Professor Choi Sung Jin of Kookmin University (President Jeong Seung Ryul), Department of Electronics Engineering, has been named to the “Top 2% of the World's Top Researchers” list published by Elsevier and Stanford University's Professor John Ronnidis. The announcement demonstrates Prof. Choi's research excellence and international research strength. 

Kookmin Choi is conducting research on next-generation semiconductor devices, and in addition to silicon-based next-generation semiconductor devices, where semiconductor chips are currently being mass-produced, he is also conducting research on next-generation semiconductor devices based on carbon nanotubes, an atomic-scale material. As silicon-based semiconductor devices are reaching their limits, research on new semiconductor materials is being actively conducted worldwide, and among the many promising materials, Professor Choi is focusing on carbon nanotube-based semiconductor devices. 

In addition to his research on the world's smallest carbon nanotube semiconductor devices, he is currently working on applying the semiconductor process for fabricating them to the mass production line of silicon-based semiconductor devices. The demand for high-performance semiconductor chips is rapidly increasing due to the advancement of artificial intelligence, and we are striving to develop the original technology for next-generation semiconductor devices. 

The “World's Top 2% Researchers” list is published by Stanford University Professor John P.A. Ioannidis and Elsevier to recognize the world's top researchers in various aspects of quality. The list is compiled from researchers around the world who have published at least five papers in 22 scientific fields and is based on the impact of their publications.

Professor Choi Sung Jin is currently conducting research on “Development of commercialization technology for wafer-based carbon nanotube semiconductor electronic devices” funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea, and “Development of low-temperature process-based Si/Ge channel top application device fabrication technology and circuit/architecture implementation for next-generation large-area three-dimensional monolithic integration” through the New Device Source Technology Development Project of the Next Generation Intelligent Semiconductor Development Project. 

“I am pleased that my research on the development of fundamental technologies for next-generation semiconductor devices, which is a long-term project, has been recognized,” said Choi. “Together with my undergraduate professors, especially those who run the Intelligent Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits Lab (S!LK Lab), I will further strengthen our leading position in the field of next-generation semiconductor devices and contribute to the development of semiconductor device technologies in Korea.”