• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.1752-1757
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• 2008

Simple and highly efficient droplet merging method is proposed, which enables two nanoliter or picoliter droplets to merge regularly in a straight microchannel. We observe that two droplets of the same size but of different viscosities are merged by velocity difference induced as they are transported with the carrier fluid. To make viscosity difference, the mass ratio of water and glycerol is varied. Two droplets of the same size or of different sizes are generated alternatingly in the cross channel by controlling flowrates. This droplet merging method can be used to mix or encapsulate one target sample with another material, so that it can be applied to cell lysis, particle synthesis, drug discovery, hydrogel-bead production, and so on.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.154-159
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• 2009

This paper describes two methods - stamp-to-stick bonding and microtransfer molding - to integrate microfluidic channel into an optoelectrofluidic device for in-channel microparticle manipulation. We have demonstrated the optoelectronic microparticle manipulation in the channel-integrated optoelectrofluidic device using a liquid crystal display. As injecting a liquid sample containing $15{\mu}m$-diameter polystyrene particles into the fabricated channel, trapping and transport of individual microparticles have been successfully demonstrated. This channel-integrated optoelectrofluidic device may be useful for several in-channel applications based on the optoelectrofluidics such as optoelectronic flow control, droplet-based protein assay and bead-based immunoassay.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.21-26
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• 2011

Hydrodynamic focusing technique to generate focused flow has been used for flow cytometry in microfluidic devices. However, devices with circular capillary tubes made of glass are not suitable for flow visualization or optical signal detection because the rays of light are distorted at the curved interface. We devised a new acrylic chamber assembled with a pulled micropipette and a rectangular microchannel made of glass. This new channel geometry enabled us to visualize the three-dimensional (3D) flow characteristics with confocal imaging technique. We analyzed the 3D hydrodynamic focusing in a circular capillary tube and a rectangular microchannel over a practical range of flow rates, viscosities and pressure drops.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.81-81
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• 2004

등통로각압축(ECAP, Equal Channel Angular Pressing)공정은 다결정의 재료 덩어리를 두 채널(channel)이 일정하게 교차하는 형태의 금형에 통과시켜 단면적과 단면 형상의 큰 변화 없이 압출하는 성형법으로 다른 공정에 비해 상대적으로 낮은 압력으로 재료에 소성변형을 발생시켜 입자를 미세화 시킬 수 있으며, 기존의 분말야금에 의한 방법에 비해 상용재료를 포함한 광범위한 금속 및 합금에 적용이 용이한 점과 재료 내부에 기포가 거의 잔류하지 않는 점등의 장점을 가지고 있다.(중략)

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.256-264
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• 2012

A general procedure for the optimal design of a micro-channel heat exchanger for heat pump systems is presented. For this design, a performance analysis program that can reflect the various geometric variables of the micro-channel heat exchanger was developed. The deviation between simulated and experiment results of previous research was within 4% for the heat transfer rate. To prove the feasibility of the optimal design process, the performance of the reference heat exchanger was compared to that of the optimized heat exchanger. The $JF_{air}$ and PECv of the optimized heat exchanger were enhanced by 14% and 26%, respectively.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2013.04a
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• pp.264-265
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• 2013

현재 반도체 산업에서는 고성능 저전력과 더불어 고 집적도가 가능한 재료 및 구조에 크게 주목하고 있고 여러 가지 이슈를 만족시키기 위해서 다양한 재료와 구조가 많이 연구 되고 있다. 특히 3-5족 화합물로 만들어진 나노선은 소자의 미세한 구조적 제어를 가능하게 하고 1차원 구조적 특성에 의해 전기적 특성이 우수하여 전계효과 트랜지스터(FET) 소자에 적용 시키기 적합하다고 알려져 있다.[1,2] 이번 연구에서는 최근 많이 연구되고 있는 GaAs 나노선을 기반으로 하는 전계효과 트랜지스터의 소자특성 및 전기적인 특성에 대해 EDISON 시뮬레이터를 이용해 알아보았다. 또한 채널 두께 및 길이와 게이트 산화막 층 두께에 따른 소자의 전기적 특성에 대해서도 연구하였다. 이를 통해 GaAs 나노선 기반 전계효과 트랜지스터의 최적화된 소자를 알아 보았다.

• 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.49-50
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• 2002

In micro-channels, the electro-viscous effect is caused by the electrical double layer on pressure-driven liquid flow. Velocity fields of flow inside micro-channels were measured using micro-PIV system for investigating the electro-viscous effect. De-ionized water and aqueous NaCl solutions with four different concentrations were used as working fluid in a PDMS micro-channel of $100{\mu}m$ width and $66{\mu}m$ height. The pressure gradient, dP/dx, was determined from the pre-determined input flow rate Q of syringe pump. The mean velocity $u_m$ used for calculating Reynolds number was obtained from the PIV velocity field data. These are used to plot the pressure gradient as a function of Reynolds numbers. The pressure gradient far lower concentration solution $(10^{-5}\;M)$ was higher than that for the higher concentration solution. The increase of flow resistance was about $30\%\;and\;37.5\%$ at Re=0.02 and 0.06, respectively.

• 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.51-52
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• 2002

Electro-osmotic flow in a PDMS microchannel of $66{\mu}m\;\times\;200{\mu}m\;\times\;3cm$ has been investigated using a micro PIV system. The field of view was $1056{\mu}m\;\times\;200{\mu}m$ and instantaneous velocity fields were obtained using two-frame cross-correlation method with $64\;\times\;64\;pixels^2$ interrogation window. In this study, we focused on the effect of applied electric field on the variation of internal flow with varying the electric field and seeding particles. The electro-osmotic flow shows a flat velocity profile and the mean velocity is proportional to the applied electric field.

• Laser Solutions
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.11-13
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• 2015

Pressure-drop in a micro-channel is critical when a hole diameter is less then 100um with the high aspect ratio, more than 40. To minimize these pressure loss for micro-channel applications is important and there would be the best hole diameter, taper angle, and their combinations. In this work, the parametric study for laser drilling of anodized material is conducted to obtain the micro-channel hole with high aspect ratio.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2019.10a
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• pp.595-597
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• 2019

DCU챗봇은 카카오 i 오픈빌더 API를 활용하여 24시간 어디서든 카카오톡이 설치된 스마트폰만 있다면 대구가톨릭대학교의 모든 정보를 얻을 수 있는 챗봇이다. 이 챗봇은, 카카오톡 채널을 통해 친구추가 후 이용 가능하며, Node.js와 카카오 i 오픈빌더 API를 통하여 대구가톨릭대학교의 학식, 스쿨버스, 학교 주변 버스정류장의 실시간 버스 도착 정보, 날씨 & 미세먼지, 학사일정, 교내 전화번호, 공지사항, 지도 등의 기능을 네이버와 기상청, 대구 시내버스 정보를 크롤링 후 가공하여 서비스를 제공한다.