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 Active Polymer Center for Pattern Integration |
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Overview of APCPI
Active Polymer Center for Pattern Integration (APCPI) at Yonsei University is one of the engineering research center of excellence (ERC), supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), Korea. APCPI was established in 2007 for the development of leading technologies for the promotion of industrial development, including the fundamental researches and the applied technologies through industry-academic collaborations.
Active polymers, different from the conventional passive polymeric binders and carriers, are promising materials with many advanced properties, such as optical and electronic properties including new switching and delivery functions. Researches in active polymers are expected to provide many advanced scientific and technological opportunities for IT and BT industry.
APCPI consists of leading faculties from Yonsei University, KAIST, Hanyang university, Hannam University, Pusan National University and Chungnam National University. The main purpose of the research center is to develop patternable active polymers and their new patterning processes. The research center also has strong networks with world-renowned research groups for the development of patternable active polymers and fundamental processes for the electric- and bio-devices.
From the beginning, APCPI also has aimed to develop applied technologies for the industrialization. In addition, APCPI takes an important role in education of researchers on creative active polymer researches through tailored track programs, facilitated jointly with industries.
Research Objectives of APCPI
We focus on developing patternable bio- and photoelectronic polymers through interdisciplinary and collaborative research programs.
Purpose of Research
Purpose : Develop patternable active polymers and their new patterning Process
- Development of core patterning technology and device for active polymers
- Application technology of electro- and bio- device based on active polymers
- Development of applied technology of active polymers for pattern integration
Research Areas
Research areas of APCPI include 3-D Patternable ActivePolymers (Program 1), Integrated Assembly of BioactiveDots (Program 2), Polymeric Materials For Active Planar Patterns (Program 3) and Function-amplified Polymer Composite Materials (Program 4).
Program 1 develops 3-D patternable active polymers such as photo- and electro- responsive polymers and applying them to soft-matter engineering focusing on organic photoelectronic devices. Program 2 develops integrated assembly of bioactive dots and wires for biomedical application such as bioactive material delivery and amplified bioactive material delivery patch. Program 3 develops polymeric materials for active planar patterns using bio- or photoelectronic polymers, generating 2-D patterned array for the devices. Program 4 develops Multi-Function-amplified polymer composite by incorporating organic/inorganic unit into active polymers, and preparing the hybrid materials with the optimized and maximized properties. Research groups of Program 1, 2, 3 & 4 are organized in highly interdisciplinary nature and a close collaboration system.
Effectiveness of Research
Academic/Technological Impact
- Use of patternable active polymeric materials to nano-, bio-, and information technology will establish the cutting-edge engineering research in the field of the fusion technology and provide breakthrough technology in polymeric materials for electronics and biotechnology.
Social/Economical/Industrial Impact
- Applications of new organic materials developed from our research center to display, energy, and organic semiconductor industry will lead the world market in advanced materials and also provide new opportunities in information and biotechnology business.
- The global markets related with the proposed research area include 1.4 billion $ for organic electronics, 8.5 billion $ for biosensors, 6 billion $ for photovoltaic and 70 billion $ for drug delivery business. The success of our research program will make a significant impact on the aforementioned markets.
International and Industrial Cooperation
● International Cooperation
ENS de Cachan(France), KIST-EU, Pierreet Marie Curie Univ.(France) Cornell University (U.S.A), Carnegie Mellon Univ. (U.S.A), IBM(U.S.A), National Chemical Lab. (India), Rennes 1 Univ. (France), Freiburg Univ. (Germany), National Inst. of Advanced Industrial Sci. and Tech., NIMS, Chitose University, TIT(Japan), etc.
● Domestic Cooperation
LGChem, Samsung electronics, Cheil Industries, Kumho Petrochemical, iBULe Photonics co., K-MAC, Suntech, Severance Hospital, Seobuk Hospital, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, KIST, Seyang Polymer, Shinwha Intertech, Truwin, etc.  |
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| Asian Institute for Bioethics and Health Law (AIBHL) |
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| Biochip Research Center |
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| Biometrics Engineering Research Center |
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As the demand for security in applications such as data protection and financial transaction become an increasingly relevant issue, the importance of biometric techniques is gaining much attention. In addition to research based on improving the performance of personal identification and evaluation technologies, standardization efforts are emerging to provide a common software interface which will permit an effective comparison and evaluation of different biometric technologies. To cope with the above needs, the Biometrics Engineering Research Center (BERC) was founded in August 2002 with more than one hundred biometric experts (including 17 professors) from five universities, and with the support of Korea Science Foundation (KSF). The KSF had been recognizing the importance of biometric technologies, and selected the Biometrics Engineering Research Center as one of the government supported research centers.
The ultimate goal of the Biometrics Engineering Research Center is to develop new biometric and performance evaluation technologies. To achieve this goal, we conduct research in the following three areas:
1) Core technologies for biometrics, including fingerprint, iris, face, speech, and multimodal.
2) Biometric system and data security
3) Performance evaluation technologies
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| Cancer Metasis Research center |
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Cardiovascular Research Product Efficacy Evaluation
Center(CPEC) |
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| Center for Bioactive Molecular Hybrids |
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The Center for Bioactive Molecular Hybrids (CBMH), established in August 2003, promotes individual and collaborative research at the molecular level to better understand the basic principles of biological phenomena. Mechanism study of the biological process in natural state is too complex and, therefore, the simplified model system should be employed. In order to perform this effectively, synthesis of complex biomolecules, natural products, and their hybrids conjugated with other functional molecules is necessary. Bioactive molecular hybrids are, in addition, crucial for the development of new drugs and biomolecular detection devices. Accordingly, CBMH has selected essential research areas, such as synthesis, analysis, and applications of bioactive molecules to accomplish its goals of progressing knowledge, improving human-welfare, and upgrading the nation's technological status. The Center carries out the following projects:
1) Synthesis of biomolecules and their clusters
2) Study of interaction mechanisms between biomolecules and bioreceptors
3) Synthesis of structurally diverse molecular libraries
4) Improvement of high-throughput screening of drug candidates by molecular chip technologies
5) Design and synthesis of hybrid structures emitting electrical, magnetic, and light signals
6) Development of molecular imprinting technologies on solid supports
7) Development of nano-bio detecting devices for bioactive molecular interactions
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| Center for Chronic Metabolic Disease Research |
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| Center for Evolutionary Nanoparticles |
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| Center for Inflammatory Response Modulation |
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| Center for Information Storage Devices |
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| Center for Integrative Drug Discovery |
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| Center for Nano-Wear |
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| Center for Noncrystalline Materials |
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| The Center for Noncrystalline Materials, supported by the Creative Research Initiatives Program of the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology, was designated as a Research Center in 1998 and was launched in October, 1998. The goal of this Center is to come up with theories for designing new materials which will overcome the limitations of currently used metallic materials by utilizing various crystalline structures, namely periodic, semi-periodic, and non-periodic structures. Another goal is to develop a technology that will help apply the outcome of the research. The Center especially desires to train a pool of experts who will keep abreast of research trends in the world and lead research projects. |
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| Center for Space Astrophysics |
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| The Center for Space Astrophysics (CSA) was established in December 1997 to greatly expand the capability of Korean astronomy and space-based operations. The research interests at CSA cover a variety of subjects including stellar evolution and populations, structure and evolution of galaxies, and observational cosmology. The ongoing mission of CSA is to participate in the development and operation of GALEX space UV telescope with particular emphasis on the evolution of galaxies and the UV radiation from old stellar populations. Yonsei University has always tried to serve as a bridge between Korea and other cultures, and to serve a wider world than just Korea. The CSA is not an exception in this pursuit of internationalization, and therefore is paying special effort to develop and maintain international cooperation in various fields of astronomy and astrophysics. |
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| Center for Technology Fusion in Construction |
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The Center was established to overcome the crisis faced by the construction industry, which plays a great role in the Korean economy, and to promote balanced economic progress by combining construction technology with promising future technology. Through such an endeavor, the Center will produce creative and competitive experts of the next generation and build a foundation for developing valuable new technologies. The nation's image, consequently, will improve, and the Center will serve as a stepping stone for Korea to become the leader in construction industry.
The ultimate goal of this Center is to create a master plan that will combine state-of-the -art technology with present day construction techniques, in order to come up with a business plan and develop a plan to receive project orders. |
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| Center for the Innovation of Engineering Education |
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| Clinical Research Center for Liver Cirrhosis |
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| Clinical Trials Center for Medical Devices |
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| Genome Institute |
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Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International
Development: IPAID |
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| Institute of East and West Studies |
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The Institute of East and West Studies was founded on March 23, 1972. The Institute was entrusted with the mission of launching a comprehensive research program within the University on key political, economic, sociocultural and technological issues confronting Korea and her more immediate neighbors. Since then, the Institute's research activities have been broadened to include pressing global issues, broad area studies, and other inter disciplinary studies in the social sciences.
With the active participation of faculty members of the University and together with support from various institutions both in Korea and abroad, the Institute's approach has become transnational in scope. Five semi-independent Centers and eleven Programs have been, established under the auspices of the institute, each with a specific mandate. The Institute places primary emphasis on the following key issues in its research activities. (1) The new order arising in Northeast Asia, (2) economic and social unification of North and South Korea, (3) different types of capitalist systems, (4) a study on the formation of the EC and its effects on the world economy, (5) strategic alliance between countries and firms in the Asia-Pacific and its effects, and (6) process of implementing market economies in transnational economies.
The Institute continues to host various international and domestic conferences as well as support a publication program and publishes semiannually the Journal of East and West Studies in English. |
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| Institute of Humanities |
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| Institute of Korean Studies |
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The Institute of Korean Studies was established in 1977 to further develop and strengthen the tradition of researching Korean studies at the former Institute of Far Eastern Studies founded in 1948. The goal of the Institute is to foster a higher level of research in Korean language, literature, history, philosophy, religion, and society, as well as study of related aspects of neighboring cultures.
The Institute supports individual or joint research projects, and also sponsors exchanges of foreign scholars. Major projects currently in progress are the compiling of an index of the Koryosa, an investigation of Korean intellectuals, and a study of the Orokhae ("Annotated Notes on the Vocabulary of the Classics"). Each semester the Institute presents a weekly seminar as a part of its "Tasan Memorial Lecture Series," the contents of which are published in a continuing monograph series. The Institute also holds biweekly seminars and publishes the quarterly, Dong Bang Hak Chi (The Journal of Korean Studies). |
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| Institute of Language and Information Studies |
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| Institute of Legal Research |
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| Institute of Life Science and Biotechnology |
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The Institute of Life Science & Biotechnology was established in March 2000 to coordinate research activities of laboratories engaged in life science and biotechnology in the university, as well as encourage communication between researchers in fields of natural science, engineering and medicine.
Objectives
With this new collaborative research environment, the institute aims to achieve the following:
1. To develop projects of common interest among the laboratories, thereby ensuring competitiveness in funding research projects.
2. To actively promote research in emerging technologies such as bioinformatics and proteomics.
3. To lure highly qualified researchers to the academic environment by revitalizing basic research.
4. To enable, in collaboration with industries, easier transitions from research to practical application of the research findings.
Activities
1. We have been offering the Graduate Program in Functional Genomics since March 2003 to train highly qualified students in the newly emerging fields of bioinformatics and proteomics.
2. The key members of the institute, including 17 professors and 8 researchers with PhDs, are actively taking part in the governmental grant supported by the Korea Research Foundation (KRF). This project includes chemoinformatics-based design of new drug entities, studies on post-translational modification and regulation of target proteins for developing new drugs, identification of new bio-drug targets associated with development of diseases via functional proteomics and microarray, and target identification associated with inflammation using functional proteomics approaches and structural analysis. The project is being funded 500,000,000 won every year for 5 years from 2004 to 2009.
3. We have been holding the Annual International Symposium since 2001 under the title of "New Challenges in the Post Genome Era".
4. We are running the facility for high biotechnology research at the Advanced Science & Technology Center on campus. The facility provides services and usages of confocal microscope, time-laps confocal microscope, MALDI-TOF/TOF, X-ray generator, and image analyzer (Typhoon). |
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| Institute of Medical Engineering |
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| Institute of State Governance Studies |
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The Institute of State Governance studies was founded on September 1, 2003 to be a leading research for the purpose of fulfilling the 21th century Yonseian Vision corresponding to the globalization and information. The main goal of the Institute is to specialize in governing and a state governance as the first authentic agency in a sphere of public policy in Korea, develop the market economy and a democracy, promote an integrated society, head toward a unified nation and take off for a developed country, and to study nation-wide theses systematically, we are faced with in the near future.
Specially, we are collecting and retrieving continuously a historical records of government connected with former president in concert with the reference room of historical documents of Lee Sung-Man and the Kim Dae-Jung library. The Institute continues to make a contribution to the development of Korea through studying a state governance and focusing on making an alternative measure concerning public policy. |
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| Nanomedical National Core Research Center |
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| The Nanomedical National Core Research Center was established in December, 2004, with the support of the Science Foundation of Korean Ministry of Science and Technology, and with the purpose of performing interdisciplinary research on nano technology. The ultimate goal of this center is to cure terminal illnesses by developing new technology in the field of medicine through interdisciplinary studies, and to produce competent, creative, and internationally competitive experts. |
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Pioneer Research Center for Neuro-Science &
Technology |
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| Research Center for Human Natural Defense System |
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Research Center for Orofacial Hard Tissue
Regeneration |
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| Supported by the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology, the Center was established on September 1, 2003 to develop biomaterial and regenerating agents that help regenerate and restore damaged or lost orofacial hard tissues. The MRC (Medical Science and Engineering Research Center)program of the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology supports basic science research and development, and trains a pool of experts in basic science. This Center is the first research center to be annexed to the College of Dentistry. Going a step further from the previous practice of simply studying the regenerative material, the staff at the Center try to understand the agents related with the regeneration of orofacial tissues as well as their origins. Based on this research, they develop new biomaterial and apply them on patients. The staff perform studies to find tissue regeneration catalysts and to develop biomaterial for tissue engineering, and they also study the effects treatment of tissues' surface have on their skin adhesion. Based on the outcomes of studies on the biomechanics of orofacial hard tissues, the staff develops ceramic and highly molecular and metallic biomaterial and uses them on teeth and the regeneration of damaged orofacial hard tissues. |
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Severance Hospital Integrative Research Institute for
Cerebral & Cardiovascular Diseases: SIRIC |
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| Studies of Biofunctional Organic Molecules |
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| The Low Observable Technology Research Center |
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Translational Research Center for Protein Function
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| U-City Convergence Service R&D Group |
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| Yonsei Institute of Convergence Technology |
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| Yonsei Institute of Convergence Technology (YICT) aims to take a leading role in the area of information technology convergence. For this mission it seeks to prepare creative and pioneering engineers through its innovative curriculum and unconventional research environment. The focus of the institute’s education and research projects is to promote market-driven initiatives and strategies, as well as, develop creative cross-disciplinary solutions. By cultivating imaginative problem-solvers with broad expertise, we seek to foster future leaders equipped to face challenges and set new paths in the field of technological convergence. |
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| Yonsei Proteome Research Center |
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