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A Study of the Photoelectrochemical Effects of Squaraine Aggregate in Monolayer (스쿠알렌 집합체의 광전기화학적 효과에 관한 연구)

  • Young Soon Kim;Kock-Yee Law;David G. Whitten
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.37 no.7
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    • pp.642-647
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    • 1993
  • Monolayers of pure surfactant squaraine, DSSQ(4-distearyl amino phenyl-4'-dimethylaminophenylsquaraine), were deposited on $SnO_2 $ electrodes by the Langmuir-Blodgett film technique. The DSSQ film exhibits ${\lambda}_{max}$ at ∼530 nm. The absorption is significantly red-shifted from the solution of DSSQ (633 nm in chloroform), suggesting that the squaraine chromophores form aggregates in the LB film. The photogeneration of the squaraine aggregates is studied by measuring the photocurrents in photoelectrochemical cells consisting of the squaraine of the aggregates is found to parallel its absorption spectrum and quantum efficiency as high as 0.3% has been observed. While the photocurrent was attenuated exponentially when stearic acid layers (up to 8 layers) are inserted between the squaraine layer and the electrode, it is nearly extinguished when the squaraine layer is over-coated with 2 layers of stearic acid. A model for the observation is proposed and the roles of the electrolytes and oxygen on the photogeneration process will be discussed.

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASTRONOMICAL INFRARED PtSi CAMERA (천문관측용 PtSi 전하결합소자 적외선 카메라의 개발)

  • Hong, Seung-Su;;Gu, Bon-Cheol;Kim, Kwang-Tae;Kim, Chil-Yeong;Oh, Gap-Su;Lee, Myeong-Gyun;Lee, Hyeong-Mok;Kang, Yong-Woo;Park, Won-Gi
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.1-26
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    • 1996
  • We have built a near-infrared imaging camera with a PtSi array detector manufactured by the Mitsubishi Company. The PtSi detector is sensitive in the wavelength range 1 to $5{\mu}m$. Quantum efficiency of PtSi is much lower than that of InSb and HgCdTe types. However, the PtSi array has advantages over the latter ones: (i)The read-out noise is very low; (ii)the characteristics of the array elements arc uniform and stable; (iii)it is not difficult to make a large PtSi array; and (iv) consequently the price is affordably low. The array used consists of $512{\times}512$ pixels and its size is $10.2\;mm{\times}13.3\;mm$. The filter wheel of the camera is equipped with J, H, K filters, and an aluminum plate for measuring the dark noise. The dewar is cooled with liquid nitrogen. We have adopted a method of installing the clock pattern and the observing softwares in the RAM, which Gill he easily used for other systems. We have developed a software with a pull-down menu for operating the camera and data acquisition. The camera has been tested by observing $\delta$ Orionis.

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μ-Hope : Compact Size RLWE Based KEM Using Error Correcting Code (μ-Hope : 오류 정정 부호를 사용한 RLWE 기반의 경량 KEM)

  • Lee, Juyeop;Kim, Suhri;Kim, Chang Han;Hong, Seokhie
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.781-793
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    • 2020
  • In this paper, we propose a new RLWE-based scheme named μ-Hope that exploits Error Correcting Code(ECC) on NewHope. The previous parameters of NewHope uses 12289 as a prime modulus, and the size of the public key, private key, and ciphertext is 928-byte, 1888-byte, and 1120-byte respectively, which can be said to be larger than other RLWE based algorithms. In this paper, we propose μ-Hope, which changes modulus 12289 to 769 to reduce the size of the public key, private key, and ciphertext. Also, we adopts XE1 as an Error Correcting Code(ECC) to solve the increased decryption failure rate caused by using a small prime modulus. As a result, the size of the public key, private key, and ciphertext decreased by 38%, 37%, and 37% respectively. As the computational efficiency caused by using a small prime modulus exceeds the performance degradation by exploiting ECC, this result in 25% performance improvement for a single key exchange.

Electroluminescence Characteristics of Blue Light Emitting Copolymer Containing Perylene and Triazine Moieties in the Side Chain (페릴렌과 트리아진기를 측쇄로 가지는 청색 발광 공중합체의 전기발광 특성)

  • Lee Chang Ho;Ryu Seung Hoon;Oh Hwan Sool;Oh Se Young
    • Polymer(Korea)
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.367-373
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    • 2004
  • Novel non-conjugated blue light-emitting copolymers containing perylene and triazine moieties as light emitting and electron transporting units, respectively in the polymer side chain were synthesized. The resulting copolymers were soluble in most organic solvents such as chlorobenzene, THF, chloroform and benzene. The single-layered electroluminescence (EL) device consisting of indium tin oxide (ITO) /copolymer/aluminium (Al) exhibited a maximum external quantum efficiency ($0.003\%$) and a good carrier balance when the triazine content was $30\%$. In particular, the device emitted blue light (479 nm) corresponding to the emission of perylene moiety. The drive voltage was observed at 5 V and the CIE coordinate was x=0.16, y=0.17.

Highly transparent Pt ohmic contact to InGaN / GaN blue light - emitting diodes

  • Huh, Chul;Kim, Hyun-Soo;Kim, Sang-Woo;Lee, Ji-Myon;Kim, Dong-Joon;Kim, Hyun-Min;Park, Seong-Ju
    • Journal of Korean Vacuum Science & Technology
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.78-80
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    • 2000
  • We reprot on the fabrication and characterization of InGaN/GaN multiple quantum well light-emitting diode (LED) with a highly transparent Pt ohmic contact as a current spreading layer. The value of light transmittance of a Pt thin film with a thickness of 8 nm on-GaN was measured to be 85% at 450 nm. The peak wavelength and the full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of the emission spectrum of the LED at 20 mA were 453 nm and 23 nm, respectively. Pt-contacted LEDs show good electrical properties and high light-output efficiency compared to Ni/Au-contacted ones. These results suggest that a Pt thin film can be used as an effective current spreading layer with high light-transparency.

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Photoluminescent Graphene Oxide Microarray for Multiplex Heavy Metal Ion Analysis

  • Liu, Fei;Ha, Hyun Dong;Han, Dong Ju;Park, Min Su;Seo, Tae Seok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2013.08a
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    • pp.281.2-281.2
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    • 2013
  • Since heavy metal ions included in water or food resources have critical effects on human health, highly sensitive, rapid and selective analysis for heavy metal detection has been extensively explored by means of electrochemical, optical and colorimetric methods. For example, quantum dots (QDs), such as semiconductor QDs, have received enormous attention due to extraordinary optical properties including high fluorescence intensity and its narrow emission peaks, and have been utilized for heavy metal ion detection. However, the semiconductor QDs have a drawback of serious toxicity derived from cadmium, lead and other lethal elements, thereby limiting its application in the environmental screening system. On the other hand, Graphene oxide (GO) has proven its superlative properties of biocompatibility, unique photoluminescence (PL), good quenching efficiency and facile surface modification. Recently, the size of GO was controlled to a few nanometers, enhancing its optical properties to be applied for biological or chemical sensors. Interestingly, the presence of various oxygenous functional groups of GO contributes to opening the band gap of graphene, resulting in a unique PL emission pattern, and the control of the sp2 domain in the sp3 matrix of GO can tune the PL intensity as well as the PL emission wavelength. Herein, we reported a photoluminescent GO array on which heavy metal ion-specific DNA aptamers were immobilized, and sensitive and multiplex heavy metal ion detection was performed utilizing fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) between the photoluminescent monolayered GO and the captured metal ion.

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Feasibility of Single-Shot Dual-Energy X-ray Imaging Technique for Printed-Circuit Board Inspection (인쇄회로기판 검사를 위한 단일조사 이중에너지 엑스선 영상기법의 유용성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Seung Ho;Kim, Dong Woon;Kim, Daecheon;Kim, Junwoo;Park, Ji Woong;Park, Eunpyeong;Kim, Jinwoo;Kim, Ho Kyung
    • Journal of Radiation Industry
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.137-141
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    • 2015
  • A single-shot dual-energy x-ray imaging technique has been developed using a sandwich detector by stacking two detectors, in which the front and rear detectors respectively produce relatively lower and higher x-ray energy images. Each detector layer is composed of a phosphor screen coupled with a photodiode array. The front detector layer employs a thinner phosphor screen, whereas the rear detector layer employs a thicker phosphor screen considering the quantum efficiency for x-ray photons with higher energies. We have applied the proposed method into the inspection of printed circuit boards, and obtained dual-energy images with background clutter suppressed. In addition, the single-shot dual-energy method provides sharper-edge images than the conventional radiography because of the unsharp masking effect resulting from the use of different thickness phosphors between the two detector layers. It is promising to use the single-shot dual-energy x-ray imaging for high-resolution nondestructive testing. For the reliable use of the developed method, however, more quantitative analysis is further required in comparisons with the conventional method for various types of printed circuit boards.

Fabrication and performance evaluation of ultraviolet photodetector based on organic /inorganic heterojunction

  • Abdel-Khalek, H.;El-Samahi, M.I.;Salam, Mohamed Abd-El;El-Mahalawy, Ahmed M.
    • Current Applied Physics
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    • v.18 no.12
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    • pp.1496-1506
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    • 2018
  • Organic/inorganic ultraviolet photodetector was fabricated using thermal evaporation technique. Organic/inorganic heterojunction based on thermally evaporated copper (II) acetylacetonate thin film of thickness 200 nm deposited on an n-type silicon substrate is introduced. I-V characteristics of the fabricated heterojunction were investigated under UV illumination of intensity $65mW/cm^2$. The diode parameters such as ideality factor, n, barrier height, ${\Phi}_B$, and reverse saturation current, $I_s$, were determined using thermionic emission theory. The series resistance of the fabricated diode was determined using modified Nord's method. The estimated values of series resistance and barrier height of the diode were about $0.33K{\Omega}$ and 0.72 eV, respectively. The fabricated photodetector exhibited a responsivity and specific detectivity about 9 mA/W and $4.6{\times}10^9$ Jones, respectively. The response behavior of the fabricated photodetector was analyzed through ON-OFF switching behavior. The estimated values of rise and fall time of the present architecture under UV illumination were about 199 ms and 154 ms, respectively. Finally, enhancing the photoresponsivity of the fabricated photodetector, post-deposition plasma treatment process was employed. A remarkable modification of the device performance was noticed as a result of plasma treatment. These modifications are representative in a decrease of series resistance and an increase of photoresponsivity and specific detectivity. The process of plasma treatment achieved an increment of external quantum efficiency from 5.53% to 8.34% at -3.5 V under UV illumination.

Comparison of Modulation Transfer Function in Measurements by Using Edge Device angle in Indirect Digital Radiography (간접평판형 검출기에서 변조전달함수 측정 시 Edge 각도에 따른 비교 연구)

  • Min, Jung-Whan;Jeong, Hoi-Woun
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.259-263
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    • 2019
  • This study was purpose to compare image quality of Indirect digital radiography (IDR) system by using the International electro-technical commission standard(IEC 62220-1) which were applied to IEC in medical imaging. To evaluation the analysis of Modulation transfer function(MTF) measurements edge device each angle by using edge method. In this study, Aero (Konica, Japan) which is Indirect flat panel detector(FPD) was used, the size of image receptor matrix $1994{\times}2430$ which performed 12bit processing and pixel pitch is $175{\mu}m$. In IEC standard method were applied to each angle were compared. The results of shown as LSF at $2.0^{\circ}$ and $3.0^{\circ}$ angeles. Shape is constant and shows smooth shape. The amount of data seemed reasonable and 2.19 cycles/mm and 2.01 cycles/mm at a spatial frequency of $2.0^{\circ}$ and $3.0^{\circ}$ at an MTF value of 0.1. At an MTF value of 0.5, the spatial frequencies were $2.0^{\circ}$ and 1.11 cycles/mm and 0.93 cycles/mm at an angle of $3.0^{\circ}$. This study were to evaluate MTF by setting the each $2{\sim}3^{\circ}$ each angle and to suggest the quantitative methods of measuring by using IEC.

Secure Direct Communication protocol Using Entanglement Swapping (Entanglement Swapping을 이용한 안전한 직접 통신 프로토콜)

  • Hong Chang-ho;Lee Hwa-yean;Kim Ji-in;Lim Jong-in;Yang Hyung-jin
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.3-12
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    • 2006
  • We propose a direct communication protocol using entanglement swapping. The safety of this protocol is guaranteed by the basic properties of entanglement swapping. This protocol is efficient to transmit two classical bits of information per one session. This efficiency is better than that of ping-pong protocol suggested by Bostrom and Felbinger. Even if an eavesdropper intervenes in midway, the eavesdropper will be detected with the probability of $75\%$ in the verification process of one bit. Therefore the perfect security is guaranteed if we use enough amount of bits for the verification process.