Sungmin Choi
Sungmin Choi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the Korea Advnaced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon Korea.
Career History/Education:
- Korea Advnaced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon Korea
Department of Nuclear Engineering
Assistant Professor, 2001 - Current- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD USA
NIST Center for Neutron Research
Guest Researcher, 1998- 2001
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA- Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering, September 1998.
Thesis Research : Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Study of the Interfacial Curvatures and the Phase Behavior in Bicontinuous Microemulsions.- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
M.S. Department of Nuclear Engineering, February 1996.
Thesis : Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy Using Strong Field Gradients and Constant Time Imaging.- M.S. Seoul National University Seoul, Korea
Department of Nuclear Engineering, February 1990.- B.S. Seoul National University Seoul, Korea
Department of Nuclear Engineering, February 1988.Research Interests:
- Neutron Optics Development
- Complex Fluids, Nano-Particles and Ordered Nano-Structures
- Magnetism and Vortex Matter in Superconductors
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
Selected Publications:
- X.S. Ling, S. R. Park, B.A. McClain, S. M. Choi, D.C. Dender and J. W. Lynn, "Superheating and Supercooling of Vortex Matter in a Nb Single Crystal : Direct Evidence for a Phase Transition at the Peak Effect from Neutron Diffraction" Physical Review Letters, 86, 712-715 (2001).
- S.-M. Choi, J. W. Lynn, D. Lopez, P. L. Gammel, P. C. Canfield and S. L. Bud'ko, "Direct Observation of Spontaneous Weak-Ferromagnetism in the Superconductor ErNi2B2C", Physical Review Letters (submitted)
- S. -M. Choi, J. G. Barker, C. J. Glinka, Y. T. Cheng, and P. L. Gammel, "Focusing Cold neutrons with Multiple Biconcave Lenses for Small-Angle Neutron Scattering", Journal of Applied Crystallography 33, 792-796 (2000)
- P. LoNostro, S. -M. Choi, C. Y. Ku, S. H. Chen,"Fluorinated microemulsions: A study of the phase behavior and structure" Journal of Physical Chemistry B 103 : (25), 5347-5352 (1999)
- S.-H. Chen and S.-M. Choi, "Mesoscopic scale structures in self-organized surfactant solutions determined by small angle neutron scattering,'' Supramolecular Science 5: (3-4), 197-206, (1998)
- S. -M. Choi and S. H. Chen, "The relationship between the interfacial curvatures and phase behavior in bicontinuous microemulsions-a SANS study,'' Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science 106, 14-23 (1997)
- Sungmin Choi, Xiao-Wu Tang, and D. G. Cory. "Constant Time Imaging Approaches to NMR Microscopy,'' The International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, 8, 263-276 (1997)
Other Interests:
- Tennis
Contact Information:
- Sung-Min Choi
Assistant Professor
Department of Nuclear Engineering
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
373-1 Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu
Taejon 305-701, South Korea- 82-42-869-3822 (office), 82-42-869-3810 (fax)
- sungmin@kaist.ac.kr
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