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Researchers Announce the Creation of the Most Perfect Graphene

New discovery allows for scalable production of fold-free and ad-layer free single-crystal graphene.

Their findings have been published in the July 2021 issue of Nature.

Researchers Announce the Creation of the Most Perfect Graphene

A team of researchers, led by Director Rodney Ruoff at the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), including graduate students at UNIST, have achieved growth and characterization of... Read More

Six UNIST Faculty Named to Highly Cited Researchers 2020 List

Six scientists from UNIST were named to the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2020 list.

Six UNIST researchers have once again distinguished themselves with inclusion in the prestigious Clarivate Analytics list of ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ for 2020. The annual list, published on November 18, includes researchers with multiple... Read More

Nov 23, 2020 By JooHyeon Heo People

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

Synthesis of New Carbon Material: Diamond-Like Carbon Nanofiber Film

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

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

Oct 30, 2020 By JooHyeon Heo Research

[Short News] Recent Awards and Honors at UNIST

From Microsoft Academic's Top Author to Ulsan Mayor's Commendation … inspiring stories of UNIST gained media attention both at home and abroad.

《Editor’s Note: UNIST faculty members are doing splendid work in their respective field of studies and via industry-academia partnerships. Here is a brief summary of those inspiring stories.》 ■ Professor Rodney S. Ruoff Named Among Microsof... Read More

May 21, 2020 By JooHyeon Heo People

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

A Tech Jewel: Converting Graphene into Diamond Film

The work by Distinguished Professor Rodney S. Ruoff has been published in Nature Nanotechnology on December 10, 2019.

Synthesis of the thinnest possible diamond-like material starting from bilayer graphene and without high pressure.

A Tech Jewel: Converting Graphene into Diamond Film

Can two layers of the “king of the wonder materials,” i.e. graphene, be linked and converted to the thinnest diamond-like material, the “king of the crystals”? An international team of researchers, affiliated with UN... Read More

Dec 10, 2019 By Dahee Carol Kim Research

Six UNIST Researchers Named ‘World’s Most Highly Cited Researchers’

UNIST has 6 scientists named in the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list.

Six UNIST researchers have distinguished themselves with inclusion in the the prestigious Clarivate Analytics list of ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ for 2019. The annual list, published on November 20, includes researchers with multiple papers... Read More

Nov 22, 2019 By JooHyeon Heo People

Compressive Stress in Single Crystal Graphene Drives Chemistry on the Graphene Surface

Their findings have been published in the online version of Chemistry of Materials on October 17, 2019.

An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST, has announced that they have succeeded in synthesizing a new 2D Metal Organic Framework with an ever-growing list of possible applications. This breakthrough has been led by Disti... Read More

Nov 19, 2019 By JooHyeon Heo Research

Novel Sponge-like 2D Material with Interesting Electrical Conductivity and Magnetic Properties

Their findings have been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (IF: 14.695) on November 14, 2019.

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

Nov 07, 2019 By Dahee Carol Kim Research