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Active-matrix Flexible Display on Plastic Substrate Fabricated by Glass Line

  • Lee, Cheng-Chung;Yeh, Yung-Hui;Lee, Tzong-Ming
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.08a
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    • pp.348-351
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    • 2007
  • A pure polyimide substrate and polyimide substrate with nano-silica additive have been formed on glass by coating. The a-Si:H TFT arrays have been formed on such polyimide substrate for driving TNLCD.

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Application of Nano Coating to ACSR conductor for the Protection of Transmission lines against Solar Storms, Surface Flashovers, Corona and Over voltages

  • Selvaraj, D. Edison;Mohanadasse, K.;Sugumaran, C. Pugazhendhi;Vijayaraj, R.
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.2070-2076
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    • 2015
  • Nano composite materials were multi-constituent combinations of nano dimensional phases with distinct differences in structure, chemistry and properties. Nano particles were less likely to create large stress concentrations and thereby can avoid the compromise of the material ductility while improve other mechanical properties. Corona discharge was an electrical discharge. The ionization of a fluid surrounding a conductor was electrically energized. This discharge would occur when the strength of the electric field around the conductor was high enough to form a conductive region, but not high enough to cause electrical breakdown or arcing to nearby objects. This paper shows all the studies done on the preparation of nano fillers. Special attention has given to the ACSR transmission line conductor, TiO2 nano fillers and also to the evaluation of corona resistance on dielectric materials discussed in detail. The measurement of the dielectric properties of the nano fillers and the parameters influencing them were also discussed in the paper. Corona discharge test reveals that in 0%N ACSR sample corona loss was directly proportional to the applied line voltage. No significant change in corona loss between 0%N and 1%N. When TiO2 nano filler concentration was increased up to 10%N fine decrement in corona loss was found when compared to base ACSR conductor, corona loss was decreased by 40.67% in 10%N ACSR sample. It was also found from the surface conditions test that inorganic TiO2 nano filler increases the key parameters like tensile strength and erosion depth.

Electromechanical Properties of Conductive MWCNT Film Deposited on Flexible Substrate Affected by Concentration of Dispersing Agent (분산제 농도에 따른 MWCNT 전도성 유연필름의 전기-기계적 특성)

  • HwangBo, Yun;Kang, Yong-Pil;Kim, Jae-Hyun;Kim, Duck-Jong;Lee, Hak-Joo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.36 no.5
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    • pp.517-521
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    • 2012
  • Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been regarded as a promising material for the fabrication of flexible conductors such as transparent electrodes, flexible heaters, and transparent speakers. In this study, a multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) film was deposited on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate using a spraying technique. MWCNTs were dispersed in water using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). To evaluate the effect of the weight ratio between SDS and MWCNTs on the electromechanical properties of the film, direct tensile tests and optical strain measurement were conducted. It was found that the CNT film hardly affected the mechanical behavior of CNT/PET composite films, while the electrical behavior of the CNT film was strongly affected by the SDS concentration in the CNT film. The electrical resistance of CNT/PET films gradually increased with the strain applied to the PET substrate, even up to a large strain that ruptured the substrate.

Evaluation of the cell viability and antimicrobial effects of orthodontic bands coated with silver or zinc oxide nanoparticles: An in vitro study

  • Rashin Bahrami;Maryam Pourhajibagher;lireza Badiei;Reza Masaeli;Behrad Tanbakuchi
    • The korean journal of orthodontics
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    • v.53 no.1
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    • pp.16-25
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    • 2023
  • Objective: We aimed to evaluate the cell viability and antimicrobial effects of orthodontic bands coated with silver or zinc oxide nanoparticles (nano-Ag and nano-ZnO, respectively). Methods: In this experimental study, 30 orthodontic bands were divided into three groups (n = 10 each): control (uncoated band), Ag (silver-coated band), and ZnO (zinc oxide-coated band). The electrostatic spray-assisted vapor deposition method was used to coat orthodontic bands with nano-Ag or nano-ZnO. The biofilm inhibition test was used to assess the antimicrobial effectiveness of nano-Ag and nano-ZnO against Streptococcus mutans, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and Candida albicans. Biocompatibility tests were conducted using the 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay. The groups were compared using oneway analysis of variance with a post-hoc test. Results: The Ag group showed a significantly higher reduction in the number of L. acidophilus, C. albicans, and S. mutans colonies than the ZnO group (p = 0.015, 0.003, and 0.005, respectively). Compared with the control group, the Ag group showed a 2-log10 reduction in all the microorganisms' replication ability, but only S. mutants showed a 2-log10 reduction in replication ability in the ZnO group. The lowest mean cell viability was observed in the Ag group, but the difference between the groups was insignificant (p > 0.05). Conclusions: Coating orthodontic bands with nano-ZnO or nano-Ag induced antimicrobial effects against oral pathogens. Among the nanoparticles, nano-Ag showed the best antimicrobial activity and nano-ZnO showed the highest biocompatibility.

Bandgap Alteration of Transparent Zinc Oxide Thin Film with Mg Dopant

  • Salina, M.;Ahmad, R.;Suriani, A.B.;Rusop, M.
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.64-68
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    • 2012
  • We have successfully demonstrated a bandgap alteration of transparent zinc oxide (ZnO) thin film with Mg dopant by using sol-gel spin coating technique. By increasing the dopant from 0 to 30 atomic percent (at.%), a decrement value in the cutoff is observed, where the absorption edge shifts continuously to the shorter wavelength side, towards 300 nm. This resulted in a significant bandgap increment from 3.28 to 3.57 eV. However, the transmittance of the thin film at 350-800 nm gradually downgraded, from 93 to 80 % which is most probably due to the grain size that becomes bigger, and it also affected the electrical properties. The decrement from 45 to 0.05 mA at +10 V was observed in the I-V characteristics, concluding the significant relationship; where higher optical bandgap materials will exhibit lower conductivity. These findings may be useful in optoelectronics devices.

Effect of Film Thickness on Structural, Electrical, and Optical Properties of Sol-Gel Deposited Layer-by-layer ZnO Nanoparticles

  • Shariffudin, S.S.;Salina, M.;Herman, S.H.;Rusop, M.
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.102-105
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    • 2012
  • The structural, electrical, and optical properties of layer-by-layer ZnO nanoparticles deposited using sol-gel spin coating technique were studied and now presented. Thicknesses of the thin films were varied by increasing the number of deposited layers. As part of our characterization process, XRD and FE-SEM were used to characterize the structural properties, current-voltage measurements for the electrical properties, and UV-Vis spectra and photoluminescence spectra for the optical properties of the ZnO thin films. ZnO thin films with thicknesses ranging from 14.2 nm to 62.7 nm were used in this work. Film with thickness of 42.7 nm gave the lowest resistivity among all, $1.39{\times}10^{-2}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$. Photoluminescence spectra showed two peaks which were in the UV emission centered at 380 nm, and visible emission centered at 590 nm. Optical transmittance spectra of the samples indicated that all films were transparent (>88%) in the visible-NIR range. The optical band gap energy was estimated to be 3.21~3.26 eV, with band gap increased with the thin film thickness.

Improvement on Surface Properties of Engineering Plastic with Adding Micro-$Al_2O_3$, Nano-$Al(OH)_3$ (Micro-$Al_2O_3$와 Nano-$Al(OH)_3$ 첨가에 따른 엔지니어링 플라스틱의 표면특성 개선)

  • Jung, Eui-Hwan;Lee, Han-Ju;Lim, Kee-Joe;Heo, Jun;Kang, Seong-Hwa
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2010.03b
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    • pp.29-29
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    • 2010
  • Surface contamination and leakage current have caused operating problems. A flashover in a substation may result in destruction of an insulator or many others electrical equipment. Engineering plastics have good characteristic (light weight, good productivity and little of void) as compare with epoxy or porcelain insulators. Outdoor insulator must have resistance to contamination. However, it isn't suited to outdoor insulator because it is not hydrophobic. RTV(Room temperature vulcanizing) has a good property of hydrophobic and micro-filler. nano-filler have characteristics of obstructing exothermic reaction. In order to reduce the incidence of insulator flashover and damage, the silicon rubber contained with micro, nano-filler coating on surface of engineering plastics. In this paper, it compares tracking resistance, leakage current of the engineering plastic coated RTV with that of non-coated engineering plastic. And filled-composites performed much better than non-filled composites.

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