Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics

Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP), located at SungkyunKwan University (SKKU) is recently founded under the roof of Korea Institute for Basic Science (IBS) which is established mainly to secure creative knowledge and fundamental technology for the future through world-class basic science research in Korea.

The aim of our Center is to search for emerging van der Waals layered materials and design artificial heterostructures to unveil unprecedented physics and the related devices. In the second stage of the Center, we focus on three main topics in physics for i) beyond Shockley-Queisser limit in 2D material heterostructures, ii) room-temperature ferromagnetism in 2D materials, iii) coulombic boson electronics, and three main topics in chemistry for iv) 2D semiconducting graphene, v) visible photocatalyst design, vi) chiral monomer by light. With the quest of the Center, ‘What is new?’, we ask ourselves two challenging questions on i) exploring for diagnosis and therapy of Alzheimer disease and ii) unveiling emerging quantum materials. Because of the complexity of nanostructured materials of interest, it is vital to work together from various researchers. The Center consists of multidisciplinary researchers in physics, chemistry and electronics. This is a maneuvering team’s effort and we are working with a slogan ‘Work smart! Work together!’.