About:
MAXAM explores new opportunities in next-generation semiconductor and display technologies through molecular-level design and a deep understanding of photophysics. By integrating organic semiconductors, OLEDs, exciton dynamics, computational chemistry-guided molecular design, and device physics, we aim to develop highly efficient and stable optoelectronic materials and devices. Our research connects fundamental scientific insight with practical engineering applications, seeking technological solutions for a better tomorrow. Discover the journey of innovation at MAXAM, where molecules, light, and devices come together to create new possibilities.
Education:
18.09 ~ 22.08 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), School of Electrical Engineering, Ph.D.
Experience:
26.03 ~ Present Gachon University, Department of Semiconductor Engineering, Assistant Professor
24.12 ~ 26.02 Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Samsung Display Research, Staff Engineer II
22.09 ~ 24.11 Kyushu University, Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA), NRF/JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow
Honors & Specialities:
Thesis
2022 A study on roll-off enhancement of organic light-emitting diodes based on thermally activated delayed fluorescent materials
Academic activities
2026 Complementary Multi‐Resonance Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Design for Blue OLEDs Beyond the Concentration Limit - [ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE INTERNATIONAL EDITION]
2026 Efficient UV Organic Solid-State Lasers with Ultra-Short Wavelengths Based on Dispirofluorene-Indenofluorene Isomers - [ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS]
2025 Advancing efficiency in deep-blue OLEDs: Exploring a machine learning–driven multiresonance TADF molecular design - [SCIENCE ADVANCES]
2024 Naphthalene Diimide‐Based Hydrogen‐Bonded Organic Framework for High Electrical Conductivity and Ammonia Sensor Applications - [ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS]
2024 Visualization of Multiple-Resonance-Induced Frontier Molecular Orbitals in a Single Multiple-Resonance Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Molecule - [ACS NANO]
2024 Understanding of Complex Spin Up-Conversion Processes in Charge-Transfer-Type Organic Molecules - [NATURE COMMUNICATIONS]
2024 Rigorous Determination of Dipole Orientation in Organic Thin-films using Angle-dependent Photoluminescence - [JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C]
2024 Comparison of Exciton Annihilation Processes in Prototypical Charge-Transfer Molecules - [JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C]
2023 Toward highly efficient deep-blue OLEDs: Tailoring the multiresonance-induced TADF molecules for suppressed excimer formation and near-unity horizontal dipole ratio - [SCIENCE ADVANCES]
2023 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 - [ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS]
Patent
2025 Organometallic complex, light emitting diode, and electronic device - [US patent]
2023 Schottky contact-based light detection device and light detection method using same - [US patent]
Award
2023 Gold Prize, Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Technology Symposium 2023, Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
2022 Universal Display Corporation Pioneering Technology Award, Universal Display Corporation (UDC)
2019 Gold Prize, The 1st Kim Yong-Bae Award, The Korean Information Display Society (KIDS)
