# Lee Young-hee (physicist)

Lee Young-hee (born 28 July 1955) is a South Korean physicist. He is a distinguished professor in physics and energy science at Sungkyunkwan University as a SKKU fellow. He is also director of the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics in the Institute for Basic Science (IBS). He has been a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in the cross-field category in 2018–2023.

## Education

Lee received a B.S. in physics, Chonbuk National University in 1982. In 1986 he received his Ph.D. in physics at Kent State University on the subject of "Classical and Quantum Computer Simulation Studies: Molecular Dynamics of the Kerr Effect in CS2 and Green's Function MonteCarlo Calculation of the Electronic Correlation Energy in Atoms" which was advised by Michael A. Lee.

## Career

* 2012–Present: Director of Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Institute for Basic Science
* 2009–Present: Professor in energy science, Sungkyunkwan University
* 2007–Present: Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), fellow
* 2001–Present: Professor in physics, Sungkyunkwan University, SKKU fellow
* 1996–1997: Visiting professor in physics, Michigan State University, United States
* 1993–1993: Visiting researcher, Zurich IBM Research Center, Switzerland
* 1989–1990: Visiting professor in physics, Iowa State University Ames National Laboratory, United States
* 1987–2001: Assistant Professor, full professor in physics, Chonbuk National University

## Awards

* 2020: Seongbong Physics Award from the Korean Physical Society
* Nov. 2019: Kyung-Ahm Prize in Natural Science, Kyung-Ahm Education & Cultural Foundation
* May 2017: Einstein Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences
* May 2014: Sudang Award
* December 2012: Grand Prize for Sungkyun Family (Educational Achievements Parts), Sungkyunkwan University
* December 2010: 100 representative researches in all the researches and development done during 2010 in Korea, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
* October 2010: 100 representative research achievements in the R&D of Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
* May 2008 Presidential Award in Science and Education
* December 2007: Lee Hsun Research Award, IMR, Chinese Academy of Science, China
* April 2005: Nominated as "Representative Research achievement of BK21 (’01.03~’05.12)", "Modification of electronic structures of a arbonnanotube by hydrogen functionalization"
* May 1997: Award from Foundation of Korea Science and Technology for "The Best Paper in Physics " Fellowship and Nominations
* June 1997: Nominated as "Man of Jeonbuk National University" in Science in 50th Anniversary of Jeonbuk National University
* September 1999: Nominated for "Man of Jeollabuk-do Province", in Academia and Public press
* September 2004: First Fellow of Sungkyunkwan University
* April 2005: Science Award from Korean Physical Society
* September 2007: Fellow of Sungkyunkwan University

## Sources

* 2013: 'Transferred wrinkled Al2O3 for highly stretchable and transparent graphene/carbon nanotube transistors', Nature Materials 12(5), 403-409 (May, 2013) - " KBS News 9 Boardcating/Mar.04,2013 "
* 2012: 'Probing graphene grain boundaries with optical microscopy', Nature, 490(7419), 235-239 - " KBS News Boardcating "
* 2011: "Transparent, Flexible graphene / CNT transistor and non-volitive memory devices" - Selected as a Highlight in Nano Letters(11, 1344)- Selected for Cover page in Advanced Materias (23, 1899)
* 2009: "Adaptive Logic Circuits with Doping-Free Ambipolar Carbon Nanotube Transistors" NanoLetters, 99(4), 1401 Highlighted by Nature Publishing Group, Asia Materials - Appeared in public newspapers (Asia Economy Daily, etnews, fnnews etc.)
* 2009: "Reduction-Controlled Viologen in Bisolvent as an Environmentally Stable n-Type Dopant for Carbon Nanotubes" J. Am. Chem. Soc. (131, 327), - Appeared in newspapers (MK, etnews etc.)
* 2008: Industrialization of A/CNT composites - SBS Moring Wide, MBN News - Appeared in newspapers (Chosun, etnews, Hankyung etc.)
* 2007: Superb electroreactive CNT clusters - Nano Letters, 7(8), 2178 - KBS News 1TV
* 2006: Nominated as "Representative research achievement in the Basic Research of Korea Science and Engineering Foundation " - Control of the Electronic Structures of Carbon Nanotubes
* 2005: Separation of semiconducting carbon nanotubes by nitronium ions - J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 5196 - KBS 2TV News - Appeared in newspapers (Donga, Kookmin, etnews etc.)
* 2005: Selected as the best research outcome in "The Final Evaluation of National Research Laboratory of Korea Science and Engineering Foundation"
* 2002: Transforming metallic CNTs to semiconducting CNTs by atomic hydrogen - Selected as Advanced Materials(14, 1818), Inside Cover page - YTN News
* 2001: The best supercapacitor record using SWCNTs (180F/g) - Advanced Materials, 13, 497
* 2000: Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes by microwave PECVD - Applied Physics Letters, 76, 2367
* 1999: The world first development of CNT-FED in collaboration with Samsung - Applied Physics Letters, 75, 3129 (Citation : 1,046 ) - Nature News
* 1997: Proposing Scooter Motion of catalyst for SWCNT growth - Physical Review Letters, 78, 2393 (Citation : 267 )
* 1996: "Crystalline ropes of Metallic Carbon Nanotubes" - Science, 273, 483 (Citation : 3,838 ) Scientific Activities

## Other activities

* November 2009–Present: Associate Editor of European Physical Journal: Appl. Phys.
* 2000–Present: Associate Editor of Carbon Letters
* 2006–2010: Managing Editor of NANO
* 2009–2010: International Advisory Committee of Nanotube conference
* 2008–Present: Conference chair of SPIE conference (Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, and Associated Devices III)
* 2012–Present: Conference chair of MRS Meeting
* 2008–Present: Program Committee of IWEPNM
* 2010–Present: Materials Research Society Member
* 2009–Present: Program Committee of Korea Carbon Society
* 2001–Present: The Korean Physical Society Fellow
* 2001–006: Associate Editor of Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

## Representative papers

* Probing graphene grain boundaries with optical microscopy (Nature, 2012)
* Transferred wrinkled Al2O3 for highly stretchable and transparent graphene/carbon nanotube transistors (Nature Materials, 2013)
* Small Hysteresis Nanocarbon-Based Integrated Circuits on Flexible and Transparent Plastic Substrate (Nano Letters, 2011)
* Adaptive Logic Circuits with Doping-Free Ambipolar Carbon Nanotube Transistors (NanoLetters, 2009)
* Synthesis of Large-Area Graphene Layers on Poly-Nickel Substrate by Chemical Vapor Deposition: Wrinkle Formation (Advanced Materials, 2009)