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[YONSEI NEWS] “Two-Dimensional New Materials as an Industrial Wealth Creating Force”

연세대학교 홍보팀 / news@yonsei.ac.kr
2012-11-06

Special Lecture by Nobel Prize Winner Professor Konstantin Novoselov On October 5th, Professor Konstantin Novoselov (University of Manchester) delivered a passionate lecture on two-dimensional carbon materials or materials in flatland. He was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Professor Andre Geim, for his pioneering work on the two-dimensional carbon material grapheme. The lecture, which was organized with support of the LS Display-Yonsei Academic-Industrial Cooperation Center, was attended by some 150 students and professors, especially those from the Division of Material Science and Engineering. In his lecture, Professor Novoselov introduced two-dimensional atomic crystal new materials, such as boron nitride (BN), molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), and grapheme (material which has a hexagonal structure and consists of carbon atom with molecular layer thickness). He showed that these materials have a wide range of electrical conductivity and mechanical strength, which can be utilized in a variety of applications such as solar cells, secondary batteries, and display technology. He highlighted that research on these materials has been, and still is, actively being conducted worldwide.