• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.253-253
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• 2012

The effects of oxidation on the order-disorder transition in NiPt bimetallic alloy crystal have been investigated using in-situ synchrotron x-ray scattering technique. The temperature dependence of the crystal structure and the order parameter were measured during in-situ heating and cooling under vacuum and oxygen environments. The order-disorder transition temperature of NiPt alloy crystals in vacuum was between $615^{\circ}C$ and $627^{\circ}C$. On the other hand under oxygen environment, the transition temperature decreases by about $31^{\circ}C$ after the oxidation. The change of the transition temperature can be explained by the formation of NiO crust on the surface of NiPt crystal, which alters the composition of the Ni and Pt atoms. Since the transition temperature depends sensitively on the Ni-Pt composition, the transition temperature changes as Ni atoms diffuse out to form NiO.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.5-12
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• 2001

Our experimental research focuses on manipulating pinning deflects to alter the phase diagram of vortex matter, creating new vortex phases. Vortex matter offers a unique opportunity for creating and studying these novel phase transitions through precise control of thermal, pinning and elastic energies. The vortex melting transition in untwinned YB $a_2$C $u_3$ $O_{7-}$ $\delta$/ crystals is investigated in the presence of disorder induced by particle irradiation. We focus on the low disorder regime, where a glassy state and a lattice state can be realized in the same phase diagram. We follow the evolution of the first order vortex melting transition line into a continuous transition line as disorder is increased by irradiation. The transformation is marked by an upward shift in the lower critical point on the melting line. With columnar deflects induced by heavy ion irradiation, we find a second order Bose glass transition line separating the vortex liquid from a Bose glass below the lower critical point. Furthermore, we find an upper threshold of columnar defect concentration beyond which the lower critical point and the first order melting line disappear together. With point deflect clusters induced by proton irradiation, we find evidence for a continuous thermodynamic transition below the lower critical point..

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.179-179
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• 1999

Cu3AU(100) 단결정은 fcc 구조를 가지고 있으며 (100)면은 Cu와 Au가 1:1로 존재하고 가운데(200)면은 Cu만 존재한다. 따라서 Au 층은 (100)면에서만 존재하여 각 Au층은 서로 0.5nm 떨어져 있다. 이와 같은 Cu3Au(100) 단결정을 MEIS(Medium Energy Ion Scattering Spectroscopy) 실험 장비를 사용하여 0.35nm 떨어져 있는 Single unit cell의 윗면과 아래면, 즉 첫 층의 Au와 셋째층의 Au의 층분리를 통해서, 온도 변화에 따른 Cu3Au(100) 단결정의 표면 물리적 현상인 surface induced disorder을 밝혀내고자 한다. 우선 두 Au층의 분리 시도는 수소이온을 이용한 실험 조건에서는 extremely glancing exit angle 등 극한의 산란조거에서도 성공하지 못하였다. 깊이 분해능을 정해주는 electronic energy loss를 극대화하기 위해 수소이온이 아닌 질소 이온을 사용하여 energy spectra를 측정해 본 결과 아래 그림에서와 같이 표면 Au 층과 표면 셋째 Au층을 구분할 수 있었다. <110>으로 align된 조건에서는 셋째층의 Au 원자들이 완전히 shadow cone 내부에 존재하여 관측되지 않지만 9.75$^{\circ}$ tilt 한 경우 셋째층의 Au 원자들이 shadow cone 바깥으로 나오게 되어 그림에서와 같이 첫째 층과 셋째 층이 확실히 분리되어 측정되었다. 이를 바탕을 Cu3Au(100)의 온도변화에 다른 order disorder and segregation 현상을 측정하였다. ordered Cu3Au(100)은 28$0^{\circ}C$ 근처에서 surface층이 먼저 disordered상으로 바뀌는 surface induced disorder 현상이 일어나고 bulk transition 온도 39$0^{\circ}C$ 이하에서 R.T으로 온도를 낮추면 본래의 ordered 구조로 되돌아간다. 하지만 bulk transition 온도를 지나면 order-disorder transition이 비가역적이고 segregation 현상이 일어난다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.240-244
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• 2010

The surface segregation and surface order near the order-disorder phase transition of FeCo alloy was studied through Monte Carlo simulation of an Ising type model Hamiltonian. The results showed that the proper choice of Hamiltonian parameters could reproduce the recent observation of surface order above the transition temperature and that the field term played dominant role.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.403-403
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• 2010

The Pt-Ni alloy is an electro-catalyst of interest in the low temperature direct methanol fuel cells(DMFCs). It has been already reported that the Pt-Ni alloy catalysts may even have enhanced activity compared to pure platinum catalyst, depending on how the surfaces are prepared. The order-disorder transition in bimetallic alloy such as $\beta$-CuZn, Cu3Au, and CuAu have been investigated greatly by x-ray diffraction. After annealing the bimetallic alloy, the crystal structure changes as observed in the order-disorder transition of Cu3Au which changes from the face centered cubic to a simple cubic structure. Pt-Ni bimetallic alloy has been already reported to have the face centered cubic structure. However, in nano-scale Pt-Ni bimetallic alloy crystals the crystal structures changes to a simple cubic structure. In this experiment, we have studied the order-disorder transition in Pt-Ni bimetallic nanocrystals. Pt/Ni thin films were deposited on sapphire(0001) substrates by e-beam evaporator and then Pt-Ni alloy were formed by RTA at 500, 600, and $700^{\circ}C$ in a vacuum environment and Pt-Ni nano particles were formed by RTA at $1059^{\circ}C$ in a vacuum environment. We measured the structure of Pt-Ni bimetallic alloy films using synchrotron x-ray diffraction and SEM.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.7 no.s1
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• pp.1-6
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• 1998

The influence of the order-disorder structural transition on the magnetic and mageto-optical, and transport properties of Fe-Al and Co-Al alloy films has been investigated. The disordered states in the alloy films were prepared by vapor quenching deposition on glass substrates cooled by liquid nitrogen. The experimental study of the magento-optical properties of the ordered and disordered Fe-Al and Co-Al alloy films has been carried out in 1.05-5.0 eV energy range at room temperature. The transport properties have been measured in 2-300K temperature range with and without magnetic field of 0.5T. The influence of the order-disorder structural transition on the magnetic and magneto-optical properties was discussed by using the effective medium approximation and the structural defect approach. That on the temperature dependence of the resistivity was analyzed in a framework of the partial localization of the electronic states and the variable range hopping conductivity.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1994.06a
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• pp.147-147
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• 1994

• Korean Journal of Crystallography
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.36-40
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• 2002

The order-disorder phase transition of (Fe/sub 0.61/Ni/sub 0.39/)₃V alloy that is annealed at various temperatures and time conditions was sty(lied with the examination of long-range order parameter(S) by using neutron diffraction method. As a result, the structure of the sample annealed at 680℃ for 94 h was not changed; that is, it existed iii perfect disordered state and showed face-centered cubic structure. Otherwise, samples which were annealed at temperature below 640℃ showed the value of long-range order parameter with 0 < S < 1 and phase transition into simple cubic structure partly. It was found that the annealed sample at 465℃ for 144 h is the most approximated to the thermal equilibrium state from the S-T/T/sub c/ related equation of Cowley.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.488-498
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• 2000

Molecular bottle-brush was prepared by hydrogen-bonding between poly(4-vinylpyridine)(P4VP) as main chain and 3-pentadecylphenol (PDP) as amphiphilic side chain. Variation of long period ( $L_{p}$), order-disorder transition temperature ( $T_{ODT}$) and mesomorphic structure of bottle-brush were investigated by changing various mole ratio (x) of pyridine group in P4VP and PDP and molecular weight of P4VP. Upper critical solution temperature (UCST) behaviour was observed. For x 0.8-0.9, maximum critical temperature was found. As molecular weight of P4VP was increased, phase transition occurred at higher temperature. It was found that phase behaviour of the bottle-brush was affected by mobility of P4VP as well as size and regularity of lamellar structure. The $L_{p}$ determined from analysis of crystal structure was in the range of 35 $\AA$ and 40 $\AA$ and was more affected by the molecular weight of P4VP than by mole ratio (x). However, if the molecular weight of P4VP was high, LP value was little affected.ted.d.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.12 no.S1
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• pp.100-103
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• 2003

The magnetoresistance (MR) of $La_{1-\chi}S_{\chi}CoO_{3-\delta}$ films prepared by pulsed-laser deposition were investigated in order to clarify the magnetotransport properties around the metal-insulator transition. For the films in the metallic state ($\chi$ > 0.25), the MR(T) manifests a small peak at the Curie temperature due to the spin-disorder scattering. The transition of the film into the insulating state ($\chi\;\leq$ 0.25) is accompanied by an essential growth of the MR and results in a significant increase in the MR(T) with decreasing temperature, due to a phase separation into the ferromagnetic-metal clusters and the insulating matrix.