Lab news from the SKKU-STEM Laboratory at Sungkyunkwan University — papers, awards, talks, member milestones, and events.https://skkustem.orgen-ushttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2026-rpp-silver-filmshttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2026-rpp-silver-filmsOur paper on homoepitaxy-like heteroepitaxy via monolayer interface — enabling wafer-scale, atomically flat, grain-boundary-free silver films on Cu buffers — appears in Reports on Progress in Physics, with coverage in Physics World.Tue, 29 Dec 2026 00:00:00 GMTpaperhttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2026-eels-school-grazhttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2026-eels-school-grazEun-Byeol Park and Yerin Jeon represent the lab at the European EELS & EFTEM School at TU Graz, Austria — a week of hands-on training in electron energy-loss spectroscopy.Mon, 28 Dec 2026 00:00:00 GMTeventhttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2026-bk-thesis-awardshttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2026-bk-thesis-awardsYerin Jeon received the Excellence Award (oral) and Eun-Byeol Park received the Encouragement Award (poster) at the 11th BK Department of Energy Science Thesis Competition in Suwon.Sun, 27 Dec 2026 00:00:00 GMTawardhttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2025-natcomm-cu-monolayerhttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2025-natcomm-cu-monolayerOur latest collaboration on copper surface chemistry is published in Nature Communications — an impermeable copper monolayer that resists oxidation up to high temperatures.Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTpaperhttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2025-fellowshiphttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2025-fellowshipProf. Young-Min Kim was named a 2024 SKKU Fellowship recipient — a university-level recognition of research excellence at Sungkyunkwan University.Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTawardhttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2025-cnms-ornlhttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2025-cnms-ornlSang-Hyeok Yang, Min-Hyoung Jung, Eun-Byeol Park, and Yerin Jeon spent two weeks at Oak Ridge National Laboratory through the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) user program.Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTeventhttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2025-mm-salt-lakehttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2025-mm-salt-lakeMin-Hyoung Jung gave an oral presentation and Sang-Hyeok Yang presented a poster at Microscopy & Microanalysis 2025.Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTeventhttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2025-graduationshttps://skkustem.org/news/#news-2025-graduationsSang-Hyeok Yang, Hee-Beom Lee, and Hyeon-Ah Ju completed their doctoral studies in early 2025 — best wishes for the next chapter at KRISS, Lam Research, and KAIST.Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTmember