• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.237-244
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• 2006

Atomic force microscope (AFM) has become a common tool for the structural and physical studies of biological macromolecules, mainly because it provides the ability to perform experiments with samples in a buffer solution. In this study, structure of proteins and nucleic acids has been studied in their physiological environment that allows native intermolecular complexes to be formed. Cr and Au were deposited on p-Si (100) substrate by thermal evaporation method in sequence with the thickness of $200{\AA}$ and $500{\AA}$, respectively, since Au is adequate for immobilizing biomolecules by forming a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) with semiconductor-based biosensors. The SAM, streptavidin and biotin interacted each other with their specific binding energy and their adsorption was analyzed using the Bio-AFM both in a solution and under air environment. A silicon nitride tip was used as a contact tip of Bio-AFM measurement in a solution and an antimony doped silicon tip as a tapping tip under air environment. Actual morphology could also be obtained by 3-dimensional AFM images. The length and agglomerate size of biomolecules was measured in stages. Furthermore, $R_{a}$ (average of surface roughness) and $R_{ms}$ (mean square of surface roughness) and surface density for the adsorbed surface were also calculated from the AFM image.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.329-334
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• 2003

The antiwear properties of amphiphilic monolayers and composite multilayer on silicon surface were investigated using micro­tribometer and Auger Electron Spectroscopy. Langmuir­Blodgett (LB) monolayers from behenic acid, 2,4­heneicosanedione(HD) and its lopper complex((HD)$_2$Cu) were fabricated on silicon surface and the composite multilayer of 5­bilayer of (HD)$_2$Cu was fabricated on the surface of octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) self­assembled monolayer (SAM). We observed that LB monolayers and the composite multilayer exhibited a steady and excellent friction response when compared with the OTS SAM. These LB mono and multilayer also showed much higher wear­resistance than the OTS SAM.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.211-214
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• 2003

The tribological properties of amphiphilic monolayers and composite multilayer on silicon surface were investigated using micro-tribometer and Auger Electron Spectroscopy. Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) monolayers from behenic acid. 2.4-heneicosanedione(HD) and its copper complex((HD)$_2$Cu) were fabricated on silicon surface and the composite multilayer of 5-bilayer of (HD)$_2$Cu was fabricated on the surface of octadecyltrichlorsilane (OTS) self-assembled monolayer(SAM). We observed that LB monolayers and the composite multilayer exhibited a steady and excellent friction response when compared with the OTS SAM. These LB mono and multilayer also showed much higher wear-resistance than the OTS SAM.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.611-611
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• 2013

In this study, iron oxide nanoclusters layer (Nc) was prepared onto functionalized silicon substrate by wet method. The amine-terminated SAM fabricated on silicon substrate (APTMS/Si) was carried out by UV-treatment and immersed into the FeCl3/HCl aqueous solution. Then, Nc were immobilized onto oxidized SAM silicon substrate (SAMs/Si) through electrostatic interaction between cationic Nc and anionic SAMs/Si. This catalytic layer (Nc/SAMs/Si) was used to grow carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The characterization results clearly show that the well-graphitized CNTs were synthesized by using functionalized silicon substrate as a template having appropriate density of catalyst. These consequences show that SAM containing template is important to achieve the effective layer of catalyst to synthesize CNTs.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.1343-1346
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• 2005

Self assembled monolayers (SAM) are generally used at the anode/organic interface to enhance the carrier injection in organic light emitting devices, which improves the electroluminescence performance of organic devices. This paper reports the use of SAM of 1-decanethiol (H-S(CH2)9CH3) at the cathode/organic interface to enhance the electron injection process for organic light emitting devices. Aluminum (Al), tris-(8-hydroxyquionoline) aluminum (Alq3), N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-bis(3 -methylphenyl)-1,1'- diphenyl-4,4'-diamine (TPD) and indium-tin-oxide (ITO) were used as bottom cathode, an emitting layer (EML), a hole-transporting layer (HTL) and a top anode, respectively. The results of the capacitancevoltage (C-V), current density -voltage (J-V) and brightness-voltage (B-V), luminance and quantum efficiency measurements show a considerable improvement of the device performance. The dipole moment associated with the SAM layer decreases the electron schottky barrier between the Al and the organic interface, which enhances the electron injection into the organic layer from Al cathode and a considerable improvement of the device performance is observed. The turn-on voltage of the fabricated device with SAM layer was reduced by 6V, the brightness of the device was increased by 5 times and the external quantum efficiency is increased by 0.051%.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.23.1-23.1
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• 2010

Alkanethiol (CH3(CH2)nSH) 자기 조립 박막은 금, 은, 팔라듐 그리고 구리와 같은 금속 물질과 결합하여 산화 방지 보호막, 생화학적 멤브레인 그리고 케미컬 센서로 널리 이용되었다. 전도성을 가진 많은 금속 분말 중에서, 구리는 뛰어난 열, 전기 전도성과 풍부한 양으로 다른 귀금속에 비교하여 경제성까지 갖춘 물질이다. 그러나 이러한 구리 나노 분말은 대기에 노출된 구리 분말이 쉽게 산화된다는 결정적인 단점 때문에 그동안 널리 이용되지 못하였다. 이러한 구리의 단점을 극복하고 뛰어난 전도성의 특징을 이용하고자, Langmuir-Blodgett (LB), layer by layer (LbL), electrophoretic deposition (EPD), self-assembled monolayer (SAM)과 같은 구리 나노 분말 위에 유기 박막을 형성하고자 하는 많은 방법이 시도되어왔다. 이러한 방법들 대부분은 습식 방법으로 진행되었으며, 약 2-nm 두께의 SAM 구조를 형성할 수 있음이 많은 연구를 통하여 확인되었다. 그러나 습식 기반의 SAM 구조는 단지 수일 동안만 유효하며, 이는 코팅을 수행하면서 점차 떨어지는 source solvent의 순도와 적합하지 않은 코팅 조건, 그리고 이러한 원인으로 형성된 부실한 막질 구조 때문으로 추측된다. 게다가 이러한 습식 기반 공정은 코팅 막의 두께 조절과 코팅 시 solvent의 순도를 일정하게 유지하는 것이 매우 복잡하고 어려운 작업으로 알려져 왔다. 본 실험에서는 고 진공 챔버 (< $4.0{\times}10-6$ torr) 시스템을 이용하여 습식 기반 공정의 문제점을 극복하고 구리 나노 분말의 산화를 막기 위한 실험을 진행하였다. 1-octanethiol (CH3(CH2)7SH)은 중간 길이의 hydrocarbon (n=7) 구조를 가진 특징 때문에 코팅 물질로 사용되었다. 게다가, alkanethiol 족 특유의 물질인 황(sulfur)은 구리와 결합하여 산화방지 보호막의 역할을 수행할 수 있다. 저 진공 조건에서는 10-nm의 multilayer가 일괄적으로 코팅됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 실험에서는 약 10-nm 두께의 자기 조립 박막(self assembled monolayers: SAMs)이 고 진공 조건에서 구리 나노 분말 표면 위에 코팅 조건의 변경을 통해서 5-nm에서 10-nm 두께의 1-octanethiol SAMs 구조를 얻어낼 수 있었다. 이는 고 진공 조건에서 1-octanethiol SAMs의 코팅 두께를 조절함으로 다양한 크기의 분말에 코팅 물질로 쓰일 수 있음을 알 수 있다.

• Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.54-59
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• 2014

The roll-to-roll (R2R) fabrication method to make micro-scale pillar arrays for biomimetic functionalization of surfaces is presented. Inspired by the micro-structure of plants in nature, a surface with a synthetic micro-scale pillar array is fabricated via maskless photolithography. After the surface is SAM (self-assembled monolayer) coated with trichlorosilane in a vacuum desiccator, it displays a hydrophobic property even in R2R replicas of original substrate, whose properties are further characterized using various pitches and diameters. In order to perform a comparison between the original micro-pattern and its replicas, surface morphology was analyzed using scanning electron microscopy and wetting characteristics were measured via a contact angle measurement tool with a $10{\mu}L$ water droplet. Efficient roll-to-roll imprinting for a biomimetic functionalized surface has the potential for use in many fields ranging from water repelling and self-cleaning to microfluidic chips.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.1422-1423
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• 2011

Passivation 막이 증착될 때 산화물 반도체의 백 인터페이스에 주는 플라즈마 데미지와 화학적으로 유도된 데미지를 최소화하기 위하여 산화물 반도체의 보호막으로서 자가조립단분자막(SAM) 적용을 제안한다. TFT가 PECVD나 용액을 기반으로 한 재료로 passivation 될 때 산화물 반도체의 back interface는 플라즈마 데미지와 화학적으로 유도되는 데미지를 피할 수 없다. 자가조립단분자막을 적용함으로써 플라즈마 데미지를 막아줌으로써 이동도와 문턱전압 이하에서의 기울기(SS)의 열화와 용액을 기반으로 한 passivation으로 인한 특성변화(Von)를 최소화 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.1224-1226
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• 2003

In this work, we developed a high resolution printing technique based on transferring a pattern from a PDMS stamp to a Pd and Au substrate by microcontact printing Also, we fabricated various 2D metallic and polymeric nano patterns with the feature resolution of sub-micrometer scale by using the method of microcontact printing (${\mu}$CP) based on soft lithography. Silicon masters for the micro molding were made by e-beam lithography. Composite poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) molds were composed of a thin, hard layer supported by soft PDMS layer. From this work, it is certificated that composite PDMS mold and undercutting technique play an important role in the generation of a clear SAM nanopattern on Pd and Au substrate.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.106-110
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• 2009

An amperometric glucose biosensor has been developed using viologen derivatives as a charge transfer mediator between a glucose oxidase (GOD) and a gold electrode. A highly stable self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of thiol-based viologen was immobilized onto the gold electrode of a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and GOD was immobilized onto the viologen modified electrode. This biosensor response to glucose was evaluated amperometrically in the potential of -300mV. Upon immobilization of the glucose oxidase onto the viologen modified electrode, the biosensor showed rapid response towards glucose. Experimental conditions influencing the biosensor performance, such as pH potential, were optimized and assessed. This biosensor offered excellent electrochemical responses for glucose concentration below ${\mu}$ mol level with high sensitivity and selectivity and short response time. The levels of the RSDs (<5%) for the entire analyses reflected the highly reproducible sensor performance. A linear calibration range between the current and the glucose concentration was obtained up to $4.5{\times}10^{-4}M$. The detection limit was determined to be $3.0{\times}10^{-6}M$.