Researchers at the Center for Correlated Electron Systems, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea, in collaboration with Sogang University and Seoul National University, reported the first experimental observation of a XY-type antiferromagnetic material, whose magnetic order becomes unstable when it is reduced to one-atom thickness. Published in Nature Communications, these findings…
A Two-Atom Quantum Duet
Graphene Shines as Star van der Waals Material
In the nanoworld, magnetism has proven to be truly surprising. Just a few atoms thick, magnetic 2D materials could help to satisfy scientists’ curiosities and fulfil dreams for ever-smaller post-silicon electronics. An international research team led by PARK Je-Geun at the Center for Correlated Electron Systems, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), has just…
Soft Bioelectronic Mesh Tested on Human Heart, Pulsating Pig’s Heart
Producing Defectless Metal Crystals of Unprecedented Size
Innovative Sensor Fights Cancer Stem Cells
Most cancer deaths are caused by recurrent or metastatic tumors. Conventional therapies target rapidly dividing tumor cells, but are unable to eradicate the highly chemoresistant tumor initiating cells (TICs), ultimately responsible for relapse and spreading of the tumors in other parts of the body. A team of researchers at the Center for Self-assembly and Complexity,…
Understanding the Impact of Defects on the Properties of moS2
Ultrathin and Flat Graphene Metalenses Gain Morace Properties
On the quest for miniaturization, scientists at the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea), in collaboration with researchers from the University of Birmingham and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), develop credit card-thick, flat lenses with tunable features. These optical devices, made of graphene…
Experimental Hydrogel Could Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis
Naked Molecules Spied Dancing in Liquid
Moving, vibrating and leaping molecules make up our world. However, capturing their movement is not an easy task. IBS scientists at the Center for Soft and Living Matter, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), were able to see the movement of molecules stored inside a graphene pocket without the need to stain them. Published…
Transistors Masquerade as Both Metal and Semiconductor
Modern life will be almost unthinkable without transistors. They are the ubiquitous building blocks of all electronic devices: each computer chip contains billions of them. However, as the chips become smaller and smaller, the current 3D field-electronic transistors (FETs) are reaching their efficiency limit. A research team at the Center for Artificial Low Dimensional Electronic…
New MRI Contrast Agent Tested on Big Animals
The top causes of death worldwide, ischemic heart diseases and stroke, together with another major source of illness, that is cancer, require proper imaging of blood vessels. A team formed by the Center for Nanoparticle Research, within the Institute for Basic Science, in collaboration with scientists at Anhui Provincial Hospital and Seoul National University Hospital, have tested a…
Multi-Antioxidant Nanoparticles to Treat Sepsis
Synthetic Nanochannels for Iodide Transport
Exchange of iodide (iodine ions) between bloodstream and cells is crucial for the health of several organs and its malfunctioning is linked to goiter, hypo- and hyperthyroidism, breast cancer, and gastric cancer. Researchers at the Center for Self-Assembly and Complexity, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have devised nanostructures that function as channels for…
Model for Multivalley Polaritons
Everything we experience is made of light and matter. And the interaction between the two can bring about fascinating effects. For example, it can result in the formation of special quasiparticles, called polaritons, which are a combination of light and matter. A team at the Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems, within the Institute…
Model for Multivalley Polaritons
Researchers Perform Genome Surgery with CRISPR-Cas9 to Prevent Blindness
It is estimated that almost one in every ten people over 65 has some signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and its prevalence is likely to increase as a consequence of the aging population. AMD is a form of blindness, common in Caucasians, which causes distorted vision and blind spots. Scientists at the Center for…
A New Platform to Study Graphene’s Electric Properties
Graphene’s unusual electronic structure enables this extraordinary material to break many records of strength, electricity and heat conduction. Physicists at the Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems (PCS), in collaboration with the Research Institute for Standards and Science (KRISS), used a model to explain the electronic structure of graphene measured by a new spectroscopic…
Smarter MRI Diagnosis with Nano MRI Lamp
A research team led by CHEON Jinwoo at the Center for Nanomedicine, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), developed the Nano MRI Lamp: A new technology platform that tunes the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signals “ON” only in the presence of the targeted disease. Published in Nature Materials, this study can overcome the limitations of…
Nano MRI Lamp Provides Superior MRI Diagnosis
A research team led by Cheon Jinwoo at the Center for Nanomedicine, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), developed the Nano MRI Lamp: A new technology platform that tunes the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signals “ON” only in the presence of the targeted disease. Published in Nature Materials, this study can overcome the limitations…
First Experimental Proof of a 70-Year-Old Physics Theory
PARK Je-Geun, associate director at the Center for Correlated Electron Systems and collaborators have demonstrated the magnetic behavior of a special class of 2D materials. This is the first experimental proof to a theory proposed more than 70 years ago. The paper, describing the experiment, is published in the journal Nano Letters. Recently, scientists all over…
Laser-induced Phase Separation Used to Make Graphene
All our smart phones have shiny flat AMOLED displays. Behind each single pixel of these displays hide at least two silicon transistors which were mass-manufactured using laser annealing technologies. While the traditional methods to make them uses temperatures above 1,000 C, the laser technique reaches the same results at low temperatures even on plastic substrates…
The Thinnest Photodetector in the World
The Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has developed the world’s thinnest photodetector, that is a device that converts light into an electric current. With a thickness of just 1.3 nanometers – 10 times smaller than the current standard silicon diodes — this device could be used in the…
Graphene Coating Keeps Glass from Corroding
Researchers at the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), have demonstrated graphene coating protects glass from corrosion. Their research, published in ACS Nano, can contribute to solving problems related to glass corrosion in several industries. Glass has a high degree of both corrosion and chemical resistance. For this…