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Direct Fabrication of a-Si:H Thin Film Transistor Arrays on Flexible Substrates: Critical Challenges and Enabling Solutions

  • O'Rourke, Shawn M.;Loy, Douglas E.;Moyer, Curt;Bawolek, Edward J.;Ageno, Scott K.;O'Brien, Barry P.;Marrs, Michael;Bottesch, Dirk;Dailey, Jeff;Naujokaitis, Rob;Kaminski, Jann P.;Allee, David R.;Venugopal, Sameer M.;Haq, Jesmin;Colaneri, Nicholas;Raupp, Gregory B.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.1459-1462
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    • 2008
  • In this paper we describe solutions to address critical challenges in direct fabrication of amorphous silicon thin film transistor (TFTs) arrays for active matrix flexible displays. For all flexible substrates a manufacturable handling protocol in automated display-scale equipment is required. For metal foil substrates the principal challenges are planarization and electrical isolation, and management of stress (CTE mismatch) during TFT fabrication. For plastic substrates the principal challenge is dimensional instability management.

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Blow forming characteristics of AZ31 sheet (AZ31 판재의 부풀림 성형 특성)

  • Kwon, Yong-Nam;Lee, Y.S.;Lee, J.H.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.99-102
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    • 2006
  • In the present study, the blow forming characteristics of AZ31 sheet was investigated to test the feasibility of the practical application of wrought Mg alloys. Mg alloys have drawn a huge attention in the field of transportation and consumer electronics industries since it is the lightest alloy which could be industrially applicable. Most Mg alloy components have been fabricated by casting method. However, there have been a lot of research activities on the wrought alloys and their plastic forming process recently. Shallow cups for the small electronics cases have been stamped with warm die system. However, some technical issues will challenge Mg forming when large parts are considered with warm die system over $200^{\circ}C$. Most of all, thermal expansion of die system will deteriorate a die accuracy. On the other hand, blow forming does not have a problem with inaccuracy with die system. In this study, tensile tests were followed by blow forming at various temperature and pressure. AZ31 sheet showed a superplastic deformation behavior with extensive grain boundary sliding at the temperature above $300^{\circ}C$. However, the deformation behavior was likely to differ depending on stress condition.

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Genomic Organization, Tissue Distribution and Developmental Expression of Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Isoforms in Mud Loach Misgurnus mizolepis

  • Lee, Sang Yoon;Kim, Dong Soo;Nam, Yoon Kwon
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.291-301
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    • 2013
  • The genomic organization, tissue distribution, and developmental expression of two paralogous GAPDH isoforms were characterized in the mud loach Misgurnus mizolepis (Cypriniformes). The mud loach gapdh isoform genes (mlgapdh-1 and mlgapdh-2) had different exon-intron organizations: 12 exons in mlgapdh-1 (spanning to 4.88 kb) and 11 in mlgapdh-2 (11.78 kb), including a non-translated exon 1 in each isoform. Southern blot hybridization suggested that the mud loach might possess the two copies of mlgapdh-1 and a single copy of mlgapdh-2. The mlgapdh-1 transcript levels are high in tissues requiring high energy flow, such as skeletal muscle and heart, whereas mlgapdh-2 is expressed abundantly in the brain. Both isoforms are differentially regulated during embryonic and larval development, during which their expression is upregulated with the progress of development. Lipopolysaccharide challenge preferentially induced mlgapdh-2 transcripts in the liver. Therefore, the two isoforms have diversified functionally; mlgapdh-1 is associated more closely with energy metabolism, while mlgapdh-2 is related more to stress/immune responses, in the mud loach.

Global technologies for the removal of water scaling & water recovery - Department of Energy (DOE) USA

  • Ramakrishna, Chilakala;Thriveni, Thenepalli;Whan, Ahn Ji
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.21-32
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, we reported the current technologies of water scaling removal and also water recovery from the flue gases, which are funded by Department of Energy (DOE), USA. Globally, water resources are limited due to the climate change. The potential impacts of climate change is food and water shortages. In the $21^{st}$ century, water shortages and pollution are expected to become more acute as populations grow and concentrate in cities. At present, the water stress increases over 62.0 ~ 75.8% of total water basin area and decreases over 19.7 ~ 29.0%. Many renewable energy sources demand secure water resources. Water is critical for successful climate change mitigation, as many efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions depend on reliable access to water resources. Water hardness is one of the major challenge to coal power plants. Department of energy (DOE) funded and encouraged for the development of advanced technologies for the removal of hardness of water (scaling) and also water recovery from the flue gases from coal power plants.

A Study on Optimization of 3D Auxetic Pyramid Structure (3D Auxetic Pyramid 구조의 최적화 연구)

  • Kim, Gyu-Young;Kim, Soo-ho;Yun, Gi-Won
    • Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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    • 2017.03a
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    • pp.241-250
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    • 2017
  • Auxetic is a structure that behave as negative Poisson's ratio. It is known for high mechanical property like energy absorption and destruction toughness so far. In this paper, we aimed to design auxetic structure which has small internal energy when force is applied and high NPR and over 50N/mm stiffness by using optimization method. We defined length(L), thickness(t), angle(${\theta}_1$, ${\theta}_2$) as design factors and also von-Mises stress, NPR, stiffness as reaction factors. We used Box-Behnken method and conducted 4factors - 3levels experiment design. We also analyzed each models by using CSD_EPLAST, Edison program, and did extra analysis for more accurate results. Finally, we found out the optimal design factors which is satisfied aimed value and increased reliability through factor analysis and validity verification.

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YlaC is an Extracytoplasmic Function (ECF) Sigma Factor Contributing to Hydrogen Peroxide Resistance in Bacillus subtilis

  • Ryu Han-Bong;Shin In-Ji;Yim Hyung-Soon;Kang Sa-Ouk
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.206-216
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    • 2006
  • In this study, we have attempted to characterize the functions of YlaC and YlaD encoded by ylaC and ylaD genes in Bacillus subtilis. The GUS reporter gene, driven by the yla operon promoter, was expressed primarily during the late exponential and early stationary phase, and its expression increased as the result of hydrogen peroxide treatment. Northern and Western blot analyses revealed that the level of ylaC transcripts and YlaC increased as the result of challenge with hydrogen peroxide. A YlaC-overexpressing strain evidenced hydrogen peroxide resistance and a three-fold higher peroxidase activity as compared with a deletion mutant. YlaC-overexpressing and YlaD-disrupted strains evidenced higher sporulation rates than were observed in the YlaC-disrupted and YlaD-overexpressing strains. Analyses of the results of native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of recombinant YlaC and YlaD indicated that interaction between YlaC and YlaD was regulated by the redox state of YlaD in vitro. Collectively, the results of this study appear to suggest that YlaC regulated by the YlaD redox state, contribute to oxidative stress resistance in B. subtilis.

Numerical study of airfoil thickness effects on the performance of J-shaped straight blade vertical axis wind turbine

  • Zamani, Mahdi;Maghrebi, Mohammad Javad;Moshizi, Sajad A.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.595-616
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    • 2016
  • Providing high starting torque and efficiency simultaneously is a significant challenge for vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs). In this paper, a new approach is studied in order to modify VAWTs performance and cogging torque. In this approach, J-shaped profiles are exploited in the structure of blades by means of eliminating the pressure side of airfoil from the maximum thickness toward the trailing edge. This new profile is a new type of VAWT airfoil using the lift and drag forces, thereby yielding a better performance at low TSRs. To simulate the fluid flow of the VAWT along with J-shaped profiles originated from NACA0018 and NACA0030, a two-dimensional computational analysis is conducted. The Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are closed using the two-equation Shear Stress Transport (SST) turbulence model. The main objective of the study is to investigate the effects of J-shaped straight blade thickness on the performance characteristics of VAWT. The results obtained indicate that opting for the higher thickness in J-shaped profiles for the blade sections leads the performance and cogging torque of VAWT to enhance dramatically.

A Study on compressive behavior of laminated plates with initial delamination (박리가 발생된 적층평판의 압축 거동에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Nam-Ju;Jo, Yong-Oug
    • Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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    • 2016.03a
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    • pp.167-174
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    • 2016
  • Recently laminated plates like composite materials has been used in a various field to grow the specific strength of the composition. However, delamination area caused by barely visible impact damage has potential risk that it can raise buckling of the delaminated plate. Because it can interrupt compressive behavior of laminated plates and reduce their strength, the whole structure can't be constituted by these materials. Many studies assume that behavior of the delaminated plate which is in lamanated plates equals theoretical buckling but their actual motion doesn't coincide because of initial imperfections of materials like deflection, residual stress, eccentricity and so on. In this paper, we change laminated plates with initial delamination into a beam of rectangular cross section with the initial crack and analyze compressive behavior according to initial imperfections through finite element method(FEM). Consequently analysis results show that behavior of laminated plates involving delamination differs from ideal buckling of the delaminated plate in actual conditions and we can predict its motion through imperfections relationship.

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Detection of a Crack in Beams by Eigen Value Analysis (고유치 해석을 이용한 보의 크랙 탐색)

  • Lee, Hee-Su;Lee, Ki-Hoon;Cho, Jae-Hoon
    • Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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    • 2016.03a
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    • pp.195-202
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, crack detection method using eigen value analysis is presented. Three methods are used: theoretical analysis, finite element method with the cracked beam elements and finite element method with three dimensional continuum elements. Finite element formulation of the cracked beam element is introduced. Additional term about stress intensity factor based on fracture mechanics theory is added to flexibility matrix of original beam to model the crack. As using calculated stiffness matrix of cracked beam element and mass matrix, natural frequencies are calculated by eigen value analysis. In the case of using continuum elements, the natural frequencies could be calculated by using EDISON CASAD solver. Several cases of crack are simulated to obtain natural frequencies corresponding the crack. The surface of natural frequency is plotted as changing with crack location and depth. Inverse analysis method is used to find crack location and depth from the natural frequencies of experimental data, which are referred by another papers. Predicted results are similar with the true crack location and depth.

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Rock failure assessment based on crack density and anisotropy index variations during triaxial loading tests

  • Panaghi, Kamran;Golshani, Aliakbar;Takemura, Takato
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.793-813
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    • 2015
  • Characterization of discontinuous media is an endeavor that poses great challenge to engineers in practice. Since the inherent defects in cracked domains can substantially influence material resistance and govern its behavior, a lot of work is dedicated to efficiently model such effects. In order to overcome difficulties of material instability problems, one needs to comprehensively represent the geometry of cracks along with their impact on the mechanical properties of the intact material. In the present study, stress-strain results from laboratory experiments on Inada granite was used to derive crack tensor as a tool for the evaluation of fractured domain stability. It was found that the formulations proposed earlier could satisfactorily be employed to attain crack tensor via the invariants of which judgment on cracks population and induced anisotropy is possible. The earlier criteria based on crack tensor analyses were reviewed and compared to the results of the current study. It is concluded that the geometrical parameters calculated using mechanical properties could confidently be used to judge the anisotropy as well as strength of the cracked domain.