News
(2026)
Prof. Soo-Hyun Kim and Prof. Debananda Mohapatra are on NEWS for the groundbreaking work that emphasized atomically engineered 2D MXene advancement sets a new benchmark in intelligent sensing, enabling next-generation sensing devices to bridge human–machine interfaces with exceptional sensitivity and scalability.
Congratulations, Team! Celebrating NDPL Team Success! (Click)
Prof. Soo-Hyun Kim was featured on Ulsan MBC’s Ultra Live on February 11, 2026, in the special interview segment “ 울트라초대석 'K-반도체의 꿈이 자란다! UNIST 반도체학과' ” The program highlighted the vision and future of Korea’s semiconductor industry and UNIST’s role in nurturing next-generation talent. (Click)
(2025)
Congratulations on receiving the IEEE Excellent Paper Award (2025)!
Our collaborative research on “Optimized Ru Word Line Architecture for PLC 3D NAND” has been selected as an IEEE Excellent Paper by the IEEE Daejeon Section. We sincerely congratulate the authors on this outstanding achievement.
UNIST develops a novel precursor material that breaks through the ‘electrical arteriosclerosis’ of semiconductor interconnects.
Led by Prof. Soo-Hyun Kim, the team successfully demonstrated highly conformal, low-resistivity ruthenium interconnects via an advanced ALD process, enhancing scalability and performance for next-generation semiconductor manufacturing.
Congratulations, Team! (Click)
Congratulations to Prof. Debananda Mohapatra for the KIRD (국가과학기술인력개발원) Emerging STEM Researcher Award 2025 in International Competitions. Best wishes!
Congratulations to Prof. Soo-Hyun Kim on receiving the 2025 Contribution Award from the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the success of IITC 2025 and to the advancement of the academic community.
Congratulations to Prof. Soo-Hyun Kim for receiving the UNIST 2025 Distinguished Faculty Award for Industry–Academic Cooperation, recognizing his leadership in strengthening semiconductor research and education through close collaboration with major global companies such as SK hynix, and for pioneering interdisciplinary programs that foster next-generation semiconductor talent. (Click)
Congratulations to Prof. Soo-Hyun Kim for being recognized as one of the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University and ELSEVIER in 2024, 2025
Prof. Soo-Hyun Kim and Ms. Yeseul Son breakthrough in advanced atomic layer modulation (ALM) enabling ultra-homogeneous PtRu bimetallic atomic alloy thin film aiming next-generation green hydrogen fuel catalysis and semiconductors applications. Congratulations, Team! (Click)
Prof. Soo-Hyun Kim's interview has been published in SK hynix. Congratulation Team! (Click)
Congratulations, Prof. Soo-Hyun Kim (Click), Prof. Debananda Mohapatra (Click), and Dr. Zahid Ansari for international recognition of the top viewed/followed work in Wiley's Advanced Science journal in the field of atomic layer deposition (ALD) for energy conversion and storage. Celebrating team success!
(2024)
Prof. Soo-Hyun Kim and Prof. Debananda Mohapatra groundbreaking work on the Advanced 2D MXene-ALD heterostructures for real-time sensing at the human-machine interface. Congratulations, Team! (Click)
Selected Papers
(2026)
2026. 04. 02. Prof. Debananda Mohapatra's paper has been published in prestigious best-in-class high impact factor journal in Advanced Functional Materials. Congratulation Team! (Click)
(2025)
2025. 03. 01. Prof. Debananda Mohapatra's paper has been published in Materials Today Nano. Congratulation Team! (Click)
(2024)
2024. 08. 28. Prof. Debananda Mohapatra's paper has been published in Small. Congratulation Team! (Click)
(2023)
2023. 11.17. Our paper is published in ACS Applied Nano Materials. Congratulation Team! (Click)
2023. 11. 8. Our paper is published in Advanced Science. Congratulation Team! (Click)
2023. 11. 3. Prof. Debananda Mohapatra's paper has been accepted for publication in Advanced Materials Technologies. Congratulation Team! (Click)
2023. 5. 30. Our paper is published in Applied Surface Science. Congratulation Team! (Click)
2023. 5. 01. Dr. Yuki Mori's paper has been accepted for publication in Small. Congratulation Team! (Click)
2023. 4. 15. Our paper is published in Electrochimica Acta. Congratulation Team! (Click)
2023. 4. 15. Our paper is published in IEEE Xplore. Congratulation Team! (Click)
2023. 3. 01. Our paper is published in Electrochimica Acta. Congratulation Team! (Click)
2023. 2. 22. Prof. Debananda Mohapatra's paper has been accepted for publication in Advanced Science. Congratulation Team! (Click)
2023. 2. 04. Our paper is published in Nature Communications. Congratulation Team! (Click)