• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.108.2-108.2
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• 2014

잔류가스측정 질량분석기(RGA)는 진공챔버 내부의 진공상태 이상유무, 공정상태 확인 및 주입가스 농도제어 등 여러 종류의 작업에 응용되고 있다. 반도체용 박막 제조공정(PVD, CVD)에서 챔버 내의 수분 혹은 불순물 가스의 정확한 모니터링은 반도체 품질향상에 매우 중요하다. 1 Pascal 진공도의 증착용 챔버에 RGA를 직접 장착하여 작동시키기 위해서는 저진공용 RGA가 사용되어야 한다. 10-3 Pascal에서 6m 자유운동거리를 갖는 질소분자는 1 Pascal에서는 6 mm로 짧은 자유운동거리를 갖는다. 따라서 1 Pascal 저진공영역에서 이온을 생성시키고 mass filter를 사용하여 질량분석을 하기 위해서는 이온원과 mass filter 길이가 자유운동거리 수준으로 작아져야한다. 저 진공영역에서는 검출기와 전자방출용 필라멘트가 저진공에서 작동되도록 일반고진공용 RGA와는 완전히 다르게 소형으로 설계 제작되어야 한다. 10-7 Pascal 이상의 초고진공에서 사용되는 RGA는 이온원이 작동할 때 발생하는 outgassing을 낮추도록 설계가 되어야 초고진공의 유지가 가능하다. 한국표준과학연구원에서 현재 개발 중인 일반고진공용 RGA를 소개하고 저진공용과 초고진공용 RGA의 설계특성을 발표한다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.257-261
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• 2011

We introduce a novel method that could modify neat asphalt. A polymer-forming monomer, dimethylphenol( DMP) was added to the neat asphalt and polymerization was occurred autonomously, without adding any external catalyst for the polymerization, only with oxygen molecules in the air. The polymer produced in the asphalt was polyphenyleneoxide( PPO) and it enhanced the mechanical properties of the asphalt. Compared with the neat asphalt, the tenacity and toughness of the DMP-modified asphalt were two and half times and three times high, respectively.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.272-281
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• 2012

Flexible/stretchable electronics have recently focused, since their applications extend to emerging flexible displays, sensors, dielectric elastomer actuator and generators, and smart surgical tools. Flexible/stretchable electrodes should be synchronized with employing mechanical deformations of either flexing or stretching modes. Thus, the research area is one of the tough subjects, since the electrodes should keep their basic functions of electrodes under various mode of mechanical deformations. In this review, we discuss the recent development in the preparation and properties of such flexible/stretchable electrodes.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.971-977
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• 2010

A flood of biological data has caused many challenges in computing. Bioinformatics, the application of computational techniques to analyze the information associated with biomolecules on a large-scale, has now firmly established itself as an interdisciplinary subject in molecular biology, and encompasses a wide range of subject areas from structural biology, genomics, proteomics, systems biology, biostatistics to computer science. In this review, I provide an introduction and overview of the current state of bioinformatics. Looking at the types of biological information and databases that are commonly used, I also deals with some of bioinformatics application domains which are closely related to areas of computer science.

• Information Display
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.48-56
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• 2019

유연 OLED 디스플레이 구현을 위한 박막 봉지 기술에 대해 두 가지 관점으로 살펴보았다. 첫 번째 다층 구조를 통한 박막 봉지 특성 개선에 대한 연구는 현재까지 다양한 연구들이 진행되어 왔으며 활발히 진행 중이다. 특히 우수한 투습 방지 특성을 가지며 동시에 기계적 내구성을 잃지 않기 위해 유 무기 적층구조는 중요한 연구 주제였다. 유기물 층은 다양한 소재, 증착 방법들이 연구되었으며 무기물 층은 ?고 좋은 특성을 가지기 위해 원자층 증착법을 활용하는 것이 중요하다. 특히 원자층 증착법이 대면적 증착이 가능하며, 균일도가 높다는 점에서 향후 양산에서도 활용이 가능하다는 점에서 원자층 증착법과 분자층 증착법을 통한 유 무기 적층 구조 연구가 중요하다고 할 수 있다. 또한 막에 구조적인 변화를 주어 가해자는 응력을 최소화하는 방법을 소개하였다. 이론적으로 전체막에서 외부 응력이 가해지더라도 받는 응력이 0이 되는 중립면을 활용하면 큰 외부 응력이 막에 가해지더라도 열화가 확연히 줄어든 연구 결과들이 있었다. 결론적으로 유연 OLED 디스플레이 구현하기 위해 박막 봉지 측면에서 이루어 져야 할 연구의 방향은 소재적으로 유 무기 적층 구조를 통한 막 내구성 및 투습 방지 특성 확보가 중요하고 구조적으로는 OLED 패널 제작 시 박막 봉지 층 이외에 상부 추가되는 막의 두께와 탄성 계수를 조절하여 기계적 내구성이 낮은 백플레인 부분과 박막 봉지 부분을 중립면에 위치시켜 외부 응력으로부터 자유로워 지도록 하는 방향으로 진행될 것으로 예상된다.

• Journal of Adhesion and Interface
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.143-151
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• 2024

Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have shown great potential as a new generation of energy harvesters because they possess many unique properties, including mechanical flexibility, lightweight, semi-transparency, and low-fabrication costs. Recent advancements in molecular structure and device engineering have led to achieving power conversion efficiency (PCE) exceeding 19%. However, these highly efficient active layer materials have been hampered in their commercialization by complex synthesis steps that result in high manufacturing costs. To address this issue, research is actively underway on low-cost active layer materials with simple structures. This paper introduces such cost-effective active layer materials and strategies for their synthesis.

• Korean Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.463-475
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• 2020

Presence of microplastics in soil and groundwater has recently been reported and environmental concerns are raised as to the plastic pollution. In the subsurface environment, clay minerals and metal oxide minerals are commonly found as finely dispersed states. Because the minerals have high sorption capacities for diverse pollutants, interactions with mineral surface play an important role in the transport of microplastics in groundwater. Accordingly, environmental mineralogy investigating the interactions between microplastics and mineral surfaces is the essential research area to understand the fate and transport of microplastics in the subsurface environment. The microplastic-mineral surface research requires molecular- to nano-scale analyses to be able to probe the relatively weak interactions between them. The current report introduces a nano-scale analysis tool called quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) that can measure the sorbed/desorbed mass of nanoplastics on mineral surfaces at the level of a few nanograms (~10-9 g). This report briefly reviews the main principles in the QCM measurement and discusses applications of QCM to the environmental mineralogy research.

• Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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• v.32 no.4 s.59
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• pp.209-217
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• 2006

Emulsion is a dispersion system among liquids which are not miscible together. There are numerous cosmetic raw materials which have different physicochemical properties. Therefore, emulsion technology is very useful in cosmetics. With the development of emulsifier, several emulsification technologies have been developed. Since HLB method by Griffin in 1950's, PIT method, gel method, and D-phase methods, etc, have been developed. Recently, the application of natural emulsifier and polymeric emulsifier increases in cosmetics in order to achieve enhanced safety and biocompatibility. Besides nano-emulsion, multiple-emulsion, liquid crystal emulsion, and Pickering emulsion have been developed and applied as means of differentiating appearance and texture of products and achieving enhanced delivery of active ingredients. Meanwhile, the application studies of nano-dispersed structural system such as liposome or cubosome are on progress. Liposome is a bi- or multi-lamella layer dispersion system composed of amhiphilic molecules - phospholipids which are main components of plasma membrane. Cubosome also is a nano-sized dispersion system composed of a specific molecule like glyceryl monoloeate derived from natural products. And it has a cubic bicontinuous structure in water due to its unique molecular structure. Incorporating compounds (active materials) into such nano-particles can increase biocompatibility and delivery efficiency of target compounds. Manufacturing process and application of cosmetic emulsions and nano-particles are briefly introduced in this paper.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.147-156
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• 2010

There are four key factors for gas-phase biofilters; biocatalysts(microorganisms), packing materials, design/operating techniques, and diagnosis/management techniques. Biofilter performance is significantly affected by microbial community structures as well as loading conditions. The microbial studies on biofilters are mostly performed on basis of culture-dependent methods. Recently, advanced methods have been proposed to characterize the microbial community structure in environmental samples. In this study, the physiological, biochemical and molecular methods for profiling microbial communities are reviewed, and their applicability to biofilters is discussed. Community-level physiological profile is based on the utilization capability of carbon substrate by heterotrophic community in environmental samples. Phospholipid fatty acid analysis method is based on the variability of fatty acids present in cell membranes of different microorganisms. Molecular methods using DNA directly extracted from environmental samples can be divided into "partial community DNA analysis" and "whole community DNA analysis" approaches. The former approaches consist in the analysis of PCR-amplified sequence, the genes of ribosomal operon are the most commonly used sequences. These methods include PCR fragment cloning and genetic fingerprinting such as denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism, ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis, and random amplified polymorphic DNA. The whole community DNA analysis methods are total genomic cross-DNA hybridization, thermal denaturation and reassociation of whole extracted DNA and extracted whole DNA fractionation using density gradient.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.263-269
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• 2022

Cancer cachexia-anorexia is a multi-organ metabolic syndrome characterized by anorexia and weight loss. Generally, such symptoms are a serious problem in cancer patients, adversely affecting chemotherapy success and survival rate. Cachexia has been reported to accompany up to 80% of gastrointestinal cancers, such as pancreatic, lung, and colon cancer, though it is relatively rare in lymphoma or breast cancer patients. It is also known that cancer-induced anorexia occurs independently of chemotherapy, although decreased appetite due to chemotherapy is well reported. In terms of pathoflammatory cytokines that are excessively increased by tumor tissues. Since the mechanism of cancer cachexia is not yet fully understood, there are currently no therapeutic agents or diagnostic markers to treat it. A recently published study identified a substance secreted from cancer cells that induces cancer anorexia, and the molecular mechanism causing the eating disorder was discovered. An increase in the expression of this substance has been shown to be statistically correlated with the symptoms of cachexia in cancer patients, and it is therefore expected to be applicable in the diagnosis and development of therapeutic agents for cancer cachexia. This review article aims to provide an overview of the key molecular mechanisms of the anorexia and tissue wasting caused by cancer cachexia.