• 센서학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.291-294
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• 2014

In this study, a chemiresistive sensor based on one-dimensional $WO_3$ nanostructures is presented for application in non-invasive medical diagnostics. $WO_3$ nanostructures were used as an active gas sensing layer and were deposited onto a $SiO_2/Si$substrate using Pt interdigitated electrodes (IDEs). The IDE spacing was $5{\mu}m$ and deposition was performed using RF sputter with glancing angle deposition mode. Pt IDEs fabricated by photolithography and dry etching. In comparison with thin film sensor, sensing performance of nanostructure sensor showed an enhanced response of more than 20 times when exposed to 50 ppm acetone at $400^{\circ}C$. Such a remarkable faster response can pave the way for a new generation of exhaled breath analyzers based on chemiresistive sensors which are less expensive, more reliable, and less complicated to be manufactured. Moreover, presented sensor technology has the potential of being used as a personalized medical diagnostics tool in the near future.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.532-537
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• 2014

In this study, highly sensitive hydrogen micro gas sensors of the multi-layer and micro-heater type were designed and fabricated using the micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) process and palladium catalytic metal. The dimensions of the fabricated hydrogen gas sensor were about $5mm{\times}4mm$ and the sensing layer of palladium metal was deposited in the middle of the device. The sensing palladium films were modified to be nano-honeycomb and nano-hemisphere structures using an anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template and nano-sized polystyrene beads, respectively. The sensitivities (Rs), which are the ratio of the relative resistance were significantly improved and reached levels of 0.783% and 1.045 % with 2,000 ppm H2 at $70^{\circ}C$ for nano-honeycomb and nano-hemisphere structured Pd films, respectively, on the other hand, the sensitivity was 0.638% for the plain Pd thin film. The improvement of sensitivities for the nano-honeycomb and nano-hemisphere structured Pd films with respect to the plain Pd-thin film was thought to be due to the nanoporous surface topographies of AAO and nano-sized polystyrene beads.

• 센서학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2008

In this paper, the gas responses of tungsten oxide films prepared by anodic reaction was discussed. Sensing electrodes and heating electrodes were patterned by photolithography method on quartz substrate. Porous tungsten oxide was fabricated in electrolyte solutions of 5 % HF (HF :$C_2H_6OH:H_2O$=3 : 2 : 20) by anodic reaction. The anodic reaction with metal (platinum wire) as a cathode and the sensing device as an anode was conducted under the various reaction times (1-10 min) at 10 mA/$cm^2$ The surface structure and morphology of the fabricated sensor have been analysed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). All the peaks of XRD results were well indexed to the pure phase pattern. The average diameter of the porous tungsten oxide surface were ranged about 100 nm. The fabricaed sensor showed good sensitivity to 200 ppm toluene at operating temperature of $250^{\circ}C$.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.235-241
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• 2024

Gas identification techniques using pattern recognition methods were developed from four micro-electronic gas sensors for noxious gas mixture analysis. The target gases for the air quality monitoring inside vehicles were two exhaust gases, carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxides (NO_x), and two odor gases, ammonia (NH₃) and formaldehyde (HCHO). Four MEMS gas sensors with sensing materials of Pd-SnO₂ for CO, In₂O₃ for NO_X, Ru-WO₃ for NH₃, and hybridized SnO₂-ZnO material for HCHO were fabricated. In six binary mixed gas systems with oxidizing and reducing gases, the gas sensing behaviors and the sensor responses of these methods were examined for the discrimination of gas species. The gas sensitivity data was extracted and their patterns were determined using principal component analysis (PCA) techniques. The PCA plot results showed good separation among the mixed gas systems, suggesting that the gas mixture tests for noxious gases and their mixtures could be well classified and discriminated changes.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.44-49
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 산화주석 기반 반도체식 가스센서의 제조사양을 분석하여 측정회로를 설계하였다. 또한, 실제 가스안전관리 산업현장에서 가스센서를 사용하기 위하여 응답특성시험을 통한 최적 입출력 방정식을 도출하였다. 산화물 반도체 가스센서의 응답특성은 6종의 농도를 가진 표준가스를 제조하여 주입하며 출력전압을 측정을 통해 분석되었다. 각각 농도가 다른 가스의 주입에 대한 센서의 출력 전압의 관계를 룩업 테이블로 생성하였다. 생성된 룩업테이블의 데이터가 등간격이면 근사함수법으로 다항식을 도출할 수 있다. 그래서 5차의 다항식을 정의하고, 그 계수를 최소자승법으로 구하여 센서의 입출력 특성을 대표하는 5차 다항식을 완성하였다. 제안된 5차 다항식이 가스검지기 등에 실제로 적용되기 위해서는 다항식의 역변환이나 사이 값이 추가된 배열형태로 프로그래밍이 다시 생성되어져야 한다. 본 연구에서는 사이 값을 1/5로 세밀하게 구분 및 보간을 계산하여 배열형태로 구현되었다. 제안한 5차 캘리브레이션 교정식의성능은 표준가스를 주입 및 그 농도를 측정했을 때 일차방정식보다 오차가 감소됨을 확인되었다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제40권12호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2003

서로 다른 동작온도를 가지는 12개의 감지막으로 구성된 고집적형 센서어레이(다이아프램의 크기가 3×5㎟가 설계되고 열동작의 관점에서 최적화되었다. 이 센서어레이는 에칭된 실리콘기판과 접합된 얇은 유리기판 위의 중앙에 하나의 히터가 위치하고 양쪽에 동작온도가 다른 감지박막이 위치하도록 설계됨으로써 개별 마이크로센서 보다 동시에 훨씬 많은 정보를 얻을 수 있는 장점을 가지고 있다. 제안된 마이크로센서 어레이는 다이아프램의 중앙에 하나의 히터만을 가지는 구조를 하고 있기 때문에 고집적 어레이구조를 실현하면서도, 히터를 중심으로 감지박막의 동작온도에 따라 다양한 감지특정을 얻을 수 있다. 또 히터 양쪽의 감지박막의 종류를 다르게 함으로써 다이아프램위의 전 감지막이 모두 다른 감지특성을 가지게 되어 고집적 센서어레이를 구현하기 용이한 구조로 밝혀졌다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2001년도 하계종합학술대회 논문집(2)
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• pp.309-312
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• 2001

A primitive gas classification system which can classify limited species of gas was designed and simulated. The 'electronic nose' consists of an array of 4 metal oxide gas sensors with different selectivity patterns, signal collecting unit and a signal pattern recognition and decision Part in PLD(programmable logic device) chip. Sensor array consists of four commercial, tin oxide based, semiconductor type gas sensors. BP(back propagation) neutral networks with MLP(Multilayer Perceptron) structure was designed and implemented on CPLD of fifty thousand gate level chip by VHDL language for processing the input signals from 4 gas sensors and qualification of gases in air. The network contained four input units, one hidden layer with 4 neurons and output with 4 regular neurons. The 'electronic nose' system was successfully classified 4 kinds of industrial gases in computer simulation.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.525-532
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• 2011

The aim of this study was to develop a portable electronic nose system for freshness measurement of meats, which could be an alterative of subjective measurements of human nose and time-consuming measurements of conventional gas chromatograph methods. The portable electronic system was o optimized by comparing the measurement sensitivity and hardware efficiency, such as power consumption and dimension reduction throughout two stages of the prototypes. The electronic nose systems were constructed using an array of four different metal oxide semiconductor sensors. Two different configurations of sensor array with dimension were designed and compared the performance respectively. The final prototype of the system showed much improved performance on saving power consumption and dimension reduction without decrease of measurement sensitivity of pork freshness. The results show the potential of constructing a portable electronic system for the measurement of meat quality with high sensitivity and energy efficiency.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2011년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.25.2-25.2
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• 2011

The tungsten oxide wire-like nanostructure is fabricated by deposition and thermal oxidation of tungsten metal on porous single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The morphology and crystalline quality of materials are investigated by SEM, TEM, XRD and Raman analysis. The results prove that $WO_3$ wire-like nanostructure fabricated on SWNTs show highly porous structures. Exposure of the sensors to NH3 gas in the temperature range of 150~300$^{\circ}C$ resulted in the highest sensitivity at $250^{\circ}C$ with quite rapid response and recovery time. Response time as a function of test concentrations and NH3 gas sensing mechanism is reported and discussed.

• 공업화학전망
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.32-41
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• 2020

사람들은 대부분의 시간을 실내에서 보내고 있으며, 실내에 존재하는 유해가스는 미량의 농도에도 불구하고 심각한 질환을 일으킬 수 있다. 금속산화물 반도체 가스센서는 감도가 우수하고, 구조가 간단하며, 초소형화가 가능한 장점이 있어 고가의 대형 장비를 사용하지 않고 실내 유해가스를 측정하는 데 효과적으로 이용될 수 있다. 본 기고문에서는 금속산화물 반도체를 이용한 가스 센서의 검지 원리를 고찰하고, 나노 구조 조절, 마이크로 리액터 및 이중층 구조를 이용한 가스 개질 등 실내 유해가스 측정을 위한 다양한 센서 설계방법을 소개하고자 한다.