The alignments of polystyrene particles of 1μm and 5μm sizes in an aqueous colloidal system were observed by varying the electric field strength, the frequency and the water flow. Spherical mono-dispersed polystyrene particles dispersed in pure water were put into a perfusion chamber; an AC electric field was applied to the Au/Cr electrodes with a 4 mm gap on the glass substrate. The mixture of the 1μm and 5μm sized polystyrene particles at 0.5 vol% concentrations for each size was set in the dielectrophoresis conditions of 1 kHz and 150 V/cm. Large particles of 5μm size were aligned to form chains as the result of the dielectrophoresis force interaction. On the contrary, small particles of 1μm size did not form chains because the dielectrophoresis force was not sufficiently large. When the electric field increased to 250 V/cm, small particles were able to form chains. After the chains were formed from both large and small particles, they began to coalescence as time passed. Owing to the electroosmotic flow of water, wave patterns along the perpendicular direction of the applied electric field appeared at the conditions of 200 Hz and 50 V/cm, when the dielectrophoresis force was small. This wave pattern also appeared for small particles at 1 kHz and 150 V/cm conditions due to the flow of solvent when water was forced to circulate.

Geopolymer cements and geopolymer resins are newly advanced mineral binders that are used in order to reducethe carbon dioxide generation that accompanies cement production. The effect of additives on the compressive strength ofgeopolymerized class-F fly ash was investigated. Blast furnace slag, calcium hydroxide(Ca(OH)2), and silica fume powders wereadded to fly ash. A geopolymeric reaction was initiated by adding a solution of water glass and sodium hydroxide(NaOH) tothe powder mixtures. The compressive strength of pure fly ash cured at room temperature for 28 days was found to be as lowas 291kgf/cm−2, which was not a suitable value for use in engineering materials. On the contrary, addition of 20wt% and40wt% of blast furnace slag powders to fly ash increased the compressive strength to 458kgf/cm−2 and 750kgf/cm−2,respectively. 5wt% addition of Ca(OH)2 increased the compressive strength up to 640kgf/cm−2; further addition of Ca(OH)2further increased the compressive strength. When 2wt% of silica fume was added, the compressive strength increased to 577kgf/cm−2; the maximum strength was obtained at 6wt% addition of silica fume. It was confirmed that the addition of CaO andSiO2 to the fly ash powders was effective at increasing the compressive strength of geopolymerized fly ash.

FePt nanoparticles suspension was synthesized by reduction of platinum acetylacetonate and decomposition of iron pentacarbonyl in the presence of oleic acid and oleyl amine. FePt nanoparticles were coated on a substrate by convective assembly from the suspension. To prevent the coalescence during the annealing of FePt nanoparticles double convective coatings were tried. First convective coating was for silica particle assembly on a silicon substrate and second one was for FePt nanoparticles on the previously coated silica layers. It was observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) that FePt nanoparticles were dispersed on the silica particle surface. After annealing at 700˚C for 30 minutes under nitrogen atmosphere, FePt nanoparticles on silica particles were maintained in a dispersed state with slight increase of particle size. On the contrary, FePt nanoparticles that were directly coated on silicon substrate showed severe particle growth after annealing due to the close-packing of nanoparticles during assembly. The size variation during annealing was also verified by X-ray diffractometer (XRD). It was suggested that pre-coating, which offered solvent flux oppose to the capillary force between FePt nanoparticles, was an effective method to prevent coalescence of nano-sized particles under high temperature annealing.

LaFeO3 powders were synthesized using a method involving solution combustion, and the surfaceproperties of these powders were examined by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. As the amount of fuelincreased during the synthesis, the LaFeO3 powders became amorphous with a large plate-like shape. It wasfound that the O 1s spectra were composed of two types of photoelectrons by deconvolutioning the spectra.Photoelectrons with higher binding energy come from adsorbed oxygen (O−) whereas those with lower energycome from lattice oxygen (O2−). The ratio of adsorbed and lattice oxygen increased as the ratio of the fuel andnitrate (Φ) increased. The binding energy of both types of oxygen increased as Φ increased due to the formationof carbonates.

기계적합금법으로 Ti와 B의 혼합분말로부터 TiB2분말을 제조하였고, Zr과 Ta의 Ti 치환 효과를 조사하였다. (Ti+B)의 혼합분말을 280시간 분쇄하여 TiB2단일상을 얻었고 기계적합금화 도중 비정질상은 관찰되지 않았다. Ti의 일부를 원자반경이 Ti보다 큰 Zr으로 치환한 결과 기계적합금화에 걸리는 시간이 크게 감소한 반면에, 붕화물 생성열이 절대값이 TiB2상보다 작은 Ta로 치환하면 280시간 분쇄하여도 단일상을 형성하지 못하였다.

Nd5Pr7Fe82B6 및 Nd12Fe82B6 조성의 1차 용유된 ingot에 대하여 기계적 분쇄처리 및 열처리를 행하고 결정구조 및 자기적 특성을 측정하였다. Ar 분위기 하에서 330시간 분쇄처리한 결과 2~3μm크기의 입자가 얻어졌으며, x-선 회절도로부터 각 입자는 미세한 결정립으로 구성되어 있음을 알았다. 330시간 분쇄처리된 분말을 600˚C에서 2시간 열처리함으로써 항자계가 18.36-18.79kOe, 최대에너지적이 8.32-8.38 MGOe인 자기적 특성을 얻었다. 열처리 온도가 높아지면 자기적 특성이 향상되었으나, 기계적 분쇄처리에 의한 ingot의 미세결정화 과정이 최적의 자기적 특성을 얻는데 더욱 중요하였다.

TiC(001) 면위에 Mg 금속을 단원자층으로 증착시킨 후 산화 및 열처리 과정을 거쳐서 MgO 초박막을 성장시키고, 성장된 MgO 막의 전자상태 및 표면포논을 UPS, XPS 및 HREELS를 사용하여 측정하였다. 전도성 기판위에 epitaxial 산화물막을 성장시킨 후 성장된 막의 전자구조 및 표면포논을 측정함으로써 벌크에서 분리된 2차원적 특성을 갖는 '표면 모델'의 물성을 연구하고자 하였는데, 이러한 '표면모델'은 잘 배열된 원자구조를 얻을 수 있고 두께가 충분히 얇아서 전하축적을 피할 수 있기 때문이다. 기판으로는 MgO와 같은 암염형 결정구조를 갖고 있고, 격자상수 차이가 2.6% 로서 매우 작으며, 비저항이 매우 낮은 전이 금속 탄화물 중의 하나인 TiC(001) 면을 사용하였다. TiC(001)면에 증착된 MgO층의 UPS He-l 스펙트럼을 측정한 결과 O2p및 XPS스펙트럼은 열처리를 전후로 하여 변하지 않았으며, 이로부터 상온에서 산소의 확산만으로 MgO 상이 형성됨을 알 수 있었다. MgO초박막의 표면 포논을 HREELS를 사용하여 검출하였다. 거시적 포논중에서 F-K 파 및 Rayleigh 모드가 관찰되었는데, F-k파는 MgO막의 2차원성으로 인하여 벌크의 경우보다 높은 진동 에너지를 갖고 있었고 Rayleigh모드는 벌크 MgO와 유사한 분산관계를 보였다. 미시적 포논중에서 Wallis(S2)모드가 측정되었는데, 그 진동에너지는 벌크에서와 같고 off-specular방향에서도 소멸되지 않았다.

고분해능 전자에너지손실 및 자외선광전자 분광법을 사용하여 단결정 NbC(111)면의 산소횹착을 연구하였다. NbC(111) 표면에는 산소가 원자 및 분자상태로 흡착되었다. 산소원자는 3-fold hollow site에 흡착되며 진동수는 548cm-1이었다. 산소분자의 신축진동수는 968cm-1로서 기체상태인 산소분자의 진동수보다 크게 낮았으며, 산소분자의 흡착으로 일함수가 증가하였다. 이는 NbC(111) 기판으로부터 산소분자의 2ppig 궤도로 전자가 이동하였음을 보여주는 증거이다.

고분해능 전자에너지손실과 자외선광전자분광법을 사용하여 단결정 ZrC(111)면의 산소흡착을 연구하였다. 산소는 낮은 산소노출량에서 (√3×√3)R30˚ 구조로 흡착된다. 노출량이 승가하면 1×1 구조로 바뀌는데 이때 흡착하는 산소원자는 (√3×√3)R30˚ 구조에서보다 흡착높이가 낮으며 3-fold hollow site의 중심에 놓이지 않고 bridge site에 가까와진다. 서로 다른 산소흡착 거동은 개끗한 ZrC(111) 표면에서 두개의 표면전자상태에 기인한다.