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Chemical structure evolution of low dielectric constant SiOCH films during plasma enhanced plasma chemical vapor deposition and post-annealing procedures

  • Xu, Jun;Choi, Chi-Kyu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society Of Semiconductor Equipment Technology
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    • 2002.11a
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    • pp.34-46
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    • 2002
  • Si-O-C-H films with a low dielectric constant were deposited on a p-type Si(100) substrate using a mixture gases of the bis-trimethylsilyl-methane (BTMSM) and oxygen by an inductively coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition (ICPCYD). High density plasma of about $~10^{12}\textrm{cm}^{-3}$ is obtained at low pressure (<400 mTorr) with rf power of about 300W in ICPCVD where the BTMSM and $O_2$ gases are fully dissociated. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectra show that the film has $Si-CH_3$ and OH-related bonds. The void within films is formed due to $Si-CH_3$ and OH-related bonds after annealing at $500^{\circ}C$ for the as-deposition samples. The lowest relative dielectric constant of annealed film at $500^{\circ}C$ is about 2.1.

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Global Star Formation Efficiency of Local Galaxies

  • Shim, Hyunjin
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.407-414
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    • 2013
  • This study presents the global star formation efficiency (SFE) of 272 local star-forming galaxies based on the HI gas mass, stellar mass, star formation rate (SFR), and morphology. The SFE increases as the stellar mass increases while the specific SFR decreases. The SFE is enhanced for galaxies with large H$\acute{a}$ equivalent widths, which is primarily due to the large SFR, not due to the large available amount of gas. The SFE is also enhanced by a factor of ~2 for merging systems compared to the normal spirals, showing that the merger-induced high pressure and density environment are crucial for the active star formation. Based on the SFR scaling relation, I present a SFR calibration formula using the HI gas mass.

TRIBOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY OF NASCENT METAL SURFACES

  • Mori, Shigeyuki
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.3-8
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    • 2000
  • Chemical nature of nascent metal surfaces which is one of the important active sources for tribochemical reactions was investigated using a newly developed method. Some enhanced activities were observed. For example, organic compounds chemisorbed on nascent gold surfaces and aromatic compounds decomposed on nascent nickel surfaces resulting in hydrogen evolution. Non-polar compounds such as organic sulfides had a higher chemisorption activity on nascent steel surfaces than polar compounds such as fatty acids and phosphates. Organic sulfides reacted directly with nascent steel surfaces and the surface was covered with metal sulfides. The activity for the chemisorption of organic compounds was closely dependent on the electronic structure of metals. Although benzene chemisorbed very easily on nascent surfaces of transition metals, it did not chemisorb ell nascent surfaces of simple metals. Boundary lubricating behaviors of extreme pressure additives were explained on the bases of the chemical activities of nascent surfaces obtained in this investigation. Under mild conditions, polar compounds such as fatty acids and phosphates were effective for boundary lubrication, because surfaces are covered with oxide layers. On the other hand, sulfides were more effective under severe conditions where the oxide layers were removed and the nascent surfaces were formed.

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A Kinetic Study on the Adsorptionof Compact, Water-soluble Proteins onto Aqueous Surfaces

  • 조태철;Michel A. Cornec
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.20 no.9
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    • pp.999-1004
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    • 1999
  • Two compact sized globular proteins, β-lactoglobulin and α-lactalbumin were kinetically characterized at the aqueous solution surface with the measurement of surface pressure (π) and surface concentration (Γ) via a radiotracer method. The adsorption kinetics was of diffusion control at early times, the rates of increase of πand Γ being lower at longer times due to growing energy barrier. At low concentrations, an apparent time lag was observed in the evolution of π for β-lactoglobulin but not for α-lactalbumin which was shown to be due to the non-linear nature of the p- G relationship for the former. The area per molecule of an adsorbed β-lactoglobulin during adsorption was smaller than that for spread monolayer since β-lactoglobulin was not fully unfolded during the adsorption. For α-lactalbumin, however, no such difference in the molecular areas for adsorbed and spread monolayer was observed indicating thereby that α-lactalbumin unfolded much more rapidly (has looser tertiary structure) than β-lactoglobulin. Surface excess concentrations of α-lactalbumin was found to evolve in two steps possibly due to the change in the orientation of the adsorbed protein from a side-on to an end-on orientation.

A Plant Breeder's View on H5N1

  • Kim, Soon-Kwon
    • Korean Journal of Breeding Science
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.106-112
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    • 2008
  • International conferences to block the spread of Avian bird flu occurred in Beijing, 2006 and others warned of the seriousness of the H5N1 strain. The meetings succeeded in generating billions of dollars from USA, EU and World Bank. Migratory birds seem to play a major role in the spread of the aggressive strain globally from Asia to Europe and Africa. Experiences of tolerance breeding of maize (Zea mays L.) for four decades against 20 biotic stresses suggest that the prime cause of the occurrence of H5N1 strain was due to the human beings' counter-efforts against nature. Excessive use of chemicals (spray and injection) in the commercial poultry farms had created high selection pressure on virus. The new strain had mutated for survival. Attempting to eliminate the virus by chemicals for 100% control is a dangerous way to control biotic stresses. This can create more aggressive strains. A solution would be to build up tolerability of the commercial animals against the virus. Improvement of poultry cage environments and respect for nature must be integrated. Potential foes must be watched.

Efficient Shadow-Test Algorithm for the Simulation of Dry Etching and Topographical Evolution (건식 식각 공정 시뮬레이션을 위한 효율적인 그림자 테스트 알고리즘과 토포그래피 진화에 대한 연구)

  • Kwon, Oh-Seop;Ban, Yong-Chan;Won, Tae-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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    • v.36D no.2
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    • pp.41-47
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    • 1999
  • In this paper, we report 3D-simulations of a plasma etching process by employing cell-removal algorithm takes into account the mask shadow effect os well as spillover errors. The developed simulator haas an input interface to take not only an analytic form but a Monte Carlo distribution of the ions. The graphic user interface(GUI) was also built into the simulator for UNIX environment. To demonstrate the capability of 3D-SURFILER(SURface proFILER), we have simulated for a typical contact hole structure with 36,000($30{\times}40{\times}30$) cells, which takes about 20 minutes with 10 Mbytes memory on sun ultra sparc 1. as an exemplary case, we calculated the etch profile during the reactive ion etching(RIE) of a contact hole wherein the aspect ratio is 1.57. Furthermore, we also simulated the dependence of a damage parameter and the evolution of topography as a function of the chamber pressure and the incident ion flux.

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Effects of Ag Seed Layer on the Magnetic Properties and the Microstructural Evolution of SmCo/Cr Thin Films (Ag 씨앗층이 SmCo/Cr 박막의 자기적 특성과 미세구조에 미치는 영향)

  • 이성래;고광식;김영근
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.63-71
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    • 2001
  • The effects of an Ag seed layer on the magnetic properties and the microstructural evolution of SmCo/Cr thin films deposited on glass substrates were investigated. Coercivity of the films is 2.0 kOe when the thickness of Ag seed layer was 1nm thick, but it increased to 2.7 kOe when the Ag seed layer thickness is 3 nm. The increase of coercivity for film with 3 nm-thick Ag is due to roughness of Cr and grain size of Cr by the Ag microbumps. Ar partial pressure influenced on the formation of Ag microbumps, for example, they were formed at 5 mTorr when Ag thickness was 1 nm. The mechanism of magnetization reversal of the SmCo films changed from domain wall motion to domain rotation as the Ag inserted. This was thought to be due to inhibition of domain wall motion by the reduction of Cr grain size and the increase of roughness.

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Ultrasonic Nonlinearity Measurement in Heat Treated SA508 Alloy: Influences of Grains and Precipitates (열처리된 SA508 합금에서의 초음파 비선형성 측정: 결정립과 석출물 영향)

  • Baek, Seung-Hyun;Lee, Tae-Hun;Kim, Chung-Seok;Jhang, Kyung-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.451-457
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    • 2010
  • In the present study, the influences of grains and precipitates of microstructural evolution on the ultrasonic nonlinearity have been experimentally investigated. The prior-austenite grain and precipitate size are controlled by the variation in austenitizing and tempering conditions in reactor pressure vessel materials of nuclear power plant, SA508 Gr.3 low alloys. The ultrasonic nonlinearity was found to have strong correlations with grains and precipitates since the ultrasonic nonlinear parameter $\beta$ shows decrease trend with coarsening of grains and precipitates. Although the prior-austenite grain size increased, the $\beta$ changed little due to the effects of subgrains, packets and laths. For the preciptate effects, the $\beta$ decreased sharply due to decrease in $Mo_2C$ causing the coherency stain in addition to the precipitate size. The results in this study may provide a potential for characterizing the microstructural evolution, grains and precipitates, by measuring the ultrasonic nonlinearity.

Investigation of Gas Evolution in Shell Cores during Casting Processes of Aluminum Alloys (알루미늄 합금 주조공정의 쉘 코아 가스 발생 전산모사 연구)

  • In-Sung Cho;Jeong-Ho Nam;Hee-Soo Kim
    • Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.187-193
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    • 2023
  • Shell core making is an excellent process in terms of formability and desanding, but when the molten aluminum comes into con- tact with the shell core, gas generation by pyrolysis of the resin is inevitable. In addition, when the ventilation is inadequate, pores will remain inside the casting, which can directly lead to defects of the casting. While studies on the gas generation behavior of shell core making have been reported, the modeling of gas generation has not been extensively investigated. We will develop a gas evolution analysis method that considers the relationship between temperature and gas quantity for the core to be developed. We then use the developed method to analyze the flow and solidification behavior of metal molten metal during core mold design and low-pressure casting of cylinder head products, and predict the occurrence of casting defects to derive a casting method that min- imizes the occurrence of defects.

Analysis of cavity expansion based on general strength criterion and energy theory

  • Chao Li;Meng-meng Lu;Bin Zhu;Chao Liu;Guo-Yao Li;Pin-Qiang Mo
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.9-19
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    • 2024
  • This study presents an energy analysis for large-strain cavity expansion problem based on the general strength criterion and energy theory. This study focuses on the energy dissipation problem during the cavity expansion process, dividing the soil mass around the cavity into an elastic region and a plastic region. Assuming compliance with the small deformation theory in the elastic region and the large deformation theory in the plastic region, combined with the general strength criterion of soil mass and energy theory, the energy dissipation solution for cavity expansion problem is derived. Firstly, from an energy perspective, the process of cavity expansion in soil mass is described as an energy conversion process. The energy dissipation mechanism is introduced into the traditional analysis of cavity expansion, and a general analytical solution for cavity expansion related to energy is derived. Subsequently, based on this general analytical solution of cavity expansion, the influence of different strength criterion, large-strain, expansion radius, cavity shape and characteristics of soil mass on the stress distribution, displacement field and energy evolution around the cavity is studied. Finally, the effectiveness and reliability of theoretical solution is verified by comparing the results of typical pressure-expansion curves with existing literature algorithms. The results indicate that different strength criterion have a relatively small impact on the displacement and strain field around the cavity, but a significant impact on the stress distribution and energy evolution around the cavity.