• Advances in nano research
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.437-451
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• 2022

Synthesis approaches usually affect the physical and chemical properties of ferrites. This helps ferrite materials to design them for desired applications. Some of these methods are mechanical milling, ultrasonic method, micro-emulsion, co-precipitation, thermal decomposition, hydrothermal, microwave-assisted, sol-gel, etc. These methods are extensively reviewed by taking example of ZnFe₂O₄. These methods also affect the microstructure and local structure of ferrite which ultimately affect the physical and chemical properties of ferrites. Various spectroscopic techniques such as Raman spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy, Ultra Violet-Visible spectroscopy, Mossbauer spectroscopy, extended x-ray absorption fine structure, and electron paramagnetic resonance are found helpful to reveal this information. Hence, the basic principle and the usefulness of these techniques to find out appropriate information in ZnFe₂O₄ nanoparticles is elaborated in this review.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2008

나노크기의 Au-Si을 촉매로 급속열화학기상증착(rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition)법을 이용하여 Si(111) 기판에 성장한 Si 나노선의 구조적인 형태 변화와 광학적 특성을 연구하였다. 기상-액상-고상(vapor-liquid-solid) 성장법에 의한 Si 나노선 형성 과정에서 액상 입자인 Au-Si 나노점은 나노선 성장온도에서 촉매로 사용되었다. 이 액상 나노점이 형성된 Si 기판에 1.0Torr 압력과 $500-600^{\circ}C$ 기판 온도 하에서 $SiH_4$와 $H_2$의 혼합가스를 공급하여 Si 나노선을 형성하였다. Si 나노선 성장 후 형태를 전계방출 주사전자현미경(Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope)으로 관찰한 결과, 대부분의 나노선이 균일한 크기로 기판 표면에 수직하게 <111> 방향으로 정렬된 것을 확인하였다. 형성된 나노선의 크기는 평균 직경이 ${\sim}60nm$이고 평균 길이가 ${\sim}5um$임을 확인하였다. 또한 고 분해능 투과전자현미경(High Resolution-Transmission Electron Microscope) 관찰을 통해 Si 나노선은 약 3nm의 비정질 산화층으로 둘러 싸여 있는 Si 단결정임이 분석되었다. 그리고 마이크로 라만 분광(Micro-Raman Scattering)법을 통한 광학적 특성 분석 결과, Si의 광학 포논(Optical Phonon) 신호 위치가 Si 나노선 구조의 영향으로 낮은 에너지 쪽으로 이동하며, Si 포논 신호의 폭이 비대칭적으로 증가함을 확인하였다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.181-189
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• 2009

Activated carbon spheres (ACS) were prepared at different heating rates by carbonization of the resole-type phenolic beads (PB) at $950^{\circ}C$ in $N_2$ atmosphere followed by activation of the resultant char at different temperatures for 5 h in $CO_2$ atmosphere. Influence of heating rate on porosity and temperature on carbon structure and porosity of ACS were investigated. Effect of heating rate and temperature on porosity of ACS was also studied from adsorption isotherms of nitrogen at 77 K using BET method. The results revealed that ACS have exhibited a BET surface area and pore volume greater than $2260\;m^2/g$ and $1.63\;cm^3/g$ respectively. The structural characteristics variation of ACS with different temperature was studied using Raman spectroscopy. The results exhibited that amount of disorganized carbon affects both the pore structure and adsorption properties of ACS. ACS were also evaluated for structural information using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy. ACS were evaluated for chemical composition using CHNS analysis. The ACS prepared different temperatures became more carbonaceous material compared to carbonized material. ACS have possessed well-developed pores structure which were verified by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). SEM micrographs also exhibited that ACS have possessed well-developed micro- and meso-pores structure and the pore size of ACS increased with increasing activation temperature.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2007

Raman and fluorescence spectroscopies were employed to study the coil effects on the intermolecular structure of a rod-coil liquid crystalline (LC) oligomer, the esterification products of ethyl 4-[4'-oxy-4-biphenylcarbonyloxy]- 4'-biphenylcarboxylate with poly(propylene)oxides (PPO) (DP=12) and poly(ethylene oxide)s (PEO) (DP=12). Three different vibrational modes (carbonyl, aromatic C-H, and aromatic C=C) obtained from the Raman experiment at variable temperature indicate that PPO and PEO coils induce the hydrogen bonding in a different manner. Further information about the micro-environment around the mesogenic unit obtained by fluorescence excitation spectra of P12-4 (LC with PPO coil) and 12-4 (LC with PEO coil) suggests that the mesogenic unit of P12-4 is quite different from that of 12-4 in intermolecular structure. This study supports the results obtained only from Raman spectroscopy, providing more accurate information about the intermolecular structural changes of liquid crystalline polymers at a molecular level during the phase transitions.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.411-411
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• 2012

Over the recent years, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has dramatically grown as a label-free detecting technique with the high level of selectivity and sensitivity. Conventional SERS-active nanostructured layers have been deposited or patterned on rigid substrates such as silicon wafers and glass slides. Such devices fabricated on a flexible platform may offer additional functionalities and potential applications. For example, flexible SERS-active substrates can be integrated into microfluidic diagnostic devices with round-shaped micro-channel, which has large surface area compared to the area of flat SERS-active substrates so that we may anticipate high sensitivity in a conformable device form. We demonstrate fabrication of flexible SERS-active nanostructured substrates based on soft-lithography for simple, low-cost processing. The SERS-active nanostructured substrates are fabricated using conventional Si fabrication process and inkjet printing methods. A Si mold is patterned by photolithography with an average height of 700 nm and an average pitch of 200 nm. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), a mixture of Sylgard 184 elastomer and curing agnet (wt/wt = 10:1), is poured onto the mold that is coated with trichlorosilane for separating the PDMS easily from the mold. Then, the nano-pattern is transferred to the thin PDMS substrates. The soft lithographic methods enable the SERS-active nanostructured substrates to be repeatedly replicated. Silver layer is physically deposited on the PDMS. Then, gold nanoparticle (AuNP) inks are applied on the nanostructured PDMS using inkjet printer (Dimatix DMP 2831) to deposit AuNPs on the substrates. The characteristics of SERS-active substrates are measured; topology is provided by atomic force microscope (AFM, Park Systems XE-100) and Raman spectra are collected by Raman spectroscopy (Horiba LabRAM ARAMIS Spectrometer). We anticipate that the results may open up various possibilities of applying flexible platform to highly sensitive Raman detection.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.257-264
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• 2017

Film of new Ti-15Zr-5Nb alloy formed during galvanic anodizing in orthophosphoric acid solution was characterized by optical microscope, scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and Raman micro-spectroscopy. Its anticorrosive properties were determined by electrochemical techniques. The film had a layer with nanotube-like porosity with diameters in 500-1000 nm range. The nano layer contained significant amounts of P and O as well as alloying element. Additionally, Raman micro-spectroscopy identified oxygen as oxygen ion in $TiO_2$ anatase and phosphorous as $P_2O_7{^{4-}}$ ion in phosphotitanate compound. All potentiodynamic polarization curves in artificial Carter-Brugirard saliva with pH values (pH= 3.96, 7.84, and 9.11) depending on the addition of 0.05M NaF revealed nobler behavior of anodized alloy and higher polarization resistance indicating the film is thicker and more compact nanolayer. Lower corrosion rates of the anodized alloy reduced toxicity due to less released ions into saliva. Bigger curvature radii in Nyquist plot and higher phase angle in Bode plot for the anodized alloy ascertain a thicker, more protective, insulating nanolayer existing on the anodized alloy. Additionally, ESI results indicate anodized film consists of an inner, compact, barrier, layer and an outer, less protective, porous layer.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.313-320
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• 2011

100 nm-thick hydrogenated amorphous silicon $({\alpha}-Si:H)$ films were deposited on a glass and glass/30 nm Ni substrates by inductively-coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition (ICP-CVD) at temperatures ranging from 100 to $550^{\circ}C$. The sheet resistance, microstructure, phase transformation and surface roughness of the films were characterized using a four-point probe, AFM (atomic force microscope), TEM (transmission electron microscope), AES (Auger electron spectroscopy), HR-XRD(high resolution X-ray diffraction), and micro-Raman spectroscopy. A nano-thick NiSi phase was formed at substrate temperatures >$400^{\circ}C$. AFM confirmed that the surface roughness did not change as the substrate temperature increased, but it increased abruptly to 6.6 nm above $400^{\circ}C$ on the glass/30 nm Ni substrates. HR-XRD and micro-Raman spectroscopy showed that all the Si samples were amorphous on the glass substrates, whereas crystalline silicon appeared at $550^{\circ}C$ on the glass/30 nm Ni substrates. These results show that crystalline NiSi and Si can be prepared simultaneously on Ni-inserted substrates.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.279-285
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• 2007

나노크기의 Au-Si을 촉매로 급속화학기상증착법을 이용하여 Si(111) 기판에 성장한 Si 나노선의 구조적인 형태 변화과정과 광학적 특성을 연구하였다. 액상 입자인 Au 나노 점은 기상-액상-고상(vapor-liquid-solid mechanism) 성장법에 의한 Si 나노선 형성 과정에서 촉매로 사용되었다 이 액체 상태인 나노점에 1.0Torr 압력과 $500-600^{\circ}C$ 온도 하에서 $SiH_4$와 $H_2$의 혼합가스를 공급하여 Si 나노선을 형성하였다. <111> 방향으로 형성한 Si 나노선의 형태를 전계방출 주사전자현미경(Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope)으로 관찰하였다. 특히, 대부분의 나노선이 균일한 크기를 가지고 있으며, Si(111) 기판 표면에서 수직하게 정렬된 것을 확인하였다. 형성된 나노선의 크기를 분석한 결과, 직경과 길이가 각각 60nm와 5um의 분포를 가지는 것을 확인 하였다. 고 분해능 투과전자현미경(High Resolution-Transmission Electron Microscope)을 통해 약 3nm의 다결정 산화층으로 둘러 싸여 있는 Si 나노선이 단결정으로 형성된 것을 관찰하였다. 그리고 마이크로 라만 분광(Micro-Raman Scattering) 실험으로 Si 나노선의 광학적 특성을 분석하였다. 라만 측정결과 Si의 광학 포논(Optical Phonon) 신호가 Si 나노선의 영향으로 에너지가 작은 쪽으로 이동하며, Si 포논 신호의 폭이 비대칭적으로 증가하는 것을 확인 하였다.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2000년도 제1회 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.133-134
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• 2000

Effect of nitrogen doping on field emission characteristics of patterned Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) films was studied. The patterned DLC films were fabricated by the method reported previously[1]. Nitrogen doping in DLC film was carried out by introducing $N_2$ gas into the vacuum chamber during deposition. Higher emission current density of $0.3{\sim}0.4$ $mA/cm^2$ was observed for the films with 6 at % N than the undoped films but the emission current density decreased with further increase of N contents. Some changes in CN bonding characteristics with increasing N contents were observed. The CN bonding characteristics which seem to affect the electron emission properties of these films were studied by Raman spectroscopy, x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The electrical resistivity and the optical band gap measurements showed consistence with the above analyses.

• 한국윤활학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국윤활학회 1998년도 제28회 추계학술대회
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• pp.25-29
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• 1998

Sliding wear test and surface characterization techniques such as micro-Raman spectroscopy were employed to determine the effect of whisker content and orientation on the friction and wear behavior of SiC whisker reinforced alumina. Composites containing unidirectionally oriented whiskers were fabricated by novel technique Addition of SiC whiskers up to 20 vol.% lowered the friction and improved wear resistance. The results of this study indicated that highly disordered graphite and size of the layer behind the whiskers were responsible for variation of wear rate and friction coefficient.