Kenneth Taesung Park
Associate Professor of Physics
BSB E321, (254) 710 - 2282
Kenneth_Park@baylor.edu
Dr. Park's home page
Education
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Ph.D. | Physics | University of Rochester | 1993
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M.A. | Physics | University of Rochester | 1990
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B.A. | Physics | Univ. of California, Berkeley | 1988
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Research Interests
Experimental Solid State Physics
 • Surface defects & nanoparticles on TiO2
• Alkali metal adsorbed on MoS2: Electron donor-acceptor complex
• Metal-organic interface: Thin films of metallo-phthalocyanine (MPc, M = Cu, Ni, Co, and Fe)
Courses Taught
PHY 1408 - General Physics for Natural and Behavioral Sciences
PHY 1409 - General Physics for Natural and Behavioral Sciences II
PHY 1425 - General Physics
PHY 4372 - Introduction to Solid State Physics
PHY 5340 - Statistical Mechanics
PHY 5360 - Mathematical Physics I
PHY 5361 - Mathematical Physics II
PHY 5372 - Solid State Physics
PHY 5180 - Graduate Physics Colloquium
PHY 5V95 - Graduate Research
PHY 5V99 - Thesis
PHY 6V99 - Dissertation
Current Graduate Students
Nan-Hsin "Nancy" Yu
Ke "Zack" Zhu
Past Graduate Students Advised with Thesis/Dissertation (Degree Year, Last Known Affiliation)
Kedar Manandhar (Ph.D. 2007, U. of Wyoming, WY)
Aroshan Jayasinghe (M.S. 2006, Vanderbilt U., TN)
Trinity Ellis (Ph.D. 2005, Intel Inc. at Hillsboro, OR)
Jie (Jay) Kong (Ph.D. 2000, CASPER, Baylor U.)
Recent Publications
Nanoclusters of of TiO2 Wetted with Gold
with V. Meunier, M. Pan, W. A. Shelton, N.-H. Yu, and E. W. Plummer, Surf. Sci. 603, 3131 (2009). A reprint available at ScienceDirect or Send a request to Kenneth_Park@baylor.edu
Heteroepitaxial Thin film of Iron Phthalocyanine on Ag(111)
with K. Manandhar, S. Ma, and J. Hrbek, Surf. Sci. 603, 636 (2009).
A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study on the Effect of Post-Deposition Annealing of Copper Phthalocyanine Thin Films
with K. Manandhar, T. Ellis, Z. Song, T. Cai, and J. Hrbek, Surf. Sci. 601, 3623, 2007.
Re-oxidation of TiO2(110) via Ti interstitials and Line Defects
with M. Pan, V. Meunier, and E.W. Plummer, Phys. Rev. B 75, 245415, 2007.
Surface Reconstructions of TiO2(110) Driven by Sub-Oxides
with M. Pan, V. Meunier, and E.W. Plummer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 226105, 2006.
Interactions of Metallo-Phthalocyanine (MPc, M = Co, Ni) on Au(001): A Ultraviolet Photoemission Spectroscopy and Low Energy Electron Diffraction Study
with Trinity Ellis, Marc Ulrich, Steve L. Hulbert, and Jack E. Rowe, J. Appl. Phys. 100, 093515, 2006.
Surface Defect-mediated Reactivity of Au/TiO2(110)
with M. Pan, V. Meunier, W. Shelton, S. Kalinin, A.P. Baddorf, and E.W. Plummer in Nanoporous and Nanostructured Materials for Catalysis, Sensor, and Gas Separation Applications, edited by S.W. Lu, H. Hahn, J. Weissmuller, and J.L. Gole (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 876E, Warrendale, PA, 2005).
The Influence of Substrate Temperature on Epitaxial Copper Phthalocyanines Studied by Photoemission Spectroscopy
with Trinity Ellis, Steve L. Hulbert, Marc Ulrich, and Jack E. Rowe, J. Appl. Phys. 95, 982, 2004.
Recent External Grants and Contracts
"Role of sub-stoichiometric defects in the formation of nanoparticles," Kenneth T. Park, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, user access to Scanning Tunneling Microscopy facility; December, 2006 till December, 2007
"Heteroepitaxial Thin Films of Organic Molecules Studied by Angle-Resolved Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy," Kenneth T. Park, Brookhaven National Laboratory - National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS), Proposal # 4785, 28 days of beam time; May 1, 2002 till April 30, 2004
ACS-PRF Summer Research Fellowship, Kenneth T. Park; a Supplementary Grant to PRF# 36245-G5; June 1, 2002 till August 2, 2002
"Experimental and Theoretical Study of Electron Donor-Acceptor Surface Complexes", Kenneth T. Park, American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund, PRF# 36245-G5; September 1, 2001 till August 31, 2004
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