• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.53 no.6
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• pp.312-321
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• 2020

Morphology of porous cobalt electro-deposits was systematically investigated as functions of cobalt precursors in the plating bath and applied cathodic current density with a special focus on cobalt nano-rod formation. It was proved that the concentration of cobalt precursor plays little effect on the morphology of cobalt electro-deposits at relatively low plating current density while it significantly affects the morphology with increasing plating current density. Such a dependence was discussed in terms of the kinetics of two competitive reactions of cobalt reduction and hydrogen evolution. Cobalt nano-rod structure was created at specific ranges of cobalt precursor content and applied cathodic current density, and its diameter and length varied with plating time without notable formation of side branches which is usually found during dendrite formation. Specifically, the nano-rod length was preferentially increased in relative short plating time (<15 s), resulting in higher aspect ratio of nano-rod with plating time. Whereas, both the nano-rod length and diameter were increased nearly at the same level in a prolonged plating time, making the aspect ratio unchanged. From the analysis of crystal structure, it was confirmed that the cobalt nano-rod preferentially grew in the form of single crystal on a dense poly-crystalline cobalt thin film initially formed on the substrate.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.08a
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• pp.383-383
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• 2011

Generally, field emitters can be categorized into two types according to the emitter shape, one is a planar field emitter and the other is a point emitter. The planar field emitter is used for displays, flat lamps and signage boards. On the other hands, the point field emitter is expected to play a significant role in x-ray sources and electron beam sources. Such applications of the point field emitters, especially, need large emission current and high emission stability with a small electron beam size. A few reports announced point emitters made by carbon nanotubes (CNTs). However, they still have suffered from poor reproducibility and low emission current. Here, we demonstrated high performance CNT point emitters by attaching CNTs onto graphite rod. Graphite rod exhibited good electrical conductivity and chemical stability. In this method, the shape of the point emitter could be easily controlled by changing the length and diameter of the graphite rod. The CNT point emitter showed emission current over 1 mA at an applied electric field of 1.4 V/${\mu}m$. We consider that the stable emission performance is attributed to the stable contact between CNTs and graphite rod.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2002

The particle size of medicinal materials is an Important physical property that affects the phar-maceutical behaviors such as dissolution, chemical stability, and bioavailability of solid dosage forms. The size reduction of raw medicinal powder is needed to formulate insoluble drugs or slightly soluble medicines and to improve the pharmaceutical properties such as the solubility, the pharmaceutical mixing, and the dispersion. The objective of the present study is to evaluate physiological activity of amorphous and nano-particle prep-arations of insoluble drug, ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), which were made by three types of fine grinding mills. The change of physical properties of ground UDCA was conformed by Mastersiger microplus and X-ray diffraction. We have investigated hepatoprotective effects of the nano-particle preparations of UDCA by plan-etary mill, vibration rod mill and jet mill in $CCI_4$-induced oxidatively injured mouse liver. The results showed that nano-particle preparations of UDCA all decreased reactive oxygen sepecies generation and lipid peroxi-dation in $CCI_4$-induced oxidative stress mice. Among them, nano-particle preparations by vibration rod mill and jet mill showed more significantly hepatoprotective effects compared to intact UDCA and planetary mill-ground UDCA. These results suggest that ground UDCA with vibration rod mill and jet mill shows a high amorphous state and the improved dissolution.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.207-207
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• 2013

증착온도 $700^{\circ}C$, 산소분압30mTorr에서 c-plane 사파이어 기판위에 PLD를 이용하여 ZnO nano-rod를 합성하였다. 거리가 멀어질수록 rod의 직경과 증착율이 감소하는 것을 확인 하였다. 이는 ablated particle이 가진 kinetic energy가 감소되고, cluster ion의 형성으로 인해 고온에서 rod가 형성될 수 있는 것으로 이해된다. 고진공에서는 kinetic energy가 감소되기 어렵기 때문에 nano-rod shape 형성은 불가능 할 것이며, ZnO와 같은 wurtzite 구조를 가진 물질의 타겟을 사용하여 cluster 형성 분위기에서 증착한다면 비슷한 경향을 나타낼 것으로 예상된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.414-414
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• 2014

박막 태양전지의 광흡수를 증가시키기 위한 방법으로 나노 사이즈의 구조체를 이용하는 방법들이 주목받고 있다. 나노 구조체로 인한 광 산란 효과는 광 흡수층에서 빛의 흡수를 높여 태양전지의 변환효율을 높일 수 있다. 3차원 구조체를 제작하는 기존의 방법들은 대면적 기판에 적용이 어렵고, 비용적 측면 등의 문제점들이 있다. 본 연구에서는 대면적화가 가능한 나노 임프린트 리소그래피 방법을 이용하여 Ag nano rod 패턴을 제작하였다. 임프린트 공정 중 UV 조사시간, 가해지는 하중, 기판온도 등의 변수들과, 건식 이온 식각 시 변수들을 조절하여 최적화된 3차원 rod 패턴을 형성할 수 있었다. 그림 1은 형성된 Ag rod 패턴의 SEM 측정 사진이다. 전극 폭 300 nm, 간격 300 nm로 제조된 rod는 Ag의 두께를 조절함으로써 전기, 광학적 특성을 조절할 수 있었다. 3차원 Ag nano rod를 박막 태양전지의 전, 후면 전극으로 사용하여 태양전지의 특성변화를 분석하였다.

• Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.38-41
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• 2018

We demonstrate the growth of a sheet-like ZnO membrane on ZnO nano rod layers. The growth process is composed of 3 steps of ZnO seed formation, ZnO nano rod growth and sheet-like ZnO membrane formation on those nano rods. To confirm the fundamental growth mechanism, the lattice structures of each step were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) measurement. Analysis of the relation between the texture coefficient and the surface shape of the ZnO membrane on the ZnO nano rods shows that the surface morphology of ZnO nano structures can be controlled using the temperature of the growing solution and the concentration of the chemical solution.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.297.2-297.2
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• 2014

Strong exciton-photon coupling in microcavities have generated an intense research effort since quasiparticles called exciton polaritons are produced and shows interesting phenomena. Most of studies have been done with GaAs based microcavities at cryogenic temperature. Recently, GaN material which has large exciton binding energy and oscillator strength has much attention because strong coupling between photon and exciton could be realized at room temperature. However, fabrication of high quality microcavity using GaN is challengeable due to the large mismatch between the lattice and the thermal expansion coefficient in GaN based distributed Bragg mirror. Here, we observed strong coupling regime of exciton-photon in GaN micro-rods which were grown by metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy (MOCVD) on Si substrate. Owing to the hexagonal cross-section of micro-rod, whispering gallery modes of photon are naturally formed and could be coupled with exciton in GaN. Using angle-resolved micro-photoluminescence measurement, exciton polariton dispersion curves were directly observed from GaN micro-rod. We expect room temperature exciton polariton condensation could be realized in high quality GaN micro-rod.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.610-613
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• 2009

New rod-disc liquid crystal (LC) molecule RD12 (12 is the number of carbon atoms between the rod and disc mesogenic liquid crystals) was synthesized via the chemical attachment of six cyanobiphenly calamitic mesogens linked to the triphenyl discotic mesogen with six alkyl chain linkage. Aligning characteristics associated with homogenous alignment is investigated at first and then field-dependent molecular reorientation under a vertical electric field is studied. Interestingly, they show abnormal slow molecular transition from initiate state (no electric field condition) to certain voltage. In this condition, we observe the molecular competition during reorientation. However, once a tilting direction of disk molecules are defined, the frustration is not observed anymore. The origin of this phenomenon is explained with a suggested model for the first time.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.27 no.9
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• pp.1270-1282
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• 2006

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.319-325
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• 2014

Cobalt nano-rods were fabricated using a template-free electrochemical-deposition process. The structure of cobalt electro-deposits strongly depends on the electrolyte composition and on the density of the applied current. In particular, as the content of boric acid increased in the electrolyte, deposits of semi-spherical nuclei formed, and then grew into one-dimensional nano-rods. From analysis of the electro-deposits created under the conditions of continuous and pulsed current, it is suggested that the distribution of the active species around the electrode/electrolyte interface, and their transport, might be an important factor affecting the shape of the deposits. When transport of the active species was suppressed by lowering the deposition temperature, more of the well-defined nano-rod structures were obtained. The optimal conditions for the preparation of well-defined nano-rods were determined by observing the morphologies resulting from different deposition conditions. The maximum height of the cobalt nano-rods created in this work was $1{\mu}m$ and it had a diameter of 200 nm. Structural analysis proved that the nano-rods have preferred orientations of (111).