Electronic Structure Theory Lab Department of Physics Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) Pohang 790-784, Korea

E-mail: kang@postech.ac.kr TEL: +82-54-279-2086, FAX: +82-54-279-3099 WEB: http://www-ph.postech.ac.kr/~kang

Education and Research Experience

• 1990-Now: Professor of Physics, POSTECH
• 1988-1990: Research Associate, Ohio State University
• 1983-1988: Ph.D. in Physics, University of Pennsylvania
• 1976-1980: B.S. in Physics, Seoul National University

Research Area: Condensed Matter Physics

Electronic Structure Theory:

• Density Functional Theory
• Pseudopotential Plane-wave Band Theory
• Quantum Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Computational Materials Physics:

• Surface and Interface Physics
• Nano Physics
• Atomic Structures, Electronic Properties, Magnetism, and Dynamics

Research Topics

• Graphene on Metal Surfaces:
  - Au, Cu, or Na intercalated Graphene/Ni(111)
  - K-doped Graphene/ Au / Ni(111)

• Metal Overlayers on Semiconductor Surfaces:
  - Au / Si(111)-(5x2)
  - In / Si(111)-(r7xr3)
  - Pb, Au, Ca / Si(111)
  - Alkali metals (Li, Na, K) / Si(111)-(3x1) & Gi(111)-(3x1)
  - As, Sb, Ge / Si(100)-(2x1)

• Molecule-Surface Interactions:
  - H2O, O2, CO, H2 / Fe(100)
  - C60 / Si(100) & Si(111) & Al(111) & KBr(100)
  - O2, NH3, CH3OH / Si(111)-(7x7)
  - Pyrazine(C4H4N2), NH3, H2O, Halogen (Cl,Br) / Si(100)-(2x1)

• Metal Surfaces and Interfaces:
  - O / Fe(100) & (111)
  - H, K, O / Pd(100) & (111)
  - Nb / Cu(100) & Ag(100)
  - Rh(100) surface & Mo monolayer

Recent Papers (2014-)

• Peierls instability as the insulating origin of the Na/Si(111)-(3x1) surface with a Na coverage of 2/3 monolayers
  - Myung Ho Kang, Se Gab Kwon, and Sung Chul Jung,
  Surface Science 669, 130 (2018).

• Single-layer limit of metallic indium overlayers on Si(111),
  - J. H. Park and M. H. Kang,
  Physical Review Letters 117, 116102 (2016).

• Atomic origins of Si 2p and Au 4f surface core-level shifts on Au/Si(111)-(5x2),
  - S. G. Kwon and M. H. Kang,
  Physical Review B 92, 195301 (2015).

• Hexagonal indium double layer on Si(111)-root7x root3,
  - J. W. Park and M. H. Kang,
  Physical Review B 92, 045306 (2015).

• Identification of the Au coverage and structure of the Au/Si(111)-(5x2) surface,
  - S. G. Kwon and M. H. Kang,
  Physical Review Letters 113, 086101 (2014).

• Quasi-free-standing graphene monolayer on a Ni crystal through spontaneous Na intercalation,
  - Y. S. Park, J. H. Park, H. N. Hwang, T. S. Laishram, K. S. Kim, M. H. Kang, and C. C. Hwang,
  Physical Review X 4, 031016 (2014).

• Effect of K doping on the quasifreestanding graphene formed on Au/Ni(111): Density-functional calculations,
  - J. H. Park and M. H. Kang,
  Physical Review B 89, 195446 (2014).

• Honeycomb network of indium trimers and monomers on Si(111)-(2x2),
  - S. G. Kwon and M. H. Kang,
  Physical Review B 89, 165304 (2014).