• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.129-132
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• 2005

This study analyzes the behavior of adhesion and friction according to the pore size of nanohoneycomb structures in atomic force microscope (AFM). Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) films are fabricated as nanohoneycomb structures. According to the pore diameters of the nanohoneycomb structures, the adhesive forces and the frictional coefficients arc obtained in AFM, and the behaviors are analyzed in the view of the contact area between the sphere particle and nanohoneycomb substrate. The effective Young's moduli of the nanohoneycomb structures are measured from the nanoindentation tests, and the contact areas at zero applied load are calculated by combining the porosity of the nanohoneycomb structures and the contact radius determined from JKR and DMT theory.

• Advanced Composite Materials
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.101-110
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• 2008

Metal nanohoneycomb structures were fabricated by E-beam evaporation and a two-step anodization process in phosphoric acid. Their tribological properties of adhesion and friction were investigated by AFM in relation to the pore size of the nanohoneycomb structures. Variations of the adhesive force are not found with pore size, but formation of the pore greatly reduces the adhesive force compared to the absence of pore structure. The coefficient of friction increased nonlinearly with pore size, due to surface undulation around the pore. Tribological properties do not differ greatly between the original nanohoneycomb structure and the metal nanohoneycomb structure.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.265-268
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• 2005

A new method for measurement of the pore size in a nanohoneycomb structure using atomic force microscopy (AFM) was proposed. Porous type anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) was fabricated as a nanohoneycomb structure to measure the pore size. For measuring pore sizes from AFM images, a criterion was set in porous type AAO. The pore sizes from AFM images were compared with those from SEM images, and the results showed good agreement. The relationship between the pore size and widening time was found to be linear in the range of this study. It was understood as the synchronized effects of the impurity gradient in outer oxide of AAO, mechanical packing and mass transfer increase.

• Composites Research
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.23-31
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• 2006

We measured mechanical properties, including Young's modulus, effective bending modulus and nominal fracture strength of nanohoneycomb structures using an Atomic Force Microscope(AFM) and a Nano-Universal Testing Machine(UTM). Anodic aluminum oxide(AAO) films are well suited as nanohoneycomb structures because of the simple fabrication process, high aspect ratio, self-ordered hexagonal pore structure, and simple control of pore dimensions. Bending tests were carried out for cantilever structures by pressing AFM tips, and the results were compared with three-point bending tests and tensile tests using a Nano-UTM. One side of the AAO films is clogged by harrier layers, and looks like a face material of conventional sandwich structures. Analysis of this layer showed that it did not influence the bending rigidity, and was just a crack tip. The present results can act as a design guideline in applications of nanohoneycomb structures.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.1837-1841
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to investigate the properties of the AAO nanohoneycomb structure. Especially the Elastic modulus and hardness play important role in determining the mechanical deformation of ceramic materials. The mechanical properties of the AAO nanononeycomb structure were investigated using indentation test.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.133-136
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• 2005

원자현미경을 이용하여 나노허니컴 구조물의 굽힘 탄성계수를 측정하였다. 나노허니컴 구조물의 단면적은 기공들의 배열 때문에 위치마다 다르게 되고, 이로 인해 관성 영역 모멘트는 상수값으로 계산되지 않는다. 본 연구에서는 나노허니컴 구조물의 단위 면적 내 관성 영역 모멘트 평값을 벌크 구조의 나노허니컴 구조물의 영률로 가정하였다. 단위 면적 내 광성 영역 모멘트 평균값과 나노허니컴 구조물의 기공률 사이에 관계식이 유도되었다. 기공의 직경이 31 nm 인 양극 산화 알루미늄 필름이 나노허니컴 구조물로 제작되었다. 양극 산화 알루미늄의 영률이원자현미경을 이용한 굽힘 실험으로 측정되었으며, 나노 인장시험기의 인장 실험 결과와 비교되었다.

• Composites Research
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.17-20
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• 2007

Superhydrophobic polytetrafluoroethylene ($Teflon^{(R)}$, Dupont) sub-micro and nanostructures were fabricated by the dipping method, based on anodization process in oxalic acid. The polymer sticking phenomenon during the replication creates the sub-microstructures on the negative polytetrafluoroethylene nanostructure replica. This process gives a hierarchical structure with nanostructures on sub-microstructures, which looks like the same structures as lotus leaf and enables commercialization. The diameter and the height of the replicated nano pillars were 40 nm and 40 um respectively. The aspect ratio is approximately 1000. The fabricated surface has a semi-permanent superhydrophobicity, the apparent contact angle of the polytetrafluoroethylene sub-micro and nanostructures is about $160^{\circ}$, and the sliding angle is less than $1^{\circ}$.