• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.181-191
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• 2007

The gemological charateristics of Gwangdong tektites and Baikdusan obsidians were investigated, using microscopy, density and refractive index measurements, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass spectrometry, X-ray powder diffraction, and electron microprobe analysis. The Gwangdong tektites and Baikdusan obsidians are both black in colour and slightly trans-lucent with various shades of brown when cut into a few mm thick. Both the materials yield conchoidal fracture on broken surface. The tektites occur as tear-drop shapes, ranging from 4 to 10 cm long, and in spheres, from 3 to 5 cm in diameter. On the surface numerous shallow pits up to 3 mm in diameter are present. Mohs' hardness and specific gravity are 5 to 5.5 and 2.66, respectively. The tektites are singly refractive, with an refractive index of 1.51. Numerous spherical air bubbles are randomly scattered throughout the tektites, and silica-rich glass inclusions are occasionally seen. X-ray powder diffraction analysis verifies that they are non-crystalline. The Baikdusan obsidians show very similar properties to those of the Gwangdong tektites, especially in hardness, amorphous nature and fracture. Nevertheless, the Baikdusan obsidian can readily be distinguished from the Gwangdong tektites by refractive index ($1.49{\sim}1.50$), specific gravity (2.67 to 2.68), and inclusions (absence of bubbles and presence of sanidine and magnetite crystals).

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.786-788
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• 2013

Molybdenum (Mo) thin film has high electrical conductivity and has been used for a back contact of CIGS thin film solar cell. Generally, the electrical conductivity and the adhesion between the substrate and the film is greatly affected by sputtering conditions such as sputtering power, working pressure, and substrate temperature. In this study, Mo films were deposited by DC magnetron sputtering technique. The influence of sputtering pressure on the electrical and structural properties of Mo films was investigated by using SEM(scanning electron microscope), XRD(X-ray Diffraction), 4-point probe, Reflectance, Hall measurement.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.127-134
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• 2011

We investigate the crystallographic orientation and strain states of the Ni/Ag ohmic contacts on p-type GaN. The Ag film in the Ni/Ag contact was severely agglomerated during high temperature annealing in air ambient. As a results, after annealing for 24 h, the Ni/Ag contact shows non-linear I-V curve and low light reflectance of ~21% at 460 nm wavelength. High-resolution X-ray diffraction results show that the interplanar spacing of Ag (111) planes is almost same to that of bilk Ag after annealing for 24 hrs, indicating that the in-plane tensile strain in the Ag film was fully relaxed due to the Ag agglomeration.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.104-104
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• 2011

ZnO는 3.37 eV의 넓은 에너지 밴드갭을 갖는 투명 전도성 반도체이며 우수한 전기적, 광학적 특성으로 인해 광원소자 개발을 위한 새로운 물질로 많은 주목을 받아왔다. 더욱이, ZnO는 쉽게 나노구조 형성이 가능하기 때문에 이를 응용한 가스센서, 염료감응태양전지, 광검출기 등의 소자 개발이 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 최근에는 GaN 기반 발광다이오드 (light emitting diode, LED)의 광추출 효율을 향상시키기 위한 ZnO 나노구조 응용에 관한 연구가 보고되고 있다. GaN 기반 LED의 경우 반도체 물질과 공기 사이의 높은 굴절률 차이로 인하여 낮은 광추출 효율을 나타낸다. 이를 해결하기 위한 방법으로 표면 roughening, texturing 등 에칭공정을 이용해 광추출 효율을 개선하려는 연구들이 보고되고 있으나, 복잡한 공정과정을 필요로 하고 에칭공정에 의한 소자 표면 손상으로 전기적 특성이 나빠질 수 있다. 반면 전기화학증착법으로 성장된 ZnO 나노구조를 이용할 때, 보다 간단한 방법으로 쉽고 빠르게 나노구조를 형성할 수 있고 낮은 공정온도를 가지기 때문에 소자의 전기적 특성에 큰 영향을 주지 않는다. 수직방향으로 잘 정렬된 ZnO 나노구조를 갖는 LED의 경우 내부 Fresnel 반사 손실을 효과적으로 줄여 발광 효율을 크게 향상시킬 수 있다. 따라서, ZnO 나노구조의 성장제어 및 성장특성을 분석하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 ITO glass 위에 ZnO 나노구조를 성장하고 그 특성을 분석하였다. ITO glass 기판 위에 RF magnetron 스퍼터를 사용하여 Al 도핑된 ZnO (AZO)를 얇게 증착한 후 전기화학증착법으로 ZnO 나노구조를 성장하였다. 농도, 인가전압, 공정시간 등 다양한 공정조건을 변화시키면서 성장 메커니즘을 분석하였고, scanning electron microscope (SEM) 및 X-ray diffraction (XRD)을 통하여 구조 및 결정성 등을 분석하였다. 또한, UV-Visible-NIR spectrophotometer를 사용하여 투과율을 실험적으로 측정하여 ZnO 나노구조의 광학적 특성을 분석하였고, rigorous coupled wave analysis (RCWA) 방법을 사용하여 계면에서 발생하는 내부 반사율을 계산함으로써 나노구조의 효과를 이론적으로 분석하였다.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.1-7
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• 2006

GOCi (Geostationary Ocean Color Imager) is one of the COMS payloads that KARI is currently developing and scheduled to be in operation from around 2008. Its primary objective is to monitor the Korean coastal water environmental condition. We report the current progress in development of the integrated optical model as one of the key analysis tools for the GOCI in-orbit performance verification. The model includes the Sun as the emitting light source. The curved Earth surface section of 2500 km x 2500 km includingthe Korean peninsular os defined as a Lambertian scattering surface consisted of land and sea surface. From its geostationary orbit, the GOCI optical system observes the reflected light from the surfaces with varying reflectance representing the changes in its environmental conditions. The optical ray tracing technique was used to demonstrate the GOCI in-orbit performances such as red tide detection. The computational concept, simulation results and its implications to the on-going development of GOCI are presented.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.111.2-111.2
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• 2012

정보 기술 시대에 맞춰 광전소자의 연구가 활발해지면서 투명전극으로 사용될 수 있는 Transparent Conductive Oxide (TCO) 재료에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 하지만 TCO의 대표적인 물질인 Indium Tin Oxide (ITO)의 경우 In의 가격 상승으로 인해 최근에는 낮은 전도도와 높은 투과도를 가질 수 있는 대체 물질에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그 중에서 3.2 eV 의 높은 밴드갭을 갖는 ZnO 는 가시광선 영역에서 높은 투과율을 나타낼 뿐만 아니라 Al, Ga을 도핑함으로써 낮은 전도도를 가질 수 있다. 이러한 TCO 재료는 surface texturing을 통하여 optical region 에서 반사를 억제 시킴으로서 빛을 모으는 역할을 하여 태양전지의 효율을 향상 시킬 수 있기 때문에 PV (Photovoltaics) Cell의 anti-reflective coating에 적용 할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 pulsed DC magnetron sputtering을 이용하여 Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) 박막을 증착하였고, HCl 0.5 wt %로 wet etching을 통하여 surface texturing을 진행하였다. 결정성은 X-ray diffractometer (XRD)로 분석하였으며, 표면 형상은 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)을 통해 확인하였다. Van der Pauw 방법을 통해 resistivity, carrier concentration, hall mobility 등의 전기적 특성을 분석하였고 UV-Vis spectrophotometer 를 통해 투과도 및 반사도를 측정하였다.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.209-215
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• 2002

This study investigated the crystal growth, crystalline structure and the basic optical properties of $SnSe/BaF_2$ epilayers. The SnSe epilayer was grown on $BaF_2$(111) insulating substrates using a hot wall epitaxy(HWE) technique. It was found from the analysis of X-ray diffraction patterns that $SnSe/BaF_2$ epilayer was growing to single crystal with orthorhombic structure oriented [111] along the growth direction. Using Rutherford back scattering(RBS), the atomic ratios of the SnSe was found to be stoichiometric, almost 50 : 50. The best values for the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the DCXRD was 163 arcsec for SnSe epilarer. The epilayer-thickness dependence of the FWHM of the DCXRD shows that the quality of the $SnSe/BaF_2$ is as expected. The dielectric function ${\varepsilon}$(E) of a semiconductor is closely related to its electronic energy band structure and such relation can be drawn from features around the critical points in the optical spectra. The real and imaginary parts(${\varepsilon}_1$ and ${\varepsilon}_2$) of the dielectric function ${\varepsilon}$ of SnSe were measured. These data are analyzed using a theoretical model known as the model dielectric function(MDF). The optical constants related to dielectric function such as the complex refractive index(n*-n+ik), absorption coefficient (${\alpha}$) and normal- incidence reflectivity (R) are also presented for $SnSe/BaF_2$.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.411-421
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to analyze the key factors that contribute to landslide causes through swelling clay minerals and terrain analysis in landslide sites taken place of in Yongin city, Gyeonggi-do, 2011. The study was conducted based on field survey by XRD (X-ray Diffraction), XRF (X-ray fluorescence), spectroscopic analysis on soil samples obtained from landslide sites and ASTER satellite image. Illite shows absorption features; $Fe^{2+}$ and $Fe^{3+}$ at 0.9 and $1.0{\mu}m$, broad water absorption features near 1.4 and $1.9{\mu}m$, and additional Al-hydroxyl features at 2.2, 2.3 and $2.4{\mu}m$, respectively. These absorption features are consistent with the bands 5, 6, and 7 of ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) satellite image. Illite image was extracted using band math of $SWIR_{Illite}$. From these results, we confirmed the applicability of ASTER satellite image using identification of swelling clay minerals to landslide study.

• Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.121-126
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• 2015

In general, the pearlescent pigment is a pigment which was used for optical characteristics like pearl, rainbow and metallic luster. Titanium dioxide coated mica plate developed by DuPont in 1965 is currently being used as a main part of pearlescent pigment for cosmetics. Although the smooth and clear surface substrate laminated with 2 ~ 3 ingredients is thicker than a previous monolayer coated substrate, it has been applied for cosmetics as the optical interference powder to realize stronger shine and brighter interference color than monolayer one. In this study, we developed a new optical interference powder with thinner and higher chroma than a current pearlescent pigment for the strong luster and bright interference color. It was prepared from the manufacturing process, in which the coated titanium dioxide precursor was changed and crystallized by coating and heat treatment process with a half of dividing the coated amount of titanium dioxide. We confirmed the dense coating of titanium dioxide grain with Scanning Electron Microscope and measured superior crystallization degree compared with a monolayer coated pearlescent pigment by X-ray Diffraction. It is concluded that our new pearlescent pigment had higher reflectivity of light and stronger interference color than previous products.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.45 no.3
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• pp.251-255
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• 2001

The structure of the lithium zinc borate LiZnBO3 has been established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. It crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1(Z=2), with unit-cell parameters - $a=5.0915(9)\AA$, $b=5.059(1)\AA$, $c=6.156(1)\AA$, $V=120.6(1)\AA3$ , $\alpha=65.81(1)^{\circ}$, $\beta=65.56(1)^{\circ}$ and $\gamma=59.77(1)^{\circ}$. The structure was determined from 704 unique reflections and refined to the final residuals R=0.039 and wR=0.056. It is characterized by an association of BO3 triangles and LiO4 and ZnO4 tetrahedra. The Li and Zn atoms are disordered around the average positions between Li1 and Li2 atoms or between Zn1 and Zn2 atoms. The disorder can be described by four half-occupied positions about Li1, Li2, Zn1 and Zn2 atoms.