Li-Ming Wu, Renu Sharma, Dong-Kyun Seo, “Metathetical Conversion of Nd2O3 Nanoparticles into NdS2 Polysulfide Nanoparticles at Low Temperatures Using Boron Sulfides” Inorg. Chem. 2003, 42, 5798-5800. Li-Ming Wu, Dong-Kyun Seo, “New Solid-Gas Metathetical Synthesis of Binary Metal Polysulfides and Sulfides at Intermediate Temperatures: Utilization of Boron Sulfides” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 4676-4681. Li-Ming Wu, Dong-Kyun Seo, “Mn14Al56+xGe3-x (x = 0 – 0.6): A New Intermetallic Phase Containing Unprecedented “Half-Broken” Mackay Icosahedra as Building Units” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 4398-4403. Nora Iancu, Renu Sharma, Dong-Kyun Seo, “New Facile Low-Temperature Synthetic Method for Size-Controlled CdSe Nanocrystals: Utilization of Boron Selenide in Amine Solution”, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2298-2299. Yoon-Kyoung Han, Dong-Kyun Seo, Haeyong Kang, Woun Kang, and Dong-Youn Noh “New 1:3 Type Nickel-bisdithiolene Salt, (FcCHCHPymCH3)[Ni(dmit)2]3 (dmit: 2-Thioxo-1,3-dithiole-4,5-dithiolate): Its Electrocrystallization, Crystal Structure, Electrical Properties and Electronic Band Structure Analysis”, Inorg. Chem. 2004, 43, 7294-7300. Sang-Hwan Kim, Dong-Kyun Seo, Reinhard K. Kremer, Jürgen Köhler, Antoine Villesuzanne, Myung-Hwan Whangbo, “Observation of Unusual Hysteretic Magnetic Properties of the Rare Earth Intermetallic Compound PrMnSi2: Magnetic Susceptibility, Magnetization, Heat Capacity, and Electronic Band Structure Studies,” Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 3711. Qiangbin Wang, Nora Iancu, Dong-Kyun Seo, “Preparation of Large Transparent Silica Monoliths with Embedded Photoluminescent CdSe@ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dots,” Chem. Mater. (Communication) 2005, I17, 4762. Sang-Hwan Kim, Dong-Kyun Seo, Reinhard K. Kremer, Jürgen Köhler, Antoine Villesuzanne, Myung-Hwan Whangbo “Complex Behavior of Large Magnetoresistance in the Naturally-Multilayered Rare-Earth Transition-Metal Intermetallic Compound, PrMnSi2” Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 6338. Li-Ming Wu, Sang-Hwan Kim, and Dong-Kyun Seo, “Electron-Precise/Deficient Ln5-xCaxGe4 (x = 3.37, 3.66, 3.82 for Ln = La; x = 3.00, 3.20, 3.26 for Ce): Probing Low Valence Electron Concentrations in Metal-Rich Gd5Si4-Type Germanides” J. Am. Chem. Soc. (Communication) 2005, 127, 15692. Dong-Kyun Seo, Li-Ming Wu, Sang-Hwan Kim, “Understanding Structure-Formation Factors and Theory-Guided Exploration of Structure-Property Relationships in Intermetallics” Inorganic Chemistry in Focus III, Gerd Meyer; Dieter Naumann; Lars Wesemann Eds.; Wiley, New York, 2006. Qiangbin Wang, Dong-Kyun Seo, “Optical properties of deep-red-emitting CdSe quantum dots and general non-inverse-square behavior of quantum confinement on CdSe quantum dots” Chem. Mater. 2006, ASAP article. Dong-Kyun Seo, “Density Functional Perturbational Orbital Theory of Spin Polarization in Electronic Systems: I. Formalism” J. Chem. Phys. 2006, 126, 154105. Patents (since joining ASU): PCT Int. Application: Preparation of Metal chalcogenides from Reactions of Metal compounds and Chalcogen, 2004. No. WO 2004073021 Recent Publications