• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1987.07a
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• pp.64-67
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• 1987

We demonstrate the optical bistability and multistability using light emitting devices, a photodetector, and transistors under the positive electro optic feedback. Its operating principle and high speed operation Scheme are also described.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.28 no.9
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• pp.1489-1492
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• 2007

Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction containing oxalic acid and acetone as a mixed organic substrate catalyzed by Ce(IV) in a flow system has been investigated. The reaction system is analyzed by varying flow rate, inflow concentrations, and temperature. Interchangeable oscillating patterns are observed in a certain range of concentrations, and above or below the condition a steady state is obtained. The increase in temperature increases the frequency and decreases the amplitude of oscillations. The apparent activation energy for the system is calculated by using the Arrhenius equation, which means that temperature has a greater effect on the reaction. Bifurcation phase diagrams for the system show the region of oscillations or steady states along with a small region of multistability. Further the behavioral trend observed in this system is discussed by mechanistic character of the system.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.199-202
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• 2005

We have studied the origin of coherent director rotation [CDR] as well as memory behavior in thiol-ene polymer stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal [FLC]. The ene constituents are found to be always located at the inter-layer space and induce the coherent director rotation motion of liquid crystal molecule. On the other hand, the thiols are more intersticed between ferroelectric liquid crystal molecules at intra-layer as the thiol gets longer, and these intersticed thiols enhance the multistability and the resolution of memory state of FLCs.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.617-624
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• 2007

This paper presents a novel quadstable monolithic mechanism (QsMM) which provides four stable equilibrium positions within its operation range. The quadstable mechanism has been realized from the use of both X- and Y-directional bistable structures which use curved snapping beams. A millimeter-scale brass mechanism was fabricated by ultra-precision milling to test the quadstability and the displacement-load behavior, and the prototype clearly demonstrated four distinct stable positions in its millimeter-scale planar operation. We discuss the design concept, finite element simulation for static and transient responses, fabrication by ultra-precision milling, and experimental measurement of the proposed quadstable mechanism.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.8
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• pp.1119-1127
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• 2010

In this paper, the design and nonlinear simulation of a multistable electromagnetic microactuator, which provides four stable equilibrium positions within its operating range, have been discussed. Quadstable actuator motion has been made possible by using both X- and Y-directional bistable structures with snapping curved beams. Two pairs of the curved beams are attached to an inner frame in both X- and Y-directions to realize independent bistable behavior in each direction. For the actuation of the actuator at the micrometer scale, an electromagnetic actuation method in which Lorentz force is taken into consideration was used. By using this method, micrometer-stroke quadstability in a plane parallel to a substrate was possible. The feasibility of designing an actuator that can realize quadstable motion by using the electromagnetic actuation method has been thoroughly clarified by performing nonlinear static and dynamic analyses and electrothermal coupled-field analysis of the multistable microactuator.