1. Spin-Orbitronic Materials & Devices

‘Spin-Orbitronic Materials Discovery for Next-Generation Memory’

• Purpose: Discovery of new materials for ultra-low power and high-speed nonvolatile memory applications
• Role: Principal Investigator & Center Director
• Sponsor: Ministry of Science and ICT (National Research Foundation of Korea), Samsung Electronics

‘Spin-Orbitronic Devices for Security Chip Application’

• Purpose: Development of Low Power Information Security Chip Based on Novel Devices
• Role: Participating Researcher
• Sponsor: Ministry of Science and ICT (National Research Foundation of Korea)

Representative papers

1. Kim, Yong Jin, et al., "CoFeSiB–Pd multilayers and co-deposited alloy films exhibiting perpendicular magnetic anisotropies after heat treatment up to 500° C." Acta Materialia 125, 196-201 (2017)

       https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645416309351

2. Cha, In Ho, et al., "Thickness and composition-dependent spin-orbit torque behaviors in perpendicularly magnetized Ta/W (t)/CoFeB and Ta1-xWx/CoFeB junction structures." Journal of Alloys and Compounds 823, 153744 (2020)

       https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925838820301079

3. Kim, Gyu Won, et al., "Role of the Heavy Metal’s Crystal Phase in Oscillations of Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy and the Interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction in W/Co− Fe− B/MgO Films." Physical Review Applied 9(6), 064005 (2018)

       https://journals.aps.org/prapplied/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.9.064005

2. Functional Nanomaterials for Biomedical Technology

‘Development of Metal and Metal-Oxide Based Composite Scaffolds for Anticancer Immunotherapy’

• Purpose: Development of composite scaffolds for anticancer immunotherapy
• Role: Principal Investigator 
• Sponsor: Ministry of Science and ICT (National Research Foundation of Korea)

‘Development of Innovative Technology for Highly Sensitive in vitro Diagnostics Based on Multifunctional Nanoparticles’

• Purpose: Development of highly sensitive in vitro diagnostics
• Role: Participating Researcher
• Sponsor: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology), AmoLifeScience

Representative papers

1. Park, Bum Chul, et al., "Strategy to control magnetic coercivity by elucidating crystallization pathway-dependent microstructural evolution of magnetite mesocrystals." Nature communications 11, 298 (2020)

       https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-14168-0.pdf?origin=ppub

2. Sharma, Prashant, et al., "Application of radially grown ZnO nanowires on poly-L-lactide microfibers complexed with a tumor antigen for cancer immunotherapy." Nanoscale 11(10), 4591-4600 (2019)

       https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2019/nr/c8nr08704k

‘Development of Low Resistance Materials Based on the Electrochemical Process’

• Purpose: Development of low-resistance materials for interconnects
• Role: Principal Investigator
• Sponsor: Samsung Research Funding & Incubation Center for Future Technology

Representative papers

1. Samardak, Aleksei Yu, et al., "Magnetization reversal of ferromagnetic nanosprings affected by helical shape." Nanoscale 10(43) ,20405-20413 (2018)

       https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/nr/c8nr05655b

2. Jeon, Yoo Sang, et al., "Synthesis of Co nanotubes by nanoporous template-assisted electrodeposition via the incorporation of vanadyl ions." Chemical Communications 53(11), 1825-1828 (2017)

       https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2017/cc/c6cc09843f

3. Yoo, Eunmin, et al., "Electrical resistivity and microstructural evolution of electrodeposited Co and Co-W nanowires." Materials Characterization 166, 110451 (2020)

       https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1044580320319227