• 한국재료학회지
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• 제31권8호
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• pp.445-449
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• 2021

Zintl compound Mg₃Sb₂ is a promising candidate for efficient thermoelectric material due to its small band gap energy and characteristic electron-crystal phonon-glass behavior. Furthermore, this compound enables fine tuning of carrier concentration via chemical doping for optimizing thermoelectric performance. In this study, nominal compositions of Mg_3.8Sb_2-xTe_x (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.03) are synthesized through controlled melting and subsequent vacuum hot pressing method. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) are carried out to investigate phase development and surface morphology during the process. It should be noted that 16 at. % of excessive Mg must be added to the system to compensate for the loss of Mg during melting process. Herein, thermoelectric properties such as Seebeck coefficient, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity are evaluated from low to high temperature regimes. The results show that Te substitution at Sb sites effectively tunes the majority carriers from holes to electrons, resulting in a transition from p to n-type. At 873 K, a peak ZT value of 0.27 is found for the specimen Mg_3.8Sb_1.99Te_0.01, indicating an improved ZT value over the intrinsic value.

• 접착 및 계면
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2006

A series of organic-inorganic hybrids, PCL/EP/$SiO_2$, involving epoxy resin and triethoxysilane-terminated polycaprolactone elastomer (PCL-TESi) were prepared via polymerization of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) with amine curing agent KB-2 and sol-gel process of PCL-TESi. The curing reactions were started from the initially homogeneous mixture of DGEBA, KB-2 and the PCL-TESi. The organicinorganic hybrids containing up to 4.95% (wt) of $SiO_2$ were obtained and characterized by FT-IR, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetry analysis (TGA). It was experimentally shown that the swelling property in toluene, morphologies and thermal properties of the resulting hybrids were quite dependent on the contents of $SiO_2$. The crosslink network density decreases with increasing of the PCL-TESi. And in TEM, the phase separated morphology of these hybrids was found, which resulted from the coagulation of Si-O-Si networks resulting from $-Si(OC_2H_5)_3$ of PCL-TESi self-curing by hydrolytic silanol condensation, with the advancement of the curing reaction in the modified epoxy resin systems. Meanwhile, the change of the $SiO_2$ content made the morphologies changed from aggregated particles of Si-O-Si in the hybrid to nanocluster of interconnected Si-O-Si particles, then to aggregated Si-O-Si dispersing in the continuous cured epoxy phase again, and last to co-continuous interpenetrating network. The glass transition behavior of the hybrid material was cooperative motion of large chain segments, which were hindered by the inorganic Si-O-Si network. And in TG analysis, the characteristic temperature at 5% of weight loss was evidently increased from $120.5^{\circ}C$ of pure cured epoxy to $277.6^{\circ}C$ of 3.84% (wt) of $SiO_2$ modified epoxy due to the existence of Si-O-Si when PCL-TESi was added in the hybrid.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2010년도 제39회 하계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.254-254
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• 2010

Cu-Pc(copper(II)-phthalocyanine)는 박막의 형성과정에서 열처리 방식과 온도에 따라 박막의 구조가 변하며, 구조로는 열적으로 준 안정적인 $\alpha$-phase와 열적으로 안정적인 $\beta$-phase가 있다. 본 연구에서는 Cu-Pc 박막의 열적으로 안정적인 $\beta$-phase 구조에 대해 온도 조건 변화에 따른 표면 결정 성장의 특성을 연구하고자 한다. 진공증착 방법 중 하나인 thermal evaporation deposition을 이용하여 glass 기판위에 전열 처리 및 후열 처리에 대해 온도 조건 변화에 따른 $\beta$-phase type의 표면 결정 특성을 연구하였다. Cu-Pc 박막의 성장두께는 50nm 일정한 두께로 fluxmeter 및 thickness monitor를 이용하여 제어하였다. 50nm의 두께에 따른 기판온도를 $100^{\circ}C$, $200^{\circ}C$, $300^{\circ}C$로 전열 처리한 후 각각 전열 처리한 기판온도에 대해 1hour, 2hour, 3hour 후열 처리하여 온도 조건에 따른 박막을 성장한 후, $\beta$-phase type에 대한 결정 구조 및 표면 특성 변화를 분석하였다. 제작된 Cu-Pc의 박막은 $\beta$-phase type으로, 열처리에 따른 $\beta$-phase transition 현상을 연구하였다. XRD(X-ray diffraction)를 통하여 박막에 대한 결정 구조 분석 및 FE-SEM(field emission scanning electron microscopy)을 이용하여 Cu-Pc 박막의 구조적 결정성과 방향성 등, 표면 상태와 형상구조에 대해 표면의 특성을 분석하며, 광 흡수도(UV-visible absorption spectra)을 이용하여 온도 조건에 따른 투과/흡수 현상을 비교분석하였다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.293-300
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• 2023

The global energy storage markets have gravitated to high-energy-density and low cost of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) as the predominant system for energy storage such as electric vehicles (EVs). High-Ni layered oxides are considered promising next-generation cathode materials for LIBs owing to their significant advantages in terms of high energy density. However, the practical application of high-Ni cathodes remains challenging, because of their structural and surface instability. Although extensive studies have been conducted to mitigate these inherent instabilities, a two-step process involving the synthesis of the cathode and a dry/wet coating is essential. This study evaluates a one-step β-Li₂SnO₃ layer coating on the surface of LiNi_0.8Co_0.2O₂ (NC82) via the thermal segregation of Sn owing to the solubility limit with respect to the synthesis temperature. The doping, segregation, and phase transition of Sn were systematically revealed by structural analyses. Moreover, surface-engineered 5 mol% Sn-coated LiNi_0.8Co_0.2O₂ (NC82_Sn5%) exhibited superior capacity retention compared to bare NC82 owing to the stable surface coating layer. Thus, the developed one-step coating method is suitable for improving the properties of high-Ni layered oxide cathode materials for application in LIBs.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회A
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• pp.1788-1793
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• 2008

Classical molecular dynamics simulations (MDS) were conducted to simulate nano-sized cluster collisions with a weakly attractive static surface. Energy exchanges associated with the cluster collision and the adhesion probability are discussed. Routes of the energy exchanges and the kinetic energy loss are vastly altered in their mode according to the cluster incident velocity. In the elastic collision regime ($V_0$<0.1), most incident kinetic energy is recovered into the rebounding kinetic energy, but a little loss in the incident kinetic energy causes the cluster adhesion. Dissipated kinetic energy is converted into the rotational energy. In the weakly plastic collision regime (0.1<$V_0$<0.3), the transition from elastic to plastic collision occurs, and a large part of the released potential energy is converted into rebounding translational energy. For strongly plastic collisions ($V_0$>0.3), permanent cluster deformation occurs with extensive collapse of the lattice structure inducing a solid-to-solid phase transition; moreover, most of the cluster kinetic energy is converted into cluster potential and thermal energy.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2016

The electrical transport properties of $La_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}CrO_3$ below room temperatures were investigated by dielectric, dc resistivity, magnetic properties and thermoelectric power. Below $T_c$, $La_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}CrO_3$ contains a dielectric relaxation process in the tangent loss and electric modulus. The $La_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}CrO_3$ involves the transition from high temperature thermal activated conduction process to low temperature one. The transition temperature corresponds well to the Curie point. The relaxation mechanism has been discussed in the frame of electric modulus spectra. The scaling behavior of the modulus suggests that the relaxation mechanism describes the same mechanism at various temperatures. The low temperature conduction and relaxation takes place in the ferromagnetic phase. The ferromagnetic state in $La_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}CrO_3$ indicates that the electron - magnon interaction occurs, and drives the carriers towards localization in tandem with the electron - lattice interaction even at temperature above the Curie temperature.

• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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• 제67권
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• pp.28-51
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• 2018

Graphitic carbon nitride ($g-C_3N_4$) as a fascinating visible light active semiconductor photocatalyst has medium band gap, non-toxic nature, stable chemical structure and high thermal stability. Recently, intensive researches are focused on photocatalytic activity of $g-C_3N_4$ for wastewater treatment. This review demonstrates latest progress in fabrication of graphitic carbon nitride $C_3N_4$ incorporated nanocomposite to explore photocatalytic ability for water purification. The $g-C_3N_4$-based nanocomposites were categorized as $g-C_3N_4$ metal-free nanocomposite, noble metals/$g-C_3N_4$ heterojunction, non-metal doped $g-C_3N_4$, transition and post transition metal based $g-C_3N_4$ nanocomposite. Apart from fabrication methods, we emphasized on elaborating the mechanism of activity enhancement during photocatalytic process.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.629-637
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• 2008

We report several experimental data capable of evaluating the amorphous-to-crystalline (a-c) phase transformation in $(Ag)_x(Ge_2Sb_2Te_5)_{1-x}$ (x = 0, 0.05, 0.1) thin films prepared by a thermal evaporation. The isothermal a-c structural phase changes were evaluated by XRD, and the optical transmittance was measured in the wavelength range of $800{\sim}3000$ nm using a UV-vis-IR spectrophotometer. A speed of the a-c transition was evaluated by detecting the reflection response signals using a nano-pulse scanner with 658 nm laser diode (power P = $1{\sim}17$ mW, pulse duration t = $10{\sim}460$ ns). The surface morphology and roughness of the films were imaged by AFM. It was found that the crystallization speed was so enhanced with an increase of Ag content. While the sheet resistance of c-phase $(Ag)_x(Ge_2Sb_2Te_5)_{1-x}$ was similar to that of c-phase $Ge_2Sb_2Te_5$ (i.e., $R_c{\sim}10{\Omega}/{\square}$), the sheet resistance of a-phase $(Ag)_x(Ge_2Sb_2Te_5)_{1-x}$ was found to be lager than that of a-phase $Ge_2Sb_2Te_5$, $R_a{\sim}5{\times}10^6{\Omega}{/\square}$. For example, the ratios of $R_a/R_c$ for $Ge_2Sb_2Te_5$ and $(Ag)_{0.1}(Ge_2Sb_2Te_5)_{0.9}$ were approximately $5{\times}10^5$ and $5{\times}10^6$, respectively.

• 공업화학
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.421-426
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 다양한 조성의 다중벽 탄소 나노튜브/폴리스티렌 복합체들을 유화제를 이용한 용액공정을 이용하여 제조하였다. 이때, 분자량이 다른 3종의 폴리스티렌(PS-1 : ${\bar{M}}_n$ = 101500 g/mole, PS-2 : ${\bar{M}}_n$ = 89900 g/mole, PS-3 : ${\bar{M}}_n$ = 85000 g/mole)을 사용하였다. 복합체에서 매트릭스로 사용된 폴리스티렌의 임계흐름온도($T_{cf}{\sim}195^{\circ}C$) 이상과 이하인 $210^{\circ}C$ 및 $180^{\circ}C$에서의 열적 거동을 동적 유변측정기를 이용하여 측정하였다. 복합체의 저장 탄성율, 손실탄성율 및 용융점도는 복합체내에서 다중벽 탄소 나노튜브 함량이 증가함에 따라 증가하였으며, 용융점도의 경우에는 다중벽 탄소 나노튜브 함량이 2 wt%에서 5 wt% 사이에서 가장 큰 증가가 관찰되었다. $210^{\circ}C$의 유변특성 거동에 의하면, 특정 다중벽 탄소 나노튜브 함량에서 복합체의 점성 특성이 탄성특성으로 전이되는 현상이 관찰되었으며, 이때 다중벽 탄소 나노튜브 함량은 MWCNT/PS-1, MWCNT/PS-2 및 MWCNT/PS-3 조성에 대해 각각 3.5 wt%, 3.2 wt 및 3.0 wt%를 나타내었다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.221-230
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• 1999

다공성 인공 혈관을 제조하기 위한 새로운 기술에 대하여 연구하였다. 제조방법을 달리하여 만든 다공성의 시편을 준비하여 여러 가지 물성을 비교하였다. 용매/비용매 교환법에 의한 다공성 부여 방법과 고분자 용액의 냉각에 따른 상전이 현상을 이용하여 고분자 용액의 농도와 냉각속도를 달리하여 인공 혈관 시편을 제작하였다. 고분자 용액의 농도가 감소할수록 그리고 냉각속도가 작을수록 인공 혈관 재료로서 유리한 물성을 지닐 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 위의 방법으로 다공성을 조절함으로써 재료의 기계적 물겅 또한 조절할 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 냉각 속도를 조절하여 다공성을 부여하는 방법을 이용하여, 고안된 몰드를 사용하여 기존에는 만들기 어려웠던 균일한 두게의 U자형 소구경 인공 혈관을 만들 수 있었다. 비교적 간단한 도구로 균일한 물성을 지니며 원하는 물성의 인공 혈관을 제조할 수 있었다. 온도를 조절하여 고분자 박막에 다공성을 부여하는 기술은 다양한 기능의 의료용 고분자에 접목하여 필요로 하는 기능성을 부여할 수 있는 중요한 기술로 이용할 수 있을 것이다.