Cho, Kyeongjae
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Kyeongjae Cho is a Professor of Materials Science. His research interests include:
- Computational modeling study of nanomaterials with applications to nanoelectronic devices
- Renewable energy technology
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Item In Situ Study of the Role of Substrate Temperature during Atomic Layer Deposition of HfO2 on InP(2013-10-16) Dong, Hong; Santosh, KC; Qin, Xiaoye; Brennan, Barry; McDonnell, Steven; Zhernokletov, Dmitry; Hinkle, Christopher L.; Kim, Jiyoung; Cho, Kyeongjie; Wallace, Robert M.; 70133685 (Kim, J)The dependence of the "self cleaning" effect of the substrate oxides on substrate temperature during atomic layer deposition (ALD) of HfO₂ on various chemically treated and native oxide InP (100) substrates is investigated using in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The removal of In-oxide is found to be more efficient at higher ALD temperatures. The P oxidation states on native oxide and acid etched samples are seen to change, with the total P-oxide concentration remaining constant, after 10 cycles of ALD HfO₂ at different temperatures. An (NH₄)₂ S treatment is seen to effectively remove native oxides and passivate the InP surfaces independent of substrate temperature studied (200°C, 250°C and 300°C) before and after the ALD process. Density functional theory modeling provides insight into the mechanism of the changes in the P-oxide chemical states.Item MoS₂ Functionalization for Ultra-Thin Atomic Layer Deposited DielectricsAzcatl, Angelica; McDonnell, Stephen; KC, Santosh; Peng, Xin; Dong, Hong; Qin, Xiaoye; Addou, Rafik; Mordi, Greg I.; Lu, Ning; Kim, Jiyoung; Kim, Moon J.; Cho, Kyeongjae; Wallace, Robert M.; 70133685 (Kim, J)The effect of room temperature ultraviolet-ozone (UV-O₃) exposure of MoS₂ on the uniformity of subsequent atomic layer deposition of Al₂O₃ is investigated. It is found that a UV-O₃ pre-treatment removes adsorbed carbon contamination from the MoS₂ surface and also functionalizes the MoS₂ surface through the formation of a weak sulfur-oxygen bond without any evidence of molybdenum-sulfur bond disruption. This is supported by first principles density functional theory calculations which show that oxygen bonded to a surface sulfur atom while the sulfur is simultaneously back-bonded to three molybdenum atoms is a thermodynamically favorable configuration. The adsorbed oxygen increases the reactivity of MoS₂ surface and provides nucleation sites for atomic layer deposition of Al₂O₃. The enhanced nucleation is found to be dependent on the thin film deposition temperature.Item ZnO Composite Nanolayer with Mobility Edge Quantization for Multi-Value Logic Transistors(Nature Publishing Group, 2019-04-30) Lee, L.; Hwang, Jeongwoon; Jung, J. W.; Kim, J.; Lee, H. -I; Heo, S.; Yoon, M.; Choi, S.; Van Long, N.; Park, J.; Jeong, J. W.; Kim, Jiyoung; Kim, K. R.; Kim, D. H.; Im, S.; Lee, B. H.; Cho, Kyeongjae; Sung, M. M.; 0000-0003-2781-5149 (Kim, J); 0000-0003-2698-7774 (Cho, K); 70133685 (Kim, J); 369148996084659752200 (Cho, K); Hwang, Jeongwoon; Kim, Jiyoung; Cho, KyeongjaeA quantum confined transport based on a zinc oxide composite nanolayer that has conducting states with mobility edge quantization is proposed and was applied to develop multi-value logic transistors with stable intermediate states. A composite nanolayer with zinc oxide quantum dots embedded in amorphous zinc oxide domains generated quantized conducting states at the mobility edge, which we refer to as “mobility edge quantization”. The unique quantized conducting state effectively restricted the occupied number of carriers due to its low density of states, which enable current saturation. Multi-value logic transistors were realized by applying a hybrid superlattice consisting of zinc oxide composite nanolayers and organic barriers as channels in the transistor. The superlattice channels produced multiple states due to current saturation of the quantized conducting state in the composite nanolayers. Our multi-value transistors exhibited excellent performance characteristics, stable and reliable operation with no current fluctuation, and adjustable multi-level states. ©2019, The Author(s).