• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.326-329
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• 2005

As a flexible method to fabricate sub-micrometer patterns, Focused Ion Beam (FIB) instrument and Self-Assembled Monolayer (SAM) resist are introduced in this work. FIB instrument is known to be a very precise processing machine that is able to fabricate micro-scale structures or patterns, and SAM is known as a good etch resistance resist material. If SAM is applied as a resist in FIB processing fur fabricating nano-scale patterns, there will be much benefit. For instance, low energy ion beam is only needed for machining SAM material selectively, since ultra thin SAM is very sensitive to $Ga^+$ ion beam irradiation. Also, minimized beam spot radius (sub-tens nanometer) can be applied to FIB processing. With the ultimate goal of optimizing nano-scale pattern fabrication process, interaction between SAM coated specimen and $Ga^+$ ion dose during FIB processing was observed. From the experimental results, adequate ion dose for machining SAM material was identified.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제50권
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• pp.17.1-17.9
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• 2020

Recent advances in fabrication have enabled radial-junction architectures for cost-effective and high-performance optoelectronic devices. Unlike a planar PN junction, a radial-junction geometry maximizes the optical interaction in the three-dimensional (3D) structures, while effectively extracting the generated carriers via the conformal PN junction. In this paper, we report characterizations of radial PN junctions that consist of p-type Si micropillars created by deep reactive-ion etching (DRIE) and an n-type layer formed by phosphorus gas diffusion. We use electron-beam induced current (EBIC) microscopy to access the 3D junction profile from the sidewall of the pillars. Our EBIC images reveal uniform PN junctions conformally constructed on the 3D pillar array. Based on Monte-Carlo simulations and EBIC modeling, we estimate local carrier separation/collection efficiency that reflects the quality of the PN junction. We find the EBIC efficiency of the pillar array increases with the incident electron beam energy, consistent with the EBIC behaviors observed in a high-quality planar PN junction. The magnitude of the EBIC efficiency of our pillar array is about 70% at 10 kV, slightly lower than that of the planar device (≈ 81%). We suggest that this reduction could be attributed to the unpassivated pillar surface and the unintended recombination centers in the pillar cores introduced during the DRIE processes. Our results support that the depth-dependent EBIC approach is ideally suitable for evaluating PN junctions formed on micro/nanostructured semiconductors with various geometry.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.102-106
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• 1997

박막형 접촉연소식을 포함한 마이크로 가스센서에서 membrane은 Si식각시 식각정지용으로서 또 센서 소자를 지지하는 층으로서 응력이 없어야 하며 이는 응력이 membrane파괴의 주 원인으로 작용하기 때문이다. 이에 따라 본 연구에서는 증착조건이 low pressure chemical vapor deposition(LPCVD)법과 sputtering법으로 제작된 $SiN_{x}$과 $SiN_{x}/SiO_{x}/(NON)$막의 응력고 굴절율 변화에 미치는 효과에 대한 실험을 행하였다. LPCVD의 경우 단일막인 $SiN_{x}$의 압축응력 및 굴절율을 나타내었다. Sputtering의 경우 $SiN_{x}$는 공정압력이 1mtorr에서 30torr까지 증가할수록 인가전력밀도가 $2.74W/cm^2$에서 $1.10W/cm^2$으로 감소할수록 응력값은 압축에서 인장으로 전환되었으며 본 실험에서 응력이 가장 낮게 나온 시편의경우 압축응력으로 $1.2{\times}10^{9}dyne/cm^2$가 공정압력 10mtorr, 인가전력밀도 $1.37W/cm^2$에서 얻어졌다. 굴절율은 공정압력이 1motorr에서 30motorr까지 증가할수혹 인가전력밀도가 $2.74W/cm^2$에서 $1.10W/cm^2$으로 감소할수록 감소하여 2.05에서 1.89의 변화를 보였다. LPCVD와 sputtering으로 증착된 막들은 모두 온도가 증가함에 따라 응력이 감소하였으며 온도감소시 소성적인 특성을 나타내었다.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.48-54
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• 2012

니켈촉매 막을 증착시킨 산화규소 기판위에 아세틸렌기체와 수소기체를 원료로, 육불화황기체를 첨가기체로 열화학기상증착 시스템하에서 탄소코일을 증착하였다. 반응온도를 $650^{\circ}C$에서 $800^{\circ}C$까지 증가시키면서 증착된 탄소 코일의 기하구조를 조사하였다. $650^{\circ}C$에서는 주로 탄소나노필라멘트 형성의 전단계가 나타났으며, 반응온도가 증가하자($700^{\circ}C$) 나노 크기의 코일들이 나타났다. $775^{\circ}C$로 반응온도를 더욱 증가시키자, 파도물결과 같은 나노 코일들이 성장되었으며, 간혹 마이크로 크기의 코일들도 나타났다. 육불화황에 첨가된 불소의 에칭효과로 니켈 촉매의 크기를 줄일 수 있을 것으로 여겨지며, 따라서 육불화항 첨가기체의 사용으로 기존에 보고된 것보다 작은 크기의 직경을 갖는 마이크로 탄소 코일을 얻을 수 있었다.

• 치위생과학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.419-423
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• 2015

시판 중인 에너지음료의 법랑질 부식능을 알아보기 위하여 판매량이 높은 3종의 에너지음료와 대조군으로 생수를 선정하였다. 각 음료의 pH와 적정산도를 측정하고, 우치시편을 제작하여 음료에 각각 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 30분을 침지한 후 나타나는 양상을 표면미세경도계를 이용하여 측정한 결과, 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 대조군을 제외한 모든 음료에 구연산이 첨가되어 있었다. 에너지음료의 평균 pH는 $3.01{\pm}0.44$로 번인텐스에서 $2.51{\pm}0.01$로 가장 낮았다. 적정 산도의 평균은 pH 5.5에서 2.98 ml로 번인텐스에서 3.59 ml로 가장 높았다. 모든 에너지음료가 침지시간이 증가함에 따라 표면경도가 감소하였으며 음료 30분 처리 후 표면 경도값은 레드불에서 $119.72{\pm}15.16$ VHN으로 가장 낮은 경도값을 보였고, 핫식스 $208.75{\pm}10.99$, 번인텐스 $210.47{\pm}8.01$ 순이었다. 실험에 사용된 모든 에너지음료는 치아 법랑질에 부식을 유발하였으며, 음료처리 전과 후에 레드불이 가장 낮은 법랑질 표면 경도 값을 보여 실험에 사용한 에너지 음료 중 가장 많은 법랑질 부식을 유발하였다. 이로써 구연산을 함유하고, pH가 낮은 에너지 음료의 섭취는 치아표면경도를 감소시켜 부식을 유발하는 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.287.1-287.1
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• 2016

Three-dimensional (3-D) semiconductor nanoarchitectures, including nano- and micro- rods, pyramids, and disks, are emerging as one of the most promising elements for future optoelectronic devices. Since these 3-D semiconductor nanoarchitectures have many interesting unconventional properties, including the use of large light-emitting surface area and semipolar/nonpolar nano- or micro-facets, numerous studies reported on novel device applications of these 3-D nanoarchitectures. In particular, 3-D nanoarchitecture devices can have noticeably different current spreading characteristics compared with conventional thin film devices, due to their elaborate 3-D geometry. Utilizing this feature in a highly controlled manner, color-tunable light-emitting diodes (LEDs) were demonstrated by controlling the spatial distribution of current density over the multifaceted GaN LEDs. Meanwhile, for the fabrication of high brightness, single color emitting LEDs or laser diodes, uniform and high density of electrical current must be injected into the entire active layers of the nanoarchitecture devices. Here, we report on a new device structure to inject uniform and high density of electrical current through the 3-D semiconductor nanoarchitecture LEDs using metal core inside microtube LEDs. In this work, we report the fabrications and characteristics of metal-cored coaxial $GaN/In_xGa_{1-x}N$ microtube LEDs. For the fabrication of metal-cored microtube LEDs, $GaN/In_xGa_{1-x}N/ZnO$ coaxial microtube LED arrays grown on an n-GaN/c-Al2O3 substrate were lifted-off from the substrate by wet chemical etching of sacrificial ZnO microtubes and $SiO_2$ layer. The chemically lifted-off layer of LEDs were then stamped upside down on another supporting substrates. Subsequently, Ti/Au and indium tin oxide were deposited on the inner shells of microtubes, forming n-type electrodes of the metal-cored LEDs. The device characteristics were investigated measuring electroluminescence and current-voltage characteristic curves and analyzed by computational modeling of current spreading characteristics.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2011

To reduce manufacturing costs of crystalline silicon solar cells, silicon wafers have become thinner. In relation to this, the properties of the aluminium-back surface field (Al-BSF) are considered an important factor in solar cell performance. Generally, screen-printing and a rapid thermal process (RTP) are utilized together to form the Al-BSF. This study evaluates Al-BSF formation on a (111) textured back surface compared with a (100) flat back surface with variation of ramp up rates from 18 to $89^{\circ}C$/s for the RTP annealing conditions. To make different back surface morphologies, one side texturing using a silicon nitride film and double side texturing were carried out. After aluminium screen-printing, Al-BSF formed according to the RTP annealing conditions. A metal etching process in hydrochloric acid solution was carried out to assess the quality of Al-BSF. Saturation currents were calculated by using quasi-steady-state photoconductance. The surface morphologies observed by scanning electron microscopy and a non-contacting optical profiler. Also, sheet resistances and bulk carrier concentration were measured by a 4-point probe and hall measurement system. From the results, a faster ramp up during Al-BSF formation yielded better quality than a slower ramp up process due to temperature uniformity of silicon and the aluminium surface. Also, in the Al-BSF formation process, the (111) textured back surface is significantly affected by the ramp up rates compared with the (100) flat back surface.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2000년도 제18회 학술발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.77-77
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• 2000

Titanium oxide (TiO2) thin films have valuable properties such as a high refractive index, excellent transmittance in the visible and near-IR frequency, and high chemical stability. Therefore it is extensively used in anti-reflection coating, sensor, and photocatalysis as electrical and optical applications. Specially, TiO2 have a high dielectric constant of 180 along the c axis and 90 along the a axis, so it is highlighted in fabricating dielectric capacitors in micro electronic devices. A variety of methods have been used to produce patterned self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), including microcontact printing ($\mu$CP), UV-photolithotgraphy, e-beam lithography, scanned-probe based micro-machining, and atom-lithography. Above all, thin film fabrication on $\mu$CP modified surface is a potentially low-cost, high-throughput method, because it does not require expensive photolithographic equipment, and it produce micrometer scale patterns in thin film materials. The patterned SAMs were used as thin resists, to transfer patterns onto thin films either by chemical etching or by selective deposition. In this study, we deposited TiO2 thin films on Si (1000 substrateds using titanium (IV) isopropoxide ([Ti(O(C3H7)4)] ; TIP as a single molecular precursor at deposition temperature in the range of 300-$700^{\circ}C$ without any carrier and bubbler gas. Crack-free, highly oriented TiO2 polycrystalline thin films with anatase phase and stoichimetric ratio of Ti and O were successfully deposited on Si(100) at temperature as low as 50$0^{\circ}C$. XRD and TED data showed that below 50$0^{\circ}C$, the TiO2 thin films were dominantly grown on Si(100) surfaces in the [211] direction, whereas with increasing the deposition temperature to $700^{\circ}C$, the main films growth direction was changed to be [200]. Two distinct growth behaviors were observed from the Arhenius plots. In addition to deposition of THe TiO2 thin films on Si(100) substrates, patterning of TiO2 thin films was also performed at grown temperature in the range of 300-50$0^{\circ}C$ by MOCVD onto the Si(100) substrates of which surface was modified by organic thin film template. The organic thin film of SAm is obtained by the $\mu$CP method. Alpha-step profile and optical microscope images showed that the boundaries between SAMs areas and selectively deposited TiO2 thin film areas are very definite and sharp. Capacitance - Voltage measurements made on TiO2 films gave a dielectric constant of 29, suggesting a possibility of electronic material applications.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.270-276
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• 2010

기공 경사화된 마이크론 단위의 구조 틀 및 나노 수지상 구조 벽을 가지는 니켈-구리 거품 전극을 전기화학적인 방법으로 합성하였다. 전해 도금 시 순수한 니켈은 치밀한 층으로 성장하는 양상을 보였으나, 구리와 함께 도금시키는 경우 그 성장 양상이 순수한 니켈과는 매우 다르게 관찰되었다. 특히, 첨가제로써 염소 이온의 농도가 증가함에 따라 니켈-구리 도금 층의 수지상 성장이 뚜렷해지는 모습을 보였다. 또한, 기재와 먼 부분일수록 도금 층 내 구리 대비 니켈의 상대적인 양이 감소하였으며, 염소 이온 농도가 높아짐에 따라 전 도금 층에 걸쳐 니켈의 양이 증가하였다. 수지상 구조 벽의 가지 내부 조성을 분석한 결과, 중심부로 갈수록 구리 함량이 점차 높아지는 조성 구배를 확인하였으며, 적절한 열처리를 통해 상호 확산을 유도하여 균일한 조성의 니켈-구리 합금을 얻어낼 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통해 제작된 재료는 기능성 전기 화학 장치용 고성능 전극에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2005

A thermoelectric flow sensor for small quantity of gas flow rate was fabricated using silicon wafer semiconductor process and bulk micromachining technology. Evanohm R alloy heater and chromel-constantan thermocouples were used as a generation heat unit and sensing parts, respectively. The heater and thermocouples are thermally isolated on the $Si_{3}N_{4}/SiO_{2}/Si_{3}N_{4}$ laminated membrane. The characteristics of this sensor were observed in the flow rate range from 0.2 slm to 1.0 slm and the heater power from 0.72 mW to 5.63 mW. The results showed that the sensitivities $(({\partial}({\Delta}V)/{\partial}(\dot{q}));{\;}{\Delta}V$ : voltage difference, $\dot{q}$ : flow rate) were increased in accordance with heater power rise and decreasing of flow rate.