• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.33-42
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• 2009

A polymer-based flexible neural probe was fabricated for monitoring of neural activities from a brain. To improve the insertion stiffness, a 5 ${\mu}m$ thick biocompatible Au layer was electroplated between the top and bottom polymer layers. The developed neural probe penetrated a gel whose elastic modulus is similar to that of a live brain tissue without any fracture, To minimize mechanical residual stress and bending from the probe, two new methods were employed: (1) use of a thermal annealing process after completing the device and (2) incorporation of multiple different layers to compensate the residual stress between top and bottom layers. Mechanical bending around the probe tip was clearly removed after employing the two processes. In electrical test, the developed probe showed a proper impedance value to record neural signals from a brain and the result remained the same for 72 hours. In simple in-vitro probe characterization, the probe showed a great removal of residual stress and an excellent recording performance. The in-vitro recording results did not change even after 1 week, suggesting that this electrode has the potential for great recording from neuron firing and long-term implant performance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2010.09a
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• pp.1231-1238
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• 2010

Recently, the utilization of recycled aggregates for backfilling a power transmission pipeline trench has been increasing due to the issues of eco-friendly construction and shortage of natural aggregate resource. It is important to investigate the physical and thermal properties of the recycled aggregates that can be used as a backfill material. This study presents the thermal properties of two types of recycled aggregates with various particle size distributions. The thermal properties of the recycled aggregate were measured using the transient hot wire method and the probe method after performing the standard compaction test using an automatic compactor. Similar to silica sand, the thermal resistivity of the recycled aggregates decreased when the water content increased. This study shows that the recycled aggregate can be a promising backfill material substituting for natural aggregate when backfilling the power transmission pipeline trench.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.302-309
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• 2002

A new method of measuring the thermal diffusivity of solid material at room temperature using photothermal displacement is proposed. The influence of the parameters, such as radius and modulation frequency of the pump beam and the sample thickness, was studied. In previous works, thermal diffusivity was determined by the deformation angle and phase angle as the relative position between the heating and probe beams. In this study, however, we proposed the new analysis method based on the real part of deformation angle as the relative position between two beams. From the zero-crossing position of real part of deformation angle with respect to the pump beam, the thermal diffusivity of the materials can be obtained. The experimental values for different samples obtained by applying the new method are in good agreement with the literature values.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.186-191
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• 2012

In this paper, we present a pH measurement method that uses a microcantilever-array-based biosensor system. It is composed of microcantilever array, liquid cell, micro syringe pump, laser diode array, position sensitive detector, data acquisition device, and data processing software. Four microcantilevers are functionalized with pH-sensitive MHA(mercaptohexadecanoic acid) as a probe, while three microcantilevers are functionalized with HDT(hexadecane thiol) as reference. We prepare PBS(phosphate buffered saline) solutions of different pH and inject them into the liquid cell with a predefined volumetric speed at regular time intervals. The functionalized mircocantilevers in the liquid cell deflect as a self-assembled monolayer on the microcantilever binds with probe molecules in the solution. The difference in deflection between the MHA-covered probe microcantilever and the HDT-covered reference microcantilever was used to compensate for thermal drift. The deflection difference clearly increases with increasing pH in the solution. It was shown that when the pH values of the PBS solutions are high, there were large variations in the deflection of microcantilevers, whereas there were small variations for low pH value. The experimental results show that the microcantilever array functionalized with MHA and HDT can detect pH value with good repeatability.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.1192-1195
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• 2017

This paper describes the heat resistance characteristics of the imaging device installed in behind the engine due to monitoring the engine condition, and this paper includes the introduction and development of the imaging probe. Because the imaging device which is at the rear end of the engine is exposed to a high temperature and high pressure, the stability of the device should be secured by changing the device shape and supplying cooling water. The imaging probe in ADD engine test facility is installed at the rear end of the engine, and it is designed by reflecting the heat resistance characteristics to ensure the stability of the device.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.38 no.12
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• pp.957-962
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• 2014

We present a method to quantitatively measure the thermal conductivity of one-dimensional nanostructures by utilizing scanning thermal wave microscopy (STWM) at a nanoscale spatial resolution. In this paper, we explain the principle for measuring the thermal diffusivity of one-dimensional nanostructures using STWM and the theoretical analysis procedure for quantifying the thermal diffusivity. The SWTM measurement method obtains the thermal conductivity by measuring the thermal diffusivity, which has only a phase lag relative to the distance corresponding to the transferred thermal wave. It is not affected by the thermal contact resistances between the heat source and nanostructure and between the nanostructure and probe. Thus, the heat flux applied to the nanostructure is accurately obtained. The proposed method provides a very simple and quantitative measurement relative to conventional measurement techniques.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.18 no.11
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• pp.3046-3056
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• 1994

To design and develop a turbocharged engine, it needs that many studies must be preceded about the characteristics of engine performance and thermal flow. To accomplish this purpose, turbocharger was equipped to 1.3 liter naturally aspirated gasoline engine. The temperature probe of plate type was designed and it was installed into the combustion chamber wall to measure unsteady temperature. The unsteady heat flux at combustion chamber wall was evaluated using one dimensional unsteady conduction equation with the wall temperature and temperature gradient.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.18 no.9
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• pp.2454-2462
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• 1994

The effects of thermal stratification on the flow of a stratified fluid past a heated circular cylinder were examined in a wind tunnel. Turbulent intensities, rms values of temperature and turbulent convective heat flux distributions in the heated cylinder wake with and without thermal stratification were measured by using a hot-wire and cold-wire combination probe. A phase averaging method was also used to estimated coherent motion in the near wake. It is found that the vertical turbulent motion in the stably stratified flow case dissipates faster than that of the neutral case, i.e., vertical growth of vortical structure is suppressed under the strongly stratified condition. The coherent motion of temperature makes a large contribution like velocity coherent motion. However, the coherent motions of temperature fluctuation become very different with the change of experimental conditions, though the velocity coherent motions are quite similar in all experimental conditions.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2000.07c
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• pp.2029-2031
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• 2000

This paper introduces an meanings of the soil thermal properties and an probe method to analyze the soil thermal property. And its method was applied to the soils surrounding the underground transmission power cables at S/S and C/H.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.27-27
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• 2000

TDEAT precursor를 이용하여 DC-Pulse Plasma MOCVD 방법과 Thermal MOCVD 방법으로 각각 TiN 박막을 증착하였다. 본 논문에서는 DC-Pulse Plasma MOCVD 방 법으로 증착된 TiN 박막과 Therrnal MOCVD 방법으로 증착된 TiN 박막의 전기적 특성에 관하여 비교 분석하였다. 동일한 조건 하에서 각각의 방법으로 증착된 박막은 4-point probe를 이용하여 면저항을 측정하였고, XRD를 이용하여 박막의 성장방향을 관찰하였으며, FE-SEM을 이용하여 박막의 두께와 단면 사진, 표면형상을 관찰하였으며, AES depth profile을 통해 두께에 따른 Ti, N, 잔류 C와 0의 함량을 분석하였으며, XPS를 통해 C의 결합형태를 파악하고자 하였다. 분석결과 DC-Pulse Plasma MOCVD 방법으로 증착된 TiN 박막이 Thermal MOCVD 방법으로 증착된 TiN 박막에 비해 전기적 특성은 매우 우수하였으며, 치밀한 구조의 박막을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 잔류 C, O의 함량이 낮은 것으로 나타났다.