type Channel in OLEDs Save
- Photophysical Properties of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent Materials upon Distortion of Central Axis of Donor Moiety (vol 122, pg 28576, 2018) Save