• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.6-10
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• 2022

We report on the fabrication and measurements of metallic Josephson junctions (JJs) consisting of Au nanoribbon and NbTi superconducting electrodes. The maximum supercurrent density in the junction reaches up to ~ 3×10⁵ A/cm² at 2.5 K, much larger than that of JJ using single-crystalline Au nanowire. Temperature dependence of the critical current exhibits an exponential decay behavior with increasing temperature, which is consistent with a long and diffusive junction limit. Under the application of a magnetic field, monotonous decrease of the critical current was observed due to a narrow width of the Au nanoribbon. Our observatons suggest that NbTi/Au/NbTi JJ would be a useful platform to develop an integrated superconducing quantum circuit combined with the superconducting coplanar waveguide and ferromagnetic π junctions.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.30-35
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• 2023

Hafnium nitride (HfN) thin films were fabricated by mid-frequency magnetron sputtering (mfMS) and direct current magnetron sputtering (dcMS) and their mechanical and structural properties were compared. In particular, changes in the HfN film properties were observed by changing the pulse frequency of mfMS between 5 kHz, 15 kHz, and 30 kHz. The crystalline structure, microstructure, 3D morphology, and mechanical properties of the HfN films were compared by x-ray diffraction, field-emission scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and nanoindentation tester, respectively. HfN film deposited by mfMS showed a smoother and denser microstructure as the frequency increased, whereas the film deposited by dcMS showed a rough and sloppy microstructure. A single δ-HfN phase was observed in the HfN film made by mfMS with a pulse frequency of 30 kHz, but mixed δ-HfN and HfN_0·4 phases were observed in the HfN film made by dcMS. The mechanical properties of HfN film made by mfMS were improved compared to film made by dcMS.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.219-226
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• 2023

Utilizing low-dimensional structures of oxide semiconductors is a promising approach to fabricate relevant gas sensors by means of potential enhancement in surface-to-volume ratios of their sensing materials. In this work, vertically aligned cupric oxide (CuO) nanorods are successfully synthesized on a transparent glass substrate via seed-mediated hydrothermal synthesis method with the use of a CuO nanoparticle seed layer, which is formed by thermally oxidizing a sputtered Cu metal film. Structural and optical characterization by x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Raman spectroscopy reveals the successful preparation of the CuO nanorods array of the single monoclinic tenorite crystalline phase. From gas sensing measurements for the nitrogen monoxide (NO) gas, the vertically aligned CuO nanorod array is observed to have a highly responsive sensitivity to NO gas at relatively low concentrations and operating temperatures, especially showing a high maximum sensitivity to NO at 200 ℃ and a low NO detection limit of 2 ppm in dry air. These results along with a facile fabrication process demonstrate that the CuO nanorods synthesized on a transparent glass substrate are very promising for low-cost and high-performance NO gas sensors.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.26-35
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• 2024

Aluminum-induced crystallization (AIC) as a route to reduce the fabrication cost and to obtain polycrystalline Si (p-Si) thin-film of large grain size is a promising alternative of single-crystalline (s-Si) substrate or p-Si thin-film obtained by conventional methods such as solid phase crystallization (SPC) and laser-induced crystallization (LIC). As the AIC process occurs at the interface between a-Si and Al thin-films, there are various process and interface parameters. Also, it directly means that there is a certain parametric window to obtain p-Si of large grain size having uniform crystal orientation. In this article, we investigate the effect of the various process and interface parameters to obtain p-Si of large grain size and uniform crystal orientation from the literature review. We also suggest the potential use of the p-Si as a virtual substrate for the growth of various compound semiconductors in a form of low-dimension as well as thin-film as a way for their monolithic integration on Si.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.167-171
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• 2016

Background: TlBr is of considerable technological importance for radiation detection applications where detecting high-energy photons such as X-rays and ${\gamma}$-rays are of prime importance. However, there were few reports on investigating optical properties of TlBr itself for deeper understandings of this material and for making better radiation detection devices. Thus, in this paper, we report on the optical characterizations of TlBr single crystals. Spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) and photoluminescence (PL) measurements at RT were performed for this work. Materials and Methods: A 2-inch TlBr single crystalline ingot was grown by using the vertical Bridgman furnace. SE measurements were performed at RT within the photon energy range from 1.1 to 6.5 eV. PL measurements were performed at RT by using a home-made PL system equipped with a 266 nm-laser and a spectrometer. Results and Discussion: Dielectric responses from SE analysis were shown to be slightly different among the different samples possibly due to the different structural/optical properties. Also from the PL measurements, it was observed that the peak intensities of the middle samples were significantly higher than those of the other two samples. With the given values for permittivity of free space (${\varepsilon}_0=8.854{\times}10^{-12}F{\cdot}m^{-1}$), thickness (d = 1 mm), and area ($A=10{\times}10mm^2$) of the TlBr sample, capacitances of TlBr were 6.9 pF (at $h{\nu}=3eV$) and 4.4 pF (at $h{\nu}=6eV$), respectively. Conclusion: SE and PL measurement and analysis were performed to characterize TlBr samples from the optical perspective. It was observed that dielectric responses of different TlBr samples were slightly different due to the different material properties. PL measurements showed that the middle sample exhibited much stronger PL emission peaks due to the better material quality. From the SE analysis, optical, dielectric constants were extracted, and calculated capacitances were in the few pF range.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.179-186
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• 2007

[ $CdGa_2Se_4$ ] 단결정 박막을 수평 전기로에서 합성한 $CdGa_2Se_4$ 다결정을 증발원으로하여, hot wall epitaxy(HWE) 방법으로 증발원과 기판(반절연성-GaAs(100))의 온도를 각각 $630^{\circ}C,\;420^{\circ}C$로 고정하여 성장하였다. 이때 단결정 박막의 결정성은 광발광 스펙트럼과 이중결정 X-선 요동곡선(DCRC)으로 부터 구하였다. Hall 효과는 van der Pauw 방법에 의해 측정되었으며, 293K에서 운반자 농도와 이동도는 각각 $8.27{\times}10^{17}cm^{-3},\;345cm^2/V{\cdot}s$였다. $CdGa_2Se_4/SI$(Semi-Insulated) GaAs(100) 단결정 박막의 광흡수와 광전류 spectra를 293K에서 10K까지 측정하였다. 광흡수 스펙트럼으로부터 band gap $E_g(T)$는 Varshni 공식에 따라 계산한 결과 $E_g(T)=2.6400eV-(7.721{\times}10^{-4}eV/K)T^2/(T+399K)$였다. 광전류 스펙트럼으로부터 Hamilton matrix(Hopfield quasicubic mode)법으로 계산한 결과 crystal field splitting 에너지 ${\Delta}cr$값이 106.5meV이며 spinorbit 에너지 ${\Delta}so$값은 418.9meV임을 확인하였다. 10K일 때 광전류 세 봉우리들은 $A_{1^-},\;B_{1^-}$와 $C_{11}-exciton$ 봉우리임을 알았다.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.235-241
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• 1997

실리콘 기판위에 초고진공 Ionized Cluster Beam(UHV-ICB)증착법으로 적층 성장시 킨 $Y_2O_3$ 박막의 결정성 및 구조를 Backscattering Spectroscopy(BS)/channeling을 이용하여 분석하였다. 현재까지 타증착법에 의해 성장된 $Y_2O_3$박막의 channeling 최소수율은 0.8~0.95 로 거의 비정질이거나 다결정이었다. 이에 반해 UHV-ICB법으로 Si(100), Si(111) 기판 위에 적층 성장시킨 $Y_2O_3$ 박막의 channeling 최소수율은 각각 0.28, 0.25로 UHV-ICB법으로 성장 시킨 $Y_2O_3$박막이 타증착법으로 성장시킨 박막보다 상대적으로 우수한 결정성을 지니고 있 었다. 또한 실리콘 기판의 방향에 관계없이 $Y_2O_3$박막의 표면 영역이 계면 영역보다 결정성 이 좋았다. Si(111) 위에 적층 성장한 Y2O3박막은 실리콘 결정과 $0.1^{\circ}$어긋나서 (111)면으로 성장하였고, Si(100) 위에 적층 성장한 $Y_2O_3$박막은 실리콘 결정과 평행하게 double domain 구조를 지닌 (110)면으로 성장하였다. 산소공명 BS/channeling 결과 Si(111) 위에 적층 성장 한 $Y_2O_3$박막의 산소는 결정성을 갖고 있으나 Si(100) 위에 적층 성장한 $Y_2O_3$박막의 산소는 random하게 분포하고 있음을 확인하였다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.147-153
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)와 poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) (EVA) 혼합으로 구성된 막을 통한 단일기체($N_2$, $O_2$, $CO_2$)의 투과 성질을 조사하였다. FT-IR 분석 결과 제조된 막에서 새로운 흡수피크는 보이지 않았는데, 이것은 PEO와 EVA가 물리적으로 혼합되었음을 나타낸다. SEM 관찰에서는 PEO/EVA 혼합 매트릭스에서 EVA 함량이 증가함에 따라 PEO의 결정상이 감소함을 보여 주었다. DSC 분석결과 PEO/EVA 혼합막의 결정화도는 EVA 함량이 증가함에 따라 감소하였다. 기체투과 실험은 4~8 bar의 공급압력에서 이루어졌다. PEO/EVA 혼합막에서 $CO_2$의 투과도는 공급 압력 증가에 따라 증가하였다. 그러나 $N_2$와 $O_2$의 투과도는 공급 압력에 무관하였다. 반면에, PEO/ EVA 혼합막의 모든 기체의 투과도는 반결정성 PEO에서 무정형 EVA의 함량이 증가함에 따라 증가하였다. 특히, 40 wt% EVA 혼합막은 64 Barrer의 $CO_2$ 투과도와 61.5의 $CO_2/N_2$ 이상선택도를 보였다. 높은 $CO_2$ 투과도와 $CO_2/N_2$ 이상선택도는 PEO의 극성 에테르기 또는 EVA의 극성 에스터기와 극성 $CO_2$ 간의 강한 친화성에 기인한다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.73-79
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• 2013

Crystalline silicon solar cells with $SiN_x/SiN_x$ and $SiN_x/SiO_x$ double layer anti-reflection coatings(ARC) were studied in this paper. Optimizing passivation effect and optical properties of $SiN_x$ and $SiO_x$ layer deposited by PECVD was performed prior to double layer application. When the refractive index (n) of silicon nitride was varied in range of 1.9~2.3, silicon wafer deposited with silicon nitride layer of 80 nm thickness and n= 2.2 showed the effective lifetime of $1,370{\mu}m$. Silicon nitride with n= 1.9 had the smallest extinction coefficient among these conditions. Silicon oxide layer with 110 nm thickness and n= 1.46 showed the extinction coefficient spectrum near to zero in the 300~1,100 nm region, similar to silicon nitride with n= 1.9. Thus silicon nitride with n= 1.9 and silicon oxide with n= 1.46 would be proper as the upper ARC layer with low extinction coefficient, and silicon nitride with n=2.2 as the lower layer with good passivation effect. As a result, the double layer AR coated silicon wafer showed lower surface reflection and so more light absorption, compared with $SiN_x$ single layer. With the completed solar cell with $SiN_x/SiN_x$ of n= 2.2/1.9 and $SiN_x/SiO_x$ of n= 2.2/1.46, the electrical characteristics was improved as ${\Delta}V_{oc}$= 3.7 mV, ${\Delta}_{sc}=0.11mA/cm^2$ and ${\Delta}V_{oc}$=5.2 mV, ${\Delta}J_{sc}=0.23mA/cm^2$, respectively. It led to the efficiency improvement as 0.1% and 0.23%.

• 물과 미래
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.73-81
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• 1981

암반 지하수의 개발이 현재 국내에서 활발히 진행되고 있으나, 이들 심부 지하수를 배태하고 있는 각종 암류에 대한 그 수리 지질학적인 산출상태를 규명키 위한 연구가 전무한 상태였다. 대체적으로 심부 지하수는 지하 심부에서 발원 형성된 지질학적인 일 및 이차 공극내에 저유된 것으로 그 산출상태가 가장 양호한 암류는 화산암류, 퇴적암류, 변성퇴적암 및 편암, 안산암류, 편마암류 및 화강암의 순이다. 특히 규모가 큰 단층, 파쇄대와 같은 이차 공극이 잘 발달되어 있는 저지대에서의 암반, 지하수의 산출상태는 규모가 적은 절리, 층리와 같은 일 및 이차 공극이 발달된 고지대보다 그 산출상태가 각 암류별로 310% 이상 높다. 특히 결정질암에 대한 적정정호 심도를 구해 본 결과 그 심도는 80m이였다.