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Preparation of Anatase TiO2 Thin Films with (OiPr)2Ti(CH3COCHCONEt2)2 Precursor by MOCVD

  • Bae, Byoung-Jae;Lee, Kwang-Yeol;Seo, Won-Seok;Miah, Md. Arzu;Kim, Keun-Chong;Park, Joon T.
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.25 no.11
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    • pp.1661-1666
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    • 2004
  • The reaction of titanium tetraisopropoxide with 2 equiv of N,N-diethyl acetoacetamide affords Ti($O^iPr)_2(CH_3COCHCONEt_2)_2$ (1) as colorless crystals in 80% yield. Compound 1 is characterized by spectroscopic (Mass and $^1H/^{13}C$ NMR) and microanalytical data. Molecular structure of 1 has been determined by a single crystal X-ray diffraction study, which reveals that it is a monomeric, cis-diisopropoxide and contains a six coordinate Ti(IV) atom with a cis($CONEt_2$), trans($COCH_3$) configuration (1a) in a distorted octahedral environment. Variable-temperature $^1H$ NMR spectra of 1 indicate that it exists as an equilibrium mixture of cis, trans (1a) and cis, cis (1b) isomers in a 0.57 : 0.43 ratio at -20$^{\circ}C$ in toluene-$d_8$ solution. Thermal properties of 1 as a MOCVD precursor for titanium dioxide films have been evaluated by thermal gravimetric analysis and vapor pressure measurement. Thin films of pure anatase titanium dioxide (after annealing above 500$^{\circ}C$ under oxygen) have been grown on Si(100) with precursor 1 in the substrate temperature range of 350- 500$^{\circ}$ using a bubbler-based MOCVD method.

Investigation of Low-Temperature Processed Amorphous ZnO TFTs Using a Sol-Gel Method

  • Chae, Seong Won;Yun, Ho Jin;Yang, Seung Dong;Jeong, Jun Kyo;Park, Jung Hyun;Kim, Yu Jeong;Kim, Hyo Jin;Lee, Ga-Won
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.155-158
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    • 2017
  • In this paper, ZnO Thin Film Transistors (TFTs) were fabricated by a sol-gel method using a low-temperature process, and their physical and electrical characteristics were analyzed. To lower the process temperature to $200^{\circ}C$, we used a zinc nitrate hydrate ($Zn(NO_3)_2{\cdot}xH_2O$) precursor. Thermo Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA) analysis showed that the zinc nitrate hydrate precursor solution had 1.5% residual organics, much less than the 6.5% of zinc acetate dihydrate at $200^{\circ}C$. In the sol-gel method, organic materials in the precursor disrupt formation of a high-quality film, and high-temperature annealing is needed to remove the organic residuals, which implies that, by using zinc nitrate hydrate, ZnO devices can be fabricated at a much lower temperature. Using an X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD) and an X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS), $200^{\circ}C$ annealed ZnO film with zinc nitrate hydrate (ZnO (N)) was found to have an amorphous phase and much more oxygen vacancy ($V_o$) than Zn-O bonds. Despite no crystallinity, the ZnO (N) had conductance comparable to that of ZnO with zinc acetate dihydrate (ZnO (A)) annealed at $500^{\circ}C$ as in TFTs. These results show that sol-gel could be made a potent process for low-cost and flexible device applications by optimizing the precursors.

Evaluation of the fabrications and properties of ultra-thin film for memory device application (메모리소자 응용을 위한 초박막의 제작 및 특성 평가)

  • Jeong, Sang-Hyun;Choi, Haeng-Chul;Kim, Jae-Hyun;Park, Sang-Jin;Kim, Kwang-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.169-170
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    • 2006
  • In this study, ultra thin films of ferroelectric vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene (VF2-TrFE) copolymer were fabricated on degenerated Si (n+, $0.002\;{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$) using by spin coating method. A 1~5 wt% diluted solution of purified vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene (VF2:TrFE=70:30) in a dimethylformamide (DMF) solvent were prepared and deposited on silicon wafers at a spin rate of 2000~5000rpm for 30 seconds. After annealing in a vacuum ambient at $200^{\circ}C$ for 60 min, upper gold electrodes were deposited by vacuum evaporation for electrical measurement. X-ray diffraction results showed that the VF2-TrFE films on Si substrates had $\beta$-phase of copolymer structures. The capacitance on $n^+$-Si(100) wafer showed hysteresis behavior like a butterfly shape and this result indicates clearly that the dielectric films have ferroelectric properties. The typical measured remnant polarization (2Pr) and coercive filed (EC) values measured using a computer controlled a RT-66A standardized ferroelectric test system (Radiant Technologies) were about $0.54\;C/cm^2$ and 172 kV/cm, respectively, in an applied electric field of ${\pm}0.75\;MV/cm$.

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Fabrication and Characterization of Organic Thin-Film Transistors by Using Polymer Gate Electrode (고분자 게이트 전극을 이용한 유기박막 트랜지스터의 제조 및 소자성능에 관한 연구)

  • Jang, Hyun-Seok;Song, Ki-Gook;Kim, Sung-Hyun
    • Polymer(Korea)
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.370-374
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    • 2011
  • A conductive PANI solution was successfully fabricated by doping with camphorsulfonic acid and the polymerization of aniline and the confirmation of doping were characterized by FTIR spectroscopy. In organic thin film transistors, PANI gate electrodes were spin-coated on a PES substrate and their conductivity variations were monitored by a 4-probe method with different annealing temperatures. The surface properties of PANI thin films were investigated by an AFM and an optical microscope, OTFTs with PANI gate electrode had characteristics of carrier mobility as large as 0.15 $cm^2$/Vs and on/off ratio of $2.4{\times}10^6$, Au gate OTFTs with the same configuration were fabricated to investigate the effect of polymer gate electrode for the comparison of device performances. We could obtain the comparable performances of PANI devices to those of Au gate devices, resulting in an excellent alternative as an electrode in flexible OTFTs instead of an expensive Au electrode.

CdSe Nanocrystal Quantum Dots Based Hybrid Heterojunction Solar Cell

  • Jeong, So-Myung;Eom, S.;Park, H.;Lee, Soo-Hyoung;Han, Chang-Soo;Jeong, So-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2010.02a
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    • pp.93-93
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    • 2010
  • Semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots (NQDs) have recently attracted considerable interest for use in photovoltaics. Band gaps of NQDs can be tuned over a considerable range by varying the particle size thereby allowing enhance absorption of solar spectrum. NQDs, synthesized using colloidal routes, are solution processable and promise for a large-area fabrication. Recent advancements in multiple-exciton generation in NQD solutions have afforded possible efficiency improvements. Various architectures have attempted to utilize the NQDs in photovoltaics, such as NQD-sensitized solar cell, NQD-bulk-heterojuction solar cell and etc. Here we have fabricated CdSe NQDs with the band gap of 1.8 eV to 2.1 eV on thin-layers of p-type organic crystallites (1.61 eV) to realize a donor-acceptor type heterojuction solar cell. Simple structure as it was, we could control the interface of electrode-p-layer, and n-p-layer and monitor the following efficiency changes. Specifically, surface molecules adsorbed on the NQDs were critical to enhance the carrier transfer among the n-layer where we could verify by measuring the photo-response from the NQD layers only. Further modifying the annealing temperature after the deposition of NQDs on p-layers allowed higher conversion efficiencies in the device.

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Phase Transformation by Cu Diffusion of Electrolessly Deposited Ni-B Diffusion Barrier for Cu Interconnect (Cu 미세 배선을 위한 무전해 Ni-B 확산 방지막의 Cu 확산에 따른 상변태 거동)

  • Choi J. W.;Hwang G. H.;Song J. H.;Kang S. G.
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.15 no.11
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    • pp.735-740
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    • 2005
  • The phase transformation of Ni-B diffusion barrier by Cu diffusion was studied. The Ni-B diffusion barrier, thickness of 10(Inn, was electrolessly deposited on the electroplated Cu interconnect. The specimens were annealed either in Ar atmosphere or in $H_2$ atmosphere from $300^{\circ}C\;to\;800^{\circ}C$ for 30min, respectively. Although the Ni-B coated specimens showed the decomposition of $Ni_3B$ above $400^{\circ}C$ in both Ar atmosphere and $H_2$ atmosphere, Ni-B powders did not show the decomposition of $Ni_3B$. The $Ni_3B$ was decomposed to Ni and B in hi atmospherr: and the metallic Ni formed the solid solution with Cu and the free B was oxidized to $B_2O_3$. However, both the boron hydride and free B were not observed in the diffusion barrier after the annealing in $H_2$ atmos There. These results revealed that the decomposition of $Ni_3B$ by Cu made the Cu diffusion continued toward the Ni-B diffusion barrier.

ZnO Nanowires and P3HT Polymer Composite TFT Device (ZnO 나노선과 P3HT 폴리머를 이용한 유/무기 복합체 TFT 소자)

  • Moon, Kyeong-Ju;Choi, Ji-Hyuk;Kar, Jyoti Prakash;Myoung, Jae-Min
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.33-36
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    • 2009
  • Inorganic-organic composite thin-film-transistors (TFTs) of ZnO nanowire/Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) were investigated by changing the nanowire densities inside the composites. Crystalline ZnO nanowires were synthesized via an aqueous solution method at a low temperature, and the nanowire densities inside the composites were controlled by changing the ultrasonifiaction time. The channel layers were prepared with composites by spin-coating at 2000 rpm, which was followed by annealing in a vacuum at $100^{\circ}C$ for 10 hours. Au/inorganic-organic composite layer/$SiO_2$ structures were fabricated and the mobility, $I_{on}/I_{off}$ ratio, and threshold voltage were then measured to analyze the electrical characteristics of the channel layer. Compared with a P3HT TFT, the electrical properties of TFT were found to be improved after increasing the nanowire density inside the composites. The mobility of the P3HT TFT was approximately $10^{-4}cm^2/V{\cdot}s$. However, the mobility of the ZnO nanowire/P3HT composite TFT was increased by two orders compared to that of the P3HT TFT. In terms of the $I_{on}/I_{off}$ ratio, the composite device showed a two-fold increase compared to that of the P3HT TFT.

Effects of Resistant Starch on the Viscosity and Stability of Fat-Free Dressing (무지방 드레싱의 점도와 안정성에 미치는 저항전분의 효과)

  • Song, Ji-Young;No, Jun Hee;Shin, Malshick
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.253-260
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: To develop fat-free dressing containing a resistant starch (RS) as a dietary fiber, the viscosity and stability of various type RSes prepared from wheat, maize, potato, rice, waxy rice, and amaranth starches were investigated by using Brookfield viscometer. The shape of RS granule in the dressing during storage was also observed. Methods: The viscosity of fat free dressing with different retrograded RS3 (RS3V) prepared from waxy rice starch with 0.1% lemon vinegar and ascorbate mixed solution had higher RS3 that was maintained constant during storage. Annealing and heating prior to cross-linking, and heating after cross-linking increased RS level of RS4 type starches. Results: The viscosities and stabilities of dressings with RS were different depending on starch sources and RS preparation conditions. The heated RS4 (HRS4) increased in viscosity and stability with RS4 addition. Especially the fat-free dressings with HRS4 prepared from rice and waxy rice starches maintained stability regardless of separation after one month storage with only 7% separation after 6 month storages. The shape of RS4 granule in acidic medium of dressing did not change until 6 months. Conclusion: In this study, RS4 made by the rice and waxy rice starches showed high viscosity and maintained stability of the fat-free dressings during storage.

Neighbor Generation Strategies of Local Search for Permutation-based Combinatorial Optimization

  • Hwang, Junha
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.26 no.10
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    • pp.27-35
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    • 2021
  • Local search has been used to solve various combinatorial optimization problems. One of the most important factors in local search is the method of generating a neighbor solution. In this paper, we propose neighbor generation strategies of local search for permutation-based combinatorial optimization, and compare the performance of each strategies targeting the traveling salesman problem. In this paper, we propose a total of 10 neighbor generation strategies. Basically, we propose 4 new strategies such as Rotation in addition to the 4 strategies such as Swap which have been widely used in the past. In addition, there are Combined1 and Combined2, which are made by combining basic neighbor generation strategies. The experiment was performed by applying the basic local search, but changing only the neighbor generation strategy. As a result of the experiment, it was confirmed that the performance difference is large according to the neighbor generation strategy, and also confirmed that the performance of Combined2 is the best. In addition, it was confirmed that Combined2 shows better performance than the existing local search methods.

Granulations of SiOx Nanoparticles to Improve Electrochemical Properties as a Li-Ion Battery's Anode (리튬이온전지 음극용 SiOx 나노입자의 조대화를 통한 전기화학 특성 향상)

  • Lee, Bora;Lee, Jae Young;Jang, Boyun;Kim, Joonsoo;Kim, Sung-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.70-77
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    • 2019
  • $SiO_x$ nanoparticles were granulated, and their microstructures and effects on electrochemical behaviors were investigated. In spite of the promising electrochemical performance of $SiO_x$, nanoparticles have limitations such as high surface area, low density, and difficulty in handling during slurry processing. Granulation can be one solution. In this study, pelletizing and annealing were conducted to create particles with sizes of several decades of micron. Decrease in surface area directly influences the initial charge and discharge process when granules are applied as anode materials for Li-ion batteries. Lower surface area is key to decreasing the amount of irreversible phase-formation, such as $Li_2Si_2O_5$, $Li_2SiO_3$ and $Li_4SiO_4$, as well as forming the solid electrolyte interface. Additionally, aggregation of nanoparticles is required to obtain further enhancement of the electrochemical behavior due to restrictions that there be no $Li_4SiO_4$-related reaction during the first discharge process.