• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제30권8호
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• pp.530-534
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• 2017

Transparent film heaters employing silver nanowires (Ag NWs) have attracted increasing attention because of their widespread applications. However, the low thermal resistance of Ag NWs limits the maximum operating temperature of the Ag NW film heater. In this study, Ag NW film heaters with high mechanical and thermal stability were successfully developed. The thermal power-out characteristics of the Ag NW heaters were investigated as a function of the Ag NW density. The results revealed that the prepared flexible Ag NW heater possessed high thermal stability over $190^{\circ}C$ owing to ZnO encapsulation. This indicates that the Ag NW film with excellent thermal stability have remarkably high potential for use as electrodes in film heaters operating at high temperatures.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.225-225
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• 2013

Nanostructured noble metals have been attractive for their unusual optical properties and are widely utilized for various purposes. The optical properties mainly originating from collective electron oscillation can assist direct energy conversion via surface plasmon resonances. Here, we investigated the effect of surface plasmons of silver nanowires on the generation of hot electrons. It is reported that the surface plasmons of silver nanowires exhibit longitudinal and transverse modes, depending on the aspect ratio of the nanowires. In order to measure the hot electron flow through the metallic nanowires, chemically modified Au/TiO2 Schottky diodes were employed as the electric contact. The silver nanowires were deposited on a Au metal layer via the spray method to control uniformity and the amount of silver nanowire deposited. We measured the hot electron flow generated by photon absorption on the silver nanowires deposited on the Au/TiO2 Schottky diodes. The incident photon-to-current efficiency was measured a function of the photon energy, revealing two polarization modes of siliver nanowires: transverse and longitudinal modes. UV-Vis spectra exhibited two polarization modes, which are also consistent with the photocurrent measurements. Good correlation between the IPCE and UV-vis measurements suggests that hot electron measurement on nanowires on nanodiodes is a useful way to reveal the intrinsic properties of surface plasmons of nanowires.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.31-35
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• 2017

We have fabricated flexible and stretchable pressure sensors using silver nanowires (AgNWs) and analyzed their electric responses. AgNWs are spray coated directly onto uncured polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) such that AgNWs penetrate into the uncured PDMS, enhancing the adhesion properties of AgNWs. However, the single-layered AgNW sensor exhibits unstable electric response and low pressure sensitivity. To tackle it, we have coated a conductive polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) onto the AgNW layer. Such a hybrid bilayer sensor ensures a stable electric response because the over-coating layer of PEDOT:PSS effectively suppresses the protrusion of AgNWs from PDMS during release. To enhance the sensitivity further, we have also fabricated a stacked bilayer AgNW sensor. However, its electric response varies depending sensitively on the initial overlap pressure.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.43-47
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 silver nanowire (AgNW)를 polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) 기판에 embedding하여 손가락 움직임을 전기 신호로 읽을 수 있는 투명 저항식 변형 센서를 제작하였다. 이후 bluetooth를 이용한 무선 통신의 방식으로 변형 센서가 내는 데이터를 컴퓨터와 스마트폰 앱으로 전송하는 근거리 통신을 가능하게 하였다. 최종적으로 데이터 가공공정을 통하여 스마트폰 앱으로 변형 센서에 의한 손가락 움직임을 읽고 이미지를 변환시키는 프로그램을 제작하여 컴퓨터와 스마트폰 앱으로 확인하였다.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.43-48
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• 2015

Silver nanowire (AgNW) is a material that is increasingly being used for transparent electrodes, as a substitute for indium tin oxide (ITO), owing to its flexibility, high transmittance to sheet resistance ratio, and simple production process. This study involves manufacturing large-area organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) deposited on AgNW electrodes. We compared the efficiency of OPVs with ITO and AgNW electrodes. The results verified that an OPV with an AgNW electrode performed better than that with an ITO electrode. Furthermore, by using the knife coating method, we successfully fabricated large-area OPVs without the loss of efficiency. Use of AgNW instead of ITO demonstrated that an OPV could be produced on various substrates by the solution process method, dropping the productions costs significantly. Additionally, by using the knife coating method, the process time and amount of wasted solution are reduced. This leads to an increase in the efficient fabrication of the OPV.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제38권8호
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• pp.893-898
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• 2014

펄스 레이저를 적용한 실버나노와이어의 접합 영향이 연구되었다. 조사된 레이저 펄스 에너지는 실버나노와이어 네트워크에서 실버나노와이어간에 접합을 유도하였으며 이로 인해 투명 기저위의 실버나노와이어 네트워크 박막에 전기 저항값을 조절할 수 있었다. 특히 이러한 나노네트워크에서의 접합은 개별 나노와이어의 접촉점의 형태로 발생되었고 접합의 효과는 전체 실버나노와이어 네트워크의 전기저항 변화 측정으로 평가하였다. 또한 레이저 빔 펄스폭 및 레이저 평균 출력이 나노와이어 접합 비율 평가에 적용되어 연구되었다. 실버나노와이어 네트워크의 광학 특성도 관찰되었으며 이에 레이저 공정 요소 대비 효과도 연구되었다. 최적화된 레이저빔 적용 재료처리는 특화된 국부 재료 특성 개선에 장점을 보였다. 펄스 레이저를 이용한 실버나노와이어의 재료처리의 적용과 그 효과에 대해서도 논의한다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.508-513
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• 2015

A capacitive-type touch screen panel (TSP) composed of silver nanowire (AgNW) crossing electrodes and transparent bridge structures was fabricated on a polycarbonate film. The transparent bridge structure was formed with a stack of Al-doped ZnO (AZO) electrodes and SU-8 insulator. The stable and robust continuity of the bridge electrode over the bridge insulator was achieved by making the side-wall slope of the bridge insulator low and depositing the conformal AZO film with atomic layer deposition. With an extended exposure time of photolithography, the lower part of the SU-8 layer around the region uncovered by the photomask can be exposed enough to the UV light scattered from the substrate. This leads to the low side-wall slope of the bridge insulator. The fabricated TSP sample showed a large capacitance change of 22.71% between with and without touching. Our work supplies the technological clue for ensuring long-term reliability to the highly flexible and transparent TSP made by using conventional fabrication processes.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.268-268
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• 2016

Chemical sensors have attracted much attention due to their various applications such as agriculture product, cosmetic and pharmaceutical components and clinical control. A conventional chemical and biological sensor is consists of fluorescent dye, optical light sources, and photodetector to quantify the extent of concentration. Such complicated system leads to rising cost and slow response time. Until now, the most contemporary thin film transistors (TFTs) are used in the field of flat panel display technology for switching device. Some papers have reported that an interesting alternative to flat panel display technology is chemical sensor technology. Recent advances in chemical detection study for using TFTs, benefits from overwhelming progress made in organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) electronic, have been studied alternative to current optical detection system. However numerous problems still remain especially the long-term stability and lack of reliability. On the other hand, the utilization of metal oxide transistor technology in chemical sensors is substantially promising owing to many advantages such as outstanding electrical performance, flexible device, and transparency. The top-gate structure transistor indicated long-term atmosphere stability and reliability because insulator layer is deposited on the top of semiconductor layer, as an effective mechanical and chemical protection. We report on the fabrication of InGaZnO TFTs with silver nanowire as the top gate electrode for the aim of chemical materials detection by monitoring change of electrical properties. We demonstrated that the improved sensitivity characteristics are related to the employment of a unique combination of nano materials. The silver nanowire top-gate InGaZnO TFTs used in this study features the following advantages: i) high sensitivity, ii) long-term stability in atmosphere and buffer solution iii) no necessary additional electrode and iv) simple fabrication process by spray.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 AgNW 필름의 기계적 전기적 신뢰성을 연구하였다. 특히 전류가 흐르는 상태에서 굽힘 변형이 발생하였을 때의 AgNW 필름의 내구성 및 신뢰성을 연구하였다. AgNW 필름의 전압 및 전류 시험을 수행하여, AgNW에서 발생하는 발열과 전류 밀도의 변화를 관찰함으로써 AgNW의 전기적 내구성을 평가하였다. AgNW는 곡률반경 2 mm까지 굽힐 수 있었으며, 200,000회의 굽힘 반복시험에도 높은 신뢰성 및 유연성을 보여주었다. 또한 over-coating 막은 AgNW 필름의 내구성을 향상시키는 효과가 있음을 확인하였다. Over-coating이 없는 AgNW 필름의 경우, AgNW 표면에서 국부적인 발열을 보인 반면에 over-coating이 된 AgNW 필름의 경우 균일하게 발열되어 over-coating막이 AgNW 필름의 내구성을 향상시킴을 알 수 있었다. 전류를 인가한 상태에서의 굽힘 시험을 수행한 결과 굽힘 반복시험에서는 전류밀도가 지속적으로 감소하여 시험 후, 52.4%의 전류밀도 감소를 보였다. 전류가 인가된 상태에서 AgNW의 굽힘 변형이 지속되면 AgNW들의 인장, 굽힘 및 sliding 등의 기계적인 변형에 의하여 AgNW network 구조의 변형이 발생하거나, 혹은 개별 AgNW의 접촉 접합부들이 떨어지면서 접촉저항이 증가하여 주울 열에 의하여 파괴가 발생한다. 또한 over-coating막의 적용은 AgNW 필름의 전기적 신뢰성을 향상시킬 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.323-330
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• 2016

The flexible transparent conducting films (TCFs) are required to realize flexible optoelectronic devices. 1D nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), metal nanowires are good candidates to replace indium tin oxide that is currently used to fabricate transparent electrode. Particularly, silver nanowires are used to produce flexible TCFs. In this review, we introduce TCF technologies based on silver nanowires/CNTs hybrid structures. CNTs can compromise drawbacks of silver nanowires for applications in high performance TCFs for optoelectronic devices.