• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.61-70
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• 1992

Photon, neutron and beta radiation fields were measured at PWR plants which are the representative types of nuclear power plant operated in Korea. The photon energy spectra were measured at locations in the auxiliary building during operation period and in the containment vessel(C/V) during shutdown period using a portable gamma spectrometer with a HPGe detector. The distribution of average energy was found to range from 440 to 780 keV in the C/V and from 280 keV to 760 keV in the auxiliary building, respectively. The average neutron energy measured at the five locations around the operation deck in the C/V in operation using a BMSS (Bonner Multi-Sphere Spectrometer) ranged from 20 keV to 210 keV. A computer code, BUNKI was used to unfold the spectrum. The beta energy spectra in the C/V and in the auxiliary building in annual outage were determined using 14 smear samples taken from the highly contaminated areas. The analysis showed that the representative corrosion product, $^{60}Co$ made main contribution to the beta energy field.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.64-72
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• 2006

We demonstrated organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) based on the organic thin-film materials such as tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum $(Alq_3)$. The structure of OLEDs was vacuum deposited upon transparent and thin glass substrates pre-coated with a transparent, conducting indium tin oxide thin film. The luminance characteristics, current, capacitance, and dispersion factor for degraded OLEDs, which were made by various bias currents $(0.5mA\;{\leq}\;I_{Bias}\;{\leq}9mA)$, are studied. The current dependences of lifetime were divided at approximately 2mA, and they represented nearly linear behaviors but had different slopes in a logarithmic plot of lifetime versus bias current. With lighting OLEDs, the anomaly of capacitance, as shown in the CV curve, occurred because of two factors, polarization in the bulk of organic materials and the interface between the metal and organic layers. In decayed OLEDs that had lower bias currents of less than 2mA, it was found that the degradation of luminance was related to both the decrease of polarization and to the lowering of the injection barrier.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.41-57
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• 2022

The global demand for carbon neutrality in response to climate change is in a situation where it is necessary to prepare countermeasures for carbon trade barriers for some countries, including Korea, which is classified as an export-led economic structure and greenhouse gas exporter. Therefore, digital transformation, which is one of the predictable ways for the carbon-neutral transition model to be applied, should be introduced early. By applying digital technology to industrial gas manufacturing facilities used in one of the major industries, high-tech manufacturing industry, and hydrogen gas facilities, which are emerging as eco-friendly energy, abnormal detection, and diagnosis services are provided with cloud-based predictive diagnosis monitoring technology including operating knowledge. Here are the trends. Small and medium-sized companies that are in the blind spot of carbon-neutral implementation by confirming the direction of abnormal diagnosis predictive monitoring through optimization, augmented reality technology, IoT and AI knowledge inference, etc., rather than simply monitoring real-time facility status It can be seen that it is possible to disseminate technologies such as consensus knowledge in the engineering domain and predictive diagnostic monitoring that match the economic feasibility and efficiency of the technology. It is hoped that it will be used as a way to seek countermeasures against carbon emission trade barriers based on the highest level of ICT technology.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.219-228
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• 1996

An ab initio molecular orbital method has been applied to investigation of molecular properties and equilibrium geometries for hexahydroxybenzene triscarbonate (C9O9) and its analogous cyclic compounds (C9S9, C9O6S3, C9O3S6). In these works, the optimized geometry of each compound has been obtained at HF and MP2 levels. These results have shown that the optimized geometries of these compounds prefer D3h planar structure to C3v bowl structure. Calculations of harmonic vibrational frequencies have been also carried out at HF/3-21G* level to analyze normal modes of these compounds. Bonding characters of these compounds are studied by Mulliken and natural populations obtained at HF/6-31G* level. We have also studied the structures and the populations of C6O6 and C6S6 at HF and MP2 levels which are obtained by pyrolyses of C9O9 and analogous compounds. In addition, the single point calculations have been performed to predict the approximate energy barrier for pyrolysis of each compound.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.235-242
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• 2018

High temperature electrical conductivity of Aluminum Nitride (AlN) ceramics sintered with $Y_2O_3$ as a sintering aid has been investigated with respect to various sintering conditions and MgO-dopant. When magnesium oxide is added as a dopant, liquid glass-film and crystalline phases such as spinel, perovskite are formed as second phases, which affects their electrical properties. According to high temperature impedance analysis, MgO doping leads to reduction of activation energy and electrical resistivity due to AlN grains. On the other hand, the activation energy and electrical resistivity due to grain boundary were increased by MgO doping. This is a result of the formation of liquid glass film in the grain boundary, which contains Mg ions, or the elevation of schottky barrier due to the precipitation of Mg in the grain boundary. For the annealed sample of MgO doped AlN, the electrical resistivity and activation energy were increased further compared to MgO doped AlN, which results from diffusion of Mg in the grains from grain boundary as shown in the microstructure.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.209.1-209.1
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• 2016

우리에게 잘 알려져 있지 않은 강장동물 히드라는 뛰어난 세포 분열 능력을 가지고 있다. 출아(무성생식)를 하면서도 환경에 따라 유성생식을 하기도 하는 몇 안 되는 생물 중 하나인 히드라는 재생능력이 강하여 몸의 200분의 1만 잘려도 재생을 할 수 있는 능력을 가지고 있다. 이러한 히드라의 재생능력을 높은 에너지인 플라즈마에 노출시켜 보았다. 플라즈마는 열, 빛, 화학 활성종, 이온, 전자를 발생하며 이 중 열 및 화학적 자극을 중심으로 관찰하였다. 생물이 수용할 수 있는 열에너지를 넘게 받는다면 그 성질이 변하는 점을 이용해 액체 방전소스를 이용하여 플라즈마의 열적인 효과를 주었고, DBD소스로는 약 염기를 띠는 라디칼(활성종)용액을 배양액으로 만들어 히드라에게 배양시켜 히드라의 생장능력 변화를 알아보았다. 생장능력의 변화는 히드라의 개체 수를 통해 관찰하였다. 플라즈마를 발생시키는 소스는 다양하며 그 중 이번 실험에서는 액체 방전 소스와 DBD를 이용하였다. 액체방전 소스는 누전을 막기 위해 세라믹 관에 금속선을 넣어 고전압을 인가하여 방전하였고, DBD(Dielectric Barrier Discharge의 약어)는 유전체 장벽을 이용하여 기체를 방전시키는 방식이다. DBD는 주로 살균 용도로 연구 중이며, DBD는 주변 기체들을 반응시켜 라디칼을 상당히 만들어 낼 수가 있다. 한편, 생물학에서 주목 받고 있는 히드라는 200분의 1만 잘려도 재생이 되는 재생능력을 갖고 있다. 히드라의 이러한 생장 및 재생속도는 생체모방 기술로도 주목을 받고 있다. 이번 실험은 최근 연구되고 있는 플라즈마의 효과를 히드라에 적용한 것으로 플라즈마의 간접적인 영향이 히드라에 어떠한 영향을 줄 것인지 알아보았다. 간접적인 영향으로는 크게 열적인 요인과 화학적인 요인으로 나누어 관찰하였다. 실험을 통해 히드라의 변화를 알아보고 그 결과가 실용가능한지를 알아보고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.194.2-194.2
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 InP 기판에 자발형성법 (Self-assembled Mode)으로 성장한 InAs/InAlGaAs 양자점(Quantum Dots)의 외부 열처리 온도에 따른 광학적 특성을 논의한다. 분자선증착기 (Molecular Beam Epitaxy, VH80MBE)로 5주기 적층구조를 갖는 InAs/InAlGaAs 양자점 시료 (기준시료)를 성장 후 온도 의존성 및 여기광세기 의존성 포토루미네슨스 (photoluminescence, PL) 분광법으로 기본특성을 평가하였다. 양자점 시료를 $500{\sim}800^{\circ}C$에서 열처리를 수행하고 광학적 특성을 열처리 전과 비교하여 분석하였다. $550^{\circ}C$에서 열처리한 InAs/InAlGaAs 양자점 시료의 저온 (11K) PL 파장은 1465 nm를 보였으며, 이는 열처리를 하지 않은 기준시료의 1452 nm 보다 13 nm 장파장으로 이동하였다. 열처리 온도가 $700^{\circ}C$ 이상인 경우, 양자점 PL 파장이 다시 단파장으로 이동하는 현상을 보였지만 여전히 열처리하지 않은 기준시료보다 장파장을 나타내었다. $700^{\circ}C$에서 열처리한 양자점 시료의 저온 PL 광세기는 기준시료보다 15.5배 더 크게 나타났으며, 주변 온도가 증가할수록 더디게 감소하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 온도의존성 PL로부터 구한 활성화에너지 (Activation Energy)는 $700^{\circ}C$ 열처리 온도의 경우 175.9 meV를 나타내었다. InAs/InAlGaAs 양자점 시료의 열처리 온도에 따른 광특성 변화를 InAs 양자점과 InAlGaAs 장벽층 계면에서 III족 원소인 In, Al 및 Ga의 상호확산과 결함이 완화되는 현상으로 해석할 수 있다.

• 기계와재료
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.38-46
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• 2012

인구의 증가와 급속한 산업화 그리고 편안함을 추구하고자 하는 문명의 이기로 인한 에너지 사용량 증가는 환경오염을 가속화시키는 문제를 유발하고 있어 전 세계적으로 심각한 사회문제로 대두되고 있다. 이에 반해 삶의 질의 향상에 따라 보다 쾌적한 환경에 대한 욕구와 인식의 변화로 환경보호에 대한 관심이 증가하는 추세이며, 이에 따라 각 국의 환경규제는 날로 강화되고 있다. 이러한 환경문제를 해결하기 위한 국제협력이 활발해지면서 무역과 연계된 국제 환경규제가 가속화되고 있으며, 환경선진국은 이러한 환경규제를 무역장벽으로 이용하고 있어 국가의 대외경쟁력에도 직 간접적으로 영향을 미치고 있다. 환경오염물질 중 질소산화물(NOx), 황산화물(SOx), 일산화탄소(CO), 이산화탄소($CO_2$) 및 휘발성유기화합물(VOCs), 다이옥신 그리고 입자상물질(PM)과 같은 대기오염물질은 대기 중으로 쉽게 확산되는 특성에 의해 인접한 지역까지 영향을 미치기 때문에 국제적인 규제대상의 초점이 되고 있으며, 경제협력개발기구(OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), 유엔산하 국제해사기구(IMO, International Maritime Organization) 및 국제연소기구협회(CIMAC, International Council on Combustion engines)등 여러 국제기구를 중심으로 각종 규제수단을 개발하여 적용하고 있다. 특히, 국제해사기구(IMO)에서는 선박에서 발생되는 오염물질 등에 대한 규제강화를 위하여 새로운 국제해양오염방지협약(MARPOL)을 채택, 발효하여 그 규제 범위를 넓혀감에 따라 선박에 대한 각종 환경규제가 대폭 강화되고 있어 친환경 선박 및 관련 기술 개발이 활발히 진행 중에 있다. 이 글에서는 선박에서 배출되는 대기오염물질 중 그 자체로도 인체에 유해하며, 산성비, 광화학스모그 등 다양한 환경문제를 유발시키는 대표적인 물질인 질소산화물(NOx)과 질소산화물 배출규제에 대한 대응기술인 선택적촉매환원법(SCR, Selective Catalytic Reduction)과 SCR 탈질시스템에 사용되는 SCR 촉매에 대해 소개하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.110-115
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• 2000

Deposition conditions of diamond thin films were optimized using hot-filament chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD). Boron-doped diamond thin films with varying boron densities were then fabricated using B4C solid pellets. Current-voltage responses and field emission currents were measured to test the characteristics of field emission display (FED). With the increase of boron doping, the crystal size of diamond decreased slightly, but its quality was not changed significantly in case of small doping. The I-V characterization was performed for Al/diamond/p-Si, and the current of doped diamond film was increased $10^4\sim10^5$ times as compared with that of undoped film. In the field emission properties, the electrons were emitted with low electric field with the increase of doping, while the emission current increased. The onset-field of electron emission was 15.5 V/$\mu\textrm{m}$ for 2 pellets, 13.6 V/$\mu\textrm{m}$ for 3 pellets and 11.1 V/$\mu\textrm{m}$ for 4 pellets. With the incorporation of boron, the slope of Fowler-Nordheim graph was decreased, revealing that the electron emission behavior was improved with the decrease of the effective barrier energy.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.1-13
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• 2016

Fuel cells are regarded as a representative energy source expected to replace fossil fuels particularly used in internal combustion engines. One of the most important components is polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) acting as a proton conducting barrier to prevent fuel gas crossover. Since water channels act as proton pathways through PEMs, many researchers have been focused on the 'good phase-separation of hydrophilic moiety' which ensures high water retention under low humidity enough to keep the water channel for good proton conduction. Here, we summarized the strategies which have been adopted to synthesize sulfonated PEMs having high proton conductivities even under low humidified conditions, and hope this review will be helpful to design high performance hydrocarbon PEMs.