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Electron Field Emission for a Cylindrical Emitter of Single Carbon Nanotube

  • Lee, Youn-Ju;Kim, Chang-Duk;Lee, Hyeong-Rag
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.08a
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    • pp.764-767
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    • 2007
  • We investigated the field emission of single carbon nanotube including the anode effect by calculating the tunneling probability of an electron. The experimental results from this study were in agreement with our theoretical calculations. The constant enhancement factor was calculated using an approximation of the potential barrier.

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Cellulose Nanocrystals as Advanced "Green" Materials for Biological and Biomedical Engineering

  • Sinha, Arvind;Martin, Elizabeth M.;Lim, Ki-Taek;Carrier, Danielle Julie;Han, Haewook;Zharov, Vladimir P.;Kim, Jin-Woo
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.373-393
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    • 2015
  • Background: Cellulose is a ubiquitous, renewable and environmentally friendly biopolymer, which has high promise to fulfil the rising demand for sustainable and biocompatible materials. Particularly, the recent progress in the synthesis of highly crystalline cellulose-based nanoscale biomaterials, namely cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), draws significant attention from many research communities, ranging from bioresource engineering, to materials science and engineering, to biological and biomedical engineering to bionanotechnology. The feasibility of harnessing CNCs' unique biophysicochemical properties has inspired their basic and applied research, offering much promise for new biomaterials with diverse advanced functionalities. Purpose: This review focuses on vital issues and topics on the recent advances in CNC-based biomaterials with potential, in particular, for bionanotechnology and biological and biomedical engineering. The challenges and limitations of CNC technology are discussed as well as potential strategies to overcome them, providing an essential source of information in the exploration of possible and futuristic applications of the CNC-based functional "green" nanomaterials. Conclusion: CNCs offer exciting possibilities for advanced "green" nanomaterials, driving innovative research and development in a wide range of fields, including biological and biomedical engineering.

A Study on Effects of EGCG and Design Parameter for Drug-Eluting Biodegradable Polymer Stents (약물-용출 생분해성 고분자 스텐트를 위한 EGCG와 디자인 파라미터의 영향에 대한 연구)

  • Jung, T.G.;Lee, J.H.;Lee, J.J.;Hyon, S.H.;Han, D.W.
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.111-116
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    • 2013
  • Finite element analysis(FEA) has been extensively applied in the analyses of biomechanical properties of stents. Geometrically, a closed-cell stent is an assembly of a number of repeated unit cells and exhibits periodicity in both longitudinal and circumferential directions. This study concentrates on various parameters of the FEA models for the analysis of drug-eluting biodegradable polymeric stents for application to the treatment of coronary artery disease. In order to determine the mechanical characteristics of biodegradable polymeric stents, FEA was used to model two different types of stents: tubular stents(TS) and helicoidal stents(HS). For this modeling, epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG)-eluting poly[(L-lactide-co-${\varepsilon}$-caprolactone), PLCL] (E-PLCL) was chosen as drug-eluting stent materials. E-PLCL was prepared by blending PLCL with 5% EGCG as previously described. In addition, the effects of EGCG blending on the mechanical properties of PLCL were investigated for both types of stent models. EGCG did not affect tensile strength at break, but significantly increased elastic modulus of PLCL. It is suggested that FEA is a cost-effective method to improve the design of drug-eluting biodegradable polymeric stents.

Fabrication of GaN Micro-pyramid Structure Arrays for Phosphor-free white Lighting-emitting Diode

  • Sim, Young-Chul;Ko, Young-Ho;Lim, Seung-Hyuk;Cho, Yong-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.299-299
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    • 2014
  • 기존의 고출력 광원들이 환경문제 등으로 외국에서 규제대상으로 지정되고 있는 가운데고체 상태의 광원인 Light-emitting diode (LED)는 기존의 광원에 비해 에너지 절감효과 크기 때문에 인해 널리 사용되고 있는 추세이다. 대부분의 백색 LED의 경우 청색 LED에 황색 형광체를 사용하는 것이 일반적이다. 그러나 이의 경우 빛의 흡수와 재방출 과정에서 생기는 에너지 변환손실의 문제가 불가피하다. 또한, 두 종류의 색을 섞어서 나타나는 낮은 연색성의 문제가 있고 사용할 수 있는 형광체의 종류와 조합도 일본 등 해외에 출원된 특허권으로 연구개발에 어려움이 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 본 연구에서는 형광체를 사용하지 않는 단일 백색 LED를 개발을 위하여 극성과 반극성을 조합한 구조를 연구하였다. Photo-lithography를 이용하여 다양한 크기와 구조의 홀 패턴을 얻을 수 있었으며, metal organic chemical vapor deposition을 이용하여 다양한 형태의 피라미드 구조를 성장할 수 있었다. 패턴의 홀 크기와 홀 사이의 간격을 조절하면서 성장을 진행 하였고, 그 결과 pyramid와 truncated pyramid 모양의 GaN 구조를 성장할 수 있었다. [그림 1] Pyramid 구조의 반극성 면과 truncated pyramid 구조의 극성 면사이의 성장속도 차이 때문에 양자우물의 두께가 달라짐을 확인하였다. 이로 인해 양자구속효과가 달라져 다른 파장의 발광을 기대할 수 있었다. 뿐만 아니라 In의 확산거리가 Ga보다 길어서 홀사이 간격을 달리하면 In조성비가 달라지는 효과가 있음을 확인하였고 다양한 홀 사이 간격으로부터 각기 다른 파장의 발광을 얻을 수 있었다. 파장을 조금 더 상세하게 분석하기 위하여 Photoluminescence과 Cathodoluminescence을 사용하였다. 이로써 여러 파장을 발광하는 패턴을 섞어 넓은 영역의 발광 스펙트럼을 만들었다. 특히 패턴을 섞는 방법도 홀과 에피 구조를 섞는 방법, 크기가 다른 홀 패턴을 배열하는 방법등 다양히 하며 가장 좋을 패턴을 연구하였다. 그리하여 최적의 패턴과 구조, 성장조건을 찾아 백색의 CIE 좌표값을 얻을 수 있었다.

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Design of a DC-DC Step-Down Converter for LED Backlight of Mobile Devices (휴대기기용 LED 백라이트를 위한 감압형 DC-DC 변환기 설계)

  • Son, Hyun-Sik;Lee, Min-Ji;Park, Won-Kyoung;Song, Han-Jung
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.1700-1706
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, a step down converter for LED backlight of mobile application has been proposed. The converter which is operated with 4 MHz high switching frequency is capable of reducing mounting area of passive devices consists of a power stage and a control block. Circuit elements of the power stage are inductor, output capacitor, MOS transistors and feedback resistors. The control block consists of pulse width modulator, error amplifier and oscillator etc. Proposed step down converter has been designed and verified using a $0.35{\mu}m$ 1-poly 4-metal BCD process technology. Simulation results show that the output voltage is 1.8 V in 3.7 V input voltage, output current 100 mA which is larger than 25 ~ 50 mA in conventional 500 KHz driven converter when the duty ratio is 0.4.