• Journal of Powder Materials
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.532-537
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• 2011

Thermally stable $TiO_2$/Pt/$SiO_2$ core-shell nanocatalyst has been synthesized by chemical processes. Citrated capped Pt nanoparticles were deposited on amine functionalized silica produced by Stober process. Ultrathin layer of titania was coated on Pt/$SiO_2$ for preventing sintering of the metal nanoparticles at high temperatures. Thermal stability of the metal-oxide hybrid catalyst was demonstrated heating the sample up to $600^{\circ}C$ in air and by investigating the morphology and integrity of the structure by transmission electron spectroscopy. The surface analysis of the constituent elements was performed by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy. The catalytic activity of the hybrid catalysts was investigated by CO oxidation reaction with oxygen as a model reaction.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.242-248
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• 2012

Valence band of a vacuum-reduced $TiO_2$ (001) surface has been carefully examined using synchrotron x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to investigate variation of the gap state upon oxidation and thermal diffusion of $Ti^{3+}$ interstitials from the bulk. We compare our results with that obtained from $TiO_2$ (110) and aim to address a crystal-face dependency in the oxidation and diffusion rates of $Ti^{3+}$ interstitials. We find very similar behaviors in the oxidation and thermal diffusion rate of $Ti^{3+}$ interstitials between the two crystal faces suggesting a negligible crystal-face dependency in this case.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.134-138
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• 2005

This study was performed to investigate the surface properties of electrochemically oxidized pure niobium by anodic oxide and hydrothermal treatment technique. Niobium specimens of $10mm\times10mm\times1.0mm$ in dimension were polished sequentially from $\#600,\;\#800,\;\#1000$ emery paper. The surface of pure niobium sperimens was anodized in an electrolytic solution that was dissolved calcium and phosphate in water. The electrolytic voltage was set in the range of 250 V and the current density was $10mA/cm^2$. The specimen was hydrothermal treated in high-pressure steam at $300^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours using an autoclave. And all specimens were immersed in the in the Hanks' solution nth pH 7.4 at $37^{\circ}C$ for 30 days. The surface of specimen was characterized by surface roughness, scanning electron microscope(SEM), energy dispersion X-ray analysis(EDX), X-ray photoemission spectroscopy(XPS) test. The value of surface roughness was the highest in the anodized sample and $0.41{\pm}0.04\;{\mu}m$. The results of the SEM observation show that oxide layers of the multi porosity in the anodized sample were piled up on another, and hydroxyapatite crystal was precipitate from the surface of the hydrothermal treated sample. In the XPS analysis, O, Nb, C peak and small amounts of N peak were found in the polished specimens while Ca and P peak in addition to O, Nb, C and peak were observed in the hydrothermal treated sample.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.38 no.6
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• pp.558-567
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 알콕사이드를 전구물질로 하는 졸겔공정을 이용하여 Bi 과잉 12 mol%의 조성인 B $i_4$ $Ti_3$ $O_{12}$ 박막과 B $i_4$ $Ti_{3-x}$T $a_{x}$ $O_{12}$(x=0.1, 0.2, 0.3) 박막을 제조하였다. XPS 분석에 따르면 Ta 치환 x=0.2에서 Bi 4f의 photoemission 곡선이 낮은 결합에너지로 이동하였고 피크 강도가 감소하는 현상이 관측되었다. 이는 x=0.1과 0.2 사이에서 Bi-O 결합이 길어져 인장상태 하에 있었음을 나타내었다. B $i_4$ $Ti_3$ $O_{12}$(BIT) 박막의 유전상수와 유전손실은 100 kHz에서 340, 0.05이었고, B $i_4$ $Ti_{3-x}$T $a_{x}$ $O_{12}$ 박막에서 이들 값은 x=0.1에서 가장 높았으며, 각각 480, 0.13이었다. B $i_4$ $Ti_3$ $O_{12}$ 박막의 잔류분극과 항전계는 1.24$\mu$C/$ extrm{cm}^2$, 31.4 kV/cm 이었으나, Ta 치환 x=0.2에서 이들 값은 각각 19.7$\mu$C/$\textrm{cm}^2$, 49.5 kV/cm 에 이르렀다. 또한, B $i_4$ $Ti_3$ $O_{12}$ 박막의 누설전류 밀도는 ~$10^{-6}$ A/$\textrm{cm}^2$ 정도이었으며, Ta 치환은 누설전류를 감소시켜 Ta 치환 x=0.2 이상에서 BIT 박막에 비해 한 차수 정도 낮아졌다. Ta 치환에 따른 B $i_4$ $Ti_3$ $O_{12}$ 전기 물성에서 변화는 Bi-O 결합에서 관측된 인장상태로의 전이와 연관성이 있었으며, 덧붙여 치환에서 생성된 전자에 의한 정공보상이 이에 영향을 끼쳤다. 정공보상이 이에 영향을 끼쳤다.끼쳤다.

• 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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• v.10
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• pp.85-85
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• 2000

The normal state of high-Tc superconducting materials has been believed to contain important clues to finding the correct mechanism of the high-Tc superconductivity. One example is the existence of pseudogap in the normal state even above Tc, as observed in various measurements such as photoemission spectroscopy and tunneling conductance. In this pseudogap regime the existence of preformed pairs only with local phase coherence has been debated. Recently Choi, Bang, and Campbell[1] have proposed the occurrence of the zero-bias conductance enhancement due to Andreev quasiparticle reflection from the preformed pairs even with the local phase coherence. In this study we examine the zero-bias enhancement of the differential conductance near or slightly above Tc, using c-axis tunneling in mesa structure of Bi2Sr20a0u208+d single crystals. In slightly overdoped samples zero-bias conductance enhancement (ZBCE) has been observed over a range of 2 K above Tc. In contrast, in underdoped samples with Tc${\sim}$72K the ZBCE appears over a range of 5-6 K above Tc, a much wider temperature range than in overdoped samples. This result may pose as positive signs of the existence of prefurmed pairs in the normal state of high- Tc superconducting materials.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.14-24
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• 1996

We have investigated atomic and electronic structures of a clean Pd(111) surface using low energy electron diffraction (LEED) and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). A typical clean LEED pattern with a 3-fold symmetry has been observed, corresponding to that for an fcc (111) surface. ARPES measurements have been performed along the $\Gamma-M,\Gamma-K,\Gamma-M$TEX> symmetry lines, from which the experimental band structure of Pd(111) has been determined. The experimental band structure and work function of Pd(111) surface are found to agree well with the calculated band structure of bulk Pd and the calculated work function of Pd(111), respectively. However, the peak positions in the experimental band structure are located closer to the Fermi level than in the theoretical band structure by 0.1~0.8 eV, depending on the $\kappa$-points in the Brillouin zone. In additin, the experimental band widths are narrower than the theoretical band widths by about 0.5eV. The effects of the localized surface Pd 4d states and the Coulomb interaction between Pd 4d bulk electrons have been discussed as possible origins of such discrepancies between experiment and theory.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.246.1-246.1
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• 2014

Over the past several years, colloidal core/shell type quantum dots lighting-emitting diodes (QDLEDs) have been extensively studied and developed for the future of optoelectronic applications. In the work, we fabricate an inverted CdSe/ZnS quantum dot (QD) based light-emitting diodes (QDLED). In order to reduce work function of indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode for inverted structure, a very thin (<10 nm) polyethylenimine ethoxylated (PEIE) is used as surface modifier[1] instead of conventional metal oxide electron injection layer. The PEIE layer substantially reduces the work function of ITO electrodes which is estimated to be 3.08 eV by ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS). From transmission electron microscopy (TEM) study, CdSe/ZnS QDs are uniformly distributed and formed by a monolayer on PEIE layer. In this inverted QDLEDs, blend of poly (9,9-di-n-octyl-fluorene-alt-benzothiadiazolo) and poly(N,N'-bis(4-butylphenyl)-N,N'-bis(phenyl)benzidine] are used as hole transporting layer (HTL) to improve hole transporting property. At the operating voltage of 8 V, the QDLED device emitted spectrally orange color lights with high luminance up to 2450 cd/m2, and showed current efficacy of 0.6 cd/A, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.334.2-334.2
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 a-InGaZnO (IGZO) 활성층에 대기분위기에서 열처리 온도를 각각 $150^{\circ}C$, $250^{\circ}C$, $350^{\circ}C$ 실시하여 전자구조와 광학적 특성분석 및 화학적 결합 상태의 변화를 알아보고, 이러한 물성 변화에 따른 소자의 특성을 알아 보았다. 박막 트랜지스터 소자의 전기적 특성은, IGZO 박막에 후 열처리 공정온도 후 제작한 박막 트랜지스터는 $150^{\circ}C$에서 3.1 cm2/Vs의 전계 효과 이동도와 0.38 V/decade의 문턱전압 이하 기울기를 보였으나, $350^{\circ}C$에서는 8.8 cm2/Vs의 전계 효과 이동도와 0.20 V/decade의 문턱전압 이하 기울기로 더 향상된 박막 트랜지스터의 전기적 특성 결과를 관측하였다. 전기적 소자 특성의 변화와 활성층 IGZO 박막 특성 변화와의 상관관계를 조사하기 위하여 X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS)과 Spectroscopy Ellipsometry (SE)로 측정된 흡수 스펙트럼을 통하여 3 eV 이상의 광학적 밴드 갭은 기존에 보고 되었던 a-IGZO와 유사한 특성을 보이고 있음을 확인하였고, 이러한 측정, 분석법들을 통해 후 열처리 공정 온도에 따른 밴드 갭 부근의 결함준위의 양 변화와 가전자대의 전자구조의 변화에 따라 전기적 특성이 달라짐을 확인 할 수 있었다. 또한, X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS)를 통해 측정한 O-1s를 통해 Oxygen deficient state와 밴드 갭 부근의 결함준위와의 상관관계를 도출해낼 수 있었다. 이는 a-IGZO 활성층에 후 열처리 공정 온도 변화에 따라서 전자구조의 혼성변화와 밴드 갭 부근의 결함준위의 양의 변화, 에너지 준위의 변화 및 이와 연관된 화학적 상태 변화가 박막 트랜지스터의 특성 변화를 예상할 수 있다는 결과를 도출하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.432.2-432.2
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• 2014

Recently, colloidal core/shell type quantum dots lighting-emitting diodes (QDLEDs) have been extensively studied and developed for the future of optoelectronic applications. In the work, we fabricate an inverted CdSe/ZnS quantum dot (QD) based light-emitting diodes (QDLED)[1]. In order to reduce work function of indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode for inverted structure, a very thin (<10 nm) polyethylenimine ethoxylated (PEIE) is used as surface modifier[2] instead of conventional metal oxide electron injection layer. The PEIE layer substantially reduces the work function of ITO electrodes which is estimated to be 3.08 eV by ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS). From transmission electron microscopy (TEM) study, CdSe/ZnS QDs are uniformly distributed and formed by a monolayer on PEIE layer. In this inverted QD LED, two kinds of hybrid organic materials, [poly (9,9-di-n-octyl-fluorene-alt-benzothiadiazolo)(F8BT) + poly(N,N'-bis (4-butylphenyl)-N,N'-bis(phenyl)benzidine (poly-TPD)] and [4,4'-N,N'-dicarbazole-biphenyl (CBP) + poly-TPD], were adopted as hole transport layer having high highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level for improving hole transport ability. At a low-operating voltage of 8 V, the device emits orange and red spectral radiation with high brightness up to 2450 and 1420 cd/m2, and luminance efficacy of 1.4 cd/A and 0.89 cd/A, respectively, at 7 V applied bias. Also, the carrier transport mechanisms for the QD LEDs are described by using several models to fit the experimental I-V data.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.166-170
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• 1993

In the initial stages of oxidation of Si(111)-7${\times}$7 held at 40K through exposing molecular oxygen, it has been detected average work-function measured by ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) is about 0.4eV higher than the local work-function of the modified area measured by photoemission for adsorbed Xenon (PAX). This result indicates that the increment of work-function at the initial oxidation stages of Si(111)-7${\times}$7 is mainly due to the moleculary adsorbed oxygen. From the shift of broadened Xe 5p and Xe 3d, it has also been estimated that the work-function of the modified area is 0.6eV higher than that of the clean area.