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Temperature Dependent Photoluminescence from InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

  • Lee, Kyoung Su;Oh, Gyujin;Kim, Eun Kyu;Song, Jin Dong
    • Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.86-90
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    • 2017
  • We have reported structural and optical properties of self-assembled InAs/GaAs quantum dot (QD) grown by molecular beam epitaxy with different arsenic to indium flux ratios (V/III ratios). By increasing the V/III ratio from 9 to 160, average diameter and height of the InAs QDs decreased, but areal density of them increased. The InAs QDs grown under V/III ratio of 30 had a highest-aspect-ratio of 0.134 among them grown with other conditions. Optical property of the InAs QD was investigated by the temperature-dependent photoluminescence (PL) and integrated PL. From the temperature dependence PL measurements of InAs QDs, the activation energies of $E_{a1}$ and $E_{a2}$ for the InAs QDs were obtained $48{\pm}3meV$ and $229{\pm}23meV$, respectively. It was considered that the values of $E_{a1}$ and $E_{a2}$ are corresponded to the energy difference between ground-state and first excited state, and the energy difference between ground-state and wetting layer, respectively.

Compositional Variation of Arsenopyrites in Arsenic and Polymetallic Ores from the Ulsan Mine, Republic of Korea, and their Application to a Geothermometer (울산광산산(蔚山鑛山産) 유비철석(硫砒鐵石)의 조성변화(組成變化) 및 지질온도계(地質溫度計)에 대(對)한 적용(適用))

  • Choi, Seon-Gyu;Chung, Jae-Ill;Imai, Naoya
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.199-218
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    • 1986
  • Arsenopyrite in arsenic and polymetallic ores from calcic Fe-W skarn deposit of the Ulsan mine, Republic of Korea, has been investigated by means of electron microprobe analysis and X-ray diffractometry. As a result, it is revealed that the Ulsan arsenopyrite may be classified into the following three species with different generation on the basis of its mode of occurrence, chronological order during polymetallic mineralization and chemical composition; arsenopyrites I, II and III. 1) Arsenopyrite I-(Ni, Co)-bearing species belonging to the oldest generation, which has crystallized together with (Ni, Co)-arsenides and -sulpharsenides in the early stage of polymetallic mineralization. In rare cases, it contains a negligible amount of antimony. It occurs usually as discrete grains with irregular outline, showing rarely subhedral form, and is diffused in skarn zone. The maximum contents of nickel and cobalt are 10.04 Ni and 2.45 Co (in weight percent). Occasionally, it shows compositional zoning with narrow rim of lower (Ni+Co) content. 2) Arsenopyrite II-arsenian species, in which (Ni+Co) content is almost negligible, may occur widely in arsenic ores, and its crystallization has followed that of arsenopyrite I. It usually shows subhedral to euhedral form and is closely associated with $l{\ddot{o}}llingite$, bismuth, bismuthinite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, bismuthian tennantite, etc. It is worthy of note that arsenopyrite II occasionally contains particles consisting of both bismuth and bismuthinite. 3) Arsenopyrite III-(Ni, Co)-free, S-excess and As-deficient species is close to the stoichiometric composition, FeAsS. It occurs in late hydrothermal veins, which cut clearly the Fe-W ore pipe and the surrounding skarn zone. It shows euhedral to subhedral form, being extremely coarse-grained, and is closely associated with pyrite, "primary" monoclinic pyrrhotite, galena, sphalerite, etc. Among three species of the Ulsan arsenopyrite, arsenopyrite I does not serve as a geothermometer, because (Ni+Co) content always exceeds 1 weight percent. In spite of the absence of Fe-S minerals as sulphur-buffer assemblage, the presence of $Bi(l)-Bi_2S_3$ sulphur-buffer enables arsenopyrite II to apply successfully to the estimation of either temperature and sulphur fugacity, the results are, $T=460{\sim}470^{\circ}C$, and log $f(S_2)=-7.4{\sim}7.0$. With reference to arsenopyrite III, only arsenopyrite coexisting with pyrite and "primary" monoclinic pyrrhotite may serve to restrict the range of both temperature and sulphur fugacity, $T=320{\sim}440^{\circ}C$, log $f(S_2)=-9.0{\sim}7.0$. These temperature data are consistent with those obtained by fluid inclusion geothermometry on late grandite garnet somewhat earlier than arsenopyrite II. At the beginning of this paper, the geological environments of the ore formation at Ulsan are considered from regional and local geologic settings, and physicochemical conditions are suspected, in particular the formation pressure (lithostatic pressure) is assumed to be 0.5kb (50MPa). The present study on arsenopyrite geothermometry, however, does not bring about any contradictions against the above premises. Thus, the following genetical view on the Ulsan ore deposit previously advocated by two of the present authors (Choi and Imai) becomes more evident; the ore deposit was formed at shallow depth and relatively high-temperature with steep geothermal gradient-xenothermal conditions.

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Study on Adsorption Features of Arsenic onto Lepidocrocite (레피도크로사이트(lepidocrocite) 표면의 비소 흡착 특성 규명)

  • Lee, Woo-Chun;Jeong, Hyeon-Su;Kim, Ju-Yong;Kim, Soon-Oh
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.95-105
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    • 2009
  • Systematic studies are performed for arsenic adsorption on synthesized lepidocrocite. The synthesized lepidocrocite with high surface area of $94.8\;g/m^2$ has shown that the point of zero charge(PZC) is 6.57 determined by potentiometric titration, suggestive of high capacity of arsenic removal. Results show that arsenite[As(III)] uptake by synthesized lepidocrocite is greater than that of arsenate[As(V)] at pH $2{\sim}12$, indicating that the lepidocrocite has high affinity toward arsenite rather than arsenate. Adsorption of arsenate decreases with increasing pH from 2 to 12, whereas arsenite sorption increases until pH 8.0, and then decreases dramatically with increasing pH, suggesting that changes in surface charge of the lepidocrocite as a function of pH playa important role in aresinc uptake by the lepidocrocite. Upon kinetic experiments, our results demonstrate that both arsenite and arsenate sorption on the lepidocrocite increases rapidly for the first 4 h followed by little changes during the duration of the experiment, showing that adsorption plays a key role in aresenic uptake by the lepidocrocite. Our results also show that power function and elovich models are the best fit for the adsorption kinetics of arsenite and aesenate on the lepidocrocite.

Behavior of Oxidative Precipitation of High-Arsenic (III) Solution Utilizing Activated Carbon with Air Injection (공기와 활성탄 병용에 의한 용액 중 고농도 3가 비소의 산화-침전 거동 연구)

  • Kim, Rina;Kim, Gahee;Kim, Kwanho;You, Kwang-suk
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.11-19
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    • 2021
  • Arsenic (As) oxidation followed by precipitation from a high-As(III)-containing leaching solution derived from a sulfidic ore was investigated in this study to remove aqueous As from the solution using activated carbon (AC) with air injection as an oxidant. To obtain the initial leaching solution, a domestic sulfidic ore was leached in a sulfuric acid solution at pH 1 and 50℃ for 95 h, and approximately 7 g/L of Fe and 3 g/L of As were leached out. To determine the effect of the oxidative reaction utilizing AC with air injection, the leaching solution was tested under the following five oxidative conditions at an initial pH of 1 and 90℃ for 72 h: air-only injection; air injection with 1, 5, and 10 w/v% of AC addition; and H2O2 addition. The tests in the presence of both air and AC revealed that the oxidation kinetics and As removal were improved by the reaction between the metallic species and the surface group formed on the AC surface. In addition, the greater the amount of AC added, the better was the reaction efficiency, removing 93-94% of As with more than 5 w/v% of AC addition. Finally, X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed that the precipitate formed from the oxidative reaction was scorodite (FeAsO4·2H2O).

Removal Characteristic of Arsenic by Sand Media Coated with both Iron-oxide and Manganese-oxide (산화철 및 산화망간이 동시에 코팅된 모래 매질을 이용한 비소오염 제거특성 연구)

  • Kim, Byeong-Kwon;Min, Sang-Yoon;Chang, Yoon-Young;Yang, Jae-Kyu
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.31 no.7
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    • pp.473-482
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    • 2009
  • In this study, iron and manganese coated sand (IMCS) was prepared by mixing Joomoonjin sand with solutions having different molar ratio of manganese ($Mn^{2+}$) and iron ($Fe^{3+}$). Mineral type of IMCS was analyzed by X-ray diffraction spectroscopy. Removal efficiency of arsenic through As(III) oxidation and As(V) adsorption by IMCS having different ratio of Mn/Fe was evaluated. The coated amount of total Mn and Fe on all IMCS samples was less than that on sand coated with iron-oxide alone (ICS) or manganese-oxide alone (MCS). The mineral type of the manganese oxide on MCS and iron oxides on ICS were identified as ${\gamma}-MnO_2$ and mixture of goethite and magnetite, respectively. The same mineral type was appeared on IMCS. Removed amount As(V) by IMCS was greatly affected by the content of Fe rather than by the content of Mn. Adsorption of As(V) by IMCS was little affected by the presence of monovalent and divalent electrolytes. However a greatly reduced As(V) adsorption as observed in the presence of trivalent electrolyte such as $PO_4\;^{3-}$. As(III) oxidation efficiency by MCS in the presence of NaCl or $NaNO_3$ was two times greater than that in the presence of $PO_4\;^{3-}$. Meanwhile a greater As(III) oxidation efficiency was observed by IMCS in the presence of $PO_4\;^{3-}$. This was explained by the competitive adsorption between phosphate and arsenate on the surface of IMCS.

Preparation of Iron-Coated Sand and Arsenic Adsorption (철코팅 모래흡착제 제조 및 비소흡착)

  • Chang, Yoon-Young;Kim, Kwang-Sub;Jung, Jae-Hyun;Lee, Seung-Mok;Yang, Jae-Kyu;Park, Joon-Kyu
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.27 no.7
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    • pp.697-703
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    • 2005
  • Iron-coated sand(ICS) was prepared with variation of particle size of Joomoonjin sand, primary and secondary coating temperature, coating time, and dosage of initial Fe(III). An optimum condition of the preparation ICS was selected from the coating efficiency, stability of coated Fe(III), and removal efficiency of As(V). Coated amount of Fe(III) increased as primary coating temperature increased with smaller particle size of sand. Coating efficiency was quite similar over the investigated secondary coating temperature and time, while adsorption efficiency of As(V) onto ICS was severely reduced with ICS prepared at higher secondary coating temperature. By considering these results, an optimum secondary coating temperature and time for the preparation of ICS was selected as $150^{\circ}C$ and 1-hr, respectively. Coating efficiency increased us the dosage of initial Fe(III) up to 0.8 Fe(III) mol/kg sand and then no distinct increase was noted. Maximum As(V) adsorption was observed at 0.8 Fe(III) mol/kg sand. Secondary coating temperature and time were important parameters affecting stability of ICS, showing decreased dissolution of Fe(III) from ICS prepared at higher coating temperature and at longer coating time. From anionic type adsorption of As(V) onto ICS, it is possible to suggest the application of ICS for the removal of As(V) contaminated in acidic water system.

Adsorption and Redox State Alteration of Arsenic, Chromium and Uranium by Bacterial Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) (박테리아 세포외 중합체(EPS)에 의한 비소, 크롬, 우라늄의 흡착 및 산화상태 변화)

  • Park, Hyun-Sung;Ko, Myoung-Soo;Lee, Jong-Un
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.43 no.3
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    • pp.223-233
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    • 2010
  • The effects of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on adsorption and redox state alteration of dissolved As, Cr and U were investigated through batch experiments. Surfaces of bacterial cells were either vigorously washed or unwashed. Solutions of As(V), Cr(VI) and U(VI) were inoculated with the bacterial cells under no nutrient condition, and total aqueous concentrations and redox state alteration were monitored over time. No As adsorption occurred onto bacteria or EPS; however, unwashed bacteria reduced about 60% As(V) to As(III). Unwashed bacteria also led to removal of 45% total dissolved Cr and reduction of 64% Cr(VI). About 80% U(VI) was removed from solution with unwashed bacteria as well. Such electrochemical reduction of the elements was likely due to reducing capacity of EPS itself or detoxifying reduction of the bacteria which kept their viability under protection of EPS. The results indicated that bacterial biofilm may significantly control the redox state and subsequent mobility of As, Cr and U in natural geologic settings.

Growth of 2dimensional Hole Gas (2DHG) with GaSb Channel Using III-V Materials on InP Substrate

  • Sin, Sang-Hun;Song, Jin-Dong;Han, Seok-Hui;Kim, Tae-Geun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.152-152
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    • 2011
  • Silicon 기반의 환경에서 연구 및 제조되는 전자소자는 반도체의 기술이 발전함에 따라 chip 선폭의 크기가 30 nm에서 20 nm, 그리고 그 이하의 크기로 점점 더 작아지는 요구에 직면하고 있다. 탄소나노 구조와 나노와이어 기술이 Silicon을 대신할 다음세대 기술로 주목받고 있다. 많은 연구결과들 중에서 III-V CMOS가 가장 빠른 접근 방법이라 예상한다. III-V족 물질을 이용하면 electron 보다 수십 배 이상의 이동도를 얻을 수 있으나 p-type의 구조를 구현하는 것이 해결해야 할 문제이다. p-type 3-5 족 화합물을 이용하여 에너지 밴드 갭의 변화를 가능하게 한다면 hole의 이동도를 크게 향상시킬 수 있어 silicon 기반의 p-type 소자보다 2~3배 더 빠른 소자의 구현이 가능하다. 3-5족 화합물 반도체의 성장 기술이 많이 진보되어 이를 이용하여 고속 소자를 구현한다면 시기적으로 더욱 빨리 다가올 것이라 예측한다. 에너지 밴드갭의 변화와 격자 부정합을 고려하여 SI InP 기판에 GaSb 물질을 채널로 사용한 p-type 2-dimensional hole gas (2DHG) 소자를 구현하였다. 관찰된 소자 구조의 박막 상태의 특징을 보이며 10 um ${\times}$ 10 um AFM 측정결과 1 nm 이하의 표면 거칠기를 가지며 상온에서의 hole 이동도는 약 650 cm2/Vs이고 sheet carrier density는 $5{\times}1012$ /cm2의 결과를 확인하였다. 실험결과 InP 기판위에 채널로 사용된 GaSb 박막을 올리는데 있어 가장 중요한 것은 Phosphorus, Arsenic, 그리고 Antimony 물질의 양과 이들의 변화시간의 조절이다. 본 발표에서 Semi-insulating InP 기판위에 electron이 아닌 hole을 반송자로 이용한 차세대 고속 전자소자를 구현하고자 하여 MBE (Molecular Beam Epitaxy)로 p-type 소자를 구현하여 실험하였다. 아울러 더욱 빠른 소자의 구현을 위하여 세계의 유수 그룹들의 연구 결과들과 앞으로 예상되는 고속 소자에 대해서 비교와 함께 많은 기술에 대해 논의하고자 한다.

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Electrochemical Determination of As(III) at Nanoporous Gold Electrodes with Controlled Surface Area

  • Seo, Min Ji;Kastro, Kanido Camerun;Kim, Jongwon
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.63 no.1
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    • pp.45-50
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    • 2019
  • Because arsenic (As) is a chemical substance toxic to humans, there have been extensive investigations on the development of As detection methods. In this study, the electrochemical determination of As on nanoporous gold (NPG) electrodes was investigated using anodic stripping voltammetry. The electrochemical surface area of the NPG electrodes was controlled by changing the reaction times during the anodization of Au for NPG preparation, and its effect on the electrochemical behavior during As detection was examined. The detection efficiency of the NPG electrodes improved as the roughness factor of the NPG electrodes increased up to around 100. A further increase in the surface area of the NPG electrodes resulted in a decrease of the detection efficiency due to high background current levels. The most efficient As detection efficiency was obtained on the NPG electrodes prepared with an anodization time of 50 s. The effects of the detection parameters and of the Cu interference in As detection were investigated and the NPG electrode was compared to flat Au electrodes.

Reactions of As(V) with Fe(II) under the Anoxic Conditions (무산소 조건에서의 Fe(II)와 As(V)의 반응에 관한 연구)

  • Jung, Woo-Sik;Lee, Sang-Hun;Chung, Hyung-Keun;Kim, Sun-Joon;Choi, Jae-Young;Jeon, Byong-Hun
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.42 no.5
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    • pp.487-494
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of As(V) reduction by aqueous Fe(II), and subsequent As(III) immobilization by the precipitation of As(III) incorporated magnetite-like material [i.e., co-precipitation of As(III) with Fe(II) and Fe(III)]. Experimental results showed that homogeneous As(V) reduction did not occur by dissolved Fe(II) at various pH values although the thermodynamic calculation was in favor of the redox reaction between As(V) and Fe(II) under the given chemical conditions. Similarly, no heterogeneous reduction of sorbed As(V) by sorbed Fe(II) was observed using synthetic iron (oxy)hydroxide (Goethite, ${\alpha}$-FeOOH) at pH 7. Experimental results for the effect of As(V) on the oxidation of Fe(II) by dissolved oxygen showed that As(V) inhibited the oxidation of Fe(II). These results indicate that As(V) could be stable in the presence of Fe(II) under the anoxic or subsurface environments.