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ZnO Nanostructure Formed by Off-axis Pulsed Laser Deposition (Off-axis 펄스레이저 증착법으로 성장된 ZnO 나노구조에 관한 연구)

  • 강정석;강홍성;김재원;이상렬
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.319-322
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    • 2004
  • ZnO nanostructures were formed on a Si substrate by off-axis pulsed laser deposition(PLD) system in which a substrate plane was tilted toward a plume propagation direction. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) showed islands of 20∼40 nm width. From the x-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern exhibiting only (002) ZnO peak, the islands observed in AFM image were found to well crystallized. Optical bandgap enlargement from 3.26 eV to 3.35 and 3.47 eV due to the quantum size effect of ZnO nanostructures were observed by Photoluminescence (PL) at room temperature.

Super Hydrophilic Properties of SiO2-TiO2 Thin Film Prepared by Sol-Gel Method (졸-겔법에 의한 SiO2-TiO2 박막의 초친수성)

  • Park, Min-Jung;Lee, Kyoung-Seok;Kang, Jong-Bong;Mun, Chong-Soo
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.125-131
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    • 2007
  • [ $TiO_{2}-solution$ ] was aaded in $SiO_{2}-solution$ by various composition. $SiO_{2}-TiO_{2}$ thin films were obtained by the dip-coating method on the $SiO_{2}$ glass substrates, and then heat-treated at various temperature. Nano-size $TiO_{2}$ particles dispersed $SiO_{2}-TiO_{2}$ films showed absorption peak by quantum size effect at short wavelength region $350{\sim}400nm$, which made them good candidates for non-linear optical materials and photo-catalytic materials. The thickness of $SiO_{2}-TiO_{2}$ films were $300{\sim}430nm$. The contact angle of $SiO_{2}-TiO_{2}$ films for water was $5.3{\sim}47.9^{\circ}$, and therefore it is clear that $SiO_{2}-TiO_{2}$ films have super hydrophilic properties and the self-cleaning effects.

An Efficient 5-Input Exclusive-OR Circuit Based on Carbon Nanotube FETs

  • Zarhoun, Ronak;Moaiyeri, Mohammad Hossein;Farahani, Samira Shirinabadi;Navi, Keivan
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.89-98
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    • 2014
  • The integration of digital circuits has a tight relation with the scaling down of silicon technology. The continuous scaling down of the feature size of CMOS devices enters the nanoscale, which results in such destructive effects as short channel effects. Consequently, efforts to replace silicon technology with efficient substitutes have been made. The carbon nanotube field-effect transistor (CNTFET) is one of the most promising replacements for this purpose because of its essential characteristics. Various digital CNTFET-based circuits, such as standard logic cells, have been designed and the results demonstrate improvements in the delay and energy consumption of these circuits. In this paper, a new CNTFET-based 5-input XOR gate based on a novel design method is proposed and simulated using the HSPICE tool based on the compact SPICE model for the CNTFET at the 32-nm technology node. The proposed method leads to improvements in performance and device count compared to the conventional CMOS-style design.

A Computer Model for Polycrystalline Silicon $n^+$ -p Solar Cells (다결정 실리콘 $n^+$ -p 태양전지의 Computer Model)

  • 정호선
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.30-37
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    • 1981
  • Numerical calculations have beee made of the effect of grain size on the three-dimensional carrier density, the quantum efficiency, and the AMI efficiency of 30$\mu$m polycrystalliue silicon p-n junction solar cells. Quantum efficiencies calculated for the polycrystalline silicon solar cells are compared to the monocrystalline cases. An efficiency of 12% can theoretically be obtained with grain size 100$\mu$m, and 6% for 5$\mu$m grains.

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Fabrication of Water-Soluble CuInS2 Quantum Dots by Hot-injection Method and Phase Transfer Strategy

  • Deng, Chong;Fu, Bowen;Wang, Yanlai;Yang, Lin
    • Nano
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    • v.13 no.10
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    • pp.1850114.1-1850114.7
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    • 2018
  • Here we report an optimized hot-injection method and a phase transfer strategy for the synthesis of water-soluble $CuInS_2$ QDs with desired properties. The structure and morphology studies demonstrate that the resulting QDs are $CuInS_2$ tetragonal phase with well-defined facets. It is also found that the crystal size gradually increases with the increase of reaction temperature, while the surface of QDs with pre- and post-phase transfer is functionalized with hydrophobic and hydrophilic ligands, respectively. Spectroscopy measurements reveal the size-dependent optical properties of $CuInS_2$ QDs, demonstrating the quantum confinement effect in this system.

Temperature Dependence of Photoluminescence in $SiO_2$ (실리콘산화막의 광루미니센스 온도의존성에 관한 연구)

  • 이재희
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.247-251
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    • 2001
  • Photoluminescence(PL) were observed from room temperature to 8K on $Si^+$-implanted silicon-oxide films. The PL intensities are increased from room temperature to 50~80K and decreased below 50K. The blue-shift occurs during the increasing of PL intensity. Also, temperature-dependent PL were measured at peak wavelengths. The first peak is the most sensitive to the measuring temperature. The experimental results are explained by quantum size effect of O rich defects or(and) Si rich defects rather than nanocrystal silicon.

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Effects of Growth Conditions on Structural and Optical Properties of ZnS Nanoclusters (용액성장법의 성장조건이 ZnS 나노클러스터의 구조적, 광학적 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • 이상욱;이종원;조성룡;김선태;박인용;최용대
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2001.07a
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    • pp.558-561
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    • 2001
  • In this study, the ZnS nanosized thin films were grown by the solution growth technique (SGT), and their structural and optical properties were examined. X-ray diffraction patterns showed that the ZnS thin film obtained in this study had the cubic structure ($\beta$-ZnS). With decreasing growth temperature and decreasing concentration of precursor solution, the surface morphology of film was found to be improved. In particular, this is the first time that the surface morphology dependence of ZnS film grown by SGT on the ammonia concentration is reported. The energy band gaps of samples were shown to vary from 3.69 eV to 3.91 eV, demonstrating that the quantum size effect of SGT grown ZnS is remarkable. Photoluminescence (PL) peaks were observed at the positions corresponding to the lower energy than that to energy band gap, illustrating that the surface states were induced by the ultra-fineness of grains in ZnS films.

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Investigation of decontamination characteristics of a serial multiple pool scrubber system for consequence mitigation of severe accidents

  • Hyeon Ho Byun;Man-Sung Yim
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.54 no.12
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    • pp.4585-4600
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    • 2022
  • A pool scrubber is often used as a wet-type design to mitigate the consequence of a severe nuclear accident. While studies indicated higher decontamination performance of a deeper pool, utilizing a very tall pool can be problematic due to potential structural stability and water backflow issues. This study proposes, as an alternative to a single pool system, a pool scrubber system composed of serially connected multiple pools with lower heights. Since large fraction of aerosol removal takes place in the injection region, serially connected pool scrubber system is expected to enhance the overall decontamination capability of a pool scrubber system. To support the analysis of the proposed system's decontamination capability, a new computer model was developed in the study to describe the bubble size dependent effect on aerosol removal including the effect of pool residence time. The accuracy of the new model was examined against experimental data for its validation. The proposed scrubber system composed of serially connected multiple shorter pools is found to have much improved decontamination performance over the current single pool system design.

Preparation and Optical Characterization of Mesoporous Silica Films with Different Pore Sizes

  • Bae, Jae-Young;Choi, Suk-Ho;Bae, Byeong-Soo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.27 no.10
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    • pp.1562-1566
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    • 2006
  • Mesoporous silica films with three different pore sizes were prepared by using cationic surfactant, non-ionic surfactant, or triblock copolymer as structure directing agents with tetramethylorthosilicate as silica source in order to control the pore size and wall thickness. They were synthesized by an evaporation-induced self-assembly process and spin-coated on Si wafer. Mesoporous silica films with three different pore sizes of 2.9, 4.6, and 6.6 nm and wall thickness ranging from $\sim$1 to $\sim$3 nm were prepared by using three different surfactants. These materials were optically transparent mesoporous silica films and crack free when thickness was less than 1 m m. The photoluminescence spectra found in the visible range were peaked at higher energy for smaller pore and thinner wall sized materials, consistent with the quantum confinement effect within the nano-sized walls of the silica pores.