• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2014

전기방사법(Electrospinning technique)을 이용하여 PVdF-HFP(Poly vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) 멤브레인을 제조하고, 그 멤브레인 표면위에 DLC(Diamond-like carbon) 코팅공정을 적용하여 멤브레인의 표면변화 및 접촉각 변화를 조사하였다. Ar 플라즈마 처리시간 및 처리조건에 따라 PVdF-HFP 멤브레인 파이버 표면이 주름(wrinkles)형태로 변화 하였다. 이러한 Ar 플라즈마 처리가 된 PVdF-HFP 멤브레인은 초친수성(super-hydrophilic) 특성으로 변했지만, 초친수성 PVdF-HFP 멤브레인에 DLC 코팅공정을 적용하면 반대로 초소수성(super-hydrophobic) 특성으로 변화되었다. 이러한 특성을 가진 표면을 접촉각 측정과 XPS, FE-SEM 측정으로 분석하였다. 따라서 화학적 조성과 표면 형상에 의해 접촉각 특성을 가지는 것으로 확인하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.841-845
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• 2013

We give a textured front on silicon wafer for high-efficiency solar cells by using micro contact printing method which uses PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) silicon rubber as a stamp and SAM (self assembled monolayer)s as an ink. A random pyramidal texturing have been widely used for a front-surface texturing in low cost manufacturing line although the cell with random pyramids on front surface shows relatively low efficiency than the cell with inverted pyramids patterned by normal optical lithography. In the past two decades, the micro contact printing has been intensively studied in nano technology field for high resolution patterns on silicon wafer. However, this promising printing technique has surprisingly never applied so far to silicon based solar cell industry despite their simplicity of process and attractive aspects in terms of cost competitiveness. We employ a MHA (16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid) as an ink for Au deposited $SiO_2/Si$ substrate. The $SiO_2$ pattern which is same as the pattern printed by SAM ink on Au surface and later acts as a hard resist for anisotropic silicon etching was made by HF solution, and then inverted pyramidal pattern is formed after anisotropic wet etching. We compare three textured surface with different morphology (random texture, random pyramids and inverted pyramids) and then different geometry of inverted pyramid arrays in terms of reflectivity.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제27권8호
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• pp.516-521
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• 2014

An excellent hydrophobic surface has a high contact angle over 147 degree and the contact angle hysteresis below $5^0$ was produced by using roughness combined with hydrophobic PTFE coatings, which were also confirmed to exhibit an extreme adhesion to glass substrate. To form the rough surface, the glass was etched by Ar-plasma. A very thin PTFE film was coated on the plasma etched glass surface. Roughness factors before or after PTFE coating on the plasma etched glass surface, based on Wensel's model were calculated, which agrees well with the dependence of the contact angle on the roughness factor is predicted by Wensel's model. The PTFE films deposited on glass by using a conventional rf-magnetron sputtering. The glass substrates were etched Ar-plasma prior to the deposition of PTFE. Their hydrophobicities are investigated for application as a anti-fouling coating layer on the screen of displays. It is found that the hydrophobicity of PTFE films mainly depends on the sputtering conditions, such as rf-power, Ar gas content introduced during deposition. These conditions are closely related to the deposition rate or thickness of PTFE film. Thus, it is also found that the deposition rate or the film thickness affects sensitively the geometrical morphology formed on surface of the rf-sputtered PTFE films. In particular, 1,950-nm-thick PTFE films deposited for 30 minute by rf-power 50 watt under Ar gas content of 20 sccm shows a very excellent optical transmittance and a good anti-fouling property and a good durability.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.54-61
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• 2016

Screen printing of commercially available Ag paste is the most widely used method for the front side metallization of Si solar cells. However, the metallization using Ag paste is expensive and needs high temperature annealing for reliable contact. Among many metallization schemes, Ni/Cu/Sn plating is one of the most promising methods due to low contact resistance and mass production, resulting in high efficiency and low production cost. Ni layer serves as a barrier which would prevent copper atoms from diffusion into the silicon substrate. However, Ni based schemes by electroless deposition usually have low thermal stability, and require high annealing process due to phosphorus content in the Ni based films. These problems can be resolved by adding W element in Ni-based film. In this study, Ni-W-P alloys were formed by electroless plating and properties of it such as sheet resistance, resistivity, specific contact resistivity, crystallinity, and morphology were investigated before and after annealing process by means of transmission line method (TLM), 4-point probe, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM).

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.55-69
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• 2007

본 연구는 ez NANOsence II RGP 콘택트렌즈를 사용하여 굴절이상 눈의 피검자에 대한 시력과 각막에 미치는 임상적 검증을 하였다. 피검자는 성인 121명(남성 29인, 여성 92명; 연령은 17세와 43세 사이, 평균 22.86세)을 대상으로 실시하였다. 피검자는 콘택트렌즈 착용 전의 증상을 포함하는 문진을 실시하였고, 또한 콘택트렌즈 착용전후의 눈에 대한 자각과 타각증상 변화도 검진하였다. 시력측정은 콘택트렌즈를 착용하여 원거리에서 실시하였고, 굴절검사는 타각적 방법(Topcon KR-8100, Japan)으로 나안 상태에서 실시하였다. 입체시 검사는 Titmus fly(Stereo Optical Co., U.S.A)와 TNO(Tech, The Netherlands)로서 콘택트렌즈 착용 후 근거리에서 시행하였고, 대비감도 진단은 콘택트렌즈 착용 후 대비감도 챠드(pelli-Robertson, USA)로 1m 거리에서 실시하였다. 각막 지형도검사는 콘택트렌즈 착용 후 나안상태에서 ORB scan(Bausch Lomb, U.S.A.)을 사용하였다. 콘택트렌즈의 표면미세구조는 SEM(JSM-5800, Japan)을 이용해서 관찰하였고, 콘택트렌즈의 화학 성분은 EDS 프로그램을 사용해서 분석하였다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 렌즈의 착용 기간이 길수록 피검자는 대게 개선된 시각기능을 획득했다. 2. 렌즈 착용에 따른 눈의 부작용은 거의 없었다. 3. 피검자의 렌즈 사용은 잘하고 있다. 4. 렌즈 착용기간이 길수록 각막의 굴절 값은 약간 감소하고, 곡률반경은 약간 증가하며, 각막난시는 감소(P<0.01)하고, 각막의 중앙부 두께도 감소하였다. 5. 렌즈 사용 기간이 길수록, 입체시와 대비감도는 더욱 정상 값을 가졌다. 6. 각막지형도 분석에서 대부분 피검자들은 착용기간의 차이에도 비슷한 형태를 나타내었다. 7. 새로운 렌즈와 사용한 콘택트렌즈의 표면미세구조는 미세 형태에서 비슷한 상태이다. 8. 새로운 렌즈와 사용된 콘택트렌즈의 화학적 구성 성분은 거의 같았다. 결론적으로 본 연구는 새로운 것과 사용된 콘택트렌즈의 표면 미세구조와 화학적 구성성분이 유사함을 확인하였다. 또한 렌즈의 장기 착용에도 피검자의 시기능은 개선되고, 눈의 부작용은 적게 나타났으며, 각막난시 값은 감소되었다. 본 검사는 콘택트렌즈 착용자의 시각기능은 콘택트렌즈의 성분과 미세구조가 시각 기능에 관련이 있다고 여겨진다. 본 연구에서 저자들은 ez NANOsence II RGP 콘택트렌즈는 굴절 이상 눈의 교정시력에 좋은 효과가 있다고 추측된다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.230-230
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• 2012

Graphene have showed promising performance as electrodes of organic devices such as organic transistors, light-emitting diodes, and photovoltaic solar cells. In particular, among various organic materials of graphene-based organic devices, pentacene has been regarded as one of the promising organic material because of its high mobility, chemical stability. In the bottom-contact device configuration generally used as graphene based pentacene devices, the morphology of the organic semiconductors at the interface between a channel and electrode is crucial to efficient charge transport from the electrode to the channel. For the high quality morphology, understanding of initial stages of pentacene growth is essential. In this study, we investigate self-assembly of pentacene molecules on graphene formed on a 6H-SiC (0001) substrate by scanning tunneling microscopy. At sub-monolayer coverage, adsorption of pentacene molecules on epitaxial graphene is affected by $6{\times}6$ pattern originates from the underlying buffer layer. And the orientation of pentacene in the ordered structure is aligned with the zigzag direction of the edge structure of single layer graphene. As coverage increased, intermolecular interactions become stronger than molecule-substrate interaction. As a result, herringbone structures the consequence of higher intermolecular interaction are observed.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.331-336
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• 2007

The pure Mg powder compacts were successfully fabricated using SPS process. The machined chip powder showed flake shaped morphology with coarse surfaces, while gas atomized powders were spherical in morphology with smooth surfaces. In this study, SPS process was used to consolidate the pure Mg powder because this process allows high density consolidation in a short time. The results showed that increased sintering temperature from $350^{\circ}C$ to $500^{\circ}C$ with pressure of 30MPa, the maximum values of the density was increased from 98.1% to 99.8% of theoretical density, respectively. However, density of the sintered chip powders was higher than that of gas-atomized powder due to larger contact areas between particles.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.461-469
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• 2019

In the present work, we present a new effective hydrophilicity modifier for polysulfone (PSf) membrane. Firstly, amphiphilic nanocellulose (ANC) with different substitution degrees (SD) was synthesized by esterification reaction with nanocellulose (NC) and dodecyl succinic anhydride (DDSA). The SD and morphology of ANC were characterized by titration method and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Then, the polysulfone (PSf)/ANC blend membranes were prepared via an immersion phase inversion method. The influence of SD on the morphology, structure and performances of PSf/ANC blend membrane were carefully investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), mechanical property test, contact angle measuring instrument and filtration experiment. The results showed that the mechanical property, hydrophilicity and anti-fouling property of all the PSf/ANC blend membranes were higher than those of pure PSf membrane and PSf/NC membrane, and the membrane properties were increased with the increasing of SD values. As ANC-4 has the highest SD value, PSf/ANC-4 membrane exhibited the optimal membrane properties. In conclusion, the prepared ANC can be used as an additive to improve the hydrophilicity and anti-fouling properties of polysulfone (PSf) membrane.

• 공업화학
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.586-590
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• 2019

The aim of this study was to fabricate a dextran polyelectrolyte multi-layer on a bare metal stent (BMS) and to evaluate bio-physical properties of the layer. Diethylaminoethyl-dextran (DEAE-D) as a polycation and dextran sulfate (DS) as a polyanion were successively coated on the bare metal stent by a well-known layer-by-layer procedure. The morphology of the stent surface and its cell adhesion were studied after each coating step by scanning electron microscopy. The stent showed more blotched and slightly rougher morphology after dextran-DS coating. The contact angle of the DEAE-DS group ($39.5{\pm}0.15^{\circ}$) was significantly higher than that of the BMS group ($45.16{\pm}0.08^{\circ}$), indicating the improvement of hydrophilic. The SMC proliferation inhibition in the DEAE-DS-coated stent group ($20.9{\pm}0.04%$) was stronger than that in the control group ($21.7{\pm}0.10%$ in DS-coated group only). The DEAE-DS coating is desired for stent coating materials with biocompatibility and anti-restenosis effect.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.173-181
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• 2022

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) flat sheet hydrophobic membranes were prepared using 16 wt% PVDF in Dimethyl acetamide (DMAc) by phase inversion technique for desalination application using Membrane Distillation (MD). In this work, the effect of coagulation mediums such as ethanol and water as well their synergistic behavior on the fabricated PVDF membrane morphology was studied using SEM. Moreover, other characteristics required for the membrane distillation applications namely porosity, hydrophobicity and tensile strength were measured using the gravimetric method, sessile drop method and universal testing machine respectively. It was observed that the membrane morphology paradigm shifted from the finger-like structure to the sponge-like structure on increasing the ethanol concentration in coagulant. The porosity of the fabricated membrane was under the required MD range and found to be 57.3% at 16 weight % of PVDF in DMAc solvent under a pure ethanol coagulant bath. Moreover, the top surface contact angle ranges from 85° to 115° on increasing the bath concentration from CBC 0 to CBC 100 at 16 weight % of PVDF in DMAc solvent.