• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.113-124
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• 2009

The line shape functions for the Doppler-broadened gamma ray spectrum are considered in the $^{10}B(n,{\alpha}{\gamma})^7Li$ reaction occurring in a surrounding medium where the excited $^7Li$ nucleus is slowed down and stopped before decay. The phenomenological form of the stopping power was used for the broadening effect. Convolution with the detailed response of a germanium detector is taken into consideration for the simplest case of solely electronic stopping. A numerical study for the analysis of $^{10}B$ by thermal neutron capture is conducted by performing a parametric search and fitting the measured spectrum in a least-squares approach. In comparison with the previous numerical approach using the same analysis, the computational speed is increased and reliable information concerning the stopping power of the medium is obtained while estimating the uncertainty. Implementation of the routine analysis of $^{10}B$ is facilitated on a recent version of the gamma ray spectrum analysis package HyperGam.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.322-327
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• 2008

Antifungal activities of natural substrances from Eucalyptus darlympleana, E. globules, E. gunnii and E. unigera were evaluated against postharvest pathogens of kiwifruits, Botrytis cinerea, Botryosphaeria dothidea, and Diaporthe actinidiae, to screen effective natural substances as an alternative to chemical fungicides. Methanol extract of the Eucalyptus trees showed strong antagonistic activity against the pathogenic fungi. Among them, E. unigera and E. darlympleana effectively inhibited mycelial growth of the pathogens. For chemical identification of the antifungal substances, the methanol extract of E. darlympleana leaves was successively partitioned with $CH_2Cl_2$, EtOAc, n-BuOH and $H_2O$. Among the fractions, $CH_2Cl_2$ and n-BuOH showed strong inhibitory activity of mycelial growth of the fungi. Five compounds were isolated from EtOAc and n-BuOH fractions subjected to $SiO_2$ column chromatography. Two phenolic compounds(gallic acid and 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid) and three flavonoid compounds(quercetin, quercetin-3-O-$\alpha$-L-rhamnoside, quercetin-3-O-$\beta$-glucoside) were identified by $^1H$-NMR and $^{13}C$-NMR spectroscopy. Among them, only gallic acid was found to be effective in mycelial growth and spore germination of B. cinerea at relatively high concentrations. The results suggest that gallic acid can be a safer and more acceptable alternative to current synthetic fungicides controlling soft rot decay of kiwifruit during postharvest storage.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.19-31
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• 2013

To figure out the decay characteristics of naturally occurring radionuclides, eight sampled groundwaters from a monitoring borehole having high levels of uranium and radon concentrations in a two mica granitic area have analyzed by liquid scintillation counters (LSC) for over 1 year. In December 2011, three groundwater samples (DJ1, DJ2, DJ3) were obtained from each aquifer system located at -20 m, -40 m, -60 m of the monitoring borehole below the ground surface, respectively. Five samples (DJ4, DJ5, DJ6, DJ7, DJ8) were additionally gained from each aquifer positioned -20 m, -40 m, -60 m, -100 m, -105 m of the borehole in February 2012, respectively. Temporal variation characteristics of uranium and radon concentrations have showed over maximum 2.1 times and 1.4 times fluctuations of the values in the same sampling intervals over time, respectively. The intervals of -40 m and -105 m in the borehole have the highest values of uranium and radon concentrations, respectively. This may imply that the concentrations of naturally occurring radionuclides such as uranium and radon in groundwater have been changed over time and indicate that the qualities of groundwaters from the aquifers developed at each interval in the borehole are different each other. This discrepancy, moreover, could be caused by behaviour differences between uranium which is in ionic status having a half life of 4.6 billion years and is transported along with the flowing groundwater, and radon which is in gaseous status having a 3.82 day's half life in the aquifer systems. Physicochemical characteristics of groundwaters from the aquifer systems could be identified by the results of the on-situ measuring items such as pH and Eh, and the major ionic contents. The CPM values of eight groundwater samples analysed by LSC over one year have shown not to follow the theoretical decay curve of the radon. The CPM values of the samples have ranged from 2 to 7.5 after it had passed two months when the theoretical CPM values of the radon started zero since the initial analysis. Alpha and beta particle spectrums have shown the peaks of radium-226, however they have not revealed any peaks of radon and it's daughter products such as polonium-218 and 214, bismuth-214 for the late stage of the analysis. This implies that the groundwater from the borehole may contain radium-226 having a half life of 1,600 years which decays continuously.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.336-345
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 조합화학을 이용하여 $CaO-Gd_2O_3-Al_2O_3$계에서 $Eu^{3+}$와 $Tb^{3+}$활성 적색 및 녹색 PDP용 형광체를 탐색하였으며 탐색된 형광체의 합성온도, 최적조성,발광 특성 등을 조사하였다. $CaO-Gd_2O_3-Al_2O_3$의 삼성분계의 형광특성 라이브러리를 작성하기 위하여 210개의 다른 조성을 가진 시료를 고분자 착체 중합법으로 합성하였다. 합성된 형광체 분말을 VUV PL로 측정하여 형광 특성 라이브러리를 작성하였고 발광특성이 잘 나타난 시료를 XPD를 이용하여 결정 구조를 확인하였다. 적색 형광체로서 탐색된 $Ca_{\alpha}$G$d_{0.95-\alpha-\beta}$$Al_\beta$$O_\delta$ : Eu(0.02< $\alpha+\beta$ <0.04)형광체는 색순도 면에서 상용형광체보다 개선된 특성을 보였으며 녹색 형광체로서 탐색된 $CaGdAl_3O_7$ : Tb, Ca$Al_{12}$$O_{19}$ : Tb, $Gd_4Al_2$$O_9$ : Tb, $Gd_3Al_5$$O_{12}$ : Tb 형광체 중에서 $CaGdAl_3O_7$ : Tb, Ca$Al_{12}$$O_{19}$ : Tb형광체는 상용 형광체에 비해 잔광시간이 짧은 특성을 보였다

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.506-514
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• 2007

비열 살균 기술인 high voltage PEF를 이용하여 당근 주스를 처리하였을 때 당근주스의 살균력과 저장 중 품질 변화를 관찰하였다. 전기장의 세기를 50, 60, 70kV/cm에서 처리 시간을 달리하여 당근주스를 처리한 결과 전기장의 세기가 증가함에 따라 일반 세균과 효모 및 곰팡이 모두 감소하였다. 효모 및 곰팡이는 65 kV/cm, $200{\mu}s$ 처리시 모든 균이 사멸되었고 일반세균은 멸균에까지 이르지는 못하였으나 70 kV/cm $200{\mu}s$ 처리 후 4 log cycle 정도 감소되었다. 고전압 펄스 전기장 처리에 사용되는 펄스 파형인 square wave pulse와 exponential decay pulse가 살균효과에 미치는 차이를 비교하기 위하여 각각 4.25와 6.25의 pH에서 PEF 처리를 하여 실험하였다. 그 결과 square wave pulse를 이용한 PEF의 살균효과가 exponential decay pulse를 이용하였을 때보다 우수하였으며 처리 시간이 길어질수록, 당근주스의 pH가 낮을수록 두 파형 사이의 살균효과는 더 큰 차이를 나타내었다. 온도 및 pH의 병합처리가 PEF의 살균효과에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 온도 및 pH를 달리하여 55kV/cm, $132{\mu}s$의 조건에서 PEF 처리한 결과 병합 처리시 살균효과가 눈에 띄게 증가하는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. PEF 처리한 당근주스의 저장 시 품질변화를 관찰한 결과 pH 와 열처리를 PEF와 병합하여 처리한 후 $4^{\circ}C$ 저장한 당근 주스에서만 pH, $^{\circ}Brix$, 산도, 색도 그리고 ${\alpha}-,\;{\beta}-carotenes$함량에 눈에 띄는 차이를 나타나지 않았으며, 28일 동안 균의 생육을 관찰할 수 없었다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2000

본 연구는 무금속프탈로시아닌 색소계를 이용한 전자사진 감광체의 개발에 관한 것이다. 전하발생물질로서는 각종 형태의 무금속프탈로시아닌을 사용했고, 결합제로서는 각종 폴리머를 사용했으며, 전하이동물질로서는 히드라존유도체나 아연착화합물을 사용했다. 전하발생물질로서 사용한 ${\alpha}-$, ${\beta}-$, x형의 프탈로시아닌중에서는 x형의 무금속프탈로시아닌($x-H_2Pc$)의 경우가 가장 좋은 감도를 보였다. 전하발생물질로서는 $x-H_2Pc$를, 전하수송물질로서는 히드라존유도체를 사용했을 때, 다른 감광체들과 비교하여 73.1%의 높은 $1.50lux{\cdot}sec$의 좋은 감도를 보였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.459-482
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• 2006

A geochemical approach to the long-term safety of waste disposal is discussed in connection with the significance of actinides, which shall deliver the major radioactivity inventory subsequent to the relatively short-term decay of fission products. Every power reactor generates transuranic (TRU) elements: plutonium and minor actinides (Np, Am, Cm), which consist chiefly of long-lived nuclides emitting alpha radiation. The amount of TRU actinides generated in a fuel life period is found to be relatively small (about 1 wt% or less in spent fuel) but their radioactivity persists many hundred thousands years. Geological confinement of waste containing TRU actinides demands, as a result, fundamental knowledge on the geochemical behavior of actinides in the repository environment for a long period of time. Appraisal of the scientific progress in this subject area is the main objective of the present paper. Following the introductory discussion on natural radioactivities, the nuclear fuel cycle is briefly brought up with reference to actinide generation and waste disposal. As the long-term disposal safety concerns inevitably with actinides, the significance of the aquatic actinide chemistry is summarized in two parts: the fundamental properties relevant to their aquatic behavior and the geochemical reactions in nanoscopic scale. The constrained space of writing allows discussion on some examples only, for which topics of the primary concern are selected, e.g. apparent solubility and colloid generation, colloid-facilitated migration, notable speciation of such processes, etc. Discussion is summed up to end with how to make a geochemical approach available for the long-term disposal safety of nuclear waste or for the performance assessment (PA) as known generally.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.612-617
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• 2007

Both photoluminescence and thermal characteristics for $SrAl_2O_4:Eu^{+2},\;Dy^{+3}$ phosphors synthesized with various aluminum compounds (${\alpha}-Al_2O_3$, ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$, amorphous-$Al_2O_3$ and $Al(OH)_3)$ were investigated in this study. The formation temperature of the host $SrAl_2O_4$ crystal is changed by these various aluminum compounds, as a result of the different thermal decomposition temperature of $SrCO_3$ phase. Among these compounds, the amorphous-$Al_2O_3$ phase shows the lowest formation temperature of the host $SrAl_2O_4$ crystal. The PL emission and excitation spectra of $SrAl_2O_4:Eu^{+2},\;Dy^{+3}$ phosphor are not affected by these aluminum compounds. After the removal of the Xenon lamp excitation (360 nm), however, the excellent longphosphorescent property of the phosphor is obtained by the amorphous-$Al_2O_3$ phase, although the decay time for all phosphors decrease exponentially.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.8-13
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• 2016

Superconducting properties of thin film MgB2 superconductors irradiated with 45 MeV ${\alpha}$-particle beam were studied. After the irradiation, enhancement of the critical current density and pinning force was observed, scaling close to strong pinning formula. Double logarithmic plots of the maximum pinning force density with irreversible magnetic field show a power law behavior close to carbon-doped MgB2 film or polycrystals. Variation of normalized pinning force density in the reduced magnetic field suggests scaling formulas for strong pinning mechanism like planar defects. We also observed a rapid decay of critical current density as the vortex lattice constant decreases, due to the strong interaction between vortices and increasing magnetic field.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.233-240
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• 1991

수동적 감마선분석에 의해 U-235의 농축도를 비파괴적으로 측정하였다. 측정차상이 되는 선원은 U-235의 알파붕괴시 방출되는 185.7 keV 감마선이다. 농축도 측정에 영향을 미치는 인자, 즉 시료구성, 시료용기의 두께변화에 따른 감쇠효과, 감마선의 집속 및 검출효율 등을 평가하였다. 최적계측시스템하에서 측정된 상대오차는 95%신뢰구간에서 Tag값과 비교했을 때 감손 UF$_{6}$ 실린더에 대해서는 ~8%, 감손 및 천연 $UO_2$분말에 대해서는 ~8%, ~1%로 각각 나타났다.