PROFESSOR ALOYSIUS SOON
Professor at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
CONTACT DETAILS
Yonsei University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemun-Gu, 120-749, Seoul, Korea
Phone: +82-2-2123-5839
Fax: +82-2-312-5375
Email: aloysius.soon@yonsei.ac.kr
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ab initio studies of the copper catalyst for industrial processes and energy production.
CODES
- DMol3
- VASP
- WIEN2k
- Quantum-ESPRESSO
PUBLICATIONS, for recent see google scholar
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A.Soon, T. Söhnel, H. Idriss, Plane-wave pseudopotential DFT study of CO adsorption on Cu2O (111) stoichiometric surface, Surf. Sci., 579, 131-140 (2005). [ Reprint download: pdf ]
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S.D. Senanayake, A. Soon, A. Kohlmeyer, T. Söhnel, H. Idriss, Carbon monoxide reaction with UO2(111) single crystal surfaces: a theoretical and experimental study, J. Vac. Sci. & Tech. A, 23(4), 1078 (2005). [ Reprint download: pdf ]
- A. Soon, M. Todorova, B. Delley, and C. Stampfl , Oxygen adsorption and stability of surface oxides on Cu(111): A first-principles investigation, Phys. Rev. B 73, 165424 (2006); selected for the May 15, 2006 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology [ Reprint download: pdf ]
- A. Soon, M. Todorova, B. Delley and C. Stampfl, Thermodynamic stability and structure of copper oxide surfaces: A first-principles investigation, Phys. Rev. B 75 , 125420 (2007); selected for the April 2, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology [ Reprint download: pdf ]
- A. Soon, L. Wong, M. Lee, M. Todorova, B. Delley and C. Stampfl, Nitrogen adsorption and thin surface nitrides on Cu(111) from first-principles, Surf. Sci., 601, 4775 (2007) [ Reprint download: pdf ]
- A. Soon, M. Todorova, B. Delley and C. Stampfl, Surface oxides of the oxygen-copper system: Precursors to the bulk oxide phase?, Surf. Sci., 601, 5809 (2007). [ Reprint download: pdf ]
- A. Das Arulsamy, A. Soon and C. Stampfl, Transport properties of YBa2Cu3O7-δ superconductors and electronic structure of Cu2O surfaces, to appear in YBCO Superconductors Research Advances, NOVA Science Publishers, New York (2008), accepted.
- A. Soon, L. Wong, B. Delley, and C. Stampfl, Morphology of copper particles in a nitrogen atmosphere: A first-principles investigation, Phys. Rev. B 77, 125423 (2008) [ Reprint download: pdf ]
- H. Zhang, A. Soon, B. Delley, and C. Stampfl, Aluminum adsorption on Ir(111) at a quarter monolayer coverage: A first-principles study, Appl. Surf. Sci., 254, 7655 (2008) [ Reprint download: pdf ]
- C. Stampfl, A. Soon, S. Piccinin, H. Q. Shi and H. Zhang, Bridging the temperature and pressure gaps: Close-packed transition metal surfaces in an oxygen environment, J. Phys.: Conden. Matter, 20, 184021 (2008). [ Reprint download: pdf ]
- H. Zhang, A. Soon, B. Delley, and C. Stampfl, Stability, structure and electronic properties of chemisorbed oxygen and thin surface oxides on Ir(111), Phys. Rev. B 78, 045436 (2008) [ Reprint download: pdf ]
- C. Kocer, T. Abe, and A. Soon, The Z-phase in high Cr ferritic steels: a phase stability analysis, submitted
- M. Altarawneh, M. W. Radny, P. V. Smith, J. C. Mackie, E. M. Kennedy, B. Z. Dlugogorski, A. Soon, and C. Stampfl , 2-Chlorophenol Adsorption on Cu2O(110)CuO: A First-Principles Density-Functional Study, J. Chem. Phys. 130, 184505 (2009)
- D.-H. Lim, C. M. Lastoskie, A. Soon, U. Becker, Density-Functional Theory Simulation of Chloroethene Adsorption on Zerovalent Iron, submitted
- A. Soon, X.-Y. Cui, B. Delley, S.-H. Wei, and C. Stampfl, Native defect-induced multifarious magnetism in non-stoichiometric cuprous oxide: A first-principles study of bulk and surface properties of Cu2-δO , Phys. Rev. B, submitted (26 Sep 2008)
- M. Fronzi, A. Soon, B. Delley, E. Traversa, and C. Stampfl, Stability and morphology of cerium oxide surfaces in an oxidizing environment: A first-principles investigation, J. Chem. Phys. 131 104701 (2009)
- K. P. Bohnen, R. Heid, L. Pintschovius, A. Soon and C. Stampfl, Ab initio lattice dynamics and thermal expansion of Cu2O, Phys. Rev. B 80, 134304 (2009)
- M. J. Gladys, I. Kambali, M. A. Karolewski, A. Soon, C. Stampfl, and D. J. O'Connor, Comparison of Hydrogen and Deuterium Adsorption on Pd(100), J. Chem. Phys. 132 024714 (2010)
- X. M. Duan, O. Warschkow, A. Soon, B. Delley, and C. Stampfl, A Density Functional Study of Oxygen on Cu(100) and Cu(110) Surfaces, Phys. Rev. B 81, 075430 (2010)
- M. Altarawneh, M. W. Radny, P. V. Smith, J. C. Mackie, E. M. Kennedy, B. Z. Dlugogorski, A. Soon and C. Stampfl, Adsorption of 2-chlorophenol on Cu2O(111)-CuCUS: A first-principles density functional study, Appl. Surf. Sci. 256, 4764 (2010)
- T. I. Lee, Y.-D. Kim, C. Stampfl, A. Soon, and J. M. Myoung, Playing with Dimensions; Rational Design for Hetero-epitaxial p-n Junction, Nano Letters 12, 68 (2012)
- R.-Q. Zhang, C.-E. Kim, B. Delley, C. Stampfl, and A. Soon, A first-principles study of ultrathin nanofilms of MgO-supported TiN, Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys. 14, 2462 (2012)
- C. Li, J. Wallman, B. Delley, C. Stampfl, and A. Soon, A first-principles survey of early transition metal dopants in 4 cuprous oxide, Cu2O, submitted to Phys. Rev. B
- X. Y. Cui, A. Soon, A. E. Phillips, R. K. Zheng, Z. W. Liu, B. Delley, S. P. Ringer, and C. Stampfl, First principles study of 3d transition metal doped Cu3N, J. Magnet. Magn. Mater. 324, 3138 (2012)
- R. Q. Zhang, T. H. Lee, B.-D Yu, C. Stampfl, and A. Soon, The role of titanium nitride supports for single-atom platinum-based catalysts in fuel cell technology, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14, 16552 (2012)
- T. Lee, B. Delley, C. Stampfl, and A. Soon, Environment-dependent nanomorphology of TiN: Influence of surface vacancies, Nanoscale, 4 5183 (2012)