• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.33-38
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• 2021

Recently, rollable and foldable displays are attracting great attention in the flexible display market due to their excellent form factor. To predict and prevent the mechanical failure of the display panels, it is essential to accurately understand the mechanical properties of brittle SiN_x thin films, which have been used as an insulating film in flexible displays. In this study, tensile properties of the ~130 nm- and ~320 nm-thick SiN_x thin films were successfully measured by coating a ~190 nm-thick organic nano-support-layer (PMMA, PS, P3HT) on the fragile SiN_x thin films and stretching the films as a bilayer state. Young's modulus values of the ~130 nm and ~320 nm SiN_x thin films fabricated through the controlled chamber pressure and deposition power (A: 1250 mTorr, 450 W/B: 1000 mTorr, 600 W/C: 750 mTorr, 700 W) were calculated as A: 76.6±3.5, B: 85.8±4.6, C: 117.4±6.5 GPa and A: 100.1±12.9, B: 117.9±9.7, C: 159.6 GPa, respectively. As a result, Young's modulus of ~320 nm SiN_x thin films fabricated through the same deposition condition increased compared to the ~130 nm SiN_x thin films. The tensile testing method using the organic nano-support-layer was effective in the precise measurement of the mechanical properties of the brittle thin films. The method developed in this study can contribute to the robust design of the rollable and foldable displays by enabling quantitative measurement of mechanical properties of fragile thin films for flexible displays.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.170-171
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• 2006

The chemical shift of SiOC film was observed according to the flow rate ratio. SiOC film has the broad main band of $880{\sim}1190cm^{-1}$ and the sharp Si-$CH_3$ bond at $1252cm^{-1}$, and the infrared spectra in the Si-O-C bond moved to low frequency according to the increasing of an oxygen flow rate. The chemical shift affected the carbon content in the SiOC film, and the decreasing of carbon atoms elongated the C-H bonding length, relatively. The main bond without the sharp Si-$CH_3$ bond at $1252cm^{-1}$ consisted of Si-C, C-O and Si-O bonds, and became the bonding structure of the Si-O-C bond.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.33-39
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• 2003

A new microlens fabrication technique, the excimer laser lithography is developed. This bases on the pulsed laser irradiation and the transfer of a chromium-on-quartz reticle on to the polymer surface with a proper projection optics system. An excimer laser lithography system with 1/4 and 1/20 demagnification ratios was constructed first, and the photoablation characteristics of the PMMA and Polyimide were experimentally examined using this system. For two different shapes of microlenses, a spherical lens and a cylindrical lens, fabrication techniques were investigated. One for the spherical lens is a combination of the mask pattern projection and fraction effect. The other for the cylindrical lens is a combination of the mask pattern projection and the relative movement of a specimen. The result shows that various shapes of micro optical components can be easily fabricated by the excimer laser lithography.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.580-585
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• 2006

UV-thermal dually curable coating materials were prepared by the sol-gel method. Nano-sized colloidal boehmite was treated with various organo silane coupling agents. These materials could be well dispersed in various alcohols and relatively polar organic solvents such as tetrahydrofuran and acetonitrile. The coating films were prepared by a spin coating method on various substrates, which were characterized by FT-IR, Si/Al CP MAS NMR spectra, UV-Vis spectrophotometer, FE-SEM, Taber abraser, haze meter, and pencil hardness tester. The effects of molar ratio and types of silane coupling agents, curing method and ion-shower treatment were investigated. Dually curable coating method offered an optimally good quality film in both hardness and transmittance. The transparency and the hardness of the prepared films were increased with amounts of 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propylmethacrylate, and (3-glycidyloxypropyl)trimethoxysilane, respectively. The adhesion between coated layer and substrate could be enhanced by ion-shower treatment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.467-467
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• 2013

유기물/무기물 나노복합체는 메모리, 트렌지스터, 발광 다이오드, 태양 전지 소자에 응용이 시도되고 있으나 유기물의 물리적인 특성 때문에 전류 전송 메커니즘 규명에는 충분한 연구가 진행되어 있지 못하다. 유기물/무기물 나노복합소재를 기반으로 차세대 광학소자나 비휘발성 메모리 소자에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있으며, 기억소자의 성능 향상을 위하여 여러 가지 유기물/무기물 나노복합소재를 사용하여 제작한 유기 쌍안정성 소자가 차세대 플렉서블 비휘발성 기억소자로 대두되고 있다. 유기 쌍안정성 소자는 비휘발성 기억 소자 중에서 구조가 간단하고 제작비용이 저렴하며 유연성을 가지기 때문에 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 많은 장점에도 불구하고 유기물에 관한 많은 연구가 이루어지지 않았기 때문에 소자의 동작특성, 재연성 등의 문제점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 유기 쌍 안정성 소자의 전기적 특성을 연구하기 위하여 ZnO 나노입자를 포함한 PMMA 복합층을 사용하여 소자를 제작하고 전기적 특성을 측정하였으며, 유기물/무기물 나노복합소재의 전류 전송 메커니즘을 이론적으로 규명하였다. 트랩밀도 변화가 유기 쌍안정성 소자에 미치는 영향을 연구하기 위하여 C60 층을 삽입하였고, 그 결과 C60이 삽입된 유기 쌍안정성 소자가 향상된 메모리 특성을 보였다. 소자의 제작은 Indium tin oxide가 증착된 유리 기판위에 C60 층을 스핀코팅 방법으로 적층하였다. ZnO 나노 입자와 PMMA를 혼합하여 스핀코팅 방법으로 C60층 위에 박막을 형성한 후, 전극으로 Al을 열증착으로 형성하였다. Space charge limitted current 메커니즘을 이용하여 simulation을 수행하였고 이를 current density - voltage (J-V) 특성과 비교 분석하였다. J-V 특성 결과, simulation결과, 소자의 구조를 통해 유기물/무기물 나노복합소재 기반 메모리 소자의 쓰기, 지우기 및 읽기 동작에 대한 과정을 설명하였다. 또한 C60층을 삽입한 유기물/무기물 나노복합소자를 이용하여 트랩 밀도 변화가 유기 쌍안정성 소자의 전기적 특성에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.149-154
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• 2005

Teflon like fluorocarbon thin films have been deposited on silicon and oxide molds as an antistiction layer for the hot embossing process by an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. The process was performed at $C_4F_8$ gas flow rate of 2 sccm and 30 W of plasma power as a function of substrate temperature. The thickness of film was measured by a spectroscopic ellipsometry. These films were left in a vacuum oven of 100, 200 and $300^{\circ}C$ for a week. The change of film thickness, contact angle and adhesion and friction force was measured before and after the thermal test. No degradation of film was observed when films were treated at $100^{\circ}C$. The heat treatment of films at 200 and $300^{\circ}C$ caused the reduction of contact angles and film thickness in both silicon and oxide samples. Higher adhesion and friction forces of films were also measured on films treated at higher temperatures than $100^{\circ}C$. No differences on film properties were found when films were deposited on either silicon or oxide. A 100 nm silicon template with 1 to $500\;{\mu}m$ patterns was used for the hot embossing process on $4.5\;{\mu}m$ thick PMMA spun coated silicon wafers. The antistiction layer of 10 nm was deposited on the silicon mold. No stiction or damages were found on PMMA surfaces even after 30 times of hot embossing at $200^{\circ}C$ and 10 kN.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.11-24
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• 1996

부분압이 다른 여러 가지 반응성 가스분위기하에서 이른곤 이온을 이용하여 PC, PET PMMA 그리고 PTFE 폴리머 표면의 삼차 증류수에대한 진수성을 증대하였다. 폴리머 표면의 친수성의 변화는 여러 가지 반응성 가스 분위기하에서 아르곤 이온의 조사량을 1014 부터 1x1017cm2까지 변화하면서 조사하였다. 접촉감은 아르곤 이온이 조사되는 폴리머 표면 근처에 유입된 가스의 방응성(O2>N2>H2)에 따라 많이 감소하였다, 폴리머 표면에 형성된 친수성기는 XPS Cls, Ols, 그리고 Nls 스펙트럼을 분석하여 확인하였다. 표면 개질된 PC와 PTFE에 대한 Al 금속의 접착력 증대를 Scotch tape와 인장실험을 통하여 확인하였다. 접착 력 증가는 표면 에너지 중 polar force의 증가에 의한 것으로 입증되었다. 에너지를 가진 아 르곤 입자 폴리머 체인 그리고 반응성 가스 사이의 반응기구는 2단계 모델로 설명가능하였 는데 그 기구는 첫 번째 이온의 조사에 의한 불안정한 폴리머 체인의 형성과 두 번째 단계 로 이렇게 형성된 폴리머 체인과 반응성 가스들 사이의 화학반응으로 이루어진다. 질화아루 미늄의 표면을 산소분위기하에서 아르곤 빔을 조사하여 표면개질한후 AlON층이 새롭게 형 성된 것을 XPS를 이용하여 확인할수 있었다. 개질된 질화알루미늄과 구리금속 박막간의 접 착력을 scratch 실험을 통하여 조사하였다.

• Journal of Adhesion and Interface
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2019

Fabrication of monolayer is important method for enhancing physical and chemical characteristics such as light shielding and antireflection while maintaining thin film properties. In previous studies, monolayers were fabricated by various methods on small substrates, but processes were complicated and difficult to form monolayers with large area. We used rod coating equipment with a small amount of coating liquid to form a HCP (hexagonal closed packing) coating of PMMA beads on PET(poly(ethylene terephthalate)) substrate with $20cm{\times}20cm$ size. We observed that changes in morphologies of monolayers by using the solvents with different boiling points and vapor pressures, by adapting surfactants on particles and by applying plasma treatment on substrates. The coverage was increased by 20% by optimizing the coating conditions including meniscus of beads, control of the attraction - repulsion forces and surface energy. This result can potentially be applied to optical films and sensors because it is possible to make a uniform and large-scale monolayer in a simple and rapid manner when it is compared to the methods in previous studies.