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Effects of Simultaneous Bending and Heating on Characteristics of Flexible Organic Thin Film Transistors

  • Cho, S.W.;Kim, D.I.;Lee, N.E.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2013.02a
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    • pp.470-470
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    • 2013
  • Recently, active materials such as amorphous silicon (a-Si), poly crystalline silicon (poly-Si), transition metal oxide semiconductors (TMO), and organic semiconductors have been demonstrated for flexible electronics. In order to apply flexible devices on the polymer substrates, all layers should require the characteristic of flexibility as well as the low temperature process. Especially, pentacene thin film transistors (TFTs) have been investigated for probable use in low-cost, large-area, flexible electronic applications such as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, smart cards, display backplane driver circuits, and sensors. Since pentacene TFTs were studied, their electrical characteristics with varying single variable such as strain, humidity, and temperature have been reported by various groups, which must preferentially be performed in the flexible electronics. For example, the channel mobility of pentacene organic TFTs mainly led to change in device performance under mechanical deformation. While some electrical characteristics like carrier mobility and concentration of organic TFTs were significantly changed at the different temperature. However, there is no study concerning multivariable. Devices actually worked in many different kinds of the environment such as thermal, light, mechanical bending, humidity and various gases. For commercialization, not fewer than two variables of mechanism analysis have to be investigated. Analyzing the phenomenon of shifted characteristics under the change of multivariable may be able to be the importance with developing improved dielectric and encapsulation layer materials. In this study, we have fabricated flexible pentacene TFTs on polymer substrates and observed electrical characteristics of pentacene TFTs exposed to tensile and compressive strains at the different values of temperature like room temperature (RT), 40, 50, $60^{\circ}C$. Effects of bending and heating on the device performance of pentacene TFT will be discussed in detail.

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NOVEL CATIONIC POLYMERS DESIGNED FOR NON-VIRAL GENE DELIVERY

  • Zhong Zhiyuan;Lin, Chao;Song, Yan;Lok Martin C.;Jiang Xulin;Christensen Lane V.;Engbersen Johan F.J.;Kim, Sung-Wan;Hennink Wim E.;Feijen Jan
    • Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.44-45
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    • 2006
  • Gene therapy holds great promise for treating various forms of diseases with a genetic origin including cystic fibrosis, different forms of cancer, and cardiovascular disorders. The clinical use of gene therapy treatments is however restricted, mainly because of the absence of safe and efficient gene delivery technologies. In our group, with an aim of developing efficient and nontoxic polymeric gene delivery systems, several novel types of polymeric gene carriers have been designed, synthesized, and evaluated. Herein, I will mainly present our recent work on low molecular weight linear PEI-PEG-PEI triblock copolymers, degradable hyperbranched poly(ester amine)s, and reduction-sensitive poly(amido amine)s.

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Analysis of An Anomalous Hump Phenomenon in Low-temperature Poly-Si Thin Film Transistors (저온 다결정 실리콘 박막 트랜지스터의 비정상적인 Hump 현상 분석)

  • Kim, Yu-Mi;Jeong, Kwang-Seok;Yun, Ho-Jin;Yang, Seung-Dong;Lee, Sang-Youl;Lee, Hi-Deok;Lee, Ga-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.24 no.11
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    • pp.900-904
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, we investigated an anomalous hump phenomenon under the positive bias stress in p-type LTPS TFTs. The devices with inferior electrical performance also show larger hump phenomenon. which can be explained by the sub-channel induced from trapped electrons under thinner gate oxide region. We can confirm that the devices with larger hump have larger interface trap density ($D_{it}$) and grain boundary trap density ($N_{trap}$) extracted by low-high frequency capacitance method and Levinson-Proano method, respectively. From the C-V with I-V transfer characteristics, the trapped electrons causing hump seem to be generated particularly from the S/D and gate overlapped region. Based on these analysis, the major cause of an anomalous hump phenomenon under the positive bias stress in p-type poly-Si TFTs is explained by the GIDL occurring in the S/D and gate overlapped region and the traps existing in the channel edge region where the gate oxide becomes thinner, which can be inferred by the fact that the magnitude of the hump is dependent on the average trap densities.

Preparation and Properties of Regenerated Composite Fibers made from Styela Clava Tunics/PVA Blending(I) (미더덕 껍질과 PVA를 혼합한 재료로부터 제조한 복합섬유의 제법과 성질(I))

  • Jung, Young-Jin;An, Byung-Jae;Kim, Hong-Sung;Choi, Hae-Wook;Lee, Eon-Pil;Lee, Jae-Ho;Kim, Han-Do;Park, Soo-Min;Kim, Sung-Dong
    • Textile Coloration and Finishing
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2008
  • Regenerated composite fibers are prepared from solution(styela clava tunics /poly vinyl alchol) using N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide(NMMO)/water(87/13)(wt/wt) as a solvent by dry-wet spinning. The chemical cellulose (94%, ${\alpha}$-cellulose content) used for this study is extracted from styela clava tunics (SCT, Midduck), which are treated in chemical process and mechanical grinding. The structure and physical properties of regenerated composite fibers were investigated through IR-spetra, DSC, TGA and SEM. The optimal blend ratio of SCT/PVA for spinning solution was 70/30 and the total weight was 4% concentrations in NMMO/water solvent system. The fiber density, moisture contents and the degree of swelling were $1.5(g/cm^3)$ 10.2(%) and 365(%), respectively. The crystallinity index of composite fibers are decreased as the PVA contents increased. Thermal decomposition of composite fibers took place in two stages at around $250^{\circ}C$ and $550^{\circ}C$. The best thermal stability was obtained with 30% PVA contents.

Proton Conductivity and Methanol Permeability of Sulfonated Poly(aryl ether sulfone)/Modified Graphene Hybrid Membranes (술폰화 폴리아릴렌에테르술폰/개질된 그라핀 복합막의 이온전도도 및 메탄올 투과도)

  • Huh, Hoon;Kim, Deuk-Ju;Nam, Sang-Yong
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.247-255
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    • 2011
  • In this study, to obtain good dispersity of graphene which has excellent conductivity and mechanical strength, the graphene was modified by two different methods. Then the SPAES/graphene hybrid membranes were fabricated from different graphene contents. We compared performance of composite membrane with different preparing method of graphene and content of modified graphene. The morphology of the composite membranes has been investigated using SEM. Chemical structure of modified graphene was analyzed using by FT-IR and EDX. The proton conductivity and methanol permeability of the hybrid membranes were studied with changing graphene content from 0.5 to 3.0 wt.%. The SPAES/modified graphene composite membranes showed high proton conductivity (0.21 S/cm) compared with the SPAES membrane (0.09 S/cm) at $80^{\circ}C$ and 100% relative humidity condition. And the methanol permeability was decreased linearly as the content of modified graphene increased from 0 to 1.5 wt%.

Catalytic Activity of Metal-phthalocyanine Bonded on Polymer for Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide (고분자에 결합된 금속-프탈로시아닌의 과산화수소수 분해반응에 대한 촉매활성)

  • KimKong Soo 김공수;Yong Chul Chun;Young Woo Lee;Sang Ho Lee
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.662-668
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    • 1989
  • The decomposition reaction of hydrogen peroxide was carried out by using metal-4,4',4",4"'-tetraaminophthalocyanine [Mt-$PcNH_2$, Mt = Fe(III), Co(II)] supported on poly (styrene-co-methacrylic acid), in heterogeneous aqueous system. These catalysts showed a catalse-like activity and Fe(III)-$PcNH_2$ supported on the copolymer was particularly effective for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. It was found that the rate of decomposition increased smoothly in the higher pH region and catalytic reaction was interfered by adding $CN^-,\;CNS^-,\;{C_2O_4}^{-2},\;I^-$ ions. The kinetics of the catalytic reaction was also investigated and the reaction proceeds according to the Michaelis-Menten type mechanism.

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Separation and Determination of Acteoside in Pedicularis resupinata var. oppositifolia by Ion Pair Liquid Chromatography (이온쌍 액체 크로마토그래피에 의한 마주송이풀 중의 Acteoside의 분리와 정량)

  • Yun, Young Ja;Yu, Gu Yong
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.161-166
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    • 1995
  • Determination of acteoside in Pedicularis resupinata var. oppositifolia has been studied using ion pair liquid chromatography. Sample was extracted with 40mL methanol for 4 hrs. The extract was cleaned up by using Sep-Pak $C_{18}$ catridge and 8mL aqueous methanol eluent(methanol 50%, water 50%, phosphate buffer pH=8.0). Its determination was performed by means of IP-HPLC with a Hamilton PRP-1 polystyrene-divinylbenzene reversed phase column($15cm{\times}4.6mm$ i. d., $5{\mu}m$) and an aqueous methanol eluent(methanol 60%, water 40% phosphate buffer pH=8.2) containing of $5.0{\times}10^{-3}M$ tetrabutylammonium bromide. The established method was applied to the sample that was collected in area of Pyung Chang gun. As a result, its content ranges showed to be 0.062~0.076%.

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Research on the Anti-Breast Cancer and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Chungganhaewool-tang and Shipyeukmiyeugi-eum (청간해울탕(淸肝解鬱湯)과 십륙미유기음(十六味流氣飮)의 유방암에 대한 항암, 항염 효능 연구)

  • Ryu, Hyo-Kyung;Jung, Min-Jae;Cho, Seong-Hee
    • The Journal of Korean Obstetrics and Gynecology
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.1-23
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    • 2022
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate anti-breast cancer and anti-inflammatory effects of Chungganhaewool-tang and Shipyeukmiyeugi-eum. Methods: MDA-MB-231 cells were used to measure cytotoxicity, Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, protein expression amounts of Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax), B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), B-cell lymphoma-extra large (Bcl-xl), Cytochrome C Caspase-3, Caspase-7, Caspase-9, Poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP), Nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and NAD (P) H Quinone Oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) to evaluate the anti-breast cancer effects of Chungganhaewool-tang (CHT) and Shipyeukmiyeugi-eum (SYE), and THP-1 cells, differentiated into macrophage and induced inflammation with Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), were used to measure production amounts of ROS, Nitric oxide (NO), and protein expression amounts of Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), Cyclooxygenase (COX-2), Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) to evaluate the anti-inflammatory effects of CHT and SYE. Results: CHT and SYE reduced MDA-MB-231 cell counts, increased protein expression of Bax and Cytochrome C, and decreased protein expression of Bcl-2, Bcl-xl. The protein expression amounts of Caspase-3, 7, and 9 decreased, but amounts of the active form, cleaved Caspase-3, 7, and 9, increased. In addition, PARP protein expression decreased, the amount of PARP protein in the cleaved form increased, and the amount of protein expressions of Nrf2 and HO-1 decreased, but NQO1 showed no significant difference. In THP-1 cells CHT and SYE reduced ROS and NO, and reduced protein expressions of iNOS, COX-2, IL-1, and TNF-α, but only SYE groups reduced IL-6. Conclusions: This study suggests that CHT and SYE have potential to be used as treatments for breast cancer.

Inhibition of the Formation of Adducts Between Metabolites of Benzo(a)pyrene and DNA by Panaxydol in vivo and in vitro (Benzo(a)pyrene 대사물질들의 DNA에 대한 Adduct 형성 억제에 미치는 Parlalrydol의 효과)

  • 박진규;김신일
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.42-48
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    • 1989
  • The binding of bay region diol-epoxides of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to target tissue DNA is thought to be essential for the initiation of cancer by these compounds. In this study we investigated the effect of polyacetylenes such as panaxynol and panaxydol on the formation of benzo(a)pyreno (BP)-metabolite-DNA adduct in the liver of ICR mice. Treatment of mice by i.p. administration of polyacetylenes produced a marked reduction in BP metabolite binding to DNA in vitro. Following i.v. administration of (3H)BP(300, ${\mu}$Ci/21 nmoles/0.1 nt DMSO) to mice, radioactivity was detected in the DNA of the liver in vivo. The result of tentative identification of the 4 peaks between the two standard markers for high pressure liquid chromatography showed that the peaks. I, II, III, and IV were BP-phenol oxide-DNA adduct (or BP-diol-epoxide-dCyt. adduct), (-) BP$.$diolepoxide I:dGuO adduct, (+) BP-diol-epoxide I: dGuo adduct, and BP-diol-epoxide II:dGuO adduct, respectively. The minor adduct, (-) BP-diol epoxide I: dGuo was reduced to 6971 of the amount of the control, while the major adduct, (+) BP-diolepoxide I: dGuO(peak II) which was produced from (-) BP-7, 8-diol was reduced to 78% of that of the control. The amount of the minor adduct, BP-diol-epoxide II:dGuo adduct(peak IV) which formed from (+) BP-7, 8-diol was 58% of the control. These results show that the panaxydol is more related to inhibition of the formation of the minor ad- ducts than of the major adducts, which were generally produced from ($\pm$) BP-7, 8-dihydro-dials.

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The study on characteristics and fabrications of ferroelectric $LiNbO_3$ thin films using RF sputtering (RF스퍼터링법을 이용한 강유전체 $LiNbO_3$ 박막의 제작과 특성연구)

  • Choi, Y.S.;Jung, S.M.;Choi, S.W.;Yi, J.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1998.07d
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    • pp.1352-1354
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    • 1998
  • $LiNbO_3$ transistor showed relatively stable characteristic, low interface trap density, and large remanent polarization. This paper reports ferroelectric $LiNbO_3$ thin films grown directly on p-type Si(100) substrates by 13.56 MHz rf magnetron sputtering system for FRAM applications. To take advantage of low temperature requirement for growing films, we deposited $LiNbO_3$ films lower than $300 ^{\circ}C$. RTA(Rapid Thermal Anneal) treatment was performed for as-deposited films in an oxygen atmosphere at $600^{\circ}C$ for 60 sec. We learned from X-ray diffraction that the RTA annealed films were changed from amorphous to poly-crystalline $LiNbO_3$ which exhibited (012), (015), and (022) orientations. The I-V characteristics of $LiNbO_3$ films before and after anneal treatment showed that RTA improved the leakage current of films. The leakage current density of films decreased from $10^{-5}$ to $10^{-7} A/cm^2$ at room temperature measurement. Breakdown electric field of the films exhibited higher than 500 kV/cm. The C-V curves showed the clockwise hysteresis represents ferroelectric switching characteristics. From C-V curves, we calculated dielectric constant of thin film $LiNbO_3$ as 27.5 which is close to that of bulk value.

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