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Understanding Graphene Growth on Insulating Substrates

The work by Distinguished Professor Feng Ding from IBS CMCM at UNIST has been appeared in ACS Nano on March 22, 2021.

The thinnest material, graphene, is the most promising materials for many applications, such as in electronics, energy storage and etc. For high performance electronic applications, synthesizing graphene directly on an insulating substrate... Read More

Oxygen Can Do A Favor to Synthesize Metal-organic Frameworks

Their findings have been published in the journal ACS Nano on October 14, 2020.

Metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, are composed of metal ions periodically surrounded by organic bridging molecules, and these hybrid crystalline frameworks feature a cage-like hollow structure. This unique structure motif offers great pote... Read More

Nov 17, 2020 By Dahee Carol Kim Research

Challenging A Central Dogma of Chemistry

Their findings have been published in the journal, Science (IF 41.845) on July 31, 2020.

Researchers extend the understanding of energy flow in chemical reactions and show that it may produce useful molecular swimmers.

Challenging A Central Dogma of Chemistry

An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST, has reported that common chemical reactions accelerate Brownian diffusion by sending long-range ripples into the surrounding solvent. This breakthrough has been led by Distinguish... Read More

Aug 05, 2020 By Dahee Carol Kim Research

New Study Reveals Tuning the Surface Gives Variations to Metal Foils

Their findings have been published in Nature (IF 43.070) on May 28, 2020.

A4 paper-sized single-crystal metal foils with various surface structures are obtained by seeded annealing.

New Study Reveals Tuning the Surface Gives Variations to Metal Foils

Just as cloning in biology allows for the creation of one or more replicas of the exact same genes, seeded growth in chemistry can produce a very large metal foil with the exact same surface texture as that of a seeded one. Seeded growth is... Read More

May 29, 2020 By Dahee Carol Kim Research

When A Spinning Toy Meets Hydrodynamics: Point-of-care Technology Is Set in Motion

Their findings have been published in Nature Biomedical Engineering on May 19, 2020.

A fidget spinner inspired microfluidic chip can diagnose infectious diseases at the time and place of patient care.

When A Spinning Toy Meets Hydrodynamics: Point-of-care Technology Is Set in Motion

About 60% of women will experience urinary tract infection (UTI) at least once in their lifetime. With antibiotic-resistant organisms increasing, UTI is likely to bring more of the health and economic burden. To turn things around, point of... Read More

May 27, 2020 By Dahee Carol Kim Research

Selective Killing of Cancer Cells by Cluttering Their Waste Disposal System

A recent work by Distinguished Professor Bartosz Grzybowski has been published in the latest issue of Nature Nanotechnology.

An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has discovered a novel approach to selectively target and kill several types of cancer cells. Published in the January 2020 issue of Nature Nanotechnology, this breakthrough has be... Read More

Apr 20, 2020 By Dahee Carol Kim Research

An Ultimate One-dimensional Electronic Channel In Hexagonal Boron nitride

Their findings have been published in Science Advances on March 6, 2020.

A zero bandgap boundary discovered in insulating hexagonal boron nitride sheets with could pave the way for new nano-electronic devices.

An Ultimate One-dimensional Electronic Channel In Hexagonal Boron nitride

In the field of 2D electronics, the norm used to be that graphene is the main protagonist and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is its insulating passive support. An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST, has made a discovery... Read More

Mar 11, 2020 By Dahee Carol Kim Research

Researchers Introduce Well-designed Substrates, Capable of Producing Large Single Crystal Bi-/tri-layer Graphene

The work by Distinguished Professor Rodney S. Ruoff has been published in Nature Nanotechnology on January 21, 2020.

An international team of researchers, led by Distinguished Professor Rodney S. Ruoff (School of Natural Science) from the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) at UNIST, has report... Read More

Jan 23, 2020 By Dahee Carol Kim Research

New Study Presents Improved 3D Nanoprinting Technique to Build Nanoskyscrapers

Their findings have been published in Nano Letters on December 2, 2019.

Simply adding “table salt” helps to build self-stacked nanoarchitectures.

New Study Presents Improved 3D Nanoprinting Technique to Build Nanoskyscrapers

Nanowalls, nanobridges, nano “jungle gyms”: it could seem the description of a Lilliputian village, but these are actual 3D-printed components with tremendous potential applications in nanoelectronics, smart materials and biomedical devices... Read More

Jan 10, 2020 By Dahee Carol Kim Research

New Study Presents How Cells Relieve DNA Replication Stress

The work by Distinguished Professor Kyungjae Myung's team has been published in Nature Communications.

DNA stores all of the information necessary for life phenomena, and a cell transmits its own genetic information to two daughter cells through DNA replication and cell division. Replication stress can be caused by extracellular and intracel... Read More

Jan 09, 2020 By Dahee Carol Kim Research