AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Dr. Lee is active in the computational nanotechnology and the molecular theories of statistical mechanics. He is currently studying the behavior of fluids in nanostructured materials such as starburst dendrimers, aerogels, and carbon nanotubes. Topics range from molecular recognition, Kapitza thermal resistance in nanotube composites, slip boundary flow due to hydrophobic interfaces in nanofluidics. He contributes to the understanding of the physics and chemistry of the fluid-state of matter: in bulk, in pores, and in mixtures. His self-consistency formulation of the liquid structure theory empowers the integral equations to achieve accuracies on a par with molecular simulations. Practical applications are made for supercritical fluids (molecular clustering, adsorptive gas separation), electrolyte solutions (acid gas treating and absorption refrigeration), gas adsorption in nanoporous materials (structural and phase changes in nanopores). He developed the Continuum Rational Calculus that enables the integration in the space of functionals (Feynman path integrals). He is the author of over a hundred scientific papers and a book on molecular thermodynamics.