• Applied Microscopy
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.199-202
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• 2015

A simple and novel transmission electron microscopy (TEM) sample preparation method for phase change nanowire is investigated. A $Ge_2Sb_2Te_5$ (GST) nanowire TEM sample was meticulously prepared using nanomanipulator and gas injection system in a field emission scanning electron microscopy for efficient and accurate TEM analysis. The process can minimize the damage during the TEM sample preparation of the nanowires, thus enabling the crystallographic analysis of as-grown GST nanowires without unexpected phase transition caused by e-beam heating.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.138-145
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• 2009

FIB와 나노메니퓰레이터를 이용한 다양한 nano manufacturing을 통해 단일 나노선 소자제작 및 평가가 가능하였으며 또한 나노물질 자체의 전기적, 기계적 특성 평가를 수행할 수 있었다. 나노메니퓰레이터를 나노선에 직접 접촉시켜 전기적 특성을 평가하는 기술은 STA 등과 함께 사용될 때 높은 신뢰도를 갖는 신호를 얻을 수 있었다. 특히, 이를 이용한 나노 소재 특성 평가기술은 소자제작 시간을 단축시킬 수 있고 패턴닝으로부터 화학적 오염을 줄일 수 있는 장점을 갖고 있었다. 또한 FIB와 나노메니퓰레이터를 적절히 이용하면 나노인장시험기로서 활용이 가능하였으며 나노선의 기계적 특성을 본격적으로 평가할 수 있었다. 본 연구의 나노인장시험으로부터 얻은 인장실험 및 TEM분석으로부터 Au 및 Pd 나노선의 인장 및 파괴거동을 직접적으로 관찰할 수 있었다. Au 나노선은 인장초기에 {111}<112> 쌍정이 생성되고 나노선의 직경이 감소하다가 더 이상 인장응력을 수용할 수 없게되면 <110> 축으로부터 <002> 방향으로 재배열하는 방식으로 네킹이 형성되며 최종적으로 결정축 재배열 이후에는 슬립에 의한 파괴가 진행된다. Pd 나노선의 경우에는 Au와는 전혀 다른 파괴거동을 보였다. 먼저 네킹없이 <002> 축으로의 재배열 현상이 관찰되며 이후 cross-slip에 의한 변형을 하였다. 두 나노선 모두 인장 응력이 가해지면 네킹 부분을 중심으로 한 부분에서만 변형이 일어나며 다른 부분에서는 아무런 변형을 찾아 볼 수 없었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.211-217
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• 2010

다양한 분야에 활용이 가능한 나노소자의 개발과 나노소자의 수명 및 신뢰성을 결정하기 위해서 나노구조체의 역학물성 측정은 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 다중벽탄소나노튜브(MWCNT)와 산화아연나노막대(ZnO nanorod)의 인장시험을 전자주사현미경(SEM) 내부에서 수행하였다. 챔버내부에 구축된 나노조작기 앞에 힘센서가 장착되었고, 나노조작기는 조이스틱과 컴퓨터로 제어 가능하도록 설계되었다. 반으로 자른 투과전자현미경(TEM)그리드 위에 분산된 나노구조체는 전자주사를 통하여 힘센서와 고정된 후 인장시험이 수행되었다. 인장시험 후 TEM과 SEM을 통하여 파단면을 측정하였고 MWCNT와 ZnO nanorod의 탄성계수는 0.98TPa, 55.85GPa로 각각 측정되었다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.208-213
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• 2015

Nanomanipulators installed in focused ion beam (FIB), which is used in the lift-out of lamella when preparing transmission electron microscopy specimens, have recently been employed for electrical resistance measurements, tensile and compression tests, and in situ reactions. During the pick-up process of a single nanowire (NW), there are crucial problems such as Pt, C and Ga contaminations, damage by ion beam, and adhesion force by electrostatic attraction and residual solvent. On the other hand, many empirical techniques should be considered for successful pick-up process, because NWs have the diverse size, shape, and angle on the growth substrate. The most important one in the in-situ precedence, therefore, is to select the optimum pick-up process of a single NW. Here we provide the advanced methodologies when manipulating NWs for in-situ mechanical and electrical measurements in FIB.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.73-76
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• 2005

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have attracted an increasing attention due to their superior mechanical properties and potential application in industries. The strength of CNT has been predicted or calculated through several simulation techniques but actual experiments on stress-strain behavior are rare due to its dimensional limit, nanoscale positioning/manipulation, and instrumental resolution. We have attempted to observe straining responses of a multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT) by performing an in-situ tensile testing in a scanning electron microscope. The carbon nanotube, having its both ends attached on a cantilever force sensor and Y-shaped support, was elongated by a computer-controlled nanomanipulator. Linear deformation and fracture behaviors of MWNT were successfully observed and its force-displacement curve was also measured from the bending stiffness and displacement of the force sensor and manipulator.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.17-37
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• 2011

The microcantilever (MCL) sensor is one of the most promising platforms for next-generation label-free biosensing applications. It outperforms conventional label-free detection methods in terms of portability and parallelization. In this paper, an overview of recent advances in our understanding of the coupling between biomolecular interactions and MCL responses is given. A dual compact optical MCL sensing platform was built to enable biosensing experiments both in gas-phase environments and in solutions. The thermal bimorph effect was found to be an effective nanomanipulator for the MCL platform calibration. The study of the alkanethiol self-assembly monolayer (SAM) chain length effect revealed that 1-octanethiol ($C_8H_{17}SH$) induced a larger deflection than that from 1-dodecanethiol ($C_{12}H_{25}SH$) in solutions. Using the clinically relevant biomarker C-reactive protein (CRP), we revealed that the analytical sensitivity of the MCL reached a diagnostic level of $1{\sim}500{\mu}g/ml$ within a 7% coefficient of variation. Using grazing incident x-ray diffractometer (GIXRD) analysis, we found that the gold surface was dominated by the (111) crystalline plane. Moreover, using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis, we confirmed that the Au-S covalent bonds occurred in SAM adsorption whereas CRP molecular bindings occurred in protein analysis. First principles density functional theory (DFT) simulations were also used to examine biomolecular adsorption mechanisms. Multiscale modeling was then developed to connect the interactions at the molecular level with the MCL mechanical response. The alkanethiol SAM chain length effect in air was successfully predicted using the multiscale scheme.