• 한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지진공학회 2006년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.613-619
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• 2006

This paper introduces a new structural health monitoring using a nano sensor. The sensor is made of nano smart composite material based on carbon nanotubes. The nano sensor is fabricated as a thin and narrow polymer film sensor that is bonded or deposited onto a structure. The electrochemical impedance and dynamic strain response of the neuron change due to deterioration of the structure where the sensor is located. A network of the long nano sensorcan form a structural neural system to provide large area coverage and an assurance of the operational health of a structure without the need for actuators and complex wave propagation analyses that are used with other methods.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.511-517
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• 2005

최근 성장기에 있는 청소년들의 장시간 휴대폰 사용이 건강에 유해한 영향을 미칠 수 있다는 사회적인 문제가 제기되면서 휴대폰 사용이 인체에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구가 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 국외에서는 주로 GSM방식의 휴대폰 사용에 의한 성인의 혈압과 맥박수 변화에 대한 자원자 연구는 수행되었으나, CDMA 방식의 휴대폰 사용에 의한 청소년의 인체 영향에 관련한 연구는 거의 이루어지지 않았다. 국내의 경우에도 자원자를 대상으로 한 CDMA 방식의 휴대폰 사용이 인체에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구는 거의 없어 국내 실정에 맞는 연구가 필요하다. 파라서 본 연구에서는 청소년 21명, 성인 21명의 자원자를 대상으로 30분간 300 mW의 CDMA 휴대폰 전자파에 노출 시 맥박, 혈압 및 교감신경의 흥분을 나타내는 호흡수, 피부 저항의 변화를 정량적으로 측정하였다. 그 결과, 청소년 집단의 피부 저항에서만 변화가 있었고 그 외 모든 측정치에서는 변화가 없었다. 청소년 집단에서의 피부 저항은 휴대폰의 실제 노출 하에서 통계적으로 유의하게 감소하였고, 노출 중지 후에는 가역적 반응을 보였다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2008년도 학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.371-372
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• 2008

Many kinds of electrodes have been developed in various forms and shapes for measurement of bio potential signal. Textile electrode has benefit of collect long tenn data monitoring because of it is non-consciousness, convenient and do not occur skin irritation. However, It is very difficult to acquire available data due to high impedance of electrode and unstable skin-electrode contact which generate motion artifact. Also snap button which usually used as mediator between textile and measurement device cause change of electrical characteristics. In this paper, we inflated textile electrode to stabilize contact and add conductive silver paste between textile and snap button to improve conductance. To compare the performance of two methods, flat or inflated and add conductive paste or not, four types of electrodes are tested on each impedance and SNR by ECG measurement. In result, the first type electrode which flat and non-conductive paste showed the worst performance and the last type electrode which is inflated shape and contain conductive paste show the best performance.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.26-34
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 신체 임피던스 측정법(Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis, 이하 BIA)을 기초로 한 체지방 측정 칩 설계에 대한 내용을 서술하였다. 제안된 회로는 인체에 전류 신호를 인가하는 회로, 인체를 통해 나온 전압 신호를 측정하는 회로, 회로의 동작을 제어하는 마이크로 콘트롤러(Micom), 그리고 분석프로그램이 내장된 메모리(SRAM, EEPROMs) 의 모든 기능을 하나의 칩에 집적하였다. 특히 정밀한 인체 임피던스 측정을 위하여 다주파수 동작이 가능한 대역통과필터(Band Pass Filter, BPF)를 설계하였다. 또한, 설계된 대역통과필터는 weak inversion 영역에서 동작하기 때문에 면적과 전력소모를 줄일 수 있었다. 그리고 측정부분 회로의 성능을 개선하기 위해서 차동차이증폭기(Differential difference amplifier, DDA)를 이용한 새로운 전파정류기(Full wave rectifier, FWR)를 설계하였다. 또한 이 회로는 마지막 단에 연결될 아날로그-디지털 변환기(ADC)의 설계에 대한 부담을 덜어주는 장점도 있다. 이 칩의 시제품은 CMOS 0.35um 공정을 이용하였고 전력소모는 모든 주파수에서 6mW 이며 전원전압은 3.3V이다. 전체 칩의 크기는 $5mm\times5mm$ 이다.

• Composites Research
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.389-394
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• 2015

팽창된 그라파이트 인터칼레이션 컴파운드에 에폭시 수지를 주입하여 제조한 복합재료의 흡 차음성을 연구하였다. 관내법을 이용하여 복합재료의 흡음률과 음향투과손실을 측정하였다. 주사전자현미경을 이용하여 에폭시 매트릭스 내부에 그라파이트 인터칼레이션 컴파운드가 무질서한 방향으로 균일하게 분산된 것을 확인하였다. 그라파이트 인터칼레이션 컴파운드 함량이 증가함에 따라 복합재료의 면밀도가 감소하였으며, epoxy/(GIC 20 wt%) 복합재료의 면밀도는 순수 에폭시에 비하여 56% 감소하였다. 500~1000 Hz 주파수 영역에서 복합재료의 흡음률은 순수 에폭시에 비해 3배 정도 증가하였다. 그라파이트 인터칼레이션 컴파운드의 함량이 증가함에 따라 복합재료에 포함된 기공의 비율이 증가하여 순수 에폭시에 비하여 복합재료의 음향투과손실이 감소하는 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2016

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between the Cold-pattern and the quantitative index through the results of an anthropometric method and Bio Impedance Analysis (BIA) of the Haenyeo living in Jeju island. Furthermore, we will examine the effect of Cold-pattern on the quality of life. Methods : BIA indices were acquired directly from Inbody770 and questionnaires were collected by Gallup Korea professional surveyor through face to face interviews. Binary regression analysis and linear regression analysis were used to examine the association between collected data. Results : Total of 175 of people were participated in this study. First, we examined the difference of the indicators in the Cold-pattern group and the non-Cold pattern group by the average comparison of the anthropometry and BIA indices. Most of the non-Cold pattern group showed high quality of life, BIA and anthropometry. In the relationship between Cold-pattern and anthropometry and BIA indices, BMI and PA indices were found to affect the Cold-pattern on a group basis. As the BMI increased by $1kg/m^2$, probability of not being non-Cold pattern was 1.13 times. and as the PA increased by $1^{\circ}$, probability of not being non-Cold pattern was 2.4 times. In the case of EQ5D value, the quality of life of ${\beta}$ was increased by 0.08 in non-Cold pattern (p <.05), EQ5D VAS of ${\beta}$ was also increased by 10.05 (p <.05). Conclusions : This study showed that BMI and PA could be used as a clinical index to evaluate the Cold-pattern as a clinical indicator, and there is a difference in quality of life according to Cold-pattern.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.16-24
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• 2017

For the development of feasible retinal prosthesis, one of the important elements is acquiring proper judging tool if electrical stimulus leads to patient's visual perception. If evoked potential to electrical stimulus is recorded in primary visual (V1) cortex, it means that the stimulus effectively evokes visual perception. Therefore, in this study, we established VEP recording system on V1 cortex using BioPAC modules as the judging tool. And the measuring system was evaluated by recording VEP of mice. After anesthesia, normal mice (C57BL/6J strain; n = 6) were secured to stereotaxic apparatus (Harvard Apparatus, USA). For the recording of VEP, the stainless steel needle electrode (impedance: $2-5k{\Omega}$) was positioned on the surface of the cortex through the burr hole at 2.5 mm lateral and 4.6 mm caudal to bregma. DA 100C and EEG 100C BioPAC modules were used for the trigger signal and VEP recording, respectively. When left eye was blocked by black cover and right eye was stimulated by flash light using HMsERG (RetVet Corp, USA), VEP response at left V1 cortex was detected, but there was no response at right V1 cortex. Amplitudes and latencies of P2, N3 peaks of VEP recording varied according to the depths of the electrodes on V1 cortex. From the surface upto $600{\mu}m$ depth, amplitudes of P2 and N3 increased, while deeper than $600{\mu}m$, those amplitudes decreased. The deeper the insertion depth of the electrode, the latency of N1 peaks tends to be delayed. However, there was no statistically significant difference among the latencies of P2 and N3 peaks (P > 0.05, ANOVA). Our VEP recording data such as the insertion depth and the latency and amplitudes of peaks might be used as guidelines for electrically-evoked potential (EEP) recording experiment in near future.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.190-198
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• 2016

Application of fuel cell to produce renewable energy for commercial purpose is limited by the high cost of Pt based electrode materials. Development of inexpensive, high energetic electrode is the need of the hour to produce pollution free energy using bio-fuel through a fuel cell. Ni-Cu and Ni-CeO₂-Cu electrode materials, electro synthesized by pulse current have been developed. The surface morphology of the electrode materials is controlled by different deposition parameters in order to produce a high current from the electro-oxidation of the fuel, the ethanol. The developed materials are electrochemically characterized by Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), Chronoamperometry (CA) and Potentiodynamic polarization tests. The results confirm that the high current is due to their enhanced catalytic properties viz. high exchange current density (i₀), low polarization resistance (R_p) and low impedance. It is worthwhile to mention here that the addition of CeO₂ to Ni-Cu has outperformed Pt as far as the high electro catalytic properties are concerned; the exchange current density is about eight times higher than the same on Pt surface. The morphology of the electrode surface examined by SEM and FESEM exhibits that the grains are narrow and sub spherical with 3D surface, containing vacancies in between the elongated grains. The fact has enhanced more surface area for electro oxidation of the fuel, giving rise to an increase in current. Presence of Ni, CeO₂, and Cu is confirmed by the XRD and EDXS. Fuel cell fabricated with Ni-CeO₂-Cu material electrode is expected to produce clean electrical energy at cheaper rates than conventional one, using bio fuel the derived from biomass.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2012

This paper describes a novel and compact biosensing platform using an RF active system. The proposed sensing system is based on the oscillation frequency deviation due to the biomolecular binding mechanism on a resonator. The impedance variation of the resonator, which is caused by a specific biomolecular interaction results in a corresponding change in the oscillation frequency of the oscillator so that this change is used for the discrimination of the biomolecular binding, along with concentration variation. Also, a Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) filter is utilized in order to enhance the biosensing performance of our system. Because the oscillator operates at the skirt frequency range of the SAW filter, a small amount of oscillation frequency deviation is transformed into a large variation in the output amplitude. Next, a power detector is used to detect the amplitude variation and convert it to DC voltage. It was also found that the frequency response of the biosensing system changes linearly with three streptavidin concentrations. Therefore, we expect that the proposed RF biosensing system can be applied to bio/medical applications capable of detecting a nano-sized biomolecular interaction.

• 한국한의학연구원논문집
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• 제13권2호통권20호
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• pp.143-148
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• 2007

The present study examined inhibitory effects of 20 efficient experience prescriptions on platelet aggregation induced by collagen in human whole blood using the impedance method of aggregometry. Among them, a hot water extract of KIOM 2003-080 was selected to be the most effective candidate. In an in vivo study using a mouse acute thrombosis model, the anti-thrombotic effects of the KIOM2003-080 crude extract were also observed. In addition, we accessed bio-marker of platelet activation using thromboxane B2 by ELISA assay. A significantly decrease in thromboxane B2 production was seen in the presence of KIOM2003-080. Consequently, the results from this experiment provide pharmacological evidence for the traditional use of KIOM2003-080 prescription, suggesting that its hot water extracts could be used to prevent platelet aggregation and thrombosis disease.