Research Interests

• Ion beam implantation, modification, and analysis of materials
• X-ray, electron beam imaging and analysis
• Process-structure-property correlations of films and nanostructured materials
• Materials for NIF targets

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2009

M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2006

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 2003

1. S. J. Shin, L. B. Bayu Aji, A. M. Engwall, J. H. Bae, A. A. Baker, J. D. Moody, S. O. Kucheyev, “Reactive co-sputtering of ternary Au-Ta-O film with tunable electrical resistivity”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 121, 141903 (2022).

2. A. B. Zylstra, et al. “Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion”, Nature, 601, 542 (2022).

3. S. J. Shin, L. B. Bayu Aji, J. H. Bae, A. M. Engwall, M. H. Nielsen, J. A. Hammons, X. B. Zuo, B. Lee, X. Lepro, P. B. Mirkarimi, S. O. Kucheyev, “Oblique angle deposition of boron carbide films by magnetron sputtering”, J. Appl. Phys., 130, 125305 (2021).

4. S. J. Shin, B. J. Kozioziemski, “Materials and morphology study for templated hydrogen solidification”, Fusion Sci. Technol., 73, 298-304 (2018).

5. S. J. Shin, J. R. I. Lee, T. van Buuren, K. C. Chen, K. A. Moreno, H. Huang, D. E. Hoover, A. Nikroo, A. V. Hamza, S. O. Kucheyev, “Ion implantation doping of inertial confinement fusion targets”, Fusion Sci. Technol., 73, 467-473 (2018).

6. M. A. Worsley, S. J. Shin, M. D. Merrill, J. Lenhardt, A. J. Nelson, L. Y. Woo, A. E. Gash, T. F. Baumann, C. A. Orme, “Ultralow density, monolithic WS₂, MoS₂, and MoS₂/graphene aerogels”, ACS Nano, 9, 4698-4705 (2015).

7. S. J. Shin, I. C. Tran, T. M. Willey, T. van Buuren, J. Ilavsky, M. M. Biener, M. A. Worsley, A. V. Hamza, S. O. Kucheyev, “Robust nanoporous alumina monoliths by atomic layer deposition on low-density carbon-nanotube scaffolds”, Carbon, 73, 443-447 (2014).

8. S. J. Shin, S. O. Kucheyev, M. A. Worsley, A. V. Hamza, “Mechanical deformation of carbon-nanotube-based aerogels”, Carbon 50, 5340-5350 (2012).

9. S. J. Shin, S. O. Kucheyev, C. A. Orme, K. P. Youngblood, A. Nikroo, K. A. Moreno, B. Chen, A. V. Hamza, “Xenon doping of glow discharge polymer by ion implantation”, J. Appl. Phys. 111, 096101 (2012).

10. S. J. Shin, J. Guzman, C. W. Yuan, C. Y. Liao, C. N. Boswell-Koller, P. R. Stone, O. D. Dubon, A. M. Minor, M. Watanabe, J. W. Beeman, K. M. Yu, J. W. Ager III, D. C. Chrzan, E. E. Haller, “Embedded binary eutectic alloy nanostructures: a new class of phase change materials”, Nano Lett. 10, 2794-2798 (2010).

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• LLNL Director’s Science & Technology Award, 2013, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023.

• Department of Energy Secretary’s Achievement Award, 2021, 2022.

• NNSA Defense Programs Award of Excellence, 2021, 2022.

• PLS Directorate Excellence in Publication Award, 2014, 2022, 2023.

• NSF IGERT Fellowship in Nanoscale Science and Engineering, 2004-2007.

• Duk-Myung Academic Foundation Scholarship for Academic Excellence, 2001-2002.