Professor Heo Geun (College of Natural Science, Department of Semiconductor Science and Technology) announced on the 25th that he had been awarded the Outstanding Paper Award by the international journal 'Nanoscale Horizons (IF: 10.989)' for research he published last year.

The award is presented by Nanoscale Horizons, a leading international journal in the field of nanomaterials and nanodevices, to the most outstanding paper published each year.

Professor Heo received the honor for his first-author paper published in the journal last year, titled 'Ferroelectric Polymer-Based Artificial Synapse for Neuromorphic Computing.'

The paper was selected as a cover article at the time of publication and was evaluated as the most outstanding research paper published last year.

Through this research, Professor Heo developed an artificial synapse device for artificial intelligence using the polymer-based ferroelectric material PVDF-TrFE and demonstrated performance sufficient for object classification.

The research also identified optimal processing conditions that exploit the advantages of polymer materials capable of uniform synthesis over large areas. By thoroughly analyzing polarization characteristics and implementing the synapse device, the study demonstrated the potential application of polymer-based ferroelectric materials in electronic devices.

In particular, the study is expected to contribute to the future development of electronic devices that apply the polarization characteristics of ferroelectric materials. Related follow-up research is being conducted by the Department of Semiconductor Science and Technology at Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) and the Next-Generation Memory Laboratory (emdl.jbnu.ac.kr).

Professor Heo said, "It is very meaningful to me as a researcher that my first-author paper published in a leading international journal was evaluated as the most outstanding paper of last year. I will work harder to conduct advanced research with the excellent researchers of the Department of Semiconductor Science and Technology's Next-Generation Memory Laboratory so that we can lead the artificial intelligence field that will shape future society."