• Metals and materials international
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.1262-1274
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• 2018

The inhibition of gravity segregation has been a long-standing challenge in fabrication and applications of homogeneous immiscible alloys. Therefore, the effect of rare-earth La on the gravity segregation of Al-Bi immiscible alloys was investigated to understand the homogenization mechanism. The results showed that the addition of La can completely suppress the gravity segregation. This is attributed to the nucleation of Bi-rich liquid phase on the in-situ produced $LaBi_2$ phase and the change of the shape of $LaBi_2@Bi$ droplets. In addition, a novel strategy is developed to prepare the homogeneous immiscible alloys through the addition of rare-earth elements. This strategy not only is applicable to other immiscible alloys, but also is conducive to finding more elements to suppress the gravity segregation. This study provided a useful reference for the fabrication of the homogeneous immiscible alloys.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권12호
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• pp.4664-4670
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• 2023

Radiation is the main safety issue for almost all nuclear applications, which must be controlled to protect living organisms and the surrounding materials. In this context, radiation shielding materials have been investigated and used in nuclear technologies. The choice of materials depends on the radiation usage area, type, and energy. Polymer materials are preferred in radiation shielding applications due to their superior characteristics such as chemical inertness, resistivity, low weight, flexibility, strength, and low cost. In the presented work, ABS polymer material, which is possibly the most commonly used material in 3D printers, is mixed with Gd₂O₃ and Er₂O₃ nanoparticles. ABS filaments containing these rare-earth elements are then produced using a filament extruder. These produced filaments are used in a 3D printer to create shielding samples. Following the production of shielding samples, SEM, EDS, and gamma-ray shielding analyses (including experiments, WinXCOM, GEANT4, and FLUKA) are performed. The results show that 3D printing technology offers significant enhancements in creating homogeneous and well-structured materials that can be effectively used in gamma-ray shielding applications.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2002년도 International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.762-765
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• 2002

The bilayer organic light-emitting diode using Al (DBM) $_3$ (DBM=Dibenzoylmethane) as an emitting material and poly (N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) as hole-transport material, emitted bright blue-green light instead of blue light. The blue-green emission is attributed to exciplex formation at the solid interface between Al (DBM) $_3$ and the hole-transport material. The exciplex formation was evidenced by the measurement of the photoluminescence spectra and lifetimes of Al (DBM) $_3$, PVK and an equimolar amount of mixture of Al (DBM) $_3$ and PVK.

• 암석학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.237-250
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• 2005

ICP-MS로 화강암질 암석내 희토류원소의 함량 분석시 표준시료의 선택이 어느 정도 영향을 주는 지를 밝혀내기 위해, 상업용 표준시료(ACCU-standard, No. Cal-1), 화강암의 한국산 표준시료(KG-1), 미국산 표준시료(G-2), 일본산 표준시료(JC-1a, JC-2)를 각각 기준시료로 하여 각각의 희토류원소 함량을 측정하였다. 실험결과에 의하면, 경희토류(La-Gd) 분포도는 표준시료의 변화에 관계없이 대체적으로 추천값과 측정값 모두 일치하였다. 그러나 G-2 혹은 JG-2를 기준으로 측정했을 시, 다른 표준시료의 추천값과 측정값에 의한 중희토류(Gd-Lu)의 분포도는 많은 차이가 발생되었다. 이는 표준시료의 추천값의 오류 혹은 표준시료 암석의 지구화학적 특성에 기인된다. KG-1 혹은 JG-1a를 기준시료로 하여 희토류원소 함량을 측정했을 경우에는 G-2나 JG-2를 기준시료로 했을 때보다 추천값과 측정값에 의한 희토류원소의 분포도의 어긋남이 비교적 약한 편이다. 이는 국내 화강암류의 희토류원소 함량분석에 있어서의 표준시료로서 KG-1 혹은 JG-1a가 보다 더 유용함을 지시해준다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제62권8호
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• pp.1080-1089
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• 2013

Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines (IPMSMs) with rare earth magnet are widely used in electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles. IPMSMs having high efficiency, high torque, and a wide speed range are employed in propulsion system. And the rotor in an IPMSM is generally made of a rare earth magnet to achieve a large energy product and high torque. This paper discusses issues regarding design and performance of IPMSMs using different factors of BH magnetic characteristic. It is necessary to choose factors of magnetic material according to permanent magnet shape in rotor for high performance. Response Surface Methodology (RSM) is selected to obtain factors of magnetic material according to variety of rotor shapes. The RSM is a collection of mathematical and statistical techniques useful for the analysis of problems in which a response of interest in influenced by several variables and the objective is to optimize response. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the torque characteristics of an IPMSM having magnet BH hysteresis curve with different rotor shape. Factors of residual flux density (Br) factor and intrinsic coercive force (Hc) are important parameters in RSM for rotor shape. The rotor shapes for IPMSMs having magnet BH characteristic were investigated using the RSM, and three shapes were analyzed in detail using FEA. The results lead to design consequence of IPMSMs in the various rare earth magnet materials.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2010년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.49.1-49.1
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• 2010

The particle generation during the plasma enhanced process is highly considered as serious problem in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The material for the plasma processing chamber requires the plasma etching characteristics which are homogeneously etched surface and low plasma etching depth for preventing particulate contamination and high durability. We found that the materials without grain boundaries can prevent the particle generation. Therefore, the amorphous material with the low plasma etching rate may be the best candidate for the plasma processing chamber instead of the polycrystalline materials such as yttria and alumina. Three glasses based on $SiO_2$ and $Al_2O_3$ were prepared with various rare-earth elements (Gd, Y and La) which are same content in the glass. The glasses were plasma etched in the same condition and their plasma etching rate was compared including reference materials such as Si-wafer, quartz, yttria and alumina. The mechanical and thermal properties of the glasses were highly related with cationic field strength (CFS) of the rare-earth elements. We assumed that the plasma etching resistance may highly contributed by the thermal properties of the fluorine byproducts generated during the plasma exposure and it is expected that the Gd containing glass may have the highest plasma etching resistance due to the highest sublimation temperature of $GdF_3$ among three rare-earth elements (Gd, Y and La). However, it is found that the plasma etching results is highly related with the mechanical property of the glasses which indicates the cationic field strength. From the result, we conclude that the glass structure should be analyzed and the plasma etching test should be conducted with different condition in the future to understand the plasma etching behavior of the glasses perfectly.

• 암석학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.133-143
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• 2008

지표지질의 지구화학적 변화 추적과 고고학 유물의 원료(점토질 토양)의 기원지를 밝혀내기 위한 도구로서의 희토류원소의 역할을 확인하고자 하였다. 실험용 지질시료로는 화강암과 편마암 그리고 이들로부터의 화학적 풍화과정을 거친 풍화암과 풍화토양을 선택하여 이들의 화학조성변화를 비교하였고, 고고학적 응용을 위한 시료로는 점토질 토양과 이를 이용하여 제조한 토기 및 도기를 채취하여 이들의 화학조성변화를 비교하였다. 연구결과에 의하면, 일반적인 화학조성간의 상대적인 비교로는 암석-풍화암-토양 혹은 점토질 토양-토기-도기로의 변화에 따른 지구화학적 특성변화의 상관성이 없는 반면에 PAAS(Post Archean Australian Shale)로 규격화한 희토류원소 분포도는 거의 동일한 양상을 띄었다. 이는 희토류원소의 분포도가 다른 지구화학적 연구기법에 기법에 비해 퇴적물의 기원물질 혹은 고고학적 유물의 재료를 밝혀내는데 더 유용함을 지시해준다고 볼 수 있다.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2019

Layered $LiNi_{0.83}Co_{0.11}Mn_{0.06}O_2$ cathode materials single- and dual-doped by the rare-earth elements Ce and Nd are successfully fabricated by using a coprecipitation-assisted solid-phase method. For comparison purposes, non-doping pristine $LiNi_{0.83}Co_{0.11}Mn_{0.06}O_2$ cathode material is also prepared using the same method. The crystal structure, morphology, and electrochemical performances are characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) mapping, and electrochemical techniques. The XRD data demonstrates that all prepared samples maintain a typical ${\alpha}-NaFeO_2$-layered structure with the R-3m space group, and that the doped samples with Ce and/or Nd have lower cation mixing than that of pristine samples without doping. The results of SEM and EDS show that doped elements are uniformly distributed in all samples. The electrochemical performances of all doped samples are better than those of pristine samples without doping. In addition, the Ce/Nd dual-doped cathode material shows the best cycling performance and the least capacity loss. At a 10 C-rate, the electrodes of Ce/Nd dual-doped cathode material exhibit good capacity retention of 72.7, 58.5, and 45.2% after 100, 200, and 300 cycles, respectively, compared to those of pristine samples without doping (24.4, 11.1, and 8.0%).

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권8호
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• pp.2919-2926
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• 2023

In this paper, rare earth element (REE)/polyester composites were designed with lanthanum oxide, gadolinium oxide, and lutetium oxide as ray shielding agents, and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as the base. Monte Carlo simulation was carried out using FLUKA software. We found that the radiation protection performance of the composite is affected by the type and amount of REE; a higher amount of REE equated to a better radiation protection performance of the composite. When the thickness of the composite and total thickness of the REE is constant, the number of superimposed layers inside the composite does not affect its shielding performance. Compared with a single-type REE/PET composite, a mixed-type REE/PET composite has a wider range of γ-ray absorption and better radiation protection performance. When the mass ratio of PET to REE is 2:8 and different types of REE are mixed with equal mass, several 0.2 cm-thick mixed-type REE/PET composites can shield >70% of 60 and 80 KeV γ-rays.

• 대한방사선치료학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2008

목 적: X선이 조사된 물질의 색변화를 통하여 방사선 측정 및 선량분포확인을 위한 물질로서의 가능성에 대하여 평가하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 순수한 KCl과 KCl에 희토류 물질인 Eu를 0.5 mol% 첨가하여 초크랄스키 방법으로 각각의 단결정을 성장시키고 선형가속기를 이용하여 X선조사선량에 따른 KCl결정의 색 변화를 관찰하였다. 결 과: 고 에너지 X선조사에 의해 KCl:Eu 단결정은 가시광의 푸른색 형광과 함께 자주색을 나타내었고 순수한 KCl 단결정은 눈으로 확인할 수 있을 정도의 형광은 관찰되지 않았지만 보라색으로 착색되었다. 결 론: KCl 단결정의 색 변화는 X선으로 인하여 안정된 색 중심이 생기고 이러한 색변화는 X선 측정물질과 펜톰으로 유용하게 사용되어질 것이다.