• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.8-15
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• 2008

We presented the modified decal-transfer lithography (DTL) and light stamping lithography (LSL) as new powerful methods to generate patterns of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) on the substrate. The microstructures of PDMS fabricated by covalent binding between PDMS and substrate had played as barrier to locally control wettability. The transfer mechanism of PDMS is cohesive mechanical failure (CMF) in DTL method. In the LSL method, the features of patterned PDMS are physically torn and transferred onto a substrate via UV-induced surface reaction that results in bonding between PDMS and substrate. Additionally we have exploited to generate the patterning of rhodamine B and quantum dots (QDs), which was accomplished by hydrophobic interaction between dyes and PDMS micropatterns. The topological analysis of micropatterning of PDMS were performed by atomic force microscopy (AFM), and the patterning of rhodamine B and quantum dots was clearly shown by optical and fluorescence microscope. Furthermore, it could be applied to surface guided flow patterns in microfluidic device because of control of surface wettability. The advantages of these methods are simple process, rapid transfer of PDMS, modulation of surface wettability, and control of various pattern size and shape. It may be applied to the fabrication of chemical sensor, display units, and microfluidic devices.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.85-88
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• 2009

This report demonstrates the immobilization of uniformly sized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on UV cross-linked poly(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP) polymer thin films and the preparation of micropatterned structures of AuNPs on these films. The polymer thin films were prepared by a spin-coating of P4VP onto a cleaned silicon wafer surface. Upon UV irradiation, these films were then photo cross-linked. Gold nanoparticles were immobilized by immersing the polymer surface in a colloidal solution of gold nanoparticles stabilized by citric acid. The morphology of the films and the immobilization of AuNPs were studied by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and UV-visible spectroscopic techniques. The micropatterned gold structures that were produced on the polymer surface are delineated by combining with the photolithographic method. While untreated and simply spin coated films were physisorbed and unstable that could be easily removed by rinsing with a solvent, the cross-linked and AuNPs immobilized P4VP films were found to be highly stable even after repeated solvent extractions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.2295-2298
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• 2012

We describe herein a three-dimensionally diverse micropatterning of poly(lactic acid), as a biopolymer, using 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium-based room-temperature ionic liquids (bmim-based RTILs), [bmim]X (X = $SbF_6$, $PF_6$, $NTf_2$, Cl). Utilizing the hydrophobic bmim-based RTILs, [bmim]X (X = $SbF_6$, $PF_6$, $NTf_2$) and a phase separation technique, we were able to produce white and opaque membranes with a three-dimensional structure closely packed with particles ($10-50{\mu}m$ in diameter). The particlulate structure, made by the assistance of [bmim]$NTf_2$ and DCM, interestingly transformed to a fibrous structure by using a cosolvent, e.g., DCM/$CF_3CH_2OH$. When we used an increased amount of [bmim]$NTf_2$, the particles were effectively detached and macrosized ($100-500{\mu}m$ in diameter) and the oval-shaped beads were obtained in a powder form. By varying the counter-anion type of the imidazolium-based RTIL, for example from $NTf_2^-$ to $Cl^-$, the particulate 3D-morphology was once more transformed to a porous structure. These reserch results could be potentially useful, as a method to fabricate particulate scaffolds, fibrous or porous scaffolds, and beads as a biopolymer device in diverse fields including drug delivery, tissue regeneration, and biomedical engineering.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1826-1832
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• 2007

We describe the fabrication of poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEG-DA) hydrogel microstructures with a high aspect ratio and the use of hydrogel microstructures containing the enzyme ${\beta}$-galactosidase (${\beta}$-Gal) or glucose oxidase (GOx)/horseradish peroxidase (HRP) as biosensing components for the simultaneous detection of multiple analytes. The diameters of the hydrogel microstructures were almost the same at the top and at the bottom, indicating that no differential curing occurred through the thickness of the hydrogel microstructure. Using the hydrogel microstructures as microreactors, ${\beta}$-Gal or GOx/HRP was trapped in the hydrogel array, and the time-dependent fluorescence intensities of the hydrogel array were investigated to determine the dynamic uptake of substrates into the PEG-DA hydrogel. The time required to reach steady-state fluorescence by glucose diffusing into the hydrogel and its enzymatic reactions with GOx and HRP was half the time required for resorufin ${\beta}$-D-galactopyranoside (RGB) when used as the substrate for ${\beta}$-Gal. Spatially addressed hydrogel microarrays containing different enzymes were micropatterned for the simultaneous detection of multiple analytes, and glucose and RGB solutions were incubated as substrates. These results indicate that there was no cross-talk between the ${\beta}$-Gal-immobilizing hydrogel micropatches and the GOx/HRP-immobilizing micropatches.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1995년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.224-227
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• 1995

The micro-patterning by a Bow energy FIB whish has been conventionally utilized far mask-repairing was investigated. Amorphous Se$\_$75/Gee$\_$25/ resist irradiated by 9[keV]-defocused Ga$\^$+/ ion beam(∼10$\^$15/[ions/$\textrm{cm}^2$]) resulted in increasing the optical absorption, which was also observed also in the film exposed by an optical dose of 4.5${\times}$10$\^$20/[photons/$\textrm{cm}^2$]. The ∼0.3[eV] edge shift for ion-irradiated film was about twice to that obtained for photo-exposed. These large shift could be estimated as due to an increase in disorder from the decrease in the sloop of the Urbach tail. For Ga$\^$+/ FIB irradiation with a relatively low energy, 30[keV] and above the amount of dose of 1.4${\times}$10$\^$16/[ions/$\textrm{cm}^2$], the irradiated region in a-Se$\_$75/Ge$\_$25/ resist was perfectly etched in acid solution for 10[sec], which is relatively a short development time. A contrast was about 2.5. In spite of the relatively low incident energy,∼0.225[$\mu\textrm{m}$] pattern was clearly obtained by the irradiation of a dose 6.5${\times}$10$\^$16/[ions/$\textrm{cm}^2$] and a scan diameter 0.2[$\mu\textrm{m}$], from which excellent results were expected fur incident energies above 50[keV] which was conventionally used in FIBL.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.147-151
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• 2011

This paper demonstrates the development of a method for preparing micropatterned microdiscs in order to increase contact area with cells and to change the release pattern of drugs. The microdiscs were manufactured with hot embossing, where a polyurethane master structure was pressed onto both solid and porous microparticles made of polylactic-co-glycolic acid at various temperatures to form a micropattern on the microdiscs. Flat microdiscs were formed by hot embossing of porous microparticles; the porosity allowed space for flattening of the microdiscs. Three types of micro-grooves were patterned onto the flat microdiscs using prepared micropatterned molds: (1) 10 ${\mu}M$ deep, 5 ${\mu}M$ wide, and spaced 2 ${\mu}M$ apart; (2) 10 ${\mu}M$ deep, 9 ${\mu}M$ wide, and spaced 5 ${\mu}M$ apart; and (3) 10 ${\mu}M$ deep, 50 ${\mu}M$ wide, and spaced 50 ${\mu}M$ apart. This novel microdisc preparation method using hot embossing to create micropatterns on flattened porous microparticles provides the opportunity for low-cost, rapid manufacture of microdiscs that can be used to control cell adhesion and drug delivery rates.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.18-23
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• 2022

이젯 프린팅은 직접적인 비접촉 마이크로 팹기술의 하나로서 노즐과 기판 사이에 강한 전기장을 가함으로써 넓은 범위의 마이크로/나노패턴 어레이를 구현할 수 있는 다목적 팹공정이다. 제조된 고분자/퀀텀닷 마이이크로 패턴의 모양과 두께는 자동화된 프린트 기계에 설치된 노즐 직경과 공정에 사용된 잉크 성분에 일반적으로 정밀한 의존성을 갖는다. 본 논문의 목적은 실험 결과에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 각각의 공정 변수 효과를 설명하기 위해서 이젯 프린팅된 고분자/퀀텀닷의 전형적인 실제 예를 설명하는데 있다. 여기서 우리는 마이크로/나노 해상도로 두께가 정밀하게 제어된 고분자/퀀텀닷 패턴을 제조할 수 있는 몇 가지 이젯 프린팅 공정을 구현하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.1100-1106
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• 2008

본 연구는 표면에 세포를 부착하는데 있어서, 다양한 기판 표면에 보편적인 플랫폼으로써 적용될 수 있는 세포 부착을 위한 기능성 표면의 제작 기술 및 이를 이용한 세포의 선택적인 고정과 편리한 세포 패터닝의 방법을 보여주었다. 세포 부착에 적합한 기능성 표면의 제작은 산소 플라즈마 처리를 이용한 다양한 기판의(유리, PMMA, PS, PDMS) 표면 활성화 및 상반되는 고분자 전해질의(PAH, PDAC, PSS, PAA) 정전기적 인력을 통한 증착으로 이루어진 다층의 고분자 전해질 층을 통해 제작될 수 있었다. 또한, 고분자 전해질로 증착된 표면 위로 마이크로 몰딩 인 케필러리 방법을 사용하여 PEG 마이크로 구조물을 제작함으로써 세포의 선택적인 고정이 이루어질 수 있었다. 다층의 고분자 전해질로 증착된 표면은 세포와의 강한 정전기적 인력으로 세포 부착에 유리한 표면을 제공하였다. 반면에, 제작된 PEG 마이크로 구조물은 물리적, 생물학적인 장애물의 역할로써 세포의 비 특이적인 흡착을 방지하였다. 세포 부착을 위한 기능성 표면을 제작하는 동안 표면의 특성은 접촉각 측정을 통해 이루어 졌다. 다양한 기판 상에서 개질된 표면은 세포 부착을 위한 적합한 환경의 제공과 함께 세포의 마이크로 패터닝 기술에서 높은 수율의 세포 패터닝을 제공한다. 상기의 제안된 세포 부착을 위한 기능성 표면 제작 기술 방법은 제작 과정이 매우 간단하고, 편리하여 손쉽게 구현이 가능하며, 제작 공정에서 어떠한 해로운 용매도 사용하지 않기 때문에 친환경적이다. 또한, 이를 이용하여 세포를 이용하는 바이오 칩 및 바이오 센서, 세포를 기반으로 하는 시스템 등에서 기본이 되는 기술로 사용될 수 있는 넓은 응용 범위를 갖는다.

• 접착 및 계면
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.169-274
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• 2024

최근 외부 자극에 따라 팽창과 수축을 가역적으로 반복하며 형태가 변하는 소재가 주목받고 있다. 이러한 소재는 소프트 로봇, 센서, 인공근육 등 다양한 분야로의 응용가능성을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 고온 물질에 감응하여 이를 보호하거나 감쌀 수 있는 새로운 소재를 제안하였다. 이를 위해, 네마틱-등방성 전이 성질을 지닌 액정 엘라스토머(liquid crystal elastomer, LCE)와 높은 기계적 강도와 고온 수치 안정성을 지닌 폴리이미드(polyimide, PI)를 이용하였다. 용액공정으로 합성된 도프 용액을 마이크로 프린팅 기법에 도입하여 mm 미만의 마이크론 선폭을 지닌 LCE/PI 이중층 구조 2차원 패턴을 개발하였다. 벌집구조로 패턴된 LCE/PI 이중층 메쉬는 PI의 기계적 강도와 LCE 고온 수축 거동의 장점을 동시에 가지고 있었고, LCE 선택적 프린팅을 통해 고온에서 원하는 방향으로의 변형을 유도할 수 있었다. 그 결과, 특정 고온 물질을 가역 반복적으로 감쌀 수 있는 기능을 구현하였다. 본 연구는 LCE 분자 변화에 따라 다양한 온도 구간에서 전기에너지 인가없이 기능을 구현할 수 있는 다양한 액추에이터 분야의 응용 가능성을 시사한다.