• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.4 no.S1
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• pp.113-117
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• 1995

MOCVD of Cu films were carried out on gold-TiN(1000$\AA$)/Ti/Si wafers from hexafluoroacetylacetonate-Cu(l) vinyltrimethylsilane, Cu(l)(hafac)(vtms), in a small cold-wall type reactor. Effects of the substrate and bubbler temperatures on the film growth rate were studied, and a film with $\rho$=1.8$\pm$0.1$\mu$$\Omega$.cm could be deposited 150nm/min at Ts=200 and Tb=$30^{\circ}C$, respectively. The initial stage of the film formation was also investigated by in-situ laser reflectivity monitoring combined with SEM observations, based on which variations in the film properties depending on the growth conditions were discussed in terms of the nucleation rate and grain size.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.9-13
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• 2004

Perylene is an interesting material known to have P-type and N-type characteristics at the same time. We prepared perylene thin-films in ultrahigh vacuum with two different deposition rates of 0.1 $\AA$/s and 1.0 $\AA$/s in order to study the dependence of film characteristics on the growth condition. The smaller average grain size with larger surface coverage as well as the better crystallinity were observed on the perylene film prepared under 1.0 $\AA$/s deposition rate in x-ray diffraction (XRD) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) study. For studying electrical property of the film, perylene organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) with gold contacts was fabricated on $SiO_2$/Si surface in UHV condition. The prepared perylene OTFT device shows P-type characteristic. The obtained hole mobility in the current-voltage characteristic curve was$2.23\times10^{-5}\textrm{cm}^2$/Vs.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.10
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• pp.3269-3273
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• 2012

In this study, we report a new method for the high contrast imaging of biomolecular interactions at roller printed protein surfaces using thermotropic liquid crystals (LCs). Avidin was roller printed and covalently immobilized onto the obliquely deposited gold surface that was decorated with carboxylic acid-terminated self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). The optical response of LCs on the roller printed film of avidin contrasted sharply with that on the obliquely deposited gold surface. The binding of biotin-peroxidase to the roller printed avidin was then investigated on the obliquely deposited gold substrate. LCs exhibited a non-uniform and random orientation on the roller printed area decorated with the complex of avidin and biotin-peroxidase, while LCs displayed a uniform and planar orientation on the area without roller printed proteins. The orientational transition of LCs from uniform to non-uniform state was triggered by the erasion of nanometer-scale topographies on the roller printed surface after the binding of biotin-peroxidase to the surface-immobilized avidin. The specific binding events of protein-receptor interactions were also confirmed by atomic force microscopy and ellipsometry. These results demonstrate that the roller printing of proteins on obliquely deposited gold substrates could provide a high contrast signal for imaging biomolecular interactions using LC-based sensors.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.291-297
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• 2010

This article introduces a facile nanoparticle self-assembly/annealing method for the preparation of nanoisland films. First, nanoparticle-polymer multilayer films are prepared with layer-by-layer assembly. Nanoparticle multilayer films are then annealed at $~500^{\circ}C$ in air to evaporate organic matters from the films. During the annealing process, the nanoparticles on the solid surface undergo nucleation and coalescence, resulting in the formation of nanostructured gold island arrays. By controlling the overall thickness (number of layers) of nanoparticle multilayer films, nanoisland films with various island density and different average sizes are obtained. The surface property of gold nanoisland films is further controlled by the self-assembly of alkanethiols, which results in an increased surface hydrophobicity of the films. The structure and characteristics of these nanoisland film arrays are found to be quite comparable to those of nanoisland films prepared by vacuum evaporation method. However, this self-assembly/annealing protocol is simple and requires only common laboratory supplies and equipment for the entire preparation process.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.291-297
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• 2010

This study examined the dosimetric influence of implanted gold markers in proton therapy and the effects of their positions in the spread-out Bragg peak (SOBP) proton beam. The implanted cylindrical gold markers were 3 mm long and 1.2 mm in diameter. The dosimetric influence of the gold markers was determined with markers at various locations in a proton-beam field. Spatial dose distributions were measured using a three-dimensional moving water phantom and a stereotactic diode detector with an effective diameter of 0.5 mm. Also, a film dosimetry was performed using Gafchromic External Beam Treatment (EBT) film. The GEANT4 simulation toolkit was used for Monte-Carlo simulations to confirm the measurements and to construct the dose-volume histogram with implanting markers. Motion data were obtained from the portal images of 10 patients to investigate the effect of organ motions on the dosimetric influence of markers in the presence of a rectal balloon. The underdosed volume due to a single gold marker, in which the dose was less than 95% of a prescribed amount, was 0.15 cc. The underdosed volume due to the presence of a gold marker is much smaller than the target volume. However, the underdosed volume is inside the gross tumor volume and is not smeared out due to translational prostate motions. The positions of gold markers and the conditions of the proton-beam field give different impacts on the dose distribution of a target with implanted gold markers, and should be considered in all clinical proton-based therapies.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.241-248
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• 2003

An electrochemical humidity sensor was fabricated with poly(1,5-diaminonaphthalene) film coated on a gap of two splitted gold electrodes, which were made by vacuum deposition. Response currents according to humidity were measured by the potential sweep method and chronoamperometry. The stability of the polymer film was improved by double step chronoamperometry using the applied voltage of ${\pm}0.5$ Vdc. The response time determined by the pulse technique was about ${\sim}50$ msec and the relative standard deviation of current response was within ${\pm}5.0%$. The response current of the film was intrinsically humidity dependent. The film exhibited a non-linear but reproducible response in ordinary range of relative humidity. The linear equations were $I(nA)=0.28{\times}%RH-1.01$ between 10 to 70 %RH and $I(nA)=6.05{\times}%RH-403.21$ between 70 to 90 %RH.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.11-14
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• 2000

We fabricated a resistive superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) of meander type based on a YBCO film. In order to disperse the heat generated at hot spots in the YBCO film the film was coated with a gold shunt layer. When diodes were inserted in the parallel circuit to restrict the temperature increase in the SFCL element by reducing power supply cycles, the voltage could be increased to $\sqrt{2}$ times with the same quench resistance at a half and full cycles.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.9-14
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• 2023

In this work, we developed a Nafion polymer-coated impedance sensor with two gold electrode configurations to measure the ion concentration in solution samples. The gold electrodes were fabricated through the sputtering process, followed by surface modification using Nafion polymer. The resulting sensors enable the prevention of the polarization phenomenon on the electrode surface, resulting in stable measurement of electrochemical signals. Spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy measurements revealed that the thin film of Nafion was coated uniformly onto the surface of the gold electrode. The Nafion-coated sensor exhibited more stable impedance signals than the conventional gold electrode. It showed a highly reliable calibration curve (R² = 0.983) of the impedance sensor using a standard sodium chloride solution. In addition, a comparison experiment between the impedance sensor and a commercial conductivity sensor was performed to measure the ion concentration of artificial tears, showing similar results for the two sensors.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.299-300
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• 2007

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.188-192
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• 2008

We investigated the size effect on quench development in $Au/YBa_2Cu_3O_7$ (YBCO) thin film meander lines on sapphire substrates. The meander lines were fabricated by patterning YBCO films coated with gold layers. The lines were subjected to simulated AC fault current, and immersed in liquid nitrogen during the experiment. After the initial rapid rise, the resistance increased moderately and then slowly. In 4 inch-diameter meander lines, the period during which the resistance increased moderately was considerably longer than in 2 inch-diameter line. Moderate increase of resistance was originated from quench propagation. The film temperature was about 180 K at the point when the propagation was completed. The rate of resistance increase after the quench completion was not affected by the film size.