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Size Distribution and Temperature Dependence of Magnetic Anisotropy Constant in Ferrite Nanoparticles

  • Yoon, Sunghyun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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    • 2012.11a
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    • pp.104-105
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    • 2012
  • The temperature dependence of the effective magnetic anisotropy constant K(T) of ferrite nanoparticles is obtained based on the measurements of SQUID magnetometry. For this end, a very simple but intuitive and direct method for determining the temperature dependence of anisotropy constant K(T) in nanoparticles is introduced in this study. The anisotropy constant at a given temperature is determined by associating the particle size distribution f(r) with the anisotropy energy barrier distribution $f_A(T)$. In order to estimate the particle size distribution f(r), the first quadrant part of the hysteresis loop is fitted to the classical Langevin function weight-averaged with the log?normal distribution, slightly modified from the original Chantrell's distribution function. In order to get an anisotropy energy barrier distribution $f_A(T)$, the temperature dependence of magnetization decay $M_{TD}$ of the sample is measured. For this measurement, the sample is cooled from room temperature to 5 K in a magnetic field of 100 G. Then the applied field is turned off and the remanent magnetization is measured on stepwise increasing the temperature. And the energy barrier distribution $f_A(T)$ is obtained by differentiating the magnetization decay curve at any temperature. It decreases with increasing temperature and finally vanishes when all the particles in the sample are unblocked. As a next step, a relation between r and $T_B$ is determined from the particle size distribution f(r) and the anisotropy energy barrier distribution $f_A(T)$. Under the simple assumption that the superparamagnetic fraction of cumulative area in particle size distribution at a temperature is equal to the fraction of anisotropy energy barrier overcome at that temperature in the anisotropy energy barrier distribution, we can get a relation between r and $T_B$, from which the temperature dependence of the magnetic anisotropy constant was determined, as is represented in the inset of Fig. 1. Substituting the values of r and $T_B$ into the $N{\acute{e}}el$-Arrhenius equation with the attempt time fixed to $10^{-9}s$ and measuring time being 100 s which is suitable for conventional magnetic measurement, the anisotropy constant K(T) is estimated as a function of temperature (Fig. 1). As an example, the resultant effective magnetic anisotropy constant K(T) of manganese ferrite decreases with increasing temperature from $8.5{\times}10^4J/m^3$ at 5 K to $0.35{\times}10^4J/m^3$ at 125 K. The reported value for K in the literatures is $0.25{\times}10^4J/m^3$. The anisotropy constant at low temperature region is far more than one order of magnitude larger than that at 125 K, indicative of the effects of inter?particle interaction, which is more pronounced for smaller particles.

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Effect of Heat-epimerized-catechin-mixture Rich in Gallocatechin-3-gallate on Skin Barrier Recovery (갈로카테킨-3-갈레이트가 풍부한 열전환 카테킨의 피부 장벽 회복에 대한 개선 효과)

  • Kim, Jeong-Kee;Shin, Hyun-Jung;Lee, Sang-Min;Jeon, Hee-Young;Lee, Sang-Jun;Lee, Byeong-Gon
    • Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.93-99
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    • 2008
  • Until now, (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate(EGCG) is known as the most powerful antioxidant among green tea catechins having many beneficial effects on human skin. Considering that the content of catechins is variable according to many conditions such as solvent, temperature and pressure, we prepared the heat-epimerized-EGCG-mixture (HE-EGCG-mix) containing high content of gallocatechin-3-gallate(GCG) by epimerization during autoclaving process and found out its optimal condition for maximizing conversion from EGCG to GCG. To investigate the effects of EGCG and HE-EGCG-mix on skin barrier function, we performed in vivo experiments with hairless mice. We found that HE-EGCG-mix has more potent stimulating activity than EGCG for the production of involucrin 7(INV7) and for recovery of barrier function in SKH-1 mice. Also, we found that GCG stimulates $PPAR-{\alpha}$ transactivation more effectively than EGCG in vitro by transient transfection assay for $PPAR-{\alpha}$ activation activity. These imply that HE-EGCG-mix consisting of high content of GCG should stimulate more efficiently recovery of skin barrier through PPAR-mediated-kerationocyte differentiation than EGCG. In conclusion, our study may provide a possibility that GCG, the C-2 epimer of EGCG, could be a potentially effective agent for development of new cosmetics or health foods for recovery of skin barrier.

Barrier Option Pricing with Model Averaging Methods under Local Volatility Models

  • Kim, Nam-Hyoung;Jung, Kyu-Hwan;Lee, Jae-Wook;Han, Gyu-Sik
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.84-94
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, we propose a method to provide the distribution of option price under local volatility model when market-provided implied volatility data are given. The local volatility model is one of the most widely used smile-consistent models. In local volatility model, the volatility is a deterministic function of the random stock price. Before estimating local volatility surface (LVS), we need to estimate implied volatility surfaces (IVS) from market data. To do this we use local polynomial smoothing method. Then we apply the Dupire formula to estimate the resulting LVS. However, the result is dependent on the bandwidth of kernel function employed in local polynomial smoothing method and to solve this problem, the proposed method in this paper makes use of model averaging approach by means of bandwidth priors, and then produces a robust local volatility surface estimation with a confidence interval. After constructing LVS, we price barrier option with the LVS estimation through Monte Carlo simulation. To show the merits of our proposed method, we have conducted experiments on simulated and market data which are relevant to KOSPI200 call equity linked warrants (ELWs.) We could show by these experiments that the results of the proposed method are quite reasonable and acceptable when compared to the previous works.

Analysis of Drain Induced Barrier Lowering for Double Gate MOSFET According to Channel Doping Concentration (채널도핑강도에 대한 이중게이트 MOSFET의 DIBL분석)

  • Jung, Hak-Kee
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.579-584
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, drain induced barrier lowering(DIBL) has been analyzed as one of short channel effects occurred in double gate(DG) MOSFET. The DIBL is very important short channel effects as phenomenon that barrier height becomes lower since drain voltage influences on potential barrier of source in short channel. The analytical potential distribution of Poisson equation, validated in previous papers, has been used to analyze DIBL. Since Gaussian function been used as carrier distribution for solving Poisson's equation to obtain analytical solution of potential distribution, we expect our results using this model agree with experimental results. The change of DIBL has been investigated for device parameters such as channel thickness, oxide thickness and channel doping concentration.

Elastomeric High Barrier Materials for Vehicle (고차단성 자동차 부품용 고무소재)

  • Kim, Jin-Kuk
    • Elastomers and Composites
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.2-9
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    • 2011
  • Permeability to gases and vapors is an important function in tires, rubber tubes and diaphragms. It mainly depends on the rubber material. Generally, permeability increases in the following order: silicone rubber > NR > EPDM > SBR > NBR > FPM > ECO > IIR. And, for an elastomer permeability is also very much dependent on compounding. Many research works are reported in the area of gas permeability for formed rubber,$^{1-7}$ however, few studies are found for unformed elastomer products. Incorporation of nano-particles, use of thermoplastic elastomers and applying high barrier multilayer coatings are the main approaches to obtain a high barrier elastomeric product. In this paper, barrier article for vehicle is introduced.

Oxidation Behavior of Ti1-xAlxN Barrier Layer for Memory Devices (메모리소자를 위한 Ti1-xAlxN 방지막의 산화 거동)

  • Park, Sang-Shik
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.12 no.9
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    • pp.718-723
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    • 2002
  • $Ti_{1-x}$ $Al_{ x}$N thin films as barrier layer for memory devices application were deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering. The crystallinity, micro-structure, oxidation resistance and oxidation mechanism of films were investigated as a function of Al content. Lattice parameter and grain size of thin films were decreased with increasing the Al content Oxidation of the film with higher Al content is slow and then, total oxide thickness is thinner than that of lower Al content film. Oxide layer formed on the surface is AlTiNO layer. Oxidation of $Ti_{1-x}$ /$Al_{x}$ N barrier layer is diffusion limited process and thickness of oxide layer with oxidation time increased with a parabolic law. The activation energy of oxygen diffusion, Ea and diffusion coefficient, D of $Ti_{0.74}$ /X$0.74_{0.26}$N film is 2.1eV and $10^{-16}$ ~$10^{-15}$ $\textrm{cm}^2$/s, respectively. $_Ti{1-x}$ /$Al_{x}$ XN barrier layer showed good oxidation resistance.

Analysis of Drain Induced Barrier Lowering for Double Gate MOSFET According to Channel Doping Intensity (채널도핑강도에 대한 DGMOSFET의 DIBL분석)

  • Jung, Hak-Kee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.888-891
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, drain induced barrier lowering(DIBL) has been analyzed as one of short channel effects occurred in double gate(DG) MOSFET. The DIBL is very important short channel effects as phenomenon that barrier height becomes lower since drain voltage influences on potential barrier of source in short channel. The analytical potential distribution of Poisson equation, validated in previous papers, has been used to analyze DIBL. Since Gaussian function been used as carrier distribution for solving Poisson's equation to obtain analytical solution of potential distribution, we expect our results using this model agree with experimental results. The change of DIBL has been investigated for device parameters such as channel thickness, oxide thickness and channel doping intensity.

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Temperature Dependence of Neutron Irradiated SiC Schottky Diode (중성자 조사된 SiC Schottky Diode의 온도 의존 특성)

  • Kim, Sung-Su;Koo, Sang-Mo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.27 no.10
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    • pp.618-622
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    • 2014
  • The temperature dependent characteristics on the properties of SiC Schottky Diode has been investigated. In this study, the temperature dependent current-voltage characteristics of the SiC Schottky diode were measured in the range of 300 ~ 500 K. Divided into pre- and post- irradiated device was measured. The barrier height after irradiation device at 500 K increased 0.15 eV compared to 300 K, the barrier height of pre- neutron irradiated Schottky diode increased 0.07 eV. The effective barrier height after irradiation increased from 0.89 eV to 1.05 eV. And ideality factor of neutron irradiated Schottky diode at 500 K decreased 0.428 compared to 300 K, the ideality factor of pre- neutron irradiated Schottky diode decreased 0.354. Also, a slight positive shift in threshold voltage from 0.53 to 0.68 V. we analyzed the effective barrier height and ideality factor of SiC Schottky diode as function of temperature.