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Plasma Treatment Effects on Tungsten Oxide Hole Injection Layer for Application to Inverted Top-Emitting Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

  • Kim, Joo-Hyung;Lee, You-Jong;Jang, Yun-Sung;Kim, Doo-Hyun;Hong, Mun-Pyo
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.10a
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    • pp.354-355
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    • 2009
  • In the fabrication of inverted top-emitting organic light emitting diodes (ITOLEDs), the sputtering process is needed for deposition of transparent conducting oxide (TCO) as top anode. Energetic particle bombardment, however, changes the physical properties of underlying layers. In this study, we examined plasma process effects on tungsten oxide ($WO_3$) hole injection layer (HIL). From our results, we suggest the theoretical mechanism to explain the correlation between the physical property changes caused by plasma process on $WO_3$ HIL and degradation of device performances.

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Simulation Study of Solar Wind Interaction with Lunar Magnetic Fields

  • Choi, Cheong Rim;Dokgo, Kyunghwan;Woo, Chang Ho;Min, Kyoung Wook
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.35-42
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    • 2020
  • Particle-in-cell simulations were performed to understand the interaction of the solar wind with localized magnetic fields on the sunlit surface of the Moon. The results indicated a mini-magnetosphere was formed which had a thin magnetopause with the thickness of the electron skin depth. It was also found that the solar wind penetrated into the cavity of the magnetosphere intermittently rather than in a steady manner. The solar wind that moved around the magnetosphere was observed to hit the surface of the Moon, implying that it may be the cause of the lunar swirl formation on the surface.

Precise Measurement of Beam Energy and Range with TOF and Counter Telescope System

  • Nanbu, Shuya;Kanai, Tatsuaki;Kohno, Toshiyuki;Ohno, Yumiko
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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    • 2002.09a
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    • pp.225-227
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    • 2002
  • In order to improve the accuracy of charged-particle radiation therapy, the beam energy was measured precisely using a TOF-system, and the range using a counter telescope system. A Si detector and a Ge detector were used to estimate the range straggling as a $\Delta$E and an E detector, respectively, because they have good energy resolution and the output pulse heights don't depend on the atomic number of detected particles. The results were compared with the theoretical values by a calculation code.

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Neutrino mass from cosmological probes

  • Rossi, Graziano
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.42.1-42.1
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    • 2014
  • Neutrino science has received a boost of attention quite recently in cosmology, since the outstanding discovery in particle physics over the last decade that neutrinos are massive: pinpointing the neutrino masses is one of the greatest challenges in science today, at the cross-road between particle-physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. Cosmology offers a unique 'laboratory' with the best sensitivity to the neutrino mass, as primordial massive neutrinos comprise a small portion of the dark matter and are known to significantly alter structure formation. I will first introduce a new suite of state-of-the-art hydrodynamical simulations with cold dark matter, baryons and massive neutrinos, specifically targeted for modeling the low-density regions of the intergalactic medium as probed by the Lyman-Alpha forest at high-redshift. I will then present and discuss how these simulations are used to constrain the parameters of the LCDM cosmological model in presence of massive neutrinos, in combination with BOSS data and other cosmological probes, leading to the strongest bound to date on the total neutrino mass.

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Three-Dimensional Particle-in-cell Simulation of Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma with Belt-type Magnet Assembly

  • Lee, Hui Jea;Kim, Seong Bong;Yoo, Suk Jae;Cho, Moohyun;Namkung, Won
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.242.1-242.1
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    • 2014
  • The electron cyclotron resonance plasma source with a belt-type magnet assembly (BMA) is designed for effective plasma confinements. For characterizing the plasma source, the plasma parameters are measured by Langmuir probe. However, the plasma parameters and the motion of charged particles near the ECR zone are not easy to diagnostics, because of the high plasma density and temperature. Thus, as an alternative method, the electromagnetic simulation of the plasma source has been performed by using three-dimensional particle-in-cell and Monte Carlo collisional (PIC-MCC) simulation codes. For considering the limitation of simulation resources and time, the periodic boundary condition is applied and the coulomb collision is neglected. In this paper, we present the results of 3D PIC simulations of ECR plasmas with BMA and we compare them with the experimental results.

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FABRICATION AND MICROSTRUCTURES OF Al-Li ALLOY PARTICLE-FILMS BY RF-PLASMA TECHNIQUE

  • Yoshizawa, Isao;Ono, Tomoko
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.857-861
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    • 1996
  • The influence of rf-plasma operation on the thin film formation containing small particles for Al-Li alloys mainly have been studied as a function of Ar gas pressure and plasma power by means of a 200kV transmission electron microscope (TEM). Under the non-plasma operation, the transition from continuous thin films to clusters of grape-like small particles occurred at Ar gas pressures above 20Pa. Particles were single crystals with clear crystal habit planes. Under the plasma operation, the influence of gas pressures on the film formation at a plasma power of 5W was also examined. Thin films containing particles below 30Pa and the films containing mainly particles above 40Pa were formed. The prominent change of the average particle size was not recognized. The increase of the plasma powers at 20Pa, which formed particles under non-plasma, suppressed growth of particles, and homogeneous films containing very small particles were fabricated. The electric conductivity showed slight decrease with an increase of plasma power.

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A hybrid CSS and PSO algorithm for optimal design of structures

  • Kaveh, A.;Talatahari, S.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.42 no.6
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    • pp.783-797
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    • 2012
  • A new hybrid meta-heuristic optimization algorithm is presented for design of structures. The algorithm is based on the concepts of the charged system search (CSS) and the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithms. The CSS is inspired by the Coulomb and Gauss's laws of electrostatics in physics, the governing laws of motion from the Newtonian mechanics, and the PSO is based on the swarm intelligence and utilizes the information of the best fitness historically achieved by the particles (local best) and by the best among all the particles (global best). In the new hybrid algorithm, each agent is affected by local and global best positions stored in the charged memory considering the governing laws of electrical physics. Three different types of structures are optimized as the numerical examples with the new algorithm. Comparison of the results of the hybrid algorithm with those of other meta-heuristic algorithms proves the robustness of the new algorithm.

Correlations between In-flight Particles, Splats and Coating Microstructures of Ni20Cr Thermally Sprayed by Flame and Arc Spray Processes

  • Apichayakul, Pisit;Wirojanupatump, Sittichai;Jiansirisomboon, Sukanda
    • Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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    • 2006.09a
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    • pp.509-510
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    • 2006
  • Correlations between in-flight particle, splat and coating microstructure of thermally sprayed Ni20Cr were investigated. Flame spray and arc spray systems were employed for spraying Ni20Cr powder and Ni20Cr wire, respectively. The results showed that the arc spray process produced a broader size distribution for both in-flight particles and splats compared to flame process. Flower-like splat morphology was obtained from the arc spray whereas a pancake-like splat was obtained by flame spray. Ni20Cr coating sprayed by arc process had a denser microstructure, lower porosity and better adhesion at the interface.

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Neutrino Oscillation and S4 Flavor Symmetry

  • Park, Jong-Chul
    • Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.86-89
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    • 2018
  • Observations of neutrino oscillations are very strong evidence for the existence of neutrino masses and mixing. From recent experimental results on neutrino oscillation, we find that neutrino mixing angles are quite consistent with the so-called tri-bi-maximal mixing pattern, but the deviation from observational results is non-negligible. However, the tri-bi-maximal mixing pattern is still useful as a leading order approximation and provides a good guideline to search for the flavor symmetry in the neutrino sector. We introduce the $S_4$ permutation symmetry as a flavor symmetry to the standard model of particle physics with additional particle contents of heavy right-handed neutrinos and scalar fields. Finally, we obtain the tri-bi-maximal mixing pattern as a mixing matrix in the lepton sector within the suggested model. To derive the required unitary mixing matrix for the neutrino sector, the double seesaw mechanism is utilized.