• 청정기술
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.295-300
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• 2012

입자의 크기, 모양, 및 기능기를 제어할 수 있는 제조 기술은 화학, 생물, 재료과학, 화학 공학, 의약 그리고 생명공학과 같은 다양한 적용분야에 적용될 수 있는 중요한 기술중의 하나이다. 본 연구는 볼록한 지붕을 지니는 이방성 고분자 입자의 곡률 제어를 위해 젖음성 유체를 도입한 새로운 미세몰딩(micromolding technique) 방법에 관한 것이다. 몰드의 종횡비 조절을 통하여 입자의 곡률 반경을 $20{\mu}m$에서 $70{\mu}m$까지 제어할 수 있었으며 서로 다른 습윤특성을 지닌 젖음성 용액을 이용하여 이방성 고분자 입자의 높이와 곡률반경을 조절할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 제시한 미세몰딩 기술은 저렴하고, 간단하고, 쉽고 빠른 방법으로 이방성 입자를 제작할 수 있으며 3차원 입자 모양의 정밀제어가 가능한 새로운 방법으로 판단된다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.109-115
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• 2020

Surfaces with various roughnesses were produced through laser processing, and the anisotropy and hydrophobicity of the surfaces were examined in the context of the microstructures. The fine particles transferred to the glass surface exhibited different sizes, and the roughness increased. Due to the change in the roughness, the liquid could not penetrate the space between the fine particles, and it was thus exposed to the air. We analyzed this phenomenon using the combined Wenzel and Cassie-Baxter models. Excessive fine particle formation on the substrate tended to increase the roughness and surface energy. The silver-glass-air contact analysis could clarify the mechanism of the reduction of the contact angle and differences in the metastable and stable states when the particles did not completely cover the glass substrate. The formation of microstructures with fine particles through the laser selective deposition led to the generation of an anisotropic surface as the water droplets diffused toward the glass substrate with a relatively high surface energy level.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.533-538
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• 2014

We fabricated grooved mushroom structures with anisotropic wettability on silicon substrates using basic MEMS processes. The geometry of these grooved mushroom structures could be changed by controlling the additional IPA solution during Si etching by TMAH solution. To understand anisotropic wettability, contact angles (CAs) of hexadecane droplets were measured in the orthogonal and parallel directions to grooved lines. The CA measurement results displayed anisotropic wetting on the grooved mushroom structures. However, specimens with $80{\mu}m$ distance between top layers displayed isotropic and superoleophobic wetting. This study demonstrates that the thickness of the top layer is more critical than the width or height of the ridge when determining the wettability of organic solvent. Despite the wide distance between top layers ($80{\mu}m$), the specimen with a thin top layer (100 nm) showed highly anisotropic wetting and low CA due to the pinning of droplets at the edge of the top layer.