• Title/Summary/Keyword: Bio-glass

Search Result 189, Processing Time 0.044 seconds

Development of DNA Chip Microarrayer

  • Yoon, Sung-Ho;Choi, Jong-Gil;Lee, Sang-Yup
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
    • /
    • v.10 no.1
    • /
    • pp.21-26
    • /
    • 2000
  • A microarrayer system was developed mainly for manufacturing DNA chips. The 3-axis robot was designed to automatically collect samples from 96-or 384-well microtiter plates using up to 16 simultaneously moving pens and to deposit them on a surface-modified slide glass. This is followed by a wash/dry operation in a clean station. The cycle is repeated with a new set of samples, This system can deposit cDNA or oligonucleotides with spot intervals of $150{\;}\mu\textrm{m}$ and the spot size of $80\mu\textrm{m}$, thus allowing a high density DNA chip containing about 5,000 spots per $\textrm{cm}^2$. The entire procedure is controlled by the Visual C++ program that was written in our laboratory by using a personal computer with Pentium 100 CPU.

  • PDF

Application of Bio-MEMS Technology on Medicine and Biology (Bio-MEMS : MEMS 기술의 의료 및 생물학 응용)

  • Jang, Jun-Geun;Jung, Seok;Han, Dong-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
    • /
    • v.17 no.7
    • /
    • pp.45-51
    • /
    • 2000
  • 지난 세기부터 MEMS 제작 기술을 이용하여 만들어진 시스템들을 의학이나 생물학적인 용도로 응용하기 위한 많은 연구가 활발히 이루어져 왔다. 기술적인 측면에서 이러한 연구들은 MEMS 분야의 초창기에 강조되어 온 표면 및 몸체 미세 가공 기술(surface & bulk micromachining)과 같은 미세 구조물 제작 기술의 발전에 힘입은 바 크다. 그러나 MEMS 기술이 점차 발전되어 오면서, 가공 기술이 고도화되고 미세 시스템의 구조가 점차 복잡해짐에 따라, 많은 연구들이 단순한 가공기술을 넘어 미세 시스템을 조립하고 집적화할 수 있는 기술, 접합 (bonding) 기술, 패키징 (packaging) 기술, 3차원 형상의 제작 기술, 실리콘(silicon)이나 유리(glass)가 아닌 다른 재료를 이용한 미세 가공 기술 등의 개발을 중심으로 이루어지고 있다.(중략)

  • PDF

Experimental and microstructural evaluation on mechanical properties of sisal fibre reinforced bio-composites

  • Kumar, B. Ravi;Hariharan, S.S.
    • Steel and Composite Structures
    • /
    • v.33 no.2
    • /
    • pp.299-306
    • /
    • 2019
  • The natural fibre composites are termed as bio-composites. They have shown a promising replacement to the current carbon/glass fibre reinforced composites as environmental friendly materials in specific applications. Natural fibre reinforced composites are potential materials for various engineering applications in automobile, railways, building and Aerospace industry. The natural fibre selected to fabricate the composite material is plant-based fibre e.g., sisal fibre. Sisal fibre is a suitable reinforcement for use in composites on account of its low density, high specific strength, and high hardness. Epoxy is a thermosetting polymer which is used as a resin in natural fibre reinforced composites. Hand lay-up technique was used to fabricate the composites by reinforcing sisal fibres into the epoxy matrix. Composites were prepared with the unidirectional alignment of sisal fibres. Test specimens with different fibre orientations were prepared. The fabricated composites were tested for mechanical properties. Impact test, tensile test, flexural test, hardness test, compression test, and thermal test of composites had been conducted to assess its suitability in industrial applications. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) test revealed the microstructural information of the fractured surface of composites.

Micro Mold Fabrication and the Micro Patterning by RTP Process (Micro Mold 제작 및 RTP 공정에 의한 미세 패턴의 성형)

  • Kim H. K.;Ko Y. B.;Kang J. J.;Rhim S. H.;Oh S. I.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
    • /
    • 2004.10a
    • /
    • pp.294-297
    • /
    • 2004
  • RTP(Rapid Thermal Pressing) is to fabricate desired pattern on polymer substrate by pressing patterned mold against the substrate heated around glass transition temperature. For a successful RTP process, the whole process including heating, molding, cooling and demolding should be conducted 'rapidly' as possible. As the RTP process is effective in replicating patterns on flat large surface without causing shape distortion after cooling, it is being widely used for fabricating various micro/bio application components, especially with channel-type microstructures on surface. This investigation finally aims to develop a RTP process machine for mass-producing micro/bio application components. As a first step for that purpose, we intended to examine the technological difficulties for realizing mass production by RTP process. Therefore, in the current paper, 4 kinds of RTP machines were examined and then the RTP process was conducted experimentally for PMMA film by using one of the machines, HEX 03. The micro-patterned molds used for RTP experiment was fabricated from silicon wafer by semi-conduct process. The replicated micro patterns on PMMA films were examined using SEM and the causes of defect observed in the replicated patterns were discussed.

  • PDF

Novel Fabrication of Designed Silica Structures Inspired by Silicatein-a

  • Park, Ji-Hun;Kwon, Sun-Bum;Lee, Hee-Seung;Choi, In-Sung S.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
    • /
    • 2012.02a
    • /
    • pp.557-557
    • /
    • 2012
  • Silicatein-${\alpha}$, the enzyme extracted from silica spicules in glass sponges, has been studied extensively in the way of chemistry from 1999, in which the pioneering work by Morse, D. E. - the discovery of the enzymatic hydrolysis in Silicatein-${\alpha}$ - was published. Since its reaction conditions are physiologically favored, synthesis of various materials, such as gallium oxide, zirconium oxide, and silicon oxide, was achieved without any hazardous wastes. Although some groups synthesized oxide films and particles, they have not achieved yet controlled morphogenesis in the reaction conditions mentioned above. With the knowledge of catalytic triad involved in hydrolysis of silicone alkoxide and oligomerization of silicic acid, we designed the novel peptide amphiphiles to not only form self-assembled structure, but also display similar activities to silicatein-${\alpha}$. Designed templates were able to self-assemble into left-handed helices for the peptide amphiphiles with L-form amino acid, catalyzing polycondensation of silicic acids onto the surface of them. It led to the formation of silica helices with 30-50 nm diameters. These results were characterized by various techniques, including SEM, TEM, and STEM. Given the situation that nano-bio-technology, the bio-applicable technology in nanometer scale, has been attracting considerable attention; this result could be applied to the latest applications in biotechnology, such as biosensors, lab-on-a-chip, biocompatible nanodevices.

  • PDF

Microstructure and Thermal Characteristics of Bio-based Terpolymer Made from Terephthalic Acid with Ethylene Glycol, 1,4-Cyclohexane Dimethanol, and Isosorbide (Ethylene Glycol, 1,4-Cyclohexane Dimethanol, Isosorbide와 Terephthalic Acid로 제조되는 바이오기반 삼원공중합체의 미세구조 및 열적 특성)

  • Lee, Sangmook;Kim, Sungki;Hong, In-Kwon
    • Polymer(Korea)
    • /
    • v.39 no.2
    • /
    • pp.287-292
    • /
    • 2015
  • Characterization of a series of bio-based terpolymers containing various amounts of ethylene glycol, 1,4-cyclohexylene dimethanol, and isosorbide units were studied by $^1H$ NMR and $^{13}C$ NMR. The NMR results revealed that they had all random microstructures and that their sequence distribution was affected by the content of isosorbide. From DSC data for the terpolymer series investigated, it was observed that the glass transition temperature increased mainly as the content of isosorbide increased. The glass transition temperatures of terpolymers were estimated from the composition by extended Fox equation.

Development of Structural Model and Analysis of Design Factors for Small Greenhouse of Urban Agriculture (도시농업을 위한 소형온실 설계요인 분석 및 구조모델 개발)

  • Kim, Hyung-Kweon;Ryou, Young-Sun;Kim, Young-Hwa;Lee, Tae-Seok;Oh, Sung-Sik;Lee, Won-Suk;Kim, Yong-Hyeon
    • Journal of Bio-Environment Control
    • /
    • v.28 no.4
    • /
    • pp.388-395
    • /
    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to suggest structural model and analyze design factors for the development of small greenhouse standardization model. The average dimensions of small greenhouse desired by urban farmers were 3.3m in width, 1.9m in eaves height, 2.7m in ridge height, 5.7m in length. The cladding materials for small greenhouse were preferred to glass, PC board and plastic film, framework to aluminum alloy and steel, and heating method in electrical energy. In addition, it was analyzed that small greenhouses need to develop structural model by dividing them into entry-level type and high-level type. The roof type that was used for entry-level type was arch shape, framework was steel pipe, cladding material was plastic film. On the other hand, high-level type was used in even span or dutch light type, framework with square hollow steel, cladding materials with glass or PC board. In consideration of these findings and practicality, this study developed four types of small greenhouses. The width, eaves height, ridges height, and length of the small greenhouses of even span type, which were covered with 5mm thick glass and 6mm thick PC board were 3m, 2.2m, 2.9m, and 6m, respectively. The small greenhouse of dutch light type covered with 5mm thick glass was designed with 3.8m in with, 2.2m in eaves height, 2.9m in ridges height, and 6m in length. The width, eaves height, ridges height, and length of the arch shape small greenhouse covered with a 0.15mm PO film were 3m, 1.5m, 2.8m, and 6m, respectively.