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Recent Progress in Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells: Novel Strategies in Synthesis and Device Structure (콜로이드 양자점 태양전지의 최근 발전 동향: 양자점 합성과 소자 구조에서의 다양한 접근 방법)

  • Choi, Min-Jae;Jung, Yeon Sik
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.157-167
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    • 2014
  • Colloidal quantum dot (CQD) solar cells have attracted great attention due to their cost-effectiveness and solution-processability, as well as their size-dependent optical and electrical properties. The power conversion efficiency of CQD solar cells has rapidly increased up to ~8.6%, which corresponds to the 3 - 4 fold improvement during the last 3 - 4 years. Up to now, there have been many pioneering results in CQD solar cells. Here, we review the recent progress of CQD solar cells including CQD synthesis strategy and device structure engineering.

WEAK COMPATIBLE MAPPINGS OF TYPE (A) AND COMMON FIXED POINTS IN MENGER SPACES

  • Pathak, H.K.;Kang, S.M.;Baek, J.H.
    • Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.67-83
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    • 1995
  • The notion of probabilistic metric spaces (or statistical metric spaces) was introduced and studied by Menger [19] which is a generalization of metric space, and the study of these spaces was expanede rapidly with the pioneering works of Schweizer-Sklar [25]-[26]. The theory of probabilistic metric spaces is of fundamental importance in probabilistic function analysis. For the detailed discussions of these spaces and their applications, we refer to [9], [10], [28], [30]-[32], [36] and [39].

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Meromorphic functions, divisors, and proective curves: an introductory survey

  • Yang, Ko-Choon
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.569-608
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    • 1994
  • The subject matter of this survey has to do with holomorphic maps from a compact Riemann surface to projective space, which are also called algebrac curves; the theory we survey lies at the crossroads of function theory, projective geometry, and commutative algebra (although we should mention that the present survey de-emphasizes the algebraic aspect). Algebraic curves have been vigorously and continuously investigated since the time of Riemann. The reasons for the preoccupation with algebraic curves amongst mathematicians perhaps have to do with-other than the usual usual reason, namely, the herd mentality prompting us to follow the leads of a few great pioneering methematicians in the field-the fact that algebraic curves possess a certain simple unity together with a rich and complex structure. From a differential-topological standpoint algebraic curves are quite simple as they are neatly parameterized by a single discrete invariant, the genus. Even the possible complex structures of a fixed genus curve afford a fairly complete description. Yet there are a multitude of diverse perspectives (algebraic, function theoretic, and geometric) often coalescing to yield a spectacular result.

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Synthesis of Host Polymers and Guests for Electrophosphorescence

  • Holmes Andrew B.;Chan, Khai-Leok;Cho, Sung-Yong;Evans Nicholas R.;Grimsdale Andrew C.;Mak Chris S.K.;Sandee Albertus J.;Watkins Scott E.;Williams Charlotte K.
    • Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.21-22
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    • 2006
  • Significant progress has been realized in the design and synthesis of light emitting polymers with emission over the whole range of the visible spectrum. However up to seventy-five percent of charge recombination events can lead to triplet states that decay non-radiatively. Following the pioneering work in the field of small molecule organic light emitting devices it has been found that solution processible iridium polymer complexes can be used to harness the wasted triplet energy. In this paper new results concerning electrophosphorescence of solution processible tethered iridium polymer derivatives will be presented. Furthermore our approaches to the design of new high triplet energy conjugated polymer hosts will be reported.

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Street Optics (거리의 시각)

  • Kenaan, Hagi
    • The Journal of Art Theory & Practice
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    • no.10
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    • pp.25-46
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    • 2010
  • Street art operates within an already given visual order: the visuality of the modern city in which the regimentation of the image has become fully adaptive to-what Fredric Jameson termed-the logic of late capitalism. What is the relationship between street art and the hegemonic forms of the image dictated by the "city's rulers"? Does street art evoke an alternative kind of spectatorship? Can the unsolicited visual intervention in the life of the city open up an "optics" that resists the reifying patterns of the contemporary gaze? This paper follows Baudrillard's pioneering analysis of graffiti, arguing that the visuality of a certain kind of street images carries an important potential of challenging the hegemonic manner in which the contemporary image has come to dominate the field of vision.

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Challenges for the Future LCD Industry

  • Kwon, Young-Soo
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.3-3
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    • 2008
  • The TFT-LCD industry has shown dramatic growth by making technological advances and satisfying consumer needs. It now stands at the heart of the display industry. However, the TFT-LCD market is maturing and is unlikely to sustain the fast pace of growth in years to come. There has been an oversupply in the LCD sector entering 2008 due to capacity expansion aimed at fueling growth coupled with softening demand amid the global economic slowdown and recent financial turmoil. The LCD industry has successfully coped with oversupply on several occasions. Each time, LCD makers faced up to the challenge and responded with a pioneering spirit. They continued to grow by turning crisis into opportunity. LG Display aims to create new markets by developing products based on innovative technology and providing more attractive products through a value-added product planning that incorporates consumer needs. Through a continuous cost innovation targeted at stimulating demand by making products more economical to consumers, we will be at the forefront of overcoming the current oversupply and sustaining robust growth for the TFT-LCD industry. Depending on our management of the situation, the current oversupply could prove to be an opportunity to create even bigger markets for the future.

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Optimal Implementation of the Value Management Processes for Capital Facility Projects (건설산업에서의 가치경영 프로세스 효율적 활용 방안)

  • Cha, Hee-Sung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.89-94
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    • 2004
  • Many innovative management processes, which are also termed as best practices or value improving practice, have been proven to successfully improve the value of capital facility projects. With a lack of any guidance on how to implement the most suitable value management process for a particular project, the objective of this paper is to facilitate the VMP implementation. A CII (Construction Industry Institute)'s recent study, titled as 'Development of the Value Management Toolkit,' encompasses a comprehensive structure of value management and provides a new methodology in optimizing the implementation of the value management processes in order to leverage the unique project circumstances, such as project objectives, resource availability, and site limitations, etc. As a pioneering study, the findings contribute to the expedition of implementing value management processes in the industry and maximize the potential benefits in applying the most benefiical value management process for a particular capital facility project.

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Applications of Conductive Polymers to Electrochemical Sensors and Energy Conversion Electrodes

  • Kim, Dong-Min;Noh, Hui-Bog;Shim, Yoon-Bo
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.125-139
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    • 2013
  • The electrical conductive polymers (ECPs) reported at my research group are introduced in this review, which works are started from the late Professor Su-Moon Park's pioneering research for polyaniline at the University of New Mexico. The electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical properties and their applications to sensor and energy conversion systems are briefly described. At first, the growth and degradation mechanism of polyaniline describes and we extend to polypyrrole, polyazulene, polydiaminonaphthalenes, and polyterthiophene derivatives. In addition, the preparation of monomer precursors having functional groups is briefly described that can give us many exceptional applications for several chemical reactions. We describe the application of these ECPs for the fabrication of chemical sensors, biosensors, biofuel cells, and solar cells.

Application of shape memory alloy prestressing devices on an ancient aqueduct

  • Chrysostomou, Christis Z.;Stassis, Andreas;Demetriourder, Themos;Hamdaoui, Karim
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.261-278
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    • 2008
  • The results of the application of shape memory alloy (SMA) prestressing devices on an aqueduct are presented in this paper. The aqueduct was built in 1747 to provide water to the city of Larnaca and to its port. Because of its importance to the cultural heritage of Cyprus, the aqueduct has been selected as one of the case-study monuments in the project Wide-Range Non-Intrusive devices toward Conservation of Historical Monuments in the Mediterranean Area (WIND-CHIME). The Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, acting in a pioneering way, have given their permission to apply the devices in order to investigate their effectiveness in providing protection to the monument against probable catastrophic effects of earthquake excitation. The dynamic characteristics of the structure were determined in two separate occasions and computational models were developed that matched very closely the dynamic characteristics of the structure. In this paper the experimental setup and the measured changes in the dynamic characteristics of the monument after the application of the SMA devices are described.

Contact Mechanics of Variable-Gauge Wheeles With Flexible Body (탄성체를 이용한 궤간가변 대차용 윤축시스템의 접촉력 해석)

  • Lee Young-Joo;Bae Dae-Sung;Kim Wan-Goo;Jang Seung-Ho;Han Jun-Suk
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.379-384
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    • 2005
  • Research interest on flexible body dynamics, has been increased recently. The major application areas are the auto-mobile, train, and heavy machinery. This paper attempted the dynamic analysis for the variable-gauge wheelset with a flexible body, to better understand the dynamic characteristics of the variable-gauge wheelset. In order to achieve this goal, a 3D-Virtual Mock-up model was built. The tendency of the stress and deformation for the flexible lever was investigated through component mode synthesis, contact mechanics and flexible body dynamics. This study is a pioneering work for the development of Korean type variable-gauge wheelset.

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