Major Activities

• Development of tribology coating : 5 paper published, 3 patents registered, 1 patent applied
• Highly conductive, highly reliable ultrathin metal films: 5 papers published, 1 patent registered
• Development of thermal barrier coatings : 4 papers published
• Technology transfer contract: DLC coating related technology (2, total 21.5 million KRW)
• Technology fee income: DLC coating related technology (4, total 57.1 million KRW ), Surface treatment & heat dissipation technology for heat exchanger (1, total 31million KRW)

Major Research Area

• Development of functional coating and tribology analysis technologies at extremely low temperature
• Development of optical and high-performance HF-DLC coating on IR lens materials
• Development of conductive coating for electrostatic discharge in semiconductor device
• Fabrication of Highly conductive, highly reliable ultrathin metal films for optoelectrical devices
• Development of heat-resistance and non-skid coating materials for the flight deck of a Korean light aircraft carrier
• Development of thermal barrier coatings and life evaluation of gas turbines
• Development of plasma resistant coating for semiconductor manufacturing equipment

Future Research Plan

• Development of extremely low-temperature functional coating and tribology evaluation technology considering operation temperature
• Development of high hardness (60 GPa) thick carbon coating for the machining of difficult-to-cut materials
• Development of a coating technique implementing two-dimensional growth of ultra-thin metal film with ultra-small (<3%) optical loss and high conductivity
• Development of evaluation technology of thermal barrier coatings on real turbine blades
• Development of life prediction technology of thermal barrier coatings

Major R&D Activities

Research on the interfacial & tribological properties to improve the durability of materials/parts in extremely low-temperature environment

• Development of interfacial/surface coating and tribology evaluation system to improve the durability of moving materials/parts used in extremely low-temperature (-253℃~room temp.) and high pressure (250~300 bar) environments, such as hydrogen vehicles and storage facilities.
• Technology to control the thermal expansion/contraction with a wide temperature range (extremely low temp. ~ room temp.)
• Design of tribology coating to improve the durability at low temperature and non-lubricated environments
• Tribology analysis technology under extremely low temperature and high-pressure environment (low-temperature sliding wear test, micro-tensile, and impact test)

Development of heat-resistance and non-skid coating materials for the flight deck of a Korean light aircraft carrier(CVX)

• Development of heat-resistant and non-skid coating materials and thermal analysis technology to protect the flight deck from the high-temperature exhaust flame of short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft deployed on a Korean light aircraft carrier(CVX)
• Development of composition and structure of coating materials for flight deck
• Coating process technology for the flight deck
• Evaluation of flame exposure performance of coating materials for the flight deck
• Evaluation of friction and wear of non-skid coating materials for the flight deck

Development of ultrathin metal-based transparent electrodes implementing completely transparent, highly conductive, and highly reliable properties simultaneously

• Two-dimensional growth of noble metals comprising single/multiple components on oxide substrates
• Simultaneous achievement of high optical transparency (optical loss < 3%), high electrical conductivity (resistivity < 9×10^-8 Ωm), and ultrahigh reliability against oxidation and thermal loading.
• Application of developed transparent electrodes into various optoelectrical applications (Transparent heater, OLED, photovoltaics, etc)