• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.3 no.6
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• pp.632-637
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• 1993

The optical properties and electrochromism of amorphous $WO_3$ thin films were studied. $WO_3$ thin films with thickness of 3000$\AA$~6000$\AA$ were deposited by vacuum evaporat.ion. All these films were transparent and found to be amorphous in structure by X-ray diffraction analysis and the visible wave length refractive indices were found to be between 1.9 and 2.1 and the optical energey gap to be 3.25 eV. Electrochromic devices were made consisting of IT0 transparent electrode, $WO_3$ thin films, $LiCIO_4$- propylene carbonate and Pt counter electrode. In terms of their operation, the amorphous $WO_3$ films were colored blue by a double injection of electrons from the transparent electrode and lithium ions from the $LiCIO_4$-propylene carbonate organic electrolyte and made colorless by electrochemical oxidation reaction. The electrochromic properties of $WO_3$ thin films including coloration and bleaching, optical density and response time were all found to be strongly dependent on the film deposition condition, electrolyte concentration, sheet resistance of the transparent electrode and applied voltage.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.121-121
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• 2003

NiO thin films are very attractive for use as an antiferromagnetic layer, p-type transparent conducting films, in electrochromic devices and functional sensor layer for chemical sensors, due to their excellent chemical stability, as well as optical, electrical and magnetic properties. In addition, (100)- and (111)-oriented NiO films can be used as buffer layers on which to deposit other oriented oxide films, such as c-axis-oriented perovskite-type ferromagnetic films and superconducting films, because of the similarity in symmetry of oxygen ion lattice and lattice constants between the NiO films and the oriented oxide films. Thus, controlling the crystallographic orientation and surface roughness of the NiO films for a buffer layer are very important.

• Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.67-80
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• 1994

Electrochrominm is a phenomenon of reversible change in optical properties produced electrochromically. Among the several organic type electrochromic displays(ECD), the one based on viologen solution is still attractive and become of the possibility for choosing various colors by introducing different substituents in viologen molecules. But these has been rather a severe problem in this type of ECD, which is the erasing failure caused by the recrystallized molecule sticking to the display electrode.This paper was investigated on developing a new class of composite materials which consists of the mixture of BV2+ . 2BF4-, TMPD with TBABF4 as supporting electrolyte to overcome the above mentioned problem of viologen solution.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.9.2-9.2
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• 2011

Ultrathin polyelectrolyte (PE) multilayer films prepared by the versatile layer-by layer (LbL) assembly method have been utilized for the preparation of light-emitting diodes, electrochromic, membrane, and drug delivery system, as well as for selective area patterning and particle surface modification because the various materials with specific properties can be inserted into the film with nano-level thickness irrespective of the size or the shape of substrate. Since the introduction of the LbL technique in 1991 by Decher and Hong, various hydrophilic materials can be inserted within LbL films through complementary interactions (i.e., electrostatic, hydrogen-bonding or covalent interaction). In this study, it is demonstrated that LbL SA multilayer films based on nucleophilic substitution reaction can allow the preparation of the highly efficient magnetic and/or optical films and nonvolatile memory devices.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1992.05a
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• pp.54-54
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• 1992

ITO투명전극/WO$_3$박막/LiClO$_4$-PC/백금 대향전극 구조를 갖는 일렉트로 크로믹 소자를 구성하여 WO$_3$박막의 일렉트로크로믹 특성을 조사하였다. WO$_3$박막의 coloration의 LiClO$_4$-PC 유기전해질과 ITO 투명전극으로부터 Li$^{+}$이온과 전자들의 이중주입에 의하여 청색으로 나타났으며, 전기화학전인 산화반응에 의하여 bleaching 현상이 가역적으로 일어났다. Coloration 과 bleaching 현상, 광학밀도, 구동전압 및 응담속도등의 일렉트로크로믹 특성은 WO$_3$ 박막의 성장 조건, WO$_3$박막 두께, ITO 투명전극의 sheet resistance, 대향전극 및 인가전압에 크게 의존하는 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.365.1-365.1
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• 2014

Cobalt oxide has excellent various properties such as high catalytic activity, antiferromagnetism, and electrochromism. So cobalt oxides offer a great potential for their applications in the various areas such as optical gas sensor, catalysts for oxidation reaction, electrochromic devices, high temperature solar selective absorbers, magnetic materials, pigment for glasses and ceramics, and negative electrodes for lithium-ion batteries. We have synthesized novel cobalt complexes by simple reaction of cobalt bistrimethylsilylamide as a starting material with a lot of conventional ligands as potential cobalt oxide precursors. The studies include the facile preparation, structural characterization, and spectroscopic analysis of the new precursors. We are making efforts to grow cobalt oxide thin films using cobalt complexes newly synthesized in this study using deposition techniques.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1994.11a
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• pp.179-182
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• 1994

We have investigated the optical and electrochromic properties of molybdenum oxide(MoO$_3$) films by thermal evaporation. The MoO$_3$films deposited at substrate temperatures below 200$^{\circ}C$ are found to be amorphous and annealed films at temperature 300$^{\circ}C$ for 1 hour in air are crystalline. The optical energy gap calculated from the transmittance and reflectance spectra of MoO$_3$ films is near 2.75 eV and 3.25 eV for amorphous films and crystalline films, respectively. The MoO$_3$ thin films exhibit light blue to dark blue optical modulation on lithium intercalation and have a uniform transmittance modulation over a wavelength range of 300∼1100 nmcompared to tungsten oxide films.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.631-636
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• 1995

Electrochemical properties of self-dopable poly(aniline N-butylsulfonate)s in various acidic medium were investigated by spectroelectrochemical techniques. Cyclic voltammetric study showed more than two reversible process of one electron transfer, the potential and peak intensity of which were dependent on the acid concentration and dopant ion. Spectroscopic study at different oxidation level indicated that the electrochromic switching of the poly(aniline N-alkylsulfonate)s film involves structural changes from benzenoid ring to quinoid ring. Spectrocyclic voltammetry together with impedance spectra of the PANBUS film in 0.1 M $LiClO_4$ solution of acetonitrile containing 0.46 M of perchloric acid showed two types of highly conductive states at the intermediate oxidation levels, which can be related to the metallic polaron states doped by two different process.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.299-300
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• 2015

$TiO_2$는 내구성이 뛰어난 전기변색재료로 연구가 이루어 지고 있다. 큰 굴절율로 인해 높은 투과율을 보이는 $TiO_2$는 변색시 치밀한 구조를 가지기 때문에 전해질 양이온의 침입이 힘들어 변색효율이 $WO_3$에 비해 좋지 않다. 이를 개선하고자 작업압력을 변화시켜 기판에 입사하는 입자의 에너지를 줄임으로써 확산을 줄이고 Porous한 막을 얻고자 하였다. 작업압력이 높아짐에 따라 표면의 거칠기가 커지는 것을 확인하였고 전기변색시 효율이 커지는 것을 확인하였다.

• Textile Coloration and Finishing
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• v.18 no.2 s.87
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• pp.24-30
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• 2006

The photosensitive spiroxazine compound and the electrosensitive viologen compound were prepared to examine their practical application feasibilities and behaviors. These dyes represent corresponding chromism effects related to their own characteristics of the dye molecules. Thus, the prepared dyes were characterized and their absorption spectra were also investigated. Besides, an interest on direct spiroxazine exhaustion to the polyamide substrates and its photochromic effects within the fiber molecules were determined. The photochromic reaction on the substrates was clearly observed and its reversible decoloration behaviors responded.