• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.251.1-251.1
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• 2014

Oraganic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) 소자의 광추출 효율을 향상시키기 위한 방안으로 나노급 사이즈의 고 굴절률 패턴을 기판의 내부 패턴에 적용하였다. 100 nm 및 300 nm의 직경을 갖는 Si3N4 나노 패턴을 나노 임프린트 리소그래피와 건식 식각 공정을 통하여 OLED의 유리기판에 형성을 하였다. 그리고 Silicon On Glass (SOG) 물질을 패턴이 전사된 기판에 스핀 코팅으로 평탄화 공정을 진행 함으로써 OLED소자의 전기적인 특성이 떨어지는 문제점을 개선하였다. 그러고 나서 Si3N4 나노 패턴이 형성되고 평탄화 공정을 마친 기판상 OLED 소자를 제작하였다. OLED의 발광층에서 발생한 빛은 Si3N4 나노패턴에 의해 산란되어 광 추출 효율을 개선할 수 있다. 본 연구에서 두 가지 종류 100nm, 300nm 높이의 Si3N4 나노패턴으로 높이에 따른 광 추출 효율을 비교하고자 OLED 소자를 제작하였다. 기판에 Si3N4 패턴이 형성된 OLED의 효율은 Si3N4 300nm에서 13.1% 증가하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.276-276
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• 2014

High-performance, fully-transparent, and top-gated oxide thin-film transistor (TFT) was successfully fabricated with Ta2O5 high-k gate dielectric on a glass substrate. Through a self-passivation with the gate dielectric and top electrode, the top-gated oxide TFT was not affected from H2O and O2 causing the electrical instability. Heat-treated InSnO (ITO) was used as the top and source/drain electrode with a low resistance and a transparent property in visible region. A InGaZnO (IGZO) thin-film was used as a active channel with a broad optical bandgap of 3.72 eV and transparent property. In addition, using a X-ray diffraction, amorphous phase of IGZO thin-film was observed until it was heat-treated at 500 oC. The fabricated device was demonstrated that an applied electric field efficiently controlled electron transfer in the IGZO active channel using the Ta2O5 gate dielectric. With the transparent ITO electrodes and IGZO active channel, the fabricated oxide TFT on a glass substrate showed optical transparency and high carrier mobility. These results expected that the top-gated oxide TFT with the high-k gate dielectric accelerates the realization of presence of fully-transparent electronics.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.08a
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• pp.283-283
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 XRR 측정에 있어 박막두께 표준보급을 하기 위하여 표준물질을 이온빔 스퍼터링 증착법을 이용하여 제작하였다. 시편제작 시 공기 중 노출에 의해 산화가 되지 않는 산화물 박막과 산화물 기판을 선택하였다. 기판 및 타겟물질 등을 변화시키면서 제작된 시편의 특성을 살펴보았다. 사용된 타겟 물질로는 HfO2, Ta2O5, Cr2O3를 사용하였으며, 기판으로는 glass, sapphire, quartz, SiO2(1 ${\mu}m$-thermal oxidation)를 사용하였다. 산화물 타겟을 사용하여 증착 시 타겟 주위로 생기는 전하들의 charge build-up 되는 현상은 neutralizer를 사용함으로써 문제를 해결하였다. 제작된 시편은 XRR을 이용하여 측정하였고, XRR simulation과 curve fitting을 통하여 박막의 두께, 표면 및 계면의 거칠기, 밀도를 평가하였다. 기판으로 사용된 glass, quartz는 타겟 물질과 관계없이 표면 거칠기가 좋지 않아 XRR 반사율이 급격히 떨어지면서 측정되는 각도의 영역이 작아졌다. sapphire로 제작한 시편에서는 측정된 데이터와 simulation의 curve fitting이 양호하지 않았다. 이 문제는 현재 조사중에 있다. SiO2 기판으로 제작한 시편의 경우 타겟 물질과 관계없이 XRR curve fitting 결과가 양호 하였다. 그 중 Cr2O3의 결과가 다른 타겟 물질에 비해 x 2 값이 작았고 반사율 곡선에서의 거칠기와 진폭도 양호하였다. 위 연구결과로써 SiO2 기판을 사용한 Cr2O3 타겟 물질로 제작된 시편이 XRR 박막 두께 표준물질로써 적합한 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.141-141
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• 2012

X-선 반사율 측정법(XRR)은 비파괴적인 측정방법과 수 nm의 두께를 정밀하게 측정할 수 있는 장점으로 인하여 반도체 산업현장에서 많은 관심과 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 이러한 XRR은 두께 분석 측정의 정밀도를 향상시키고 부정확한 결과를 방지하기 위하여 측정기기를 검증하고 보정할 수 있는 두께 표준물질을 필요로 하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 XRR용 두께 표준물질을 이온빔 스퍼터링 증착방법을 이용하여 제작하였다. 두께 표준물질 제작에 있어 공기 중 노출에 의해 산화가 되지 않는 산화물 박막과 산화물 기판을 선택하였다. 후보물질은 glass, sapphire, quartz, SiO2기판과 HfO2, Ta2O5, Cr2O3 산화물 타켓을 이용하여 박막을 제작하였다. 제작된 후 보물질은 교정된 XRR을 통하여 박막의 두께, 계면 및 표면 거칠기, 밀도등 박막의 구조특성분석을 하였다. Glass, quartz의 경우 기판 표면 거칠기가 좋지 않아 제작된 샘플의 X-선 반사율 곡선이 급격히 떨어지면서 측정되는 각도의 영역이 작아졌다. Sapphire로 제작한 시편은 측정된 데이터와 simulation의 curve fitting이 양호하지 않았다. 이 중 SiO2기판을 사용하고 HfO2박막을 증착한 샘플이 다른 후보물질보다 XRR curve fitting 결과가 가장 양호하여 두께 표준물질로 응용하기에 적절하였다. 그리고 AFM (Atomic Force MicroScope)을 이용하여 기판의 거칠기 및 증착한 박막표면 거칠기 측정을 하였고, TEM (Transmission Electron Microscope)으로 두께 측정을 하여 XRR로 얻은 데이터와 비교하였다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 XRR용 두께 표준물질 제작할 수 있었고, 추후 불확도 평가 및 비교실험을 통하여 제작된 XRR용 두께 표준물질을 이용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.557-557
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• 2012

Silicatein-${\alpha}$, the enzyme extracted from silica spicules in glass sponges, has been studied extensively in the way of chemistry from 1999, in which the pioneering work by Morse, D. E. - the discovery of the enzymatic hydrolysis in Silicatein-${\alpha}$ - was published. Since its reaction conditions are physiologically favored, synthesis of various materials, such as gallium oxide, zirconium oxide, and silicon oxide, was achieved without any hazardous wastes. Although some groups synthesized oxide films and particles, they have not achieved yet controlled morphogenesis in the reaction conditions mentioned above. With the knowledge of catalytic triad involved in hydrolysis of silicone alkoxide and oligomerization of silicic acid, we designed the novel peptide amphiphiles to not only form self-assembled structure, but also display similar activities to silicatein-${\alpha}$. Designed templates were able to self-assemble into left-handed helices for the peptide amphiphiles with L-form amino acid, catalyzing polycondensation of silicic acids onto the surface of them. It led to the formation of silica helices with 30-50 nm diameters. These results were characterized by various techniques, including SEM, TEM, and STEM. Given the situation that nano-bio-technology, the bio-applicable technology in nanometer scale, has been attracting considerable attention; this result could be applied to the latest applications in biotechnology, such as biosensors, lab-on-a-chip, biocompatible nanodevices.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.168-168
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 Molybdenum oxide (MoOx)-doped 4,4',4"-tris[2-naphthyl(amino)] triphenylamine(2-TNATA)의 P-doping에 의한 hole ohmic contact과 fullerene (C60)/lithium (LiF)의 electron ohmic contact에 의한 All Ohmic contact를 이용한 유기 발광 다이오드 (OLEDs)의 광저항 특성의 향상을 설명한다. 이 소자의 성능은 MoOx-doped 2-TNATA의 두께와 도핑농도에 큰 영향을 받는다. glass/ITO/MoOx-doped 2-TNATA (100 nm)/Al 구조의 소자에서 MoOx-doped 2-TNATA 도핑 농도가 25%에서 75%로 증가할수록 hole only device의 hole ohmic 특성이 향상됐다. 그 이유는 p-type doping effect 때문이다. 또한 photoemission spectra 분석결과, p-type doping effect는 hole-injecting barrier 높이는 낮추고, hole conductivity는 향상되었다. 이것은 2-TNATA에 도핑된 MoOx의 전하전송 콤플렉스의 형성으로 hole carrier의 수가 증가하여 발생되었다. MoOx-doped 2-TNATA의 hole ohmic contact과 fullerene (C60)/lithium fluoride (LiF)의 electron ohmic contact 으로 구성된 glass/ITO/MoOx-doped 2-TNATA (75%, 60 nm)/NPB (10 nm)/Alq3 (35 nm)/C60 (5 nm)/LiF (1 nm)/Al (150 nm)의 소자구조는 6,4V에서 127,600 cd/m2 최대 휘도와 약 1,000 cd/m2에서 4.7 lm/W의 높은 전력 효율을 보여준다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.512-513
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• 2013

Space and time resolved discharge images from an atmospheric pressure non-thermal Ar plasma jet have been observed by a ICCD camera to investigate the electron temperatures. Plasma jet device consisting of a syringe electrode inserted into a glass tube has been introduced. A high voltage is applied to the syringe electrode. The syringe needle has an outer diameter of 1.8 mm, an inner diameter of 1.3 mm, and a total length of 39.0 mm. The needle is inserted into a glass tube of outer diameter 2.4 mm and inner diameter 2.0 mm, and a total length of 80.0 mm. The Ar plasma propagation speed on the cathode has been shown to be about 2.1 km/s at input discharge voltage of 3.6 kV, discharge current of 19.9 mA and driving frequency of about 45 kHz. Particularly, the electron temperature in plasma jet were found to be about 1.8 eV at input discharge voltage of 3.6 kV and driving frequency of 45 kHz, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.15-22
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• 2003

This study deals with the collection of solar energy and its storage in evacuated tubular collector systems for different types of header design, flow passage and heat transfer devices. In order to elicit the most efficient combination of header design, flow passage, heat transfer hardware and operating conditions, a series of tests were done for the four different types of solar collectors utilizing vacuum tubes. The systems studied here either has the evacuated collector tubes with a metal cap on one end or the all-glass evacuated solar collector tubes These evacuated tubular collectors are known to be more efficient than the flat-plate ones in both direct and diffuse solar radiation. Test results show that the system comprised of the all-glass evacuated tubes with U-shaped copper pipes inside outperforms the other configurations. Especially, a rolled copper sheet tightly placed along the inner surface of each inner tube enhances heat transfer between the heated collector surface and the water contained in the U-shaped copper pipe.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.30-35
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• 2000

Indium-Tin Oxide (ITO) thin films were deposited on the commercial glass substrate by rf-magnetron sputtering. The ITO films with the thickness of 2,000~2,400 $\AA$ were prepared by changing the oxygen partial pressures of 2, 3, and 5%, as well as by changing the substrate temperature of $300^{\circ}C$ and $500^{\circ}C$. spectrophotometer, XRD, SEM, AFM, 4-point probe and Hall effect system were employed to characterize the ITO films. The optimum deposition conditions were the substrate temperature of $500^{\circ}C$ and oxygen partial pressure of 2-3%. At theses conditions, the ITO film showed the transmittance of 91%, the resistivity of $5.4\times10^{-3}\Omega$cm, the carrier concentration of $1.0\times10^{19}\textrm{cm}^{-3}$, and the carrier mobility of 150$\textrm{cm}^2$/Vsec. In XRD spectra, the (222) and (400) $In_2O_3$ planes were dominant under the optimum deposition conditions When the substrate was cleaned only by the method of ultrasonic cleaning without both pre-annealing and chemical treatment of the substrate, the ITO film exhibited the transmittance of 86%, the carrier concentration of $5.4\times10^{19}\textrm{cm}^{-3}$ and the mobility of 24$\textrm{cm}^2$/Vsec.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.319-319
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• 2010

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) based on plastic substrates have attracted much attention mainly due to extensive applications such as ubiquitous powers, as well as the practical reasons such as light weight, flexibility and roll-to-roll process. However, conventional high temperature fabrication technology for glass based DSSCs, cannot be applied to flexible devices because polymer substrates cannot withstand the heat more than $150^{\circ}C$. Therefore, low temperature fabrication process, without using a polymer binder or thermal sintering, was required to fabricate necked $TiO_2$. In this presentation, we proposed polymer-inorganic composite photoelectrode, which can be fabricated at low temperature. The concept of composite electrode takes an advantage of utilizing elastic properties of polymers, such as good impact strength. As an elastic material, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is selected because of its optical transparency and good adhesive properties. In this work, a polymer-inorganic composite electrode was constructed on FTO/glass substrate under low temperature sintering condition, from the mixture of PMMA and $TiO_2$ colloidal solution. The effect of PMMA composition on the photovoltaic property was investigated. Then, the enhanced mechanical stability of this composite electrode on ITO/PEN substrate was also demonstrated from bending test.