• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.42 no.10 s.281
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• pp.645-648
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• 2005

To fabricate a (100) silicon hard master, we used anisotropic wet etching for the embossing. The etching chemical for the sili­con wafer was a TMAH 25$\%$ solution. The anisotropic wet etching produces a smooth sidewall surface inclined at 54.7°, and the surface roughness of the fabricated master is about 1 nm. After spin coating an organic-inorganic sol-gel hybrid resin on a silicon substrate, we used the fabricated master to form patterns on the silicon substrate. Thus, we successfully obtained patterns via the hot embossing technique with the (100) silicon hard master. Moreover, by using a single hydrophobic surface treatment of the master, we succeeded in achieving uniform surface roughness of the embossed patterns for more than ten embossments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.328-328
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• 2011

Wetting phenomena have been heavily studied for industrial and academic researches especially tuning the wettability between hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity. Wicking through the surface texture is shown on superhydrophilic surface while rolling (or dewetting) on the patterns of superhydrophobic surface. These wetting phenomena are known to be affected by surface wettability determined with physical surface patterns as well as chemical composition of surface layer. In this research, we introduce a method to control the wettability of a thin C-SiOx film from hydrophobic to hydrophilic using a mixture gas of HMDSO/$O_2$ by plasma polymerization with rf-CVD (radio frequency-Chemical Vapor Deposition). Wettability was finely controlled by changing the ratio of HMDSO/$O_2$. Hydrophilicity increased as the ratio decreased, while hydrophobicity was enhanced by the ratio. Moreover, fine control from superhydrophilicity to superhydrophobicity was achieved by C-SiOx coating on the Si wafer with prepatterns of submicron-sized pillar array formed by $CF_4$ plasma etching.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.55.1-55.1
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• 2009

나노 임프린트 리소그래피 기술은 고집적된 나노 구조물을 경제적으로 형성시킬 수 있는 유망한 차세대 리소그래피 기술 중 하나로써 광학 소자 뿐만 아니라 반도체, 디스플레이, 바이오 소자 등 다양한 분야에 적용이 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 태양전지 보호층으로 사용되는 유리 기판의 투과도 향상을 위해 나노 크기의 패턴을 형성하여 표면 반사를 최소화 하였으며, 보호층의 유지보수 부담을 줄이기 위해 패턴 표면에 방오 기능을 갖는 hydrophobic SAM(Self Assembled Mono-layer)을 형성하였다. 또한, SAM coated nano-sized pattern 형성을 위해 사용 된 $SiO_2$ 증착층과 SAM이 투과도에 끼치는 영향을 확인하기 위하여 bare glass, $SiO_2$ deposited glass, SAM coated glass 그리고 SAM/$SiO_2$ coated glass를 제작하였으며, 각각의 투과도를 측정하여 비교 분석 하였다. 투과도를 측정하기 위해 UV-Vis spectrophotometer를 사용하였으며, 방오 기능을 측정하기 위해 접촉각 측정장치를 사용하였다. 접촉각의 측정을 통해 이형처리(SAM coating)를 한 기판 표면이 소수성으로 바뀌어 물이나 먼지가 잘 묻지 않게 되는 것을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.141-141
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• 2009

EHD(electrohydrodynamic) 증착법을 적용하여 코팅층 표면복합구조제어를 연구하였다. 이 방법을 이용하여 표면구조 제어를 통한 친/소수 코팅층 개발의 제반 조건들을 탐색한다. 화학적으로 안정한 코팅층을 형성할 수 있는 전구체 물질을 용매에 혼합하고, 전구체 물질의 농도를 조절하여 다양한 점도의 용액을 합성하고, 전기장을 적절한 범위에서 변화시키면서 용액의 점도와 전기장의 변화에 따른 코팅층의 표면형상을 체계적으로 조사하고, 주요 공정 변수인 용액 전구체농도와 전기장에 따른 표면형상 변화에 대한 공정 MAP을 조사하여 초친수/초발수 특성을 나타내는 최적 표면구조를 예측한다.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.55 no.6
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• pp.417-424
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• 2022

This research develops an easy-to-use, environmentally friendly method for fabricating functional 1050 aluminum alloy surfaces with excellent corrosion resistance. Functional aluminum surfaces with various nanostructures are fabricated by controlling the experimental conditions of anodizing process. The experiment used a multi-step anodizing process that alternates between two different anodizing modes, mild anodizing (MA) and hard anodizing (HA), together with a pore-widening (PW) process. Among them, the nanostructured surface with a small solid fraction shows superhydrophobicity with a contact angle of more than 170° after water-repellent coating. In addition, the surface with superhydrophobicity is difficult for corrosive substances to penetrate, so the corrosion resistance is greatly improved.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.2007-2013
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• 2017

In order to give hydrophobic surface properties on carbon steel, the fluorinated amorphous carbon films were prepared by using linear 2.45GHz microwave PECVD device. Two different process approaches have been tested. One is direct deposition of a-C:H:F films using admixture of $Ar/CH_4/CF_4$ working gases and the other is surface treatment using $CF_4$ plasma after deposition of a-C:H film with $Ar/CH_4$ binary gas system. $Ar/CF_4$ plasma treated surface with high $CF_4$ gas ratio shows best hydrophobicity and durability of hydrophobicity. Nanometer scale surface roughness seems one of the most important factors for hydrophobicity within our experimental conditions. The properties of a-C:H:F films and $CF_4$ plasma treated a-C:H films were investigated in terms of surface roughness, hardness, microstructure, chemical bonding, atomic bonding structure between carbon and fluorine, adhesion and water contact angle by using atomic force microscopy (AFM), nano-indentation, Raman analysis and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.598-601
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• 2014

The effects of process parameters for the formation of polypropylene film such as the polypropylene concentration in the solution, drying temperature for coating film, and variation of nano-silica content on the surface structure and property of polypropylene film have been studied. A super-hydrophobic polypropylene film with a maximum contact angle of $154^{\circ}$ was obtained at the condition of a polypropylene concentration of 30 mg/mL, a drying temperature of $30^{\circ}C$, a drying pressure of 93 mtorr for 90 min. The increase of a drying temperature reduced the contact angle by enhancing the surface smoothness of the film. The increase of nano-silica content in the composite film composed of polypropylene and silica changed the surface shape from microporous to microglobular, which led to increasing the contact angle and showed the super-hydrophobic surface property.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.286-292
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• 2003

In this study, new shock absorbing system was proposed using silica gel particles according to the nano-technology. For the design and real application of the proposed damper, an experimental investigations are carried out using colloidal damper, which is statically loaded. The porous matrix is composed from silica gel(labyrinth architecture), coated by organo-silicones substances, in order to achieve a hydrophobic surface. Water is considered as associated lyophobic liquid. Reversible colloidal damper static test rig and the measuring technique of the static hysteresis were described. Iufluence of the water volume and particle diameters upon the reversible colloidal damper hysteresis was investigated. Also, influence of the relaxation time on the hysteresis of the damper was investigated. As a result, the proposed new shock absorbing damper is proved as an effective one, which can be replaced for the conventional hydraulic damper.

• Composites Research
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.80-85
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• 2022

This work presents an experiment study to evaluate the nanoparticle adhesion and surface hydrophobicity characteristics of Teflon-polyurethane top coat depending on the number of multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) coatings, which is a carbon-based hydrophobic particle. In order to measure the adhesion between the nanoparticles and the top coat, adhesion pull-off test was performed with different MWCNT oxidation times. Static contact angle and roughness measurements were carried out to characterize the surface hydrophobic behavior. Through the roughness evaluation, it was confirmed that the carbon nanotubes were wetted in the Teflon-polyurethane top coat, and the degree carbon nanotube wetting was confirmed through a USB-microscope. As a result, it was found that the larger the degree of wetting, the better the adhesion. From the experimental results, as the hydrophobicity of Teflon-polyurethane increased, the adhesive propertydecreased with the number of coatings. It was possible to improve the adhesive force and determine the number of coatings of carbon nanotubes with optimized hydrophobicity.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.60-67
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• 2017

Recently, the economic, social and environmental significance of the water industry is increasing significantly due to rapid global urbanization, population growth, and imbalance in demand and supply of water resulted by climate change. The type of these water industries are all different and they can be distinguished by the kinds of membranes used. Mainly, polymer materials that have excellent physical and chemical stability are used, but recently various methods of assigning hydrophilicity have been introduced due to their hydrophobic properties. In this study, hydrophilic polymers of four types were introduced into a commercially available hollow support to assign hydrophilicity. Furthermore, the morphology of the coated hollow support through FE-SEM was confirmed as well. Also the contact angle was measured to examine the degree of hydrophilicity of the coated hollow support with each polymer. Finally,.effect of different time on water permeability as well as the relationship between water permeability and hydrophilic polymers were investigated. As a result, the coating with 1 wt% of pluronic has good hydrophilicity degree, and shows the excellent water permeability without blocking the pore of the hollow fiber. Therefore, it can be concluded that the hydrophilic coating using pluronic polymer is most suitable as the water treatment.