A breakthrough in nanotechnology will lead to advances in electronics, thanks to researchers at SKKU. The National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) announced on November 10 that a research team including SKKU Professor Ahn Jong-ryul has developed a three-dimensional carbon structure superior to graphene.
Graphene has a flat form that is only one carbon atom thick by aligning each carbon atom into a hive shape. When graphene is formed in a three-dimensional structure, it retracts to its flat structure making it incompatible with three-dimensional electronic devices.
The research team overcame this limitation by developing a three-dimensional structure by using a two-dimensional material which has the same characteristics as graphene. This discovery is expected to bring about the development of high-efficient three-dimensional carbon materials that can be applied to energy devices, micro-electromechanical devices and other uses.
“The three-dimensional carbon structure made from this research has good mechanical strength of stability, so it can be applied to various micro electromechanical systems like three-dimension flexible sensors," said Prof. Ahn.
This research was funded by the Ministry of Education’s General Researcher Support project and the NRF. The results were published on the online version of the international nano research journal ACS Nano on Oct. 20.
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