Abstract: Alloy nanoparticles, and a method for forming the alloy nanoparticles, an alloy nanocatalyst comprising the alloy nanoparticles are provided. The alloy nanoparticles are formed by a method comprising mixing a first metal complex including a first metal and a second metal complex including a second metal to form a multimetal compound and heat-treating the multimetal compound to form an alloy compound. The first metal and the second metal comprise transition metal, the first metal complex comprises a pyridine-based ligand, and a carbon shell containing N is formed on the surface of the alloy compound by the heat treatment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 7, 2021
Date of Patent:
July 14, 2026
Assignees:
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
Inventors:
Taeghwan Hyeon, Yung-Eun Sung, Tae Yong Yoo, Ji Mun Yoo
Abstract: Disclosed are an imaging device for correcting and reconstructing a target image in a scattering medium using a multiple scattering tracing algorithm based on a reflection matrix and a method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the imaging device corrects and reconstructs an image of a target object located deep inside a scattering medium such as a biological tissue by tracing a multiple scattering trajectory using a time-resolved reflection matrix obtained from an imaging device that uses a time-resolved light source and then correcting it.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 9, 2024
Date of Patent:
July 7, 2026
Assignees:
KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION;, INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
Inventors:
Won Shik Choi, Sung Sam Kang, Seok Chan Yoon
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of operating a certification server of a public key certificate system. The method includes receiving a request for issuance of a public key certificate from a terminal, determining a terminal encryption scheme and a certification encryption scheme that are suitable for a public key certificate system, the terminal encryption scheme and the certification encryption scheme being encryption schemes allowed in the public key certificate system, generating a public key of the terminal according to the terminal encryption scheme, generating a public key certificate for verifying the validity of the public key of the terminal according to the certification encryption scheme, and transmitting the public key certificate to the terminal.
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a key generation device of a lattice-based public key cryptosystem. In some embodiments, the key generation device may include a communication unit, a storage unit, and a processor that may be configured to control the key generation device to perform operations. In some embodiments, the operations may include generating a public key by using a public key polynomial, where the public key polynomial may belong to a first polynomial ring. In some embodiments, the operations may additionally include generating a secret key that may correspond to the public key. In some embodiments, the secret key may be generated by using a secret key polynomial that may belong to a second polynomial ring. In some embodiments, the operations may additionally include storing the public key and the secret key.
Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication device configured to exchange data with an external device, a memory configured to store data on a plurality of electronic signature schemes, and a processor configured to control the electronic device so that the electronic device performs a plurality of operations, wherein the plurality of operations includes generating a first electronic signature from plaintext based on a first electronic signature scheme, generating a second electronic signature from the plaintext based on a second electronic signature scheme, and generating a multiple electronic signature using the first electronic signature and the second electronic signature, both the first electronic signature scheme and the second electronic signature scheme are electronic signature schemes based on mathematical problems, and a first mathematical problem on which the first electronic signature scheme is based mathematically differs from a second mathematical problem on which the second electronic signatu
Abstract: A fuel cell stack including a plurality of fuel cell units having a truncated cone shape and connected in series with each other is proposed. The series connection of the fuel cell units may be made such that a relatively small outer diameter portion of one of the fuel cell units is inserted into a relatively large outer diameter portion of another fuel cell unit adjacent to the one fuel cell unit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 8, 2022
Date of Patent:
March 31, 2026
Assignees:
Seoul National University R&DB Foundation, Institute for Basic Science, Kangwon University-Industry Cooperation Foundation
Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for base editing of plant cell organelle DNA and, in particular, to a composition and method for editing adenine to guanine and cytosine to thymine in plant cell organelle DNA.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 20, 2023
Publication date:
March 26, 2026
Applicant:
INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
Inventors:
Jin-Soo KIM, Sunghyun HONG, Young Geun MOK, Su-Ji BAE
Abstract: A server for managing terminals that perform lattice-based public key cryptographic communication according to embodiments of the present disclosure is disclosed. Each of the terminals performs public key cryptographic communication based on a public key including a domain public key and an individual public key, and a randomly determined individual private key, wherein the individual public key is calculated according to the following mathematical formula: IP=f(CP,SK) (wherein IP is an individual public key, SK is an individual private key, CP is a domain public key, and f is an individual public key generation function), and wherein the server includes a communication circuit, a memory configured to store a program including instructions, and a processor that controls the server to perform a plurality of operations by executing the program stored in the memory.
Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device for computing a solution to a linear system using a block matrix. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store data, and a processor configured to perform a plurality of operations by executing instructions. The electronic device computes the solution to the linear system without directly computing an inverse matrix R?1 of a block matrix R, using an inverse matrix of at least one of a plurality of sub-blocks matrices A, B, C, and D that constitute a block matrix R representing the linear system, and an inverse matrix of at least one of combinations of the plurality of sub-block matrices A, B, C, and D. According, the solution to the linear system can be efficiently computed.
Abstract: A nanomembrane and a forming method thereof are provided. The nanomembrane according to embodiments of the present invention comprises an elastomer layer and nanostructures disposed on the elastomer layer. The method for forming a nanomembrane according to embodiments of the present invention comprises forming a nanocomposite solution comprising nanostructures and an elastomer solution, forming an elastomer solution layer by providing the nanocomposite solution on a first solvent, and forming an elastomer layer by drying the elastomer solution layer, and forming a nanomembrane comprising the elastomer layer and the nanostructures bonded to the elastomer layer. The nanocomposite solution is formed by mixing the nanostructures and the elastomer solution with a second solvent, and the elastomer solution is formed by mixing elastomer and a third solvent.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 2022
Date of Patent:
March 10, 2026
Assignees:
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a water splitting catalyst including a porous carbon layer, a bimetallic metal alloy core dispersed on the porous carbon layer, and a single-atom precious metal dispersed on the bimetallic metal alloy core, in which oxygen is adsorbed on the surface of the bimetallic metal alloy core.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 23, 2021
Date of Patent:
February 24, 2026
Assignees:
Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
Abstract: The magnetic particle for modulating the activity of cells according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is capable of specifically binding to a bioactive material, and includes a core and a plurality of nanoparticles disposed on the surface of the core, and may generate a torque of 10 pN·nm or more when a rotating magnetic field of 5 mT is applied.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 17, 2022
Date of Patent:
January 6, 2026
Assignees:
UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University, INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
Inventors:
Jin Woo Cheon, Jae Hyun Lee, Jung Uk Lee
Abstract: The system for modulating the activity of cells includes a rotating magnetic field generating device which has an internal space in which a magnetic force generating unit and a living body can be disposed and forms a rotating magnetic field which satisfies Relationship Formulas 1 and 2 below; and magnetic particles disposed in the living body and capable of binding to a bioactive material and generating a torque when a rotating magnetic field is applied to transmit the torque to the bioactive material. ? "\[LeftBracketingBar]" M c ? "\[RightBracketingBar]" ? 1 ? mT [ Relationship ? Formula ? 1 ] ? "\[LeftBracketingBar]" M 7 ? 5 - M c ? "\[RightBracketingBar]" / D 7 ? 5 ? 5.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 5, 2025
Publication date:
January 1, 2026
Applicants:
UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University, INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
Inventors:
Jin Woo CHEON, Jae Hyun LEE, Jung Uk LEE
Abstract: A method for preparing a transition metal electrochemical catalyst according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes dissolving a nitrogen precursor and a transition metal precursor in a polyol-based solvent so as to prepare a solution in which transition metal ions and free anions are coordinated, and mixing same with a support so as to prepare a mixture, igniting the mixture so as to carbonize the polyol-based solvent, thereby forming transition metal nanoparticles encompassed by carbon, performing heat treatment in order to carbonize remaining organic matter contained in the mixture, and removing, through acid treatment, impurities and transition metal nanoparticles not encompassed by carbon, and then removing remaining acid through washing and additional heat treatment, thereby a nanocatalyst having a structure in which a single-atom transition metal-nitrogen bonding structure and/or transition metal nanoparticles encompassed by carbon exist is synthesized.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 8, 2020
Date of Patent:
November 18, 2025
Assignees:
INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
Inventors:
Jae Kook Kim, Yung Eun Sung, Kug Seung Lee, Mi Ju Kim, Sung Jin Kim
Abstract: A catalyst for producing hydrogen peroxide and a preparation method therefor are provided. The catalyst for producing hydrogen peroxide according to the embodiments of the present invention comprises a carbon-based support and a catalyst moiety that is bonded to the carbon-based support and comprises an M1-N bonding structure (M1 represents a transition metal atom). The method for preparing a catalyst for producing hydrogen peroxide according to the embodiments of the present invention comprises preparing a carbon-based support, providing a transition metal atom (M1) to the carbon-based support, and doping nitrogen into the carbon-based support.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 21, 2020
Date of Patent:
October 21, 2025
Assignees:
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION, INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) including: a first transition metal matrix; and a second transition metal oxide formed on the first transition metal matrix; wherein a hydroxyl group is introduced on the second transition metal oxide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 24, 2022
Date of Patent:
September 16, 2025
Assignees:
Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, Institute For Basic Science
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to: an extended guide RNA and a composition for base editing, comprising the same; and a method for base editing and a method for producing genetically modified animals or plants, both methods using the composition for base editing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 19, 2025
Assignee:
INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
Inventors:
Jin-Soo Kim, Ka Yeong Lim, Beum-Chang Kang, Seuk Min Ryu
Abstract: The present application relates to a catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) including a transition metal matrix and noble metal atoms formed in the transition metal matrix, in which the noble metal atoms have oxygen adsorbed thereto, and oxygen is derived from the transition metal matrix.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 26, 2022
Date of Patent:
August 19, 2025
Assignees:
Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
Abstract: Provided are a method for determining a decrease in the functions of the hippocampus by using the correlation between a micro RNA (miRNA) and an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR), a method for inhibiting the decrease in the functions, and a method for screening for inhibitors of the decrease in the functions.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 22, 2021
Date of Patent:
July 15, 2025
Assignees:
DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE, ANLBIO
Inventors:
Keetae Kim, Hong Gil Nam, Chand Parvez Danka Mohammed
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to: a novel compound comprising carbohydrate derivatives and fluorophores; a fluorescent probe for labeling M1 macrophages comprising same; and a visualization composition and kit comprising the fluorescent probe. A fluorescent probe for labeling M1 macrophages, according to one embodiment, shows excellent selectivity for M1 macrophages, and thus, the fluorescent probe can be applied to a M1 macrophage monitoring system, a method for providing information on M1 macrophages, and a method for providing information necessary for diagnosis of inflammatory diseases.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 30, 2023
Publication date:
June 26, 2025
Applicants:
INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE, POSTECH Research and Business Development Foundation
Inventors:
Young-Tae CHANG, Haw-Young KWON, Heewon CHO