• Journal of ILASS-Korea
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.65-69
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• 2015

In this study, the thermal performance of vehicle's cooling system is experimentally investigated using the water/coolant-based $Al_2O_3$ nanofluids as working fluids. For the purpose, the water/coolant-based $Al_2O_3$ nanofluids are prepared by twostep method with gum arabic. In order to obtain the well-suspended nanofluids, the agglomerated $Al_2O_3$ nanoparticles are precipitated using centrifugal force and the experiments are performed with supernatant of them. The thermal conductivity is measured by transient hot wire method and the thermal conductivity of nanofluids is enhanced up to 4.8% as compared to that of base fluids. Moreover, the cooling performance of water/coolant-based $Al_2O_3$ nanofluids is evaluated using vehicle's engine simulator under the constant RPM condition. The results show that the cooling performance of automobile engine increases up to 5.9% using prepared nanofluids. To investigate the effect of nanofluids on exhaust gas, the $NO_x$ emission is measured during the operation with respect to time and 10.3% of $NO_x$ emission is decreased. The experimental results imply that the water/coolant-based $Al_2O_3$ nanofluids might be used as a next-generation vehicles' coolant

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.162.2-162.2
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• 2015

플렉서블 디스플레이에 사용되는 투명전극은 벤딩에 의한 인장(tensile) 및 압축(compressive) 스트레스 하에서도 전극의 특성이 지속적으로 유지되어야 한다. 기존 OLED소자의 투명전극으로 사용되던 인듐산화물(ITO, Indium Tin Oxide)는 인듐(Indium)의 희소성 문제뿐만 아니라 벤딩에 대한 복원력이 나쁜 것으로 알려져 플렉서블 디스플레이에는 적합하지 않은 것으로 알려져 있다. 벤딩에 강하고 복원력이 우수한 투명전극 재료가 필요하게 되었다. 본 연구에서는 PEN (Polyethylene Naphthalate) 유연기판 상에 그래핀(Graphene)전극을 구현하여 벤딩에 대한 저항특성을 관찰하였고 일반적으로 많이 사용하는 Aluminum 전극과의 비교를 통해 광효율을 지속적으로 유지할 수 있는 플렉서블 OLED용 전극구현 가능성을 연구하였다. 일반적으로 Al금속은 인장 스트레스를 받음에 따라 저항이 증가하고 다시 복원되면 저항이 감소하는 특성을 갖고 있는데 인장 스트레스에 따라 저항과 늘어난 길이와의 관계는 다음과 같다. $R/R0=(L/L0)^2$ ----------------------------------------- (1) 그러나 반복된 스트레스가 가해질 경우 Al 금속 전극은 복원력을 잃고 저항이 원래대로 돌아가지 않는 문제가 발생하는데 반해 그래핀은 벌집모양의 구조를 갖고 있어 벤딩에 대한 강도가 셀 뿐만 아니라 고탄력으로 인해 복원력이 우수하여 여러 싸이클(cycle)의 벤딩 실험에 의해서도 복원력이 지속적으로 유지되었다. Al 금속 전극의 경우 벤딩 각도 또는 정도에 따라 복원력이 유지되는 구간이 있으나 반복적인 벤딩 싸이클에 의해 복원력이 감소하여 인장 스트레스에 의한 저항 증가 후 스트레스 제거 시 저항 감소가 되지 않는데 24시간 동안 전기 저항 변화를 관찰하면 수시간 후에나 저항이 어느 수준까지만 복원되는 것을 확인할 수 있었으나 복원에 오랜 시간이 소요된다는 점에서 그래핀과 비교가 된다. SEM(Scanning electron microscopy) 분석을 통해 인장 스트레스 인가/제거를 반복함에 따라 Al 금속표면이 표면에 열화되는 것을 확인하였으나 그래핀에서는 나타나지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 높은 투과도와 우수한 전기적 특성을 가지는 그래핀 투명 전도성 전극이 다양한벤딩 조건에서도 뛰어난 복원 특성을 보이는 것을 밝혀내어 차세대 투명 전극 물질로 개발하고자 하였다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.19 no.11
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• pp.596-600
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• 2009

Electrochemical deposition characteristics of CdSe nanorods were investigated for hybrid solar cell applications. CdSe nanorods were fabricated by electrochemical method in $CdSO_4$ and $H_2SeO_3$ dissolved aqueous solution using an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template. Uniformity of CdSe nanorods was dependent on the diameter and the height of holes in AAO. The current density, current mode, bath composition and temperature were controlled to obtain a 1:1 atomic composition of CdSe. CdSe nanorods deposited by direct-current method showed better uniformity compared to those deposited by purse-current and/or purse-reverse current methods due to the bottom-up filling characteristics. $H_2SeO_3$ concentration showed more significant effects on pH of solution and stoichiometry of deposits compared to that of $CdSO_4$. A 1:1 stoichiometry of uniform CdSe nanorods was obtained from 0.25M $CdSO_4-5$ mM $H_2SeO_3$ electrolytes with a direct current of 10 $mA/cm^2$ at room temperature. X-ray diffraction and electron diffraction pattern investigations demonstrate that CdSe nanorods are a uniform cubic CdSe crystal.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.233-245
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• 1996

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of thermocycling on bond strength between metal and resin cement according to thermocycling, and to observe the bond failure modes with optical microscope(X30). For this purpose, Super-Bond C & B and Panavia 21 resin cement were used. Metal specimens were made of Vera-Bond and the surface of specimens were sandblasted with $50{\mu}m$ aluminum oxide. All experimental groups were stored in $37^{\circ}C$ distilled water for 72 hours, followed by thermocycling between $5^{\circ}C$ and $55^{\circ}C$ with 15 second dwell time. 500, 1000, 2000 cycles of thermocycling were executed and the tensile bond strength was measured by Instron Universal Testing Machine(Model 4201) The obtained results were as follows : 1. Super-Bond C & B and Panavia 21 did not show statistically significant difference accor-ding to thermocycling test(P>0.05). 2. Super-Bond C & B specimens exhibited statistically significant higher tensile bond stre-ngth than Panavia 21 for all experimental groups(P<0.05). 3. Super-Bond C & B exhibited mixed mode failure with partial adhesive and partial cohe-sive failure, and most of Panavia 21 exhibited cohesive failure and some mixed mode failure.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.506-513
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• 1998

This study was designed to compare the smoothness by glazing method with that by polishing method after 48 specimens of Ceramco II block, one of porcelain materials used for PFM, were baked according to the manufacturer's directions. The specimens were roughened with new green stone at 15,000rpm for 30 seconds and sandblasted with $25{\mu}$aluminum oxide for 15 seconds. They were divided into 4 groups at random, and 4 groups were prepared as follows : Group I : specimens were autoglazed and overpolished with polishing system. Group II : specimens were polished with only polishing system. Group III : specimens were glazed after adding glazing liquid, vitachrom 'L'-fluid (vita zahnfabrik co. Germany) to the rough surface Group V : specimens were just autoglazed Using the surface roughness tester, Ra, Rmax. and Rz were estimated 5 times per specimen, and recording process of mean value was repeated 3 times. The results were as follows : 1. The Ra of group I and group II was lower than group III and group IV (p<001). 2. There was lower value of Rz in group I and group II than group III and group IV (p<001). 3. The Rmax of group I (overpolished with polishing system after autoglazing) and group II (polished with only polishing system) was lower than group III (glazed after adding glazing liquid) and group IV (autoglazed) (p<001). 4. There was not a statistically significant difference between group I and II and between group III and IV (p>001). 5. The roughness was increase in order of group I, II, III, IV in SEM

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.41-48
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• 2017

Herein, we have fabricated an ultrathin aluminum oxide ($Al_2O_3$) coated PP separator by using a RF sputter deposition process. Approximately 20 nm thickness coating layer on the bare PP separator was formed at the power of 55 W for 2 minutes without thermal damage. Whereas only permeability of the coated separator was degraded slightly, other properties such as thermal stability, uptake amount of liquid electrolyte, and ionic conductivity were improved comparing to the bare PP separator. As a result, an only 20-nm-thick $Al_2O_3$ coating layer could improve the rate capability compared with a bare PP separator under a high current density.

• The Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.103-117
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• 1997

The purpose of this experiment was to determind whether the gold electrodeposit on Pd-Ag and Ni-Cr alloys influences on the shear bond strength between veneering resin and silicoated metal surface. All the metal specimens were sandblasted with $250{\mu}m$ aluminum oxide and followed by silicoating and resin veneering. According to the metal surfaces to be veneered, experimental groups were divided into five. Group Prec : Gold alloy without gold coating Group Semi : Pd-Ag alloy without gold coating Group Base : Ni-Cr alloy without gold coating Group Semi-G : Pd-Ag alloy with gold coating Group Base-G : Ni-Cr alloy with gold coating All specimens were thermocycled 1,000 times at temperature of $5^{\circ}C$ to $55^{\circ}C$. The effects of gold electrodeposit on the shear bond strength between resin and metal interface were measured and fractured surface of the resin veneered metal was examined under the scaning electron microscope. The following results were obtained 1. The shear bond strength between resin and metal was $64.51{\pm}11.11Kg/cm^2$ in Prec group, $62.77{\pm}11.23Kg/cm^2$ in Base group and $58.97{\pm}9.20Kg/cm^2$ in Semi Group. There was no significant difference among the groups. 2. The bond strength in groups Semi-G and Base-G decreased about 17%, compared to the nongold-electrodeposit groups(Semi, Base). 3. In groups of non electrodeposit(Prec, Semi, Base), fracture occurred at the interface between alloy and resin, while fracture interface was observed between gold coating and resin in group Semi-G, and between metal substrate and gold coating in group Base-G respectively.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.39 no.12
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• pp.921-925
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• 2015

The number of people suffering from renal disease increases every year. One of the most common treatments (clinical care options) for renal diseases is hemodialysis. However it takes a long time and has a high cost. Therefore, the importance of artificial kidney research has risen. Filtering creatinine from blood is one of the prime renal functions. Thus, we designed a novel two channel microfluidic chip focused on that function. In order to bond the individual polydimethylsiloxane layers, we have developed a housing system using acrylic plastic frame. This method has significant advantages in changing filter membranes. We use anodic aluminum oxide for the filter membrane. We analyzed the difference in the absorbance values for various creatinine concentrations using the Jaffe reaction. For the purpose of acquiring a standard equation to quantify the creatinine concentration, we interpolated the measured data and confirmed the concentration of the filtered solution. Through this experiment, we determined how the filtration efficiency depended on the flow rate and creatinine concentration.

• Current Photovoltaic Research
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.63-67
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• 2017

Aluminum oxide ($Al_2O_3$) film deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) is known to supply excellent surface passivation properties on crystalline Si surface. The quality of passivation layer is important for high-efficiency silicon solar cell. double-layer structures have many advantages over single-layer materials. $Al_2O_3/SiN_X$ passivation stacks have been widely adopted for high- efficiency silicon solar cells. The first layer, $Al_2O_3$, passivates the surface, while $SiN_X$ acts as a hydrogen source that saturates silicon dangling bonds during annealing treatment. We explored the properties on passivation film of $Al_2O_3/SiN_X$ stack layer with changing the conditions. For the post annealing temperature, it was found that $500^{\circ}C$ is the most suitable temperature to improvement surface passivation.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.154-158
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• 2005

Organic molecules have many properties that make them attractive for electronic applications. We have been examining the progress of memory cell by using molecular-scale switch to give an example of the application using both nano scale components and Si-technology. In this study, molecular electronic devices were fabricated with amino style derivatives as redox-active component. This molecule is amphiphilic to allow monolayer formation by the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) method and then this LB monolayer is inserted between two metal electrodes. According to the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics, it was found that the devices show remarkable hysteresis behavior and can be used as memory devices at ambient conditions, when aluminum oxide layer was existed on bottom electrode. The diode-like characteristics were measured only, when Pt layer was existed as bottom electrode. It was also found that this metal layer interacts with organic molecules and acts as a protecting layer, when thin Ti layer was inserted between the organic molecular layer and Al top electrode. These electrical properties of the devices may be applicable to active components for the memory and/or logic gates in the future.