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To reduce the cost per watt of photovoltaic power, it is important to reduce the cell thickness of crystalline silicon solar cells. As the thickness of the silicon layer is reduced, two distinctive thermal expansion rates between the silicon and the aluminum layer induce bowing in a solar cell. With a thinner silicon layer, the bowing distance grows exponentially. Excessive bowing could damage the silicon wafer. In this study, we tried to measure an irregularly curved silicon solar cell more accurately using a 3D image scanner. For the detailed analysis of the three-dimensional bowing shape, a least square fit was applied to the point data from the scanned image. It has been found that the bowing distance and shape distortion increase with a decrease in the thickness of the silicon layer. An Ag strip on top of the silicon layer can reduce the bowing distance.

A three-dimensional hydrogel scaffold has been proposed for the effective production of biomimetic intestinal villi to reduce ethical and cost problems caused by animal testing in pharmaceutical development. This study explores an experimental approach to develop a new technique based on laser machining and microdrilling processes to produce a plastic mold for the fabrication of a three-dimensional hydrogel scaffold. For process optimization, both the laser machining and the microdrilling experiments are conducted by varying the experimental conditions, and structural characterization of the mold and intestinal villi were performed using SEM (scanning electron microscope) and OM (optical microscope) images. Polycarbonate (PC) was used as a candidate material. The experimental results show that intestinal villi can be fabricated by both laser and microdrilling machining processes.

) T : 온도 (K) t : 시간 (s) v : 기판의 처짐 (m) x : 두께 방향 거리 (m) 그리스문자 β : 열팽창률 (m/m-K) Key Words: Flash Lamp Crystallization(플래시 램프 결정화), Amorphous Silicon on Glass(유리기판위 비정질 실리콘), Large-Window Display(대면적 디스플레이), Thermal Deformation(열변형) 초록: 플래시 램프 열처리(Flash lamp annealing, FLA) 공정은 저온폴리실리콘의 생산을 위한 기술로써 대면적 기판용 실리콘 결정화 기술로 기대 받고 있는 기술이다. 본 연구에서는 FLA 공정 중 기판에 발생하는 변형의 원인에 대하여 이론적인 해석과 이를 토대로 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다. 상용 FEM 해석 프로그램에 고온에서의 유리의 점성에 대한 모델을 적용하여, 고온에서 유리의 구조적인 수축과 응력이완으로 인한 영구변형을 수치적으로 재현하였다. 0 세대 실험시편(2cm x 2cm)의 경우 중력의 영향이 미미하여서, 실험 결과와 일치하는 ‘U’모양의 변형이 남는 것을 확인하였고, 4 세대 기판(74cm x 94cm)의 경우 중력으로 인하여 ‘M’모양의 변형이 발생하는 것을 시뮬레이션하였다. Abstract: The flash lamp annealing (FLA) process has been considered highly promising for manufacturing low-temperature polysilicon on large-scale backplanes. Based on a theoretical estimation, this study clarifies the critical mechanisms of glass backplane deformation during the FLA process. A simulation using a commercial FEM code with viscoelastic models shows that the local region, whose temperature is larger than the glass softening point, undergoes permanent structural shrinkage owing to stress relaxation. For larger backplanes (4th Gen), structural shrinkages and gravitational deflection are critical to deformation in the FLA process, resulting in an “M” shape; in smaller backplanes (0th Gen), the latter is negligible, resulting in a “U” shape.