GIST Department of Materials Science and Engineering Student Wonjun Lee Receives Excellence Award in Materials Research Paper

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) announced on the 18th that Wonjun Lee, a doctoral degree candidate in the Department of New Materials Engineering, received this year’s Excellent Paper Award in the materials field from the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS).

This award was given by the Korea Institute of Materials Science to encourage the development of outstanding talents in the materials field, targeting doctoral candidates expected to graduate in the materials field.

Student Wonjun Lee developed a highly functional metal oxide material and solution printing process technology through his research on “Development of High-Performance Metal Oxide Materials and Solution Printing Process.” He manufactured metal oxide materials with high dielectric constants into very dilute liquid high-performance inks, and notably succeeded in developing a wire-bar printing method that can apply finely controlled metal oxide thin films at the nanometer scale to large-area substrates.

This technology produced large-area, highly uniform, high-performance metal oxide insulating films using only an extremely small amount of ink in the micro-liter range under atmospheric conditions rather than vacuum, and succeeded in reducing the power consumption of electronic devices to about one-tenth of the existing level.

Furthermore, by combining surface modification methods with the bar printing method, he demonstrated that metal oxide thin films can automatically form precise patterns without photolithography processes, and published the results in the authoritative journal in the materials science and technology field, Advanced Materials.

He has published research results related to “Large-Area Device Fabrication and Low-Temperature Photoactivated Crystallization of High-Performance Metal Oxide Thin Film Materials” in numerous prestigious international journals in the materials science and technology field, and in recognition of this research excellence, he is scheduled to receive the Minister of Science and ICT Award at this year’s GIST graduation ceremony.

Meanwhile, the Korea Institute of Materials Science has awarded the Excellent Paper Award to a total of 44 outstanding talents from 11 universities since 2003, starting with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, to secure top university talents and establish a network hub in the materials field.

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