• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.322-329
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• 1997

ECR 마이크로 플라즈마 CVD법에 의하여 단결정 Si기판위에서 대면적에 걸쳐 방향성을 가진 다이아몬드박막을 성공적으로 성장시키고, 막 증착공정을 바이어스처리 단계와 성막단계의 2단계로 나누어 실시할 때 바이어스처리 단계에서 여러 공정 매개변수들이 다리아몬드 핵생성밀도에 미치는 효과에 관하여 조사하였다. 기판온도$600^{\circ}C$, 압력 10Pa, 마이크로파 전력 3kW, 기판바이어스 +30V의 조건으로 바아어스 처리할 때, 핵생성에 대한 잠복기간은 5-6분이며, 핵생성이 완료되기 까지의 시간은 약 10분이다. 10분 이후에는 다이아몬드 결정이 아닌 비정질 탄소막이 일단 형성된다. 그러나 성장단계에서 이러한 비정질 탄소막은 에칭되어 제거되고 남아있는 다이다몬드 핵들이 다시 성장하게 된다. 또한 기판온도의 증가는 다이아몬드 막의 결정성을 높이고 핵생성 밀도를 증가시키는 데에 별로 효과가 없다. ECR플라즈마 CVD법에서 바이어스처리 테크닉을 사용하면, 더욱 효과적임을 확인하였다. 총유량 100 sccm의 CH$_{3}$OH(15%)/He(85%)계를 사용하여 가스압력 10Pa, 바이어스전압 +30V마이크로파 전력 3kW, 온도 $600^{\circ}C$의 조건하에서 40분간 바이어스처리한 다음 다이아몬드막을 성장시켰을 때 일시적으로나마 제한된 지역에서 완벽한 다이아몬드의 에피성장이 이루어졌음을 SEM으로 확인하였다. 이것은 Si기판상에서의 다이아몬드의 에피성장이 가능함을 시사하는 것이다. 그밖에 라만분광분석과 catodoluminescence 분석에 의한 다이아몬드의 결정질 조사결과와 산소방전 및 수소방전에 의한 챔버벽의 탄소오염효과 등에 관하여 토의하였다.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.1-6
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• 2000

X-ray lithography mask with SiC membrane and Ta absorber patterns has been fabricated using ECR plasma CVD, d.c. magnetron sputtering, and ECR plasma etching. The stress of stoichiometric SiC film was adjusted by rapid thermal annealing under $N_2$, ambient. Adjusting the working pressure during sputtering process resulted in a near-zero residual stress, reasonable density, and smooth surface morphology of Ta film. Cl-based plasma showed a good etching characteristics of Ta, and two-step etching process was implemented to suppress microloading effect fur sub-quarter $\mu\textrm{m}$ patterning.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.371-377
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• 1995

Silicon oxide films were grown on single-crystal silicon substrates at low temperatures (25~205$^{\circ}C$) in a low pressure electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) oxygen plasma. The growth rate of the silicon oxide film increased as the temperature increased or the pressure decreased. Also, the thickness of the silicon oxide film increased at negative bias voltage, but not changed at positive bias voltage. The growth law of the silicon oxide film was approximated to the parabolic form. Capacitance-voltage (C-V) and current density-electric field (J-E) characteristics were studied using Al/SiO2/p-Si MOS structures. For a 10.2 nm thick silicon oxide film, the leakage current density at the electric field of 1 MVcm-1 was less than 1.0$\times$10-8Acm-2 and the breakdown field was higher than 10 MVcm-1. The flat band voltage of Al/SiO2/p-Si MOS capacitor was varied in the range of -2~-3 V and the effective dielectric constant was 3.85. These results indicate that high quality oxide films with properties that are similar to those of thermal oxide film can be fastly grown at low temperature using the ECR oxygen plasma.

• Carbon letters
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.105-113
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• 2006

The electro-chemical removal (ECR) of water pollutants by metal-ACF electrodes from wastewater was investigated over wide range of ECR time. The ECR capacities of metallic ACF electrodes were related to physical properties such as adsorption isotherm, surface area and pore size and to reaction time. Surface morphologies and elemental analysis for the metal supported ACFs after electro-catalytic reaction were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy disperse X-ray (EDX) to explain the changes in adsorption properties. The IR spectra of metallic ACFs for the investigation of functional groups show that the electro-catalytic treatment is consequently associated with the removal of pollutants with the increasing surface reactivity of the activated carbon fibers. The metal-ACFs were electro-catalytically reacted to waste water to investigate the removal efficiency for the COD, T-N, $NH_4$-N, $NO_3$-N and $NO_2$-N. From these removal results of the piggery waste using metallic ACFs substrate, satisfactory removal performance was achieved. The removal efficiency of the metallic ACFs substrate was mainly determined by the properties of the material for adsorption and trapping of organics, and catalytic effects.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.737-745
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• 2006

The goal of this study is to present an external pit corrosion rate($p_{ecr}$) model with considering both the age of pipe and the soil characteristics. The correlation of nonlinear exponential model among conventional empirical models was a little higher than other empirical models in the prediction of $p_{ecr}$ according to the age of pipe. However, there has been a limit to predict Peer with the model by using only a pipe age since installation as a variable. The soil analysis results from sixty nine samples showed that all of the samples were non corrosive in the assessment of ANSI/AWWA scoring system. The correlation of soil corrosion factors and $p_{ecr}$ was also low. The application result of linear and nonlinear regression models that soil characteristics only showed a low correlation with $p_{ecr}$ Proposed nonlinear regression model in this study, with considering both the age of pipe and the soil characteristics, showed a little higher correlation ($R^2=0.46$) than conventional model.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.47-47
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• 1999

2.45 GHz 마이크로웨이브를 이용하는 electron cyclotron resonance plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition(ECR-PECVD)방법으로 다이아몬드성 탄소박막(diamond-like carbon, DLC)을 증착하였다. DLC 박막의 산업 응용을 위해서는 높은 경도와 밀착력이 필요하다. 그래서 본 실험에서는 DLC 박막의 산업 응용을 위하여 ECR-PECVD 방법으로 증착된 DLC 박막의 분석결과로부터 DLC 박막의 물성과 증착조건의 관계를 조사하였다. 기판으로는 실리콘 웨이퍼와 실험용 SUS 판을 사용하였다. 아르곤 가스를 주입하여 ECR 마이크로 웨이브 플라즈마와 negative DC bias로 기판을 플라즈마 세척한 후, 수소와 메탄가스를 반응기체로 하여 DLC 박막을 증착하였다. 박막 증착시에 13.56MHz RF 전원 공급장치로 기판에 전원을 공급하였다. DLC 박막 증착의 변수는 반응기체의 호합율, 마이크로웨이브 파워, 프로세스 압력 및 RF 전원공급장치에서 유도되는 negative self DC bias 등이다. 이때 사용된 반응기체의 혼합율(메탄/수소)은 10~50%이고, 수소 가스 흐름율은 100sccm, 메탄은 10~50sccm이다. 마이크로웨이브의 크기는 360~900W, negative self DC bias는 -500~-10 V였다. 그리고 본 실험에서는 높은 증착율을 고려하여 프로세스 압력을 10~30mTorr까지 조절하였다. ER-PECVD 방법으로 증착된 DLC 박막은 SEM으로 단면, $\alpha$-Step으로 두께, Raman 분광계로 탄소 결합구조, FTIR 분광계로 탄소와 수소 결합구조, Micro-Hardness로 경도 그리고 Scratch Tester로 밀착력 등을 분석하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.37-42
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• 1992

Abstract-The ECR(E1ectron Cyclotron Resonance) plasma etcher was developed for process of manufacturing 16M164' DRAM and applied to poly-Si etching process. The etching rate and selectivity of poly-Si were investigated by changing the process factor of pressure gas and microwave power. The increasing power of microwave will have the trend of increasing the etching rate and selectivity of Oxide, and have suitable value process pressure at 6 mTorr. The increasing value of process gas SFdSF6+ Clz will cause the decrease of etching rate and selectivity, this is because the best process factor is not found.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.34-46
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• 2004

Copper films were prepared by using ECR-MOCVD(Electron Cyclotron Resonance Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition) coupled with a DC bias system. The DC bias is connected to the electrode which placed 1∼3cm above the polymer substrate. The pulse electrical field around the electrode attracts the positive charged copper ions generated from the dissociation of copper precursor, $Cu(hfac)_2$, under ECR plasma. Condensation of supersaturated copper ions in the space between the electrode and substrate, makes it possible to deposit copper film on the polymer substrate even at room temperature. In this study, optimization of the electrode configuration was carried out in order to obtain the uniform films. The uniformity of the deposited films were closely related to the parameters of electrode geometry such as electrode shape, thickness, grid size and the spacing between electrodes. The most uniform copper film was observed with the electrode that enabled uniform electrical field distribution across the whole dimension of electrode.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.6 no.11
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• pp.1113-1120
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• 1996

다이아몬드 박막을 이용한 반도체소자를 실현시키기 위해서는 다이아몬드가 아닌 다른 재료의 기판위에 대면적에 걸쳐 다이아몬드막을 에피텍셜 성장시키는 것이 필수적이다. 그러나 이 분야의 연구는 아직 초보상태로 그 목표가 실현되지 못하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 저압의 ECR 마이크로파 플라즈마 CVD에 의하여 대면적의 Si(100)기판상에 방향성을 갖는 다이아몬드막을 성공적으로 성장시킨 결과를 보고자한다. 지금까지 얻어진 최적 핵생성 공정조건은 다음과 같다 : 반응압력 10Pa, 기판온도 80$0^{\circ}C$(마이크로파 전력이 3kW일 때), 원료가스 CH4/He 계로 농도비 3%/97%, 가스총유량 100sccm, 바이어스 전압 + 30V, 마이크로파 전력(microwave power)4kW, 바이어스 처리 시간 10분간이며, 성장단계에서의 증착공정 조건은 기판온도 80$0^{\circ}C$, 원료가스 CH4/CO2/H2계로 농도비 5%/15%/85%, 가스 총유량 1000sccm, 바이어스 전압 +30V, 마이크로파 전력 5kW, 성막시간 2시간으로 일정하게 유지하였다. 이 조건하에서 기판 면적 3x4$\textrm{cm}^2$의 대면적에 대해서 약 2x109cm-2의핵생성 밀도를 균일하게 재현성있게 얻었다. 원료가스로 CH4/H2를 사용한 경우보다 CH4/H2를 사용할 경우에 라디칼밀도의 증가에 의하여 더 높은 핵생성밀도를 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 저압의 ECR플라즈마 CVD의 경우에는 양의 바이어스전압이 막의 손상이 없어 다이아몬드 핵생성에 더 적합하였다.

• Physical Therapy Korea
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.118-125
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• 2020

Background: Lateral epicondylitis (LE) is the most common chronic musculoskeletal pain condition of the upper extremities. LE is often related to forceful grip activities that require isometric contraction of the wrist extensors. A previous study evaluated the effect of the diamond taping technique on grip strength and pain; however, there has been no report on the change in the electromyography (EMG) findings of wrist extensors. Objects: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of diamond taping technique, using a rigid tape, on the EMG activities of the extensor carpi radialis (ECR) during grip activities. Methods: Twenty-four healthy subjects (mean age = 21.50 ± 2.76 years) volunteered to participate in this study. The subjects were instructed to perform forceful grip activities with and without diamond-type taping on the origin area of the ECR. Grip strength tests were performed at 100%, 75%, 50%, and 25% for maximal isometric contraction force. EMG data were collected from the ECR. Repeated measure analysis of variance was used to analyze the effect of grip force and taping (with and without). Statistical significance levels were set at α = 0.05. Comparison of the results with and without taping at different grip force were analyzed using independent t-test. Statistical significance levels were set at α = 0.01. Results: Statistically significant association was observed between the taping application and forceful grip activity as revealed by the EMG data of the ECR (p < 0.05). EMG of the ECR significantly reduced for all muscle strength levels (p < 0.01) after taping. Conclusion: This study shows an impressive effect of the diamond taping technique, using rigid tape, on wrist extensors during grip activities. Decreasing muscle activity via this taping approach could be utilized to enhance pain-free grip force and reduce pain in patients with LE. Our study suggested that this taping technique could be considered as an effective management strategy of LE.