• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2012년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.65-65
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• 2012

Copper zinc tin sulfide ($Cu_2ZnSnS_4$, CZTS) is a very promising material as a low cost absorber alternative to other chalcopyrite-type semiconductors based on Ga or In because of the abundant and economical elements. In addition, CZTS has a band-gap energy of 1.4~1.5eV and large absorption coefficient over ${\sim}10^4cm^{-1}$, which is similar to those of $Cu(In,Ga)Se_2$(CIGS) regarded as one of the most successful absorber materials for high efficient solar cell. Most previous works on the fabrication of CZTS thin films were based on the vacuum deposition such as thermal evaporation and RF magnetron sputtering. Although the vacuum deposition has been widely adopted, it is quite expensive and complicated. In this regard, the solution processes such as sol-gel method, nanocrystal dispersion and hybrid slurry method have been developed for easy and cost-effective fabrication of CZTS film. Among these methods, the hybrid slurry method is favorable to make high crystalline and dense absorber layer. However, this method has the demerit using the toxic and explosive hydrazine solvent, which has severe limitation for common use. With these considerations, it is highly desirable to develop a robust, easily scalable and relatively safe solution-based process for the fabrication of a high quality CZTS absorber layer. Here, we demonstrate the fabrication of a high quality CZTS absorber layer with a thickness of 1.5~2.0 ${\mu}m$ and micrometer-scaled grains using two different non-vacuum approaches. The first solution-processing approach includes air-stable non-toxic solvent-based inks in which the commercially available precursor nanoparticles are dispersed in ethanol. Our readily achievable air-stable precursor ink, without the involvement of complex particle synthesis, high toxic solvents, or organic additives, facilitates a convenient method to fabricate a high quality CZTS absorber layer with uniform surface composition and across the film depth when annealed at $530^{\circ}C$. The conversion efficiency and fill factor for the non-toxic ink based solar cells are 5.14% and 52.8%, respectively. The other method is based on the nanocrystal dispersions that are a key ingredient in the deposition of thermally annealed absorber layers. We report a facile synthetic method to produce phase-pure CZTS nanocrystals capped with less toxic and more easily removable ligands. The resulting CZTS nanoparticle dispersion enables us to fabricate uniform, crack-free absorber layer onto Mo-coated soda-lime glass at $500^{\circ}C$, which exhibits a robust and reproducible photovoltaic response. Our simple and less-toxic approach for the fabrication of CZTS layer, reported here, will be the first step in realizing the low-cost solution-processed CZTS solar cell with high efficiency.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.149-158
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• 2005

This paper describes design, fabrication, and application of the silicon based temperature controllable micro reactor. In order to achieve fast temperature variation and low energy consumption, reaction chamber of the micro reactor was thermally isolated by etching the highly conductive silicon around the reaction chamber. Compared with the model not having thermally isolated structure, the thermally isolated micro reactor showed enhanced thermal performances such as fast temperature variation and low energy consumption. The performance enhancements of the micro reactor due to etched holes were verified by thermal experiment and numerical analysis. Regarding to 42 percents reduction of the thermal mass achieved by the etched holes, approximately 4 times faster thermal variation and 5 times smaller energy consumption were acquired. The total size of the fabricated micro reactor was $37{\times}30{\times}1mm^{3}$. Microchannel and reaction chamber were formed on the silicon substrate. The openings of channel and chamber were covered by the glass substrate. The Pt electrodes for heater and sensor are fabricated on the backside of silicon substrate below the reaction chamber. The dimension of channel cross section was $200{\times}100{\mu}m^{2}$. The volume of reaction chamber was $4{\mu}l$. The temperature of the micro reactor was controlled and measured simultaneously with NI DAQ PCI-MIO-16E-l board and LabVIEW program. Finally, the fabricated micro reactor and the temperature control system were applied to the thermal denaturation and the trypsin digestion of protein. BSA(bovine serum albumin) was chosen for the test sample. It was successfully shown that BSA was successfully denatured at $75^{\circ}C$ for 1 min and digested by trypsin at $37^{\circ}C$ for 10 min.

• 접착 및 계면
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2001

순간접착제로 사용되고 있는 에틸 시아노아크릴레이트(ECA) 단량체는 개시제 없이 공기중의 수분에 의해서 쉽게 중합이 될 수 있어서 산업용 및 가정용 접착제로 응용되고 있다. 그러나 ECA 단량체는 그 자체가 가지는 저점도성으로 인해서 피착제 내부로 흘러들어가는 단점을 가지고 있다. 이를 보완하기 위해서 상업적으로 폴리메틸메타크릴레이트(PMMA)를 첨가하고 있지만 PMMA의 사용은 순간접착제의 유연성을 감소시키는 결과를 초래한다. 또한 순간접착제의 중합체는 취약하다는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존 순간접착제 단량체의 중점성과 중합체의 유연성을 동시에 부여할 수 있는 새로운 PMMA 함유 중합체의 기능성 첨가제를 제조하였다. 즉, 유리전이온도(Tg)가 낮은 비닐 아세테이트(VAc)와 에틸비닐에테르(EVE)를 MMA와 라디칼 중합을 행하여 P(MMA-VAc)와 P(MMA-VAc-EVE)의 기능성 첨가제를 얻었다. 제조된 첨가제는 ECA 단량체에 첨가시켜 기능성을 갖는 순간접착제를 제조하였다. 첨가제 및 ECA 중합체의 구조는 $^1H$ NMR 및 FTIR로 확인하였으며 각각의 물리적 및 기계적 물성을 평가하였다. 얻어진 첨가제의 Tg는 VAc나 VAc-EVE가 증가할수록 감소하여 유연성을 나타내었고 첨가제가 함유된 기능성 순간접착제는 기존 PMMA만이 함유된 순간접착제에 비해 더 높은 접착강도를 보였다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.238-244
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• 2010

현재 살균소독제의 국가 공인시험법은 시험관 내에서 행하는 현탁액시험법으로 실제 현장의 표면 살균을 정확히 평가하기에는 무리가 있다. 본 연구는 국제적으로 표준화되어 있는 3가지 정량적 표면시험법간의 유효성 평가력 비교를 목적으로 E. coli와 S. aureus를 대상으로 시중 유통되는 대표적 5개 계열 살균소독제의 유효성을 평가하였다. 그 결과 E. coli와 S. aureus에 대한 각 방법별 살균소독력은 ASTM(1)법에서 5.18 $\pm$ 0.03, 5.27 $\pm$ 0.04 log cfu/carrier, ASTM (2)법에서 4.63 $\pm$ 0.04, 3.97 $\pm$ 0.03 log cfu/carrier, CEN EN 13697법의 청정조건(CEN(1))에서 6.14 $\pm$ 0.05, 5.31 $\pm$ 0.10 log cfu/carrier, 오염조건(CEN(2))에서 4.37 $\pm$ 0.02, 4.06 $\pm$ 0.01 log cfu/carrier로 나타났다. CEN(1)시험법이 ASTM(2)와 CEN(2) 시험법에 비해 살균소독력이 유의적으로 높게 평가되었다. 적용된 3개의 시험법 중 유리를 담체로 사용한 ASTM(1)법에 비해 스테인리스 스틸을 사용한 ASTM(2)와 CEN법 적용 시 살균소독효과가 낮게 평가되었다. 결론적으로 3 가지 국가 공인시험법간 유효성 평가결과가 달랐으며, 실제 식품제조 현장에서 사용되는 표면에서의 살균소독력을 정확히 평가하기 어렵다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.73-79
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• 2008

투명 전도성 산화물 전극(transparent conductive oxide electrodes)에 적용하기 위하여 RF 마그네트론 스퍼터링 방법에 의해 유리 기판 위에 산화아연 박막을 증착하였다. 투명 전극으로써 응용되기 위한 최적의 조건으로 기판온도를 상온으로 유지하고 RF power 200 W, 타겟과 기판사이의 거리(Dts)가 30 mm일 때 증착된 산화아연 박막으로부터 가장 낮은 비 저항값($7.4{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}cm$)을 얻어 낼 수 있었으며, 85% 이상의 높은 투과율을 만족하는 박막을 얻을 수 있었다. 실질적인 소자로써의 응용을 위해 photo lithography를 통한 pattern을 형성, 습식 식각을 통하여 그 특성을 알아보고자 하였다. 습식 식각에서 사용된 식각용액(etchant)으로는 다양한 산 용액(황산, 옥살산, 인산)을 사용하였으며, 산의 농도 변화에 따른 식각특성과 식각시간 및 식각 이미지(표면형상)의 변화를 알아보았다. 결과적으로 산화아연의 습식식각은 산의 종류와 무관하게 산 용액의 농도(즉, pH)에 크게 의존하며, pH가 증가함에 따라 식각율이 지수함수적으로 감소하고 아울러 다양한 식각 이미지가 나타남을 최초로 고찰할 수 있었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제39권11호
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• pp.1175-1181
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• 2015

일반적으로 산업현장에서 많이 사용되고 있는 단열재는 유리섬유와 같은 열전도도가 낮은 재료를 사용함으로써 단열성능을 확보하고 있다. 이와 달리 원전용 금속단열재의 경우 높은 열전도도를 가진 TP 304 스테인리스 박판을 재료로 한정하고 있어 단열성능을 확보하기 위해서는 구조적 측면에서의 접근이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 금속단열재 내부구조에 대한 설계인자를 전도, 대류, 복사로 구성된 3가지 열전달 모드를 고려해 추출하고 각 인자들이 열전달에 미치는 영향과 각각의 열전달이 전체 열전달에 차지하는 비율을 열 유동해석을 이용하여 파악하고자 하였다. 본 연구를 통해 단열재 내부에서 발생되는 대류현상을 최소화하기 위해 다수의 박판을 삽입함과 동시에 증가하는 전도 비율을 비교하여 내부형상결정을 위한 세 가지 열전달 모드 하에서의 단열성능을 분석하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2000년도 제18회 학술발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.174-174
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• 2000

A strong antiferromagnetic coupling in Fe/Si multilayered films (MLF) had been recently discovered and much consideration has been given to whether the coupling in the Fe/Si MLF system has the same origin as the metal/metal MLF. Nevertheless, the nature of the interfacial ron silicide is still controversial. On one hand, a metal/ semiconductor structure was suggested with a narrow band-gap semiconducting $\varepsilon$-FeSi spacer that mediates the coupling. However, some features show that the nature of coupling can be well understood in terms of the conventional metal/metal multilayered system. It is well known that both magneto-optical (MO) and optical properties of a metal depend strongly on their electronic structure that is also correlated with the atomic and chemical ordering. In this study, the nature of the interfacial regions is the Fe/Si multilayers has been investigated by the experimental and computer-simulated MO and optical spectroscopies. The Fe/Si MLF were prepared by rf-sputtering onto glass substrates at room temperature with the number of repetition N=50. The thickness of Fe sublayer was fixed at 3.0nm while the Si sublayer thickness was varied from 1.0 to 2.0 nm. The topmost layer of all the Fe/Si MLF is Fe. In order to carry out the computer simulations, the information on the MO and optical parameters of the materials that may constitute a real multilayered structure should be known in advance. For this purpose, we also prepared Fe, Si, FeSi2 and FeSi samples. The structural characterization of Fe/Si MLF was performed by low- and high -angle x-ray diffraction with a Cu-K$\alpha$ radiation and by transmission electron microscopy. A bulk $\varepsilon$-FeSi was also investigated. The MO and optical properties were measured at room temperature in the 1.0-4.7 eV energy range. The theoretical simulations of MO and optical properties for the Fe/Si MLF were performed by solving exactly a multireflection problem using the scattering matrix approach assuming various stoichiometries of a nonmagnetic spacer separating the antiferromagnetically coupled Fe layers. The simulated spectra of a model structure of FeSi2 or $\varepsilon$-FeSi as the spacer turned out to fail in explaining the experimental spectra of the Fe/Si MLF in both intensity and shape. Thus, the decisive disagreement between experimental and simulated MO and optical properties ruled out the hypothesis of FeSi2 and $\varepsilon$-FeSi as the nonmagnetic spacer. By supposing the spontaneous formation of a metallic ζ-FeSi, a reasonable agreement between experimental and simulated MO and optical spectra was obtained.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.141-152
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• 2023

Objective: We performed a meta-analysis of epidemiological results for the association between occupational exposure as a firefighter and cancer as part of the broader evidence synthesis work of the IARC Monographs program. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted to identify cohort studies of firefighters followed for cancer incidence and mortality. Studies were evaluated for the influence of key biases on results. Random-effects meta-analysis models were used to estimate the association between ever-employment and duration of employment as a firefighter and risk of 12 selected cancers. The impact of bias was explored in sensitivity analyses. Results: Among the 16 included cancer incidence studies, the estimated meta-rate ratio, 95% confidence interval (CI), and heterogeneity statistic (I²) for ever-employment as a career firefighter compared mostly to general populations were 1.58 (1.14-2.20, 8%) for mesothelioma, 1.16 (1.08-1.26, 0%) for bladder cancer, 1.21 (1.12-1.32, 81%) for prostate cancer, 1.37 (1.03-1.82, 56%) for testicular cancer, 1.19 (1.07-1.32, 37%) for colon cancer, 1.36 (1.15-1.62, 83%) for melanoma, 1.12 (1.01-1.25, 0%) for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, 1.28 (1.02-1.61, 40%) for thyroid cancer, and 1.09 (0.92-1.29, 55%) for kidney cancer. Ever-employment as a firefighter was not positively associated with lung, nervous system, or stomach cancer. Results for mesothelioma and bladder cancer exhibited low heterogeneity and were largely robust across sensitivity analyses. Conclusions: There is epidemiological evidence to support a causal relationship between occupational exposure as a firefighter and certain cancers. Challenges persist in the body of evidence related to the quality of exposure assessment, confounding, and medical surveillance bias.

• Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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• 제35권
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• pp.27.1-27.12
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• 2023

Background: Environmental exposure is characterized by low concentration, chronic, and complex exposure. Traditional epidemiological studies show limitations in reflecting these characteristics since they usually focus on a single or very limited number of exposure factors at a time. In this study, we adopted the methodology of environment-wide association study (EWAS) to figure out the association of human liver function with various environmentally hazardous substances. Methods: We analyzed 2,961 participants from the Korean National Environmental Health Survey Cycle 4 (2018-2020). Using generalized linear model (GLM) analysis, we analyzed the association of 72 variables with 3 liver function indices (aspartate aminotransferase [AST], alanine aminotransferase [ALT], and gamma glutamyl transferase [GGT]). Finally, we visualized our results with Manhattan plot. Results: In GLM analysis, perfluorooctanesulfonate were positively associated with ALT (odds ratio [OR]: 2.2; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.39-3.46; p_adjusted = 0.0147) and perfluorodecanoic acid showed positive association with GGT (OR: 2.73; 95% CI: 1.36-5.5; p_adjusted = 0.0256). Plasma mercury showed positive association with GGT (OR: 1.45; 95% CI: 1.14-1.84; p_adjusted = 0.0315). Using a plastic container while keeping food in the refrigerator was associated with elevated GGT compared to using a glass container (OR: 1.51; 95% CI: 1.16-1.95; p_adjusted = 0.0153). 2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl phthalate, showed a negative trend with all 3 indices, with AST (OR: 0.54; 95% CI: 0.39-0.73; p_adjusted = 0.00357), ALT (OR: 0.5; 95% CI: 0.34-0.75; p_adjusted = 0.036), GGT (OR: 0.55; 95% CI: 0.4-0.76; p_adjusted = 0.00697). Bisphenol S and frequent use of sunblock cream showed negative association with ALT (OR: 0.77; 95% CI: 0.66-0.89), and GGT (OR: 0.25; 95% CI: 0.11-0.55), respectively. Conclusions: We conducted an exploratory study on environmental exposure and human liver function. By using EWAS methodology, we identified 7 factors that could have potential association with liver function.