• 한국진공학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.36-42
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• 1999

이온빔 스퍼터링 방법으로 n-type si 기판에 고팅된, 수소를 함유하지 않은 다이아몬드성 카본 필름의 전계 방출 특성을 조사하였다. 필름의 구조나 두께에 관계없이 전계 방출 전류는 양극과 시편의 표면사이에서 발생하는 electrical breakdown에 의해 현저히 증가하였으며, 이때의 effective work function은 약 0.1eV의 작은 값을 가지고 있었다. 텅스텐 tip을 이용하여 breakdown에 의해 발생한 시편표면의 손상수위 근처를 scanning 하면서 전계 방출 전류를 측정하여, 전계 방출이 일어나는 정확한 위치를 확인하였다. 전계 방출은 breakdown에 의해 발생한 표면 손상 부위의 모든 곳에서 균일하게 일어나는 것이 아니라 특정 부위에서 집중적으로 관찰되었다. Auger electron spectroscopy와 SEM을 이용한 분석을 통해 손상 부위 중 Si과 C의 화합물이 형성된 곳에서만 절계 방출이 일어나고 있음을 알 수 있었으며, 손상부위의 형상변화는 전계 방출의 충분조건이 아니었다. 본 연구의 결과는 breakdown에 의한 전기 방출 전류의 증가는 시편 표면의 형상 변화에 의한 전계증진의 효과보다는 표면에서 발생하는 화학적 결합의 변화에 기인하고 있음을 보여준다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.141-148
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• 2007

Fly ash, a by-product of the coal-burning industry, and a potential source of ferro-alumino-silicate minerals, which contains high amount of ferric oxide and manganese oxide (electron acceptors), was selected as soil amendment for reducing methane $(CH_4)$ emission during rice cultivation. The fly ash was applied into potted soils at the rate of 0, 2, 10, and 20 Mg $ha^{-1}$ before rice transplanting. $CH_4$ flux from the potted soil with rice plants was measured along with soil Eh and floodwater pH during the cropping season. $CH_4$ emission rates measured by closed chamber method decreased gradually with the increasing levels of fly ash applied but rice yield significantly increased up to 10 Mg $ha^{-1}$ application level of the amendment. At this amendment level, total seasonal $CH_4$ emission was decreased by 20% along with 17% rice grain yield increment over the control. The decrease in total $CH_4$ emission may be attributed due to suppression of $CH_4$ production by the high content of active and free iron, and manganese oxides, which acted as oxidizing agents as well as electron acceptors. In conclusion fly ash could be considered as a feasible soil amendment for reducing total seasonal $CH_4$ emissions as well as maintaining higher grain yield potential under optimum soil nutrients balance condition.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.115-119
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• 2011

A tip-type carbon nanotube(CNT)-based field emitter was studied to consider it as electron source for micro-focused x-ray tube. The CNT was grown directly on a metal (tungsten) substrate by using an inductively coupled plasma-chemical vapor deposition (ICP-CVD) method. Prior to CNT growth, the metal substrate was etched to have various tip angles from $10^{\circ}$ to $180^{\circ}C$ (flat-type). The morphologies and microstructures of all the grown CNTs were analyzed via field-emission SEM. Furthermore, the effects of substrate tip-angles on the emission properties of CNT-based field emitters were characterized to estimate the maximum current density, the turn-on voltage, and the spatial distribution of electron beams. Prolonged long-term stability testing of the CNT emitters was also performed. All the experiment results obtained from this study indicated why a tip-type CNT emitter, compared with a flat-type CNT emitter, would be more desirable for a micro-focused x-ray system, in terms of the emission current level, the focused beam area, and the emission stability.

• 천문학회보
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.63.1-63.1
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• 2015

In this study, we determine coronal electron density distributions by analyzing DH type II radio observations based on the assumption: a DH type II radio burst is generated by the shock formed at a CME leading edge. For this, we consider 11 Wind/WAVES DH type II radio bursts (from 2000 to 2003 and from 2010 to 2012) associated with SOHO/LASCO limb CMEs using the following criteria: (1) the fundamental and second harmonic emission lanes are well identified; (2) its associated CME is clearly identified in the LASCO-C2 or C3 field of view at the time of type II observation. For these events, we determine the lowest frequencies of their fundamental emission lanes and the heights of their leading edges. Coronal electron density distributions are obtained by minimizing the root mean square error between the observed heights of CME leading edges and the heights of DH type II radio bursts from assumed electron density distributions. We find that the estimated coronal electron density distribution ranges from 2.5 to 10.2-fold Saito's coronal electron density models.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.36-42
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• 2017

Field electron emission measurements were performed on dielectric-coated tungsten emitters, with apex radii in the nanometer and micrometer range, which were prepared by electrochemical etching in NaOH solution. Measurements were performed in a field electron microscopy (FEM) with a base pressure <$10^{-6}$ Pascal ($10^{-8}$ mbar). Four different types of dielectric were used, namely: (1) Clark Electromedical Instruments epoxylite resin, (2) Epidian 6 produced by Ciech Sarzyna S. A., (3) a Radionox solution of colloidal graphite; and (4) Molyslip 2001 E compound ($MoS_2$ and MoS). Current-voltage measurements and FEM images were used to investigate the characteristics of these composite emitters, and to assess how the different types of dielectric coating affect the suitability of the composite emitter as a potential electron source.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.35-39
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 혼합가스 없이 메탄가스만을 사용하여 RF PECVD 방법으로 성장시킨 a-C 박막의 전계전자방출특성을 조사하였다. 또한 본 논문은 박막의 표면형태와 결정들의 결합구조가 어떻게 전계전자방출에 영향을 미치는가에 관하여 보고된다, a-C 박막의 전계전자방출특성은 증착온도에 크게 의존함이 확인되었다. 실온에서 성장된 카본박막의 문턱전압은 20 V/$\mu\textrm{m}$이었다. 그러나 증착온도가 $500^{\circ}C$로부터 $600^{\circ}C$로 증가함에 따라 문턱전압은 17 V/$\mu\textrm{m}$에서 10 V/$\mu\textrm{m}$으로 감소하였으며 $800^{\circ}C$에서는 문턱전압이 B V/$\mu\textrm{m}$로 크게 개선되었다. 박막의 표면형태, 구조적인 특징과 전계전자방출특성의 관계를 조사하기 위해서 라만 스펙트럼과 주사형전자현미경 (scanning electron microscopy : SEM)을 사용하였다. 박막의 물리적, 화학적, 특성은 증착온도에 매우 의존하며 이들 특성들은 전계전자방출특성에 큰 영향을 미친다는 사실을 발견했다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제40회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.468-468
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• 2011

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been considered as one of the promising candidate for next-generation field emitters because of their unique properties, such as high field enhancement factor, good mechanical strength, and excellent chemical stability. So far, a lot of researchers have been interested in field emission properties of CNT itself. However, it is necessary to study proper field emitter shapes, as well as the fundamental properties of CNTs, to apply CNTs to real devices. For example, specific applications, such as x-ray sources, e-beam sources, and microwave amplifiers, need to get a focused electron beam from the field emitters. If we use planar-typed CNT emitters, it will need several focal lenses to reduce a size of electron beam. On the other hand, the point-typed CNT emitters can be an effective way to get a focused electron beam using a simple technique. Here, we introduce a fabrication of CNT fibers with nanoscale point tips which can be used as a point-typed emitter. The emitter made by the CNT fibers showed very low turn-on electric field, high current density, and large enhancement factor. In addition, it showed stable emission current during long operation period. The high performance of CNT point emitter indicated the potential e-beam source candidate for the applications requiring small electron beam size.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2004년도 Asia Display / IMID 04
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• pp.692-695
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• 2004

Fabrication of photosensitive carbon nanotubes paste and its post-treatment has been developed for high resolution with good electron emission uniformity. We report novel post-treatment techniques including rubber-rolling and multiple field emission cycling from which we could improve the field emission properties of printed carbon nanotubes. These techniques would be easily applicable to large area field emission display using paste of carbon nanotubes

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2007년도 7th International Meeting on Information Display 제7권1호
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• pp.475-478
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• 2007

A solution for carbon nanotube based field emission displays has been designed and built. The solution makes use of structure layout to control electron beam trajectories, uniformity by use of ballasting, emission anomalies eliminated by selective carbon nanotube growth and invisible spacers to maintain the vacuum gap.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2009년도 제40회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1270_1271
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• 2009

In this research, gallium-incorporated zinc oxide (ZnO:Ga) thin films have been used as a coating material for enhancing the field-emission property of CNT-emitters. Multi-walled CNTs were directly grown on conical-type ($250{\mu}m$ in diameter) metal-tip substrates at $700^{\circ}C$ by inductively coupled plasma-chemical vapor deposition (ICP-CVD). The pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique was used to produce 5wt% gallium-doped ZnO (5GZO) films with very low stress. The structural properties of ZnO and 5GZO coated CNTs were characterized by Raman spectroscopy. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) were also used to monitor the variation in the morphology and microstructure of CNTs before and after 5GZO-coating. The measurement of the field emission characteristics showed that the emitter that coated the 5GZO (10nm) on CNTs exhibited the best performance: a maximum emission current of $325{\mu}A$, a threshold field of 2.2 V/${\mu}m$.