• Prof. Il-Doo Kim was selected as  ‘2018 National R&D Top 100 excellent achievement’  announced by Ministry of Science and Technology and Information (MSIT) and Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evauation and Planning (KISTEP) (2018.11.19.)
• Prof. Il-Doo Kim got award from Ministry of Science and ICT (2019.02.26.)
• Research work of Prof. Il-Doo Kim was introduced in Asianews on Sep. 9, 2018, which includes the content about the nanotechnology of filtering for microdust. (2018.09.12.)
• Interview of Prof. Il-Doo Kim was introduced in Yonhap news on Oct. 10, 2018, which includes the content about the selection of  ‘2018 National R&D Top 100 excellent achievement’  (2018.10.10.)
• Research work of Prof. Il-Doo Kim was introduced in Samsung Newsroom on Nov. 9, 2018, which includes the content about generating electricity using few droplet of water and its way of research. (2018.11.09.)
• Research work of Prof. Il-Doo Kim was introduced in Chemical and Engineering News on Nov. 9, 2018, which includes the content about the 3-D printing that can construct batteries in novel shapes. (2018.11.13.)
• Interview of Prof. Il-Doo Kim was introduced in Yonhap news on Dec. 19, 2018, which includes the content about being assigned to associated editor of ACN NANO. (2018.12.19.)
• Research work of Prof. Il-Doo Kim was introduced in Asianews on Dec. 19, 2018, which includes the content about outstanding development on batteries for customized electronic devices. (2018.12.19.)
• Hosted KAIST international MSE workshop in Sep. 6, 2018 on topic of  “Big Ideas in Emerging materials”  at Chung Kunmo Conference Hall in KAIST. (2018.09.06.)
• Held city U-Korea joint workshop in City University in HongKong. (2019.01.23. - 25)
• Ph.D. candidate, Ji-Soo Jang, was awarded the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy award. (2018.11.14.)
• Ph.D. candidate, Ji-Soo Jang, was awarded the KAIST Invention grand award. (2018.11.22.)
• Ph.D. candidate, Su-Ho Cho, was awarded the best poster award in MRS spring 2018. (2019.01.02.)
• Ph.D. candidate, Ji-Soo Jang, was awarded the Silver award in 25 Samsung Humantech Paper. (2019.02.13.)
• Research work of Jung Yoon Seo was introduced in Chemical and Engineering News on Nov. 13, 2018, which includes the content about the 3-D printing can construct batteries in novel shapes. (2018.11.13.)
• Interview of Ph.D. candidate, Ji-Soo Jang, was introduced in Digital Times on Nov. 14^th, 2018, which includes the content about awarding the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy award. (2018.11.14.)
• Tae-Gwang Yun, Ji-Won Jung, Sung-Ho Shin, Chanhoon Kim, Ji-Soo Jang, Won-Tae Koo, Dong-Ha Kim, Joon Young Kang, Yong Jin Jeong, Rhee Hyun Kim, and Seok Won Song have attended the MRS 2018 Fall Meeting & Exhibit in Boston, Massachusetts, US. (2018.11.25. - 30)

Patent

Foreign Patent Registration

• “Lithium-air battery catalyst having 1D polycrystalline tube structure of ruthenium oxide - manganese oxide complex and manufacturing method thereof”  6421236 (2018.10.19.)

Korea Patent Grant

• “Ionic liquids and color change dye included nanofiber yarn based colorimetric gas sensors and manufacturing method thereof”  KR10-0119707 (2018.10.08.)
• “Colorimetric drug sensors with drug detecting color change dye anchored one dimensional nanofiber mebrane and maufacturing method thereof”  KR10-0119657 (2018.10.11.)
• “Gas sensor using porous one dimensional nanofiber consists of two dimensional metal oxide nanosheet and manufacturing method thereof”  KR10-0120942 (2018.10.15.)
• “Carbon layer coated hydrophilic fiber membrane based electrical energy generator and manufacturing method thereof”  KR10-0122573 (2018.10.15.)
• “Conducting polymer coated hydrophilic fiber membrane based electrical energy generator and manufacturing method thereof”  KR10-0122649 (2018.10.15.)
• “Mask sheet and preparation method thereof”  KR10-0125752 (2018.10.22.)
• “Flexible multi-porous multi-layered hydrophilic nanofiber membrane and manufacturing method thereof”  KR10-1921826 (2018.11.19.)
• “Colorimetric gas sensors with hydrophilic particles and color change dye anchored one dimensional nanofiber membrand and manufacturing method thereof”  KR10-1928663 (2018.12.06.)

• KAIST International MSE Workshop 2018 hosting (Topic:  “Big Ideas in Emerging Materials", Date: 2018.09.06)

• City U-Korea Joint Workshop (2019.01.23.- 2019.01.25. at City University in HongKong)

• 2019 CES(국제전자제품박람회)

Date : 2019.01.08. - 2019.01.11.
Venue : US Las Vegas Convention center

• 기타 실험실 사진

- 삼성미래육성기술과제 선정 기념 단체사진 (2018.10.25)

- 2019 학위수여식(2019.02.15)

- 2018 MRS Fall meeting

• Prof. Sung-Yoon Chung gave an invited talk at 2018 Fall meeting of Materials Research Society (MRS) regarding the atomic-scale configurational control at interfaces in perovskite oxides for energy applications [Nov 27, 2018, Boston, USA] :  “Control of Oxygen-Vacancy Distribution and Intergranular Amorphous Phases to Boost the Ionic Conduction in Perovskite-Oxide Electrolytes” 
• Hye-Sung Kim, Jumi Bak, Yoon Heo, Pilgyu Byeon attended for the poster presentations at the Fall Meeting of the Korean Ceramic Society [Nov 16, 2018, Seoul, Korea] : Hye-Sung.  “Effect of Lattice Defects on Proton Conduction in Ba-Based Perovskite Oxides”  /  Yoon.  “Symmetry-Broken Atom Configurations at Grain Boundaries and Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis in Perovskite Oxides”  / Pilgyu.  “Direct observation of LiFePO4 and LiCoO2 Dissolution Behavior in aqueous electrolyte​” 
• Jumi received the WISET-KCerS Young Researcher Award in addition to the Ceramography Award [Nov 16, 2018, Seoul, Korea] :  “Two-Dimensional Ruddledsen-Popper Faults and Oxygen Electrocatalysis in Strongly Strained LaNiO3 Thin Films”  /  “Starry Night in Atomic-Forest” 
• Hye-Sung Kim attended for the oral presentations at the K-J Ceramics 35 of the Korean Ceramic Society [Nov 21, 2018, Gangneung, Korea] :  “Control of Vacancy Distribution and Grain-Boundary Phases for High Proton Conduction in Perovskite-Oxide Electrolytes” 

• Prof. Soon Hyung Hong delivered an invited talk at PFAM-26. [Nature Inspires Creativity Engineers Conference 2018 / N.I.C.E. Conference 2018, Oct. 14-17(16), 2018, Nice, France] :  "Development of Bioinspired Nacre-mimetic BNNS/Gelatin Nanocomposite for Bone Substitute Application”
• Prof. Soon Hyung Hong delivered a plenary talk at IWAMSN 2018. [The 9^th International Workshop on Advanced Materials Science and Nanotechnology / IWAMSN 2018, Nov. 7-11(8), 2018, Ninh Binh City, Vietnam] :  "Status and Future Direction on Development and Applications of High Entropy Alloys”
• Prof. Soon Hyung Hong organized the ICHEM 2018 [The 2^nd International Conference on High-Entropy Materials / ICHEM 2018, Dec. 9-12(10), 2018, Jeju, Korea] as a chair and delivered an opening address. ICHEM 2018 was successfully convened with attendance of about 400 researchers from 22 countries.

• Faculty retirement ceremony for Prof. Soon Hyung Hong was held on Feb. 19, 2019, and Prof. Soon Hyung Hong was granted the title of Emeritus Professor of Dept. of MSE at KAIST.
• Composite Materials Laboratory members went a membership training at the Muju ski resort on Jan. 25.

• Conference papers

  - Tae Yeong Kong, Byung Chul Kang, Jun Ho Lee, Ho Jin Ryu and Soon hyung Hong,  "Mechanical Properties and Strengthening Mechanisms of Oxide Dispersion Strengthened High Entropy Superalloy Fabricated by Powder Metallurgy Process", ICHEM 2018 (International Conference on High-Entropy Materials), Dec. 9-12 (12), 2018, Jeju, Korea
  
  - Byung Chul Kang, Jun Ho Lee, Tae Yeong Kong, Ho Jin Ryu and Soon Hyung Hong,  “A light-weight refractory Al0.1CrNbVMo high entropy alloy processed by powder metallurgical routes”, ICHEM 2018 (International Conference on High-Entropy Materials), Dec. 9-12 (11), 2018, Jeju, Korea
  
  - Ahmad Raza, Byung Chul Kang, Ho Jin Ryu, Pham Van Trinh, Doan Dinh Phuong and Soon Hyung Hong,  “The role of high pitting resistant equivalent number to improve corrosion resistance of high entropy alloys”, ICHEM 2018 (International Conference on High-Entropy Materials), Dec. 9-12 (11), 2018, Jeju, Korea
  
  - Tae Yeong Kong, Byung Chul Kang, Ho Jin Ryu and Soon hyung Hong,  "Mechanical Properties and Strengthening Mechanisms of Oxide Dispersion Strengthened High Entropy Superalloy Fabricated by Powder Metallurgy Process", 2018 Fall conference of the Korea Powder Metallurgy Institute, Nov. 9-12 (12), 2018, Busan, Korea
  
  - Sung Chan Yoo, Joon Hui Kim, Byung Chul Kang, Ho Jin Ryu, Soon Hyung Hong,  “Fabrication and Mechanical/Wear-resistance Properties of BNNS/Cu Nanocomposite”, 2018 Fall conference of the Korean Society for Composite Materials, Nov 22-23(22), 2018, Daejeon, Korea
  
  - Joon Hui Kim, Sung Chan Yoo, Ho Jin Ryu, Soon Hyung Hong,  “Fabrication and Thermal Properties of BNNP/Epoxy Nanocomposite”, 2018 Fall conference of the Korean Society for Composite Materials, Nov 22-23(22), 2018, Daejeon, Korea
  
  - Jae Min Cha, Si Won Yu, Min Jae Sung, Hee Sik Jin, Soon Hyung Hong,  “Simulated Test of Dynamic Behavior on Various Materials for PELE Ammunition”, 2018 Fall conference of the Korean Society for Composite Materials, Nov 22-23(23), 2018, Daejeon, Korea

• Prof. Hyuck Mo Lee attended CityU-Korea MSE Joint Workshop [Hong Kong, China (2019.01.23.-01.25)]:  “Current Status and Prospect of DMSE, KAIST”
• Following Lab member attended ENGE 2018 [Jeju, Korea (2018.11.11.-11.14)]:
  - Ku Kang,  “Alloy Design Strategy of Fe Nitriding: A Combined DFT, kMC, and CALPHAD Study”
  - Youngtae Park,  “Lead-free Perovskite Solar Cells: High-throughput Screening and DFT Calculation”
  - Doosun Hong,  “A Study on the Optimal Oxygen Reduction Catalyst Design Method Using Density Functional Theory and Machine Learning”
  - Jung woo Choi,  “Density Functional Theory (DFT) Based Screening of the Pt Alloys with p-Block Element for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalyst”

• Chulhee Lee attended 2018 E-MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit (Sep.17^th, 2018, Poland). Chulhee Lee  “Highly efficient intense pulse light(IPL) annealing process for photoluminescence efficiency improvement of quantum dots”.
• Taeyoung Song attended 2018 E-MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit (Sep.17^th, 2018, Poland). Taeyoung Song  “Highly efficient QLED based on QD-nanoparticle mixed active layer”.
• Moohyun Kim and Myeongseon Cho attended International Display Workshops 2019 (Dec.12^th, 2019, Japan). Moonhyun Kim, Myeongseon Cho“MoO3 Nanoparticle Doped NiOx As a Hole Injection Layer for OLEDs”.

• Prof. Jong Min Yuk has been selected as the recipient of the POSCO Science Fellowship provided by the POSCO TJ Park Foundation (25 Oct. 2018)
• Prof. Jong Min Yuk has a invited seminar at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea (19 Sep. 2018) ; he presented the title of  “In-situ Liquid Electron Microscopy of Colloidal and Energy Materials”
• Prof. Jong Min Yuk has a invited seminar at Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science(KRISS), Daejeon, Korea (2 Nov. 2018) ; he presented the title of  “In-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy for Energy Materials”
• Prof. Jong Min Yuk has a invited seminar at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology(GIST), Gwangju, Korea (18 Dec. 2018) ; he presented the title of  “In-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy for Energy Materials”
• Prof. Jong Min Yuk has a invited seminar at Umea university, Umea, Sweden (13 Feb. 2019) ; he presented the title of  “In-situ Liquid Electron Microscopy of Colloidal and Energy Materials”
• Prof. Jong Min Yuk has a invited talk at AsiaNANO 2018, Qingdao, China (18-21 Oct. 2018) ; he presented the title of  “Graphene Liquid Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy”
• Prof. Jong Min Yuk has a invited talk at the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials 2018 Fall Meeting, Daejeon Convention Center, Daejeon, Korea (24-26 Oct. 2018) ; he presented the title of  “CuS Nanoplates for Sodium-Ion Battery Anodes”
• Prof. Jong Min Yuk has a invited talk at K-MRS 2018 Fall Meeting, the Ocean Resort, Yeosu, Korea (7-9 Nov. 2018) ; he presented the title of  “In-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy for Energy Materials”

Patent

• Jihun Oh, Sanghyun Park METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR USING GERMANIUM SUBSTRATE HAVING PORE LAYER (Registration, KR 10-1905770-0000 / 2018. 10. 01)
• Jihun Oh, Jaehoon Kim, Jun Tae Song METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY SUBSTRATES (Registration, KR 10-1932195-0000, 2018.12.18.)
• Jihun Oh, Yong Hwan Lee Carrier-selective transport layer and a solar cell fabrication method using the same (Application, KR 10-2018-0125759 / 2018. 10. 22)
• Jihun Oh, Minhyung Cho, Beomil Kim Three-Dimensional Nanostructure Metal Catalyst for Carbon Dioxide Reduction and manufacturing method thereof (Application, KR 10-2018-0134259 / 2018. 11. 05)

• Professor Eun-Ae Cho gave an invited talk on  “Electrodepostied high-performance anode materials for Na-ion batteries”  in the Korean Electrochemcial Society, November 1-3, 2018, Yeosu, Korea
• Ph.D. Jae-wook shin gave a talk on  “HKUST-1, a Surface Metal-Organic Framework, As a Protective Back-End Coating Materials for Si Anode”  in AiMES 2018, October 30 – September 04, 2018, Cancun, Mexico
• Tae-Hee Kim, a Ph. D candidate, gave a talk on  “Amorphous molybdenum oxysulfide as a highly-reversible anode materials for Na-ion batteries”  in AiMES 2018, October 30 – September 04, 2018, Cancun, Mexico
• Dong-Hoon Song, a Ph. D candidate, attended poster presentation on  “Porous Nickel-Phosphorous Electrode Synthesized By Fast-Simple Electrodeposition Process for Efficient Overall Water Splitting”  and won  “the Poster Award”  in AiMES 2018, October 30 – September 04, 2018, Cancun, Mexico
• Junu Park, a Ph. D candidate, attended poster presentation on  “Development of an Oxygen Evolution Reaction Functional ORR Catalyst for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells”  in AiMES 2018, October 30 – September 04, 2018, Cancun, Mexico
• Hyo-Won Kim, a Ph. D candidate, gave an talk on  “Transition metal phosphide based alkaline microporous catalyst for oxygen and hydrogen evolution reaction”  and won  “the Oral Award”  in the Korean Hydrogen & New Energy Society (KHNES), September 11-12, 2018, Changwon, Korea
• Sang-Jae Lee, a Ph. D candidate, attended poster presentation on  “Electrochemical properties of Pd-Pt core-shell catalyst for PEMFC”  and won  “the Poster Presentation Award”  in the Korean Hydrogen & New Energy Society (KHNES), September 11-12, 2018, Changwon, Korea
• Yong-Ju Lee, a Ph. D candidate, attended poster presentation on  “Improved structural stablility of Li-excess layered cathode materials for high energy lithium-ion batteries”  in the Korean Electrochemcial Society, November 1-3, 2018, Yeosu, Korea
• Thomas Maagaard, a Ph. D candidate student from DTU, visited our laboratory as an exchange researcher during 2018 fall semester
• Ph.D. Jing Liu, from TianJin University of Science and Technology, joined our group as a Post-doctoral researchers. (2019. 02. 25)

• Prof. Shin had been gone for sabbatical to Solar Fuel’s Engineering Laboratory in Columbia University.(18.07 – 19.02)
• Joonyun Kim received best poster award in international conference on electronic materials and nanotechnology for green environment 2018 (Jeju, Korea, Nov.8-Nov.11) for poster presentation.: “Formation of highly luminescent formamidinium lead bromide perovskite thin iflms enabled by two-dimensional and three-dimensional mixed phases.”
• Gihun Jung attended international conference on electronic materials and nanotechnology for green environment 2018 (Jeju, Korea, Nov.8-Nov.11) for poster presentation: “Fine composition control of solution processed BiVO4 photoanodes and its effects on materials properties and photoelectrochemical performance.”
• Gihun Jung attended international conference on electronic materials and nanotechnology for green environment 2018 (Jeju, Korea, Nov.8-Nov.11) for oral presentation: “Aging of vanadium precursor solution: Influencing materials properties and photoelectrochemical water oxidation performance of solution-processed BiVO4 photoanodes.”
• Hojin Lee attended international conference on electronic materials and nanotechnology for green environment 2018 (Jeju, Korea, Nov.8-Nov.11) for oral presentation: “Investigation of heavy-alkali post-deposition treatment onto Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells.”
• Youngjin Kim attended international conference on electronic materials and nanotechnology for green environment 2018 (Jeju, Korea, Nov.8-Nov.11) for poster presentation: “Understanding of junction characteristics between Sb2Se and CdS, TiO2, SnO2.”
• Yougjin Kim attended the Kesterite workshop 2018 (Ghent, Belgium, Nov.29-Nov.30) for poster presentation: “Understanding of junction characteristics between Sb2Se and CdS, TiO2, SnO2.”
• Minkyu Kim attended the MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit(Boston, USA, Nov.25-Nov.30) for poster presentation: “Effects of temperature and coating speed on the morphology of solution-sheared halide perovskite thin-film,”
• Mingue Shin attended the MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit(Boston, USA, Nov.25-Nov.30) for poster presentation: “Highly luminescent and stable bromide perovskites via the formation of low dimensional architectures.”
• Passarut Boonmangkolras attended the MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit(Boston, USA, Nov.25-Nov.30) for poster presentation: “Understanding effects of precursor solution aging in triple cation lead perovskite.”
• Seong Ryul Pae attended the MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit(Boston, USA, Nov.25-Nov.30) for poster presentation: “A Low-temperature, vacuum deposition process for NiOx hole transport layer for hybrid perovskite solar cells with improved uniformity and reproducibility.”

• Prof. Keon Jae Lee attended CSME for invited talk at Xian, China (November 18).
• Prof. Keon Jae Lee attended ENGE for invited talk at Jeju. Korea (November 18).
• Prof. Keon Jae Lee attended Korean Biochips Society for invited talk at Jeju, Korea (November 18).
• Prof. Keon Jae Lee attended Korean Sensor Society for invited talk at Seoul, Korea (November 18).
• Prof. Keon Jae Lee attended Photonic West for invited talk at San Francisco, USA (February 19).
• Ph.D. Candidate Tae Hong Im, and Ms. Candidate Sang Hyun Park, Young Hoon Jung, Abani attended ENGE 2018 for oral presentation, and poster presentation in Jeju, Korea (November 2018).
• Dr, Han Eol Lee, and Ph.D. Candidate Tae Jin Kim, Sang Hyun Sung, Jung Ho Shin attended 2018 MRS Fall for poster presentation in Boston, USA (November 2018).
• Ph.D. Candidate Dae Yong Park, and Dong Hyun Kim attended mrs-k Fall meeting for oral presentation and poster presentation in Yeosu, Korea (November 2018).
• Ph.D. Candidate Tae Jin Kim and Sang Hyun Sung attended KCS 2019 for oral presentation and poster presentation in Hoengseong, Korea (February 2019).

• Prof. Yeon Sik Jung is inducted as a 2019 Y-KAST (Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology) member.
• Prof. Yeon Sik Jung founds Pico Foundry.
  Geon Yeong Kim receives the Best Poster Paper Award in ENGE 2018 for his poster,  “Enhanced Photo-luminescence from Highly Interconnected Porous QD/BCP Nanocomposites Formed via Controlled Spinodal Decomposition of Block Copolymer”   (Jeju Island, Nov 11~14, 2018)
• Tae Won Nam receives the Best Poster Paper Award in ENGE 2018 for his poster,  “Full-color quantum dot light-emitting diode array fabricated by omni-resolution immersion transfer printing”   (Jeju Island, Nov 11~14, 2018)
• Moohyun Kim receives the Outstanding Poster Award in IDW 2018 for his poster,  “MoO3 Nanoparticle Doped NiOx As a Hole Injection Layer for OLEDs”   (Nagoya, Dec 12~14, 2018)
• Hyeuk Jin Han receives the 14^th Samsung Electro-Mechanics Best Paper Award for his paper,  “3D Nano-architecture Materials for Synergistic Electrical/Optical Multimodal Sensing Capability”  
• Hyeuk Jin Han gets married (Feb. 24, 2019)

• Young Seok Kim received an award at the 2018 SK Hynix Semiconductor Innovative Idea Contest[October 23, 2018]:  “차세대 Logic-in-Memory 성능 향상을 위한 Multi-memristor stateful logic”  
• Hanchan Song attended The 26^th Korean Conference on Semiconductors (February 13^th-February 15^th, 2018),  “Self-limited Switching for Analog Data Programming and its Application to a Memristive Neural Network”  

• Professor Hong gave an invited talk entitled,  “Materials Imaging Initiative,”   at Pusan National University, Busan on September 27, 2018
• Professor Hong gave an invited talk entitled,  “Materials Imaging Initiative: Past, Present, and Future,”   in the Pioneer Session of Korean Physical Society 2018 Fall Meeting, October 24-26, 2018.
• Professor Hong gave an invited talk entitled,  “Fiber and Fabric-based Piezoelectric P(VDF-TrFE) Energy Harvesters,”   in the Korean Sensor Society 2018 Meeting on November 16, 2018.
• Professor Hong gave an invited talk entitled,  “Complex Ferroelectric Domain Configuration of BiFeO³ Imaged by Angle-Resolved Piezoresponse Force Microscopy,”   in the 10^th APCTP Workshop on Multiferroics, Daejeon, November 11-13, 2018
• Professor Hong gave an invited talk entitled  “Enhancement of the mechanical and osteoinductive properties of medical implant using hydroxyapatite/ piezoelectric composite coatings,”   in the 9^th Annual Khalifa University – KAIST Joint Research Symposium, Abu Dhabi, December 5-6, 2018.

• Professor Hong and Dr. Panpan Li attended Workshop on Atomic Force Microscopy for Advanced Functional Materials, Nanjing, December 14-16, 2018 and Professor Hong gave an invited talk entitled  “Visualization and Imaging of Electrochemical and Mechanical Properties of Materials for Batteries and Fuel Cells.”

• Professor Hong gave an invited talk entitled  “Materials Imaging Initiative
  : Past, Present, and Future”  at GIST on December 18-19, 2018.
• Professor Hong left for business trip to Asylum research in January 13-18, 2019 and gave an invited talk entitled  “Visualization of Emerging Phenomena :
  Materials Imaging Initiative.”

• Professor Hong attended Electronic Materials and Applications 2019 (EMA 2019), Florida, January 23-25, 2019 as a symposium co-organizer.
• Prof. Hong's lecture of Electrodynamics course has been launched at Coursera. (Click this link)

• Professor Hong has been named a 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Less than 5% of Marquis Who's Who listees are selected for this honor.

• Professor Hong was assigned as a General Chair at 2019 Asia-Pacific Workshop on Piezoresponse Force Microscopy
  and Nanoscale Electromechanics of Functional Materials and Electrochemical Systems (Asia-Pacific PFM 2019), which will be held in Seoul, Korea, from August 11 to 14, 2019.
  (http://www.pfm2019.org/newsletter01/)

• MII lab visited Muju Winter School on February 17-19, 2019 and presented 3 posters (Muju Dielectrics Symposium)

• Dr. Yooun Heo (MII alumni, currently doing his Postdoctoral Research in the Institute of Chemical Research, Kyoto University) and high school students of Daejeon Dongsin Science High School and Gwangju Science Academy visited our lab.

New equipment

• New Atomic Force Microscope, Cypher ES is available. The Cypher ES is designed for high resolution imaging and fast scanning of material surfaces. The ES scanner for imaging samples in liquids or controlled gas environments has a gas perfusion cell, liquid perfusion cell, heater sample cell (ambient up to 250°C), cooling and heating sample cell (0-120°C), and controlled environment CAFM cell. It also provides broadest compatibility with harsh chemicals. The instrument has blueDrive for photothermal excitation of the cantilever which provides a clean drive response of the cantilever for tapping mode applications in air and liquids. This instrument is in an acoustic and air temperature-controlled housing.
  
  Imaging Modes : Tapping Mode, Contact Mode, Force Spectroscopy, Fast Scanning Tapping Mode, Phase Imaging, Quantitative Nanomechanical Measurements, AMFM, Electrochemistry, Scanning Kelvin Probe, CAFM (ORCA and dual gain ORCA), Force Modulation, blueDrive photothermal cantilever excitation, and Imaging in Liquids, controlled gas environments and controlled temperature (Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, 2018).

• New Atomic Layer Deposition System
  Atomic Layer Deposition is available. ALD is designed for ferroelectric thin films ALD has a lots of advantages; Low Temperature, Low scale deposition, 3D structure deposition. ALD is using for fabrication of ferroelectric memory device. Our ALD is able to deposit until 330℃ and easily deal with deposition.
• The Korean Nation Research Foundation (NRF) awarded combined M.S. & Ph.D. student, Seongwoo Cho, the Global Ph.D. Fellowship Grant to fund his research.
• Youngjoon Han was awarded the Grand Prix for the research :  "Measurement of polarization Charge in Bioceramics for teeth Regeneration”

• Dr. Baek's seminar was held with topic of Epitaxial Multifunctional Oxide Thin Films on Oct. 31, 2018.

• MII welcomed new lab members, Youngjoon Han, to study as a Master's student : 문준석, 장민정 and 서경근 as undergraduate students and Jeongjae Ryu as a Postdoc researcher

• Hoon Kim, Seokjung Yun and Seongwoo Cho have successfully passed the qualification exam and were highly ranked, where Hoon Kim was ranked #1 among MSE PhD students.
• Jaegyu Kim came back from Argonne National Laboratory, where he worked as a researcher for 6 months, November, 2018.
• Seokjung Yun and Hoon Kim presented  “Design and Fabrication of ZnO nano-architectures with high piezoelectric coefficient and elastic limit”  and  “Visualization of Domain Structure and Switching Property of Hf0.5Zr0.5O² for the Ferroelectric Field Effect Transistors”  at MRS Fall 2018, Boston, November 24-december 2, 2018
• Seokjung Yun and Jaegyu Kim attended 7^th SKKU workshop on Materials Frontier Research, Suwon January 21-22, 2019
• Seongwoo Cho and Hoon Kim attended SEMICON Korea 2019, Seoul, January 23-25 ,2019

• Prof. Kibum Kang attended the 4^th Graphene Flagship EU-Korea Workshop on Graphene and related 2D materials for invited talk at San Sabastain, Spain, September 9^th, 2018 :  “Growth and Assembly of Wafer-scale 2D Semiconducting Films with Atomic Precision”  
• Prof. Kibum Kang attended the KAIST-UCSB-KAERI joint workshop on correlated electronic systems for invited talk at KAIST, in Daejeon, Korea, September 20^th, 2018 :  “Growth and Assembly of 2D Semiconducting Films with Atomic Precision”  
• TaeSoo Kim attended for the poster presentation and won the  “Best Young Researcher Poster Award”   at the A3 1^st Joint symposium in Atami, Japan, January 19^th.

• Jong Ho Won attended for the oral presentation at 2018 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibition [Boston, Massachusetts, November 25~30, 2018]: Graphene Pliable Pockets Remedying Nanocrystalline Metal Anode for Full Cell Lithium-Ion Batteries and Capacitors in an Expeditious and Scalable Way.
• Jong Ho Won attended for the poster presentation at 2018 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibition [Boston, Massachusetts, November 25~30, 2018]: Mass-Producible Self-Induced Sulfur/Polymer/Graphene Structure for Cathode of Lithium Metal Batteries.
• Gi Hwan Kim attended for the poster presentation at 2018 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibition [Boston, Massachusetts, November 25~30, 2018]: Facile and Cost effective Synthesis of Ultrathin and Porous Nitrogen Enriched Carbon Hollow Shells for Energy Storage Application

Patent

• Jeung Ku Kang et al., Patent Registration [KR 10-1951821, 2019], Carboneous Structure and Method for Preparing the Same. Electrode Materials and Catalyst Including the Carboneous Structure, and Energy Storage Device Including the Electrode Materials.
• Jeung Ku Kang et al., Patent Registration [US 10,035,139 B2, 2018], Method for Improving Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency Using Metal Oxide Photocatalysts having Energy Band of Core-Shell for Ultraviolet Ray and Visible Light Absorption and Photocatalysts Thereof.
• Jeung Ku Kang et al., Patent Registration [US 10,164,239 B2, 2018], Energy Storage Device based on Nanocrystals Including Metal Oxide Rescaled by Lithiation and Supercapacitor Using the Same.
• Jeung Ku Kang et al., Patent Registration [KR 10-1915489, 2018], Solar Cell and Method for fabricating the Same.

• Press in the news (Science&Technology Research News)
  A research team under Professor Kyung-Wook Paik in the Department of Materials developed an anchoring polymer layer structure that can effectively suppress the movement of conductive particles during the bonding process of the anisotropic conductive films (ACFs). The new structure will significantly improve the conductive particle capture rate, addressing electrical short problems in the ultra-fine pitch assembly process.

Patent

• “Conductive matching layers and conductive backings for ultrasound probes and fabrication methode of thereof”, Jong-Chul Park, Kyung-Wook Paik, Jae-Hyung Park, 10-2018-0171622, 2018-12-28
• “METHOD FOR UNIFORMLY DISPERSING SINGLE LAYER NICKEL PLATED CONDUCTIVE PARTICLE IN POLYMER FILM BY APPLYING MEGNETIC FIELD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE FILE USING THE SAME”, Kyung-Wook Paik, Dal-Jin Yoon, Jun-Ho Byun, 10-2019-0009376, 2019-01-24
• “Mixture structure for pressure sensor, pressure sensor including the same and fabricating methods thereof”, Sang-Hee Park, Kyung-Wook Paik, PAN YAN, Jin Taiyu, 10-2018-0137191, 2018-11-09
• “POLYMER MONOLAYER FILM INCLUDING CONDUCTIVE PARTICLES, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE POLYMER MONOLAYER FILM, AND METHOD SOCKET INTERPOSER CONNECTING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE TEST USING POLYMER MONOLAYER FILM INCLUDING CONDUCTIVE PARTICLES”, Kyung-Wook Paik, Dal-Jin Yoon, Ji-Hye Kim, Han-min Lee, 10-2018-0136218, 2018-11-07
• “METHOD FOR INTERCONNECTING ULTRA-FINE PITCH SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP TO SUBSTRATES USING THIN FILM METALLIZATION”, Kyung-Wook Paik, Seung-Yoon Jung, 10-1938976-0000, 2019-01-09
• “ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE FILM INCLUDING POLYMER LAYER FOR SUPPRESSING MOVEMENT OF CONDUCTIVE PARTICLES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF USING VERTICAL ULTRASONIC WAVE”, Kyung-Wook Paik, Dal-Jin Yoon, Sang-Hoon Lee, 10-1932337-0000, 2018-12-18

• Prof. Park received an award from MSIT  “2018 National R&D Top 100 excellent achievement”
• Prof. Park gave an invited talk at 10^th APCTP Workshop on Multiferroics titled  “All-electrical spin-orbit torque switching of perpendicular magnetization”
• Prof. Park gave an invited talk at 2018 Korea Ceramic Society titled  “Spin logic device based on spin-orbit torque", and  “Unidirectional magentoresistance in ferrimagnet/nonmagnet heterostructures”
• Prof. Park gave an invited talk at 2018 자기학회 동계학술대회 titled  “Proton and ion beam radiation effects on magnetic tunnel junction”
• Prof. Park gave an invited talk at 2018 자기학회 동계학술대회 titled  “Complementary spin logic operation based on electric-field controlled spin-orbit torques”
• Young-wan Oh received "Best Paper Awards" from KAIST
• Jeong-mok Kim participated in MMM-Intermag joint conference
• Lab members attended International School on Spintronics and Korea-Japan Workshop and gave an invited talk " Electric-field control of spin-orbit torque and its logic applications"
• Lab members participated in spintronics workshop at Korea University
• Choi, Gaeun and Kim, Do Hyung joined the laboratory
• Oh, Young-Wan received Ph.D. degree

• Prof. Do Kyung Kim finished his period as president of Matarial Research Society of Korea(MRS-K), (12.2018)
• Prof. Do Kyung Kim and his group members attended MRS : Materials Research Society of Korea (The Ocean Resort , Yeo-Su, Nov. 7-9, 2018). : Ho Jin Ma, Jong Hyuk Yun, Ji Eun Wang, Jung Hoon Kong, Brindha Moorthy, Boo Kyung Kim, Dong Kyu Kim, Eun Seok Heo and Seung Yong Lee
• Prof. Do Kyung Kim and his group members attended 2018 Korean Ceramic Society (CECO, Seoul, Nov. 15-16) : Jung Hoon Kong, Boo Kyung Kim and Eun Seok Heo
• Prof. Do Kyung Kim and his group members attended International Conference Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2019) (Hilton, Daytona Beach, Fla., USA Jan.27-Feb.1) : Jong Hyuk Yun, Dong Kyu Kim and Eun Seok Heo

• Prof. Yoon Sung Nam gave an invited talk on  “In vivo Anti-microbial Phage Therapy through Immunological Cloaking”   at Tokyo Institute of Technology (January 21, 2019)
• Prof. Yoon Sung Nam gave an invited seminar talk on  “Peptide-based Biomolecular Targeting”   in the Department of Bionano Engineering at Hanyang University (September 12, 2018)
• Jae Chul Park, presented  “DNA-functionalized Quantum Dot Nanoprobe for FRET-based Detection of DNA”   at 2018 ENGE Meeting in Jeju, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] and won Gold Award. (2018.11.11. - 14)
• Bon Il Koo presented  “Taste Signal Transmission via DNA-mediated Cell-to-cell Assembly”   at 2018 ENGE Meeting in Jeju, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] and won Silver Award. (2018.11.11. - 14)
• Joong Bum Lee presented  “Plasmonic Array-embedded TiO2 Photocathode for Surface Plasmon Polariton-driven Water Splitting”   at 2018 ENGE Meeting in Jeju, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] (2018.11.11. - 14)
• Shinyoung Choi presented  “Immobilization of Polyoxometalates on Au-TiO2 Photoanode by Atomic Layer Deposition for Sustainable Plasmonic Water Oxidation”   at 2018 ENGE Meeting in Jeju, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] (2018.11.11. - 14)
• Hyebin Na presented  “Defect Chemistry for Highly Luminescent CuInS2/ZnS Core-shell Quantum Dots Utilized in Deep-tissue Bio-imaging”   at 2018 ENGE Meeting in Jeju, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] (2018.11.11. - 14)
• Kyeong Rak Kim presented  “Bio-inspired Mesoporous Polymer Microspheres for Metal Recovery from E-Wastes”   at 2018 ENGE Meeting in Jeju, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] (2018.11.11. - 14)
• Jeonga Kim presented  “Ferritin-caged Plasmonic Metal Nanostructures for Biosensing Applications”   at 2018 ENGE Meeting in Jeju, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] (2018.11.11. - 14)
• Hwiseok Jun presented  “Uniformly Oriented Natural Photosystem I Through Ferredoxin-binding on the Surface of SWNT for Photoanodic Applications”   at 2018 ENGE Meeting in Jeju, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] (2018.11.11. - 14)
• Hyebin Na presented  “DNA-functionalized CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots for FRET-based DNA Detection”   at 2018 KBCS Fall Meeting in Jeju, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] (2018.11.07. - 09)
• Insu Kim presented  “Directed and Oriented Assembly of Natural Photosystems on N-doped Carbon Nanotubes for an Efficient Photoelectrode”   at 2018 KBCS Fall Meeting in Jeju, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] (2018.11.07. - 09)
• Nyeongbeen Jo presented  “Self-assembled Structure of Natural Photosystems and Nitrogen-doped Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Energy Transfer”   at 2018 KBCS Fall Meeting in Jeju, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] (2018.11.07. - 09)
• Hyebin Na presented  “Controlling intrinsic defects in the aqueous synthesis of CdSe quantum dots”   at 2018 KIM Fall Meeting in Daejeon, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] (2018,10,24 – 26)
• Insu Kim presented  “Spontaneous and Oriented Assembly of Natural Photosystems on Nitrogen-doped Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Light Harvesting”   at 2018 KIM Fall Meeting in Daejeon, Republic of Korea [Oral Presentation] (2018,10,24 – 26)
• Kyeong Rak Kim presented  “Bio-inspired Synthesis of Gold Nanodendrites Using Catechol-grafted Polymer Templates”   at 2018 KIM Fall Meeting in Daejeon, Republic of Korea [Oral Presentation] (2018,10,24 – 26)
• Jae Chul Park presented  “DNA-functionalized Quantum Dot and Its Thermal Stability for FRET-based DNA Detection”   at 2018 KIM Fall Meeting in Daejeon, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] (2018,10,24 – 26)
• Joong Bum Lee presented  “Plasmonic Au Nanohole Array as a Platform for Surface Plasmon Polariton-enhanced Fluorescence”   at 2018 KIM Fall Meeting in Daejeon, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] (2018,10,24 – 26)
• Shinyoung Choi presented  “Immobilization of Polyoxometalates on Au-TiO2 Photoanode with Al2O3 Thin Layer for Sustainable Plasmonic Water Oxidation”   at 2018 KIM Fall Meeting in Daejeon, Republic of Korea [Poster Presentation] (2018,10,24 – 26)

Patent

• Yoon Sung Nam, Yoonkey Nam, Bon Il Koo, Daejeong Kim  “Biosensor based on gustatory and neuronal cells”   Application KR10-2018-0117597 (2018.09.20)

• Prof. Seung Min Han and Dr. Tae-geon Kim attended 2018 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit held in Boston, Massachusetts (Nov. 25^th-30^th) with Dr. Kim giving an oral presentation on  “Ultralight 3D Porous Composite with Ag Nanowire and Cellulose nanofiber by Using Freeze drying Process”.
• Congratulations to Jung-Hoon Park for receiving his Ph.D.

- Korea Patent Application

• Seung Min Han, Tae-geon Kim  “Fabrication of controllable orientation in 3d structuring of cellulose nanofibers and silver nanowires for application of shock impact absorber  “, Applcation KR10-2019-0015995

• Prof. Pyuck-Pa Choi gave Invited talk, 2018 Fall Conference of The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials, with topic of  “Three-dimensional Atomic-scale Insights Into Engineering Alloys Using Atom Probe Tomography”, October 24, 2018, Daejeon, Korea.
• Prof. Pyuck-Pa Choi gave Invited talk, The 2^nd International Conference on High-Entropy Materials, with topic of  “Correlative Characterization of High Entropy Alloys”, December 10, 2018, Jeju, Korea.
• Prof. Pyuck-Pa Choi gave Invited talk, City University - Korea MSE Joint Workshop, with topic of  “Advanced Characterization of Nanostructured Materials”, January 24, 2019, Hong Kong.
• Hyeji Im won 2018 Research Excellence Award for graduate students from the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials, with topic of  “The effects of alloying elements on microstructures and mechanical properties of γ/γ′-strengthened Co-Ti-based alloys”.
• Boryung Yoo won 2018 Research Excellence Award for graduate students from the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials, with topic of  “Microstructural Changes and Elemental Partitioning Behaviors of Co-based Superalloys with Alloying Elements”.
• Jaewook Han won 2018 Research Excellence Award for graduate students from the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials, with topic of  “Study on laser cladding of CoNiCrAlY bond coat on Co-Ti-W alloy”.
• Wonseok Choi gave oral presentation at 2018 Fall Conference of The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials,  “Deformation mechanisms and twin boundary-associated strengthening in TWIP steel micro-pillar”, October 24, 2018, Daejeon, Korea.
• Hyeji Im gave oral presentation at 2018 Fall Conference of The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials,  “The effects of alloying elements on microstructures and mechanical properties of γ/γ′-strengthened Co-Ti-based alloys”, October 24, 2018, Daejeon, Korea.
• Chanwon Jung gave oral presentation at 2018 Fall Conference of The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials,  “A Study on Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of AlFeCoCrMn High Entropy Alloys Combined with DFT Calculation”, October 26, 2018, Daejeon, Korea.
• Boryung Yoo gave poster presentation at 2018 Fall Conference of The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials,  “Microstructural Changes and Elemental Partitioning Behaviors of Co-based Superalloys with Alloying Elements”, October 24, 2018, Daejeon, Korea.
• Jaewook Han gave poster presentation at 2018 Fall Conference of The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials,  “Study on laser cladding of CoNiCrAlY bond coat on Co-Ti-W alloy”, October 25, 2018, Daejeon, Korea.
• Gwanghyo Choi gave poster presentation at 2018 Fall Conference of The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials,  “Rapid Alloy Screening of Co- and Ti-based Alloy Using Metal 3D Printing Method”, October 26, 2018, Daejeon, Korea.
• Chanwon Jung gave oral presentation at the The 2^nd International Conference on High-Entropy Materials  “Effects of phase formation and composition on soft magnetic properties of AlFeCoCrMn high entropy alloys”, December 11, 2018, Jeju, Korea.
• Hosun Jun gave poster presentation at the The 2^nd International Conference on High-Entropy Materials  “Design of BCC / B2 dual-phase refractory multi-principle element alloys”, December 11, 2018, Jeju, Korea.

• Prof. Byeong-Soo Bae attended A3 Program 1^st Joint Symposium held in Atami, Japan (18^th-20^th, Jan, 2019). Prof. Byeong-Soo Bae presented the subject of  “Sol-Gel Synthesized Siloxane Quantum Dot Resin for Display Application”   (2019.01.18. - 19)
• The annual workshop of wearable platform materials technology center (WMC) was held at Yang Seungtaek Auditorium in February 27^th. Prof. Byeong-Soo Bae, who is chief of WMC, presented the annual results by the subject of  “Sol-Gel Siloxane Hybrid Materials for Flexbile Display Cover and Substrate Film Application”   (2019.02.27.)
• Wonryeong Lee in LOMC was invited to The 5th International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment (ENGE) for oral presenting the subject of  “Conformal Multi-electrode Arrays using Organic Electro-Chemical Transistors”   in Jeju island (2018.11.11. - 14)
• Wonryeong Lee and Yun Hyeok Kim participated A3 Program 1^st Joint Symposium held in Atami, Japan (18^th-20^th, Jan, 2019). Wonryeong Lee delivered the presentation by the subject of  “Bio-electric signal sensor array based organic electrochemical transistors”   and Yun Hyeok Kim presented the subject of  “Silica Modification of QDs for Thermal and Photo-Stable Siloxane Encapsulated QD Composite”   (2019.01.18. - 20)
• Young-Woo Lim collaborated with professor Il-Doo Kim and published a cover paper of ‘Small’, an authoritative journal in the field of materials, with the following topics,  “Flexible Gas Sensors: Glass-Fabric Reinforced Ag Nanowire/siloxane Composite Heater Substrate: Sub-10nm Metal@Metal Oxide Nanosheet for Sensitive Flexible Sensing Platform  “ (2018.09.10.)

• Prof. Steve Park delivered the invited talk at The 5^th International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Energy (ENGE) (11-12-2018), Jeju, South Korea. (Title : Stretchable Tactile Sensors for Electronic Skin Applications)
• Program Organizing Committee, ENGE (Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment), (11-13-2018), Jeju, South Korea
• Young Scientist Award in Soft Sensors, Active Materials and Soft Mechatronics, (2018-10-25).
• President of association award, Korean Printed Electronics Association, (2018-11-28).
• Editor of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences, 2018.
• Prof. Steve Park was awarded Excellent Lecture Award on the opening anniversary of 2019.
• Steve Park,  “Stretchable Tactile Sensors for Electronic Skin Applications”, The 5^th International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Energy (ENGE), 2018, November 11-14, Jeju, Korea. [Oral Presentation]
• Jin-Oh Kim, Ph.D. Student, was awarded the 2018 Global Doctoral Fellowship certification.
• Jin-Oh Kim won the Outstanding Presentation Award at the society of Global Ph.D. Fellows 2018.
• Jeong-Chan Lee,  “Inorganic polymer micropillar-based solution shearing of large-area organic semiconductor thin-film with pillar size dependent crystal size”, MRS FALL MEETING&EXHIBIT, 2018, November 25-30, Boston, USA. [Oral Presentation]
• Jin-Oh Kim,  “Three-Dimensional Microporous Pressure Sensor Fabricated Using Droplet- Based Microfluidic Assisted Emulsion Self-Assembly”, MRS FALL MEETING&EXHIBIT, 2018, November 25-30, Boston, USA. [Oral Presentation]

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Patent

•  “Microfluidic device based solution shearing for organic semiconductor thin film with high performance”, 2018, (Pending number: 10-2018-0154665).
•  “A highly sensitive bending sensor based on controlled crack formation integrated with an energy harvesting pyramid layer”, 2018, (Pending number: 10-2018-0170708).

• Prof. Sang-Hee Ko Park gave an invited talk on  “Highly Stable High Mobility Oxide TFT for High Resolution AMOLED”   in the International Display Workshops (IDW) 2018, December 12-14, 2018, Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan (2018.12.12 - 14)
• Wooseok Jeong gave an poster presentation on  “Cu/Cu Barrier Interconnect Deposited by Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) Sputtering Method for the High-Resolution Display”   in the International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment (ENGE) 2018, November 11-14, 2018, Ramada Plaza Jeju Hotel, Jeju, Korea (2018.11.11 - 14)
• Hyein Yeom gave an poster presentation on  “Flexible InO/Al2O3 Hetero-Interface Diode Using PEALD for Active-Matrix Tactile Sensor Array Platform”   in the 2018 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting & Exhibit, November 25-30, 2018, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (2018.11.25 - 30)
• Gukjin Jeon gave an poster presentation on  “Highly Sensitive Pressure Sensor based on Baking-like Foaming Process for Wearable Human activity Monitoring Device”   in the 2018 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting & Exhibit, November 25-30, 2018, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (2018.11.25 - 30)
• Kwang-Heum Lee gave an oral presentation on  “Oxide Semiconductor Based Vertical TFT for Ultra High-Resolution Backplane Technology”   in the International Display Workshops (IDW) 2018, December 12-14, 2018, Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan (2018.12.12 - 14)
• Jong Beom Ko gave an poster presentation on  “Flexible Oxide Thin-Film Transistor with High Process Temperature by Means of Peel-off and Transfer Method”   in the International Display Workshops (IDW) 2018, December 12-14, 2018, Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya, Japan (2018.12.12 - 14)
• Sunghyun Cho gave an poster presentation on  “Ferroelectric Properties of Homogeneously Si Doped HfO2 Thin Films Deposited by Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition”   in the 26^th Korean Conference on Semiconductors, February 13-15, 2019, Gangwon-Do, Korea (2019.02.13 – 15)
• Gukjin Jeon (1^st author), and Seunghee Lee, Kyoung Woo park, Hyein Yeom, Yunyong Nam (2^nd author) published a journal paper on  “Highly Sensitive Active-Matrix Driven Self-Capacitive Fingerprint Sensor based on Oxide Thin Film Transistor”   at Scientific Reports, Volume 9, Article number : 3216, March 2019
• Kyoung Woo Park (1^st author), and Seunghee Lee (2^nd author) published a journal paper on  “High-performance thin H:SiON OLED encapsulation layer deposited by PECVD at low temperature”   at RSC Advances, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2019
• Kyoung Woo Park (1^stauthor), and Gukjin Jeon, Seunghee Lee, Jongbeom Ko (2^nd author) published a journal paper on  “Effects of Hydroxyl Group in AlOx Gate Insulator on the Negative Bias Illumination Instability of In-Ga-Zn-O Thin Film Transistors”   at Physica Status Solidi A, 1800737, January 2019
• Hyein Yeom got married in October 2018. Congratulations!
• Jongbeom Ko got married in January 2018. Congratulations!

• Keynote Presentation, The 9^th Australian Colloid & Interface Symposium (ACIS 2019)  "Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystal"  Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2019.02.03
• Invited Lecture, Columbia University  "Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystal : A novel category of graphene based soft matter" New York, USA, 2019.01.25
• Invited Lecture, Kashiwa Campus, The University of Tokyo  "Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystal"  Tokyo, Japan, 2019.01.09
• Invited Lecture, Tokyo Institute of Technology  "Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystal" Tokyo, Japan, 2019.01.07
• Invited Presentation, Smart NanoMaterials 2018 : Advances, Innovation and Applications (SNAIA 2018),  "Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystal"  Paris, France, 2018.12.11
• Keynote Presentation, The Second International Conference on Energy Storage Materials (ICEnSM 2018),  "Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystal"  Shenzhen, China, 2018.11.09
• Keynote Presentation, The 4^th Edition of the European Graphene Forum 2018,  "Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystal & Relevant Functional Nanoscale Graphene Assembly”   Venezia, Italia, 2018.10.23
• Invited Presentation, The 18^th International Discussion & Conference on Nano Interface Controlled Electronic Devices (IDC-NICE 2018),  "Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystal”   Busan, Korea, 2018.10.12
• Keynote Presentation, 2018 International Roundtable NanoScience & NanoTechnology,  "Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystal & Relevant Functional Nanoscale Assembly”   Shanghai, China, 2018.09.29
• Invited Presentation, The 79^th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Applied Physics (JSAP),  "Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystal”   Nagoya, Japan, 2018.09.21
• Invited Presentation, The 4^th EU-Korea Workshop on Graphene and Related Materials,  "Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystal and Relevant Functional Nanostructures”   San Sebastian, Spain, 2018.09.08.

• Prof. WooChul Jung gave a talk at HKUST [Hong-Kong, 10/1, 2018] :  “Ex-solution Energetics and Kinetics: Model Thin-film SrTi0.75Co0.25O3-d Perovskite Oxides – a Case Study”
• Prof. WooChul Jung gave a talk at Materials Science & Technology [Columbus, United States, 10/16, 2018] :  “Heterogeneous doping, a nove in-situ synthesis of supported metal nanocatalysts”
• Prof. WooChul Jung gave a talk at Tohoku University [Sendai, Japan, 1/30, 2018] :  “How to Design a High-Performance Fuel Cell Electrode?: case studies to identify pathways for electrode reactions”
• Yoonseok Choi received the  “Excellent Thesis Award”   from Korea Institute of Materials Science.
• Bonjae Koo received the  “Excellent Thesis Award”   from the department.
• Yoonseok Choi won the  “Young Scientist Award”   at The 1^st Korean SOFC Symposium.
• Hyunseung Kim, won the  “Best Oral Presentation Award”   at The 19th Korea-Japan Students' Symposium.
• Yoonseok Choi was nominated the  “Excellent Poster Presentation Award’ at The 2018 MRS Fall meeting.
• Jongsu Seo won the  “Excellent Poster Award”   at The 1^st Korean SOFC Symosium.
• Dr. Dae-Kwang Lim and Dr. Jun Hyuk Kim joined our group as a post-doctoral fellow.
• Dr. Bonjae Koo, Yoonseok Choi, Han Gil Seo and Jun Kyu Kim, participated in poster presentation at The 2018 MRS Fall meeting & Exhibit [Boston, United States, 11/25-11/30, 2018]
• Han Gil Seo, Jun Kyu Kim and Sangwoo Kim participated in poster presentation at The Solid-State Chemistry & Ionics (SCI) Workshop [Fukuoka, Japan, 9/10-9/13, 2018]
• Our group students organized the 19^th Korea-Japan Students’ Symposium and participated in oral & poster presentation [Daejeon, Korea, 11/5-11/9, 2018]
• Our group attended the 1^st Korean SOFC Symposium. Yoonseok Choi participated in oral presentation and Jongsu Seo, Jinwook Kim, Seunghyun Kim participated in poster presentation. [Busan, Korea, 1/18-1/19, 2019]
• Dr. Bonjae Koo participated in oral presentation at The 2018 Fall meeting of Korean Ceramic Society [Seoul, Korea, 11/14-11/16, 2018]
• Jun Kyu Kim participated in poster presentation at Energy Week 2019 [Kyushu university, Japan, 1/27-2/1, 2019]