• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.390-390
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• 2014

Soft-lithography 기술 중의 하나인 Micro-Contact Printing (${\mu}$-CP) 기술은 패턴이 형성된 mold 위에 고분자 물질을 코팅하고 기판과 접촉시켜, 패턴 된 부분만 기판으로 전사시켜 패턴을 형성하는 방법이다. ${\mu}$-CP 기술은 Imprint 방식과 비교하여 잔여물을 제거하기 위한 ashing 공정이 필요 없으며, 상대적으로 패턴이 전사되기 위한 공정 온도와 압력이 낮은 장점이 있다. 한편, 기존의 Photolithography 기술로 유기기판에 패턴을 형성하는 것은 제한이 있으며, 자외선에 의해 유기기판의 특성이 변화될 수 있다. 또한 패턴 형성 후 고분자 패턴을 제거하는 용매가 기판이 손상 받게 된다. 본 실험에서는 poly (1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyl methacrylate) polymer (PFDMA) films을 패턴 된 poly (dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) mold 위에 코팅하고 ${\mu}$-CP 기술을 통해 poly (methylmethacrylate) (PMMA), poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP)등과 같은 유기기판 위에 고분자 패턴 형성을 하였다. 이때 전사 가능한 온도는 상온이며, 압력은 코팅된 PFDMA films이 기판과 접촉될 수 있는 정도만 필요하다. PFDMA가 상온에서 전사 가능한 이유는 유리전이온도가 상온보다 낮기 때문이다. 또한 접촉각을 측정하여 접착력을 계산하면 PFDMA와 기판과의 접착력이 상대적으로 높기 때문이다. PFDMA는 플루오르계 용매에 제거되기 때문에 유기기판의 손상을 최소화 할 수 있다. ${\mu}$-CP 기술을 이용한 PFDMA의 패턴 형성 방법은 물질의 특성으로 flexible 및 organic device 제작에 응용 될 수 있다.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.15-19
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• 2017

Carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) is applied as structural material. CFRP is excellent in plane strength / stiffness and don't haves rust. Lightweight, rigid and robust at the same time as transportation material. Aluminum alloy and reinforcement material The application is increasing rapidly. In this study, the prototype of a semi - Monocoque structure frame, Longeron, Stringer, Skin of the aircraft, restraining the rigidity Clips of the aircraft was designated as the target product and the experiment was conducted. ln the experiment, (1) For CFRTP 3 points, data on heating, transfer, and cooling were measured using Thermo Couple, and optimum temperature required for flexible state was obtained. Heating was performed at a temperature 15% higher than the provided temperature. (2) By using a pneumatic press during molding, by dividing LH, center and RH according to the cooling time, thickness parameter of the target product due to the load is measured, and thickness control and time-deviations were analyzed and cross sections were observed with a low magnification microscope.

• Design & Manufacturing
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.8-12
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• 2017

In general, metallic bio-materials is more widely used in solid tissue like bone or tooth than flexible tissue such as skin or muscle. Especially, Cobalt Chrome Molybdenum(Co-Cr-Mo), which is used in tooth surgery, has a great corrosion resistance. Because this bio-material is non-toxic in human body, and has a bio-compatibility that the vital reaction is not occurred with tissue in body. However the chemical reaction is occurred by fatal matter that deteriorate the property of material surface in conventional polishing, and it can affect to fatal disease in human body or decrease the material properties such as hardness, yield strength or bio-compatibility. This surface in poor condition can cause development of corrosion or bacteria. In this study, MR fluid polishing is used to minimize the scratch, pit or surface flaws generated in conventional polishing. Surface roughness is measured according to the polishing condition to obtain fine surface condition.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.32 no.11
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• pp.929-935
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• 2015

The long neck flange is used to connect piping arrangements where the lap joint is applied. Generally, the component can be manufactured by welding, but this method is both time and cost intensive. Embrittlement at the heat affected zones was also considered. A spinning method developed to improve the manufacturing process and solve the problems of welding. The flange area of the long neck flange can be formed by changing the direction of the metal flow, from axial to radial, while maintaining pressure by using an outer mold and a lap roller. A modified process was additionally developed using a round roller rather than the outer mold. In this modification, the round roller can form the shape of all sizes of long neck flange. Using these flexible methodologies, the cost to prepare outer molds and the time to install and remove the molds can be significantly reduced.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.366-369
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• 2017

This work presents a detailed study of several parameters on the spray coating method for fabricating a flexible cantilever. Conventionally, spin coating method have been widely used in the microelectromechanical system (MEMS) fabrication process. However, the major drawback of this method is the difficulties in protecting various topography with photoresist film, particularly when the device is manufactured in high aspect ratio. It is also a challenging process to form a small pattern in the etched area. On the other hand, the commercial spray coating systems are not advantageous from an economic perspective and the technique is also providing less efficient. In order to solve these issues, we have developed a manual spray coating system which can be efficiently used by combining the accessories available in the laboratory. The developed spray coating system consists of a spin-coater, motorized stage, a spray gun with the capable of controlling centrifugal force, injection amount, injection angle, and spray range. The major advantage of the proposed spray coating system is its reasonable fabrication cost. Secondly, the system can be easily disassembled after finishing the coating experiment. Owing to the mentioned advantages, we sincerely believe that the proposed spray coating system can be effectively used in many related applications.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.08a
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• pp.287-287
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• 2010

We report a new direct patterning method, called liquid bridge-mediated nanotransfer molding (LB-nTM), for the formation of two- or three-dimensional structures with feature sizes between tens of nanometers and tens of micron over large areas. LB-nTM is based on the direct transfer of various materials from a mold to a substrate via a liquid bridge between them. This procedure can be adopted for automated direct printing machines that generate patterns of functional materials with a wide range of feature sizes on diverse substrates. Arrays of TIPS-PEN TFTs were fabricated on 4" polyethersulfone (PES) substrates by LB-nTM using PDMS molds. An inverted staggered structure was employed in the TFT device fabrication. A 150 nm-thick indium-tin oxide (ITO) gate electrode and a 200 nm-thick SiO2dielectric layer were formed on a PES substrate by sputter deposition. An array of TIPS-PEN patterns (thickness: 60 nm) as active channel layers was fabricated on the substrate by LB-nTM. The nominal channel length of the TIPS-PEN TFT was 10 mm, while the channel width was 135 mm. Finally, the source and drain electrodes of 200 nm-thick Ag were defined on the substrate by LB-nTM. The TIPS-PEN TFTs can endure strenuous bending and are also transparent in the visible range, and therefore potentially useful for flexible and invisible electronics.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.149-154
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• 2007

Bragg reflecting waveguide devices have been fabricated on a flexible polymer substrate utilizing a post lift-off process which could Provide excellent uniformity of grating Patterns on Plastic film. The 510 m Period Bragg grating pattern is made by two methods. In the first sample the grating is fabricated by exposing the laser interference pattern on a photoresist, and then it is inscribed by $O_2$ plasma etching. The grating pattern of the second sample is formed by a PDMS soft mold imprinting process. The selective adhesion property of SU-8 material for Au and Si surfaces is utilized to prepare a 100-mm thick plastic substrate. Single mode waveguide is fabricated on the plastic substrate using polymer materials with refractive indices of 1.540 and 1.430 for the core and the cladding layers, respectively. The Bragg grating on Plastic substrate does not show any degradation in its spectral response compared to the reference sample made on a silicon wafer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.43-48
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• 2001

To overcome the disadvantages of conventional excavation technology, various trenchless (or excavation free, or no-dig) repair-reinforcement technologies have been developed and tried. But trenchless technologies so fat developed have some brawbacks such as high cost and inconvenience of operation. In this study, a repairing-reinforcing process for underground pipes with glass fiber fabric polymer composites using VARTM(Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding) has been developed. The developed process requires shorter operation time and lower cost with smaller and simpler operating equipments than those of the conventional trenchless technologies. For the reliable operation of the developed method, a simple method to apply pressure and vacuum to the reinforcement was devised and flexible mold technology was tried. Also, resin filling and cure status during RTM process were monitored with a commercial dielectrometry cure monitoring system, LACOMCURE. From the investigation, it has been found that the developed repairing-reinforcing technology with appropriate process variables and on-line cure monitoring has many advantages over conventional methods.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2001.02a
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• pp.25-28
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• 2001

Bi-2212 HTS tube was fabricated by centrifugal forming process(CFP). As a variation of melt casting process(MCP) or centrifugal casting technique, the centrifugal forming process is a flexible method for manufacturing Bi-2212 bulk tubes and has been optimized to achieve smooth surface and uniform thickness. At this process, the slurry was prepared in the mixing ratio of 10:1 between Bi-2212 powder and binder and initially charged into the rotating mold under the speed of 300~450 rpm Heat-treatment was performed at the temperature ranges of 860 ~ $890^{\circ}C$ in air for partial melting. The HTS tube fabricated by centrifugal forming process at $890^{\circ}C$ under the rotating speed of 450 rpm was highly densified and the plate-like grains with more than 20$\mu$m were well oriented along the rotating axis. The measured Tc and Jc at 10K were around 85K and 3,000A/cm2 respectively.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.24.2-24.2
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• 2010

고분자 몰드를 이용한 nanoimprint lithography (NIL)는 고분자소재의 유연성과 투명성으로 인하여, 유기전자소자나 유연한 디스플레이소자 등 다양한 응용이 가능하다. 하지만, 고분자소재는 일반적으로 열저항성과 내구성이 낮아서, 고분자 몰드를 이용한 패턴형성 시, 자외선 경화방식이 주로 사용된다. 만약 복제가 쉽고, 가격이 저렴하며, 열저항성과 내구성이 강한 고분자 몰드를 제작한다면, thermoplastic-NIL 기술에 적용할 수가 있기 때문에, 고온을 요구하는 소자의 패턴형성 공정에 사용 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 고분자 몰드 제작을 위하여, 열저항성과 내구성이 강한 polyimide 필름과 polyurethane acrylate (PUA)를 기반으로 제작된 resin을 이용하였다. 먼저 Polyimide 필름 위에 자외선 노광을 사용하여, PUA resin 을 경화시킴으로써 패턴을 형성하였다. 이렇게 만들어진 몰드를 thermoplastic-NIL기술에 적용함으로써, Si 기판 위에 sub-마이크로 급 패턴을 형성하였다. 또한, 제작된 고분자 몰드를 사용하여 반복적인 NIL 공정을 수행함으로써 몰드의 내구성을 확인하였으며, 곡면 기판 위에 NIL을 함으로써 몰드의 유연성을 확인 할 수 있었다.