• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.40-40
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• 2003

최근 나노기술의 발달과 더불어 나노재료에 대한 특성평가 요구가 높아지고 있고, 따라서 나노스케일에서 재료의 기계적 거동을 분석할 수 있는 나노인덴테이션 기법이 심도있게 연구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 나노인덴테이션, 주사탐침현미경(SPM), 투과전자현미경(TEM) 기법을 이용하여 여러가지 재료의 탄성 소성 변형 거동과 팝인/괍아웃 현상을 조사하고 해석하였다. 나노인덴테이션 기법으로는 50 마이크로뉴턴 (5 mg) 이하의 매우 작은 하중 하에서는 접촉 응력조건이라도 인장시험에서 관찰되는 영구변형이 제로인 완전탄성 변형 거동을 관찰할 수 있었다. 또한, 50-250 마이크로 뉴턴의 하중 범위에서 재료는 탄성변형 이후에 갑작스런 항복거동과 더불어 수십-수백 나노미터를 미끌어지듯 변형하는 팝인(pop-in), 또는 탈선(excursion) 현상을 관찰할 수 있었다. 이 현상은 하중을 가하는 동안에 여러 번 발생하였으며 재료의 표면상태와 전위밀도와 밀접한 상관관계를 보였다. 반복 압입 시험에서는 전형적인 가공경화 현상으로 항복점이 높아지고 새로운 항복점 이후에야 다시 팝인 발생함을 보였다. 한편, 하중을 가할 때 발생하는 팝인과는 달리 하중을 제거할 때 급격히 회복하는 팝아웃 현상 또한 관찰되었다.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.38-38
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• 2003

최근 나노기술의 발달과 더불어 나노재료에 대한 특성평가 요구가 높아지고 있고, 따라서 나노스케일로 재료의 기계적 거동을 분석할 수 있는 나노인덴테이션 기법이 심도있게 연구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 나노인덴테이션을 이용하여 여러 가지 재료의 탄성 소성 변형 거동을 관찰 조사하고 이를 다시 유한요소법(FEM)으로 모사하여 해석하였다. 나노인덴테이션으로 재료 표면에 압입하여 탄소성 변형을 일으켰으며 이때의 가하중과 변형깊이를 측정하여 하중-변형 곡선을 얻었다. 매우 작은 접촉응력 조건하에서는 탄성변형의 비율이 매우 높았는데 하중-변형 곡선으로부터 재료의 나노 경도와 탄성 계수값을 얻을 수 있었다. 실험적으로 얻은 하중-변형 곡선을 3 차원의 유한요소법(FEM)을 이용하여 모사하였는데 상호간에 매우 근접한 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 이 때 압자의 모양, 압입 깊이, 재료의 종류, 둥을 변수로 하여 여러 가지 조건하에서 압입실험을 하였으며 그 결과를 유한요소법으로 모사하였다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.1921-1926
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• 2003

Nano-imprint technology has been vigorously studied by many researchers for it is one of the most promising technologies for manufacturing the pattern with its critical dimension below 100nm. In the nano-imprint technology, nano patterns are transferred on a polymer film and the transferred patterns are used as an etch mask to define the designed patterns on a substrate or a metal layer. To this end, it is important to keep the residual thickness of the imprinted polymer film uniform. In this study, a novel measurement technique to measure the residual thickness of films is proposed based on nanoindentation theory. This technique has advantages of saving time and measuring the residual thickness of highly-localized portions in comparison with other techniques, but has limitation of requiring calibration process.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.138-143
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• 2004

Recently there has been a great world-wide interest in developing and characterizing new nano-structured materials. These newly developed materials are often prepared in limited quantities and shapes unsuitable for the extensive mechanical testing. The development of depth sensing indentation methods have introduced the advantage of load and depth measurement during the indentation cycle. In the present work, ZnO thin films are prepared on Si(111), Si(100) substrates at different temperatures by pulsed laser deposition(PLD) method. Because the potential energy in c-axis is low, the films always show c-axis orientation at the optimized conditions in spite of the different substrates. Thin films are investigated by X-ray diffractometer and Nano indentation equipment. From these measurements it is possible to get elastic modulus and hardness of ZnO thin films on Si substrates.

• Composites Research
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.17-24
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• 2011

The EAM simulation of nanoindentation was performed to investigate misfit dislocation slip in the Ag/Cu. The film layer, whose thickness in the range of 2-5nm, was indented by a spherical indenter with the N$\'{o}$se-Hoover thermostat condition. The simulation shows that the indentation position relative to misfit dislocation (MFD) has the effect on the dislocation, glide up or cross slip, for Ag film layer thickness less than 4 nm. Elastic energy variation during MFDs slip was revealed to be a key factor for the softening of Ag/Cu. The critical film layer thickness was evaluated for each case of Ag/Cu according to the spline extrapolation technique.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.537-544
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• 2020

The interfacial transition zone(ITZ) which is the boundary layer between cement composites and aggregates is considered to be the region of gradual transition, heterogeneous, and the weakest part of concrete. For the development of lightweight high strength concrete, it is essential to evaluate the mechanical properties of ITZ between high strength concrete with low water-binder ratio and lightweight aggregates. However, the mechanical properties of ITZ are not well established due to its high porosity and complex structure. Furthermore, the properties of ITZ in concrete using lightweight aggregates are dominated by more various variations (e.g. water-binder ratio, water absorption capacity of aggregate, curing conditions) than normal-weight aggregate concrete. This study aims to elucidate the mechanical properties of ITZ in lightweight high-strength cement composites according to the types of aggregates and the aggregate sizes. Nanoindentation analysis was used to evaluate the elastic modulus of ITZ between high strength cement composites with the water-binder ratio of 0.2 and normal sand, lightweight aggregate with different aggregate siz es of 2mm and 5mm in this study.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.167-177
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• 2014

New technologies for water purification are continuously emerging to address global water quality problems, and one such technology involves advanced hermetic water purification facilities made by concrete that utilize ozone treatment processes. Better knowledge about surface deterioration of epoxy coating exposed to ozone treatment is needed as a foundation for development of improved methods and materials in the future. This study utilized atomic force microscopy (AFM), nanoindentation methods, and existing indirect methods such as visual observation, changes in mass, surface observation and chrominance analysis, to evaluate epoxy water-resistance and anti-corrosiveness. This study considered six different epoxy formulations to assess typical degradation characteristics of epoxy surfaces with regard to water-resistance/anti-corrosiveness. AFM and nanoindentation techniques emerged as promising direct methods with potential to provide quantitative measures of surface quality that are improvements upon existing indirect methods. The experiments also confirmed that some of the epoxy-coatings were severely iMPacted by ozone exposure, and thus the results demonstrate that concern about such deterioration is justified.

• Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.342-346
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• 2004

Recently there has been a great world-wide interest in developing and characterizing new nano-structured materials. These newly developed materials are often prepared in limited quantities and shapes unsuitable for the extensive mechanical testing. The development of depth sensing indentation methods have introduced the advantage of load and depth measurement during the indentation cycle. In the present work, ZnO thin films are prepared on the Glass, GaAs(100), Si(111), and Si(100) substrates at different temperatures by pulsed laser deposition(PLD) method. Because the potential energy in c-axis is law, the films always shaw c-axis orientation at the optimized conditions in spite of the different substrates. Thin films are investigated by X-ray diffractometer and Nano indentation equipment. From these measurements it is possible to get elastic modulus and hardness of ZnO thin films on all substrates.