Nobel Chemistry Prize Winner Announced Today (7th)... Professor Hyeon Taek-hwan a Leading Candidate

Research Contribution to Uniform Nanoparticle Synthesis
Widely Used in Industry Including Samsung QLED

Hyun Taek-hwan, Distinguished Professor at Seoul National University and Director of the Nano Particle Research Division at the Institute for Basic Science, who is being mentioned as a strong candidate for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is entering his laboratory at Seoul National University in Gwanak-gu on the afternoon of the 7th. / Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Juhyung] As the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' Nobel Committee announced the Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner at around 6:45 PM on the 7th, attention is focused on whether Hyun Taek-hwan, Distinguished Professor at Seoul National University and a nominee, will receive the award.

Previously, Clarivate Analytics, an information analysis service company that predicts Nobel Prize winners in each category annually, included Professor Hyun on the list of chemistry candidates. Professor Hyun was the only Korean scientist included as a Nobel Prize nominee.

Professor Hyun is a world-renowned scholar in the field of nanoparticles and has contributed to research on the synthesis of nanocrystals that can be used in a wide range of applications in physics, biology, and medical systems, alongside professors Moungi Bawendi of MIT and Christopher Murray of the University of Pennsylvania.

Professor Hyun has been a leading expert in this field for over 20 years, and his inclusion on this year's candidate list was largely based on his significant achievement in developing a standard synthesis method for uniformly synthesizing nanoparticles.

He developed a method to uniformly synthesize nanoparticles using a "heat-up process," which gradually raises the temperature at room temperature. This technology was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society in 2001 and has been cited 1,660 times to date.

Additionally, Professor Hyun developed foundational technology for the industrial application of the heat-up process. He published a method for the mass synthesis of uniform nanoparticles in the scientific journal Nature Materials in December 2004, which has been cited approximately 3,000 times so far.

The heat-up process is currently used as the standard nanoparticle synthesis method in laboratories and chemical factories. It also laid the foundation for the development of Samsung's QLED (Quantum Dot Light Emitting Diode) TVs.

Meanwhile, the Nobel Committee announced the winners of the Physiology or Medicine Prize on the 5th and the Physics Prize on the 6th.

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