• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.51-56
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• 2011

The surface of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (${\gamma}-Fe_2O_3$) is functionalized ($-NH_2$, -COOH) with bifunctional organic molecules and evaluated using FT-IR (Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy). We immobilize 21-base pair probe DNA and hybridize fluorescence-labeled (Cy5) target DNA onto the functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles. The fluorescence images obtained from a confocal microscopy show that the functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles should detect the hybridization of complementary and noncomplementary DNA.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.437-437
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• 2014

Various oxide particles are synthesized in an ambient condition using an electron beam irradiation system. The formation of oxide particles is confirmed by FT-IR spectra results and the X-ray photoelectron spectrum. It is also shown that the morphology and size of oxide particles are significantly influenced by the type and flowrate of dilution gas. The energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis also confirms that various oxide particles are synthesized.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.7
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• pp.1999-2003
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• 2014

Indium tin oxide ($In_2Sn_{1-x}O_{5-y}$) nanoparticles were synthesized by hydrothermal method from stable indium tin acetylacetone complexes and postannealing at $600^{\circ}C$. The absence of chlorine ions shortened the synthesis process, decreased the particle agglomeration and improved the particle purity. The introduced complexing ligand acetylacetone decreased the obtained nanoparticle size. The improved powder properties accelerated the sintering of the $In_2Sn_{1-x}O_{5-y}$ nanoparticles and reached a relative density of 96.4% when pressureless sintered at $1400^{\circ}C$.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.8
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• pp.2519-2522
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• 2014

Recently, the observation of the electrocatalytic behavior of individual nanoparticles (NPs) by electrochemical amplification method has been reported. For example, the Iridium oxide ($IrO_x$) NP collision on the Pt UME was observed via electrocatalytic water oxidation. However, the bare Pt UME had poor reproducibility for the observation of NP collision signal and required an inconvenient surface pre-treatment for the usage. In this manuscript, we has been investigated other metal electrode such as Cu UME for the reproducible data analysis and convenient use. The $IrO_x$ NP collision was successively observed on the bare Cu UME and the reproducibility in collision frequency was improved comparing with previous case using the $NaBH_4$ pre-treated Pt UME. Also, the adhesion coefficient between NP and the Cu UME was studied for better understanding of the single NP collision system.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.345-352
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• 2021

In this study, Ni nanoparticle supported by graphene oxide (GO) (Ni-GO) is successfully synthesized through hydrothermal synthesis and calcination, and Cr(VI) is extracted from aqueous solution. The morphology and structure of Ni-GO composites are characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), trans mission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and XRD confirms the high dispersion of Ni nanoparticle after support by GO. Loading Ni on GO can obviously enhance the stability of Ni-GO composites. It can be calculated from TGA that the mass percentage of Ni is about 60.67 %. The effects of initial pH and reaction time on Cr(VI) removal ability of Ni-GO are investigated. The results indicate that the removal efficiency of Cr(VI) is greater than that of bared GO. Ni-GO shows fast removal capacity for Cr(VI) (<25 min) with high removal efficiency. Dynamic experiments show that the removal process conforms to the quasi-second order model of adsorption, which indicates that the rate control step of the removal process is chemical adsorption. The removal capacity increases with the increase of temperature, indicating that the reaction of Cr(VI) on Ni-GO composites is endothermic and spontaneous. Combined with tests and characterization, the mechanism of Cr(VI) removal by rapidly adsorption on the surface of Ni-GO and reduction by Ni nanoparticle is investigated. The above results show that Ni-GO can be used as a potential remediation agent for Cr(VI)-contaminated groundwater.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.70-73
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• 2013

Iridium oxide is well known as an electrocatalyst for the water oxidation. Recently, Dr. Bard's group observed the electrocatalytic behavior of individual nanoparticle of Iridium oxide using the electrochemical amplification method by detecting the single nanoparticle collisions at the ultramicroelectrode (UME). However, the electrocatalytic current is decayed as a function of time. In this study, we investigated that the reason of electrocatalytic current decay of water oxidation at Iridium oxide nanoparticles. We identified it is due to the bubble overpotential because the cyclic current decay and recovery were synchronized to the oxygen bubble growth and coming away from an Iridium disk electrode.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.90-90
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• 2009

박막 태양전지의 단락전류를 증가시키기 위해서는 투명전도 산화막의 표면 식각을 통한 광포획 특성 극대화가 중요하며, 일반적으로 스퍼터링법으로 제작된 투명전도 산화막의 표면 식각은 HCl solution을 이용한다. 본 연구는 투면전도 산화막 증착시 seed로 작용할 수 있는 colloidal 형태의 nanoparticle을 유리기판에 형성한 뒤 rf-magnetron sputtering 법을 이용하여 ZnO:Al(AZO) 투명전도 산화막을 증착하여 광학 전기적 특성 변화를 분석하였다. Nanoparticle을 사용하여 제조된 AZO 박막은 nanoparticle의 확산에 의한 전자농도의 향상이 보였으나, 이동도의 감소로 인해 전기적 특성에 큰 변화는 없었다. 반면 AZO 박막의 표면형상이 nanoparticle로 인해 변하여 박막의 광 포획을 위한 안개도가 향상됨을 확인 할 수 있었으며, 이로 인해 표면 형상 제어를 통한 박막 태양전지 적용을 위한 투명전도 산화막을 제작할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.167-172
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• 2018

This study evaluated absorbed dose of brachytherapy according to the nanoparticle in prostate cancer which many occurred in Korean man and provided basic data. Absorbed dose evaluation was using MCNPX program which was applied Monte Carlo simulation. Source was applied $^{192}Ir$ which was many using in Korean HDR machine and gold, ferric oxide, gadolinium and iodine nanoparticle were applied. Prostate absorbed dose result was increased when using nanoparticle, in particular gold nanoparticle was the highest result as $3.13E-03J/kg{\cdot}e$. Absorbed dose of surrounding organs and distance was similar between using nanoparticle and non-using nanoparticle. Therefore, brachytherapy was used nanoparticle was increased therapeutic ratio and efficiency of radiation therapy.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.264-264
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• 2013

Strong metal-support interaction effect is an important issue in determining the catalytic ac-tivity for heterogeneous catalysis. In this study, we investigated the support effect and the role of organic capping layers of two-dimensional Pt nanocatalysts on reducible metal oxide supports under the CO oxidation. Several reducible metal oxide supports including CeO2, Nb2O5, and TiO2 thin films were prepared via sol-gel techniques. The structure, chemical state and optical property were characterized using XRD, XPS, TEM, SEM, and UV-VIS spectrometer. We found that the reducible metal oxide supports have a homogeneous thin thickness and crystalline structure after annealing at high temperature showing the different optical band gap energy. Langmuir-Blodgett technique and arc plasma deposition process were employed to ob-tain Pt nanoparticle arrays with capping and without capping layers, respectively on the oxide support to assess the role of the supports and capping layers on the catalytic activity of Pt catalysts under the CO oxidation. The catalytic performance of CO oxidation over Pt supported on metal oxide thin films under oxidizing reaction conditions (40 Torr CO and 100 Torr O2) was tested. The results show that the catalytic activity significantly depends on the metal oxide support and organic capping layers of Pt nanoparticles, revealing the strong metal-support interaction on these nanocatalysts systems.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.236.1-236.1
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• 2014

Compounds of Ga, such as gallium oxide (Ga2O3) and gallium nitride (GaN), are of interest due to its unique properties in semiconductor application. In particular, GaN has the potentially application for optoelectronic device such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes (LDs) [1]. Nanoparticle is an interesting material due to its unique properties compared to the bulk equivalents. In this report, we develop a synthesizing method for gallium nitride nanoparticle using non-thermal plasma. For gallium source, the gallium is heated by thermal conduction of tungsten boat which is heated by eddy current induced from RF current in antenna. Nitrogen source for nanoparticle synthesis are from inductively coupled plasma with N2 gas. The synthesized nano particles are analyzed using field-emission scanning microscope (FESEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The synthesized particles are investigated and discussed in wide range of experiment conditions such as flow rate, pressure and RF power.