• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권spc8호
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• pp.3057-3062
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• 2011

We have synthesized and characterized the first cyclic co-oligomeric ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs) based on cyclic siloxanes and found that the co-oligomer containing two different mesogenic units exhibits $SmC^*$ mesophase over a wide temperature range from $65^{\circ}C$ to $135^{\circ}C$, much wider than those of the monomer counterparts and the cyclic homo-oligomers. The cyclic co-oligomeric liquid crystal readily filled the display cell and exhibited fast switching times in the range of 4 ms to 6 ms over the entire $SmC^*$ phase. Moreover, the practical absence of layer shrinkage, attributed to de Vries-type transition, shows an additional significant advanage for cyclic co-oligomeric FLCs in LCD applications.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권10호
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• pp.2973-2977
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• 2013

In this study, we developed a liquid crystal (LC)-based optical sensor for monitoring enzymatic activity through orientational changes in liquid crystals (LCs) coupled to the properties of a poly-${\small{L}}$-lysine (PLL)-based polymeric membrane. We prepared a PLL-based polymeric membrane at the planar interface between the thermotropic liquid crystal and aqueous phases. The PLL-based polymeric membrane was obtained by contacting the PLL solution with water immiscible LCs, 4-cyano-4'-pentyl-biphenyl (5CB) doped with adipoyl chloride. We then investigated the membrane properties by examining the permeability of the membrane to phospholipids, 1,2-didodecanoyl-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DLPC). The permeability of the membrane to transport phospholipids was monitored through the orientational transition of 5CB in contact with the dispersions of DLPC. Since trypsin can enzymatically catalyze the hydrolysis of PLL, we incubated an aqueous trypsin solution with the membrane for 2 h at room temperature to cause an increase in the permeability of the polymeric membrane to DLPC. As a result, a bright to dark optical shift of LCs was observed, which implied that an enzymatic reaction between trypsin and PLL-based membrane occurred. Two control experiments using chymotrypsin and bovine serum albumin (BSA) revealed no sign of improved permeability based on the orientational transition of LCs.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.892-897
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• 2001

Variations of dielectric and piezoelectric properties and associated phase transformation of <001> -oriented rhombohedral 0.92Pb (Zn$\sub$1/3/Nb$\sub$2/3/)O$_3$-0.08PbTiO$_3$ single crystals were investigated. The longitudinal strain level was found to abruptly increase at 15 kV/cm, corresponding to that where an induced phase appears within a multidomain matrix. Drastic decreases in the dielectric constant, transverse coupling, and transverse piezoelectric coefficient associated with the E-field induced phase were the result of increased crystal anisotropy in PZN-PT crystals. By contrast, the thickness coupling increased from 53 % at 0 kV/cm to 64 % at 45 kV/cm, also associated with this phase transition under the E-field. The measured dielectric and piezflelectric properties found for the induced phase state were nearly identical to those of <001> poled tetragonal (1-x)PZN-xPT (x>0.1) crystals. Based on these results, it is evident that the symmetry of induced phase is tetragonal.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2023

Transition metal (Me = Cu, Fe, Ni) doped (Pr, Ba)Co₂O_5+𝛿 (PBCO) material were investigated in terms of electronic structure change and electrochemical properties. It was confirmed that (Pr, Ba)(Co, Cu)O_5+𝛿 (PBCCu) and (Pr, Ba)(Co, Fe)O_5+𝛿 (PBCFe) showed cubic and orthorhombic structures, respectively, but (Pr, Ba)(Co, Ni)O_5+𝛿 (PBCNi) showed secondary phases. PBCCu has an average particle diameter of 1093 nm, and PBCO and PBCFe have an average particle diameter of 495.1 nm and 728 nm, respectively. The average oxidation values of B site ions in PBCMe were calculated to be 3.26 (PBCO), 2.48 (PBCCu), 3.32 (PBCFe), and valence band maximum (VBM) was -0.42 eV (PBCO), -0.58 eV (PBCCu), -0.11 eV (PBCFe). It is expected that PBCCu easily interacts with adsorbed oxygen due to the lowest oxidation value and the highest VBM. The polarization resistance was 0.91 Ω cm² (PBCO), 0.77 Ω cm² (PBCCu), 1.06 Ω cm² (PBCFe) at 600℃, showing the lowest polarization resistance of PBCCu.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.463-469
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• 1999

$K_3$$Li_2$$Nb_5$$O_{15}$KLN) 단결정을 $K_x$$Li_{1-x}$$NbO_3$의 조성에서 x= 0.04~0.6으로 결정성장방법으로 성장시켰다. 균열이 없는 양질의 결정성장을 위해 c축 및 a축 방향을 택하였고, 단결정 성장을 위한 최적의 조건에 대하여 연구하였다. 성장된 결정은 편광현미경 관찰을 통해 일축성 무늬를 볼수 있었고, X-선 회절실험에서 결정된 격자상수는 a=b=12.500 $\AA$, c=3.996$\AA$이었으며, 1HF : $2HNO_3$ 용액의 부식에서 c축 방향으로 정사각형 및 a축 방향으로 직사각형의 부식상을 볼수 있었다. 광투과율 측정과 온도에 따른 유전상수 측정등을 통해 KLN 결정의 광학적 특성 및 다른 조성을 갖는 시료에서 유전특성을 조사하였다. $420^{\circ}C$에서 상전이 온도를 갖는 결정은 확산상전이(diffuse phase transition) 특성을 갖는 반면 $493^{\circ}C$에서 상전이 온도를 보이는 결정은 날카로운(shap) 유전특성을 나타내었다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.471-478
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• 2011

Investigations of crystal structure and phase transition of $Pb(Zr_{0.52}Ti_{0.48})O_3$ ceramics doped with A-site substitution impurity (La, Nd) or B-site substitution impurity (Sb, Nb) at 2 mol% concentration were carried out. X-ray diffraction patterns of impurities doped $Pb(Zr_{0.52}Ti_{0.48})O_3$ ceramics have been measured at pressures up to ~5 GPa with diamond anvil cell and synchrotron radiation. The patterns were obtained at room temperature using methanol-ethanol mixture as pressure-transmitting media. In order to refine the crystal structure, Rietveld analysis has been performed. The structures of impurities doped $Pb(Zr_{0.52}Ti_{0.48})O_3$ ceramics are tetragonal in space group P4mm at ambient pressure and are transformed into a cubic phase in space group Pm$\bar{3}$m as the pressure increases. In this study, when A-site substitution donor $La^{3+}$ or $Nd^{3+}$ ion was added to $Pb(Zr_{0.52}Ti_{0.48})O_3$ ceramics, the phase transition phenomena showed up at the pressure of 2.5~4.6 GPa, but when B-site substitution donor $Nb^{5+}$ or $Sb^{5+}$ ion was added to it, the phase transition appeared at relatively lower pressure of 1.7~2.6 GPa.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.233-235
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• 2004

Shaped single crystals of Bi : $Y_3Ga_5O_{12}$(Bi = 0.041, 0.047 and 0.061 mol%) were grown by the micro-pulling-down method. Optical absorption spectra show an absorption band at 288 nm ascribed to the lowest energy $6s^2$ \longrightarrow 6s6p transition of $Bi^{3+}$ , while luminescence spectra demonstrate the band at 314 nm ascribed to the reverse radiative transition of the excited $Bi^{3+}$ centres. At room temperature, dominant decay time component was found to be about 440 ns with a minor slower component 580 ns.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.332-342
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• 1995

실리콘 알콕사이드 용액의 졸-겔 전이에 있어서 반응조건에 중요한 영향을 미치는 인자에 대하여 Raman 분광분석을 기초로 해서 고찰해 보았다. 촉매의 종류, 용매, 건조제어용 화학첨가제 및 물의 양과 같은 여러 가지 인자가 졸-겔 과정에 있어 전이메카니즘에 영향을 주었다.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.264-268
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• 2001

표면계의 분배함수를 적절히 계산하여 유도하였다. 흡착등온식을 유도하였다. 유도된 흡작등온식의 분석을 통하여 표면상변이 현상은 흡착분자간에 강한 인력이 존재할 때 일어나는 것임을 보였다. 얻어진 이론적 결과는 실험 사실을 잘 설명한다는 것을 알수 있었다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.440-443
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• 1999

The morphology and composition of anodic films, formed on aluminium at various current densities, in the range 1-$100{\;}Am^{-2}$, in the molten bisulphate melt at different temperatures (418-498K), have been studied using transmission electron microscopy of ultramicrotomed film sections, and ion beam thinned films. From the structural analysis of the electron diffraction patterns taken from the ultramicrotomed sections and ion beam thinned films, it can be concluded that the crystal modification process from ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3{\;}to{\;}{\alpha}-Al_2O_3$ proceeds in the following steps : (equation omitted)