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The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) is a non-profit government-funded research institute in Changwon, South Korea operating under the Ministry of Science and ICT. As Korea's only institute dedicated exclusively to comprehensive materials technologies, KIMS conducts R&D across metals, ceramics, composites, powders and surface engineering, and provides inspection, testing, evaluation and technology support to Korean industry.
In July 2026 a KIMS team led by senior researcher Seil Kim published a cyanide-free Ag–PTFE composite plating technology that increases silver-coating hardness by roughly 23% while cutting the coefficient of friction below 0.2 — a breakthrough with applications in EV connectors, relays and electronic contacts.