• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.153-158
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to improve the technique so as to develop an advanced sensitive RF surface coil for investigating the sensitivities of the multi-spiral surface coils, and we eventually wanted to achieve high resolution of the microscopic MR images and MR spectra. The magnetic field inhomogeneity and shape of a surface coil were statistically estimated by simulation of the magnetic field distribution. On the basis of the experimental results with single, 3 and S-turned spiral RF surface coils, we found that the 3-turned coil had the highest sensitivity. The present study showed that the sensitivity of the RF surface coil was improved by increasing the number of spiral coil turns, and also the SNR of the RF surface coil was dependent upon the number of spiral coil turns. However, we found, rather strikingly, that the sensitivity of excessive turns of the coils was decreased due to the rise of the coil's Impedance. Thus, the present results demonstrated that the sensitivity was not proportional to the number of a spiral RF coil's turns, and the number of spiral coil turns should be optimized for obtaining the highest sensitivity and SNR.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.163-169
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• 2014

The corrosion resistance of epoxy-coated carbon steel was evaluated. The carbon steel surface was subjected to different treatment methods such as steel grit blasting and power tool treatment as well as contamination of water soluble salt. To study the effect of the surface treatments and contamination, the topology of the treated surface was observed by confocal microscopy and a pull-off adhesion test was conducted. The corrosion resistance of the epoxy-coated carbon steel was further examined by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) combined with immersion test of 3.5 wt% of NaCl solution. Consequently, the surface contamination by sodium chloride with $16mg/m^2$, $48mg/m^2$ and $96mg/m^2$ didn't affect the adhesion strength for current epoxy coated carbon steel and blister and rust were not observed on the surface of epoxy coating contaminated by various concentration of sodium chloride after 20 weeks of immersion in 3.5 wt% NaCl aqueous solutions. In addition, the results of EIS test showed that the epoxy-coated carbon steel treated with steel grit blasting and power tool showed similar corrosion protection performance and surface cleanness such as Sa 3 and Sa 2.5 didn't affect the corrosion protectiveness of epoxy coated carbon steel.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.46 no.8
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• pp.67-78
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• 2009

Radiation characteristics of microstrip patch antennas integrated with mushroom-like EBG structures in all directions and length direction on a substrate with the relative dielectric constant of 10 are systematically analyzed. As the substrate thickness increases, the effect of the surface wave on the input impedance and radiation pattern of a patch antenna increases. The effect of EBG structures on the input impedance of a patch antenna is negligible when the distances between EBG structures and the center of a patch antenna are 0.4 ${\gamma}_0$, 0.2 ${\gamma}_0$ and 0.1 ${\gamma}_0$ for the substrate thickness of 3.2 mm, 1.6 mm and 0.8 mm, respectively. The forward radiation is improved due to the suppression of surface wave when the periods of EBG structures integrated are larger than 2, 2, 3 periods for the substrate thickness of 3.2 mm, 1.6 mm and 0.8 mm, respectively. The effects of EBG structures on the radiation characteristics of a patch antenna integrated with EBG structures in all directions and length direction are similar.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.495-499
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• 2010

To develop chemical and biosensors, this paper studies sensing characteristics of bulk carbon nanotube (CNT) electrodes by means of their electrical impedance properties due to their large surface area and excellence chemical absorptivity. The sensors were fabricated in the form of film and nano web style by using composite process for mass production. The bulk composite electrodes were fabricated with singlewall and multi-wall carbon nanotubes based on host polymers such as Nafion and PAN, using a solution-casting and an electrospinning technique. The resistance and the capacitance of electrodes were measured with LCR meter under the various amounts of buffer solution to study the electrical impedance change properties of them. On the experimental of sensor electrode, impedance characteristics of the composite electrode are affected by its host polymer and nanofiller and its sensing response showed saturated result after applying some amounts of buffer solution for test chemical. Especially, the capacitance values showed drastic changes while the resistance values only changed within few percent range. It is deduced that the ions in the solution penetrated and diffused into the electrodes surface changed the electrical properties of the electrodes much like a doping effect.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.140-140
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• 2016

유기전계발광소자 (Organic Light Emitting Diode : OLED)는 보조광원이 필요 없고 천연색 표현이 가능하며, 낮은 소비 전력 및 저전압 구동 등의 장점으로 이상적인 디스플레이 구현이 가능하여 차세대 디스플레이로써 많은 이목을 끌고 있으나 제한된 수명과 안정성의 문제점을 안고 있다. 따라서 OLED의 열화 원인을 분석하고 수명을 연장하기 위한 체계적인 방법과 기술 개발이 중요하다. Impedance Spectroscopy는 이온, 반도체, 절연체 등의 벌크 또는 계면 영역의 전하 이동을 조사하는데 사용될 수 있어, OLED에서도 Impedance Spectroscopy를 이용하여 전하수송과 전자주입 메커니즘 등 폭넓은 전기적 정보를 얻을 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 Impedance Spectroscopy를 이용하여 경과시간에 따른 OLED의 임피던스 특성을 측정하여 열화 메커니즘을 분석하였다. 본 연구에서 OLED는 ITO / 2-TNATA (4,4,4-tris2-naphthylphenyl-aminotriphenylamine) / NPB (N,N'-bis-(1-naphyl)-N, N'-diphenyl-1,1'- biphenyl-4,4'-diamine) / Alq3 (tris(quinolin-8-olato) aluminum) / Liq / Al으로 구성된 녹색 형광 OLED를 제작하였다. OLED의 전계 발광 특성을 측정하기 위한 전원 인가장치로 Keithley 2400을 사용하여 전압과 전류를 인가하였고, 소자에서 발광된 휘도 및 발광 스펙트럼은 Photo Research사의 PR-650 Spectrascan을 사용하여 암실 환경에서 측정하였다. 임피던스 스펙트럼은 컴퓨터 제어 프로그래밍이 가능한 KEYSIGHT사의 E4990A를 사용하여 측정하였다. 임피던스 측정 전압은 0 V부터 2 V 간격으로 8 V까지, 주파수는 20 Hz에서 2 kHz의 범위로 설정하여 측정하였다. I-V-L과 임피던스 특성은 24 시간의 간격을 두고 실온에서 측정하였다. 그림은 경과시간에 따른 녹색 형광 OLED의 인가전압 2 V, 6 V의 Cole-Cole plot을 나타낸 것이다. 문턱전압 미만인 인가전압 2 V에서는 소자를 통하여 전류가 흐르지 않아 큰 반원 형태를 나타내었고, 시간이 경과함에 따라 소자 제작 직후엔 실수 임피던스의 최댓값이 $8982.6{\Omega}$에서 480 시간 경과 후엔 $9840{\Omega}$으로 약간 증가하였다. 문턱전압 이상인 인가전압 6 V에서는 소자 제작 직후 실수 임피던스의 최댓값이 $108.2{\Omega}$으로 작은 반원 형태를 나타내나 시간이 경과함에 따라 방사형으로 증가하는 것을 확인 할 수 있었고, 672 시간 경과 후엔 실수 임피던스의 최댓값이 $9126.9{\Omega}$으로 문턱 전압 미만 일 때와 유사한 결과를 나타내었다. 이러한 임피던스의 증가 현상은 시간이 경과함에 따라 OLED의 열화에 의한 것으로 판단된다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.143-149
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• 1993

An approach is presented for efficient numerical integration of the Sormnerfeld type integrals pertinent to the microstrip surface Green's function arising in the problem of an electric current point source on an infinite planar grounded dielectric substrate. This approach, valid for both lossless and lossy dielectric substrates, is based on the deformation of the integration contour via a coordinate transformation and Cauchy's residue theory, and identifies clearly the effects of surface waves. I ts useful application is in a rigorous moment method analysis of micros trip antenna arrays and microstrip guided wave structures. The efficiency and the usefulness of the present approach are emphasized through some numerical calculations of the impedance matrix elements with associated CPU times.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.165-172
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• 2012

The corrosion resistance of epoxy-coated carbon steel was evaluated. The carbon steel surface was subjected to different treatment methods such as steel grit blasting with different size, steel shot ball blasting and power tool treatment. To study the effect of the treatments, the topology of the treated surface was observed by optical 3D microscopy and a pull-off adhesion test was conducted. The corrosion resistance of the epoxy-coated carbon steel was further examined by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) combined with hygrothermal cyclic testing. The results of EIS indicated that the epoxy-coated carbon steel treated with steel grit blasting showed an improved corrosion resistance compared to untreated epoxy-coated surfaces or surfaces subjected to shot ball blasting and power tool treatments.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.66-75
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• 1993

This paper proposes a monitoring method for nondestructive and in-process measurement of the case depth in LASER surface heat treatment process. The method is essentially an eddy-current method, and measures sensing coil's electrical impedance which varies with the changes of the material microstructure due to hardening. To investigate te validity of the proposed method a series of experiments were performed for various hardning depths. The results show that the relationship between the eddy- current sensor output and the changes in case depth is almost linear. This indicates that the eddy-current measuring method can be used as one of the possible monitoring method for mesauring the hardened depth in LASER heat treatment processes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.165-166
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• 2014

The electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) are consisted of electrodes, electrolyte and separator. Among of them, electrode materials are generally used carbon materials. In this study, we experimented for the purpose of fabrication of carbon spheres from various carbohydrates as electrode material. Carbon spheres were prepared by hydrothermal synthesis process. Carbon spheres' morphology had been examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and specific surface area had been examined using BET analysis. To confirm the possibilities of carbon spheres as EDLC's electrode materials, we conducted electrochemical tests such as cyclic voltammetry (CV), impedance and cycle ability.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.87-92
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• 2015

Carbon thin films were deposited on STS 316L sheets by inductively coupled plasma enhanced magnetron sputtering with or without substrate bias voltage. Typical Raman spectrum for amorphous diamond-like carbon (DLC) was obtained, and the interfacial contact resistance (ICR) was measured to show its conductive nature. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was used to investigate the corrosion mechanism of the carbon coating under the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) condition. According to the pore-corrosion mechanism, the electrolyte penetrates the carbon coating through the pores and reacts with the substrate. As the substrate corrosion proceeds, the pore enlargement occurs and the surface area of the substrate exposed to the electrolyte. Applicability of the carbon coating for the PEMFC bipolar plate was evaluated by potentiodynamic polarization experiments. Finally, an adhesion problem was briefly considered.