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Yun Kyung Shin

Associate Research Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • Mechanical Engineering

135 Research East Building

yks2@psu.edu

814-863-6278

 
 

 

Education

  • Ph D, Chemistry, Ohio State University, 2011

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Yongjian Yang, Yun Kyung Shin, Hideaki Ooe, Urara Hasegawa, Setsuko Yamane, Adri van Duin, Yasuhiro Murase and John Mauro, 2024, "Adsorption of CO2 by Amine-Functionalized Metal–Organic Frameworks Using GCMC and ReaxFF-Based Metadynamics Simulations", The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 128, (12), pp. 5257–5270
  • Anastasia Barnes, Mohammad Afroz, Yun Kyung Shin, Adri van Duin and Katie Li-Oakey, 2024, "Mapping TpPa-1 covalent organic framework (COF) molecular interactions in mixed solvents via atomistic modeling and experimental study", Journal of Membrane Science, 698, pp. 122613
  • Prashik Gaikwad, Kunal Mondal, Yun Kyung Shin, Adri van Duin, Gorakh Pa andar, , 2023, "Enhancing the Faradaic Efficiency of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells: Progress and Perspective", npj Computational Materials, 9, (1), pp. 149
  • Jonathan Chin, Marshall Frye, Derrick Shao-Heng Liu, Maria Hilse, Ian Graham, Jeffrey Shallenberger, Ke Wang, Roman Engel-Herber, Mengyi Wang, Yun Kyungg Shin, Nadire Nayir, Adri van Duin and Lauren Garten, 2023, "Self-Limiting Stoichiometry in SnSe Thin Films", Nanoscale, 15, (23), pp. 9973-9984
  • Karen Mohammadtabar, Enrique Guerrero, Yun Kyung Shin, Adri van Duin, David Strubbe and Ashlie Martini, 2023, "Development and Application of a ReaxFF Reactive Force Field for Ni-Doped MoS2", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127, (25), pp. 12171-12183
  • Yongjian Yang, Yun Kyung Shin, Hideaki Ooe, Xueyi Zhang, Adri van Duin, Yasuhiro Murase and John Mauro, 2023, "Aqueous Stability of MOFs using ReaxFF-based Metadynamics Simulation", Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 127, (28), pp. 6374-6384
  • Waqar Ahmad, Paramita Koley, Swarit Dwivedi, Rajan Lakshman, Yun Kyung Shin, Adri van Duin, Abhijit Shrotri and Akshat Tanksale, 2023, "Aqueous phase conversion of CO2 into acetic acid over thermally transformed MIL-88B", Nature communications, 14, (1), pp. 2821
  • Mohammad Masirul Afroz, Yun Kyung Shin, Adri van Duin and Katie Li-Oakey, 2023, "ReaxFF reactive force field model enables accurate prediction of physiochemical and mechanical properties of crystalline and amorphous shape-memory polyurethane", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 140, (39), pp. e54466
  • Jenelle Fortunato, Yun Kyung Shin, Michael Spencer, Adri van Duin and Veronica Augustyn, 2023, "Choice of Electrolyte Impacts the Selectivity of Electrochemical PCET Reactions on Hydrogen Titanate", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127, (25), pp. 11810-11821
  • Nadire Nayir, Qian Mao, Tao Wang, Malgorzata Kowalik, Yuwei Zhang, Mengyi Wang, Swarit Dwivedi, Ga-Un Jeong, Yun Kyung Shin and Adri van Duin, 2023, "Modeling and Simulations for 2D Materials: A ReaxFF Perspective", 2D Materials, 10, (3), pp. 032002
  • Prashik S Gaikwad, Gorakh Pawar, Yun Kyung Shin, Md Jamil Hossain and Adri van Duin, 2023, "Modeling Dynamic Evolution of Oxygen Vacancies in Solid Oxide Materials", Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 170, (11), pp. 113501
  • Phuoc Duong, Yun Kyung Shin, Valerie Kuehl, Mohammad Afroz, John Hoberg, Bruce Parkinson, Adri van Duin and Katie Li-Oakey, 2022, "Mechanistic study of pH effect on organic solvent nanofiltration using carboxylated covalent organic framework as a modeling and experimental platform", Separation and Purification Technology, 282, pp. 120028
  • Mert Sengul, Aranaud Ndayishimiye, Wonho Lee, Joo-Hwan Seo, Zhongming Fan, Yun Kyung Shin, Enrique Gomez, Clive Randall and Adri van Duin, 2022, "Atomistic level aqueous dissolution dynamics of NASICON-Type Li 1+ x Al x Ti 2- x(PO 4) 3 (LATP)", Physical chemistry chemical physics, 24, (7), pp. 4125-4130
  • Yun Kyung Shin, Yawei Gao, Dongwon Shin and Adri van Duin, 2021, "Impact of three-body interactions in a ReaxFF force field for Ni and Cr transition metals and their alloys on the prediction of thermal and mechanical properties", Computational Materials Science, 197, pp. 110602
  • Nadire Nayir, Yun Kyung Shin, Yuanxi Wang, Mert Sengul, Danielle Hickey, Mikhail Chubarov, Tanushree Choudhury, Nasim Alem, Joan Redwing, Vincent Crespi and Adri van Duin, 2021, "A ReaxFF Force Field for 2D-WS2 and Its Interaction with Sapphire", The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125, (32), pp. 17950-17961
  • Phuoc Duong, Yun Kyung Shin, Valerie Kuehl, Mohammad Afroz, John Hoberg, Bruce Parkinson, Adri van Duin and Katie Li-Oakey, 2021, "Molecular interactions and layer stacking dictate covalent organic framework effective pore size", 13, (35), pp. 42164-42175
  • Yue Gao, Daiwei Wanga, Yun Kyung Shin, Zhuo Han, Jamil M. Hossain, Zhifei Yan, Shuling Shen, Adrianus C van Duin, Thomas E Mallouk and Donghai Wang, 2020, "Stable metal anodes enabled by a labile organic molecule bonded to a reduced graphene oxide aerogel", PNAS, 117, (48), pp. 30135-30141
  • Nabankur Dasgupta, Yun Kyung Shin, Mark V. Fedkin and Adri van Duin, 2020, "ReaxFF molecular dynamics simulations on the structure and dynamics of electrolyte water systems at ambient temperature", Computational Materials Science, 172, pp. 109349
  • Kasra Momeni, Yanzhou Ji, Yuanxi Wang, Shiddartha Paul, Sara Neshani, Dundar Yilmaz, Yun Kyung Shin, Difan Zhang, Jin-Wu Jiang, Harold Park, Susan Sinnot, Adri van Duin, Vincent Crespi and Long-Qing Chen, 2020, "Multiscale computational understanding and growth of 2D materials: a review", npj Computational Materials, 6, (1), pp. 1-18
  • Nabankur Dasgupta, Yun Kyung Shin, Mark Fedkin and Adrianus C van Duin, 2020, "ReaxFF molecular dynamics simulations of electrolyte water systems at supercritical temperature", The Journal of Chemical Physics, 152, (20), pp. 204502
  • Swarit Dwivedi,, Malgorzata Kowalik, Nilton Rosenbach, Dalal Alqarni, Yun Kyung Shin, Yongjian Yang, John Mauro, Akshat Tanksale, Alan Chaffee and Adri van Duin, 2020, "Atomistic Mechanisms of Thermal Transformation in a Zr-Metal Organic Framework, MIL-140C", The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 12, pp. 177-184
  • Karthik Ganeshan, Yun Kyung Shin, Naresh Osti, Yangyunli Sun, Kaitlyn Prenger, Michael Naguib, Madhusudan Tyagi, Eugene Mamontov, De-en Jiang and Adri van Duin, 2020, "Structure and Dynamics of Aqueous Electrolytes Confined in 2D-TiO2/Ti3C2T2 MXene Heterostructures", ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12, (52), pp. 58378–58389
  • Mark V Fedkin, Yun Kyung Shin, N. Dasgupta, Yeon, Jejoon, Zhang, Weiwei, van Duin, Diana, Adrianus C van Duin, Kento Mori, Atsushi Fujiwara, Machida, Masahiko, Nakamura, Hiroki and Masahiko Okumura, 2019, "Development of the ReaxFF methodology for electrolyte-water systems", The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 123, (10), pp. 2125-2141
  • Arash Khajeh, Xiaoli Hu, Karen Mohammadtabar, Yun Kyung Shin, Adri van Duin, Stephen Berkebile and Ashlie Martini, 2019, "Statistical analysis of reactive molecular dynamics simulations of tri-cresyl phosphate on iron oxide", The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123, (20), pp. 12886-12893
  • Yawei Gao, Yun Kyung Shin, Daniel Martinez, Guha Manogharan and Adri van Duin, 2019, "A ReaxFF molecular dynamics study of molecular-level interactions during binder jetting 3D-printing", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21, (38), pp. 21517-21529
  • Yun Kyung Shin, Mert Y Sengul, ASM Jonayat, Wonho Lee, Enrique Daniel Gomez, Clive A Randall and Adri CT Van Duin, 2018, "Development of a ReaxFF reactive force field for lithium ion conducting solid electrolyte Li 1+ x Al x Ti 2- x (PO 4) 3 (LATP)", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, (34), pp. 22134--22147
  • Yongjian Yang, Yun Kyung Shin, Shichun Li, Thomas D Bennett, Adri CT van Duin and John Mauro, 2018, "Enabling Computational Design of ZIFs Using ReaxFF", The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 122, (41), pp. 9616--9624
  • Yongjian Yang, Collin J Wilkinson, Kuo-Hao Lee, Karan Doss, Thomas D Bennett, Yun Kyung Shin, Adri CT van Duin and John Mauro, 2018, "Prediction of the Glass Transition Temperatures of Zeolitic Imidazolate Glasses through Topological Constraint Theory", The journal of physical chemistry letters, 9, (24), pp. 6985--6990
  • Bobo Shi, Yun Kyung Shin, Ali A Hassanali and Sherwin J Singer, 2017, "Biomolecules at the amorphous silica/water interface: Binding and fluorescence anisotropy of peptides", Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 157, pp. 83--92
  • Naresh C Osti, Michael Naguib, Karthik Ganeshan, Yun Kyung Shin, Alireza Ostadhossein, Adri CT van Duin, Yongqiang Cheng, Luke L Daemen, Yury Gogotsi, Eugene Mamontov and others, 2017, "Influence of metal ions intercalation on the vibrational dynamics of water confined between MXene layers", Physical Review Materials, 1, (6), pp. 065406
  • Lili Gai, Yun Kyung Shin, Muralikrishna Raju, Adri CT Van Duin and Sumathy Raman, 2016, "Atomistic adsorption of oxygen and hydrogen on platinum catalysts by hybrid grand canonical monte carlo/reactive molecular dynamics", The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120, (18), pp. 9780--9793
  • Yun Kyung Shin, Lili Gai, Sumathy Raman and Adri CT Van Duin, 2016, "Development of a reaxff reactive force field for the Pt-Ni alloy catalyst", The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 120, (41), pp. 8044--8055
  • Thomas P Senftle, Sungwook Hong, Md Mahbubul Islam, Sudhir B Kylasa, Yuanxia Zheng, Yun Kyung Shin, Chad Junkermeier, Roman Engel-Herbert, Michael J Janik, Hasan Metin Aktulga and others, 2016, "The ReaxFF reactive force-field: development, applications and future directions", NPJ Computational Materials, 2, pp. 15011
  • CCW Verlackt, EC Neyts, T Jacob, D Fantauzzi, M Golkaram, Yun Kyung Shin, ACT Van Duin and A Bogaerts, 2015, "Atomic-scale insight into the interactions between hydroxyl radicals and DNA in solution using the ReaxFF reactive force field", New Journal of Physics, 17, (10), pp. 103005
  • Yun Kyung Shin, Hyunwook Kwak, Alex V Vasenkov, Debasis Sengupta and Adri CT Van Duin, 2015, "Development of a ReaxFF reactive force field for Fe/Cr/O/S and application to oxidation of butane over a pyrite-covered Cr2O3 catalyst", Acs Catalysis, 5, (12), pp. 7226--7236
  • Bobo Shi, Yun Kyung Shin, Ali A Hassanali and Sherwin J Singer, 2015, "DNA binding to the silica surface", The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 119, (34), pp. 11030--11040
  • Chenyu Zou, Yun Kyung Shin, van Duin, Adri C. T., Huazhi Fang and Zi-Kui Liu, 2015, "Molecular dynamics simulations of the effects of vacancies on nickel self-diffusion, oxygen diffusion and oxidation initiation in nickel, using the ReaxFF reactive force field", Acta Materialia, 83, pp. 102--112
  • M Golkaram, Yun Kyung Shin and Adri van Duin, 2014, "Reactive Molecular Dynamics Study of the pH-Dependent Dynamics Structure of alpha-Helix", The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118, (47), pp. 13498-13504
  • HZ Fang, SL Shang, Yi Wang, ZK Liu, D Alfonso, DE Alman, Yun Kyung Shin, CY Zou, ACT van Duin, YK Lei and others, 2014, "First-principles studies on vacancy-modified interstitial diffusion mechanism of oxygen in nickel, associated with large-scale atomic simulation techniques", Journal of Applied Physics, 115, (4), pp. 043501
  • Susanna Monti, Alessandro Corozzi, Peter Fristrup, Kaushik L Joshi, Yun Kyung Shin, Peter Oelschlaeger, Adri CT van Duin and Vincenzo Barone, 2013, "Exploring the conformational and reactive dynamics of biomolecules in solution using an extended version of the glycine reactive force field", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15, (36), pp. 15062--15077
  • O Verners, Yun Kyung Shin and ACT van Duin, 2013, "Molecular dynamics simulation of Al grain mixing in Fe/Ni matrices and its influence on oxidation", Journal of Applied Physics, 114, (2), pp. 023501
  • Adrianus C van Duin, Osvalds Verners and Yun Kyung Shin, 2013, "Reactive force fields: concepts of ReaxFF and applications to high-energy materials", International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion, 12, (2)
  • Tao Liang, Yun Kyung Shin, Yu-Ting Cheng, Dundar Yilmaz, Karthik Guda Vishnu, Osvalds Verners, Chenyu Zou, Simon R Phillpot, Susan Sinnott and Adri CT Van Duin, 2013, "Reactive potentials for advanced atomistic simulations", Annual Review of Materials Research, 43, pp. 109--129
  • Hyunwook Kwak, Yun Kyung Shin, Adri CT van Duin and Alex V Vasenkov, 2012, "Ab initio based multiscale modeling of alloy surface segregation", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 24, (48), pp. 485006
  • Yun Kyung Shin, Hyunwook Kwak, Chenyu Zou, Alex V Vasenkov and Adri CT van Duin, 2012, "Development and validation of a ReaxFF reactive force field for Fe/Al/Ni alloys: Molecular dynamics study of elastic constants, diffusion, and segregation", The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116, (49), pp. 12163--12174
  • Yun Kyung Shin, Tzu-Ray Shan, Tao Liang, Mark J Noordhoek, Susan Sinnott, Adri CT van Duin and Simon R Phillpot, 2012, "Variable charge many-body interatomic potentials", MRS Bulletin, 37, (5), pp. 504--512
  • Hui Zhang, Ali A Hassanali, Yun Kyung Shin, Chris Knight and Sherwin J Singer, 2011, "The water--amorphous silica interface: Analysis of the Stern layer and surface conduction", The Journal of chemical physics, 134, (2), pp. 024705
  • Ali A Hassanali, Hui Zhang, Chris Knight, Yun Kyung Shin and Sherwin J Singer, 2010, "The dissociated amorphous silica surface: Model development and evaluation", Journal of chemical theory and computation, 6, (11), pp. 3456--3471
  • Guosheng Li, Yun Kyung Shin and Hyun Jin Hwang, 2006, "The photodissociation reaction dynamics of CF 3 I at 304 nm (Q 0+ 3, Q 1 1? Q 0+ 3, and Q 1 3)", The Journal of chemical physics, 125, (21), pp. 214312
  • Guosheng Li, Yun Kyung Shin and Hyun Jin Hwang, 2005, "State-to-state reaction dynamics of CH3I photodissociation at 304 nm", The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 109, (41), pp. 9226--9231

Other

  • Stan Moore, J. Matthew Lane, Normand Modine, Raymond Clay, Mark Wilson, Joshua Rackers, Yun Kyung Shin, Kurt O’Hearn, H. Metin Aktulga and Jason Koski, 2021, "Reactive Molecular Dynamics in High Field Environments for Understanding Plasma Current Loss on Z"

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