• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.255-255
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• 2003

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.346-351
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• 2009

Due to the decrease of line width and increase of the integration level of the device, it is expected that 'Bottom-up' method will replace currently used 'Top-down' method. Researches about 'Bottom-up' device production such as Nanowires and Nanobelts are widely held on. To utilize these technologies in devices, properties of matter should be exactly measured. Nano-indenters are used to measure the properties of nano-scale structures. Additionally, Nano-indenters provide AFM(Atomic Force Microscopy) function to get the image of the surface and get physical properties for exact position of nano-structure using this image. However, nano-indenter tips have relatively much bigger size than ordinary AFM probes, there occurs considerable error in surface image by Nano-Indenter. Accordingly, this research used 50nm Berkovich tip and 1um $90^{\circ}$ Conical tip, which are commonly used in Nano-Indenter. To find out the surface characteristics for each kind of tip, we indented the surface of thin layer by each tip and compared surface image and indentation depth. Then, we got image of 100nm-size structure by surface scanning using Nano-Indenter and compared it with surface image gained by current AFM technology. We calculated the errors between two images and compared it with theoretical error.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.145-152
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• 2004

Depth-sensing indentation is wifely used for evaluation of mechanical properties of thin films. It is generally accepted that the most significant source of uncertainty in nanoindentation measurement is the geometry of the indenter tip. Therefore the successful application of the technique requires accurate calibration of the indenter tip geometry. The direct measurement of geometry of a Berkovich indenter was determined using a atomic force microscope. The indentation geometrical calibration of contact area was performed by analyzing the indenter tip profile. The equations of area functions were proposed for nanoscale thin films..

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.607-608
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.289-290
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.03a
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• pp.209-209
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• 2003

기계가공용으로 개발된 3성분계 Ti-Si-N 코팅막은 약 40㎬이상의 초고경도이며, 그 미세구조는 나노입자의 TiN결정과 비정질 Si$_3$N$_4$로 이루어져 있다. Ti-Si-N 코팅의 경도는 극소량 Si를 첨가함에 따라 급격히 증가하였으며, 7.7at%에서 약 45㎬이었다. 그 이상에서는 감소하였다. 본 연구는 Ti-Si-N 코팅에서 규소첨가에 따른 박막에 형성하는 질화규소 또는 규소의 특성을 조사하기 위하여 질화규소 박막을 제조하여 그 특성 및 기계적 성질을 조사하였다. 스퍼터링 방법으로 제조한 질화규소 박막의 표면 및 내부구조를 광학현미경, 주사전자현미경, 투과전자현미경 그리고 AFM으로, 정성 및 정량을 EPMA와 EDS로, 결정성을 박막 엑스선회 절분석기로, 화학 결합구조을 XPS으로 분석하였다. 그리고 나노인덴터를 이용하여 박막의 경도와 탄성계수를 조사하였다.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.374-381
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• 2004

In this study, the deformation behavior of semi-solid Al-Si alloy was investigated by nanoindenter as a part of the research on the surface crack behavior in thixoformed automobile component. The microstructure of semi-solid Al-Si alloy consists of primary and eutectic regions. In eutectic regions the crack initiation begins with initial fracture of the eutectic silicon particles and inside other intermetallic phases. Nano-deformation characteristics in the eutectic and primary phase of semi-solid aluminium alloy were investigated through the nano-indentation experiments and the AFM observation. In addition, mechanical properties of each region were investigated and compared with each other.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.1030-1035
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• 2003

The nanoimprint lithography technology makes higher density of semiconductor device and larger capacity of storage media. In this technology the induced damage while detaching polymer pattern from mold should be minimized. In order to analyze the problem, the basic knowledge of adhesion between the polymer and the mold is required. In this study a contact experiment of polyisobutylene specimen with spherical steel tip and polyisobutylene bead tip was conducted using nano indenter. During the contact experiment with various loading rate under load control the contact behavior of viscoelastic material was measured, i.e., the load and displacement between the tip and the specimen were measured. The data was analyzed by HBK model to obtain the stress intensity factor of contact edge and the contact radius as a function of time. Also the adhesion energies between steel/polyisobutylene and polyisobutylene/polyisobutylene were obtained employing the analysis of the crack of viscoelastic material by Schapery.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.628-631
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• 2003

This study describes a new mastless nano-fabrication technique of Pyrex 7740 glass using the combination of nanomachining by nano-indenter XP and HF wet etching. First, the surface of a Pyrex 7740 glass specimen was machined by using the nano-machining system, which utilizes the mechanism of the nano-indenter XP. Next, the specimen was etched by HF solution. After the etching process, the convex structure or deeper hole is made because of masking or promotion effect of the affected layer generated by nano-machining. On the basis of this interesting fact. some sample structures were fabricated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.255-255
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• 2012

DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) 박막은 높은 경도, 낮은 마찰계수, 내화학성 등의 우수한 트라이볼로지적 특성을 가지고 있기 때문에 다양한 산업분야에서 적용되고 있다. 하지만 강재에 대한 밀착력과 내열성은 단점으로 부각되어왔다. 이에 본 연구는 그런 단점을 보완하고자 PECVD(Plasmas Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition) 방법으로 DLC박막에 여러 가지 첨가원소(F,N,O)를 사용하여 증착시킨 후 그에 따른 기계적 특성을 평가하였다. DLC박막의 구조는 Raman Spectra을 통해, Sp3 (like diamond) peak와 Sp2 (like graphite) peak의 혼재 여부를 분석하였고, FE-SEM을 이용하여 막의 표면 및 단면을 관찰하였다. 스크래치 테스트를 통해 DLC박막의 밀착력을 측정하였으며, 볼 온 디스크 타입의 Tribo-meter을 이용하여 마찰계수 변화를 관찰하였다. 또한 나노인덴터를 이용하여 미소경도를 측정하였다. 그 결과 첨가원소에 따라 기계적 특성이 각각 다르게 나타났으며, DLC막이 가지고 있는 장점인 여러 분야에 적용시킬 수 있는 방안을 마련하고자 하였다.