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Sunghee Kim

Seoul National University · Engineering

About the Lab

Professor Sunghee Kim's research lab specializes in bioinorganic chemistry, focusing on the synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of copper-based oxygen intermediates relevant to biological and catalytic oxidation processes. The lab investigates key reactive species such as Cu(II)-hydroperoxo and Cu(II)-superoxide complexes, emphasizing their role in oxidative transformations and enzyme mimics, particularly in relation to copper monooxygenases. Using advanced spectroscopic techniques like UV-vis and resonance Raman, the group explores the electronic structures and reactivity patterns of these species, with applications in understanding biological oxidation mechanisms and designing functional catalysts. The lab also extends its work into health-related education research, particularly on infection control training and e-health literacy among nursing students.

copper-oxygen intermediatesbioinorganic chemistryoxidation mechanismsspectroscopic characterizatione-health literacy

Research Overview

Papers
414
Total Citations
4,139
Papers (5y)
29
Primary Field
Engineering

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
29total
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Citations per year (5y)
88total
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Selected Papers

15
1
Article|117 citations·2015
Amine Oxidative N-Dealkylation via Cupric Hydroperoxide Cu-OOH Homolytic Cleavage Followed by Site-Specific Fenton Chemistry
Sunghee Kim, Jake W. Ginsbach, Jung Yoon Lee, Ryan L. Peterson, Jeffrey J. Liu, Maxime A. Siegler, Amy A. Sarjeant, Edward I. Solomon, Kenneth D. Karlin
SJR Q1FWCI 5.2Journal of the American Chemical Society

Copper(II) hydroperoxide species are significant intermediates in processes such as fuel cells and (bio)chemical oxidations, all involving stepwise reduction of molecular oxygen. We previously reported a Cu(II)-OOH species that performs oxidative N-dealkylation on a dibenzylamino group that is appended to the 6-position of a pyridyl donor of a tripodal tetradentate ligand. To obtain insights into the mechanism of this process, reaction kinetics and products were determined employing ligand subst

Inorganic ChemistryChemistry
2
Article|83 citations·2020
Effects of Infection Control Education for Nursing Students Using Standardized Patients vs. Peer Role-Play
Eun-Young Kim, Sang Suk Kim, Sunghee Kim, Sunghee Kim, Sunghee Kim
SJR Q2FWCI 5.2International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthOA

This study was conducted to identify and compare the effects of two education programs for infection control-a simulation using standardized patients and a peer role-play-on standard precaution knowledge, standard precaution awareness, infection-related anxiety, and infection control performance. This study used a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. A total of 62 undergraduate nursing students in their 3rd year participated in the study, and were assigned to the experimental and

PhysiologyMedicine
3
Article|80 citations·2012
Coordination Chemistry and Reactivity of a Cupric Hydroperoxide Species Featuring a Proximal H-Bonding Substituent
Sunghee Kim, Claudio Saracini, Maxime A. Siegler, Natalia Drichko, Kenneth D. Karlin
SJR Q1FWCI 3.5Inorganic Chemistry

At -90 °C in acetone, a stable hydroperoxo complex [(BA)Cu(II)OOH](+) (2) (BA, a tetradentate N(4) ligand possessing a pendant -N(H)CH(2)C(6)H(5) group) is generated by reacting [(BA)Cu(II)(CH(3)COCH(3))](2+) with only 1 equiv of H(2)O(2)/Et(3)N. The exceptional stability of 2 is ascribed to internal H-bonding. Species 2 is also generated in a manner not previously known in copper chemistry, by adding 1.5 equiv of H(2)O(2) (no base) to the cuprous complex [(BA)Cu(I)](+). The broad implications f

Inorganic ChemistryChemistry
4
Article|76 citations·2015
A N<sub>3</sub>S<sub>(thioether)</sub>-Ligated Cu<sup>II</sup>-Superoxo with Enhanced Reactivity
Sunghee Kim, Jung Yoon Lee, Ryan E. Cowley, Jake W. Ginsbach, Maxime A. Siegler, Edward I. Solomon, Kenneth D. Karlin
SJR Q1FWCI 4.3Journal of the American Chemical Society

Previous efforts to synthesize a cupric superoxide complex possessing a thioether donor have resulted in the formation of an end-on trans-peroxo-dicopper(II) species, [{(Ligand)Cu(II)}2(μ-1,2-O2(2-))](2+). Redesign/modification of previous N3S tetradentate ligands has now allowed for the stabilization of the monomeric, superoxide product possessing a S(thioether) ligation, [((DMA)N3S)Cu(II)(O2(•-))](+) (2(S)), as characterized by UV-vis and resonance Raman spectroscopies. This complex mimics the

Inorganic ChemistryChemistry
5
Article|62 citations·2021
The Relationship between E-Health Literacy and Health-Promoting Behaviors in Nursing Students: A Multiple Mediation Model
Sunghee Kim, Jihyun Oh
SJR Q2FWCI 11.6International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthOA

The availability of a wide range of online health-related information on the internet has made it an increasingly popular source of health information, particularly for people in their 20s. This study aimed to explore possible multistep and indirect pathways of association between e-health literacy and health-promoting behaviors through social media use for health information, online health information-seeking behaviors, and self-care agency among nursing students. The study included 558 nursing

General Health ProfessionsHealth Professions
6
Article|46 citations·2003
Use of surface free energy properties to predict moisture damage potential of Asphalt concrete mixture in cyclic loading condition
Sunghee Kim, Jin-Hoon Jeong, Nakseok Kim
SJR Q2KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering
Civil and Structural EngineeringEngineering
7
Article|42 citations·2015
Effects of nursing process-based simulation for maternal child emergency nursing care on knowledge, attitude, and skills in clinical nurses
Sunghee Kim, Gisoo Shin
SJR Q1FWCI 0.9Nurse Education Today
PhysiologyMedicine
8
Article|41 citations·2020
Depression, Loneliness, Social Support, Activities of Daily Living, and Life Satisfaction in Older Adults at High-Risk of Dementia
Sunghee Kim, Kwisoon Choe, Kyoungsook Lee
SJR Q2FWCI 3.5International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthOA

As the number of older adults with dementia increases, early diagnosis and intervention are crucially important. The purpose of this study was to conduct dementia screening on older adults to determine whether there are differences in depression, loneliness, social support, daily activities of living, and life satisfaction between older adults at high-risk for dementia compared with low-risk older adults. We hypothesized a negative relationship between high-risk older adults and these factors. T

Psychiatry and Mental healthMedicine
9
Article|39 citations·2020
Comparison of Learning Effects of Virtual Reality Simulation on Nursing Students Caring for Children with Asthma
Kyung‐Ah Kang, Shin‐Jeong Kim, Shin‐Jeong Kim, Myung‐Nam Lee, Mikang Kim, Sunghee Kim, Sunghee Kim
SJR Q2FWCI 3.1International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthOA

With the global pandemic of the coronavirus disease, virtual reality simulation (vSim) has emerged as a simulation educational method. The purpose of this study is to examine the learning effects of vSim by comparing three different educational modalities of nursing care for children with asthma. A quasi-experimental design with three different teaching methods, vSim, high-fidelity simulation (HFS), and vSim with HFS, were used in the study. The group using vSim with HFS showed the highest score

PhysiologyMedicine
10
Article|34 citations·2014
Tuning of the Copper–Thioether Bond in Tetradentate N<sub>3</sub>S<sub>(thioether)</sub> Ligands; O–O Bond Reductive Cleavage via a [Cu<sup>II</sup><sub>2</sub>(μ-1,2-peroxo)]<sup>2+</sup>/[Cu<sup>III</sup><sub>2</sub>(μ-oxo)<sub>2</sub>]<sup>2+</sup> Equilibrium
Sunghee Kim, Jake W. Ginsbach, A. Imtiaz Billah, Maxime A. Siegler, Cathy D. Moore, Edward I. Solomon, Kenneth D. Karlin
SJR Q1FWCI 1.5Journal of the American Chemical SocietyOA

Current interest in copper/dioxygen reactivity includes the influence of thioether sulfur ligation, as it concerns the formation, structures, and properties of derived copper-dioxygen complexes. Here, we report on the chemistry of {L-Cu(I)}2-(O2) species L = (DMM)ESE, (DMM)ESP, and (DMM)ESDP, which are N3S(thioether)-based ligands varied in the nature of a substituent on the S atom, along with a related N3O(ether) (EOE) ligand. Cu(I) and Cu(II) complexes have been synthesized and crystallographi

Inorganic ChemistryChemistry
11
Article|32 citations·2016
Achieving Reversible Sensing of Nitroxyl by Tuning the Ligand Environment of Azamacrocyclic Copper(II) Complexes
Sunghee Kim, Mikael A. Minier, Andrei Loas, Jonathan Becker, Fang Wang, Stephen J. Lippard
SJR Q1FWCI 5.0Journal of the American Chemical Society

To elucidate the factors that impart selectivity for nitroxyl (HNO) over nitric oxide (NO), thiols, and H2S in metal-based fluorescent probes, we investigated five Cu(II)-cyclam (14-N4) derivatives. Upon exposure to NO gas at pH 7, no changes occur in the UV-vis spectra of any of the complexes. Addition of Angeli's salt to generate HNO promotes reduction of Cu(II) only in the case of [Cu(II)(14-N4-Ts)(OTf)2], which has the most positive reduction potential of the series. To gain insight into the

SpectroscopyChemistry
12
Article|31 citations·2017
Debriefing Practices in Simulation-Based Nursing Education in South Korea
Mikang Kim, Sunghee Kim
SJR Q1FWCI 1.7Clinical Simulation in Nursing
PhysiologyMedicine
13
Article|26 citations·2019
Comparing the learning effects of debriefing modalities for the care of premature infants
Myung‐Nam Lee, Shin‐Jeong Kim, Shin‐Jeong Kim, Kyung‐Ah Kang, Sunghee Kim, Sunghee Kim
SJR Q2FWCI 0.7Nursing and Health Sciences

The aim of this study was to compare the learning effects of debriefing methods used in the simulation of prematurity care by measuring: (i) academic self-efficacy; (ii) confidence in performance; (iii) self-assessed communication skills; and (iv) satisfaction. We employed a quasi-experimental design with three experimental groups that experienced instructor-directed, self-directed, and video-assisted, self-directed debriefing, respectively. Participants were 146 senior nursing students from thr

PhysiologyMedicine
14
Article|24 citations·2014
Availability analysis of subsea blowout preventer using Markov model considering demand rate
Sunghee Kim, Soyeon Chung, YoungSoon Yang
SJR Q1FWCI 0.6International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean EngineeringOA

Availabilities of subsea Blowout Preventers (BOP) in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (GoM OCS) is investigated using a Markov method. An updated β factor model by SINTEF is used for common-cause failures in multiple redundant systems. Coefficient values of failure rates for the Markov model are derived using the β factor model of the PDS (reliability of computer-based safety systems, Norwegian acronym) method. The blind shear ram preventer system of the subsea BOP components considers

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyDecision Sciences
15
Article|24 citations·2005
Simple Methods to Estimate Inherent and Stress-Induced Anisotropy of Aggregate Base
Sunghee Kim, Dallas N. Little, Eyad Masad
SJR Q2FWCI 6.1Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Simple methods to estimate cross-anisotropic properties of unbound aggregate assemblies on the basis of aggregate physical properties are presented. A regression model for the cross-anisotropic material properties was developed from a database consisting of aggregates from six sources. Aggregate specimens from each source were tested with the use of different gradations and compaction moisture contents. The results demonstrate that aggregate shape and gradation influence the level of anisotropy,

Civil and Structural EngineeringEngineering

Research Areas

Aerospace EngineeringSociology and Political SciencePhysiologyCivil and Structural EngineeringInformation SystemsGeneral Health Professions

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