• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2004.07a
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• pp.413-416
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• 2004

In this study, zinc oxide(ZnO) having large misfit(18.2%) with sapphire was tried to be grown on very thin nitride buffer layers. For the creation of various kinds of nitride buffer layer, sapphire surface was modified by an irradiation of nitrogen ion beam with low energy generated from stationary plasma thruster(SPT) at room temperature. After the irradiation of ion beam, Al-N and Al-O-N bonding was identified to be formed as nitride buffet layers. Surface morphology was measured by AFM and then ZnO growth was followed by pulsed laser deposition(PLD). Their properties are analyzed by XRD, AFM, TEM, and PL. We observed that surface morphology was improved and deep level emission related to defects was almost vanished in PL spectra from the ZnO grown on nitride buffer layer.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.196-200
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• 2019

In this study, photoluminescence (PL) analysis was performed to evaluate the optical properties of commercial ZnO substrates. Particular attention was paid to the bound exciton (BX) luminescence, which is usually the strongest emission intensity of commercial substrates. At 15 K, PL analysis revealed that the BX peak due to donor-type impurities (donor-bound-exciton; DX) dominated, while two-electron satellite (TES) emission, donor-accepter pair (DAP) emission, and LO-phonon replica emission were also observed. The impurity concentration of the ZnO substrate was determined to be $10^{15}$ to $10^{16}/cm^3$ by examination of the temperature variation of DAP, while the half width and intensity change of the luminescence revealed that the temperature change of BX can be interpreted almost the same as the analysis of free-exciton emission.

• Korean Journal of Crystallography
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.167-172
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• 2000

CaTiO₃:Pr phosphor thin films were prepared on Si(100), ZnO/glass, Corning glass and ITO/glass by rf magnetron reactive sputtering. The effects of deposition parameters such as oxygen partial pressure, substrate temperature, and annealing conditions on crystallinity and compositional variation of the films were investigated. PL spectra of CaTiO₃:Pr phosphor thin films exhibited red regime peaking at 613 nm and enhanced PL intensity was observed for the film annealed in vacuum atmosphere as compared to the deposit annealed in N₂ environment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.279.2-279.2
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• 2016

InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) have been attracted much attention as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in the visible and UV regions. Particularly, quantum efficiency of green LEDs is decreased dramatically as approaching to the green wavelength (~500 nm). This low efficiency has been explained by quantum confined Stark effect (QCSE) induced by piezoelectric field caused from a large lattice mismatch between InGaN and GaN. To improve the quantum efficiency of green LED, several ways including epitaxial lateral overgrowth that reduces differences of lattice constant between GaN and sapphire substrates, and non-polar method that uses non- or semi-polar substrates to reduce QCSE were proposed. In this study, graded short-period InGaN/GaN superlattice (GSL) was grown below the 5-period InGaN/GaN MQWs. InGaN/GaN MQWs were grown on the patterned sapphire substrates by vertical-metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition system. Five-period InGaN/GaN MQWs without GSL structure (C-LED) were also grown to compare with an InGaN/GaN GSL sample. The luminescence properties of green InGaN/GaN LEDs have been investigated by using photoluminescence (PL) and time-resolved PL (TRPL) measurements. The PL intensities of the GSL sample measured at 10 and 300 K increase about 1.2 and 2 times, respectively, compared to those of the C-LED sample. Furthermore, the PL decay of the GSL sample measured at 10 and 300 K becomes faster and slower than that of the C-LED sample, respectively. By inserting the GSL structures, the difference of lattice constant between GaN and sapphire substrates is reduced, resulting that the overlap between electron and hole wave functions is increased due to the reduced piezoelectric field and the reduction in dislocation density. As a results, the GSL sample exhibits the increased PL intensity and faster PL decay compared with those for the C-LED sample. These PL and TRPL results indicate that the green emission of InGaN/GaN LEDs can be improved by inserting the GSL structures.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.211-216
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• 2001

Top synthetic spin valves wi th structure Ta/NiFe/CoFe/Cu/CoFe(Pl)/Ru/CoFe(P2)/FeMn/Ta on Si (100) substrate with SiO$_2$ of 1500 were prepared by dc magnetron sputtering system. We have changed only the thickness of the free layer and the thickness difference (Pl-P2) in the two ferromagnetic layers separated by Ru, and investigated the effect of magnetic film thickness on the GMR properties and the interlayer coupling field in a spin valve with a synthetic antiferromagnet. As thickness difference of pinned layer was decreased from +25 to -25 , MR ratio was decreased gradually. However, there was a dip zone indicating a big change of MR ratio around Pl = P2, which can be due to the large canting of pinned layers. The modified Neel model was suggested for the top synthetic spin valve to explain the interlayer coupling field according to the thickness change of ferromagnetic layers. The interlayer coupling field was decreased due to the magnetostatic coupling (orange peel coupling) as suggested by model. However, the interlayer coupling field was not explained at the dip zone by the modified Neel model. The deviation of modified Neel model at the dip zone could be due to the largely canting of the pinned layers as well, which depends on different thickness in synthetic antiferromagnetic structure.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.211-216
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• 1997

ZnO and A1$_2$O$_3$ powders were mixed in 1 : 1 mole ratio and ball-milled with ethanol for 3 h. After the pressing process, the mixtures were sintered at $700^{\circ}C$~130$0^{\circ}C$ for 5 h in air to form ZnA1$_2$O$_4$. Structural properties were analyzed by X-ray diffraction patterns ; optical properties by absorption spectra with UV-VIS-H[R Spectrophotometer ; microstructural properties by SEM ; photoluminescent properties by using PL Measuring System. In result, ZnAl$_2$O$_4$ phosphor is crystallized at 110$0^{\circ}C$ and optical bandgap is calculated at 4.65 eV. PL spectrums were shifted to longer wavelengths with increasing temperature and was appeared around 780nm at 130$0^{\circ}C$ . Additionally, the peak intensity was veil strong at 80$0^{\circ}C$ and was declined with increasing temperature.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.1205-1211
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• 2013

The structural and optical properties of the ZnO, Al-doped ZnO, Ga-doped ZnO, and In-doped ZnO nanorods were investigated using field-emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, photoluminescence (PL) and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. All the nanorods grew with good alignment on the ZnO seed layers and the ZnO nanorod dimensions could be controlled by the addition of the various dopants. For instance, the diameter of the nanorods decreased with increasing atomic number of the dopants. The ratio between the near-band-edge emission (NBE) and the deep-level emission (DLE) intensities ($I_{NBE}/I_{DLE}$) obtained by PL gradually decreased because the DLE intensity from the nanorods gradually increased with increase in the atomic number of the dopants. We found that the dopants affected the structural and optical properties of the ZnO nanorods including their dimensions, lattice constants, residual stresses, bond lengths, PL properties, transmittance values, optical band gaps, and Urbach energies.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.130-137
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• 2002

Microbial lactonohydrolases (intramolecular ester bond-hydrolyzing enzymes) with unique properties were found. The lactonohydrolase from Fusarium oxysporum catalyzes enantiose-lective hydrolysis of aldonate lactones and D-pantoyl lactone (D-PL). This enzyme is useful for the large-scale optical resolution of racemic PL. The Agrobacterium tumefaciens enzyme catalyzes asymmetric hydrolysis of PL, but the stereospecificity is opposite to that of the Fusarium enzyme. Dihydrocoumarin hydrolase (DHase) from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus is a bifunctional enzyme, which catalyzes not only hydrolysis of aromatic lactones but also bromination of monochlorodi-medon in the presence of H$_2$O$_2$and dihydrocoumarin. DHase also hydrolyzes several linear esters, and is useful for enantioselective hydrolysis of methyl DL-$\beta$-acetylthioisobutyrate and regioselective hydrolysis of methyl cetraxate.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.319-324
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• 1999

기존의 고상 반응법에 의해 합성된 YNbO4 : Bi 형광체의 발광특성을 개선하기 위하여 B2O3 융체 첨가법으로 형광체를 합성하고, 빛발광(PL) 및 저전압 음극선발광(CL)을 측정하였다. PL 및 CL 모두 415~440 nm 영역에서 강한 청색 발광 스펙트럼을 나타냈으며, 고상 반응의 경우와 마찬가지로 Y/Nb 비율이 화학 양론상의 1:1인 경우보다 결함구조를 인위적으로 조절한 51/49나 54/46에서 최대의 발광강도를 보였다. 한편, 고상 반응에서는 125$0^{\circ}C$에서 4시간 열처리하는 것이 최대의 발광효과를 나타냈으나, B2O3융제를 첨가하고 110$0^{\circ}C$에서 열처리한 시료가 결정성이 좋고 입자의 크기 및 형태가 균일하여 PL뿐만 아니라 CL에서도 우수한 발광특성을 보였다. B2O3융제를 첨가하는 방법으로 열처리 온도를 낮추고 입자크기와 형태를 조절하여 형광체의 휘도를 개선할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.254-258
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• 1992

Iodine 화학수송법으로 성장한 Ni-doped CdGa2Se4와 undoped CdGa2Se4 단결정 의 PL 및 PLE 스펙트럼을 조사하였다. Undoped CdGa2Se4 단결정의 PL 스펙트럼에서는 전도대아래 준 연속적으로 분포된 electron trap과 deep level, 그리고 가전자대 위 0.07eV, 0.12eV에 있는 acceptor level 사이의 전자전이에 의한 2개의 emission band를 2.13eV와 1.20eV 영역에서 관측하였으며, Ni-doped 단결정에서는 Ni2+ 이온의 여기상태 3T1(3P)와 바 닥상태 3T1(3F) 사이의 전자전이에 의한 emission band를 1.48eV 영역에서 관측하였다. 이 러한 결과로부터 제안된 CdGa2Se4의 energy band model은 본 연구의 PL mechanism을 설명하는데 가능함을 보여주었다.