New simulation techniques based on big data obtained from molecular simulations can indirectly help model degraded porous materials. As such, the new method can be used to understand properties of materials in the absence of structural information....read more
A new class of photonic nanomaterial with biodegradability and biocompatibility is developed for combined photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy of cancers....read more
KAIST researchers established a novel and efficient biocatalysis system to produce terephthalic acid from p-xylene by microbial fermentation of an engineered gut bacterium....read more
A new optogenetic method has been developed to induce rapid and robust protein clustering....read more
BAF53b, an epigenetic factor involved in nucleosome remodeling, is induced in the lateral amygdala neurons after fear learning, and it regulates long-term memory consolidation....read more
We developed 300 Mbps low-power/low-complexity/broadband small base station technology supporting 4x4 MIMO by proposing a new antenna structure and a new RF structure based on LTE-A....read more
Professor Naehyuck Chang (KAIST KI) introduced a high-performance electric racing car. This racing car was realized by electric vehicle conversion in the first attempt in Korea....read more
This paper presents a pragmatic method to create mushroom-like microstructures and robust super-omniphobic surfaces by using localized photofluidization of azopolymers....read more
The demand for wearable strain gauges that can detect dynamic human motions is growing in the area of healthcare technology. However, the realization of efficient sensing materials for the effective detection of human motions in daily life is technically challenging due to the absence of optimally designed electrodes. Here, we propose a novel concept to overcome the intrinsic limits of conventional strain sensors based on planar electrodes by developing highly periodic and three-dimensional (3D) bicontinuous nanoporous electrodes. The 3D structural platform allows the fabrication of a strain sensor with robust properties, such as a gauge factor of up to 134 at a tensile strain of 40%, a widened detection range of up to 160%, and a cyclic property of over 1000 cycles. Collectively, this study provides new design opportunities for a highly efficient sensing system that finely captures human motions, including phonations and joint movements....read more
The phase transition of topological defects formed by liquid crystal (LC) materials was directly observed for the first time....read more