• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.174-174
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• 2013

현재 자동차 강판 시장에서는 승객들의 안전 확보와 연비 향상을 위하여 자동차 강판의 경량화 및 고장력화가 급속히 진행되고 있다. 더불어 소비자는 더욱 아름답고 멋있는 외관을 추구하면서 정교한 디자인이 가능할 수 있도록 높은 성형성을 갖는 강판에 대한 요구도 또한 증대되고 있다. 따라서 강도와 성형성을 동시에 확보할 수 있는 DP형, TRIP형 등의 다양한 컨셉을 갖는 변태강화형 고장력강에 대한 개발 요구가 점점 심화되고 있으나 이들 고장력강의 상 제어를 위하여 첨가된 Si, Mn등의 성분들이 표면에 안정한 산화물을 형성하기 때문에 이러한 고장력강은 표면 품질이 열위한 것으로 보고 되고 있다. 따라서 기존 연구에서는 열처리중 표면으로 확산되어 올라오는 Si, Mn 산화물의 저감을 위하여 분위기 중 산소농도나 노점등을 조절하거나, 산화전처리, 선도금처리 등을 통하여 Si, Mn 의 표면 선택산화를 제어하여 도금 결함을 최소화하려는 연구가 많이 진행되고 있다. 그러나 이러한 연구들은 대부분 강판 표면에서의 산화/환원의 반응에 대한 분위기 요인을 제어하는 연구들이며 실제 Si, Mn등의 산화성 원소들이 어떠한 조건에서 어떠한 경로들을 통해서 이동하여 표면으로 올라오는지에 대한 연구는 부족한 상황이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 산화성 원소들의 표면 확산 거동에 대한 고찰을 위하여 다양한 열처리 온도 조건을 통한 표면 도금성 경향, 합급화 경향 및 표면 분석결과를 바탕으로 확산 거동에 대한 경향을 밝히고자 하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.65-65
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• 2000

반도체 소자의 고집적화는 배선에서 많은 문제점을 야기 시킨다. 이러한 문제점들 중에서 대표적인 것이 과도한 전류밀도에 의한 electro-migration(EM)이다. 이는 앞으로 배선의 선폭이 0.25$mu extrm{m}$미만일 경우 더욱 심화될 전망이다. 이에 대안으로 Al-합금에서 Cu로 대체하여 이러한 문제를 해결하려 하고 있다. 그런데, Cu는 Si 및 SiO2와 높은 반응성과 빠른 확산속도를 가지기 때문에 확산방지막이 필요로 되어진다. 현재에는 TiN, TaN 등의 확산방지막이 사용되어지고 있으나, TiN 박막의 경우 표면에 Ti와 oxide와의 결합에 의해 Ti-O 성분이 존재하는데, 이럴 경우 Cu 증착을 하는데 있어 부정적인 요인이 된다. 또한, 이러한 화합물은 Cu와 TiN 계면사이에 밀착성을 나쁘게 하여 고전류 인가시 EM에 있어 높은 저항성을 가질 수가 없다. 따라서, 본 연구는 MOCVD방식으로 Cu 박막을 증착하기에 앞서 수소플라즈마를 이용하여 TiN 표면에 형성된 산소 화합물을 제거한 후 Cu를 증착하여 동일한 조건에서 EM 가속화 실험을 하였다. 그림 1은 Cu/TiN 구조에 있어 수소 전처리를 한 배선의 구조의 MTF(mean time to failure)가 65분이고 전처리를 하지 않은 배선구조는 40분으로 약 50% 긴 MTF를 가지는 것으로 나왔다. 결론적으로 Cu와 TiN 계면에 좋은 밀착성은 EM에 있어 우수한 저항성을 가지는 것으로 나왔다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.161-161
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• 2012

결정질 TiCrN과 AlSiN 나노층이 교대로 구성하는 나노 다층 TiAlCrSiN 박막은 음극 아크 플라즈마 증착법에 의해 증착되었다. 나노 다층 TiAlCrSiN 박막의 산화특성들은 $600{\sim}1000^{\circ}C$사이에서 대기 중 최대 70시간동안 연구 되었다. 형성된 산화물들은 주로 $Cr_2O_3$, ${\alpha}-Al_2O_3$, $SiO_2$ 그리고 rutile-$TiO_2$들로 구성되었다. 나노 다층 TiAlCrSiN 박막이 산화하는 동안, 가장 바깥쪽의 $TiO_2$층은 Ti 이온의 외부확산에 의해, 외부 $Al_2O_3$층은 Al이온의 외부확산에 의해 형성되었다. 동시에, 내부($Al_2O_3$, $Cr_2O_3$) 혼합층과 가장 안쪽의 $TiO_2$층은 산소이온의 내부확산에 의해 형성되었다.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.992-998
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• 1996

The $La_{0.8}Ca_{0.2}CoO_3$ prepared by a citrate process was shown to have higher oxygen reduction current density and specific activity than $LaCoO_3$, $La_{0.6}Ca_{0.4}CoO_3$. In the cyclic voltammogram, an oxygen desorption peak of a $La_{0.8}Ca_{0.2}CoO_3$+carbon electrode was larger than that of a only carbon electrode. $La_{0.8}Ca_{0.2}CoO_3$ sintered at $900^{\circ}C$ for 5 hours was shown high oxygen reduction current density because of the particle size distribution and sintering effect.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.12-18
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• 2012

The prohibitively high cost of Pt catalyst might be the biggest barrier for the commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) of which wide application is expected. Worldwide research efforts for the development of alternative to Pt oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst are made recently. One of the important considerations in the catalyst development is durability issue as well as economic aspect. From this point of view, platinum group metals (PGM) except Pt can be a candidate for replacing Pt catalyst because the material properties and the catalytic activity of PGM are expected to be similar to Pt. In contrast to Ir, Rh and Os to which not so much attention has been paid as an ORR catalyst, Pd that is most similar to Pt in terms of material properties and catalytic activity and Ru that is in the form of chalcogenide have been studied intensively. Activity comparison between non-Pt and Pt oxygen reduction catalysts by half cell test using RDE (rotating disk electrode) or PEMFC MEA (membrane electrode assembly) operation indicates that Pd-based catalysts show the most similar activity to Pt. In this paper we analyze the composition of PGM ORR catalyst in literature to promote the development of non-Pt ORR catalyst.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.55-60
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• 2001

The effect of high energy B ion implantation and initial oxygen concentration upon defect formation and gettering of metallic impurities in Czochralski silicon wafer has been studied by applying DLTS( Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy), SIMS(Secondary ton Mass Spectroscopy), BMD (Bulk Micro-Defect) analysis and TEM(Transmission Electron Microscopy). DLTS results show the signal of the deep levels not only in as-implanted samples but also in low and high temperature annealed samples. Vacancy-related deep levels in as- implanted samples were changed to metallic impurities-related deep levels with increase of annealing temperature. In the case of high temperature anneal, by showing the lower deep level concentration with increase of initial oxygen concentration, high initial oxygen concentration seems to be more effective compared with the lower initial oxygen one.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.3-12
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• 2011

Understanding of water sediment trends is an important part of water quality monitoring. Water quality variables change over time and space, and cannot be modeled or explained clearly by either temporal or spatial analysis alone. This research analysed the trends of temperature, pH levels and dissolved oxygen levels based on the sediment records and spatial data obtained in Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) during 1985-2005. Our aim is to evaluate spatio-temporal trends and graphical analyses using an Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) interpolation method. The main results from this research can be summarized as follows. The maximum temperature and pH have been stable during the study period and the maximum dissolved oxygen has been increasing gradually until 2002. The minimum pH and dissolved oxygen have been changing in an unsteady trend during the period. A spatial analysis shows that the water temperature in this region has been increasing over time. The pH trend shows that it is decreasing during 1993-2005. Dissolved oxygen concentration has been increasing from 1989 onwards and stays in that track.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.272-277
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• 2009

In this research, three dimensional mathematical models were developed to predict the shelf life of tofu packaged in a semi-rigid plastic container. A model combining oxygen transfer through the package and oxygen consumption within the package was considered. According to the results, the model simulations estimated that the number of microorganisms in the filled water was higher than that in the tofu, suggesting the shelf life of packaged tofu was not affected by the number of microorganisms in the tofu product, but rather by the number of organisms in the filled water. Additionally, the effects of the physical properties of the packaging material, such as oxygen permeability through the package, oxygen diffusion coefficient, the initial oxygen concentration in the filled water, and the depth of the filled water in the packaged tofu, were also observed.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.462-469
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• 1993

The electrocatalytic reduction of dioxygen is investigated by cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry at glassy carbon electrode and carbon microelectrode coated with a variety of cobalt phenylporphyrins. The n value obtained at carbon microelectrode is slightly different from that determined at glassy carbon electrode. Dioxygen reduction catalyzed by the monormeric porphyrin Co(II)-TPP mainly occurs through the $2e^-$ reduction pathway resulting in the formation of hydrogen peroxide, electrocatalytic process carries out $4e^-$ reduction pathway of dioxygen to $H_2O$ at the electrodes coated with bis-cobalt phenylporphyrins. The electrocatalytic reduction of dioxygen is irreversible and diffusion controlled.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.23-30
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• 1997

Semiconductive SrTiO3 ceramic bodies were prepared by conventional ceramic powder processes in-cluding sintering in a reducing atmosphere. Sodium or potassium ions were diffused from the surface of the sintered bodies into the inner region using thermal diffusion process at 800-120$0^{\circ}C$. The effects of such ther-mal treatments on the electrical and chemical characteristics of the grain boundaries were investigated. The presence of sodium or potassium ions at grain boundaries produces non-linear current-voltage behaviors, electrical boundary potential barriers of 0.1-0.2eV, and threshold voltages of 10-70V. The diffused ions form diffusion layers with thicknesses of 20-50nm near the grain boundaries, reducing the concentration of strontium and oxygen.