• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2011년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.3.2-3.2
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• 2011

In recent years, inkjet printing technology has received significant attention as a micro/nanofabrication technique for flexible printing of electronic circuits and solar cells, as well for biomaterial patterning. It eliminates the need for physical masks, causes fewer environment problems, lowers fabrication costs, and offers good layer-to-layer registration. To fulfill the requirements for use in the above applications, however, the inkjet system must meet certain criteria such as high frequency jetting, uniform droplet size, high density nozzle array, etc. Existing inkjet devices are either based on thermal bubbles or piezoelectric pumping; they have several drawbacks for flexible printing. For instance, thermal bubble jetting has limitations in terms of size and density of the nozzle array as well as the ejection frequency. Piezoelectric based devices suffer from poor pumping energy in addition to inadequate ejection frequency. Recently, an electrohydrodynamic (EHD) printing technique has been suggested and proposed as an alternative to thermal bubble or piezoelectric devices. In EHD jetting, a liquid (ink) is pumped through a nozzle and a strong electric field is applied between the nozzle and an extractor plate, which induce charges at the surfaces of the liquid meniscus. This electric field creates an electric stress that stretches the meniscus in the direction of the electric field. Once the electric field force is larger than the surface tension force, a liquid droplet is formed. An EHD inkjet head can produce droplets smaller than the size of the nozzle that produce them. Furthermore, the EHD nano-inkjet can eject high viscosity liquid through the nozzle forming tiny structures. These unique features distinguish EHD printing from conventional methods for sub-micron resolution printing. In this presentation, I will introduce the recent research results regarding the EHD nano-inkjet and the printing system, which has been applied to solar cell or thin film transistor applications.

• Carbon letters
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.326-334
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• 2007

In this study, graphite composites were fabricated by warm press molding method to realize commercialization of PEM fuel cells. Graphite composites have been considered as alternative economic materials for bipolar plate of PEM fuel cells. Graphite powder that enables to provide electrical conductivity was selected as the main substance. The graphite powder was mixed with phenolic resin and the mixture was pressed using a warm press method. First of all, the graphite powder was pulverized with a ball mill for the dense packing of composite. As the ball milling time increases, the average size of particles decreases and the size distribution becomes narrow. This allows for improvement of the uniformity of graphite composite. However, the surface electrical resistivity of graphite composite increases as the ball milling time increases. It is due to that graphite particles with amorphous phase are generated on the surface due to the friction and collision of particles during pulverizing. We found that the contact electrical resistivity of graphite particles increases as the particle size decreases. The contact electrical resistivity of graphite powders was reduced due to high molding pressure by warm press molding. This leads to improvement of the mechanical properties of graphite composite. Hydrogen gas impermeability was measured with the graphite composite, showing a possibility of the application for bipolar plate in fuel cell. And, I-V curves of the graphite composite bipolar plate exhibit a similar performance to the graphite bipolar plate.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.159-160
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• 2006

A novel approach to the manufacture of biocompatible ceramic scaffold for tissue engineering using micro-stereolithography system is introduced. Micro-stereolithography is a newly proposed technology that enables to make a 3D micro structure. The 3D micro structures made by this technology can have accurate and complex shape within a few micron error. Therefore, the application based on this technology can vary greatly in nano-bio fields. Recently, tissue-engineering techniques have been regarded as alternative candidate to treat patients with serious bone defects. So many techniques to design and fabricate 3D scaffolds have been developed. But the imperfection of scaffold such as random pore size and porosity causes a limitation in developing optimum scaffold. So scaffold development with controllable pore size and fully interconnected shape have been needed for a more progress in tissue engineering. In this paper, bone scaffold was developed by applying the micro-stereolithography to the mold technology. The scaffold material used was HA(Hydroxyapatite) nano powder. HA is a type of calcium phosphate ceramic with similar characteristic to human inorganic bone component. The bone scaffold made by HA is expected, in the near future, to be an efficient therapy for bone defect.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.290-296
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• 2001

균질한 형상, 좁은 입도분포 그리고 순도가 높은 미립 금속분말은 첨단산업분야에서 응용분야가 점차 확대되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 Polyol법을 이용한 마이크론 크기의 단분산 코발트 분말을 합성하였다 Polyol이 환원제 역할을 하였다. 반응온도, 반응시간, 분산제첨가 및 전구체의 농도 등을 변화시켜 코발트의 입자 크기, 형상 그리고 응집현상을 제어하고자 하였다. 최적의 합성조건은 E.G/DiE/G 부피비 1:4,$Co(OH)<_{2}$polyol 몰비 0.08~0.32 반응온도 $210^{\circ}C$, PVP/Co$(OH)_2$ 몰비 0.4이었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.602-608
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• 2013

$CO_2$를 포집, 수송, 저장하는 기술에 있어서 경제적이고 친환경적 혁신기술로 주목받고 있는 가스 하이드레이트 이용기술의 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 가스 하이드레이트를 이용한 $CO_2$ 수송/저장기술의 핵심이 되는 자기보존효과(self-preservation effect)가 발현하는지를 확인하고자 하였다. 특히 $CO_2$ 하이드레이트 입자의 직경에 대한 효과 정도를 실험적으로 살펴보았다. 밀리미터, 마이크론, 그리고 나노 크기의 각각 다른 직경을 갖는 세 종류 $CO_2$ 하이드레이트 샘플을 준비하였고, 3주간 $-15{\sim}-30^{\circ}C$의 온도 및 대기압 조건에서 각각의 샘플 무게 변화를 측정하였다. 실험연구 결과 $CO_2$ 하이드레이트의 자기보존효과를 최대한 얻기 위해서는 온도는 가능한 낮아야 하며, 샘플의 직경 크기가 클수록 좋고, 샘플은 치밀한 구조로 조직되어 높은 밀도를 갖는 방식으로 제조하는 것이 매우 향상된 결과를 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Advances in materials Research
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.51-74
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• 2012

A powder metallurgy-based rapid consolidation technique, Plasma Pressure Compaction ($P^2C^{(R)}$), was utilized to produce near-net shape parts of gamma titanium aluminides (${\gamma}$-TiAl). Micron-sized ${\gamma}$-TiAl powders, composed of Ti-50%Al and Ti-48%Al-2%Cr-2%Nb (at%), were rapidly consolidated to form near-net shape ${\gamma}$-TiAl parts in the form of 1.0" (25.4 mm) diameter discs, as well as $3"{\times}2.25"$ ($76.2mm{\times}57.2mm$) tiles, having a thickness of 0.25" (6.35 mm). The ${\gamma}$-TiAl parts were consolidated to near theoretical density. The microstructural morphology of the consolidated parts was found to vary with consolidation conditions. Mechanical properties exhibited a strong dependence on microstructural morphology and grain size. Because of the rapid consolidation process used here, grain growth during consolidation was minimal, which in turn led to enhanced mechanical properties. Consolidated ${\gamma}$-TiAl samples corresponding to Ti-48%Al-2%Cr-2%Nb composition with a duplex microstructure (with an average grain size of $5{\mu}m$) exhibited superior mechanical properties. Flexural strength, ductility, elastic modulus and fracture toughness for these samples were as high as 1238 MPa, 2.3%, 154.58 GPa and 17.95 MPa $m^{1/2}$, respectively. The high temperature mechanical properties of the consolidated ${\gamma}$-TiAl samples were characterized in air and vacuum and were found to retain flexural strength and elastic modulus for temperatures up to $700^{\circ}C$. At high temperatures, the flexural strength of ${\gamma}$-TiAl samples with Ti-50%Al composition deteriorated in air by 10% as compared to that in vacuum. ${\gamma}$-TiAl samples with Ti-48%Al-2%Nb-2%Cr composition exhibited better if not equal flexural strength in air than in vacuum at high temperatures.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.142-147
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• 2010

Nano-sized $BaNd_2Ti_5O_{14}$ powders were prepared by the spray pyrolysis process. Sucrose used as the organic additive enabled the formation of nano-sized $BaNd_2Ti_5O_{14}$ powders. The powders prepared from the spray solution without sucrose had a spherical shape, dense structure and micron size before and after calcination. However, the precursor powders prepared from the spray solution with sucrose had a large size, and hollow and porous morphology. The precursor powders had an amorphous crystal structure because of the short residence time of the powders inside the hot wall reactor. The complete decomposition of sucrose did not occur inside the hot wall reactor. Therefore, the precursor powders obtained from the spray solution with sucrose of 0.5M had a carbon content of 39.2wt.%. The powders obtained from the spray solution with sucrose of 0.5M had a slightly aggregated structure of nano-sized primary powders of $BaNd_2Ti_5O_{14}$ crystalline phase after calcination at $1000^{\circ}C$. The calcined powders turned into nano-sized $BaNd_2Ti_5O_{14}$ powders after milling. The mean size of the $BaNd_2Ti_5O_{14}$ powders was 125 nm.

• 분석과학
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.476-482
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• 2012

황사입자들은 수 나노미터에서 수 마이크론 사이의 크기를 가지는 것으로 알려져 있다. 황사가 환경 및 인체 건강에 미치는 영향은 황사 입자의 크기에 의존한다. 입자가 작을수록 멀리까지 이동하며, 인체의 호흡기관 깊숙이 침투한다. 침강장-흐름 분획법(sedimentation field-flow fractionation, SdFFF)은 채널 내 포물선형태의 흐름(parabolic flow profile)과 외부에서 가해지는 원심력의 상호작용을 이용하여 나노 및 마이크론 크기의 입자들의 분리를 제공한다. 본 연구에서는 황사입자의 크기별 분리와 특성분석을 위한 steric 모드 침강장-흐름 분획법(Sd/StFFF)의 응용 가능성을 테스트하였다. 이를 위하여 다양한 Sd/StFFF 파라미터들을(유속, stop-flow time, 원심력의 세기, 등) 최적화 하였다. Sd/StFFF 보정곡선의 $R^2$값은 0.9983으로 높은 직선성을 보였으며, 실험결과는 Sd/StFFF가 마이크론 입자의 크기별 분리에 우수함을 보여주었다. 광학현미경(optical microscopy, OM)을 이용하여 황사입자들의 크기와 모양을 조사하였다. 황사가 진할 때에는 약할 때보다 입자크기가 증가함을 보여주었다. 또한 비가 올 때에는 건조할 때보다 입자크기가 감소하였는데, 이는 입자 표면에 흡착되어 있는 성분들이 빗물에 의해 제거되었기 때문인 것으로 보여진다. 본 연구의 결과는 Sd/StFFF가 황사와 같이 환경입자의 크기특성분석에 유용함을 보여준다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회B
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• pp.2142-2147
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• 2007

Experimental study was conducted to evaluate the performance of a miniature loop heat pipe (MLHP) with non-inverted meniscus type capillary structure. All parts of MLHP in this study were made of copper including the capillary structure and the distilled water was used as a working fluid of MLHP. The outer diameter of evaporator was 9 mm and its length was 119 mm. The effective pore size of the capillary structure was 30 micron and its porosity was 60%. The vapor transport line, the liquid transport line and the condenser were consisted of single 4.0 mm copper tube. The distance between the evaporator and the condenser region was 200 mm and the length of the loop was 969 mm. This MLHP was operated successfully at any orientation but the gravity highly influenced the thermal performance of the MLHP. The maximum thermal load was 130 watts at the bottom heat mode and the 20 watts at the top heat mode.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1115-1121
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• 2015

Fast inspection of solder ball bumps in ball grid array (BGA) is an important issue in the flip chip bonding technology. Particularly, semiconductor industry has required faster and more accurate inspection of micron-size solder bumps in flip chip bonding, as the density of balls increase dramatically. In this paper, we describe an inspection approach of BGA balls by using 5-step ring illumination device and normalized cross-correlation (NCC) method. The images of BGA ball by the illumination device show unique and distinguishable characteristic contours by their 3-D shapes, which are called as "iso-slope contours". Template images of reference ball samples can be produced artificially by the hybrid reflectance model and 3D data of balls. NCC values between test and template samples are very robust and reliable under well-structured condition. The 200 samples on real wafer are tested and show good practical feasibility of the proposed method.