Author: 공과대학 교학팀

Three dimensional bioelectronic interfaces to brain spheroids and assembloids

Complex, three dimensional (3D) assemblies of micro/nanomaterials form naturally in biological systems, where they provide sophisticated function in even the most basic forms of life.  In spite of their broad potential utility in man-made devices, design options for analogous abiotic 3D mesostructures are severely constrained...

Heterogeneous Atomic Catalysts Overcoming the Limitations of Single-Atom Catalysts

Heterogeneous Atomic Catalysts Overcoming the Limitations of Single-Atom Catalysts   Prof. Hyunjoo Lee Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea   Recent advances in heterogeneous single-atom catalysts (SACs), which have isolated metal atoms dispersed on a support, have enabled more precise control of their surface metal atomic structure. SACs could reduce the amount of metals used for the surface reaction, and have often shown unique selectivity, which the corresponding nanoparticles would not have. However, the SACs typically have the limitations of low metal content, poor stability, oxidic electronic states, and the absence of ensemble sites. Here, I will introduce our recent efforts to overcome these limitations. For instance, highly durable SACs could be prepared by anchoring the metal atoms strongly on the defective support, metallic SACs were synthesized, and the ensemble catalysts, in which all the metal atoms are exposed at the surface like the SACs but the surface metal atoms are located nearby, were also successfully synthesized. We applied these heterogeneous atomic catalysts for automobile exhaust treatment (three way catalyst; TWC or diesel oxidation catalyst; DOC) or electrochemical reactions (formic acid oxidation; FAOR or oxygen reduction reaction; ORR). Heterogeneous atomic catalysts, whose structure is elaborately controlled and the surface reaction is better understood, can be a new paradigm with higher catalytic activity, selectivity, and durability, and used in industrial applications....

Gas-surface interactions in hypersonic flow

The desire to maintain thermal loads acting on re-entry vehicles within acceptable limits drives numerous activities pertaining to research and development of thermal-protection materials. Metallic thermal-protection materials with low mass densities and life-cycle costs as well as greater strength to withstand thermal loads have been widely employed...

2D van der Waals Electronics Toward Beyond CMOS Technology

2D Semiconductor Electronics Toward Beyond-CMOS Technology   Chul-Ho Lee1, 2 1KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science & Technology, 2Department of Integrative Energy Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea   Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have emerged as a promising material for implementing beyond-CMOS...