• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.209-217
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• 2002

We studied the mechanism of orientation of polyimide molecules which were irradiated by polarized UU (PUV) using polarized Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy, According to the measured UV spectra, we found PI films mainly absorb UV light less than 350 nm wavelength, therefore, UV light less than 360 nm induces photochemical reaction of PI. PUV irradiation of PI films caused decrease of all peak intensities in the FT-IR spectra. except the newly formed broad peak at $3244 cm^{-1}$, due to degradation of the PI molecules. The remaining PI molecules after photo-degradation showed predominantly perpendicular molecular orientation to the irradiated PUV polarization direction, due to the preferential degradation of PI molecules parallel to irradiated PUV polarization direction. However the rubbing of PI films induced reorientation of the PI molecules parallel to the rubbing direction. We also investigated the alignment of the liquid crystal by rubbing or PUV irradiation. Liquid crystals align perpendicular to the PUV polarization direction and parallel to the rubbing direction.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.393-398
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• 2007

We studied the mechanism of liquid crystal alignment on polyvinylfluorocinnamate (PVCN-F) films which were irradiated by UV using polarized fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and ultraviolet/visible (UV/Vis) spectroscopy. UV irradiation of PVCN-F films caused decrease of vinylene -C=C- stretching peak area at $1638cm^{-1}$ and shift of conjugated C:0 stretching vibration at $1712cm^{-1}\;to\;1734cm^{-1}$ which is caused by nonconjugated C=O stretching nitration. To study the orientation direction of 5CB liquid crystal (LC) molecules in the liquid crystal cell with PUV irradiation, rubbing treatment or without any treatment on the PVCN-F alignment layer, we used polarized FT-IR dichroism technique. We successfully measured 5CB LC alignment directions, which are perpendicular to the irradiated PUV polarization direction and parallel to the rubbing direction in the liquid crystal cell without using dichroic dyes.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.45-50
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• 1994

CoCr 박막에 있어서 C축 결정배향성과 미세구조 변화에 대한 Co73Cr27 씨앗층의 영향이 조사되 었다. 기록밀도가 높고 재생전압도 높은 CoCr 수직기록매체를 개발하기 위해서는 CoCr층의 두께가 엷 으면서 결정배향성이 우수하고 결정립 크기가 적고 균일한 자성기록막 제조가 필요하다. CoCr 단층막 또는 CoCr/퍼말로이 이중막 제조에서 500$\AA$정도의 Co73Cr27 층을 씨앗층으로 만들어 줌으러써 기록층인 CoCr 박막이 $0.2mu$m의 두께에서도 천이층이 거의 없고 결정배향성이 우수한 자성막을 제조할 수 있었 다. 또한 Co73Cr27 씨앗층은 비록 결정립 크기는 증가시켰지만 기록층의 에피택시 성장에 보다 바람직 한 것으로 조사되었다.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1997.08a
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• pp.55-55
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• 1997

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.54-57
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• 2012

Nematic liquid crystal (NLC) alignment effects on SiOF layers via ion-beam (IB) irradiation for four types of incident energy were successfully studied. The effect of fluorine addition on silicon oxide film properties as a function of $SiOF_4/O_2$ gas flow ration was investigated. The SiOF thin film exhibits good chemical and the thermal stability of the SiOF thin film were sustained as function of the NLC alignment until $200^{\circ}C$ Also, the response-time characteristics of aligned LCD based on SiOF film were studied.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.340-350
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• 2018

In the present study, crystallographically b- and c-axis oriented mordenite zeolite membranes were prepared and their pervaporative ethanol dehydration was investigated. The seed layer with a high coverage grew to be c-axis oriented dense layer, while the seed layer with a low coverage grew to be b-axis oriented layer. This phenomenon could be explained by the evolutionary selection growth mechanism. The b-axis grown membrane with 8-membered rings showed a high separation factor of above 1000 and a considerable total flux of around $0.2kg/m^2h$. The c-axis grown, columnar structured membrane with 8- and 12-membered rings showed a low separation factor of less than 200 and a relatively high total flux of around $0.25kg/m^2h$. The high performance of b-axis grown membrane was due to the relatively small opening of 8-membered rings. Water molecules can freely permeate through the openings, but ethanol molecules, difficultly. Therefore, in the present study, we introduced a new method to control crystallographic orientation of mordenite membrane by changing seeding amount of needle-like crystals, and elucidated that b-axis oriented mordenite membrane showed better performance than c-axis grown mordenite membrane.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.484-492
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• 2003

How the characteristics and stability of the rubbing-induced alignment of nematic liquid crystals (LCs) relate to the interfacial characteristics of LC-polyimide has been studied. The characteristics of the LC alignment (such as the LC texture, the pretilt angle, and the anchoring energy) and their thermal stability have been investigated for 5 polyimides synthesized for this work. The work showed that the rubbed polyimide alignment layer induces the strong LC anchoring and that the characteristics and stability of LC alignment are determined by the short-ranged interactions between LC and polyimide molecules at the alignment layer surface. The increased flexibility of the polyimide accelerates thermal imidization, increases the pretilt angle, and improves the alignment stability. It also turned out that fluorination of the polyimide tends to deteriorate the alignment uniformity and stability. No distinct differences in the alignment characteristics were shown for the aromatic- and alicyclic-dianhydride polyimides.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.431-438
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• 2002

We studied the orientation behavior and thermal stability of polyimide (PI) molecules under irradiation of polarized UV (PUV) using polarized fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. In the case of PUV-exposed PI films, the remaining PI molecules after photo-degradation showed molecular orientation perpendicular to the irradiated PUV polarization direction predominantly, due to the preferential degradation of PI molecules parallel to the irradiated PUV Polarization direction. On the other hand, the rubbing of PI films induced reorientation of the PI molecules parallel to the rubbing direction. We also investigated the thermal stability of the alignment layers furled by rubbing and PUV irradiation on the PI films using Polarized FTIR. The thermal stability of the PUV irradiated PI alignment layer is lower than that of the rubbed PI layer due to the fragmentation reaction of the PI by PUV.

• 전기의세계
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• v.42 no.9
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• pp.20-27
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• 1993

1. 철근출막은 결정자기이방성의 영향이 작기 때문에, 자기특성이 막의 기하학적구조에 의해 거의 결정되고 그것에 의하여 자성막의 설계가 가능하다. 2. 코발트 근출막은 결정자기이방성이 자기특성에 영향은 크기때문에 코발트 결정의 자화용역축(C축)의 배향에 의하여 자기특성은 크게 변한다. 따라서 이 C축의 배향성을 변화시켜 석출입자의 형태를 바꾸지 않고 작은 포아직경에서도 항자력의 제어가 가능하였다. 3. 코발트-철합금신출막은 조성변화에 의하여 자기특성을 제어할 수 있다. 또 ㅈ포화자화, 항자력도 철을 석출한 자성막에 비해서 높은 값을 나타냄을 물론, 우수한 각형화(Mr/Ms)로 얻어지는 큰 자기에너지적으로 수직 자기기록방식의 고정밀의 로타리 엔코다에의 응용이 유망하다.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.77-85
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• 2013

The precision of retardation measurement has been improved upto $3{\sigma}$ <0.005 nm after improvements are made to the conventional transmission ellipsometer. Improvements are made such that, i) the polarizer module instead of the sample stage is rotated, ii) the light source is replaced, iii) the starting points of two rotating modules are accurately synchronized, and iv) the fine background retardation is compensated. Together with the newly introduced RVD (Retardation Vector Difference) method, the improved instrument is successfully applied to characterize the ultra small optical birefringence of the rubbed polyimide alignment layer, after the residual retardation due to glass substrate whose magnitude is about 1.0 nm is properly subtracted. It is verified that the net retardation of the alignment layer ranges from 0.05 nm to 0.15 nm.