• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.307-313
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• 2009

Quantitative analysis of optical scattering intensities from a Au nanoparticle with a diameter of 100 nm, which is effected by the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), were numerically carried out by using a dark-field detection scheme on prism basal plane for two different beam incident modes of reflectance (R-mode) and transmittance (T-mode). Two-dimensional finite difference time domain (FDTD) algorithm was adopted, and its applicabilibility was verified by comparing the simulation results with the theoretical ones. Simulation results of the scattered light intensities from a Au nanoparticle revealed that the scattered intensity of the T-mode was much stronger than that of R-mode. Comparison of the calculated results with the theoretical intensity distribution on the prism showed that the scattered intensity is marimized when the evanescent field, which is generated from the interface of prism and air at TIR angle, is coupled with Au nanoparticle.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2010년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.11.2-11.2
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• 2010

Photovoltaic devices are promising candidates as affordable and large-area renewable energy sources, which can replace the fossil-fuel-based resources. Especially, thin film solar cells have attracted increasing research attention, since they have a great advantage of low production cost. From the physical point of view, the photovoltaic devices can provide us interesting questions, how to enhance the light absorption and the carrier collection efficiency. A lot of approaches would be possible to address these issues. We have focused on two major topics relevant to photovoltaic device physics; (1) light management using surface plasmons and (2) junction characterizations aiming at proper interface engineering. Regarding the first topic, we have investigated the influences of Ag under-layer morphology on optical properties of ZnO thin films. The experimental results suggested that coupling between the surface plasmon polaritons at the ZnO/Ag interface and excitons in ZnO should play important roles in reflectivity of the ZnO/Ag thin films, which are widely used back reflector structures in thin film solar cells. For the second topic, we have carried out scanning probe microscopy studies of Schottky junctions consisting of photovoltaic materials. Such a research is very helpful to understand the correlation between the defects (e.g., grain boundaries) and local electrical properties. We will introduce some of the recent experimental results and discuss the physical significance.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.582-588
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• 2014

We study polarization-dependent spontaneous emission (SE) rate and light extraction efficiency (LEE) in localized-surface-plasmon (LSP)-coupled light emitting diodes (LEDs). The closely packed seven $Ag/SiO_2$ core-shell (CS) nanoparticles (NPs) lie on top of the GaN surface for LSP coupling with a radiated dipole. According to the dipole direction, both the SE rate and the LEE are significantly modified by the LSP effect at the $Ag/SiO_2$ CS NPs when the size of Ag, the thickness of $SiO_2$, and the position of the dipole source are varied. The enhancement of the SE rate is related to an induced dipole effect at the Ag, and the high LEE is caused by light scattering with an LSP mode at $Ag/SiO_2$ CS NPs. We suggest the optimum position of the quantum well (QW) in blue InGaN/GaN LEDs with $Ag/SiO_2$ CS NPs for practical application.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2008년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.9
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• pp.80-80
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• 2008

바이오 센서 응용 연구에 많이 사용되는 금(Au) 나노 입자를 이용한 국소 표면 플라즈몬 공명(Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance, LSPR)에 의한 산란광을 검출하는데 주로 이용되는 암시야(dark field) 현미경 검출 방식에 관한 전산모사를 통하여 입사광의 입사 방식에 따른 산란광 세기를 정량적으로 분석하였다. 전산모사 기법으로는 국소 표면 플라즈몬 공명의 동역학적인 현상을 모사할 수 있는 유한차분시간영역(Finite Difference Time Domain, FDTD) 기법을 이용하였는데, 이러한 기법이 암시야 현미경 전산 모사에 유효함을 우선적으로 검증하였다. 암시야 현미경 검출 방식의 모사에서 입사 광원의 반사 입사 방식과 투과 입사 방식을 비교하였고, 각각의 방식에 서 입사광의 입사각에 따른 산랑광 세기를 계산하였다. 이러한 전산모사를 통하여 프리즘을 통한 내부 전반사(Total Internal Reflection, TIR) 방식에서 입사 광원의 임계각 근처에서 많이 발생하는 에바네슨트 장(evanescent field)을 결합하는 경우 산란광 세기가 증가함을 관찰하였고, 이러한 세기의 변화를 프레넬(Fresnel) 방정식에 의해 계산된 에바네슨트 장의 세기 분포와 비교 분석하였다.

• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.143-146
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• 2004

A surface plasmon resonance (SPR) imaging system was constructed and used to detect the hexahistidine-ubiquitin-tagged human parathyroid hormone fragment (His$\sub$6/-Ub-hPTHF(1-34)) expressed in Escherichia coli. The hexahistidine-specific antibody was immobilized on a thin gold film coated with ProLinker$\^$TM/ B, a novel calixcrown derivative with a bifunctional coupling property that permits efficient immobilizaton of capture proteins on solid matrices. The soluble and insoluble fractions of an E. coli cell lysate were spotted onto the antibody-coated gold chip, which was then washed with buffer (pH 7.4) solution and dried. SPR imaging measurements were carried out to detect the expressed His$\sub$6/-Ub-hPTHF(1-34). There was no discernible protein image in the uninduced cell lysate, indicating that non-specific binding of contaminant proteins did not occur on the gold chip surface. It is expected that the approach used here to detect affinity-tagged recombinant proteins using an SPR imaging technique could be used as a powerful tool for the analyses of a number of proteins in a high-throughput mode.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.20-25
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• 2002

We performed a basic experiment for rapid, on-line, real-time measurement of HBsAg by using a surface plasmon resonance biosensor to quantify the recognition and interaction of biomolecules. We immobilized the anti-HBsAg polyclonal antibody to the dextran layer on a CM5 chip surface which was pre-activated by N-hydroxysuccinimide for amine coupling. The binding of the HBsAg to the immobilized antibody was measured by the mass increase detected by the change in the SPR signal. The binding characteristics between HBsAg and its antibody followed typical monolayer adsorption isotherm. When the entire immobilized antibody was interacted, there was no additional, non-specific binding observed, which suggested the biointeraction was very specific as expected and independent of the ligand density. No significant steric hindrance was observed at 17.6 nm/$mm^2$ immobilization density. The relationship between the HBsAg concentration in the sample solution and the antigen bound to the chip surface was linear up to ca. $40\mu\textrm{g}$/mL, which is much wider than that of the ELISA method. It appeared the antigen-antibody binding was increased as the immobilized ligand density increased, but verification is warranted. This study showed the potential of this biosensor-based method as a rapid, simple, multi-sample, on-line assay. Once properly validated, it can serve as a more powerful method for HBsAg quantification replacing the current ELISA method.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.618-624
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• 2013

코어-쉘 형태의 금@은 나노입자가 재구성된 자기조립 블록공중합체 역마이셀 박막에 선택적으로 결합하여 특정 클러스터 배열을 형성하도록 유도하였고, 생성된 배열에 대하여 나노입자 사이의 상호작용에 따른 국소 표면 플라즈몬 결합 현상을 고찰하였다. 금@은 나노입자 배열을 제조하기 위해 폴리스티렌-블록-폴리(4-비닐피리딘) 역마이셀 박막을 주형으로 선택하였으며, 특정 용매 처리에 의해 선택적으로 유도되는 역마이셀 박막의 재구성 현상을 바탕으로, 폴리비닐피롤리돈으로 안정화된 금@은 나노입자의 도입 방법에 따라 규칙적이거나 무질서한 두가지 유형의 금@은 나노입자의 배열을 제조하였다. 금@은 나노입자를 안정화시키기 위하여 사용한 리간드 종류, 금 코어와 은 쉘의 결합, 은 쉘의 두께 변화, 및 금@은 나노입자의 배열 형태 등의 다양한 변수에 따라 발현되는 국소 표면 플라즈몬 결합 현상을 자외선-가시광 흡광 스펙트럼으로 관찰하였다. 최종적으로 나노입자 배열을 표면 증강 라만 산란 현상을 고찰하기 위한 기판으로써 응용하였으며 금@은 나노입자 패턴의 결합 정도에 상응하는 현저히 증강된 라만 신호를 관찰하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.296-296
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• 2014

We investigate experimentally and theoretically the splitting of surface plasmon (SP) resonance peaks under TE- and TM-polarized illumination. The SP structure at infrared wavelength is fabricated with a 2-dimensional square periodic array of circular holes penetrating through Au (gold) film. In brief, the processing steps to fabricate the SP structure are as follows. (i) A standard optical lithography was performed to produce to a periodic array of photoresist (PR) circular cylinders. (ii) After the PR pattern, e-beam evaporation was used to deposit a 50-nm thick layer of Au. (iii) A lift-off processing with acetone to remove the PR layer, leading to final structure (pitch, $p=2.2{\mu}m$; aperture size, $d=1.1{\mu}m$) as shown in Fig. 1(a). The transmission is measured using a Nicolet Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) at the incident angle from $0^{\circ}$ to $36^{\circ}$ with a step of $4^{\circ}$ both in TE and TM polarization. Measured first and second order SP resonances at interface between Au and GaAs exhibit the splitting into two branches under TM-polarized light as shown in Fig. 1(b). However, as the incidence angle under TE polarization is increased, the $1^{st}$ order SP resonance peak blue-shifts slightly while the splitting of $2^{nd}$ order SP resonance peak tends to be larger (not shown here). For the purpose of understanding our experimental results qualitatively, SP resonance peak wavelengths can be calculated from momentum matching condition (black circle depicted in Fig. 2(b)), $k_{sp}=k_{\parallel}{\pm}iG_x{\pm}jG_y$, where $k_{sp}$ is the SP wavevector, $k_{\parallel}$ is the in-plane component of incident light wavevector, i and j are SP coupling order, and G is the grating momentum wavevector. Moreover, for better understanding we performed 3D full field electromagnetic simulations of SP structure using a finite integration technique (CST Microwave Studio). Fig. 1(b) shows an excellent agreement between the experimental, calculated and CST-simulated splitting of SP resonance peaks with various incidence angles under TM-polarized illumination (TE results are not shown here). The simulated z-component electric field (Ez) distribution at incident angle, $4^{\circ}$ and $16^{\circ}$ under TM polarization and at the corresponding SP resonance wavelength is shown in Fig. 1(c). The analysis and comparison of theoretical results with experiment indicates a good agreement of the splitting behavior of the surface plasmon resonance modes at oblique incidence both in TE and TM polarization.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2001년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.231-234
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• 2001

Biacore 바이오센서를 이용하여 재조합 HBsAg 를 정량분석하기 위해 CM5 칩 위에 anti-HBsAg polyclonal antibody를 저밀도 (2,304.2 RU)와 고밀도(17635.9 RU)로 고정화한 후 다양한 농도의 HBsAg를 흘려주어 각 농도별 sensorgram을 얻었다. 각 sensorgram으로부터 결합된 HBsAg의 질량을 구하여 액체 시료 내의 HBsAg의 농도 대 칩에 결합된 HBsAg의 질량 사이의 상관관계를 구한 결과 Langmuir 단일층 흡착 등온선과 매우 유사한 형태의 calibration curve를 얻었다. 약 40 ${\mu}g/m{\ell}$ 까지 선형 관계가 유지되었다. 이 calibration curve를 double-reciprocal plotting 하여 $RU_{max}$ 값을 각각 구한 뒤, 단위 질량의 고정화된 항체 당 결합된 HBsAg의 질량을 구한 결과 저밀도 칩에서 0.024, 고밀도 칩에서 0.023 으로 매우 유사한 결과를 나타내었다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2009

최근 광 격자구조나(photonic crystal) 표면 플라즈몬파(surface plasmon) 혹은 실리콘을 이용한 나노(nano) 스케일의 광 회로 시스템에 대한 연구가 활발한데, 이는 이미 한계에 다다른 전자회로속도의 한계를 극복하고 지금보다도 훨씬 작은 회로를 구성할 수 있는 이점이 있기 때문이다. 현재까지 보고된 바 있는 광 결합 시스템들은 그 크기가 나노 스케일의 광 회로 시스템에 비해 커서 광 결합 시스템으로서의 의미가 퇴색되고 있는데 본 논문에서는 매우 짧은 초점 거리를 가지며 매우 얇은 구조를 가지는 프레넬 렌즈를 이용한 광 결합 시스템을 제안하여 광 결합 시스템을 나노 스케일 광 회로 시스템과 비교할 수 있을 정도로 소형화 하는 방법을 모색하였다. 본 논문에서는 금 슬릿을 채용한 프레넬 렌즈를 제안하여 설계하고 그 구조를 이용해 2차원 전산모사를 수행하였다. 그 결과, 일반 프레넬 렌즈의 광 결합 효율이 약 43%인데 반해, 금 슬릿을 채용한 프레넬 렌즈의 광 결합 효율은 가장 효율적인 구조로 설계하였을 경우에 최대 약 65%의 광 결합 효율을 보인다. 일반 프레넬 렌즈에 비해 50% 이상의 광 결합 효율의 향상을 달성하였다.