• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.52 no.2
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• pp.141-153
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• 2014

Droplet based microfluidic systems have been developed for the application of biological and chemical research field. A picoliter droplet in microfluidic device provides a compartmentalized and well-defined reactor in miniaturized system. The microfluidic system with small droplets can reduce reagent cost and enhance efficiency through automated high-throughput screening system. In this review, we summarize the functionality of droplet based microfluidic system including droplet generation, precise droplet control, and various applications. In addition, this article reviews current applications in chemistry and biology, and discuss advantages of droplet based microfluidics compared with conventional manner.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.641-647
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• 2016

A drop-on-demand inkjet is used widely for various applications. Therefore, it is important to understand the jetting behavior of the drop from the piezo inkjet. In this study, to predict the jetting behavior, VOF (Volume-of-Fluid) simulation techniques were used and compared with the experimental results. The experimentally measured meniscus movement was used as the input data for the simulation. To verify the simulation, the measured jetting behavior of the mixture fluids of ethylene glycol and IPA (isopropyl alcohol), which has a mixing ratio of 50:50, was used. The numerical simulation of the drop formation using various mixture ratios and its comparison with the measured drop formation confirmed that the proposed method can predict the actual jetting. On the other hand, the satellite drop behavior showed slight differences because the small sized droplet is subject to a more aerodynamic effect during flight because the kinetic energy of the satellite droplet is far smaller than that of the main droplet.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.48 no.5
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• pp.545-555
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• 2010

Recently, droplet-based microfluidic systems are widely used in various areas ranging from fundamental science including chemistry, biology, and physics to material science and engineering. This article reviews recent development in the droplet based microfluidic system from basic fabrication of tiny device, principle of droplet formation, merging, mixing, control of droplets, and application for the synthesis of novel functional materials. We discuss strong advantages of the droplet based microfluidics in point of control of particle size, morphologies, shapes, and structures.

• 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.80-83
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• 2004

This experiment has been carried out to measure the process of droplet formation between water phase fluid$(PVA\;3\%)$ and organic phase fluid(oil), Internal and External flow fields measured by a Dynamic Micro-PIV method Water-in-oil(W/O) droplets successfully generated at a cross junction and Y junction. Internal and external flow fields were measured when the droplet grew up, stretched and separated.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.587-593
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• 2004

In this paper, flow characteristics of plasma flow in a micro-tube were investigated experimentally using micro particle image velocimetry(micro-PIV). For comparison, the experiments were repeated for deionized(DI) wale. instead of plasma. Both velocity profiles of plasma and do-ionized water are well agreed with the theoretical velocity distribution of newtonian fluid. We also carried out generating plasma-in-oil droplet formation at a Y-junction microchannel. In order to clarify the hydrodynamic aspects involved in plasma droplet formation, Rhodamine-B were mixed with plasma only for visualization of plasma droplet. With oil as the continuous phase and plasma as the dispersed phase, plasma droplet can be generated in a continuous phase flow at a Y-junction. For given experimental parameters, regular-sized droplets are reproducibly formed at a uniform flow conditions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.325-325
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• 2012

1차원구속 반도체인 nanowires (NWs)는 전기적, 광학적으로 일반 bulk구조와 다른 특성을 가지고 있어서 현재 많은 연구가 되고 있다. 일반적으로 NWs는 Au 등의 금속 촉매를 이용하여 성장을 하게 되는데 이때 촉매가 오염물로 작용을 해서 결함을 만들어서 bandgap내에 defect level을 형성하게 된다. 본 연구는 Si (111) 기판 위에 GaAs NWs 와 InAs NWs를 촉매를 이용하지 않고 성장 하였다. vapour-liquid-solid (VLS)방법으로 성장하는 GaAs NWs는 Ga의 droplet을 이용하게 되는데 Ga이 Si 기판위에 자연 산화막에 존재하는 핀홀(pinhole)로 이동하여 1차적으로 Ga droplet 형성하고 이후 공급되는 Ga과 As은 SiO2 보다 GaAs와 sticking coefficient 가 좋기 때문에 Ga drolept을 중심으로 빠른 선택적 성장을 하게 되면서 NWs로 성장을 하게 된다. 반면에 InAs NWs를 성장 할 시에 droplet 방법으로 성장을 하게 되면 NWs가 아닌 박막 형태로 성장을 하게 되는데 이것으로 InAs과 GaAs의 $SiO_2$와의 sticking coefficient 의 차이를 추측을 할 수 있다. InAs NWs는 GaAs NWs는 달리 native oxide를 이용하지 않고 InAs 과 Si 사이의 11.5%의 큰 lattice mismatch를 이용한다. 이종의 epitaxy 방법에는 크게 3종류 (Frank-van der Merwe mode, Stranski-Krastanov mode, Volmer-Weber mode)가 있는데 각기 다른 adatom 과 surface의 adhesive force로 나누어지게 된다. 이 중 Volmer-Weber mode epitaxy는 adatom 의 cohesive force가 surface와의 adhesive force보다 큰 경우 성장 되는 방식으로 InAs NWs 는 이 방식을 이용한다. 즉 droplet을 이용하지 않는 vapour-solid (VS) 방법으로 성장을 하였다. 이 때 In 의 migration을 억제하기 위해서 VLS mode 의 GaAs NWs 보다 As의 공급을 10배 이상 하였다. FE-SEM 분석 결과 GaAs NWs는 Ga droplet을 확인 할 수 있었고 InAs NWs는 droplet이 존재하지 않았다. GaAs와 InAs NW는 density와 length가 V/III가 높을수록 증가 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.155-155
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• 2011

반도체 양자링은 양자점과 같이 효율이 높은 광학 소자 및 전자 소자에 응용 가능할 뿐 아니라, 양자점과는 다른 흥미로운 현상 연구가 가능하기 때문에 지속적으로 연구되고 있는 양자 구조이다. 특히, 반도체 양자링은 다양한 양자 구조를 형성하기 위한 기초 구조로 사용될 수 있으므로, 반도체 양자링 구조의 형성 메카니즘을 연구하는 것 또한 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE)를 이용하여 N-type (100) GaAs 기판 위에 GaAs 양자 구조를 형성하였다. As4 분압의 영향, 즉 3-5 ratio가 표면 양자 구조 변화에 미치는 영향을 관찰하기 위해 3족과 5족을 분리하여 성장하는 전형적인 성장 방식인, droplet epitaxy mode를 사용하였다. 성장 온도, Ga metal droplet 밀도 등의 조건을 고정하고 Arsenic 분압을 1e-5 torr부터 3e-8 torr로 감소시켰을 때 표면 이미지를 AFM과 SEM으로 관찰하였다. As4 분압이 1e-5 torr일 때 양자점의 표면 형상을 보여주다가 As4 분압을 줄여갈수록 양자점의 크기가 증가하면서 As4 분압 1e-6 torr에서는 SEM 이미지 상으로도 분명한 양자링을 관찰할 수 있었다. 특히 주목할 것은 As4 분압 1e-6 torr에서 더 줄여갈수록 양자링 중앙 부분의 낮은 부분이 점점 넓어졌다는 점이다. 이것은 As4 분압 1e-6 torr 이상의 조건이 As4와 Ga atom이 결합하여 GaAs 양자점을 형성하는데 적절한 3-5 ratio의 조건인 반면, 그보다 적은 As4 분압에서는 As4와 결합하지 못한 Ga atom의 표면 migration에 의한 driving force로 인해 양자링이 형성되었다고 추측할 수 있다. 이렇게 형성된 양자링을 열처리 후 macro-PL 측정을 통해 광학적 특성을 보고자 하였다. 그 결과 같은 조건에서 열처리되어 PL 측정한 양자점의 에너지에 비해 peak position이 blue shift한 것을 볼 수 있었다. 이것은 As4를 제외한 같은 조건에서 성장된 양자 구조에서 양자링의 경우 양자점에 비해 그 높이가 낮음을 추측해 볼 수 있다. 양자 구조의 모양과 광학 특성의 관계를 밝히기 위해 추후 추가 측정 및 분석이 필요할 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.39-47
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• 2007

This paper describes an experimental study on the droplet formation and the subsequent motion in a microchannel having a cross junction. While one kind of liquid (pure water or water-surfactant mixture) is drawn into a horizontal inlet channel, the other kind (oil) is introduced through two vertical inlet channels. Due to the effect of surface tension on the interface between the two fluids, the droplets of the first fluid are formed near the cross junction. In this study, we have found that the droplet formation is affected even by slight difference in the surface tension. When the surface tension between two fluids is decreased, the droplet size is decreased in order to keep the equilibration between the pressure and the surface tension. In addition, the time interval between each of the droplet formations is decreased and the distance between droplets is also decreased when the surface tension is decreased.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05b
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• pp.2702-2707
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to calculate the behavior of molecules for the generation of homogeneous thin-films in the process of spray deposition. The calculation system was composed of a suface molecular region and droplet molecular region. The thin-film was generated when droplet molecules fell to surface molecules. Lennard-Jones potential had been used as intermolecular potential, and only attraction 때 d repulsion had been used for the behavior of the droplet on the solid surface. As results, the behavior of the droplet was so much influenced by the surface temperature in the spray deposition process. High temperature of surface has higher porosity and larger spread area. It was found that simulation results generally agreed well with previous the experimental results. This simulation result will be the foundation for the deposition processes of industry.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.548-550
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• 2010

The droplet motion on a flat substrate with contact angle hysteresis is studied by solving the equations governing the conservation of mass and momentum. The liquid- gas interface is determined by an level-set method which is based on a sharp-interface representation for accurately imposing the matching or coupling conditions at the interface. The method is modified to treat the dynamic contact angle at the liquid-gas-solid interface. The computations are performed to investigate a droplet impact and merging pattern on a flat substrate to find a optimal condition in a micro-line patterning process. The effects of dynamic contact angles on droplet motion are quantified.