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New Study Finds Folding Graphene Significantly Enhances Mechanical Performance

Distinguished Professor Rodney S. Ruoff’s team succeeded in folding an A5-sized, 400nm polycarbonate film in half 12 times.

Their work has been published in the prestigious journal, Advances Materials.

New Study Finds Folding Graphene Significantly Enhances Mechanical Performance

A piece of paper folded over many times able to carry more weight than a flat sheet of paper of the same length. Similarly, folding can also enhance the mechanical properties of graphene. An international team of researchers, affiliated wit... Read More

Jul 13, 2018 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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Novel Method to Determine Mechanical Stiffness and Strength of Centimeter-Scale Atom Thick Graphene

The work by Distinguished Professor Rodney S. Ruoff has been published in the May issue of Advanced Materials.

Novel Method to Determine Mechanical Stiffness and Strength of Centimeter-Scale Atom Thick Graphene

An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has announced that they have succeeded in measuring the tensile strength of centimetre-scale monolayer graphene for the first time, using camphor as a naturally-volatilizing suppor... Read More

Jun 12, 2018 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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New Study Reveals Fast Growth of Highly-Oriented Monolayer Graphene on a Cu/Ni(111) Alloy Foil

Their findings have been published in ACS Nano on May 23, 2018.

New Study Reveals Fast Growth of Highly-Oriented Monolayer Graphene on a Cu/Ni(111) Alloy Foil

An international research team, affiliated with UNIST announced that they had succeeded in achieving the fast growth of near single crystal monolayer graphene on homemade single crystal Cu/Ni(111) metal foils. The result has greatly acceler... Read More

May 27, 2018 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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Investigation on the Chemical Reactivity of Graphene Bubbles

The work by Distinguished Professor Rodney S. Ruoff has been published in Physical Review Letters.

New study predicts, measures, and controls the temperature of large graphene bubbles with a single laser beam.

Investigation on the Chemical Reactivity of Graphene Bubbles

A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has measured and controlled the temperature of individual graphene bubbles with a single laser beam for the first time. This study has been led by Distinguished Professor Rodney S. Ruoff (School of Natu... Read More

May 14, 2018 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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Professor Rodney S. Ruoff Wins James C. McGroddy Prize

Professor Rodney S. Ruoff awarded the James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials by the American Physical Society.

Professor Rodney S. Ruoff Wins James C. McGroddy Prize

Rodney S. Ruoff, Distinguished Professor at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) and Director of the Institute for Basic Science Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (IBS-CMCM), has been awarded the James C... Read More

Mar 16, 2018 By JooHyeon Heo People
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Three UNIST Researchers Named World’s Most Highly Cited Researchers

Professors Jin Young Kim, Jaephil Cho, and Rodney S. Ruoff ranked in the top 1% in their felds globally.

Annual list is based on number of citations for papers published between 2005 and 2015.

Three UNIST Researchers Named World’s Most Highly Cited Researchers

Three UNIST researchers have distinguished themselves with inclusion in the 2017 list of Highly Cited Researchers, a yearly distinction released by Clarivate Analytics that was formerly part of Thomson Reuters. The latest Highly Cited Resea... Read More

Nov 15, 2017 By JooHyeon Heo People
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Professor Rodney S. Ruoff Wins Prestigious James C. McGroddy Prize

Professor Rodney S. Ruoff has been selected for the James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials by the American Physical Society.

Professor Rodney S. Ruoff Wins Prestigious James C. McGroddy Prize

Rodney S. Ruoff, Distinguished Professor at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) and Director of the Institute for Basic Science Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (IBS-CMCM), has been awarded the James C... Read More

Nov 09, 2017 By JooHyeon Heo People
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UNIST Faculty Named among World’s Most Cited Researchers

Making mark on global list of most cited, according to MSE Supplies

UNIST Faculty Named among World’s Most Cited Researchers

UNIST is well-represented 2016 List of Most Cited Researchers in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) by Elsevier Scopus Data, appeared on the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) website on July 13th, 2016. Among all the resear... Read More

Aug 17, 2016 By JooHyeon Heo Research
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