Publications
31. Kim, M.†; McCaan, J.J.†; Fortner, J.; Randall, E.; Chen, C.; Chen, Y.; Yaari, Z.; Wang, Y.; Koder, R.L.; Heller, D.A. Quantum Defect Sensitization via Phase-Changing Supercharged Antibody Fragments. 2024 J. Am. Chem. Soc. Link
30. Wu, X.; Kim, M.; Wang, L.J., Veetil, A.K.; Wang, Y. Programming sp3 Quantum Defects along Carbon Nanotubes with Halogenated DNA. 2024 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 8826–8831. Link
29. Kim, M.†; Goerzen, D.†; Jena, P.V.; Zeng, E.; Pasquali, M.; Meidl, R.A.; Heller, D.A. Human and Environmental Safety of Carbon Nanotubes Across Their Life Cycle 2024 Nat. Rev. Mater. 9, 63–81. (†equal contribution) Link
Before Joining Georgia Tech
28. Islam, J.; Conroy, P.; Fercher, C.; Kim, M.; Yaari, A, Z.; Jones, M.; Bell, T.; Caradoc-Davies, T.; Law, R.; Whisstock, J.; Heller, D.A.; Mahler, S.; Corrie, S. Design of Polarity-Dependent Immunosensors Based on Structural Analysis of Engineered Antibodies 2023 ACS Chem. Biol. 18, 1863–1871. Link
27. Mc Larney, B.E.; Kim, M.†; Roberts, S.†; Skubal, M.†; Tsu, H.T.; Ogirala, A.; Pillarsetty, N.V.K.; Heller, D.A.; Lewis, J.; Grimm, J. Ambient Light Resistant Shortwave Infrared Fluorescence Imaging for Preclinical Tumor Delineation via the pH Low-Insertion Peptide Conjugated to Indocyanine Green 2023 J. Nucl. Med. (†equal contribution) Link
26. Kim, M.†; Chen, C.†; Yaari, Z.; Frederiksen, R.; Randall, E.; Cupo, C.; Wu, X.; Shah, J.; Worroll, D; Lagenbacher, R.; Goerzen, D.; Li, Y.; An, H.; Wang, Y.; Heller, D.A. Nanosensor-Based Monitoring of Autophagy-Associated Lysosomal Acidification In Vivo 2023 Nat. Chem. Biol. (Featured in Nat. Chem. Biol. News & Views, †equal contribution) Link
25. Kim, M.; Panagiotakopoulou, M.; Chen, C.; Tamela, T.; Heller, D.A. Micro-Engineering and Nano-Engineering Approaches to Investigate Tumour Ecosystems 2023 Nat. Rev. Cancer 28, 581–599 (Featured as a journal cover). Link
24. Lagenbacher, L.; Horoszko, C.; Kim, M.; Heller, D.A. Hematoxylin Nuclear Stain Reports Oxidative Stress Via Near-Infrared Emission 2023 ACS Chem. Biol. 18, 1237–1245. Link
23. Kim, M.; Chen, C.; Wang, P.; Mulvey, J.; Yang, Y.; Wun, C.; Antman-Passig, M.; Luo, H.; Cho, S.; Long-Roche, K.; Ramanathan, L. V.; Jagota, A.; Zheng, M.; Wang, Y.; Heller, D. A. Detection of Ovarian Cancer Via the Spectral Fingerprinting of Quantum-Defect-Modified Carbon Nanotubes in Serum by Machine Learning 2022 Nat. Biomed. Eng. 6, 267–275 (Featured as a journal cover). Link
22. Qu, H.; Wu, X.; Fortner, J.; Kim, M.; Wang, P.; Wang, Y. Reconfiguring Organic Color Centers on the sp2 Carbon Lattice of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. 2022 ACS Nano 16, 2077–2087. Link
21. Xu, B.; Wu, X.; Kim, M.; Wang, P.; Wang, Y. Electroluminescence from 4-Nitroaryl Organic Color Centers in Semiconducting Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes. 2021 J. Appl. Phys. 129, 044305. Link
20. Huang, Z.; Powell, L.R.; Wu, X.; Kim, M.; Qu, H.; Wang, P.; Fortner, JL.; Xu, B.; Ng, A.; Wang, Y. Photolithographic Patterning of Organic Color‐Centers. 2020 Adv. Mater. 32, 1906517. Link
19. Mandal, A.K.; Wu, X.; Ferreira, J.S.; Kim, M.; Powell, L.R.; Kwon, H.; Groc, L.; Wang, Y.; Cognet, L. Fluorescent sp3 Defect-Tailored Carbon Nanotubes Enable NIR-II Single Particle Imaging in Live Brain Slices at Ultra-Low Excitation Doses. 2020 Sci. Rep. 10, 1–9. Link
18. Kim, Y.; Goupalov, SV.; Weight, BM.; Gifford, BJ.; He, X.; Saha, A.; Kim, M.; Ao, G.; Wang, Y.; Zheng, M.; Tretiak, S.; Doorn, S. K.; Htoon, H. Hidden Fine Structure of Quantum Defects Revealed by Single Carbon Nanotube Magneto-Photoluminescence. 2020 ACS Nano. 14, 3451–3460. Link
17. Kwon, H.†; Kim, M.†; Hartmann, N. F.; Meany, B.; Clark, C.; Doorn, S. K.; Högele, A.; Wang, Y. Probing Trions at Chemically Tailored Trapping Defects. 2019 ACS Cent. Sci., 5, 1786–1794 (†equal contribution) Link
16. Sykes, M. E.; Kim, M.; Wu, X.; Wiederrecht, G. P.; Peng, L.; Wang, Y.; Gosztola, D. J.; Ma, X. Ultrafast Exciton Trapping at sp3 Quantum Defects in Carbon Nanotubes 2019 ACS Nano 13, 13264–13270. Link
15. Nutz, M.; Zhang, J.; Kim, M.; Kwon, H.; Wu, X.; Wang, Y.; Högele, A. Photon Correlation Spectroscopy of Luminescent Quantum Defects in Carbon Nanotubes. 2019 Nano Lett. 19, 7078–7084 Link
14. Wu, X.; Kim, M.; Qu, H. Wang, Y. Single-Defect Spectroscopy in the Shortwave Infrared. Nat. Commun. 2019 10, 2672. Link
13. Brozena, A.H.; Kim, M.; Powell, L. R.; Wang, Y. Controlling the Optical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes with Organic Colour-Center Quantum Defects. Nat. Rev. Chem. 2019 3, 375–392. Link
12. Li, Y.; Wu, X.; Kim, M.; Fortner, J.; Qu, H.; Wang, Y. Fluorescent Ultrashort Nanotubes from Defect-Induced Chemical Cutting. Chem. Mater. 2019 31, 4536-4544. Link
11. Gifford, B.J.; He, X.; Kim, M.; Kwon, H.; Saha, A.; Sifain, A.; Wang, Y.; Htoon, H.; Kilina, S.; Doorn, S. K.; Tretiak, S. Optical Effects of Divalent Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes. Chem. Mater. 2019 31, 6950–6961. Link
10. Kim, M.; Wu, X.; Ao, G.; He, X.; Kwon, H.; Hartmann, N. H.; Zheng, M.; Doorn, S. K.; Wang, Y. Mapping Structure-Property Relationships in Organic Color Centers. Chem 2018, 4, 1–12. Link
9. Danné, N; Kim, M.; Godin, A. G.; Kwon, H.; Gao, Z.; Wu, X.; Hartmann, N.; Doorn, S. K.; Lounis, B.; Wang, Y.; Cognet, L., Ultrashort Carbon Nanotubes that Fluoresce Brightly in the Near-Infrared. ACS Nano 2018, 12, 6059–6065. Link
8. Wu, X.†; Kim, M.†; Kwon, H.; Wang, Y. Light-Activated Synthesis of Aryl Fluorescent Quantum Defects in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 648–653 (†equal contribution, Highlighted as a frontispiece) Link
7. Wang, P.†; Kim, M.†; Peng, Z.; Sun, C.F.; Mok, J.; Lieberman, A.; Wang, Y., Nondestructive Dispersion of Full-Length Carbon Nanotubes in Water. ACS Nano 2017, 11, 9231–9238 (†equal contribution) Link
6. Powell, L.; Kim, M.; Wang, Y., Chirality-selective Functionalization of Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes with a Conformation Switchable Molecule. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 12533–12540 (Cover Art, featured in JACS Spotlights). Link
5. Klos, J.†; Kim, M.†; Millard, A. H.; Wang, Y., Chemical Control and Spectral Fingerprints of Electronic Coupling in Carbon Nanostructures, J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 29476–29483 (†equal contribution) Link
4. Hartmann, N.; Velizhanin, K.; Haroz, H. E.; Kim, M.; Ma, X.; Wang, Y.; Htoon, H.; Doorn, S. K., Photoluminescence Dynamics of Aryl Functionalized sp3 Defects in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Nano 2016, 10, 8355–8365. Link
3. Kwon, H.; Furmanchuk, A.; Kim, M.; Meany, B.; Guo, Y.; Schatz, G; Wang, Y., Molecularly Tunable Fluorescent Quantum Defects. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016 138, 6878–6885 (featured in JACS Spotlights). Link
2. Kim, M.; Adamska, L.; Hartmann, N.; Kwon, H.; Liu, J.; Velizhanin, K.; Piao, Y.; Powell, L.; Meany, B.; Doorn, S.; Tretiak, S.; Wang, Y., Fluorescent Carbon Nanotube Defects Manifest Substantial Vibronic Reorganization. J. Phys. Chem. C 2016 120, 11268–11276. Link
1. Kwon, H.†; Kim, M.†; Meany, B.; Piao, Y.; Powell, L. R.; Wang, Y., Optical Probing of Local pH and Temperature in Complex Fluids with Covalently Functionalized, Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes. J. Phys. Chem. C 2015 119, 3733–3739. (†equal contribution) Link