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Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanoflowers as Potent Materials for Biosensing and Biocatalytic Applications

  • Tran, Tai Duc;Kim, Moon Il
    • BioChip Journal
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.268-279
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    • 2018
  • Flower-shaped organic-inorganic hybrid nanostructures, termed nanoflowers, have received considerable recent attention as they possess greatly enhanced activity, stability, durability, and even selectivity of entrapped organic biomolecules, which are much better than those from the conventional methods. They can be synthesized simply via co-incubation of organic and inorganic components in aqueous buffer at room temperature and yield hierarchical nanostructures with large surface-to-volume ratios, allowing for low-cost production by easy scale-up, as well as the high loading capacity of biomolecules without severe mass transfer limitations. Since a pioneering study reported on hybrid nanoflowers prepared with protein and copper sulfate, many other organic and inorganic components, which endow nanoflowers with diverse functionalities, have been employed. Thanks to these features, they have been applied in a diverse range of areas, including biosensors and biocatalysis. To highlight the progress of research on organic-inorganic hybrid nanoflowers, this review discusses their synthetic methods and mechanisms, structural and biological characteristics, as well as recent representative applications. Current challenges and future directions toward the design and development of multi-functional nanoflowers for their widespread utilization in biotechnology are also discussed.

Retina-Motivated CMOS Vision Chip Based on Column Parallel Architecture and Switch-Selective Resistive Network

  • Kong, Jae-Sung;Hyun, Hyo-Young;Seo, Sang-Ho;Shin, Jang-Kyoo
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.783-789
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    • 2008
  • A bio-inspired vision chip for edge detection was fabricated using 0.35 ${\mu}m$ double-poly four-metal complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology. It mimics the edge detection mechanism of a biological retina. This type of vision chip offer several advantages including compact size, high speed, and dense system integration. Low resolution and relatively high power consumption are common limitations of these chips because of their complex circuit structure. We have tried to overcome these problems by rearranging and simplifying their circuits. A vision chip of $160{\times}120$ pixels has been fabricated in $5{\times}5\;mm^2$ silicon die. It shows less than 10 mW of power consumption.

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A Proposal of Field-Programmable RE Gate Array Devices

  • Yokoyama, Michio;Shouno, Kazuhiro;Takahashi, Kazukiyo
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2002.07b
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    • pp.767-769
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    • 2002
  • A novel RE configurable device composed by bare-chip, bumps and board are proposed. We call this "Field-Programmable RF Gate Array (FPRA)," This device, a kind of programmable system packages, has a potential to be applied to wireless communication terminals such as software-defined radio.

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A Bio-fluidic Device for Adaptive Sample Pretreatment and Its Application to Measurements of Escherichia coli Concentrations

  • Choi Won-Jae;Park Je-Kyun
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.54-60
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, we describe a bio-fluidic device for adaptive sample pretreatment, in order to optimize the conditions under which absorbance assays can be conducted. This device can be successfully applied to the measurement of Escherichia coli (E. coli) concentrations using adaptive dilution, with which the dilution ratio can be adjusted during the dilution. Although many attempts have been previously made to miniaturize complex biochemical analyses at the chip scale, very few sample pretreatment processes have actually been miniaturized or automated at this point. Due to the lack of currently available on-chip pretreatments, analytical instruments tend to suffer from a limited range of analysis. This occasionally hinders the direct and quantitative analysis of specific analyses obtained from real samples. In order to overcome these issues, we exploit two novel strategies: dilution with a programmable ratio, and to-and-fro mixing. The bio-fluidic device consists of a rectangular chamber constructed of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). This chamber has four openings, an inlet, an outlet, an air control, and an air vent. Each of the dilution cycles is comprised of four steps: detection, liquid drain, buffer injection, and to-and-fro mixing. When using adaptive sample pretreatment, the range in which E. coli concentrations can be measured is broadened, to an optical density (O.D.) range of $0.3{\sim}30$. This device may prove useful in the on-line monitoring of cell concentrations, in both fermenter and aqueous environments.

A Reconfigurable 4th Order ΣΔ Modulator with a KT/C Noise Reduction Circuit

  • Yang, Su-Hun;Seong, Jae-Hyeon;Yoon, Kwang-Sub
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.294-301
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    • 2017
  • This paper presents a low power ${\Sigma}{\Delta}$ modulator for an implantable chip to acquire a bio-signal such as EEG, DBS, and EMG. In order to reduce a power consumption of the proposed fourth order modulator, two op-amps utilized for the first two integrators are reconfigured to drive the second two integrators. The KT/C noise reduction circuit in the first two integrators is employed to enhance SNR of the modulator. The proposed circuit was fabricated in a 0.18 um CMOS n-well 1 poly 6 metal process with the active chip core area of $900um{\times}800um$ and the power consumption of 830 uW. Measurement results were demonstrated to be SNDR of 76 dB, DR of 77 dB, ENOB of 12.3 bit at the input frequency of 250 Hz and the clock frequency of 256 kHz. FOM1 and FOM2 were measured to be 41 pJ/step and 142.4 dB, respectively.

Development of micro-mold for New Injecton Molder to fabricate Micro-Nano system (Micro-Nano 시스템 제조를 위한 소형 차세대 사출기 개발과 이를 위한 Micro meld의 개발)

  • 황교일;류경주;김훈모
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.910-913
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    • 2002
  • Recently, the sensor and actuator are developed with EAP(Electro Active Polymer). Common used of they is close at hand, the bio chip and Lab on a chip are researched. For developed bio and micro system, a researcher applies semiconductor fabrication or make it by his hand. But, this method takes long time and a tolerance is large So they are problem of common used. So In this paper we propose the new inject ion molder and micro mold. The micro mold is different from exist ing mold. In this paper, the fabration of micro mold is introduced to inject.

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Detection of Bacillus Cereus Using Bioluminescence Assay with Cell Wall-binding Domain Conjugated Magnetic Nanoparticles

  • Park, Chanyong;Kong, Minsuk;Lee, Ju-Hoon;Ryu, Sangryeol;Park, Sungsu
    • BioChip Journal
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.287-293
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    • 2018
  • Bacillus cereus can cause blood infections (i.e., sepsis). Its early detection is very important for treating patients. However, an antibody with high binding affinity to B. cereus is not currently available. Bacteriophage cell wall-binding domain (CBD) has strong and specific binding affinity to B. cereus. Here, we report the improvement in the sensitivity of an ATP bioluminescence assay for B. cereus detection using CBD-conjugated magnetic nanoparticles (CBD-MNPs). The assay was able to detect as few as 10 colony forming units (CFU) per mL and $10^3CFU\;per\;mL$ in buffer and blood. CBD-MNPs did not show any cross-reactivity with other microorganisms. These results demonstrate the feasibility of the ATP assay for the detection of B. cereus.

Fabrication of lab-on-a-chip on quartz glass using powder blasting (파우더 블라스팅을 이용한 Quartz Glass의 Lab-on-a-chip 성형)

  • Jang, Ho-su;Park, Dong-sam
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.14-19
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    • 2009
  • Micro fluid channels are machined on quartz glass using powder blasting, and the machining characteristics of the channels are experimentally evaluated. The powder blasting process parameters such as injection pressure, abrasive particle size and density, stand-off distance, number of nozzle scanning, and shape/size of the required patterns affect machining results. In this study, the influence of the number of nozzle scanning, abrasive particle size, and blasting pressure on the formation of micro channels is investigated. Machined shapes and surface roughness are measured, and the results are discussed. Through the experiments and analysis, LOC are ettectinely machined on quartz glass using powder blasting.

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