• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.355-358
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• 2010

Inductively coupled low temperature plasmas with oxygen, argon, mixture of oxygen and argon, and nitrogen have been used to modify polycarbonate(PC) films at the various process conditions. All plasma treatments generally had a tendency to increase the surface roughness of PC regardless of process conditions. The treatment of oxygen plasma showed the highest value in the surface roughness and mostly enhanced the generation of oxygen containing polar groups as much as 43% in comparison of untreated PC. The contact angle of untreated PC decreased from $82.31^{\circ}$ to the lowest value of $9.17^{\circ}$ after oxygen plasma treatment. The increase of RF delivered power had an effect on the rapid reduction of contact angle, but gas flow rates did not effect to reduce contact angles so much.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.33-40
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• 2014

Poly vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene (PVdF-HFP) membrane were prepared by the electrospinning technique. We had applied a DLC coating process and then the surface of the membrane and the contact angle change was investigated. Electrospun fibrous PVdF-HFP membrane surface became to wrinkled shape by Ar plasma treatment and treatment conditions. The wrinkled surface of PVdF-HFP membrane became super-hydrophilic. However, after DLC coating process, it became super-hydrophobic. The resulting surfaces were characterized by water contact angle measurement, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). Resultantly it was recognized that the wettability characteristics of the membrane surfaces depended on the chemical composition and surface morphology.

• Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.73-77
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• 2002

Characteristics of Cu/Si/Cu ohmic contacts to n-type 4H-SiC were investigated systematically. The ohmic contacts were formed by rf sputtering of multi layer Cu/Si/Cu sputtered sequentially. The annealings were peformed With 2-Step using RTP in vacuum ambient. The specific contact resistivity($\rho$c), sheet resistance(Rs), contact resistance(Rc), transfer length(L$_{T}$) were calculated from resistance(R$_{T}$) versus contact spacing(d) measurements obtained from TLM(transmission line method) structure. Best results were obtained for a sample annealed at vacuum as $\rho$c = 1.0x10$^{-6}$ $\Omega$$\textrm{cm}^2$, Rc = 2$\Omega$ and L$_{T}$ = 1${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$. The physical properties of contacts were examined using XRO and AES. The results showed that copper silicide was formed on SiC and Cu was migrated into SiC.o SiC.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.345-349
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• 1996

The wetting property of polymer surfaces is very important for practical applications. Plasma source ion implantation technique was used to improve the wetting properties of polymer surfaces. Poly(ethylene terephtalate) and other polymer sheets were mounted on the target stage and an RF plasma was generated by means of an antenna located inside the vacuum chamber. High voltage pulses of up to -10kV, 10 $\mu$sec, and up to 1 kHz were applied to the stage. The samples were implanted for 5 minutes with using Ar, $N_2,O_2,CH_4,CF_4$ and their mixture as source gases. A contact angle meter was used to measure the water contact angles of the implanted samples and of the samples stored in ambient conditions after implantation. The modified surfaces were analysed with Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (TOF-SIMS) and Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES). The oxygen-implanted samples showed extremely low water contact angles of $3^{\circ}C$ compared to $79^{\circ}C$ of unimplanted ones. Furthermore, the modified surfaces were relatively stable with respect to aging in ambient conditions, which is one of the major concerns of the other surface treatment techniques. From TOF-SIMS analysis it was found that oxygen-containing functional groups had been formed on the implanted surfaces. On the other hand, the $CF_4$-implanted samples turned out to be more hydro-phobic than unimplanted ones, giving water contact angles exceeding $100^{\circ}C$ . The experiment showed that plasma source ion implantation is a very promising technique for polymer surface modification especially for large area treatment.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.152-155
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• 2013

$TiO_2$ films were deposited on glass substrates with and without $O_2$ plasma etching by using the RF-magnetron sputtering method. We focused on the effect of surface structure on the photoinduced hydrophilic properties of $TiO_2$ films, fabricated on different surface conditions according to the presence or absence of the $O_2$ plasma treatment on glass substrates. The wettability and photoinduced hydrophilic properties of the $TiO_2$ films were investigated according to the changes in water contact angles under UV light irradiations with a very low intensity of 0.1 $mW/cm^2$. The photoinduced hydrophilic properties on the $TiO_2$ formed above the plasma treated glass were also superior to those on the $TiO_2$ formed above the bare glass. This enhanced $TiO_2$ film has been used practically for self cleaning and anti-fogging glasses.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.08a
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• pp.11-14
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• 2004

In this paper, a novel tunable bandpass filter using tunable series inductors and MEMS switches for wireless LAN applications was proposed. The proposed tunable filter was fabricated using a micromachining technology and performances of the fabricated filter were estimated. The filter consists of spiral inductors, MIM capacitors and direct-contact type MEMS switches, and its frequency tunability is achieved by changing the inductance that is induced by ON/OFF actuations of the MEMS switches. The actuation voltage of the MEMS switches was 58 V, and the measured center frequencies were 2.55 GHz and 5.1 GHz, respectively. The passband insertion loss and 3-dB bandwidth were 4.2 dB and 22.5 % at 2.55 GHz, and 5.2 dB and 23.5 % at 5.1 GHz, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.272-272
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• 2008

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) 박막은 높은 경도, 내 마모성, 화학적 안정성, 전기적 절연성, 높은 광 투과성을 가지고 있어, 공구강, 광학렌즈 및 플라스틱의 보호 코팅을 위해 응용되어진다. 하지만, DLC 박막은 높은 잔류응력으로 adhesion이 떨어진다는 단점이 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 전처리가 13.56MHz 150W RF플라즈마 화학기상 증착(RF-PECVD) 법을 통한 DLC 박막의 합성에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 알아보기 위해, $H_2$ (80 sccm), $O_2$ (10 sccm), $N_2$ (20 sccm)의 다른 가스를 사용하여 전처리를 하였다. DLC 박막 합성 후, 특성은 Raman, scratch test, contact angle 등의 측정을 통하여 분석되었다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.1-12
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• 2003

This paper describes a study on the abnormal behavior of the electrical characteristics of the (n)GaAs/Ti/Pt/Au Schottky contacts prepared by the two techniques of electron beam deposition and rf sputtering and after an annealing treatment. The samples were characterized by I-V and C-V measurements carried out over the temperature range of 150 - 350 K both in the as prepared state and after a 300 C, 30 min. anneal step. The variation of ideality factor with forward bias, the variation of ideality factor and barrier height with temperature and the difference between the capacitance barrier and current barrier show the presence of a thin interfacial oxide layer along with barrier height inhomogenieties at the metal/semiconductor interface. This barrier height inhomogeneity model also explains the lower barrier height for the sputtered samples to be due to the presence of low barrier height patches produced because of high plasma energy. After the annealing step the contacts prepared by electron beam have the highest typical current barrier height of 0.85 eV and capacitance barrier height of 0.86 eV whereas those prepared by sputtering (at the highest power studied) have the lowest typical current barrier height of 0.67 eV and capacitance barrier height of 0.78 eV.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.44 no.6
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• pp.250-254
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• 2011

NiO-AZO films were deposited on glass substrate by DC and RF magnetron co-sputtering system in pure $O_2$ gas without substrate heating during deposition. In order to control the chemical composition of the film, NiO target was supplied with constant RF power of 150 W and AZO target (doped with 2.98 at% aluminum) with DC power varied between 40 W to 80 W. Deposited NiO-AZO films were evaluated by structural and chemical analysis. With introducing AZO, XRD and XPS data reveal that NiO were supplied with more oxygen. these results could be strongly affected by the higher bond enthalpy of NiO compared to ZnO, which makes it possible for NiO to obtain excessive oxygen from ZnO.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.341-341
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• 2011

초발수 표면은 자가세정, 부식방지, 방오특성의 특징을 가진다. 이러한 특성은 오염성이 높은 건물외장재 및 자동차유리, 태양전지 모듈유리, 디스플레이등 적용분야가 매우 다양하며, 코팅 방법으로 sol-gel, CVD, PVD등의 여러 가지 방법으로 많은 연구가 보고 되고 있다. 초발수 표면을 제작하는 대표적인 방법으로 PTFE와 같은 낮은 표면에너지를 가지는 물질을 증착하는 방법이 많이 사용되고 있으나, 초발수 표면에 가까운 접촉각을 구현하기에는 한계가 있다. 본 연구에서는 여러 가지 기판(Al, Cu, Sus, glass)에 추가적으로 표면 미세요철구조를 만들어 특성을 분석 하였다. 표면의 미세구조는 기판을 산에 Etching 하는 방법으로 Sample을 준비 하였다. 준비된 기판에 RF-Magnetron Sputtering 방법을 이용하여 PTFE를 증착하여 특성을 분석 하였다. 표면과 물방울이 이루는 각도를 알아보기 위해 Contact Angle을 측정한 결과 Glass와 Sus 기판을 제외한 Al과 Cu기판에서 약 150도에 이르는 초발수 특성을 보였으며, 이러한 표면형상을 관찰하기 위해서 SEM 측정을 해본 결과 표면의 미세요철구조가 확인 되었으며, AFM 측정결과 표면의 미세요철의 거칠기가 Etching공정을 통해 증가 된 것을 확인할 수 있었으며, Etching후 Al과 Cu는 수 nm ~ mm의 거칠기를 보였으며, 거칠기가 증가하여 접촉각의 향상에 기여 하였으리라 생각된다. XPS 측정결과 낮은 표면에너지를 가지는 CF2와 CF3 피크가 보이는 것으로 보아 표면에너지가 낮아져 접촉각이 높아졌으리라 사료 된다.