• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.330-333
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• 2017

$Co_xMn_{3-x}O_4$ ($1.48{\leq}x{\leq}1.63$) ceramics were fabricated using the solid-state reaction method. Structural and electrical properties of specimens based on the composition ratio of Co were observed in order to investigate their applicability in NTC thermistors. All specimens showed a single spinel phase with a homogeneous tetragonal structure. The $Co_{1.57}Mn_{1.43}O_4$ specimen showed a maximum average grain size of approximately $6.47{\mu}m$. In all specimens, TCR properties displayed excellent characteristics of over $-4.2%/^{\circ}C$. The resistivity at 298 K and B-value of the $Co_{1.57}Mn_{1.43}O_4$ specimen were approximately $418{\Omega}-cm$ and 4300, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.43-47
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• 2013

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the performance of a Plug-In MCCB developed for rapid power supply restoration when the MCCB is installed in a power system and to verify its reliability. Since the developed 3 ${\Phi}$ 3 W Plug-In MCCB can be installed on and removed from a bus bar by one touch using a plug housed at the rear, it can be replaced in a short period of time. Therefore, it can quickly respond to the normalization of a power system. When the Plug-In MCCBB is installed on a bus bar, the resistance between each phase and plug was measured to be 0.46 $m{\Omega}$ in average. When the Plug-In MCCB is installed, the tension in the vertical direction was measured to be 112.78 N in average, which is greater than the tension of 50 N specified in the related regulation. The withstanding voltage tests performed 5 times repeatedly by applying 6 kV to the developed Plug-In MCCB for 60 seconds shows good withstanding voltage characteristics. In addition, both the general waterproof test using a water injection method and the insulation resistance analysis using a Mega meter showed good waterproof and insulation characteristics.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2002.05c
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• pp.41-46
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• 2002

In this work, we studied electrical characteristics and leakage current mechanism of Au/$Ta_2O_5$/Si metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices. $Ta_2O_5$ thin film (63nm) was deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) method at temperature of $235^{\circ}C$. The structures of the $Ta_2O_5$ thin films were examined by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). From XRD, the structure of $Ta_2O_5$ was single phase and orthorhombic. From capacitance-voltage (C-V) analysis, the dielectric constant was 19.4. The temperature dependence of current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of $Ta_2O_5$ thin film was studied from 300 to 423 K. In ohmic region (<0.5 MVcm${-1}$), the resistivity was $2.4056{\times}10^{14}({\Omega}cm)$ at 348 K. The Schottky emission is dominant in lower temperature range from 300 to 323 K and Poole-Frenkel emission dominant in higher temperature range from 348 to 423 K.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.80-80
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 flexible 광전소자에 응용이 가능한 투명전극을 위해 polyethersulfone (PES) 기판 위에 GaZnO (GZO) 박막을 마그네트론 스퍼터 법으로 증착하였다. 박막 증착 중 Ar 분압의 변화가 박막의 특성에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위해, 스퍼터 반응시 chamber내 Ar 분압을 10 sccm~50 sccm 범위에서 변화를 주었다. 박막이 증착된 후 GZO/PES 시료의 광학적 투과율을 측정한 결과 가시광 영역에서 80% 이상의 높은 투과율을 보이고 있었다. 이때 광학적 투과율은 Ar 분압의 변화에는 영향을 받고 있지 않은 것으로 분석되었다. 시료의 표면을 주사전자현미경 분광법으로 분석한 결과 Ar 분압이 증가 할수록 GZO grain 크기가 감소하여 그 조밀도가 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 또한 x-ray 회절 스펙트럼에서는 ZnO (002) peak의 세기가 증가함을 확인하였고, 이에 반하여 $ZnGa_2O_4$의 (311) peak의 세기는 감소하는 경향을 확인할 수 있었다. 한편 제작된 시료의 전기적 특성을 분석한 결과 Ar 분압의 증가에 따라 비저항이 약 $7.5{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}cm$ 까지 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 이는 Ar 분압이 증가할수록 Ar-plasma enhancement 효과로 GZO의 결정학적 특성이 향상되면서 GZO의 전기전도 특성을 저해 하는 insulating $ZnGa_2O_4phase$의 형성을 억제하였기 때문인 것으로 해석된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.103-103
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• 2011

The epitaxial Cu-doped ZnO and pure ZnO thin films were grown on Al2O3 (0001) substrates by RF sputtering method. The structures and crystallographic orientations were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. From the XRD pattern, it is observed that peak positions shift towards higher $2{\theta}$ value with Cu doping. The ${\omega}$-scan measurements at the (0002) diffraction peak for these samples reveal that the full-widths at half-maxima (FWHMs) are about $0.017-0.019^{\circ}$, which indicate a good c-axis orientation of the Zn1-xCuxO films. From phi-scan, all of the Zn1-xCuxO films were epitaxially grown. EXAFS measurements also demonstrated that Cu incorporated into a Zn-atom position substitutionally. All the results confirmed that copper ion were well incorporated into the ZnO lattices by substituting Zn sites without changing the wurtzite structure and no secondary phase existed in Cu-doped ZnO thin films.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.14 no.12
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• pp.846-850
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• 2004

NiCo silicide films have been fabricated from $300{\AA}-thick\;Ni_{1-x}Co_{x}(x=0.1\sim0.9)$ on Si-substrates by varying RTA(rapid thermal annealing) temperatures from $700^{\circ}C\;to\;1100^{\circ}C$ for 40 sec. Sheet resistance, cross-sectional microstructure, and chemical composition evolution were measured by a four point probe, a transmission electron microscope(TEM), and an Auger depth profilemeter, respectively. For silicides of the all composition and temperatures except for $80\%$ of the Ni composition, we observed small sheet resistance of sub- $7\;{\Omega}/sq.,$ which was stable even at $1100^{\circ}C$. We report that our newly proposed NiCo silicides may obtain sub 50 nm-thick films by tunning the nickel composition and silicidation temperature. New NiCo silicides from NiCo-alloys may be more appropriate for sub-0.1${\mu}m$ CMOS process, compared to conventional single phase or stacked composit silicides.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.386-390
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• 2006

This paper describes the ohmic contact formation of polycrystalline 3C-SiC films deposited on thermally grown Si wafers. In this work, a TiW (titanium tungsten) film as a contact material was deposited by RF magnetron sputter and annealed with the vacuum process. The specific contact resistance (${\rho}_{c}$) of the TiW contact was measured by using the C-TLM (circular transmission line method). The contact phase and interfacial reaction between TiW and 3C-SiC at high-temperature as also analyzed by XRD (X-ray diffraction) and SEM (scanning electron microscope). All of the samples didn't show cracks of the TiW film and any interfacial reaction after annealing. Especially, when the sample was annealed at $800^{\circ}$ for 30 min., the lowest contact resistivity of $2.90{\times}10{\Omega}cm^{2}$ was obtained due to the improved interfacial adhesion. Therefore, the good ohmic contact of polycrystalline 3C-SiC films using the TiW film is very suitable for high-temperature MEMS applications.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.55 no.4
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• pp.358-363
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• 2018

To improve the polarization property of cathodes, which is the main factor limiting the performance of protonic ceramic fuel cells (PCFCs), $K_2NiF_4-type$ $Pr_2NiO_{4+{\delta}}$, which is expected to exhibit a triple conducting property (proton, oxygen ion, and hole conductions) was applied to PCFCs and its properties were investigated. Low-temperature microwave heat-treatment was used to achieve both sufficient interface adhesion between the electrolyte and the cathode layers and suppression of the secondary phase formation due to migration of elements such as barium and cerium. Through this fabrication method, a high performance of $0.82W{\cdot}cm^{-2}$ and low ohmic resistance of $0.06{\Omega}{\cdot}cm^2$ were obtained in an $Ni-BaCe_{0.55}Zr_{0.3}Y_{0.15}O_{3-{\delta}}$ | $BaCe_{0.55}Zr_{0.3}Y_{0.15}O_{3-{\delta}}$ | $Pr_2NiO_{4+{\delta}}$ single cell at $650^{\circ}C$. This result verifies that the $K_2NiF_{4+{\delta}}-type$ cathode shows good chemical compatibility which, in turn, will make it a potent candidate as a PCFC cathode.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.31 no.11
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• pp.3103-3108
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• 2010

Conducting polymers (CPs) are widely used as matrixes for the entrapment of enzymes in analytical chemistry and biosensing devices. However, enzyme-catalyzed polymerization of CPs is rarely used for immunosensing due to the difficulties involved in the quantitative analysis of colloidal CPs in solution phase. In this study, an enzyme-amplified electrocatalytic immunosensor employing a CP as a redox marker has been developed. A polyanionic polymer matrix, $\alpha$-amino-$\omega$-thiol terminated poly(acrylic acid), was employed for precipitation of CP. The acrylic acid group acts as a polyanionic template. The thiol terminus of the polymer was used to produce self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on Au electrodes and the amine terminus was employed for immobilization of biomolecules. In an enzymeamplified sandwich type immunosensor, the polyaniline (PANI) produced enzymatically is attracted by the electrostatic force of the matrix polymer. The precipitated PANI was characterized by electrochemical methods.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.10
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• pp.2865-2870
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• 2013

Ni-Ag core-shell nanoparticles were synthesized by polyol process and microemulsion technique successfully. In the polyol process, a chemical reduction method for preparing highly dispersed pure nickel and Ag shell formation have been reported. The approach involved the control of reaction temperature and reaction time in presence of organic solvent (ethylene glycol) as a reducing agent for Ag cation with poly(vinyl-pyrrolidone) (PVP. Mw = 40000) as a capping agent. In microemulsion method, the emulsion was prepared by water/cetyltrimetylammonium bromide (CTAB)/cyclohexane. The size of microemulsion droplet was determined by the molar ratio of water to surfactant (${\omega}_o$). The core-shell formation along with the change in structural phase and stability against oxidation at high temperature heat treatments of nanoparticles were investigated by X-ray diffraction and TEM analysis. Under optimum conditions the polyol process gives the Ni-Ag core-shell structures with 13 nm Ni core covered with 3 nm Ag shell, while the microemulsion method gives Ni core diameter of 8 nm with Ag shell of thickness 6 nm. The synthesized Ni-Ag core-shell nanoparticles were stable against oxidation up to $300^{\circ}C$.