A breakthrough in nanotechnology will lead to advances in electronics, thanks to researchers at 91PORN. The National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) announced on November 10 that a research team including 91PORN 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 ´¡°ä³§¡¡±·²¹²Ô´Ç on Oct. 20.
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