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Study on Electron Temperature Diagnostic and the ITO Thin Film Characteristics of the Plasma Emission Intensity by the Oxygen Gas Flow (산소 유량별 플라즈마 방출광원 세기에 따른 전자온도 진단과 산화주석박막 특성연구)

  • Park, Hye Jin;Choi, Jin-Woo;Jo, Tae Hoon;Yun, Myoung Soo;Kwon, Gi-Chung
    • Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
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    • v.49 no.1
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    • pp.92-97
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    • 2016
  • The plasma has been used in various industrial fields of semiconductors, displays, transparent electrode and so on. Plasma diagnostics is critical to the uniform process and the product. We use the electron temperature of the various plasma parameters for the diagnosis of plasma. Generally, the range of the electron temperature which is used in a semiconductor process used the range of 1 eV to 10 eV. The difference of electron temperature of 0.5 eV has a influence in plasma process. The electron temperature can be measured by the electrical method and the optical method. Measurement of electron temperature for various gas flow rates was performed in DC-magnetron sputter and Inductively Coupled Plasma. The physical properties of the thin film were also determined by changing electron temperatures. The transmittance was measured using the integrating sphere, and wavelength range was measured at 300 ~ 1100 nm. We obtain the thin film of the mobility, resistivity and carrier concentration using the hall measurement system. As to the electron temperature increase, optical and electrical properties decrease. We determine it was influenced by the oxygen flow ratio and plasma.

Screening from the Genome Databases: Novel Epoxide Hydrolase from Caulobacter crescentus

  • HWANG SEUNGHA;HYUN HYEJIN;LEE BYOUNGJU;PARK YOUNGSEUB;CHOI CHAYONG;HAN JIN;JOO HYUN
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.32-36
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    • 2006
  • The genome sequences from several microbes have led to the discovery of numerous open reading frames of unknown functionality. The putative bacterial epoxide hydrolase (EH) genes selected from the genome databases were examined for their activities toward various epoxides. Among the nine open reading frames (ORFs) from four microbial species, the ORF from Caulobacter crescentus showed an epoxide hydrolase activity. The kinetic resolution, using C. crescentus EH (CCEH) of the aryl epoxides such as styrene oxide, could be performed more efficiently than short aliphatic epoxides. The resolution of racemic indene oxide, which could previously be resolved only by fungal epoxide hydrolases, was effectively accomplished by CCEH.

Preparation Method for Escherichia coliS30 Extracts Completely Dependent upon tRNA Addition to Catalyze Cell-free Protein Synthesis

  • Ahn, Jin-Ho;Hwang, Mi-Yeon;Oh, In-Seok;Park, Kyung-Moon;Hahn, Geun-Hee;Choi, Cha-Yong;Kim, Dong-Myung
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.420-424
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    • 2006
  • A simple method for depleting E. coliS30 extracts of endogenous tRNA has been developed. An $ethanolamine-Sepharose^{(R)}$ column equilibrated with water selectively captured the tRNA molecules in E. coli S30 extracts. As a result, S30 extracts filtered through this column became completely dependent upon the addition of exogenous tRNA to mediate cell-free protein synthesis reactions. We anticipate that the procedures developed and described will be particularly useful for in vitro suppression reaction studies designed to introduce unnatural amino acids into protein molecules.

Biological Hydrogen Production (바이오기술 이용 수소제조)

  • Kim Mi-Sun;Oh You-Kwan
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.15 no.2 s.46
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    • pp.118-126
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    • 2006
  • This publication provides an overview of the state-of-the-art and perspective of biological $H_2$ production from water and/or organic substances. The biological $H_2$ production processes, being explored in fundamental and applied researches, are direct and indirect biophotolysis from water, photo-fermentation, dark anaerobic fermentation and in vitro $H_2$ production. The development of biological $H_2$ production technology, as an energy carrier, started at the late 1940's in the lab-scale. Now it has a high priority in the world, especially USA, Japan, EU and Korea.

Analysis of Ingredients and biological activities confirm Process for Personalized Diet Offering Service: Basic ingredients Analysis and biological Activities of Grifola frondosa

  • Hong, Seok Chan;Hwang, You Jin;Kang, Un Gu
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.24 no.8
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    • pp.113-121
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    • 2019
  • The personalized meal service is being developed to prevent and alleviate illnesses according to the individual's health condition. However, the current meal does not provide a fully customized service to individuals and a diet that meets the consumer's information needs. The cause is the lack of information on the ingredients and the difficulty of comparative analysis between the materials. Therefore, in this study, we propose basic analysis process for basic information acquisition and database construction for food composition before providing personalized food. In this study, we investigated the content of carbohydrate, reducing sugar and protein as basic components of Grifola frondosa and investigate the content of polyphenol as a biological active ingredients. Respectively. Studies on the hypoglycemic effect of the diabetic rat model have been carried out in relation to the prevention of diseases. Based on the results of this study, it is also possible to obtain information on the basic ingredients of the food and to analyze the information on the content and activity of the biological active ingredients. Using animal models, information on disease prevention and mitigation was also available. The process introduced in this study is applied to various food materials, accumulating data, and utilizing Database, this results will be an excellent tool for providing more efficient service by providing a proper dietary composition for consumers.

Synthetic Biology Tools for Novel Secondary Metabolite Discovery in Streptomyces

  • Lee, Namil;Hwang, Soonkyu;Lee, Yongjae;Cho, Suhyung;Palsson, Bernhard;Cho, Byung-Kwan
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.667-686
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    • 2019
  • Streptomyces are attractive microbial cell factories that have industrial capability to produce a wide array of bioactive secondary metabolites. However, the genetic potential of the Streptomyces species has not been fully utilized because most of their secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters (SM-BGCs) are silent under laboratory culture conditions. In an effort to activate SM-BGCs encoded in Streptomyces genomes, synthetic biology has emerged as a robust strategy to understand, design, and engineer the biosynthetic capability of Streptomyces secondary metabolites. In this regard, diverse synthetic biology tools have been developed for Streptomyces species with technical advances in DNA synthesis, sequencing, and editing. Here, we review recent progress in the development of synthetic biology tools for the production of novel secondary metabolites in Streptomyces, including genomic elements and genome engineering tools for Streptomyces, the heterologous gene expression strategy of designed biosynthetic gene clusters in the Streptomyces chassis strain, and future directions to expand diversity of novel secondary metabolites.

Magnetic fields-assisted movement of iron oxide-nanoparticles-incorporated large scale alginate capsules

  • Lee, Dohyeon;Park, Sunho;Kim, Daun;Nam, Hyeun;Kim, Jangho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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    • 2017.04a
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    • pp.27-27
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    • 2017
  • Biocompatible capsules have recently been highlighted as novel delivery platforms of any "materials" (e.g., drug, food, agriculture pesticide) to address current problems of living systems such as humans, animals, and plats in academia and industry for agriculture, biological, biomedical, environmental, food applications. For example, biocompatible alginate capsules were proposed as a delivery platform of biocontrol agents (e.g., bacterial antagonists) for an alternative to antibiotics, which will be a potential strategy in future agriculture. Here, we proposed a new platform based on biocompatible alginate capsules that can control the movements as an active target delivery strategy for various applications including agriculture and biological engineering. We designed and fabricated large scale biocompatible capsules using alginates and custom-made nozzles as well as gelling solutions. To develop the active target delivery platforms, we incorporated the iron oxide nanoparticles in the large scale alginate capsules. It was found that the sizes of large scale alginate capsules could be controlled via various working conditions such as concentrations of alginate solutions and iron oxide nanoparticles. As a proof of concept work, we showed that the iron oxide particles-incorporated large scale alginate capsules could be moved actively by the magnetic fields, which would be a strategy as active target delivery platforms for agriculture and biological engineering (e.g., controlled delivery of agriculture pesticides and biocontrol agents).

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Three-dimensional Bio-printing Technique: Trend and Potential for High Volume Implantable Tissue Generation

  • Duong, Van-Thuy;Kim, Jong Pal;Kim, Kwangsoo;Ko, Hyoungho;Hwang, Chang Ho;Koo, Kyo-in
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.39 no.5
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    • pp.188-207
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    • 2018
  • Recently, three-dimensional (3D) printing of biological tissues and organ has become an attractive interdisciplinary research topic that combines a broad range of fields including engineering, biomaterials science, cell biology, physics, and medicine. The 3D bioprinting can be used to produce complex tissue engineering scaffolds based on computer designs obtained from patient-specific anatomical data. It is a powerful tool for building structures by printing cells together with matrix materials and biochemical factors in spatially predefined positions within confined 3D structures. In the field of the 3D bioprinting, three major categories of the 3D bioprinting include the stereolithography-based, inkjet-based, and dispensing-based bioprinting. Some of them have made significant process. Each technique has its own advantages and limitations. Compared with non-biological printing, the 3D bioprinting should consider additional complexities: biocompatibility, degradability of printing materials, cell types, cell growth, cell viability, and cell proliferation factors. Numerous 3D bioprinting technologies have been proposed, and some of them have been making great progress in printing several tissues including multilayered skin, cartilaginous structures, bone, vasculature even heart and liver. This review summarizes basic principles and key aspects of some frequently utilized printing technologies, and introduces current challenges, and prospects in the 3D bioprinting.

Colorimetric Determination of pH Values using Silver Nanoparticles Conjugated with Cytochrome c

  • Park, Jun-Su;Choi, In-Hee;Kim, Young-Hun;Yi, Jong-Heop
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.32 no.9
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    • pp.3433-3436
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    • 2011
  • Some of metal nanoparticles have the potential for use as colorimetric assays for estimating solution properties, such as pH and temperature due to localized surface plasmon (LSP) phenomena. This report describes the use of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) conjugated with cytochrome c (Cyt c) for the colorimetric determination of solution pHs. When the pH of a solution decreases, the Cyt c immobilized on the AgNP undergoes a conformational change, leading to a decrease in the interparticle distance between Cyt c-AgNP probes and consequent red-shift in LSP. As a result, the color of the Cyt c-AgNP probe solution changes from yellow to red and finally to a grayish blue in the pH range from 11 to 3. This gradual color change can be used to determine the pH of a solution over a wide pH range, compared to other colorimetric methods that use gold nanoparticles.

Nano-structure Analysis on $V_2O_5$ Nanowires ($V_2O_5$ 나노선의 나노 구조 분석)

  • Lee, Hyung-Dong;Pieh, Sung-Hoon;Chang, Yu-Jin;Kim, Gyu-Tae;Park, Sung-Joon;Kim, Yong-Kwan;Ha, Jeong-Sook
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.256-259
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    • 2004
  • [ $V_2O_5$ ] 나노선의 구조 분석을 위해 STM(Scanning Tunneling Microscopy)과 TEM(Transmission Electron Microscopy)을 이용하여 단일 $V_2O_5$ 나노선의 이미지를 얻었다. $V_2O_5$ 나노선은 상온에서 ammonium metavanadate$(NH_4VO_3)$와 양이온 교환수지$(DOWEX50{\times}8-100)$를 2차 증류수에 섞어 합성하였다. STM 시료는 3-APS(3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane)를 전 처리한 실리콘 기판에 $V_2O_5$ 나노선을 올려 만들었고, TEM 시료는 200 mesh/copper 그리드에 침전시켜 준비하였다. STM과 TEM의 결과로부터 $V_2O_5$ 나노선의 기하학적 단면이 $1.5nm{\times}10nm$에 거의 근사하는 것을 확인하였으며 두 이미지의 비교를 통해 $V_2O_5$ 나노선의 표면상태에 대해 논의하였다.

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