• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.1225-1230
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• 2004

The effects of substrate material on the local heating performance of microheaters are studied by both numerical analysis and experiment. Transient conduction analysis shows that the substrate material with low thermal conductivity is critical to the local heating and fast response. A measurement technique for surface temperature field in microscale is newly proposed, which uses temperature sensitive fluorescent dye coated on the surface. The measured surface temperature fields on microheater arrays fabricated on different substrates are presented.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.30 no.2 s.245
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• pp.153-160
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• 2006

A technique for measuring surface temperature field in micro scale is newly proposed, which uses temperature-sensitive fluorescent (TSF) dye coated on the surface and is easily implemented with a fluorescence microscope and a CCD camera. The TSF dye is chosen among mixtures of various chemical compositions including rhodamine B as the fluorescent dye to be most sensitive to temperature change. In order to examine the effectiveness of this temperature measurement technique, numerical analysis and experiment on transient conduction heat transfer for two different substrate materials, i. e., silicon and glass, are performed. In the experiment, to accurately measure the temperature with high resolution temperature calibration curves were obtained with very fine spatial units. The experimental results agree qualitatively well with the numerical data in the silicon and glass substrate cases so that the present temperature measurement method proves to be quite reliable. In addition, it is noteworthy that the glass substrate is more appropriate to be used as thermally-insulating locally-heating heater in micro thermal devices. This fact is identified in the temperature measuring experiment on the locally-heating heaters made on the wafer of silicon and glass substrates. Accordingly, this technique is capable of accurate and non-intrusive high-resolution measurement of temperature field in microscale.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2004.04b
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• pp.250-252
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• 2004

나노 기술의 개발과 마이크로어레이(microarray)의 등장으로 생물학자동을 한번에 보다 라르고 신속하게, 대량의 실험을 처리할 수 있게 되었다. 이와 발 맞추어 마이크로어레이를 이용한 다양한 실험 방법들이 개발되었다. 형광 염료(fluorescence dye)를 이 용한 관찰 방법 이 널리 이용되고 있으나, 관찰되는 형광 염료의 밝기가 실험 환경(pH, 온도)에 매우 민감하게 반응하며, 단백질을 포함한 많은 분자 물질들이 형광을 내지 않기 때문에 마이크로어레이를 이용한 분석 대상 물질들의 개수가 제한을 받는다. 본 논문에서는 직접적인 형광 염료의 사용 없이, SPR(Surface Plasmon Resonance)을 이용한 마이크로어레이 분석 시스템에서 스팟(spot)의 밝기(intensity)를 측정하기 위한 효율적인 전처리 과정을 제안하고자 한다. 전처리 과정은 크게 프로젝티브 왜곡 효과 제거, 스팟의 위치 추적, 스팟의 영역 추출, 정규화 된 스팟의 밝기 측정으로 나누어진다. 특히, 이러한 과정을 거쳐서 측정된 밝기는 반응 유무의 관찰뿐만이 아니라, 실험 물질의 양적인 측정에도 이용되기 때문에 정확한 스팟의 밝기 측정에 중점을 두고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2020.12a
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• pp.50-50
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• 2020

기후변화의 영향으로 자생지에서 고사하고 있는 구상나무 유묘의 대기온도와 연령에 따라 건전도를 파악하고자 지리산 구상나무 실생묘를 대상으로 엽록소형광을 측정하였다. 2020년 7, 8, 9월에 걸쳐 월별 1회씩 연생별(1, 2, 3, 5, 6년생) 20개체를 대상으로 13시, 19시에 개체당 3회 반복 측정하였다. 측정 당시 평균대기온도는 24.6, 26.9, 20.6℃이었으며 잎을 20분간 광을 차단 후 Fv/Fm값을 측정하였다. Fo는 식물이 암적응 된 상태에서 포화광을 조사하기 직전의 형광 초기값이며, Fm은 식물이 암적응 된 상태에서 포화광을 통해 유도된 최대 형광수치를 의미한다. Fv는 Fm-Fo이며, 광화학 반응의 최대 양자수율로 식물의 잎이 광합성을 수행할 수 있는 잠재력을 의미하고 식물의 광합성 활성과 건전도에 대한 지표로 사용된다. 일반적으로 건강한 잎의 Fv/Fm값이 0.8을 기준으로 낮은 값은 광계II의 반응 중심이 손상을 잎은 경우이거나 스트레스 환경에 있는 경우이다. 13시 측정 결과 8월 측정값 중 1년생과 3년생이 0.8 이하로 측정되었고 그 외에는 전부 0.8 보다 높게 나타났다. 19시 측정 결과 8월에 1, 2, 3년생이 0.8 이하로 측정되었으며, 9월에는 1년생의 경우를 제외하고 모두 0.8 보다 높게 나타났다. 1, 2, 3년생은 8월의 높은 온도에 영향을 받아 고산지대에 자생하는 구상나무의 특성상 고온에 대한 스트레스를 받은 것으로 판단되며, 연령이 비교적 높은 5, 6년생은 온도변화에 비교적 안정적인 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 엽록소형광 측정의 결과를 근거로 3년생 이하의 개체는 온도변화에 민감하게 반응하는 반면, 5년생 이상의 개체는 비교적 안정적으로 건전도가 유지된 것으로 판단되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.08a
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• pp.327-328
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• 2012

의료분야의 진단 방사선 장비는 초기의 필름방식 및 카세트에서 진보되어 현재는 디지털방식의 DR (Digital Radiography)이 널리 사용되며 이에 관한 연구개발이 활발히 진행 되고 있다. DR은 일반적으로 직접방식과 간접방식으로 나눌 수 있다. 직접방식의 원리는 X선을 흡수하면 전기적 신호를 발생 시키는 광도전체(Photoconductor)를 사용하여 광도전체 양단 전극에 전압을 인가하여 전기장을 유도한 가운데, X선을 조사하면 광도전체 내부에서 전자-전공쌍(Electron-hole pair)이 생성된다. 이것은 양단에 유도된 전기장의 영향으로 전자는 +극으로, 전공은 -극으로 이동하여 아래에 위치한 하부기판을 통하여 이미지로 변조된다. 간접방식은 X선을 흡수하면 가시광선으로 전환하는 형광체(Scintillator)를 사용하여 조사된 X선을 형광체에서 가시광선으로 전환하고, 이를 Photodiode와 같은 광변환소자로 전기적 신호로 변환하여 방사선을 검출하는 방식을 말한다. 본 연구에서는 직접방식에서 이용되는 광도전체 중 흡수효율이 높고 Mobility가 뛰어난 CdTe를 선정하여 PVD (Physical vapor deposition)방식으로 300 m의 두께를 목표로 하여 증착을 진행하였다. Chamber의 진공도가 $2.5{\times}10^{-2}$ Torr로 도달 시점부터, Substrate와 Boat에 열을 가하였다. Substrate온도는 $350^{\circ}C$, Boat온도는 $300^{\circ}C$도로 설정하여 11시간 동안 진행하였다. Substrate온도는 $303^{\circ}C$, Boat온도는 $297^{\circ}C$도부터 증착이 시작되어 선형적인 증가세 추이를 나타내어 Substrate 및 Boat온도가 설정 값에 도달 하였을 때, $25{\sim}34.4{\AA}/s$ 증착율을 나타내었다. 하부전극의 물질에 따른 CdTe증착 효율성 평가를 진행한 후, 그에 따른 전기적 특성을 알아보았다. 하부전극의 물질로는 ITO (Indium Tin Oxide), Parylene이 코팅 된 ITO, Au, Ag를 사용하였다. 하부전극의 물질 상단에 Thermal Evaporation System을 사용하여 CdTe를 증착한 후, Cdte 상단에 Au를 증착 시켜 민감도(Sensitivity)와 암전류(Dark current)를 측정하였다. 증착 결과 ITO와 Ag상단에 증착시킨 CdTe박막은 박리가 되었고, Au와 Parylene이 코팅 된 ITO에는 CdTe박막이 안정적이게 형성이 되었다. 이 두 샘플에 대하여 동일한 조건으로 민감도와 암전류를 측정 시, Parylene이 코팅된 ITO를 하부전극으로 사용한 CdTe박막은 0.1021 pA/$cm^2$의 암전류와 1.027 pC/$cm^2$의 민감도를 나타낸 반면, Au를 하부전극으로 사용한 CdTe박막은 0.0381 pA/$cm^2$의 암전류와 1.214 pC/$cm^2$의 민감도를 나타내어 Parylene이 코팅된 ITO보다 우수한 전기적 특성을 나타내었다. 따라서 Au는 CdTe박막 증착 시, 하부전극 기판으로서 뛰어난 특성을 나타내는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.229-239
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• 1970

Various thermoluminescent properties of Korean natural quartz for possible use in ${\gamma}$-ray dosimetry has been studied. If the heating is exactly linear, ${\gamma}$-irradiated radiation sensitive (type 1) $\alpha$-quartz can yield a glow curve of single peak, hence glow peak height could be taken as a ${\gamma}$-dose for its dosimetry. Quartz crystal dosimeter exhibited the linearity of thermoluminescent intensity in the range from about 2$\times$10$^{3}$R to 2$\times$10$^{6}$ R, and also had an advantage of low fading because of the high peak temperature (300$\pm$4$0^{\circ}C$). The pulverized quartz sample having the grain size of 0.3<ø<0.9mm showed the linearity of T. L. intensity in the range from 50R to 2$\times$10$^3$R. Therapeutic application of the pulverized sample on the correct measurement of the absorbed dose in a body region of a cancer patient seems to be successful.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.118-126
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• 2009

Benthic diatoms are very important primary producers in understanding estuary ecosystems and their productions are largely varied by their photo-physiological characteristics. The short-term effects of increased temperature on the photosynthetic and photo-physiological characteristics of cultured different species of benthic diatoms (Navicula sp., Nitzschia sp., Cylindrotheca closterium, and Pleurosigma elongatum) were investigated by measuring their PSII-fluorescence kinetics using a Diving-PAM. Photosynthesis versus irradiance curves were measured every two hours at six different temperatures (10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and $35^{\circ}C$) for twenty-four hour. The effective quantum yield of PSII ($\Phi_{PSII}$) for most of the species showed a decreasing trend with increased temperature. The relative maximum electron transport rate (rETRmax) was significantly increased up to the optimum temperature level and then sharply decreased. Relative to the values of other parameters, the maximum light use coefficient ($\alpha$) was not substantially changed at lower temperature levels (<$30^{\circ}C$) but significantly decreased only at higher temperatures (30 and $35^{\circ}C$). The light saturation coefficient ($E_K$) mirrored the rETRmax temperature response. In regards to the temperature acclimation abilities of the four species with time, Navicula sp. and C. closterium acclimated to short-term changes in temperature through their photo-physiological adjustments.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.199-207
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• 2001

In the present study the cure behavior of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A(DGEBA) using an anhydride-based hardener in the presence of N,N-dimethyl benzyl amine (BDMA) or 1-cyanoethyl-2-ethyl-4-methyl imidazole (2E4MZ-CN) as an accelerator has been monitored and interpreted from the viewpoint of photophysical properties by means of fluorescence spectroscopy. To do this, 1,3-bis-(1-pyrene)propane (BPP) was well incorporated in the epoxy resin system by mechanical blending. The BPP probe, which is very sensitive to conformational change of the molecule influenced by the surrounding medium, successfully formed intramolecular excimer fluorescence. It is susceptible to the micro-viscosity or local viscosity and molecular mobility according to the epoxy cure. The cure behavior was explained with monomer fluorescence intensity ($I_{M}$ ), excimer fluorescence intensity ($I_{E}$ ) and $I_{M}$ /$I_{E}$ ratio as a function of cure time, cure temperature and accelerator. The present work agreed with the previous report on the cure behavior of an epoxy-anhydride system studied using DSC or torsion pendulum method. This study also suggests that the use of fluorescence technique may provide information on cure behavior of a thermosetting resin in a low temperature region, which has not been well interpreted by other analytical methods.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.400-404
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• 2011

Many studies on polydiacetylene(PDA) have been investigated to apply to chemical and biological sensors due to their unique optical properties of color change from blue to red and fluorescence change from non-fluorescence to red fluorescence. Especially, high sensitivity against specific molecules is very important to apply polydiacetylenes to various sensors. In this study, we examined the effect of sensitivity enhancement of 10,12-pentacosadynoic acid(PCDA) vesicles in detection ${\alpha}$-cyclodextrin(CD) according to control of vesicle size by filters with different pore sizes and polymerization temperature. Colorimetric response(CR) was calculated using visible spectrometer. In order to investigate the effect of vesicle size on sensitivity of PDA vesicles, two PCDA vesicles were filtered without filtration and with 0.22 ${\mu}m$ filter. The two PCDA vesicles were polymerized at $25^{\circ}C$ and were incubated with ${\alpha}$-CD(5 mM) for 30 min. The CRs of the former and latter vesicles were 31.4% and 74.0%, respectively. Then, two PCDA vesicles filtered with 0.22 ${\mu}m$ filter were polymerized at $25^{\circ}C$ and $5^{\circ}C$ and were reacted with ${\alpha}$-CD(5 mM) for 30 min to examine the effect of polymerization temperature. The CRs of the former and latter vesicles were 74.0 and 99.2%, respectively. This suggests that vesicle sizes and polymerization temperature are key factors in enhancing the sensitivity of PDA vesicles. In addition, these results are expected to be useful to apply the PDA vesicles as biosensors to detect DNA, protein, and cells.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.58 no.6
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• pp.575-579
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• 2014

Development of liposomes has been actively studied for effective delivery of drug at tumor site. However, despite their preferential accumulation at tumor site, the therapeutic efficacy of such liposomal drug has been limited because of low drug release. Therefore, we developed a temperature-sensitive liposome (TSL), which can be made to maximize release of drug by external stimulation such as ultrasound. Doxorubicin (DOX) as a model drug was encapsulated into TSL by a pH gradient method. The particle size of the TSL was $142.0{\pm}6.24nm$. Surface charge was $-10.55{\pm}1.12mV$. Release of drug from TSLs was up to 80% within 15 min at over $42^{\circ}C$ measured by fluorescence intensity. Cytotoxicity of released DOX from TSLs with ultrasound was highly increased compared to TSLs without ultrasound. Taken together, we demonstrate that temperature sensitive drug release from TSLs with ultrasound, which may be useful for cancer therapy to increase drug concentration at tumor site by external stimulation.