• Carbon letters
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.51-54
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• 2013

In this study, polyaniline (PANI)/graphene nanosheet (GNS) composites were synthesized through chemical oxidation polymerization by changing the weight ratio of aniline monomers. To examine the morphological structure of the composites, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were conducted. TEM results revealed that fibril-like PANI with a diameter of 50 nm was homogeneously coated on the surface of the GNS. The electrochemical properties of the composites were studied by cyclic voltammetry in 1 M $H_2SO_4$ electrolyte. Among the prepared samples, the PANI/GNS (having 40 wt% aniline content) showed the highest specific capacitance, 528 $Fg^{-1}$, at 10 $mVs^{-1}$. The improved performance was attributed to the GNS, which provides a large number of active sites and good electrical conductivity. The resulting composites are promising electrode materials for high capacitative supercapacitors.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.68-72
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• 2004

Sm-doped YBCO high $T_c$ superconductor was directionally grown by zone melt growth process in air atmosphere. Cylindrical green rods of $(Sm/Y)_{1.8}Ba_{2.4}Cu_{3.4}O_{7-x}$[(Sm/Y)1.8] oxides were fabricated by cold isostatic pressing (CIP) method using rubber mold. Based on the variation of melting temperature and growth rate, the microstructure and superconducting properties were systematically measured by using optical micrographs, TEM and SQUID magnetometer. In this study optimum melting temperature and growth rate were $1085^{\circ}C$ and 3.5 mm/hr respectively. Nonsuperconducting $(Sm/Y)_2BaCuO_5$ inclusions of (Sm/Y)1.8 superconductor were uniformly distributed within the superconducting (Sm/Y) $Ba_2Cu_3O^{7-x}$ matrix. The directionally melt-textured (Sm/Y)1.8 superconductor showed an onset $T_c$ $\geq$ 90K and sharp superconducting transition.

• Applied Microscopy
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.75-81
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• 1999

Optimum conditions for making the Au and Al internal standards for TEM have been determined experimentally. The Au internal standard was produced by sputter coating at 9mA for 100 seconds in low vacuum $(\leq1\times10^{-3})$. The Al internal standard was produced by evaporation coating at 7kV for 10 minutes in high vacuum $(\leq1\times10^{-5})$. Measurements of the lattice parameters of andalusite and albite feldspars with this Au internal standard resulted in errors of (a) $ \leq1.2%$ in precion and $\leq0.3%$ in accuracy for andalusite: (b) $\leq0.5%$ in precision and $\leq1.1%$ in accuracy for albite feldspars. The most significant error occurred from the measuring processes of distances and angles of electron diffraction patterns. By employing systematic procedures of measurement with high precision devices, this lattice parameter determination method utilizing the internal standard should be a good alternative to the conventional powder XRD method or the sophisticated CBED method for special samples.

• Applied Microscopy
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 2018

Cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) allows us to perform structural analysis of a analyses of large protein complexes, which are difficult to analyze using X-ray crystallography or nuclear magnetic resonance. The most common examples of proteins used are ribosomes and proteasomes. In this paper, we briefly describe the advantage of cryo-TEM and the process of two-dimensional classification by considering a human proteasome as an example.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.26-34
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• 1996

The white leather-like playgorskite occurs as a vein in the Cretaceous sedimentary rocks in the Yeongsan area, Kyeongnam, Korea. It has been investigate by means of XRD, TEM, DTA-TG, IR and chemical analysis. The palygorskite vein is composed mostly of well-crystallized palygorskite. The wall rock of the vein is altered to smectite along both sides of the vein. According to TEM observation the palygorskite shows a fibrous habit. The sizes offibers are quite variable, ranging from 0.1 to 3.0 micron in length. From XRD data, the palygorskite has orthorhombic unit cell with a=12.726$\AA$, b=17.796$\AA$, c=5.1666$\AA$. The chemical formula of the palygorskite was calculated as [Si7.93Al0.07](Al1.91Fe+30.11Mg1.96)Ca0.01O20(OH)4(OH2)2.

• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.49 no.6
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• pp.448-453
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• 2011

Pre-aging heat treatment after solution heat treatment (SHT) of Al-0.4 wt%Mg-1.2 wt%Si-0.1 wt%Mn alloy sheets for auto-bodies was carried out to investigate the effect of pre-aging and its conditions on the bake-hardening response. Mechanical properties were evaluated by a tensile and Vickers hardness test. Microstructural observation was also performed using a transmission electron microscope (TEM). It was revealed that pre-aging treatments play a great role in the bake-hardening response. In addition, it was found that the sphere-shaped nanosized clusters that can directly transit to the needle-shaped ${\beta}$" phase during the paint-bake process, not being dissolved into the matrix, are formed at 343 K. The result, reveals that the dominant factor of the bake-hardening response is the pre-aging temperature rather than the pre-aging time.

• Proceedings of the Korea Crystallographic Association Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.40-41
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• 2002

차세대 반도체 및 나노소자 산업에 대한 국제적 기술은 고밀도 직접화의 추세에 따라서 .게이트 산화막의 두께가 급속히 작아지는 추세이다. 지금까지 이산화규소(A1₂O₃)가 게이트 산화막으로 주로 사용되어 왔으나 점차 SiON 혹은 high k 박막으로 바뀌고 있다. 본 연구에서는 차세대 반도체 소자에 사용될 게이트 산화막 물질인 SiON 박막과 Al₂O₃박막에 대한 SE(Spectroscopic Ellipsometry)분석 모델을 확립하였고, SE 측정결과를 TEM, MEIS, XRR의 결과들과 비교하였다. SiON 박막의 굴절률 값은 Si₃N₄와 SiO₂가 물리적으로 혼합되어 있다고 가정하여 Bruggeman effective medium approximation을 사용하여 구하였다. 동일한 시료를 절단하여 TEM, MEIS, 그리고 XRR에 의하여 SiON 박막의 두께를 측정하였으며, 그 결과 SE와 XRR에 의해 얻어진 박막두께가 TEM과 MEIS의 결과 값보다 약 0.5 nm 크게 주어짐을 알 수 있었다(Table 1 참조). 본 연구결과는 비파괴적이며 비접촉식 측정방법인 SE가 2～4nm 두께의 초미세 SiON 박막의 두께와 N 농도의 상대적 값을 빠르고 쉽게 구할 수 있는 유용한 측정방법 임을 보여주었다. 기존의 게이트 산화물인 SiO₂를 대체할 후보 물질들 중의 하나인 A1₂O₃의 유전함수를 구하기 위하여 8 inch, p-type 실리콘 기판 위에 성장된 5 nm, 10 nm, 및 20 nm 두께의 A1₂O₃ 박막의 유전함수와 두께를 측정하였다. 이 시료들에 대한 SE data는 vacuum-UV spectroscopic ellipsometer를 사용하여 세 개의 입사각에서 0.75 eV에서 8.75 eV까지 0.05 eV 간격으로 측정되었다. A1₂O₃ 박막의 유전함수와 두께를 얻기 위하여 공기층/A1₂O₃ 박막/Si 기판으로 구성된 3상계 모델을 사용하였다. Si 기판에 대한 복소 유전함수는 문헌상의 값(1)을 사용하였고, A1₂O₃ 박막의 유전함수는 5개의 미지상수를 갖는 Tauc- Lorentz(TL) 분산함수(2)를 사용하였다. A1₂O₃ 박막의 경우 두께가 증가함에 따라서 굴절률이 커짐을 알 수 있었다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.13-21
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• 2004

The high voltage electron microscope (HVEM) newly installed in KBSI is an advanced transmission electron microscope capable of atomic resolution (${\leq}1.2{\AA}$ point-to-point resolution) together with high titling function (${\pm}60^{\circ}$), which are suitable to do 3-dimensional atomic imaging of a specimen. In addition, the instrument can be controlled by remote operation system, named as 'FasTEM' for the HVEM, which is favorable to overcome some environmental obstacles resulting from the direct operation. The FasTEM remote operation system has been established between the headquarter of KBSI in Daejeon and the Seoul branch. The server system in the headquarter has been connected with a portable client console system in the Seoul branch using an advanced internet resource, 'KOREN' of 155 Mbps grade. Most of the HVEM functions essential to do remote operation are available on the portable client console. The experiment to acquire the high resolution image of [001] Au has been achieved by excellent transmission of control signals and communication with the HVEM. Real-time reaction like direct operation, such as controls of the illumination and projection parameters, acquisition and adjustment of each detector signal, and electrical steering of each motor-driven system has been realized in remote site. It is positively anticipated that the first remote operation of HVEM in conjunction with IT infraengineering plays a important role in constructing the network based e-Science Grid in Korea for national user s facilities.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.13.1-13.1
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• 2007

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.499-504
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• 2000

Recently there have been many investigations on the synthesis and properties of transition metal trialuminides based on Ti, Zr, V, Nb and Ta for use aircraft structure materials in an elevated environment. The effect of Zr additions on the formation behaviour of Al-Nb alloy was investigated. Al-1.3at.%(Nb+Zr) alloys with different Nb to Zr atomic 1:3, 1:1 and 3:1 were prepared by mechanical alloying(MA). The morphological changes and microstructural evolution of Al-Nb-Zr powders during MA were investigated by SEM, XRD and TEM. The intermetallic compound phase of $Nb_2Al\; and\; Al_3Zr_4$ was identified by X-ray diffraction. The intemetallic compound of $Al_3Zr,\; Al_3Nb$ and $Al_3Zr_4$ were formed by heat treatment for 1 hour at $500^{\circ}C$. The size of intermetallic compounds observed by TEM were approximately below 100nm, when they were heat treated after mechanically alloying for 30 hours.