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RF-enhanced DC-magnetron Sputtering of Indium Tin Oxide

  • Futagami, Toshiro;Kamei, Masayuki;Yasui, Itaru;Shigesato, Yuzo
    • The Korean Journal of Ceramics
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.26-29
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    • 2001
  • Indium tin oxide (ITO) films were deposited on glass substrates at $300^{\circ}C$ in oxygen/argon mixtures by RF-enhanced DC-magnetron sputtering and were compared to those by conventional DC magnetron sputtering. The RF enhancement was performed using a coil above an ITO target. X-ray diffraction measurements revealed that RF-enhanced plasma affected the preferred orientation and the crystallinity of the films. The resistivity of the films prepared by RF-enhanced DC-magnetron sputtering was almost constant at oxygen content lower than 0.3% and then increased sharply with increasing oxygen content. However the resistivity of the films by conventional sputtering has little dependence on the oxygen content. Those results can be explained on the basis of the incorporation of oxygen into the ITO films due to the RF enhancement.

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Analysis of flat fluorescent lamp discharges for LCD backlight unit by using two-dimensional fluid simulation code

  • Yoon, Hyun-Jin;Ha, Chang-Seung;Lee, Hae-June
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.08b
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    • pp.1569-1572
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    • 2007
  • A two-dimensional fluid simulation code has been developed in order to investigate discharge phenomena and to improve plasma luminous efficiency in a Hg flat fluorescent lamp (FFL) for an LCD backlight unit. In this study, the method of a two-dimensional fluid simulation for FFL is explained and the simulation results of Hg-Ar-Ne mixture gas are presented for the enhancement of the luminance efficiency. The effects of various parameters, such as driving voltage, frequency, and gas mixture ratio, are investigated. The luminance efficiency increased with increasing fraction of mercury but the increasing fraction of argon did not affect the efficiency much.

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Deposition of $\alpha$-Si:H thin films by PECVD method (플라즈마 화학증착법을 이용한 $\alpha$-Si:H박막의 제조)

  • 정병후;문대규;임호빈
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1991.10a
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    • pp.63-67
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    • 1991
  • Amorphous silicon films were deposited on glass, [100] single crystal silicon wafer with thermally grown silicon dioxide, and [100] silicon wafer substrates by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition(with argon diluted silane source gas). Growth rate, UV optical band edge, and the hydrogen quantity in the amorphous silicon films have been investigated as a function of the preparation conditions by measuring film thickness, UV-absorbency, and FT-IR transmittance. The growth rate of the ${\alpha}$-Si:H films increases with increasing substrate temperture, flow rate and R.F. power density. The UV optical band edge shifts to blue with the increases in the deposition pressure. Increasing substrate temperature shifts the UV optical band edge of the films to red. Hydrogen quantity in the ${\alpha}$-Si:H films increases with an increases in the R.F. powr and decreases with an increase in the substrate temperature.

Distribution of the trace minerals in the wild duck egg (청둥오리알중 미량광물질의 함량 분포)

  • 이명헌;박신자
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.9-13
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    • 1997
  • This study was carried out to quantify 11 trace minerals including Ca in wild duck egg, focused on health-aid-food, with Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry(ICAPS). It showed the highest levels of P, Fe, Zn and Cu in egg yolk compared with those of another constituents in wild duck egg. In egg white, the trace mineral levels were demonstrated K 1096 ppm, Na 1666 ppm, respectively. Therefore the levels of K, Na are considerably high. The contents of Ca and Mg are conspicuously high in egg shell respectively. The essential minerals such as Co, Cr and Mn were trace in all constituent of wild duck egg, respectively.

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Fabrication of a mask for X-ray lithography Using SiN membrane and WTi Absorber (SiN 멤브레인과 WTi 흡수체를 이용한 X-선 노광용 마스크 제작)

  • 이문석;김오현
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics A
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    • v.32A no.12
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    • pp.115-121
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    • 1995
  • A mask for x-ray lithography is fabricated with SiN membrane and WTi absorber. SiN membrane is deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, and the stress of SiN membrane is controlled to be less than 100 MPa by rapid thermal annealing. WTi absorber is reactively deposited by DC-magnetron type sputter, and the working gases are argon and nitrogen. Added nitrogen is contributed to the stress of WTi absorber. The stress of WTi absorber is controlled to be less than $\pm$ 100 MPa by controlling the deposition pressure. 10$\mu$m WTi pattern is delineated on SiN membrane by dry etching technique.

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Radiation Induced Cystitis and Proctitis - Prediction, Assessment and Management

  • Mallick, Supriya;Madan, Renu;Julka, Pramod K;Rath, Goura K
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.16 no.14
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    • pp.5589-5594
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    • 2015
  • Cystitis and proctitis are defined as inflammation of bladder and rectum respectively. Haemorrhagic cystitis is the most severe clinical manifestation of radiation and chemical cystitis. Radiation proctitis and cystitis are major complications following radiotherapy. Prevention of radiation-induced haemorrhagic cystitis has been investigated using various oral agents with minimal benefit. Bladder irrigation remains the most frequently adopted modality followed by intra-vesical instillation of alum or formalin. In intractable cases, surgical intervention is required in the form of diversion ureterostomy or cystectomy. Proctitis is more common in even low dose ranges but is self-limiting and improves on treatment interruption. However, treatment of radiation proctitis is broadly non-invasive or invasive. Non-invasive treatment consists of non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), anti-oxidants, sucralfate, short chain fatty acids and hyperbaric oxygen. Invasive treatment consists of ablative procedures like formalin application, endoscopic YAG laser coagulation or argon plasma coagulation and surgery as a last resort.

Magnesium Thin Films Possessing New Corrosion Resistance by RF Magnetron Sputtering Method

  • Lee, M.H.;Yun, Y.S.;Kim, K.J.;Moon, K.M.;Bae, I.Y.
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.148-153
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    • 2004
  • Magnesium thin flims were prepared on cold-rolled steel substrates by RF magnetron sputtering technique. The influence of argon gas pressure and substrate bias voltage on their crystal orientation and morphology of the coated films were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction, respectively. And the effect of crystal orientation and morphology of magnesium films on corrosion behaviors was estimated by measuring anodic polarization curves in deaerated 3%NaCl solution. From the experimental results, all the sputtered magnesium films showed obviously good corrosion resistance to compare with 99.99% magnesium target of the sputter-evaporation metal. Finally it was shown that the Corrosion-resistance of magnesium films can be improved greatly by controlling the crystal orientation and morphology with effective use of the plasma sputtering technique.

The Improvement of Magnetic Properties of CoCr Thin Film for Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Media (수직자기기록매체용 CoCr박막의 자기적 특성 개선에 관한 연구)

  • 공석현;손인환;최형욱;최동진;김경환
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1999.11a
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    • pp.419-422
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    • 1999
  • We prepared CoCr thin film for perpendicular magnetic recording media by facing targets sputtering system(FTS system) which can deposit a high quality thin films in plasma-free state and wide range of working pressure. In this study, we investigated that the effect of sputtering condition , that Argon gas pressure and substrate temperature, on magnetic and crystallographic characteristic of CoCr thin film as well as the variation perpendicular coercivity in changing of film's thickness. Crystallographic and magnetic characteristic of prepared thin films were evaluated by x-ray fractometry(XRD), vibrating sample magnetometer(VSM) and kerr hysteresis loop measurement.

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The Improvement of Magnetic Properties of Co-Cr Thin Film for Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Media (수직자기기록매체용 Co-Cr 박막의 자기적 특성 개선에 관한 연구)

  • 공석현;금민종;최형욱;최동진;김경환;손인환
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.444-450
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    • 2000
  • We prepared Co-Cr thin film for perpendicular magnetic recording media with facing targets sputtering system(FTS system) which can deposit a high quality thin film in plasma-free state and wide range of working pressure. The effect of sputtering conditions(argon gas pressure and substrate temperature) on the magnetic and the crystallographic characteristic of Co-Cr thin film was investigated. And the variation of perpendicular coercivity with the variation of film thickness was studied. As a result we obtained the high perpendicular coercivity of 1900Oe and the good dispersion angle of c-axis($\Delta$$\theta$$_{50}$) of 5$^{\circ}$on the film thickness of 100nm for the promising recording layer of perpendicular magnetic recording media.c recording media.a.

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Deposition of Diamond Like Carbon Thin Films by PECVD (PECVD법에 의한 DLC 박막의 증착)

  • 김상호;김동원
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.122-128
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    • 2002
  • This study was conducted to synthesize the diamond like carbon films by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). The effects of gas composition on growth and mechanical properties of the films were investigated. A little amount of hydrogen or oxygen were added to base gas mixture of methane and argon. Methane dissociation and diamond like carbon nucleation were enhanced by installing negatively bias grid near substrate. The deposited films were indentified as hard diamond like carbon films by micro-Raman spectroscopy. The surface and fractured cross section of the films which were observed by scanning electron microscopy showed that film growth is very slow as about 0.3$\mu\textrm{m}$/hour, and relatively uniform with hydrogen addition. Vickers hardness of tungsten carbide (WC) cutting tool increased from about 1000 to 1600~1800 by deposition of DLC film, that of commercial TiN coated tool was about 1270. In cutting test of aluminum 6061 alloy, DLC coated cutting tool showed 1/3 or lower crater and flank wear than TiN coated or non-coated WC cutting tools.