• Prospectives of Industrial Chemistry
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.3-18
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• 2021

가역적인 표면 젖음성의 제어가 가능한 스마트 표면은 첨단 센서, 기능성 멤브레인 등 여러 산업분야에 적용될 수 있는 계면제어 기술로써 많은 관심을 받을 것으로 기대된다. 표면의 젖음성은 표면의 화학적 구조와 기하학적 입체 구조에 의해 영향을 받는 데, 특히 외부자극에 의해 소재 물성을 가변시킬 수 있는 스마트 고분자 소재를 나노구조가 제어된 표면에 도입함으로써 표면의 젖음성을 초발수에서 초친수로 가역적으로 전환시킬 수 있는 스마트 표면을 효과적으로 구현할 수 있다. 자극 응답성 스마트 소재는 인가하는 외부자극에 따라 물리적 자극(빛, 온도, 전기, 자기)과 화학적 자극(pH, 용매, 이온)으로 구분할 수 있으며, 이를 복합적으로 적용한 이중/다중 유발 자극에 반응하는 소재가 있다. 본 기고문에서는 외부자극에 응답하는 자극응답성 고분자를 나노 구조 표면에 도입하여 초발수에서 초친수로의 가역적인 젖음성 변화가 가능한 고기능성 스마트 표면의 최근 연구 동향과 미래 전망에 대해 소개하고자 한다. 이런 다양한 외부자극을 이용한 표면 특성의 가역적 제어 기술을 통해 물-오일의 분리, 바이오센서, 약물 전달, 소프트로보틱스와 같은 스마트 소재의 잠재적 발전 가능성 또한 엿볼 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.655-663
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• 2010

Wettability is important to enhance not only CHF but also nucleate boiling heat transfer, as shown by the results of different kinds of boiling experiments. In this regard, an excellent boiling performance (a high CHF and heat transfer performance) could be achieved in the case of pool boiling by some favorable surface modifications that can satisfy the optimized wettability condition. To determine the optimized boiling condition, we design special heaters to examine how two materials, which have different wettabilities (e.g., hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials), affect the boiling phenomena. The special heaters have hydrophobic dots on a hydrophilic surface. The contact angle of the hydrophobic surface is $120^{\circ}$ to water at the room temperature. The contact angle of the hydrophilic surface is $60^{\circ}$ at same conditions. Experiments involving micro hydrophobic dots and two types of milli hydrophobic dots are performed, and the results are compared with a reference surface.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.71-76
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• 2012

Biofouling by marine organisms such as algae and barnacles causes lots of significant problems in marine systems such as a rise of the maintenance-repair cost for the ship and the marine structures. In this work, a fluoropolymer, perfluoropolyether (PFPE), was applied as an anti-biofouling coating material that prevents the adhesion of marine organisms and facilitates the removal of them. Water contact angles of various surfaces were tested to examine the hydrophobicity of the PFPE-modified surface. The PFPE-modified surface showed the water contact angle of $64.5^{\circ}$ which is a remarkable rise from $46.7^{\circ}$ of amine-treated surface. When the substrate was treated with PFPE, the adhesion on the of the barnacle and other marine organisms were repressed around 15% by the enhanced hydrophobicity. In addition, the removal the of the adhered marine organisms were better comparing to that of the surface prepared by PDMS. Surfaces of the substrate treated by PFPE were characterized through physical and chemical methods to analyze the biofouling results. Degree of biomolecular adhesion to the substrate was quantified by the measurement the fluorescence intensity of marine organisms dyed with green fluorescence. PFPE is expected to be applicable not only to anti-biofouling systems but also to medical devices where the prevention of protein adhesion is required.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2009

Hydrophilic Surface modification of Polysarene (PS) was performed by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma (APP). Air or 0, gases were used for carrier gases and RF power was changed from 150 to 350 W. We controlled the treatment time as 1 time to 4 time passing through the plasma region. when the carrier gas was air, the water contact angle on the PS surface was decreased from $91^{\circ}$ to $20^{\circ}$. And the surface energy increased from 45.74 dyne/cm to 68.48 dyne/cm. In case of the $O_2$ plasma treatment, at 300 W of RF power and 4 times treatment, the water contact angle on the PS. Surface was decreased from $91^{\circ}$ to $17^{\circ}$ and the surface energy was increased from 45.74 dyne/cm to 69.73 dyne/cm. The surface energy was increased by polar force not by dispersion force. Improvement of surface properties can be explained by the formation of new hydrophilic groups which is identified as C-O, C=O by XPS analysis. The contact angle of APP treated PS surface kept in air was increased with time elapse, but maintained same value when it was kept in water. We treated the PS surface by APP and deposited Cu as $4,000\;{\AA}$ and $8,000\;{\AA}$ by thermal evaporation. The adhesion between sample and Cu thin film improvement of treated PS surface against untreated sample. could be verifiable by Tape test (ASTM D3359)

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.215-221
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• 2019

Ceramic tiles, which are widely used as interior and exterior materials for construction, have recently been required to have pollution prevention function. In order to remove contaminants, many researches of ceramic tiles with hydrophilic surface property through $TiO_2$ coating and hydrophobic surface property by improving the flow of water droplets have been proceeded. Expecially, it is very important to develop a surface glaze having hydrophobicity through a sintering process above $1000^{\circ}C$ without an additional coating process and the degradation of mechanical properties. In this study, surface glaze with copper powder was applied to manufacture of ceramic tile. Contact angle of ceramic tile according to thickness of surface glaze layer was investigated after the conventional sintering process. The contact angle of the ceramic tile surface without the copper powder was shown to be $25.3^{\circ}$, which is close to hydrophilic surface. However, the contact angle was increased up to $109.8^{\circ}$ when the thickness of surface glaze with the copper powder was $150{\mu}m$. The excellent hydrophobic property of the surface glaze with copper powder was resulted from the cellular structure of copper particles on the glaze surface. In addition, the mechanical properties of the developed hydrophobic ceramic tiles such as bending strength, chemical resistance, abrasion resistance, and frost resistance were well maintained and meet the criteria of 'KS L 1001 Ceramic tile'.

• Journal of Adhesion and Interface
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.122-129
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• 2022

In this study, the hydrophilicity of the metal fiber is improved by introducing an oxygen-containing functional group to the fiber surface after treatment of the metal fiber using the oxygen plasma treatment time as an experimental variable. For the surface modification of metal fibers, changes in surface properties before and after plasma treatment were observed using SEM and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). In order to observe the effect of the plasma treatment time on the surface of the metal fiber, the change in contact angle of the metal fiber with respect to a polar solvent and a non-polar solvent was measured. After calculating the change in surface free energy using the measured contact angle, the contact angle and the surface free energy for metal fibers before and after oxygen plasma treatment were compared, and the correlation with the adhesion work was also considered. The microdroplet specimens were prepared to investigate the effect of surface changes of these metal fibers on the improvement of shear strength at the interface when combined with other materials and the interfacial shear strength was measured, and the correlation with the adhesion work was also identified. Therefore, the oxygen plasma treatment of the metal fiber results in an increase in the physical surface area on the fiber surface and a change in contact angle and surface energy according to the introduction of the oxygen-containing functional group on the surface. This surface hydrophilization resulted in improving the interfacial shear strength with the polymer resin.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.323-326
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 대기압 플라즈마의 처리 조건에 따른 ITO 필름의 접착력 향상을 위한 접촉각 및 표면에너지의 변화를 관찰하였다. 대기압 플라즈마의 처리 변수로는 반응 가스, 처리 속도 방전 전압 및 시료와 플라즈마 헤드 사이의 방전 캡이며, 측정된 접촉각을 이용하여 ITO 필름의 표면을 분석하였다. 그 결과는 방전 전압이 증가할수록 접촉각은 낮아졌으며, 시료와 플라즈마 헤드 사이의 방전 간격은 2.5[mm]에서 접촉각이 낮게 나타나 ITO 필름의 접착력 향상을 위한 친수성 물질로 표면 개질됨을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.528-528
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• 2013

대기압 플라즈마 처리에 의한 특성 파악은 플라즈마 처리한 표면의 친수성 또는 소수성의 물성변화를 결합각을 측정하거나 Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)을 통한 표면 구조의 분석등 고체 표면을 평가하는 방법이 현재 주로 사용되고 있다. 그러나 결합각이나 AFM을 통한 평가법은 고체 표면만을 확인 할 수 있으며 액체 시료의 물성 상태 변화에 따라 정량적 분석을 확인할 수 없다. 이에 액체 시료에 대기압 플라즈마 처리로 미치는 영향을 전기적 특성 평가를 통해 정량적으로 분석하였다. 증류수, 알코올 등 액체 시료로 실험을 진행하였다. 준비된 기판위에 액체시료를 올려 플라즈마 처리를 하였으며, 기판에 양단에 준비된 전극을 통해 Resistance, Capacitance, Inductance 등의 임피던스를 측정하여 액체시료에 인가 된 플라즈마 처리 전과 후의 전기적 특성 변화를 확인하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.24 no.8
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• pp.1062-1068
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• 2000

The effect of heat exchanger surface treatment on the frosting/defrosting behavior in a fin-tube heat exchanger is investigated experimentally. It is found that the hydrophilic surface mainly influences on the frosting behavior, however, the hydrophobic surface gives some influence on the defrosting behavior. In view of frosting performance, surface-treated heat exchanger with either hydrophilic or hydrophobic characteristic shows a little improvement in the thermal performance than the aluminium heat exchanger with no surface treatment. The result reveals that the heat exchanger with hydrophobic surface treatment is more effective in view of the defrosting efficiency and time. The amounts of residual water on the surface-treated heat exchangers are shown to be smaller than those of the bare heat exchanger, therefore further improvements on the performance of re-operations are expected.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.72-73
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• 2012

Metal line을 형성하는 방법에는 그라비아 인쇄, 잉크젯 인쇄, photo 공정 후 박막 증착 공정 등을 많이 사용한다. 본 연구에서는 Micro-imprinting 공정과 DFR photo lithography 공정을 통해 음각의 미세한 pattern을 형성한 후 sputtering과 printing을 이용하여 pattern의 filling을 통해 metal line을 구현하는 것을 목표로 하였다. Pattern을 형성한 후 RIE 공정을 통해 기판 표면의 친수성 처리를 하고, SAM 공정을 통해 코팅 막의 소수성 처리를 하였다. Sputtering과 전면 프린팅 및 건조 후 strip 공정을 통해 metal line을 형성하고, 이에 대한 표면 특성과 전기적 특성을 분석하였다.