• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.08a
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• pp.234-234
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• 2012

고효율 저전력 고휘도를 장점으로 가지고 있는 OLED의 개선을 위하여 수많은 재료와 기술이 연구되어 왔다. 전기적 손실의 방지를 위하여 다양한 재료가 연구되고 있지만 그 중에서도 가장 각광받는 것은 그래핀이다. 그래핀(graphene)은 탄소원자가 육각형 벌집 모양 배열의 격자구조를 가지는 원자 단층 두께의 물질이다. 그래핀은 에너지와 역격자의 k 벡터가 선형적으로 비례하며 전도띠(conduction band)와 가전자띠(valence band)가 한 점에서 만나는 구조를 가지는 특징으로 인해 매우 빠른 전하 이동도(Mobility)를 가지고 있다. 이와 같은 그래핀의 특성을 이용하여 전극 층으로 이용함으로써 소자 특성의 개선이 가능할 것으로 예상되었다. $1{\times}1$ inch Glass에 ITO 대신에 그래핀을 증착한 후 Spin coater를 사용하여 PEDOT을 각각 1,000 rpm, 2,000 rpm으로 도포 하였다. 그 후 HTL (Hole transport latey), ETL (Electron-transport layer), EML (Emissive layer), EIL (Electron injection layer)를 순차적으로 증착 하여 소자를 제작하였다. 발광층에는 유기물질 Alq3를 사용하여 녹색광을 방출하도록 하였다. Spin coater의 rpm에 따라 전도성 고분자의 두께가 결정이 되는데, rpm이 높을수록 두께가 얇으며, 얇을수록 소비전력 효율이 낮다. 하지만 전류밀도 특성이 균일하지 못한 것을 확인하였다. 휘도 효율 특성은 PEDOT의 두께가 얇을수록 동일한 전압에서 휘도가 낮은것을 확인 하였다. 또한 ITO를 이용한 동일 공정의 OLED와 비교하였을 때 상대적으로 낮은 휘도와 전류 효율특성을 보였지만, 전류밀도는 상대적으로 그래핀이 높은 것으로 확인되었다. 본 연구를 바탕으로 그래핀 소자의 개선이 이루어진다면 더욱 높은 효율과 휘도를 낼 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.425.1-425.1
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• 2016

고온의 플라즈마를 긴 펄스 및 장시간 연속운전 유지기술 개발 및 연구를 위해서는 플라즈마는 더욱 가열되어야 하고, 고온 고밀도의 플즈마 상태를 유지시켜야 한다. 이러한 고성능 플라즈마 개발은 향후 핵융합 에너지의 상용화를 위한 절대필수적 기반기술이다. 현재 KSTAR 토카막에서는 플라즈마를 가열하기 위한 장치들 중 하나로서, 출력 6 MW 급의 중성입자빔을 입사하는 NBI (Neutral Beam Injection) 가열장치가 설치 운영 중에 있다. 이 NBI 가열장치는 진공환경에서 고온, 고압, 고전압 방전 및 수냉 등이 작동 및 운전되고 있기 때문에, 구성 부품 들의 미세한 구조적 결함에도 장치의 치명적 failed로 이어질 수 있다. 이번 연구에서는 NBI 가열장치의 특성상 극한 운전 환경에 있는 진공용기 부품 중 하나 인 빔인출을 위한 가속 그리드 (accelerating grid)의 구조적 손상및 결함 여부를 고속중성자 이미지 기법을 적용하여 내부를 투시 진단하였다. 가속 그리드는 copper로 제작되었고, 빔인출을 위한 원형의 구멍과 냉각관을 가진 평면판 형태로 되었다. 본 연구에서 내부투시 및 진단할 수 있는 고속중성자 이미징 기법의 적용으로 진공용기 부품 및 장치의 구조적 결함 및 손상 여부를 판단 가능하다는 연구 결과를 얻었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.348-348
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• 2016

Low dark current (off-current) and high photo current are both essential for a solution processed organic photodetector (OPD) to achieve high photo-responsivity. Currently, most OPDs utilize a bulk heterojunction (BHJ) photo-active layer that is prepared by the one-step deposition of a polymer:fullerene blend solution. However, the BHJ structure is the main cause of the high dark current in solution processed OPDs. It is revealed that the detectivity and spectral responsivity of the OPD can be improved by utilizing a photo-active layer consisting of an interdiffused polymer/fullerene bilayer (ID-BL). This ID-BL is prepared by the sequential solution deposition (SqD) of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6] phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) solutions. The ID-BL OPD is found to prevent undesirable electron injection from the hole collecting electrode to the ID-BL photo-active layer resulting in a reduced dark current in the ID-BL OPD. Based on dark current and external quantum efficiency (EQE) analysis, the detectivity of the ID-BL OPD is determined to be $7.60{\times}1011$ Jones at 620 nm. This value is 3.4 times higher than that of BHJ OPDs. Furthermore, compared to BHJ OPDs, the ID-BL OPD exhibited a more consistent spectral response in the range of 400 - 660 nm.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.150.2-150.2
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• 2015

In this study, we analyzed the electric and optical characteristics by using various deposition rate ($0.5{\AA}$, $1.0{\AA}$ and $1.5{\AA}/s$) in order to enhance the performance in organic light-emitting devices (OLED). The organic multi-layer structures were deposited with NPB ($500{\AA}$ as hole transport layer), Alq3 ($600{\AA}$ as electron transport layer and emission layer) and LiF ($8{\AA}$ as electron injection layer) via SUNIC PLUS200 on Glass/ITO substrates. In this experiment, we examined the relationship between porous state of organic deposition and mobility of the organic materials. Among the three deposition rates, $0.5{\AA}/s$ achieved the highest performance of (10,786cd/m2, 4.387cd/A) comparing with that of $1{\AA}/s$ (7,779cd/m2, 3.281cd/A) and $1.5{\AA}/s$ (5,167cd/m2, 2.693cd/A). We confirmed that low deposition rate helps to arrange organic materials densely and to move easily another atomic location using inter-chain transporting by orbital overlap.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.146-146
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• 2015

We report the enhanced performance of poly(N-vinylcarbozole) (PVK)/poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS)-based quantum-dot light-emitting diodes by inserting the polyaniline:poly (p-styrenesulfonic acid) (PANI:PSS) interlayer. The QD-LED with PANI:PSS interlayer exhibited a higher luminance and luminous current efficiency than that without PANI:PSS. Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy results exhibited different electronic energy alignments of QD-LEDs with/without the PANI:PSS interlayer. By inserting the PANI:PSS interlayer, the hole-injection barrier at the QD layer/PVK interface was reduced from 1.45 to 1.23 eV via the energy level down-shift of the PVK layer. The reduced barrier height alleviated the interface carrier charging responsible for the deterioration of the current and luminance efficiency. This suggests that the insertion of PANI:PSS interlayer in QD-LEDs contributed to (i) increase the p-type conductivity and (ii) reduce the hole barrier height of QDs/PVK, which are critical factors leading to improve the efficiency of QD-LEDs.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.209.2-209.2
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• 2015

Two dimensional layered materials, such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) family have been attracted significant attention due to novel physical and chemical properties. Among them, molybdenum disulfide ($MoS_2$) has novel physical phenomena such as absence of dangling bonds, lack of inversion symmetry, valley degrees of freedom. Previous studies have shown that the interface of metal/$MoS_2$ contacts significantly affects device performance due to presence of a scalable Schottky barrier height at their interface, resulting voltage drops and restricting carrier injection. In this study, we report a new device structure by using few-layer graphene as the bottom interconnections, in order to offer Schottky barrier free contact to bi-layer $MoS_2$. The fabrication of process start with mechanically exfoliates bulk graphite that served as the source/drain electrodes. The semiconducting $MoS_2$ flake was deposited onto a $SiO_2$ (280 nm-thick)/Si substrate in which graphene electrodes were pre-deposited. To evaluate the barrier height of contact, we employed thermionic-emission theory to describe our experimental findings. We demonstrate that, the Schottky barrier height dramatically decreases from 300 to 0 meV as function of gate voltages, and further becomes negative values. Our findings suggested that, few-layer graphene could be able to realize ohmic contact and to provide new opportunities in ohmic formations.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.1045-1050
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• 2011

This study proposed the new pressing method under heat for the plastic automotive interior part in order to make embossing on the skin of the raw material of the part. The raw material is laid on the lower mold and it is pressed by the upper one with embossing shape. The air is suctioned from the inside of both molds for producing tension and making embossing shapes on the skin of the part without its breakage. The corresponding molds and test machines are made and the proposed manufacturing process is validated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.280-280
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• 2013

Using both experimentaland theoretical methods, we have investigated the structural and electronic properties of self-assembled two-dimensional organic molecule (hexaaza-triphenylene-hexacarbonitrile, HATCN), which is used as an efficient OLED hole injection material, on Au(111) surfaces. Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope (STM) measurements revealed that self-assembled linear and hexagonal porous structures are formed at atomic steps and terraces of Au(111), respectively. We also found that the hexagonal porous structure have chirality and forms only small (＜1,000 nm2) phase-separated chiral domains that can easily change their chiral phase in subsequence STM images at 80 K. To explain these observations, we calculated the molecular-molecular and molecule-surface interaction energies by using first-principles density functional theory method. We found that the change of their chiral phase resulted from the competition between the two energies. These results have not only verified our experimental observations, but also revealed the delicate balance between different interactions that caused the self-assembed structures at the surface.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.496-496
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• 2013

스마트윈도우는 디스플레이, 산업용 외장재 등 다양한 분야에 응용이 가능하며, 특히 전기변색을 이용한 디바이스는 나노코팅 기술을 통한 나노입자 및 나노가공제어 등 나노융합기술을 접목할 수 있다. 전기변색 디바이스는유리 또는 필름 기판소재를 통해 제작이 가능하며, 본 연구에서는 전기변색의 산화, 환원반응에 의해 재료의 광특성이 가역적으로 변화할 수 있는 물질을 증착하여 기존 라미네이터 및 Sol-Gel방식의 전해질보다 열화현상에의한 성능저하를 막아주는 박막전해질 코팅 연구이다. 전기변색 소자는 외부 인가 전압(external voltage)에 의해 유도된 전하의 주입(injection) 과 추출(extraction)을 통하여 그 광학적 특성(optical property)을 가역적으로(reversibly) 변 화시킬 수 있는 특징을 가지고 있다. 전기변색소재의 원리를 간략하게 설명하면 대표적인 환원착색 물질인 전기변색층(WO, MoO, Nb2O5 등)으로 Li+ 또는 H+과 전자가 주입되면 전기변색되고 방출 시는 투명하게 되며, 반대로산화착색 물질인(V2O5, NiO, IrO, MnO 등)으로 Li+ 또는 H+과 전자가 방출되면 변색되고 주입되면 투명하게 되는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 전자가 주입되는 환원착색물질인 WO와 함께 Ta2O5박막을 증착하여 광학적특성을 연구하고 박막의 두께 및 전압인가에따른 변색 및 응답속도를 연구하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.59-63
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• 2017

We present a multi-sample array device based on a pneumatic system. Solenoid valves were used to control a micro valve in a pneumatic system. The use of a compressor together with a vacuum pump ensured that one outlet could supply both compression and vacuum pressure. The multi-sample array device was fabricated using conventional photolithography and PDMS casting. The device was composed of a multiplexer, sample array, and rinsing. The multiplexer could control four sample solutions injecting into the sample array chamber. Sample solution not arrayed was removed by DI-water from the rinsing inlet. To prevent trapping of microbubbles in the channel during injection of sample solution into the device, surfactant was added in PDMS solution to serve as a hydrophilic surface treatment. As a result, the device could be used as a sample array for 64 cases, using four samples and three columns of three chambers.