A Korean research team has succeeded in developing a technology to make a new 2D structure that is superior to graphene in electrical characteristics, which could be used in not only semiconductor devices, but also the fields of energy storage, organocatalysis, and biology. A research team led by Ba
A Korean research team has successfully developed a technology to make a sponge-like electrode material using graphene and a polymer, leading to a graphene battery. The newly-developed battery is ten times as small as existing ones, but can show the same product performance.A research team headed by
A joint research team led by Kim Byung-soo, professor at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ryu Soon-min, professor at the Pohang University of Science and Technology, and M. Chhowalla, professor at Rutgers University, successfully developed a large-scale nanometer-thick
New materials engineering professor Park Jang-woong at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) professor Bae Byung-soo, and Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) Director Choo Hye-yong announced
Hanyang University professor Kim Sun-jung’s research team has developed a graphene-carbon nanotube hybrid fiber that is at least 12 times stronger and more flexible than general synthetic fiber used in manufacturing bulletproof jackets.It is difficult to turn graphene, which has the form of a flat p
A Korean research team has successfully developed high-quality graphene quantum dots that are equal in size and highly efficient in emitting light. This technology is expected to be used in developing paper-thin displays or displaying information in flexible materials.The Korea Advanced Institute of
The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced on August 11 that Korea University mechanical engineering Professor Han Chang-soo, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and the Korea Institute of Machine and Materials developed a technology for transferring graph
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced on June 9 that a research team led by Dr. Lee Jae-gap from the Interface Control Research Center at KIST found some single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that are not a single layer graphene cylinder, but a graphene helix. CNTs are the
The Samsung Group is increasing its investment in venture firms having original technology both at home and abroad for a new business beyond smartphones. Samsung Electronics has recently decided to invest US$17 million in Ineda Systems with Qualcomm. The idea is to shore up its competitiveness in th
A local research team developed a nano-optic lens that lets people see objects smaller than 160 nm in size, about 625 times smaller than a human hair.The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute’s Creative Research Center Graphene Electronics team led by Choi Choon-gi announced on April
Samyang Holdings’ Sudang Scholarship Foundation held a Sudang award ceremony at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul on May 7.At the ceremony, the award winners included Sungkyunkwan University Professor Lee Young-hee for the Basic Science Award, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Professor Sung
A Korean research team has developed a supercapacitor technology that can charge devices 1000 times faster. Thus, a new graphene supercapacitor is likely to be used in electric cars and other electronic devices as next-gen energy storage equipment.A research team led by Professor Lee Hyo-young at Su
The Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has developed a new graphene coating technique with which the capacity of a lithium secondary battery can be more than doubled.Professor Song Hyeon-gon at the Energy and Chemical Engineering Department recently announced that his researc
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on April 2 that a Korean research team – led by Kim Yong-hyun, assistant professor of the graduate school of Nanoscience and Tehcnology at KAIST, and Dr. Yeo Hogi from the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science – has
A Korean research team has developed a technology to make flexible and stretchable transparent electrodes using silver nanowires, laying the groundwork for the development of stretchable electronic devices. A research team consisting of Professor Lee Hyo-young at Sungkyunkwan University, Dr. Kim Yoo
A Korean research team has successfully developed a technology to vastly improve the performance of lithium ion batteries. Seoul National University (SNU) announced on February 2 that a research team led by Park Byung-woo, professor of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at SNU, and
Korean researchers successfully developed a technique to make 3D graphene structures, previously though impossible. Graphene is more conductive than copper, stronger than steel, and so chemically stable that it is called, the “dream material.” However, until now, it only came in flat sheets or simpl
The Institute for Basic Science (IBS) announced on January 14 that Chemistry Department Professor Choi Hee-cheol at POSTECH and his research team developed a method for the synthesis of molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) using a gold catalyst. He is currently heading the Center for Artificial Low Dimensio
A Korean research team has developed the world’s first technology that enables the high-concentration dispersion of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene, which are regarded as next-generation electrode materials, without using dispersants. According to the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute
The mass-production of hydrogen will be made possible with the development of a grapheme-based catalyst for hydrogen production that can replace existing platinum catalysts.The Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI) announced on October 8 that a team led by Dr. Lee Jou-hahn from the Division of Materi