• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1995.05b
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• pp.853-858
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• 1995

$^{152}$EU, $^{241}$Am 및 $^{241}$Np를 선정하여 추출제 di-(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid (DEHPA)로 이들 세가지 핵종의 상호 분리공정에 대해 연구하였다. 추출공정에서 질산농도는 0.IM이고 추출 제DEHPA/n-dodecane 농도가 IM 일때, $^{152}$Eu 및 $^{241}$Am, $^{241}$Np 핵종 모두 99.9% 이상 추출되었다. $^{241}$Am 핵종의 역추출을 위한 제 1 역추출공정에서 역추출제인 0.05M di-ethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA)와 1.5M 젖산 (lactic acid) 혼합용액의 pH가 3.6 일때 $^{152}$Eu과 $^{241}$Am의 상호분리비와 역추출율이 가장 좋았다. $^{152}$Eu의 역추출을 위한 제 2 역추출단계에서 역추출제인 질산용액의 최적농도는 6M이며, 이때 $^{152}$Eu은 99%가 역추출되었다.$^{241}$Np 핵종의 역추출을 위한 제 3 역추출공정에서 역추출제는 0.5M 옥살산이며, 이때 $^{241}$Np은 92%가 역추출되었다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.319-328
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• 2024

Lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1 (LPA₁) plays a critical role in brain injury following a transient brain ischemic stroke. However, its role in permanent brain ischemic stroke remains unknown. To address this, we investigated whether LPA₁ could contribute to brain injury of mice challenged by permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO). A selective LPA₁ antagonist (AM152) was used as a pharmacological tool for this investigation. When AM152 was given to pMCAO-challenged mice one hour after occlusion, pMCAO-induced brain damage such as brain infarction, functional neurological deficits, apoptosis, and blood-brain barrier disruption was significantly attenuated. Histological analyses demonstrated that AM152 administration attenuated microglial activation and proliferation in injured brain after pMCAO challenge. AM152 administration also attenuated abnormal neuroinflammatory responses by decreasing expression levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines while increasing expression levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines in the injured brain. As underlying effector pathways, NF-κB, MAPKs (ERK1/2, p38, and JNKs), and PI3K/Akt were found to be involved in LPA₁-dependent pathogenesis. Collectively, these results demonstrate that LPA₁ can contribute to brain injury by permanent ischemic stroke, along with relevant pathogenic events in an injured brain.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.153-161
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• 1996

Several main nuclides($^{241}Am$, $^{152}Eu$ and $^{237}Np$) in radioactive waste solution were selected and examined to mutual separation with di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid by solvent extraction technique. $^{237}Np$ was extracted more than 99.9% adding the $H_2O_2$ that was a good reductant for the oxidation state control of $^{237}Np$. $^{241}Am$, $^{152}Eu$ and $^{237}Np$ could be fairly well separated one another during the different sequence stripping stages, but about 7~9.6% of the other nuclides were still remained for the $^{241}Am$ stripping solution. This result shows that the product of $^{152}Eu$ and $^{237}Np$ was good, but $^{241}Am$ may be needed to further purification process. It was also discussed on the cause of the third phase formation phenomenon that was found in the solvent regeneration.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.278-278
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• 1998

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.361-374
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• 2007

Rare earth elements(REEs) have been used as an useful tool in understanding the various geological processes such as evolution and differentiation in the crust. The REEs also have been used as an analog of actinides for radioactive wastes at the water-rock interactions. Using physicochemical properties of the REEs and actinides, we have shown that Eu is an optimum analogue for understanding the behavior of Am in subsurface environments. Factors affecting sorption behavior of radioactive nuclides in groundwater were investigated by batch experiments. Four nuclides such as $^{241}Am,\;^{152}Eu,\;^{160}Tb\;and\;^{60}Co$ were selected to test our hypothesis, and $^{160}Tb$ and $^{60}Co$ were specifically used to compare to the sorption behavior between $^{241}Am-^{152}Eu$ and other radioactive nuclides. Four different rock samples and one groundwater were used in the batch experiments where solution pH for all experiments was fixed at 5.5. Our results demonstrate that $^{241}Am,\;^{152}Eu,\;and\;^{160}Tb$ show similar sorption behavior whereas $^{60}Co$ is different in sorption behavior at the mineral-water interface, suggesting that the sorption behavior of $^{60}Co$ is affected by different rock types. Our results also show that 1) Eu in REEs is optimum analogue of fate and transport of Am in subsurface environments, and 2) mineral compositions such as $SiO_2,\;TiO_2,\;P_2O_5$ and distribution of REEs such as Eu anomaly play key roles in affecting sorption behavior of radioactive nuclides even though physicochemical properties of geological materials such as specific surface area and cation exchange capacity can not be ruled out.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.498-505
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• 1999

Trivalent actinide-lanthanide group separation is difficult to perform on an industrial scale, because of the many drawbacks of the available chemical process. In this paper, picolinamide(C$_{8}$H$_{17}$) is synthesized and characterized, and extraction yields of Am-241, Eu-152 and Nd are determined in batch extraction experiments. In particular, the influence of the solvent is described. The extraction yields of Am-241, Eu-152 and Nd depended on the LiNO$_3$ concentration, the picolinamide(C$_{8}$H$_{17}$) concentration and the acidity. A favorable picolinamide(C$_{8}$H$_{17}$) concentration was found to be about 2M. The appropriate nitric acid concentration and LiNO$_3$ concentration were confirmed to be about 0.125M and 3M, respectively. The separation factor of Am and Eu was about 9.9 at optimum conditions. The picolinamide(C$_{8}$H$_{17}$) is a very promising extractant for the actinide(III)-lanthanides(III) separation.aration.aration.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.05b
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• pp.301-306
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• 1997

추출제 di-(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid건의 Zr 염으로 $^{241}$Am 및 $^{152}$Eu의 상호분리를 위한 용매추출공정에 대한 화학적 특성을 규명하였다. 추출공정에서 질산농도 0.5M, Zr 농도 8.7g/L, 추출제 HDEHP/n-dodecane 농도가 1M 일때 Am 및 Eu은 각각 92.3%와 99.1%가 추출되었으며, Zr 농도에 비례하여 Am, Eu의 추출율이 증가하는 상승효과를 나타내었다. pH가 3인 0.05M DTPA와 1M lactic acid 혼합 역추출용액으로 Am을 선택적으로 역추출한 결과 Am의 역추출율은 38.1% 이며, 이때 Am과 Eu의 상호분리비는 14.2 였다. 그리고 유기상에 남아 있는 Eu은 6M 질산용액으로 역추출한 결과 94.4%의 Eu가 역추출되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2004.09a
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• pp.406-409
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• 2004

최근 Lee et al.$^{l-2)}$ 은 화강암질 편마암내 균열면의 방해석이 Eu의 변화에 큰 영향을 주며, 아울러 Eu 은 Am의 유사체로서 매우 적합한 원소라고 제안하였다. 이 논문에서는 1)희토류원소와 액티나이드 원소의 이온반경, 배위수 등의 상호비교와 2) 응집력(cohesive energy)의 유사성과 물리적/화학적 특성 그리고 3) 희토류원소 지구화학의 최근 연구결과를 토대로 하여, 고준위 방사성 핵종원소인 Am의 지질매체내 거동을 예측하기 위한 유사체(analog)로서 Eu이 매우 유용한 역할을 해준다는 가설2)을 검증한 결과를 보고하고자 한다. 연구방법으로서, 핵종원소의 지질매체별 흡착특성을 밝혀내기 위해 금번 실험에서는 희토류원소 암상별 분포의 특성을 고려하여 4종류(화강암질 편마암류 2종, meta-basalts, 응회암)의 시료를 선별하였다. 방사화학적 흡탈착 실험의 핵종동위원소로서는 152Eu와 241Am을 선택하였다. 이는 본 연구팀의 연구결과, Eu과 Am의 밀접한 물리적/화학적 상관관계 그리고 지질환경내에서의 거동특성을 고려한 것이다. 실험결과 양 동위원소의 지질매체와의 흡착 반응 특성을 비교해 볼 때, 시간의 경과에 따라 서로간에 매우 유사한 양상의 증감을 보여주면서 변화함을 알 수가 있었다. 이 결과는 희토류원소가 액티나이드 원소의 지질환경내 거동예측을 위한 유사체로서 매우 훌륭한 도구라는 것을 입증해 주는 것이라 할 수 있다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.152-156
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• 2004

We have studied the effective optical absorption power of Si solar cell with $SiO_2$-antireflection layer based on a mathematical modelling of AM(air mass)1 spectrum and Si refractive index in the wavelength range(0.4 $\mu\textrm{m}\leq$λ$\leq$$0.97\mu\textrm{m}$). The effective optical absorption power obtained from the theoretical calculation was 450 and 520 W/$\m^2$ for the Si solar cells with $SiO_2$-antireflection layer of 500$\AA$ and 1000$\AA$, respectively. The optimum thickness of $SiO_2$-antireflection layer showing the minimum reflection loss was about 1000$\AA$ in the computer simulation. Two kinds of Si solar cells named EBS(500$\AA$) and EBS(l000$\AA$) were fabricated to evaluate the effect of $SiO_2$-antireflection layer thickness on the optical absorption. The epitaxial base Si cell with $SiO_2$-antireflection layer of 1000$\AA$ [EBS(l000$\AA$)] showed the output power improvement of about 15% upon the EBS(500$\AA$) cell due to larger absorption of effective optical power under illumination of AM1, 1 sun.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.152-152
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• 2009

유기태양전지 Solvent인 1-2-Dichlorobenzene(DCB)에 1-Bromonaphtalene(BN)을 첨가하여 Air분위기에서 ZnO film을 이용한 유/무기 복합 태양전지를 만들었다. 셀의 구조는 ITO/ZnO nanofilm/Poly(3-hexylthiophene(P3HT):[6,6]-Phenyl C60-Butyric acid methyl ester(PCBM)/PEDOT:PSS/Ag로 제작했다. 두께 70nm ZnO film은 전기화학적 방법으로 ITO위에 전착하였다. AM1.5조건에서 Solar simulator로 측정한 결과 BN을 첨가한 셀에서 Jsc값이 증가되었다. Jsc값의 증가는 BN이 결정화를 향상시켜 효율이 증가됨을 확인하였다.