• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2015년도 제49회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.60-60
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• 2015

Nanosheets of graphene and related 2D materials have attracted much attention due to excellent physical, chemical and mechanical properties. Single-layer graphene (SLG) was first synthesized by Blakely et al in 1974 [1]. Following his achievements, we initiated the growth and characterization of graphene and h-BN on metal substrates using surface segregation and precipitation in 1980s [2,3]. There are three important steps for nanosheet growth; surface segregation of dopants, surface reaction for monolayer phase, and subsequent 3-D growth (surface precipitation). Surface phase transition was clearly demonstrated on C-doped Ni(111) by in situ XPS at elevated temperatures [4]. The growth mode was clarified by inelastic background analysis [5]. The surface segregation approach has been applied to C-doped Pt(111) and Pd(111), and controllable growth of SLG has been demonstrated successfully [6]. Recently we proposed a promising method for producing SLG fully covering an entire substrate using Ni films deposited on graphite substrates [7]. A universal method for layer counting has been proposed [8]. In this paper, we will focus on the effect of competitive surface-site occupation between carbon and other surface-active impurities on the graphene growth. It is known that S is a typical impurity of metals and the most surface-active element. The surface sites shall be occupied by S through surface segregation. In the case of Ni(110), it is confirmed by AES and STM that the available surface sites is nearly occupied by S with a centered $2{\times}2$ arrangement. When Ni(110) is doped with C, surface segregation of C may be interfered by surface active elements like S. In this case, nanoscopic characterization has discovered a preferred directional growth of SLG, exhibiting a square-like shape (Fig. 1). Also the detailed characterization methodologies for graphene and h-BN nanosheets, including AFM, STM, KPFM, AES, HIM and XPS shall be discussed.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2013

3차원 적층 패키지를 위한 Cu/Sn-3.5Ag 미세범프의 솔더 구조에 따른 금속간화합물 성장거동을 분석하기 위해 솔더 두께가 각각 $6{\mu}m$, $4{\mu}m$인 서로 다른 구조의 미세범프를 $130^{\circ}C$, $150^{\circ}C$, $170^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 실시간 주사전자현미경을 이용하여 실시간 금속간화합물 성장 거동을 분석하였다. Cu/Sn-3.5Ag($6{\mu}m$) 미세범프의 경우, 많은 양의 솔더로 인해 접합 직후 솔더가 넓게 퍼진 형상을 나타내었고, 열처리 시간경과에 따라 $Cu_6Sn_5$ 및 $Cu_3Sn$금속간화합물이 성장한 후, 잔류 Sn 소모 시점 이후 $Cu_6Sn_5$가 $Cu_3Sn$으로 상전이 되는 구간이 존재하였다. 반면, Cu/Sn-3.5Ag($4{\mu}m$) 미세범프의 경우, 적은양의 솔더로 인해 접합 직후 솔더의 퍼짐 현상이 억제 되었고, 접합 직후 잔류 Sn상이 존재하지 않아서 금속간화합물 성장구간이 억제되고, 열처리 시간경과에 따라 $Cu_6Sn_5$가 $Cu_3Sn$으로 상전이 되는 구간만 존재하였다. 두 시편의 $Cu_3Sn$상의 활성화 에너지의 값은 Cu/Sn-3.5Ag($6{\mu}m$) 및 Cu/Sn-3.5Ag($4{\mu}m$) 미세범프가 각각 0.80eV, 0.71eV로 나타났고, 이러한 차이는 반응기구 구간의 차이에 따른 것으로 판단된다. 따라서, 솔더의 측면 퍼짐 보다는 접합 두께가 미세범프의 금속간화합물 반응 기구를 지배하는 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국결정학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.120-128
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• 1992

BaTiO3 단결정을 용액의 서냉속도를 달리하면서 TSSG법으로 육성하였으며, 성장된 단결정의 결정외형, 결정 결함, 분역구조 등을 관찰하였다. 0.5℃/hr이 하의 속도로 서 냉함으로써 비교적 등차원적인 큰 단 결정을 육성할 수 있었으며, 성장된 BaTiO3 단결정 은 |111|면이 가장 잘 발달된 외형을 나타내었다. 용 액 냉각속도가 너무 빠르거나 용액내의 수직 온도구 배가 너무 크면 용액이 불안정해지므로, 침상의 Ba6 TiL7040 결정상이 석출된다. 성장된 결정내에 평행 한 쐐기모양의 lamella 분역 집단이 이와 수직하게 진행하는 lamella 분역 집단과 불규칙한 경계를 이루 고 있으며, 이들은 x-ray topography에서 현저한 회 절 명암 차이를 나타낸다. 단결정을 127℃ 이상으로 가열하면 입 방정으로 상전이 된다. 상전이 전단이 이 동할 때 정방정 영역에서는 연속적 분역 재배열이 이루어 지고 입방정 영역에서는 규칙적인 음력변형이 나타나며, BaTiO의 PTF정벽면은 |110|에 대해 약 9°기울어진 면으로 이루어진다.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제49권8호
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• pp.596-600
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• 2011

Thermal degradation behavior of a $WO_3-TiO_2$ monolithic catalyst was investigated in terms of structural, morphological, and physico-chemical analyses. The catalyst with 4 wt.% $WO_3$ contents were prepared by a wet-impregnation method, and a durability test of the catalysts were performed in a temperature range between $400^{\circ}C$ and $800^{\circ}C$ for 3 h. An increase of thermal stress decreased the specific surface area, which was caused by grain growth and agglomeration of the catalyst particles. The phase transition from anatase to rutile occurred at around $800^{\circ}C$ and a decrease in the Brønsted acid sites was confirmed by structural analysis and physico-chemical analysis. A change in Brønsted acidity can affect to the catalytic efficiency; therefore, the thermal degradation behavior of the $WO_3-TiO_2$ catalyst could be explained by the transition to a stable rutile phase of $TiO_2$ and the decrease of specific surface area in the SCR catalyst.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제3권5호
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• pp.198-208
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• 2004

Although there has been no general agreement on the mechanism of primary water stress corrosion cracking (PWSCC) as one of major degradation modes of Ni-base alloys in pressurized water reactors (PWR's), common postulation derived from previous studies is that the damage to the alloy substrate can be related to mass transport characteristics and/or repair properties of overlaid oxide film. Recently, it was shown that the oxide film structure and PWSCC initiation time as well as crack growth rate were systematically varied as a function of dissolved hydrogen concentration in high temperature water, supporting the postulation. In order to understand how the oxide film composition can vary with water chemistry, this study was conducted to characterize oxide films on Alloy 600 by an in-situ Raman spectroscopy. Based on both experimental and thermodynamic prediction results, Ni/NiO thermodynamic equilibrium condition was defined as a function of electrochemical potential and temperature. The results agree well with Attanasio et al.'s data by contact electrical resistance measurements. The anomalously high PWSCC growth rate consistently observed in the vicinity of Ni/NiO equilibrium is then attributed to weak thermodynamic stability of NiO. Redox-induced phase transition between Ni metal and NiO may undermine the integrity of NiO and enhance presumably the percolation of oxidizing environment through the oxide film, especially along grain boundaries. The redox-induced grain boundary oxide degradation mechanism has been postulated and will be tested by using the in-situ Raman facility.

• Interaction and multiscale mechanics
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.369-379
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• 2008

A combined stochastic diffusion and mean-field model is developed for a systematic study of the grain growth in a pure single-phase polycrystalline material. A corresponding Fokker-Planck continuity equation is formulated, and the interplay/competition of stochastic and curvature-driven mechanisms is investigated. Finite difference results show that the stochastic diffusion coefficient has a strong effect on the growth of small grains in the early stage in both two-dimensional columnar and three-dimensional grain systems, and the corresponding growth exponents are ~0.33 and ~0.25, respectively. With the increase in grain size, the deterministic curvature-driven mechanism becomes dominant and the growth exponent is close to 0.5. The transition ranges between these two mechanisms are about 2-26 and 2-15 nm with boundary energy of 0.01-1 J $m^{-2}$ in two- and three-dimensional systems, respectively. The grain size distribution of a three-dimensional system changes dramatically with increasing time, while it changes a little in a two-dimensional system. The grain size distribution from the combined model is consistent with experimental data available.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제45권12호
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• pp.935-949
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• 2022

Liver cancer has a high prevalence, with majority of the cases presenting as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The prognosis of metastatic HCC has hardly improved over the past decade, highlighting the necessity for liver cancer research. Studies have reported the ability of the KiSS1 gene to inhibit the growth or metastasis of liver cancer, but contradictory research results are also emerging. We, therefore, sought to investigate the effects of KiSS1 on growth and migration in human HCC cells. HepG2 human HCC cells were infected with lentivirus particles containing KiSS1. The overexpression of KiSS1 resulted in an increased proliferation rate of HCC cells. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction and immunoblotting revealed increased Akt activity, and downregulation of the G1/S phase cell cycle inhibitors. A significant increase in tumor spheroid formation with upregulation of β-catenin and CD133 was also observed. KiSS1 overexpression promoted the migratory, invasive ability, and metastatic capacity of the hepatocarcinoma cell line, and these effects were associated with changes in the expressions of epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT)- related genes such as E-cadherin, N-cadherin, and slug. KiSS1 overexpression also resulted in dramatically increased tumor growth in the xenograft mouse model, and upregulation of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and Ki-67 in the HCC tumors. Furthermore, KiSS1 increased the angiogenic capacity by upregulation of the vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) and CD31. Based on these observations, we infer that KiSS1 not only induces HCC proliferation, but also increases the metastatic potential by increasing the migratory ability and angiogenic capacity.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.19-23
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• 2013

The temperature dependences of the NMR spectrum and the spin-lattice relaxation times in $KH_2PO_4$ were investigated via single-crystal NMR and MAS NMR. The stretched-exponential relaxation that occurred because of the distribution of correlation times was indicative of the degree of the distribution of the double-well potential on the hydrogen bond. The behaviors responsible for the strong temperature dependences of the $^1H$ and $^{31}P$ spin-lattice relaxation times in the rotating frame $T_{1{\rho}}$ in $KH_2PO_4$ are likely related to the reorientational motion of the hydrogen-bond geometry and the $PO_4$ tetrahedral distortion.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.605-611
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• 1998

단분산 입자계의 진동성향시 공정조건에 따라 형성되는 침점체의 미세구조와 물성을 분석할 수 있는 전산실험 모델이 개발되었다. 여기서 중요한 진동성형 변수들인 진폭(amplitude), 침적시간(frequency), 진동횟수(cycle)가 형성되는 침적체의 회절구조 및 충전밀도에 미치는 영향이 조사되었다. 형성되는 침적체의 비결정상으로부터 결정상으로의 상변이 조건이 결정되었다. 모델의 결과는 실제 실험결과를 만족시키는 진동횟수와 충전밀도의 경험식과도 부합하였다. 현 모델은 진동성형시 침적체의 조밀화 현상과 결정화 현상을 조사하는데 매우 효과적이다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.310-316
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• 2001

Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) synthase catalyzed the last enzymic step to synthesize the intracellular PHB of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. No PHB was detected when the phbC coding for PhB synthase was interrupted, and its expression was regulated at the level of transcription. The cellular PHB content increased about four- to six-fold during the growth transition from the exponential to the early stationary phase under both aerobic and photoheterotrophic conditions. The PHB content during the aerobic growth seemed to be determined by the PhB synthase activity. However, the PHB synthase activity of photoheterotrophically grown cells did not correlate with the PhB content, suggesting a photoheterotrophic regulation different from the aerobic control. Thus, the PHB content of R. sphaeroides was regulated at the transcription level only under aerobic conditions.