DGIST-LBNL Research Center for Emerging Materials
In July 2012, the DGIST-LBNL Research Center for Emerging Materials was established based on the collaboration between DGIST and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in the United States. In December 2012, the center was selected for the "Overseas Excellence Research Institution Attraction Project" by the Korea Research Foundation. Subsequently, in May 2014, a subunit within LBNL (LDJIM) was established to facilitate joint research endeavors.
The DGIST-LBNL Research Center for Emerging Materials aims to contribute to the local, national, and global communities by commercializing fundamental new technologies and transferring them to local industries through additional support from the city of Daegu and Dalseong-gun, as well as through international collaborative research efforts.
Furthermore, the center conducts advanced research on novel material properties by integrating DGIST's capabilities in material synthesis with LBNL's atomic-level analysis technologies utilizing the synchrotron-based soft X-ray microscopy facility. Through active personnel exchanges with LBNL, the center will solidify its forward-looking partnership for the future.
- Pioneering Research and Development in Functional Composite Materials
- Advancing research and development in the field of functional composite materials.
- Striving for a leap to become a world-class research center.
- Enhancing and expanding joint research efforts and partnerships between DGIST and LBNL.
- Developing new materials and substances through a multidisciplinary approach.
- Expansion of Facilities and Fundamental Property Research for Developing Multifunctional Composite Materials
- Establishment of equipment for the development of fusion materials with diverse chemical compositions and physical microstructures, enabling synthesis of multiscale, multidimensional materials.
- Setup of equipment for macroscopic and microscopic property measurements.
- Exploration of Multifunctional Composite Materials with Control at the Electron, Atomic, and Molecular Levels:
- Investigation of the principles underlying the fusion state of multifunctional composite materials through control at the electron, atomic, and molecular levels.
- Development of multifunctional composite materials through precise control at the electron, atomic, and molecular levels to elucidate the principles of fusion states.
Jung-Il Hong
+82-53-785-6511
jihong@dgist.ac.kr