• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.121-127
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• 2010

Neutral gas in a Hall-effect thruster in a small satellite is simulated using a molecular dynamics code. Investigated are neutral density, pressure, axial average velocity, and temperature for the variation of diffusive reflection ratio, initial gas temperature, and channel length. Expected through this research are improving of discharge simulation through the neutral simulation and understanding of real system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1993.02a
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• pp.115-115
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• 1993

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2017.03a
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• pp.110-117
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• 2017

Multiscale Simulation은 sub-nano scale의 전자 구조에서부터 macro scale의 multibody system에 이르기까지 다양한 시간/공간 스케일을 관통하는 시뮬레이션 기법이다. 즉, 전자수준에서의 변화로 인한 분자 전체의 구조 변화와 그에 따른 기능의 변화를 알 수 있는 simulation 방법으로 다양한 스케일에서 분자의 정보를 얻을 수 있다는 점에서 최근 중요하게 여겨지는 시뮬레이션 방법 중 하나이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 몇 가지의 EDISON_CHEM 솔버들을 조합하여 Multiscale Simulation의 가능성을 제시하고자 한다. 또한, 세부적으로 양자계산 시에 어떤 이론을 선택하여 계산하면 더 정확한지, basis set 선택 시 발생하는 basis set superposition error(BSSE)로 인한 분자 수준의 물성의 오차는 어느정도 인지 알아보고자 했다. 본 연구에서는 비교적 간단하지만 온실 가스이자 에너지원으로 각광받고 있는 메탄을 대상으로 하였다. 다양한 시공간 스케일을 다루는 에디슨 솔버들 중에 양자 수준의 계산을 할 수 있는 솔버로는 "GAMESS"를 이용했고, 이 결과를 통해 분자 수준의 물성을 알아보기 위한 솔버로는 "사용자 지정 역장을 사용한 일반 분자동력학(general_MD)"과 "두가지 서로 다른 종류의 LJ입자에 대한 분자동력 시뮬레이션 프로그램(sejong_lj))"을 이용했다. 메탄의 상 전이 과정에 대한 연구 결과 Hartree fock (HF) self-consistent theory를 통해 얻은 force field 보다는 Second-order Møller-Plesset (MP2) perturbation theory로 얻은 force field가 더 정확한 상 전이 온도를 예측한다는 것을 메탄의 coarse-grained simulation을 통해 알 수 있었다. 또한, MP2 이론으로 구한 force field에서 BSSE를 보정해주면 실험적으로 구한 메탄의 상 전이 온도와 더 근사한 값의 시뮬레이션 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 이를 통해 전자 간의 상호작용을 더 정교하게 계산하는 MP2 이론으로 force field를 구해서 BSSE를 보정해주면 계산의 결과가 정확해진다는 것을 알 수 있었으며 이것이 EDISON_CHEM의 솔버들로 가능하다는 것을 제시하였다.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.13-22
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• 2018

Aluminum silicates ($Al_2SiO_5$) undergo phase transitions among kyanite, andalusite, and sillimanite depending on temperature and pressure conditions. The minerals are often used as an important indicator of the degree of metamorphism for certain metamorphic rocks. In this study, we have applied classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and density functional theory (DFT) to the aluminum silicates. We examined the crystal structures as a function of applied pressure and the corresponding stabilities based on calculated enthalpies at each pressure. In terms of the lattice parameters, both methods showed that the volume decreases as the pressure increases as observed in the experiment. In particular, DFT results differed from experimental results by much less than 1%. As to the relative stability, however, both methods showed different levels of accuracy. In the MD simulations, a transition pressure at which the relative stability between two minerals reverse could not be determined because the enthalpies were insensitive to the applied pressure. On the other hand, in DFT calculations, the relative stability relation among the three minerals was consistent with experiment, although the transition pressure was strongly dependent on the choice of the electronic exchange-correlation functional.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.341-349
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• 2014

Molecular dynamics (MD) computer simulation is a very useful tool to calculate the trajectory and velocity of particles (generally, atoms), and thus to analyze the various structures and kinetic properties of atoms and molecules. For gas separation membranes, MD has been widely used for structure analysis of polymers such as free volume analysis and conformation search, and for the study of gas transport behavior such as permeability and diffusivity. In this paper, general methodology how to apply MD on gas separation membranes will be described and various related researches will be introduced.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.27 no.10
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• pp.1754-1761
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• 2003

The atomic force microscopy (AFM) based lithographic technique has been used directly to machine material surface and fabricate nano components in MEMS (micro electro mechanical system). In this paper, three-dimensional molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been conducted to evaluate the characteristic of deformation process at atomistic scale for nano-lithography process. Effects of specific combinations of crystal orientations and cutting directions on the nature of atomistic deformation were investigated. The interatomic force between diamond tool and workpiece of copper material was assumed to be derived from the Morse potential function. The variation of tool geometry and cutting depth was also evaluated and the effect on machinability was investigated. The result of the simulation shows that crystal plane and cutting direction significantly influenced the variation of the cutting forces and the nature of deformation ahead of the tool as well as the surface deformation of the machined surface.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.1788-1793
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• 2008

Classical molecular dynamics simulations (MDS) were conducted to simulate nano-sized cluster collisions with a weakly attractive static surface. Energy exchanges associated with the cluster collision and the adhesion probability are discussed. Routes of the energy exchanges and the kinetic energy loss are vastly altered in their mode according to the cluster incident velocity. In the elastic collision regime ($V_0$<0.1), most incident kinetic energy is recovered into the rebounding kinetic energy, but a little loss in the incident kinetic energy causes the cluster adhesion. Dissipated kinetic energy is converted into the rotational energy. In the weakly plastic collision regime (0.1<$V_0$<0.3), the transition from elastic to plastic collision occurs, and a large part of the released potential energy is converted into rebounding translational energy. For strongly plastic collisions ($V_0$>0.3), permanent cluster deformation occurs with extensive collapse of the lattice structure inducing a solid-to-solid phase transition; moreover, most of the cluster kinetic energy is converted into cluster potential and thermal energy.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.1885-1890
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• 2008

3-D heterogeneous nucleation was simulated by classical molecular dynamics (MD), where the Lennard-Jones (LJ) gas and solid cluster-seed molecules have argon and aluminum properties, respectively. There are three shapes of cluster-seeds, cube, rod, and sphere, and three classes of masses and the simulation took place under nine supersaturation ratios, making a total of 81 calculations. Results show that the dimension of the cluster-seed highly affects the rates of cluster development. In order to analyze heterogeneous nucleation above and below the critical supersaturation ratio, growth rate and liquefaction rate were separately defined to supplement the investigation. Design of experiments (DOE) was used for analysis which displayed that the shape and mass of the cluster-seed are prominent for the growth rate, while the supersaturation ratio is most significant followed by the mass for liquefaction rate. The significance of the supersaturation ratio for overall liquefaction suggests that thermal diffusion is more dominant than mass interactions for this system.

• The Korean Journal of Rheology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.65-73
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• 1998

본연구에서는poystyrene-block-poly (ethlene-co-butylene)-block-polystyrene(SEBS) 삼중블록 공중합체와 저분자량 단일중합체인 Hercotac 1149 (H1149)의 70/30 (w/w) 혼합물 의 미세상분리와 그동력학을 유변물성 측정법과 SAXS 실험을 통하여 연구해 보았다. 먼저 혼합물의 미세상분리 온도를 유변물성 측정법과 SAXS 실험을 통해 각각구한 다음 샘플을 미세상분리 온도보다 높은 온도에서 그이하의 온도로 급냉시킨 후 유변물성과 산란강도의 사간에 따른 변화로부터 미세상분리 동력학에 대한 정보를 구하였다. 이렇게 얻어진 데이터 를 Avrami 형태의 핵생성 성장(NG) 메커니즘으로 해석해 보았는데 최대산란강도 Imax 뿐만 아니라 저장 점탄성계수 G＇과 손실 점탄성계수 G＂의 시간에 따른 변화를 잘 예측할수 있 었다. 한편 서로다른 두 time-resolved 실험으로부터 Avrami 플롯을 그려서 구해진 Avrami 변수들은 같은 급냉 깊이에서는 서로 잘 일치함을 확인하였다. 반감기는 급냉 깊이가 증가 함에 따라 점차 감소하는 경향을 보였는데 이는 급냉 깊이가 클수록 미세상분리가 더 빨리 진행되고 있음을 보여주는 것이다. 또한 Avrami 지수는 급냉 깊이가 증가함에 따라 3에서 4로 급격히 변했는데 이로부터 급냉 깊이가 작을 때에는 70/30 (w/w) SEBS/H1149 혼합물 의 미세상분리가 불균일 핵생성 성장 메커니즘에 따라 진행되고 급냉 깊이가 더 커지면 미 세상분리가 스피노달 상분리 메커니즘으로 변하고 있음을 예측할수 있었다.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.447-451
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• 2003

A new method for analyzing the bone-remodeling process using quasi-molecular dynamics was proposed in this study. The effect of pressure due to bone marrow, which could not be considered in previous methods, was also considered in this method. Bone-remodeling response of the 2D vertebral body of lumbar spine to a uniaxial compressive displacement of 1.8564mm. corresponding to approximately 2kN of compressive load, was studied. Converged shape change of the cortical shell and rearrangement of cancellous bone structure matched well with a normal shape of the vertebral body. The calculated responses in the spinal elements also shows closed results compared with experimental results.