• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.39 no.9
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• pp.829-834
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• 2002

Ferroelectric properties of $ErMnO_3$ thin films deposited on Si(100) substrate using Sol-gel process with metal salts were investigated. $ErMnO_3$ thin films with a (001) preferred orientation were crystallized at 800$^{\circ}C$. The $ErMnO_3$ thin film post-annealed at 800$^{\circ}C$ for 1 h showed the dielectric constant(k) of 26 and the dielectric loss(tan ${\delta}$) of 0.032 at the frequency range from 1 to 100 KHz. The grain size of $ErMnO_3$ thin film post-annealed at 800 for 1 h was 10∼30 nm. The remanent polarization($P_r$) of the $ErMnO_3$ thin films increased with increasing (001) preferred orientation. The $ErMnO_3$ thin films post-annealed at 800$^{\circ}C$ for 1 h showed the remanent polarization($P_r$) of 400 nC/$cm^2$, with the increase of post-annealing time at 800$^{\circ}C$, the coercive field($E_c$) of thin films was lowered because the dense and homogeneous thin films were obtained.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.205-211
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• 1997

The magnetic properties change which was induced by addition of small amount of Ni into Cr underlayer in CoCrTa/ CrNi thin film deposited by electron beam evaporator was investigated. The additional Ni element was found to be beneficial for incease in the coercivity of the thin film deposited at the room temperature. The origin of coercivity increase was elucidated by crystal orientation and microstructure investigation using XRD and AFM respectively. It was found that the grain size were increased by Ni addition. The coercivity of the film with CrNi underlayer is lower than that of film with Cr underlayer when prepared with higher substrate temperature. This result may be originated with the increase in grain size. When film was deposited at 280 $^{\circ}C$ substrate temperature, Cr segregation in grain boundary is found to be the other factor for determining coercivity value.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.146-154
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• 2024

In this paper, we present a convenient liquid crystal (LC) molecular alignment method using brush hairs as an alternative to the rubbing process in the LC display industry. Titanium strontium yttrium zirconium oxide (TiSrYZrO) solution was prepared using a sol-gel process, and the TiSrYZrO alignment film production and LC molecular alignment were integrated through a one-step brush coating process. As the curing temperature increased, the LC molecule alignment of the LC cell improved, and the formation of a physical surface anisotropic structure due to the shear stress caused by the movement of the brush hairs on the coating surface led to uniform alignment of the LC molecules. Uniform and homogeneous LC molecular alignment was confirmed through polarizing optical microscopy and pretilt angle measurement. Through thermal oxidation using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the TiSrYZrO thin film well formed of metal oxide was confirmed and verified to have excellent optical transparency. From these results, it is expected that a convenient LC molecular alignment method using brush hairs as an alternative to the rubbing process will be a viable next-generation technology.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.558-564
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• 2012

We fabricated Ga doped ZnO (GZO) thin films on the glass substrate (Eagle 2000) with various of Ga doping concentration and annealing temperatures using sol-gel method, electrical and optical properties were investigated. When the GZO thin films doped with 1 mol% of Ga and annealed at $600^{\circ}C$, the excellent (002) orientation was observed. In the results of Hall measurement, carrier concentration decreased and resistivity increased due to segregation effect with increasing of the Ga doping concentration. The largest carrier concentration and lowest resistivity were $9.13{\times}10^{18}cm^{-3}$ and $0.87{\Omega}cm$, respectively, in the GZO thin films doped with 1 mol% Ga and annealed at $600^{\circ}C$. All films is higher than 80 % in the visible light region. Energy band gap narrowing due to Burstein-Moss effect was observed with increasing of Ga doping concentration from 1 to 4 mol%.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.40 no.11
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• pp.1113-1119
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• 2003

We used isopropanol which has low boiling point to prepare thin films at low temperature and changed mole concentration of zinc acetate from 0.3 to 1.3 mol/l. The structural, optical and electrical properties of ZnO thin films with Zn content were investigated. ZnO thin films highly oriented along the c-axis were obtained at Zn concentration of 0.7 mol/l. ZnO thin films with Zn concentration of 0.7 mol/l showed a homogeneous surface layer of nano structure. The transmittance of ZnO thin films by UV-vis. measurement was about 87% under the Zn concentration of 0.7 mol/l, but rapidly decreased over the 1.0 mol/l. The optical band gap energy was obtained from 3.07 to 3.22 eV which is very close to the band gap of bulk ZnO (3.2 eV). The electrical resistivity of ZnO thin films was about 150 $\Omega$-cm that shows little difference with Zn concentration. I-V curves of ZnO thin films exhibited typical ohmic contact properties.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.88-88
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• 2000

AlN는 약 6.2eV 정도의 큰 에너지 밴드폭을 가지고 있어서 S, GaAs에 비해 높은 항복전압과 물리적인 강도를 가지고 있어서 고온 고전력 전자소자로 응용이 되어지며, 또한 압전특성이 우수하기 때문에 SAW 소자에 응용이 되어진다. 또한 최근 광소자 재료로 연구가 되어지고 있는 GaN의 Buffer Layer로도 사용이 되어지고 있다. 본 실험은 Plasma Source를 사용한 PaMBE 장비를 사용하여 Si 기판위에 AlN 박막을 성장시키고자 하였다. AlN 박막을 성장 온도를 변화시켜가며 Si(100) 과 Si(111)기판위에 성장을 수행하였으며 성장온도의 변화에 따른 AlN 박막의 결정성을 살펴보았다. AlN/Si(100)은 XRD와 DCD 분석에 의해 AlN 박막이 (0001) 방향으로 우선배향되었음을 알 수 있었고, AlN/Si(111)은 XRD, DCD 그리고 TEM분석에 의해서 단결정 AlN 박막임을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.181-181
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• 2010

RF magnetron sputtering을 이용하여 RF power 및 공정 압력에 따라 ZnO 박막을 유리기판 위에 제작하고 구조적, 광학적, 전기적 특성을 조사하였다. 박막 증착 조건의 초기 압력은 $1.0{\times}10^{-6}\;Torr$, 증착온도는 상온으로 고정하였으며 기판은 Corning 1737 유리 기판을 사용하였다. 공정 변수로 RF파워는 25W, 50W, 75W, 100W로 변화시키고, 증착 압력은 20m, 100m, 200m 300mTorr로 변화시켰다. 유리기판 위에 증착된 모든 ZnO 박막에서 (002) 면의 우선배향성이 관찰되었고 RF power가 50 W와 75W 에서 좋은 결정성을 나타내었다. 공정조건별로 제작된 모든 ZnO박막에서 85% 이상의 투과율을 나타내었으며, 증착압력이 증가함에 따라 광학적인 밴드 갭이 증가하였다. Hall 측정 결과 모든 샘플에서 n타입 특성이 확인되으며, 75W와 300mTorr일 때 전기비저항 $3.56\;{\times}\;10^{+1}\;{\Omega}cm$, 전하의 농도 $2.8\;{\times}\;10^{17}cm^{-3}$, 이동도 $0.613\;cm^2V^{-1}s^{-1}$로 반도체 활성층으로 가장 적합한 전기적 특성을 얻었다. RF 파워가 증가하고, 증착압력이 증가할 수록 ZnO 박막 특성이 좋아지는 경향성을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.6-13
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• 2010

In this study, Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) thin films have been fabricated on Eagle 2000 glass substrates at various substrate temperatures $100{\sim}400^{\circ}C$ and thin film thickness by RF magnetron sputtering in order to investigate the structural, electrical, and optical properties of the GZO thin films. It is observed that all the thin films exhibit c-axis orientation and a (002) diffraction peak only. The GZO thin films, which were deposited at $T=300^{\circ}C$ and 400 nm, shows the highest (002) orientation, and the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the (002) diffraction peak is $0.4^{\circ}$. AFM analysis shows that the formation of relatively smooth thin films are obtained. The lowest resistivity ($8.01{\times}10^{-4}\;{\Omega}cm$) and the highest carrier concentration ($3.59{\times}10^{20}\;cm^{-3}$) are obtained in the GZO thin films deposited at $T=300^{\circ}C$ and 400 nm. The optical transmittance in the visible region is approximately 80 %, regardless of process conditions. The optical band-gap shows the slight blue-shift with increase in doping which can be explained by the Burstein-Moss effect.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.313-322
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• 2001

The effects of Zr/Ti concentration ratio in PLZT (10/y/z) thin films prepared by sol-gel method are investigated for the NVFRAM application. Rosette and pyrochlore phase are observed in PLZT (10/40/60) thin film and the (100) orientation, the grain size, and the surface roughness of PLZT thin films increase due to the increase of Ti amount in Zr/Ti concentration ratio. As Ti amount of Zr/Ti concentration ratio increases, the dielectric constants at 10KHz decrease from 600 to 400, while the loss tangents increase from 0.028 to 0.053 and the leakage current densities at 170 kY/cm decrease from 1.64$\times$10$^{-6}$ to 1.26$\times$10$^{-7}$ A/$\textrm{cm}^2$. In the results of hysteresis loops measured at $\pm$ 170 ㎸/cm, the remanent polarization and the coercive field increase from 6.62 to 12.86 $\mu$C/$\textrm{cm}^2$ and from 32.15 to 56.45 ㎸/cm, respectively, according to the change from 40/60 to 0/100 in Zr/Ti concentration ratio. Fatigue and retention properties also improve much as the Zr/Ti concentration ratio change from 40/60 to 0/100. After applying 10$^{9}$ square pulses with $\pm$5V, the remanent polarization of the PLZT (10/40/60) thin film decreases 50％ from the initial state while that of the PLZT (10/0/100) thin film decreases 30％. In the results of retention measurements of 10$^{5}$ s, the remanent polarization of the PLZT (10/0/100) thin film decreases only 11％ from the initial state, while that of the PLZT (10/40/60) thin film decreases 40%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.67.1-67.1
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• 2017

구리는 탄성이방성이 큰 재료로 Si 박막상에 성장시키면 (111) 방향으로 우선 배향된 박막을 얻을 수 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 (111) 우선 방위를 갖는 Cu 박막의 전기도금층의 재결정 후의 매우 평탄한 표면을 갖는 박막에서 에칭에 따른 박막의 단차와 표면형상을 통해 결정방위별 에칭 특성을 비교 분석한 결과이다. 10 vol% 질산용액에서 에칭한 결과는 구리의 용해에 따라 각 결정면에 대한 고유의 facetted surface morphology를 나타내며, 대표적인 결정 방위인 (111), (110), (100)에 대해 triangular flake, ridge and rectangular pyramidal shapes을 나타내는 것을 알 수 있었다. 에칭속도의 정량적 측정을 위해 120초간 2.2M 농도의 질산용액으로 에칭을 실시하였고, nanosize의 as-plated initial region, (111), (110), (100) oriented regions의 각각에서 383, 270, 276, 317 nm/min의 에칭속도를 갖는 것을 확인하였다. Facet surface의 관찰을 통해 에칭반응이 (111) front surface를 갖는 열역학적 평형상태에서 일어나며, 이러한 결정방위별 에칭속도 차이는 각 결정S면이 갖는 Kink or ledge의 밀도의 차이에 기인할 것으로 판단된다. 즉, 에칭이 평형상태에서 step flow mechanism에 의해 열역학적 평형상태를 유지하면서 진행이 된다. 본 연구는 향후 다양한 에칭관련 용액 효과, 구리 박막의 응력 및 불순물에 의한 효과를 볼 수 있는 기본 방법을 제공해 줄 것으로 기대한다.