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Plasmonic Nanosheet towards Biosensing Applications

  • Tamada, Kaoru
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2013.02a
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    • pp.105-106
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    • 2013
  • Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is classified into the propagating surface plasmon (PSP) excited on flat metal surfaces and the local surface plasmon (LSP) excited by metalnanoparticles. It is known that fluorescence signals are enhanced by these two SPR-fields.On the other hand, fluorescence is quenched by the energy transfer to metal (FRET). Bothphenomena are controlled by the distance between dyes and metals, and the degree offluorescence enhancement is determined by the correlation. In this study, we determined thecondition to achieve the maximum fluorescence enhancement by adjusting the distance of ametal nanoparticle 2D sheet and a quantum dots 2D sheet by the use of $SiO_2$ spacer layers. The 2D sheets consisting of myristate-capped Ag nanoparticles (AgMy nanosheets) wereprepared at the air-water interface and transferred onto hydrophobized gold thin films basedon the Langmuir-Schaefer (LS) method [1]. The $SiO_2$ sputtered films with different thickness (0~100 nm) were deposited on the AgMy nanosheet as an insulator. TOPO-cappedCdSe/CdZnS/ZnS quantum dots (QDs, ${\lambda}Ex=638nm$) [2] were also transferred onto the $SiO_2$ films by the LS method. The layered structure is schematically shown in Fig. 1. The result of fluorescence measurement is shown in Fig. 2. Without the $SiO_2$ layer, the fluorescence intensity of the layered QD film was lower than that of the original QDs layer, i.e., the quenching by FRET was predominant. When the $SiO_2$ thickness was increased, the fluorescence intensity of the layered QD film was higher than that of the original QDs layer, i.e., the SPR enhancement was predominant. The fluorescence intensity was maximal at the $SiO_2$ thickness of 20 nm, particularly when the LSPR absorption wavelength (${\lambda}=480nm$) was utilized for the excitation. This plasmonic nanosheet can be integrated intogreen or bio-devices as the creation point ofenhanced LSPR field.

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Multi-Functional Probe Recording: Field-Induced Recording and Near-Field Optical Readout

  • Park, Kang-Ho;Kim, Jeong-Yong;Song, Ki-Bong;Lee, Sung-Q;Kim, Jun-Ho;Kim, Eun-Kyoung
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.189-194
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    • 2004
  • We demonstrate a high-speed recording based on field-induced manipulation in combination with an optical reading of recorded bits on Au cluster films using the atomic force microscope (AFM) and the near-field scanning optical microscope (NSOM). We reproduced 50 nm-sized mounds by applying short electrical pulses to conducting tips in a non-contact mode as a writing process. The recorded marks were then optically read using bent fiber probes in a transmission mode. A strong enhancement of light transmission is attributed to the local surface plasmon excitation on the protruded dots.

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A Fast Harmonic Estimation Method for Low Bit Rate Harmonic Speech Coders

  • Park, Yong-Soo;Youn, Dae-Hee;Kang, Tae-lk
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.4E
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    • pp.24-30
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    • 2001
  • This paper describes a fast harmonic estimation, referred to as Delta Adjustment (DA), using a low resolution pitch. The presented DA method is based on modification of the Generalized Dual Excitation (GDE) technique[1] which was proposed to improve speech enhancement performance. We introduce the GDE technique and modify it to be suitable for low bit rate harmonic coding that uses only an integer pitch estimate. Unlike the GDE, the DA matches a frequency-warped version of the original spectrum that conforms to a fixed pitch at all harmonic bands. In addition, complexity and performance of the presented method are described in comparison with those of the conventional Fractional Pitch (FP) based harmonic estimation. Experimental results showed that the DA algorithm significantly reduces the complexity of the FP method while maintaining the performance.

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Effect of $Bi^{3+}$ addition on photoluminescence of (Y,Gd)(V,P)$O_4$:Eu phosphor

  • Kyung, Hyun-Ai;Choi, Sung-Ho;Seong, Tae-Yeon;Jung, Ha-Kyun
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.569-571
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    • 2008
  • The structural and optical properties on $Bi^{3+}$ addition in (Y,Gd)(V,P)$O_4:Eu^{3+}$ red phosphor were investigated. With the addition of $Bi^{3+}$, the band edge in excitation spectrum shifts toward longer wavelength region, resulting in remarkable enhancement of the red emission intensity at 619 nm.

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Analysis of Enhancement in Phosphor Performance induced by Surface Treatments

  • Jeon, Duk-Young;Bukesov, Sergey A.;Kim, Jin-Young;Park, Zin-Min;Lee, Dong-Chin
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.07a
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    • pp.370-373
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    • 2003
  • A search for a new phosphor composition of excellent performance in systematic ways requires lots of research efforts, and often turns out to be very timeconsuming and difficult. Thus, usually practical ways are taken to improve the performance of phosphors. A few examples of practical surface treatments on phosphors such as $In_2O_3$ coating on $ZnGa_2O_4:Mn$, phosphoric acid treatment on ZnS:Ag,Cl, and base KOH treatment with ultrasonication on ZnS:Ag,Cl are presented. The reasons for the improvement of luminescence intensity or degradation properties after these treatments are discussed based upon careful analyses on the surface of the phosphors and a proposed model on charge carriers generated by electron beam excitation.

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Fluorophotometric Determination of Basic Drugs with Lumogallion, Superchrome Garnet Y and Their Alkyl Derivatives (루모갈리온, 슈퍼크롬 가넷 와이 및 그 알킬 유도체에 의한 염기성 의약품의 형광정량)

  • 송만영;김동오;이은엽;안문규
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.209-215
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    • 1993
  • Basic drugs could be extracted as ion-paired complexes with Lumogallion, Superchrome Garnet Y and their alkyl derivatives from aqueous acid solution, and then determined fluoro-metrically after addition of aluminum ion. The analysis was carried out as follows; To a 1 ml portion of basic drugs (10$^{-9}$~2$\times$0$^{-8}$mole/ml), 1ml of 0.01w/v% fluorescent reagent solution, and 10ml of dichloroethane are added. The mixture is stirred for 1 minute. After standing for a few minutes, the dichloroethane layer is transfered to 1 ml of 0.1w/v% Al(NO$_{3}$)$_{3}$ ethanol solution. After mixing, and standing for 30 minutes at room temperature, the fluorescence intensity is measured with each maximum excitation and emission wavelength. The reagent blank is run through the whole procedure. From the degree of enhancement of fluorescence intensity, hexyl and dodecyl lumogallion and Superchrome Garnet Y were judged to be the useful one of fluorescent reagent for basic drugs analysis.

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The Properties of Weakly Magnetized Planar Type Inductively Coupled $SF_6$ Plasma (자화된 평판형 유도 결합 $SF_6$ 플라즈마의 특성)

  • Yoon, Cha-Keun;Doh, Hyun-Ho;Whang, Ki-Woong
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1995.11a
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    • pp.438-440
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    • 1995
  • The impedance characteristics and plasma parameters were experimentally studied in a weakly magnetized planar type, inductively coupled plasma (ICP) system. Compared with non-magnetized for system higher power transfer efficiency, stable impedance matching, enhancement of plasma density and higher electron temperature can be obtained. Such improvements are mainly due to the excitation of deeply penetrating electromagnetic wave and reduction of radial loss of electrons. In particulary, $SF_6$ (sulfur hexafluride) plasma shows unstable impedance matching in non-magnetized ICP because electronegativity of $SF_6$ effects on plasma characteristics. But, magnetized inductively coupled $SF_6$ plasma shows enough impedance matching stability to be applicable to the polysilicon etching in semiconductor process.

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Design of an Adaptive Nonlinear Backstepping Controller for Transient Stabilization of Power Systems (전력 계통 과도상태 안정화를 위한 비선형 적응 백스테핑 제어기 설계)

  • Kim, Dong-Heon;Kim, Hong-Pil;Yang, Hae-Won
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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    • v.49 no.7
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    • pp.332-338
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, a robust nonlinear excitation controller is proposed to achieve both voltage regulation and system stability enhancement for single machine-infinite power systems. The proposed method employs backstepping technique and combines this with an adaptation algorithm for estimating the effective reactance of transmission line, thereby leading to adaptive nonlinear control. Simulation results show that power that angle stabilization as well as voltage regulation is achieved in a satisfactory manner, regardless of the system operating conditions and system structure.

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Low-voltage cathodoluminescent Characteristics of ZnGa$_2$O$_4$ : Mn phosphors

  • 조성희;유재수;이종덕;이중환
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.57-62
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    • 1997
  • Green-emitting $ZnGa_2O_4$ : Mn phosphors were synthesized by a thermal method and their low-voltage cathodoluminescent characteristics were examined for the field emitter display (FED) application. Low efficiency of $ZnGa_2O_4$ : Mn phosphors could be ascribed to the low penetration depth of into phosphors, which might results in charge accumulation on the phosphors screen. For increasing cathodoluminescent of $ZnGa_2O_4$ : Mn under low voltage excitation, wide band-gap oxide materials were added to the $ZnGa_2O_4$: Mn powder. It is found that the luminance can be increased by 20%. Measurement of leakage current on the phosphor screen shows that the enhancement of low-voltage cathodoluminescent by additive materials is mainly due to the consumption of surface charges on the phosphor.

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SiO2/ZnS:Cu/ZnS Triplex Layer Coatings for Phosphorescence Enhancement

  • Zhang, Wen-Tao;Lee, Hong-Ro
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.169-173
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    • 2008
  • The objective of this study is to coat the $SiO_2$ layer uniformly on the ZnS:Cu phosphors by using Sol-Gel method. From results of SEM micrographs observation, XRD and XPS analysis, it could be confirmed that $SiO_2$ layer was relatively well coated on ZnS:Cu particles. $Ag_2S$ was used as a decoding chemical to analyze the dense and uniform coating performance of $SiO_2$ layer on phosphor particles. It could be concluded that phosphors synthesized from our two step replacement method showed strong blue peak comparing to other method and rather weak green peak also. Obtained particle size of phosphors were about 20m diameter. Luminescence properties of the phosphors were examined by photoluminescence spectra at the excitation wavelength of 270 nm.