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New Study Introduces the Best Graphite Films

The work by Distinguished Professor Feng Ding at UNIST has been published in the October 2022 issue of Nat. Nanotechnol.

High-quality graphite has excellent mechanical strength, thermal stability, high flexibility and very high in-plane thermal and electric conductivities and, thus, is one of most important advanced materials for many applications, such as be... Read More

New Study Unveils Why Gold (111) Surface Forms the Herringbone Texture

The work by Distinguished Professor Feng Ding at UNIST has been published in the prestigious Science Advances.

Gold, a precious metal, is arguably the most widely used metal across jewelry and coinage due to its physical properties that are unique to the world of metals. Not only is it a good conductor of heat and electricity, it is unaffected by ai... Read More

Oct 08, 2022 By JooHyeon Heo Research

New Mode of Materials Growth, “Spiral Growth Graphene” Has Been Discovered

The work by Distinguished Professor Feng Ding from IBS CMCM at UNIST has been appeared in Advanced Materials on January 19, 2022.

In history, the synthesis of key materials, such as bronze, steel, polymer, and silicon, represents the most advanced technology of human society. Until now, the discovery of a new material and the development of materials highly depends on... Read More

May 02, 2022 By JooHyeon Heo Research

Choosing Proper Substrates to Grow Single Crystals of 2D Materials

Their findings have been published in the July 2021 issue of Advanced Functional Materials.

The atomic thick two-dimensional (2D) materials are promising for many applications, such as faster and energy-saving electronic devices, more efficient catalysts, and high energy density batteries. To fully utilize the advantages of these... Read More

Sep 06, 2021 By JooHyeon Heo Research

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

Apr 23, 2021 By Dahee Carol Kim Research

A Strategy Towards the Synthesis of Various 2D Materials

The work by Distinguished Professor Feng Ding has been appeared in Nature Communications on November 17, 2020.

Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials, such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, and molybdenum disulfide, hold great potential for building next-generation high-performance electronics. To realize the maximized performance of the 2D material... Read More

Dec 28, 2020 By JooHyeon Heo 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

New Study Demonstrates Fluorine Speeds Up Two-Dimensional Materials Growth

The work by Distinguished Professor Feng Ding has been appeared in Nature Chemistry on July 16, 2019.

Back in 2004, the physics community was just beginning to recognize the existence of truly two-dimensional (2D) material, graphene. Fast forward to 2019, scientists explore a breadth of different 2D materials, expecting to uncover more of t... Read More

Jul 21, 2019 By JooHyeon Heo Research

New Study Gives Explanation for How to Enlarge 2D Materials as Single Crystals

The work by Distinguished Professor Feng Ding has been appeared in Nature on May 23, 2019.

What makes something a crystal? A transparent and glittery gemstone? Not necessarily in the microscopic world. When all of its atoms are arranged in accordance with specific mathematical rules, we call the material a single crystal. Like th... Read More

May 25, 2019 By Dahee Carol Kim Research

Carbon gives you ten questions if you find one answer

[UNIST MAGAZINE] Prof. Feng Ding, an expert on carbon nanomaterials with computer simulation research

A Distinguished professor Feng Ding at the School of Materials Science and Engineering holds a graphene model. | Photo: Ahn Hong Bum

Prof. Feng Ding (School of Materials Science Engineering) has been living in Korea for two years, but his calm attitude during the interview made him look like he has been living here for a long time. He might be indifferent to his environm... Read More

Aug 20, 2018 By Chorok Oh People

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