Wearable AI sensors are not far away! A research team led by Dr. Yong-hun Kim succeeded in creating the world’s first neuromorphic semiconductor devices with high integration and high flexibility by applying lithium-ion thin films to transparent flexible substrates. The researchers are in the Department of Energy & Electronic Materials at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT. To develop a next-gen...

The wave of electrification for future e-mobility, crisis is opportunity! The Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, is preparing a forum to discuss changes in the perception of the future automobile industry and practical countermeasures. KIMS will hold the ‘Future e-mobility electrification parts industry exchange meeting’ on June 20th (Tuesday) in the seminar room of Research Building 1 at KIMS. Changwon...

Tech to absorb electromagnetic waves in the 6G band, got a business partner! The Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT joins EG Co., Ltd., the world’s best company in the high-grade iron oxide market, to conquer the 6G band. KIMS held a technology transfer agreement ceremony with EG Co., Ltd. on June 14 (Wednesday) in the main conference room at KIMS in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, and agreed to transfer the ‘e...

KIMS redefined the role of the current collector! A research team led by Dr. Ji-Hoon Lee of the Department of Hydrogen Energy Material at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) developed a three-dimensional porous carbon-based current collector material and applied it to secondary batteries and supercapacitors to improve energy density and lifespan at the same time with Prof. Insuk Choi at Seoul National University and Prof. Jungho Shin at Gangneung-Wonju National University. KIMS i...

Field and theory, Killing two birds with one stone! The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, has partnered with Korea University (KU) to foster experts in future convergence materials. On May 26 (Friday), KIMS and KU signed an MOU agreement at the KU Main Building's Conference Room 1, attended by KIMS President Lee Jung-hwan and KU President Kim Dong-won. They promised to establish and operate the Future Co...

A healthy, disease-free future society, Let's dream with children! The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, held the 14th Gyeongnam Elementary School Science Imagination Drawing Contest on May 20 (Sat) at KIMS grounds in Changwon, Gyeongnam. More than 250 elementary school students from the Gyeongnam region participated in the contest, capturing their dreams of a disease-free and healthy future society on d...

Becoming a Material Powerhouse Based on the establishment of facilities and equipment for demonstrating extreme materials The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, marked its 16th anniversary, stressing the importance of the project for establishing facilities and equipment for demonstrating extreme materials to become a material powerhouse. On April 25th, KIMS celebrated its 16th anniversary with all its em...

Recognized for outstanding achievements, highlighting "Science Day” The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) employees, a government-funded research institution under the Ministry of Science and ICT, received government commendations to celebrate the 56th Science Day. Ji-hun Yu, a director of the Powder Materials Division, received a presidential commendation, while Byung-dong Hahn, a director of the Ceramic Materials Division, received a prime minister commendation. In addition, Jae-...

A little farther, and closer with the delivery service of science experiment package! Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science & ICT, decided to forge a partnership with the Nubigo, a public-private partnership delivery application developed by Changwon City. This partnership has been concluded to deliver ‘Deliver Science’, a delivery program that hands over the science experiment kit manufactured by the KIMS, to fam...

Dreaming of Science at KIMS! The Annual Gyeongnam Science Drawing contest will be held by the Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, face-to-face after 4 years apart. This event is a science cultural event for the region and a representative CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activity of the KIMS. On May 20th (Sat), the 14th Gyeongnam Science Drawing contest will be held for about 400 elementary school stud...

Take a closer look at National Strategic Material Technology! Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science & ICT, released the ‘Material Technology White Paper 2022.’This Material Technology White Paper released by the KIMS is the only white paper on material technology in Korea that summarizes information on material technology systemically on social issues of the corresponding year with the attendance of experts on the...

Solar cell power generation efficiency greatly increased! A research team led by Dr. Jung-dae Kwon of the Surface & Nano Materials Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, together with Professor Pung-keun Song of Pusan National University and Professor Myung-hun Shin of Korea Aerospace University, developed a flexible substrate incorporating light-scattering structures through a transfer pro...

Secure technological competitiveness with empirical research on extreme materials! The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, regarding the ‘project for establishment of facilities and equipment for demonstrating extreme materials’ held a starting ceremony and a signboard hanging ceremony for the promotion team of the extreme materials empirical research base creation project with Industry-Academic-Institute e...

Differentiating corporation support by prioritizing technology commercialization! The Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, announced a plan to completely reorganize and carry out the existing corporation support business into a project with the ultimate goal of ‘technology commercialization’. According to the ‘Policy Recommendations Research Report’ issued by the National Research Council of Science & ...

Localizing the ceramic parts used for the semiconductor etching process! A research team led by Dr. Ho Jin Ma and Dr. Young-jo Park of the Department of Engineering Ceramics at the Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, succeeded in developing Korea’s first plasma-resistant nanocomposite ceramic with new composition and its processing technology, which reduces contaminant particles inside semiconductor manufac...