Samsung Sdi Co., Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Ha-jin Kim

In-Taek Han

Dong-earn Kim

Sang-eui Lee

Min-jong Bae

Yoon-chul Son

Dong-ouk Kim

Sung-hoon Park

Kun-mo Chu

Sang-soo Jee

Jong-min Kim

Sang-mock Lee

Young-jun Park

Yong-wan Jin

Yong-Chul Kim

Andrei Zoulkarneev

Tae-sik Oh

Jeong-na Heo

Min-Jong Bae

Young-Chul Choi

Hang-Woo Lee

Kwang-Seok Jeong

A heating member for a fusing apparatus includes a resistive heating layer including a base polymer and an electroconductive filler dispersed in the base polymer, where the resistive heating layer generates heat by receiving electric energy, and where a storage modulus of the resistive heating layer is about 1.0 megapascal or greater.

Heating member and fusing apparatus including the same

A heating member includes: a resistive heating layer including: a medium-passing area, and non-medium-passing areas respectively on opposing sides of the medium-passing area at opposing side portions of the resistive heating layer; a core which supports the resistive heating layer; a thermally conductive layer between the resistive heating layer and the core, and disposed in a non-medium passing area at a side portion of the resistive heating layer; and an electrode which is between the resistive heating layer and the core, contacts the side portion of the resistive heating layer and supplies current to the resistive heating layer. A ratio of a contact area between the thermally conductive layer and the resistive heating layer to an area of the non-medium-passing area in which the thermally conductive layer is disposed, ranges from about 5% to about 25%.

Heating member and fusing device including the same

Provided are a carbon fiber including a carbon fiber core coated with a metal oxide film, and a light-emitting device including the carbon fiber. A method of manufacturing the carbon fiber is disclosed.

Carbon fiber including carbon fiber core coated with dielectric film, and fiber-based light emitting device including the carbon fiber

In an apparatus for surface-treating a carbon fiber, wherein the carbon fiber is heated by resistive heating, a carbon-containing gas is disposed on the carbon fiber, and carbon nanotubes are grown on a surface of the carbon fiber.

Apparatus and method for surface-treating carbon fiber by resistive heating

A fixing unit includes a heating member which includes a core member, and a heating layer. The heating layer is disposed on an outer circumference of the core member. The heating layer includes an elastic material, and carbon nanotube doped with metal and distributed in the elastic material as a conductive filler of the heating layer. A press member faces the heating member to form a fixing nip. The fixing unit applies heat and pressure to toner on a medium passing through the fixing nip, to fix the toner on the medium.

Heating member using carbon nanotube and fixing unit using the heating member

A heating member includes a weight supporter having an outer circumference, and a resistive heating disposed on the outer circumference of the weight supporter. The resistive heating layer includes a conductive filler dispersed in a base material. A pair of electrodes extends along a length direction of a rotational axis of the weight supporter and is arranged along a circumference of the weight supporter for supplying electric power to the resistive heating layer.

Heating member including resistive heating layer and fusing device comprising the heating member

A carbon-nano tube (CNT) structure comprises a substrate and a plurality of CNTs, each CNT comprising a plurality of first CNTs grown perpendicular to the substrate and a plurality of second CNTs grown on sidewalls of the first CNTs. A method of manufacturing CNTs includes growing first CNTs on a substrate on which a catalyst material layer is formed, and growing second CNTs on surfaces of the first CNTs from a catalyst material on surfaces of the first CNTs. The second CNTs grown on the sidewalls of the first CNTs emit electrons at a low voltage. In addition, the CNT structure exhibits high electron emission current due to the second CNTs being used as electron emission sources, and exhibits uniform field emission due to the uniform diameter of the first CNTs. A display device incorporates the above-described structure.

Carbon-nano tube structure, method of manufacturing the same, and field emitter and display device each adopting the same

A method of growing carbon nanotubes and a method of manufacturing a field emission device using the same is provided. The method of growing carbon nanotubes includes steps of preparing a substrate, forming a catalyst metal layer on the substrate to promote growing of carbon nanotubes, forming an inactivation layer on the catalyst metal layer to reduce the activity of the catalyst metal layer, and growing carbon nanotubes on a surface of the catalyst metal layer. Because the inactivation layer partially covers the catalyst metal layer, carbon nanotubes are grown on a portion of the catalyst metal layer that is not covered by the inactivation layer. Thus, density of the carbon nanotubes can be controlled. This method for growing carbon nanotubes can be used to make an emitter of a field emission device. The field emission device having carbon nanotube emitter made of this method has superior electron emission characteristics.

Method of growing carbon nanotubes and method of manufacturing field emission device using the same

A method of forming a Carbon NanoTube (CNT) structure and a method of manufacturing a Field Emission Device (FED) using the method of forming a CNT structure includes: forming an electrode on a substrate, forming a buffer layer on the electrode, forming a catalyst layer in a particle shape on the buffer layer, etching the buffer layer exposed through the catalyst layer, and growing CNTs from the catalyst layer formed on the etched buffer layer.

Method of forming a carbon nanotube structure and method of manufacturing field emission device using the method of forming a carbon nanotube structure

In a method of forming carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and a method of manufacturing a field emission display (FED) device using the CNTs, the method includes preparing a substrate on which a silicon layer is formed, sequentially forming a buffer layer and a catalyst metal layer on the silicon layer, partly forming metal silicide domains by diffusion between the silicon layer, the buffer layer and the catalyst metal layer by annealing the substrate, and growing CNTs on a surface of the catalyst metal layer.

Method of growing carbon nanotubes and method of manufacturing field emission device having the same

A carbon nanotube emitter and its fabrication method, a Field Emission Device (FED) using the carbon nanotube emitter and its fabrication method include a carbon nanotube emitter having a plurality of first carbon nanotubes arranged on a substrate and in parallel with the substrate, and a plurality of the second carbon nanotubes arranged on a surface of the first carbon nanotubes.

Carbon nanotube emitter and its fabrication method and field emission device (FED) using the carbon nanotube emitter and its fabrication method

A Field Emission Display (FED) and a method of manufacturing the FED are provided. The FED includes a substrate; a plurality of under-gate electrodes formed parallel to one another on a top surface of a substrate; a plurality of cathode electrodes formed perpendicular to the under-gate electrodes on an upper portion of the under-gate electrode, each of cathode holes being formed in portions of the cathode electrodes that intersect with the under-gate electrodes; a plurality of emitters formed symmetrical with respect to centers of the cathode holes on the cathode electrodes; and a plurality of gate electrodes formed to be electrically connected to the under-gate electrodes in central portions of the cathode holes.

Field emission display (FED) and method of manufacture thereof

Methods of growing carbon nanotubes and manufacturing a field emission device using the carbon nanotubes are provided. The method of growing carbon nanotubes includes the steps of preparing a substrate, forming a catalyst metal layer on the substrate to promote the growing of the carbon nanotubes, forming an amorphous carbon layer on the catalyst metal layer where the amorphous carbon layer partially covers the catalyst metal layer, and growing the carbon nanotubes from a surface of the catalyst metal layer. The carbon nanotubes are grown in a portion of the surface of the catalyst metal layer that is not covered by the amorphous carbon layer. In the method of growing carbon nanotubes, the carbon nanotubes are grow at a low temperature. A density of carbon nanotubes can be controlled to improve field emission characteristics of an emitter of a field emission device.

In a method of achieving uniform lengths of Carbon NanoTubes (CNTs) and a method of manufacturing a Field Emission Device (FED) using such CNTs, an organic film is coated to cover CNTs formed on a predetermined material layer. The organic film is etched to a predetermined depth to remove projected portions of the CNTs. After that, the organic film is removed.

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