• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.426-426
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• 2010

유기발광소자는 고휘도, 광시야각, 저생산비용 및 빠른 응답속도의 장점을 갖고 디스플레이 소자와 조명 광원의 응용에 대하여 연구가 많이 진행되었다. 고효율과 색안정성을 가진 유기발광소자를 제작하기 위하여 소자의 다양한 구조에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 유기발광소자의 발광효율을 향상시키기 위해서는 정공의 수송이나 주입을 감소, 또는 전자의 수송이나 주입을 향상시켜 전자와 정공의 균형을 조절하는 방법이 많이 제안되었다. 본 연구에서는 전자수송층으로 사용되는 tris(8-hydroxyquinolate)aluminum ($Alq_3$) 보다 전자의 수송을 향상시킬 수 있으며 발광층에서 전자 수송층으로 빠져나가는 정공을 막는 정공장벽층의 역할을 하여 정공의 손실을 감소시킬 수 있는 7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BPhen)과 $Alq_3$를 혼합하여 혼합 전자 수송층을 사용하였으며, 이를 사용하여 제작된 소자에 대하여 전기적 성질과 광학적 성질의 변화를 조사하였다. 혼합 전자 수송층을 삽입한 소자는 Alq3만을 전자 수송층으로 사용한 소자에 비해 동일 전압에서 낮은 전류밀도와 높은 구동전압을 보였으나 발광세기와 발광효율은 많이 향상되었다. 혼합 전자 수송층을 사용하여 제작한 소자의 발광세기와 발광효율이 향상된 원인은 발광층으로 주입되는 전자가 증가하였고 전자 수송층 역할을 하는 BPhen 이 낮은 HOMO 에너지준위로 인한 정공의 손실을 작게하므로 전자-정공의 재결합 확률이 증가하였음을 알 수 있다. 전자 주입층 또는 정공주입층만을 삽입한 소자를 제작하여 전류밀도-전압특성을 측정하여 전자 및 정공의 전송특성을 조사하였다. 혼합 전자 수송층을 사용하여 제작된 유기발광소자의 발광효율에 대한 메카니즘을 실험결과를 사용하여 설명하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.423-423
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• 2010

유기발광소자의 제작 기술이 빠르게 발전함에 따라 디스플레이와 조명 분야에서 많은 응용 가능성을 보여주고 있다. 유기발광소자의 발광효율은 발광층내에서 전자와 정공의 비와 밀접한 관계가 있기 때문에 전자 수송층과 정공 수송층내에서 전하의 이동도를 제어하는 구조에 대한 연구는 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 전자 수송층으로 tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum ($Alq_3$)와 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BPhen)의 다중 이종구조를 사용하여 제작된 녹색 유기발광소자의 전기적 성질과 광학적 성질을 연구하였다. $Alq_3$와 BPhen 다중 이종구조의 위치와 이종구조 개수의 변화에 따라 전자의 변하는 전송특성으로 인하여 변화되는 발광특성을 체계적으로 조사하였다. 유기발광소자의 구동전압은 $Alq_3$/BPhen 이종구조의 수가 증가할수록 증가하는 경향을 보인다. $Alq_3$와 BPhen 내에서 전자의 이동도가 다르기 때문에 $Alq_3$/BPhen 이종계면에 전자가 축적되어 공간전하를 형성하므로 계면에서 내부전계가 형성되어 구동전압이 약간 증가하는 경향을 보인다. 또한 $Alq_3$/BPhen 이종계면에서 축적된 전자들로 인하여 형성된 내부 전계로 인해 저전압에서 누설 정공의 수가 증가하였다. 그러나 다중 이종구조로 된 전자 수송층을 포함한 유기발광소자의 발광 효율은 구동전압이 증가할수록 안정화 되었다. 이는 이종계면의 수가 증가함에 따라 각각의 이종계면에서 축적되는 전자의 양이 감소하기 때문에 고전압에서 효율감소율이 작아졌다. $Alq_3$/BPhen 다중 이종구조를 가진 전자 수송층내에서 전자의 전송 메카니즘에 대한 이해는 유기발광소자의 발광효율이 안정화된 구조를 설계하는데 중요한 실험적 결과를 제공한다.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.133-139
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• 2004

The metal-ligand complex, $[Ru(phen)_2(dppz)]^{2+}$ (phen=1,10-phenanthroline, dppz=dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3'-c]phenazine) (RuPD), was used as a spectroscopic probe for studying nucleic acid dynamics. The RuPD complex displays a long lifetime and a molecular light switch property upon DNA binding due to shielding of its dppz ligand from water. To show the usefulness of this luminophore (RuPD) for probing nucleic acid dynamics, we compared its intensity and anisotropy decays when intercalated into the $tRNA^{val}$ and pBluescript (pBS) II SK(+) phagemid through a comparison with ethidium bromide (EB), a conventional nucleic acid probe. We used frequency-domain fluorometry with a blue light-emitting diode (LED) as the modulated light source. The mean lifetime for the $tRNA^{val}$ (<${\tau}$> = 166.5 ns) was much shorter than that for the pBS II SK(+) phagemid (<${\tau}$> = 481.3 ns), suggesting a much more efficient shielding from water by the phagemid. Because of their size difference, the anisotropy decay data showed a much shorter rotational correlation times for the $tRNA^{val}$ (99.9 and 23.6 ns) than for the pBS II SK(+) phagemid (968.7 and 39.5 ns). These results indicate that RuPD can be useful for studying nucleic acid dynamics.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.74-78
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• 2007

A new blue phosphorescent material for organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), Iridium(III)bis[2-(4-fIuoro-3-benzonitrile)-pyridinato-N,C2'] picolinate (Firpic-CN), was synthesized and studied. We compared characteristics of Firpic-CN and Bis(3,5-Difluoro-2-(2-pyridyl)phenyl-(2-carboxypyridyl) iridium III (FIrpic) which has been used for blue dopant materials frequently. The devices structure were indium tin oxide (ITO) (1000 ${\AA}$)/N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-(2-napthyl)-(1,1'-phenyl)-4,4'-diamine (NPB) (500 ${\AA}$)/4,4'-N,N'-dicarbazole-biphyenyl (CBP) : FIrpic and FIrpic-CN (X wt%)/4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BPhen) (300 ${\AA}$)/lithum quinolate (Liq) (20 ${\AA}$)/Al (1000 ${\AA}$). 15 wt% FIrpic-CN doped device exhibits a luminance of $1450\;cd/m^2$ at 12.4 V, luminous efficiency of 1.31 cd/A at $3.58mA/cm^2$, and Commission Internationale d'Eclairage $(CIE_{x,y})$ coordinates of (0.15, 0.12) at 12 V which shows a very deep blue emission. We also measured lifetime of devices and was presented definite difference between devices of FIrpic and FIrpic-CN. Device with FIrpic-CN as a dopant presented lower longevity due to chemical effect of CN ligand.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.15 no.4 s.71
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• pp.657-663
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• 2005

Collagenases are generally defined as enzymes that are capable of degrading the polypeptide backbone of native collagen under conditions that do not denature the protein. An extracellular collagenase-producing bacterial strain was isolated from kimchi and identified to be Bacillus subtilis JS-17 through morphological, cultural, biochemical characteristics and 16S rDNA sequence analysis. Optimum culture condition of Bacillus subtilis JS-17 for the production of collagenase was $1.5\%$ fructose, $1\%$ yeast extract, $0.5\%\;K_2HPO_4,\;0.4\%\;KH_2PO_4,\;0.01\%\;MgSO_4\cdot7H_2O,\;0.01\%\; MnSO_4\cdot4H_2O,\;,0.1\%$ citrate and $0.1\%\;CaCl_2$. The production of collagenase was optimal at $30^{\circ}C$ for 72 hr. A collagenase was isolated from the culture filtrate of Bacillus subtilis JS-17. The enzyme was purified using Amberlite IRA-900 column chromatography, Sephacryl S-300 HR column chromatography and DEAE-Sephadex A-50 column chromatography The purified collagenase has an specific activity 192.1 units/mg. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was estimated to be 28 kDa by SDS-PACE. The purified collagenase has $100\%$ activity up to $55^{\circ}C$.

• The Korean Journal of Pharmacology
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.111-123
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• 1988

Neutrophil elastases were purified by a three step procedure consiting of one Sephadex G-75 and two HPLC elutions. The elastases cross-reacted with antibodies to human neutrophil elastase. Three bands with molecular weights between 26,000 and 29,700 were observed by gel electrophoresis. At each stage of purification the quantity of Zn increased, reaching molar ratio of 2:1 with elastase in the most purified samples. Calcium content. was seletively elevated during the earlier stages of purification but decreased to a ratio of 0.25 to 1 with elastase at the final step of purfication. Neutrophil elastase could be inhibited by EDTA, EGTA and 1,10-phenanthroline. EGTA inhbition was noncompetitive inhibition and reversible only if the time of preincubation was relatively short, indicating the instability of the apoenzyme. The concentration of chelator required to show significant inhibition of elastase was also dependent upon the stage of purity and the ionic strength of the reaction mixture. Inhibition by EGTA, followed by the removal of EGTA, could be reversed by Zn. In the presence of EGTA the enzyme could be returened to full activity by the addition of Zn, Mn and Ca, but not Mg or Na. All of the above evidence strongly supports human neturophil elastase could be a metalloenzyme as well as a serine protease.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.7
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• pp.2117-2124
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• 2013

The binding properties and sequence selectivities of ${\Delta}{\Delta}$- and ${\Lambda}{\Lambda}-[{\mu}-Ru_2(phen)_4(bip)]^{4+}$ (bip = 4,4'-biphenylene (imidazo [4,4-f][1,10]phenanthroline) complexes with $poly[d(A-T)_2]$ and $poly[d(G-C)_2]$ were investigated using conventional spectroscopic methods. When bound to $poly[d(A-T)_2]$, a large positive circular dichroism (CD) spectrum was induced in absorption region of the bridging moiety for both the ${\Delta}{\Delta}$- and ${\Lambda}{\Lambda}-[{\mu}-Ru_2(phen)_4(bip)]^{4+}$ complexes, which suggested that the bridging moiety sits in the minor groove of the polynucleotide. As luminescence intensity increased, decay times became longer and complexes were well-protected from the negatively charged iodide quencher compared to that in the absence of $poly[d(A-T)_2]$. These luminescence measurements indicated that Ru(II) enantiomers were in a less polar environment compared to that in water and supported by minor groove binding. An angle of $45^{\circ}$ between the molecular plane of the bridging moiety of the ${\Delta}{\Delta}-[{\mu}-Ru_2(phen)_4(bip)]^{4+}$ complex and the local DNA helix axis calculated from reduced linear dichroism ($LD^r$) spectrum further supported the minor groove binding mode. In the case of ${\Lambda}{\Lambda}-[{\mu}-Ru_2(phen)_4(bip)]^{4+}$ complex, this angle was $55^{\circ}$, suggesting a tilt of DNA stem near the binding site and bridging moiety sit in the minor groove of the $poly[d(A-T)_2]$. In contrast, neither ${\Delta}{\Delta}$-nor ${\Lambda}{\Lambda}-[{\mu}-Ru_2(phen)_4(bip)]^{4+}$ complex produced significant CD or $LD^r$ signal in the absorption region of the bridging moiety. Luminescence measurements revealed that both the ${\Delta}{\Delta}$- and ${\Lambda}{\Lambda}-[{\mu}-Ru_2(phen)_4(bip)]^{4+}$ complexes were partially accessible to the $I^-$ quencher. Furthermore, decay times became shorter when bis-Ru(II) complexes bound to $poly[d(G-C)_2]$. These observations suggest that both the ${\Delta}{\Delta}$- and ${\Lambda}{\Lambda}-[{\mu}-Ru_2(phen)_4(bip)]^{4+}$ complexes bind at the surface of $poly[d(G-C)_2]$, probably electrostatically to phosphate group. The results indicate that ${\Delta}{\Delta}$- and ${\Lambda}{\Lambda}-[{\mu}-Ru_2(phen)_4(bip)]^{4+}$ are able to discriminate between AT and GC base pairs.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.161-170
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• 1998

Protein expression patterns of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) were examined in mouse reproductive organs during estrous cycle. Estrous cycle was classified into diestrus, proestrus, estrus or metestus and MMP expression was analyzed by zymography using gelatin as a substrate. Uterine fluid (UF) obtained both at diestrus and proestrus exhibited 4 major MMPs including 106kDa, 64kDa, 62kDa and 59kDa gelatinases. However, in UF at estrus, the gelatinolytic activity of 64kDa MMP disappeared and that of 106kDa and 62kDa MMPs dramatically decreased. At metestrus, 64kDa MMP activity reappeared and 106kDa and 62kDa MMP exhibited increased activities such that the band intensity of 106kDa was comparable to that in UF at diestrus. Gelatinolytic activity of 59kDa MMP was not changed throughout the cycle. Both ovarian and oviductal tissue homogenate revealed 4 MMPs which corresponded to the 4 MMPs of UF. However, unlike UF MMPs, gelatinolytic activity of these MMPs did not show distinct changes throughout the cycle. Either an inhibitor of MMP, 1,10-phenanthroline, or a metal chelator, EDTA, abolished the appearance of the above MMP activities in gelatinated gel whereas a serine proteinase inhibitor, phcnylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, failed to inhibit the appearance of MMP activities, proving that gelatinolytic activity of the above reproductive tissues were due to the enzymatic activity of MMP. When gclatinolytic activity of mouse serum was examined, it revealed 5 MMPs (131kDa, 106kDa, 89kDa, 64kDa and 62kDa bands) and one gelatinase (84kDa) band. From these results, it is concluded that the protein expression of MMPs of mouse reproductive organs, particularly uterus, is temporally regulated during estrous cycle and uterine 106kDa, 64kDa and 62kDa MMPs are suggested to play an important role in cyclic tissue remodeling of mouse uterus.