HD Hyundai Heavy Industries announced the world’s first application of a damping material made from graphene, often referred to as a dream material, on warships on Dec. 6.The damping material for warships, similar to a coating, is applied to the lower engine deck and the upper structure of the prope
Samsung Electronics has begun developing an advanced extreme ultraviolet (EUV) pellicle to narrow its market share gap with foundry rival TSMC.The company's Semiconductor Research Institute recently put out a recruitment notice to develop a pellicle that satisfies an EUV transmittance of 92 perc
A small Korean company has developed a material that is expected to dramatically improve the yield of the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment from ASML, a Dutch semiconductor equipment company.Graphene Lab, a developer of semiconductor and display materials, announced on Nov. 14 that it
Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST) Materials Science and Engineering professor Feng Ding and his research team succeeded in single-crystal graphite film synthesis with a Peking University research team.According to the institute, 100,000 layers of graphene are stacked in the si
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) has launched an R&D project to develop a graphene-metal composite material for mass production of ultralight and large-capacity power lines.For the project, KEPCO has teamed up with Samhwan TF, Sono International and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Tech
The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), an institute under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and ICT, has successfully developed a new stretchable meta-display technology that can be stretched up to 25 percent without image distortion, for the first time in the world.A resea
CMG Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of Cha Biotech, announced on Jan. 11 that it has launched a graphene LED beauty mask and entered the homecare beauty and subscription business in earnest.The company's Grenos Graphene LED Mask is the first LED beauty mask in Korea based on nanographene technology
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held a meeting on Nov. 15 at the Korea Carbon Industry Promotion Agency and announced that South Korea’s carbon material technology is currently 80 percent of the level of that of industry leaders.In the carbon material industry, carbon fibers, artificial g
Professor Yoon Dae-sung at the Korea University School of Biomedical Engineering and professor Hwang Kyo-seon at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology of Kyung Hee University announced on Aug. 31 that their research team has developed a graphene-based field-effect transistor platform and their hig
Samsung Electronics announced on July 6 that researchers at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) discovered a new material, called amorphous boron nitride (a-BN), in collaboration with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) and the University of Cambridge.Samsung s
A number of research institutions in South Korea are actively conducting research and development on next-generation solar cells, heightening expectations for commercialization.Global investment in renewable energy production capacities came to US$2.60 trillion (3,103.36 trillion won) during the dec
Legendary investor Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, is joining the management of South Korean graphene firm Nanomedics. As graphene can be widely used in various fields, it is called the “dream material.”Nanomedics announced on Aug. 13 that it is planning to appoint Rogers and Standard Graph
The National Research Foundation of Korea said on June 6 that Professor Choi Young-bin at Seoul National University and Professor Choi Jin-ho at Dankook University have jointly developed a biotransplantation device that injects drugs through near-infrared waves without using a needle. Near-infrared
A team of Korean researchers has developed a technology that produces hydrogen by using egg shell, which is generally considered as food waste. The principle of the technology is to use egg shell as a catalyst for the conversion of alcohol to hydrogen. Once the reaction is complete, graphene is synt
A UNIST research team has been selected to lead the exterior styling of Hyundai Motor's autonomous vehicles.UNIST said on April 9 that its research team led by professor Jung Yeon-woo of the design and human engineering school has been selected by Hyundai Motor Group for the industry-academia co
A Korean research team has developed new high-quality graphite used in the production of smartphones. Graphite is used for battery electrodes and smartphone heat sinks, affecting the quality of smartphones.Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) announced on Feb. 6 that a team led
A team of researchers at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has developed a technology to effectively fabricate a graphene quantum dot, which is an ultra-fine semiconductor particle.Professor Shin Hyun-seok of the Department of Natural Science at UNIST said on Jan. 16 tha
Korean researchers have developed a device that can control the speed of light. The new device is expected to accelerate the development of next-generation optical communication equipment.Professor Kim Teun-teun of the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP) of the Institute for Basic Sc
Samsung Electronics joined forces with leading Korean universities such as Seoul National University and the KAIST to develop a neuromorphic chip, a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor that resembles the human brain. The neuromorphic chip is a next-generation semiconductor tha
Samsung Electronics succeeded in the development of innovative technology that will rock the world market with batteries after semiconductors. Using 'graphene', which is called 'a dream new material,' the Korean electronics giant made a material that can increase batteries’ capacities 45% and make b