Professor Yoo Hyobin of Department of Physics

Selected for SSTF Fund Grant Program for 2nd Half of 2020

Department of Physics Professor Yoo Hyobin's research assignment was selected for the final award in the Samsung Science & Technology Foundation (SSTF) Fund Grant Program (in Novel Materials) for the second half of 2020.

On October 6, Samsung Electronics announced 31 research projects (15 in basic science, seven in novel materials, and nine in ICT) to be granted with research funds from the SSTF Fund Grant Program amounting to KRW 39.63 billion, starting in the second half of 2020.

Professor Yoo's research team will conduct research on 'New Ferroelectric Properties with Two-dimensional van der Waals Materials by Use of Operando Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Analysis.'

Used as an essential component in various semiconductor-based electron devices, 'Ferroelectrics' have been limited in applicability due to problems in the miniaturization process. Professor Yoo's team will conduct research in the development of new ferroelectrics on a two-dimensional material base that will overcome the limits of existent ferroelectrics and enable applicability to subminiature high-density electron devices. In particular, marking a first in the field, the team will develop the Operando Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) analysis method to observe real-time structural changes while driving electron devices and will explore the dynamics of driving a ferroelectric-based electron device.

Professor Yoo Hyobin said, "As well as developing new materials capable of being applied to next-generation electron devices, we will try to present a new analysis paradigm that can observe real-time structural changes in driving various functional electron devices."