• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제4권6호
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• pp.9-12
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• 2003

The electrical properties of stabilized amorphous selenium typical of the material used in direct conversion x-ray imaging devices are reported. Carrier mobility was measured using time-of-flight (TOF) measurements to investigate the transport properties of holes and electrons in stabilized a-Se film. A laser beam with pulse duration of 5 ns and wavelength of 350nm was illuminated on the surface of a-Se with thickness of 400 $\mu\textrm{m}$. The photo induced signals of a-Se film as a function of time were measured. The measured transit times of hole and electron were about 8.73${\mu}\textrm{s}$ and 229.17${\mu}\textrm{s}$, respectively. The hole and electron drift mobilities decreases with increase of electric field up to 4V/$\mu\textrm{m}$. Above 4V/$\mu\textrm{m}$, the measured drift mobilities exhibited no observable dependence with respect to electric field. The experimental results showed that the hole and electron drifting mobility were 0.04584 $\textrm{cm}^2$ V$\^$-1/s$\^$-1/ sand 0.00174 $\textrm{cm}^2$V$\^$-1/s$\^$-1/ at 10 V/$\mu\textrm{m}$.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.229-236
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• 2018

Accident-tolerant fuels (ATFs) are currently of high interest to researchers in the nuclear industry and in governmental and international organizations. One widely studied accident-tolerant fuel concept is multilayer cladding (also known as coated cladding). This concept is based on a traditional Zr-based alloy (Zircaloy-4, M5, E110, ZIRLO etc.) serving as a substrate. Different protective materials are applied to the substrate surface by various techniques, thus enhancing the accident tolerance of the fuel. This study focuses on the results of testing of Zircaloy-4 coated with pure chromium metal using the cold spray (CS) technique. In comparison with other deposition methods, e.g., Physical vapor deposition (PVD), laser coating, or Chemical vapor deposition techniques (CVD), the CS technique is more cost efficient due to lower energy consumption and high deposition rates, making it more suitable for industry-scale production. The Cr-coated samples were tested at different conditions ($500^{\circ}C$ steam, $1200^{\circ}C$ steam, and Pressurized water reactor (PWR) pressurization test) and were precharacterized and postcharacterized by various techniques, such as scanning electron microscopy, Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), or nanoindentation; results are discussed. Results of the steady-state fuel performance simulations using the Bison code predicted the concept's feasibility. It is concluded that CS Cr coating has high potential benefits but requires further optimization and out-of-pile and in-pile testing.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.252.2-252.2
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• 2013

ZnO nanostructures have a lot of interest for decades due to its varied applications such as light-emitting devices, power generators, solar cells, and sensing devices etc. To get the high performance of these devices, the factors of nanostructure geometry, spacing, and alignment are important. So, Patterning of vertically- aligned ZnO nanowires are currently attractive. However, many of ZnO nanowire or nanorod fabrication methods are needs high temperature, such vapor phase transport process, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy, thermal evaporation, pulse laser deposition and thermal chemical vapor deposition. While hydrothermal process has great advantages-low temperature (less than $100^{\circ}C$), simple steps, short time consuming, without catalyst, and relatively ease to control than as mentioned various methods. In this work, we investigate the dependence of ZnO nanowire alignment and morphology on si substrate using of nanosphere template with various precursor concentration and components via hydrothermal process. The brief experimental scheme is as follow. First synthesized ZnO seed solution was spun coated on to cleaned Si substrate, and then annealed $350^{\circ}C$ for 1h in the furnace. Second, 200nm sized close-packed nanospheres were formed on the seed layer-coated substrate by using of gas-liquid-solid interfacial self-assembly method and drying in vaccum desicator for about a day to enhance the adhesion between seed layer and nanospheres. After that, zinc oxide nanowires were synthesized using a low temperature hydrothermal method based on alkali solution. The specimens were immersed upside down in the autoclave bath to prevent some precipitates which formed and covered on the surface. The hydrothermal conditions such as growth temperature, growth time, solution concentration, and additives are variously performed to optimize the morphologies of nanowire. To characterize the crystal structure of seed layer and nanowires, morphology, and optical properties, X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), Raman spectroscopy, and photoluminescence (PL) studies were investigated.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.204.2-204.2
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• 2013

Wide band gap II-VI semiconductors have attracted the interest of many research groups during the past few years due to the possibility of their applications in light-emitting diodes and laser diodes. Among the II-VI semiconductors, ZnO is an important optoelectronic device material for use in the violet and blue regions because of its wide direct band gap (Eg ~3.37 eV) and large exciton binding energy (60 meV). F-doped ZnO (FZO) and undoped ZnO thin films were grown onto quartz substrate by the sol-gel spin-coating method. The doping level in the solution, designated by F/Zn atomic ratio of was varied from 0 to 5 in 1 steps. To investigate the effects of the structure and optical properties of FZO thin films were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-visible spectroscopy, and photoluminescence (PL). In the XRD, the residual stress, FWHM, bond length, and average grain size were changed with increasing the doping concentration. For the PL spectra, the high INBE/IDLE ratio of the FZO thin films doping concentration at 1 at.% than the other samples.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.229.2-229.2
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• 2013

Yttrium oxide (Y2O3)는 band gap이 5.5 eV 정도로 상대적으로 넓고, 굴절상수가 1.8, 유전율이 10~15, Silicon 과의 격자 불일치가 작은 특성을 가지고 있다. 또한 녹는점이 높아 열적으로 안정하기 때문에 전자소자 및 광학소자에 다양하게 응용되는 물질이다. Y2O3 박막은 다양한 방법으로 증착할 수 있는데, 그 방법에는 e-beam evaporation, laser ablation, sputtering, thermal oxidation, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, and atomic layer deposition (ALD) 등이 있다. ALD는 기판 표면에 흡착된 원자들의 자기 제한적 반응에 의하여 박막이 증착되기 때문에 박막 두께조절이 용이하고 step coverage와 uniformity 측면에서 큰 장점이 있다. 이전에는 Y(thd)3 and Y(CH3Cp)3 와 같은 금속 전구체를 이용하여 ALD를 진행하여, 증착 속도가 낮고 defect이 많아 non-stoichiometric한 조성의 박막이 증착되는 문제점이 있었다. 이번 연구에서는, (iPrCp)2Y(iPr-amd)와 탈이온수를 사용하여 Y2O3 박막을 증착하였다. Y2O3 박막 증착에 사용한 Y 전구체는 상온에서 액체이고 $192^{\circ}C$ 에서 1 Torr의 높은 증기압을 갖는다. Y2O3 박막 증착을 위하여 Y 전구체는 $150^{\circ}C$ 로 가열하여 N2 gas를 이용하여 bubbling 방식으로 공정 챔버 내로 공급하였다. Y2O3 박막의 ALD window는 $250{\sim}350^{\circ}C$ 였으며, Y 전구체의 공급시간이 5초에 다다르자 더 이상 증착 두께가 증가하지 않는 자기 제한적 반응을 확인할 수 있었다. 그리고 증착된 Y2O3 박막의 특성 분석을 위해 Atomic force microscopy (AFM)과 X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) 를 진행하였다. 박막의 Surface morphology 는 매끄럽고 uniform 하였으며, 특히 고체 금속 전구체를 사용했을 때와 비교하여 수산화물이 거의 없는 박막을 얻을 수 있었다. 그리고 조성 분석을 통해 증착된 Y2O3 박막이 stoichiometric하다는 것을 알수 있었다. 또한 metal-insulator-metal (MIM) 구조 (Ru/Y2O3/Ru) 의 resistor 소자를 형성하여 저항 스위칭 특성을 확인하였다.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.84-88
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• 2021

레이저, 광학센서 등에 사용되고 있는 La2O3-CaF2-Al2O3-SiO2 계 유리에 희토류 물질을 첨가하였을 때, 열처리 온도에 따른 결정화유리의 발광 특성 변화에 대하여 연구하였다. 결정화유리를 얻기 위한 열처리 조건은 비등온 열분석을 통해 얻었으며, 열처리 온도에 따른 결정성장 정도 및 생성된 결정상 종류를 파악하기 위해 XRD 분석을 진행하였다. Scherrer's equation을 이용한 결과, 결정화유리 내부에 25~40 nm 크기의 결정들이 생성된 것으로 계산되었다. Photoluminescence (PL) 분석결과, 660~670℃에서 1시간 열처리 된 시편이 가장 우수한 PL 강도를 보였으며, CIE 색좌표계 분석결과, 열처리 유무와 관계없이 모든 결정화유리 시편들은 red-orange 빛을 발광하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.160-169
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• 2018

Background: This study aims to develop an integrated optical system that can simultaneously or selectively measure the signals obtained from radioluminescence (RL), thermoluminescence (TL), and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), which are luminescence phenomena of materials stimulated by radioactivity, heat, and light, respectively. The luminescence mechanism of various materials could be investigated using the glow curves of the luminescence materials. Materials and Methods: RL/TL/OSL integrated measuring system was equipped with a X-ray tube (50 kV, $200{\mu}A$) as an ionizing radiation source to irradiate the sample. The sample substrate was used as a heating source and was also designed to optically stimulate the sample material using various light sources, such as high luminous blue light emitting diode (LED) or laser. The system measured the luminescence intensity versus the amount of irradiation/stimulation on the sample for the purpose of measuring RL, TL and OSL sequentially or by selectively combining them. Optical filters were combined to minimize the interference of the stimulation light in the OSL signal. A long-pass filter (420 nm) was used for 470 nm LED, an ultraviolet-pass filter (260-390 nm) was used for detecting the luminescence of the sample by PM tube. Results and Discussion: The reliability of the system was evaluated using the RL/OSL characteristics of $Al_2O_3:C$ and the RL/TL characteristics of LiF:Mg,Cu,Si, which were used as dosimetry materials. The RL/OSL characteristics of $Al_2O_3:C$ showed relatively linear dose-response characteristics. The glow curve of LiF:Mg,Cu,Si also showed typical RL/OSL characteristics. Conclusion: The reliability of the proposed system was verified by sequentially measuring the RL characteristics of radiation as well as the TL and OSL characteristics by concurrent thermal and optical stimulations. In this study, we developed an integrated measurement system that measures the glow curves of RL/TL/OSL using universal USB-DAQs and the control program.

• Metals and materials international
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.1193-1201
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• 2018

Dilatometry is a useful technique to obtain experimental data concerning transformation. In this paper, a dilation conversional model was established to calculate carbides fraction in AISI H13 hot-work tool steel based on the measured length changes. After carbides precipitation, the alloy contents in the matrix changed. In the usual models, the content of carbon atoms after precipitation is considered as the only element that affects the lattice constant and the content of the alloy elements such as Cr, Mo, Mn, V are often ignored. In the model introduced in this paper, the alloying elements (Cr, Mo, Mn, V) changes caused by carbides precipitation are incorporated. The carbides were identified using scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope. The relationship between lattice constant of carbides and temperature are measured by high-temperature X-ray diffraction. The results indicate that the carbides observed in all specimens cooled at different rates are V-rich MC and Cr-rich $M_{23}C_6$, and most of them are V-rich MC, only very few are Cr-rich $M_{23}C_6$. The model including the effects of substitutional alloying elements shows a good improvement on carbides fraction predictions. In addition, lower cooling rate advances the carbides precipitation for AISI H13 specimens. The results between experiments and mathematical model agree well.

• 한국초전도저온공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국초전도저온공학회 2002년도 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.340-340
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• 2002

In an effort to develop alternative single buffer layer technology for YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-{\delta}}$ (YBCO) coated conductors, we have investigated both LaMnO$_3$, (LMO) and La$_2$Zr$_2$O$_{7}$ (LZO) as potential buffer layers. High-quality LMO films were grown directly on textured Ni and Ni-W (3%) substrates using rf magnetron sputtering. Highly textured LZO buffers were grown on textured Ni substrates using sol-gel alkoxide processing route. YBCO films were then grown on both LMO and LZO buffers using pulsed laser deposition. Detailed X-ray studies have shown that YBCO films were grown on both LMO and LZO layers with a single epitaxial orientation. A high J$_{c}$ of over 1 MA/cm$^2$ at 77 K and self-field was obtained on YBCO films grown on both LMO-buffered Ni or Ni-W substrates, and also on LZO-buffered Ni substrates. We have identified LaMnO$_3$ as a good diffusion barrier layer for Ni and it also provides a good template for growing high current density YBCO films. Similarly we have also demonstrated the growth of high J$_{c}$ YBCO films on all solution buffers. We will discuss in detail about our buffer deposition processes. processes.s.s.s.s.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.118-125
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• 2008

목적: 온보드 영상장치(On-Board Imager, OBI) 및 콘빔CT(Cone Beam Computerized Tomography, CBCT)를 이용하면 치료실에 위치한 환자의 자세 및 위치와 모의치료 시점의 환자의 자세 및 위치를 비교할 수 있다. 온라인 영상유도방사선치료(on-line Image Guided Radiation Therapy, on-line IGRT)에서는 이러한 정보를 이용하여 방사선 치료 직전에 환자의 위치를 확인하고 보정한다. 이때 모의치료 시 획득한 영상과 치료실에서 실시간 얻은 kV X선 영상 또는 콘빔CT 영상을 이용하여 2차원/2차원 맞춤(2D/2D Match) 또는 3차원/3차원 맞춤(3D/3D Match)의 이미지 퓨젼 프로그램을 사용하여 그 편차를 산출한다. 이 과정에서 주어지는 편차가 환자 자세에 대한 오차를 정확히 반영하고 있는지에 대해 알아보고자 한다. 대상 및 방법: 신체 내부 구조가 모사된 팬톰(The $RANDO^{(R)}$ Phantom, Alderson Research Laboratories Inc., Stamford, CT, USA)을 사용하여 실제 방사선 치료와 동일한 과정을 따라 모의치료 및 치료계획을 시행한 후 치료 테이블 위에 팬톰을 셋업한다. 그리고 모의치료 시 표시된 팬톰의 표면 지점에 치료실의 레이저에 일치시킨다. 이때, CT 모의치료실과 가속기가 있는 치료실의 벽면 고정 레이저에 대한 정렬의 일치만 확인하면, 치료테이블에 놓여진 팬톰의 위치는 모의치료 시 위치와 정확히 일치한다. 실제로는 팬톰 표면에 나타나는 레이저 선의 두께 정도되는 오차를 무시한다면, 두 시점에서 팬톰의 위치가 정확히 같다고 말할 수 있다. 정확히 위치가 재현되었다고 가정되는 팬톰에 대해 평행이동 또는 회전이동의 변화를 만들어 준 후, 위치가 옮겨지고 틀어진 팬톰에 대해 온보드 영상장치로부터 kV X선 영상을 그리고 콘빔CT로부터 CT 영상을 얻는다. kV X선 영상과 모의치료 시 획득한 CT영상을 이용하여 OBI 프로그램에서 제공되는 2차원/2차원 맞춤의 결과를 얻는다. 그리고 콘빔CT 영상과 모의치료 시 획득한 CT영상을 가지고 이미지 퓨젼 과정을 거쳐 3차원/3차원 맞춤의 결과를 얻는다. 이렇게 얻은 2차원/2차원 맞춤 및 3차원/3차원 맞춤의 결과와 처음에 팬톰에 인위적으로 만들어준 위치 변화를 비교한다. 결과: 온보드 영상장치로 획득한 kV X선 영상과 모의치료 시 영상을 비교하는 2차원/2차원 맞춤에서는 팬톰의 위치에 회전이동만 존재한다고 가정했을 때에는 평균 $0.06^{\circ}$의 오차 내에서 모의치료 시 팬톰의 위치에 대한 편차를 찾을 수 있었다. 또한 평행이동만 존재한다고 가정했을 때에는 편차 벡터의 크기가 평균 1.8 mm였다. 그리고 회전이동과 평행이동이 동시에 존재하는 일반적인 경우에는 편차 벡터의 크기는 평균 2.1 mm, 테이블 회전 방향으로 평균 $0.3^{\circ}$의 오차 내에서 모의치료 시 팬톰의 위치를 찾을 수 있었다. 콘빔CT로 획득한 영상을 이용하는 3차원/3차원 맞춤의 과정에서 팬톰의 위치가 회전이동만 존재할 때에는 평균 $0.03^{\circ}$의 오차 내에서, 평행이동만 있는 경우는 편차 벡터의 크기의 평균이 0.16 mm 내에서, 틀어지고 이동된 팬톰의 위치를 찾을 수 있었다. 그리고 회전이동과 평행이동이 동시에 존재하는 일반적인 경우에는 편차 벡터의 크기는 1.5 mm, 테이블 회전 방향으로 평균 $0^{\circ}$의 오차 내에서, 모의치료 시 팬톰의 위치와 맞출 수 있었다. 결론: 온보드 영상장치와 콘빔CT를 이용한 영상유도방사선치료(on-line IGRT)에서 모의치료 시 팬톰의 위치는 가속기의 치료테이블 위에서 매우 정확히 재현되어졌다. 온보드 영상장치는 kV X선 영상을 이용하여 간단하게 위치의 검증과 보정을 할 수 있었고, 콘빔CT를 이용하는 경우에는 2차원적인 정면 또는 측면 영상이 아니라, 3차원 영상을 비교함으로서 더욱 정확한 위치보정이 가능하였다.