• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.103-103
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• 2009

태양전지 모듈의 효율 상승을 위한 한 가지 방법으로써 태양전지 모듈에 보호층으로 사용되는 고분자 플레이트 및 보호 유리층 등에 저반사 효과를 갖는 나노급 크기의 패턴을 형성 하였다. PVC, PMMA 등의 고분자 소재의 보호층은 hot-embossing의 방법을 사용하여 표면에 반사방지막을 형성하였으며, 양면 동시 엠보싱 방법을 사용하여 그 효율을 높이고자 하였다. 또한 저철분 유리판 위에 nano-imprinting 공정을 사용한 고분자 패턴을 형성함으로써 반사 방지효과를 얻고자 하였다. 또한, 형성된 패턴의 내구성을 측정함으로써 태양전지 모듈에의 적용 가능성을 확인 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.238-238
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.30.1-30.1
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• 2006

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.644-649
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• 2013

Today, there are lots of progresses in the field of lens researches, especially in the microlens fabrication. Unlike normal lenses, microlens has been widely used as a role of improving the performance of photonic devices which increase the optical precision, and also used in the fields of the display. In this paper, polymer microlenses with $300{\mu}m$ diameter were replicated through hot-embossing from nickel mold which was fabricated by micro-EDM. After hot-embossing process, the polymer microlenses have a rough surface due to the crater formed by micro-EDM process, which is projected onto the surface of the lenses. The surface of polymer microlenses was polished using solvent vapor to improve the surface roughness of the microlenses without changing their shape. In the experiment, the surface roughness was improved with the processing time and vapor temperature. Also, the roughness improvement was greatly affected by the solubility difference between polymer and solvent.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2012.10a
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• pp.121-122
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• 2012

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.629-630
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• 2013

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.617-618
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• 2013

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.164-164
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.267-270
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• 2009

In the present investigation, we are newly developing a new forming process which can fabricate micro patterns on large-area polymeric substrates for high speed mass production. The key idea of the new process is to pressurize multiple vacuum-packed substrate-mold stacks above the glass transition temperature ($T_g$) of the polymeric substrates. The new process is thought to be promising micro-pattern fabrication technique in three aspects; firstly, isostatic pressing ensures the uniform micro-pattern replicating condition regardless of the substrate area. Secondly, the control of forming condition such as temperature and pressure can realize well-defined process condition exploited in the conventional hot embossing research field. Thirdly, multiple substrates can be patterned at the same time. A prototype forming machine for the new process was developed with the design consideration realizing the present idea. With a developed machine, micro prismatic array patterns with 50 um in size were successfully made on the $380{\times}300{\times}6\;mm$ PMMA plate.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.871-878
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• 2013

Roll-to-roll (R2R) hot embossing systems have been developed and are widely used in various industrial domains. These systems press and heat flexible films between a press roll and a back-up roll, as said films pass through the two rolls. In previous studies, a heating roll was used for heating. However, in this study, a hybrid roll for R2R hot embossing is conceptualized and developed. This R2R system can be used for generating fine patterns on large and continuous films. The hybrid roll of our system can cool and heat the films simultaneously, thus affording greater flexibility in process design. Thermal and structural analyses were performed for developing the hybrid roll. In addition, a hybrid roll was designed based on analytical results. Experiments were conducted for measuring the performance of the developed hybrid roll.