1. 비전: 저희는 신소재 구조-물성 상관관계의 전문가로서 영상화 및 융합을 통한 소재 디자인 분야를 선도해나가겠습니다.

2. 미션: 신소재 성능을 획기적으로 개선시키고, 신뢰성을 강화하고 경제를 활성화시키고 환경을 보호함으로써 더 밝고 나은 세상을 만들어가겠습니다.

3. 연구분야:

• Characterization of piezo- and ferroelectric materials

Studying the enhancement of ferroelectric/piezoelectric properties and elucidating relevant mechanisms.

Predicting potential ferroelectric materials with the help of density functional calculations and machine learning for various applications.

• Oxide materials

Enhancing piezoelectric and mechanical properties of nano-architectured oxide structure.

Studying ferroelectric properties and domain information of ferroelectric oxide materials. In particular, we focus on semiconductor applications such as FEFET, FRAM.

• Dental research

Focusing on medical, especially dental applications of piezoelectric materials.

Visualization of interesting phenomenon related to dental research using advanced atomic force microscopy.

• Imaging ionic materials

Visualization of lithium ion concentration & pathway in the battery materials including lithium ion conductor and lithium metal.