• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.339-343
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• 2016

Background: Evaluation of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-strand break is important to elucidate the biological effect of ionizing radiations. The conventional methods for DNA-strand break evaluation have been achieved by Agarose gel electrophoresis and others using an electrical property of DNAs. Such kinds of DNA-strand break evaluation systems can estimate DNA-strand break, according to a molecular weight of DNAs. However, the conventional method needs pretreatment of the sample and a relatively long period for analysis. They do not have enough sensitivity to detect the strand break products in the low-dose region. Materials and Methods: The sample is water, methanol and plasmid DNA solution. The plasmid DNA pUC118 was multiplied by using Escherichia coli JM109 competent cells. The resonance frequency and Q-value were measured by means of microwave dielectric absorption spectroscopy. When a sample is located at a center of the electric field, resonance curve of the frequency that existed as a standing wave is disturbed. As a result, the perturbation effect to perform a resonance with different frequency is adopted. Results and Discussion: The resonance frequency shifted to higher frequency with an increase in a concentration of methanol as the model of the biological material, and the Q-value decreased. The absorption peak in microwave power spectrum of the double-strand break plasmid DNA shifted from the non-damaged plasmid DNA. Moreover, the sharpness of absorption peak changed resulting in change in Q-value. We confirmed that a resonance frequency shifted to higher frequency with an increase in concentration of the plasmid DNA. Conclusion: We developed a new technique for an evaluation of DNA damage. In this paper, we report the evaluation method of DNA damage using microwave dielectric absorption spectroscopy.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.67-77
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• 2013

To improve the energy efficiency of conventional thermal treatment, soil remediation with microwave has been studied. In this study, the remediation efficiency of contaminated soil with semi-volatile organic contaminants were evaluated with microwave oven and several additives such as water, formic acid, iron powder, sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution, and activated carbon. For the experiment, loamy sand and sandy loam collected from Imjin river flood plain were intentionally contaminated with hexachlorobenzene and phenanthrene, respectively. The contaminated soils were treated with microwave facility and the mass removals of organic contaminants from soils were evaluated. Among additives that were added to increase the remediation efficiency, activated carbon and NaOH solution were more effective than water, iron powder, and formic acid. When 10 g of hexachlorobenzene (142.4 mg/kg-soil) or phenanthrene (2,138.8 mg/kg-soil) contaminated soil that mixed with 0.5 g iron powder, 0.5 g activated carbon and 1 ml 6.25 M NaOH solution were treated with microwave for 3 minutes, more than 95% of contaminants were removed. The degradation of hexachlorobenzene during microwave treatments with additives was confirmed by the detection of pentachlorobenzene and tetrachlorobenzene. Naphthalene and phenol were also detected as degradation products of phenanthrene during microwave treatment with additives. The results showed that adding a suitable amount of additives for microwave treatments fairly increased the efficiency of removing semi-volatile soil organic contaminants.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.206.1-206.1
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• 2015

최근에 금속산화물을 증착하는 방법으로 용액공정이 주목 받고 있다. 용액 공정은 대기압에서 매우 간단한 방법으로 복잡한 공정과정을 요구하지 않기 때문에 박막을 경제적으로 간단하게 형성할 수 있다. 하지만 용액공정을 통해 형성한 박막에는 소자의 특성을 열화 시키는 solvent와 탄소계열의 불순물을 많이 포함하고 있어 고온의 열처리가 필수적이다. 박막의 품질을 향상시키기 위해서 다양한 열처리 방법들이 이용되고 있으며, 일반적인 열처리 방법으로는 furnace를 이용한 conventional thermal annealing (CTA)이 많이 이용되고 있다. 하지만, 최근에는 microwave를 이용한 공정이 주목 받고 있다. Microwave energy는 CTA보다 효과적으로 비교적 낮은 온도에서 높은 열처리 효과를 나타낸다. 본 실험은 n-type Silicon 기판에 solution-ZrO2 산화막을 형성 후, oven baking을 한 뒤, CTA와 microwave를 이용하여 solvent와 불순물을 제거 하였다. 전기적 특성을 확인하기 위해 solution ZrO2 산화막 위에 E-beam evaporator를 이용해 Ti 금속 전극을 증착하여 Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) capacitor를 제작하였다. 다음으로, PRECISION SEMICONDUCTOR PARAMETER ANALYZER (4156B)를 이용하여, capacitance-voltage (C-V) 특성 및 current-voltage (I-V) 특성을 비교하였다. 다음으로, CTA를 통하여 제작한 소자와 전기적 특성을 비교하였다. 그 결과, Microwave irradiation으로 열처리한 MOS capacitor 소자에서 capacitance 값과 flat band voltage, hysteresis 등이 개선되는 효과를 확인하였다. Microwave irradiation 열처리는 100oC 미만의 온도에서 공정이 이루어짐에도 불구하고 시료 내에서의 microwave 에너지의 흡수가 CTA 공정에서의 열에너지 흡수보다 훨씬 효율적으로 이루어지며, 결과적으로 ZrO2 용액의 불순물과 solvent를 낮은 온도에서 제거하여 고품질 박막 형성에 매우 효과적이라는 것을 나타낸다. 따라서, microwave irradiation 열처리 방법은 비정질 산화막이 포함되는 박막 transistor 소자 제작에 대하여 결정적인 열처리 방법이 될 것으로 기대한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.211.1-211.1
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• 2015

최근 용액 공정을 이용한 산화물 반도체에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 넓은 밴드갭을 가지고 있는 산화물 반도체는 높은 투과율을 가지고 있어 투명 디스플레이에 적용이 가능하다. 기존의 박막 진공증착 방법은 진공상태를 유지하기 위한 장비의 가격이 비싸며, 대면적의 어려움, 높은 생산단가 등으로 생산율이 높지 않다. 하지만 용액 공정을 이용하면 대기압에서 증착이 가능하고 대면적화가 가능하다. 그리고 각각의 조성비를 조절하는 것이 가능하다. 이러한 장점에도 불구하고, 소자의 신뢰성이나 저온공정은 중요한 이슈이다. Instability는 threshold voltage (Vth)의 shift 및 on/off switching의 신뢰성과 관련된 parameter이다. 용액은 소자의 전기적 특성을 열화 시키는 수분 과 탄소계열의 불순물을 다량 포함 하고 있어 고품질의 박막을 형성하기 위해서는 고온의 열처리가 필요하다. 기존의 열처리는 고온에서 장시간 이루어지기 때문에 유리나 플라스틱, 종이 기판의 소자에서는 불가능하지만 $100^{\circ}C$ 이하의 저온 공정인 microwave를 이용하면 유리, 플라스틱, 종이 기판에서도 적용이 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 산화물 반도체 중에서 InGaZnO (IGZO)를 용액 공정으로 제작한 juctionless thin-film transistor를 제작하여 기존의 열처리를 이용하여 처리한 소자와 microwave를 이용해서 열처리한 소자의 전기적 특성을 한 달 동안 관찰 하였다. 또한 In:Zn의 비율을 고정한 후 Ga의 비율을 달리하여 특성을 비교하였다. 먼저 p-type bulk silicon 위에 SiO2 산화막이 100 nm 증착된 기판에 RCA 클리닝을 진행 하였고, solution InGaZnO 용액을 spin coating 방식으로 증착하였다. Coating 후에, solvent와 수분을 제거하기 위해서 $180^{\circ}C$에서 10분 동안 baking공정을 하였다. 이후 furnace열처리와 microwave열처리를 비교하기 위해 post-deposition-annealing (PDA)으로 furnace N2 분위기에서 $600^{\circ}C$에서 30분, microwave를 1800 W로 2분 동안 각각의 샘플에 진행하였다. 또한, HP 4156B semiconductor parameter analyzer를 이용하여 제작된 TFT의 transfer curve를 측정하였다. 그 결과, microwave 열처리한 소자의 경우 기존의 furnace 열처리 소자와 비교하여 높은 mobility, 낮은 hysteresis 값을 나타내었으며, 1달간 소자의 특성을 관찰하였을 때 microwave 열처리한 소자의 경우 전기적 특성이 거의 변하지 않는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 향후 용액공정, 저온공정을 요구하는 소자 공정에 있어 열처리방법으로 microwave를 이용한 활용이 기대된다.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.29-38
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• 2022

Recently, the composite material market is gradually growing. Various composite forming processes have been developed in order to reduce the production cost of the composite material. Unlike the conventional forming process, the microwave composite forming process has the advantage of reducing the processing time because the composite material is heated directly or indirectly at the same time. Due to this advantage, in this study, a double cantilever beam test was conducted with specimens manufactured by the microwave composite forming process. The purpose of this study was to compare mode-I energy release rate for specimens manufactured by prepreg compression forming and microwave composite forming processes. First, a microwave oven was proposed to conduct the microwave composite forming process. Double cantilever beam specimens were manufactured. After that, the double cantilever beam test was conducted to obtain the mode-I energy release rate. Mode-I energy release rates of specimens manufactured by the microwave composite forming and prepreg compression forming processes were then compared. As a result, mode-I energy release rates of specimens fabricated by the microwave composite forming process were similar to those fabricated with the prepreg compression forming process with a relatively reduced process time.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.122-127
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• 2018

PURPOSE. This study evaluated the dimensional stability of a complete-arch prosthesis processed by conventional method in water bath or microwave energy and polymerized by two different curing cycles. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Forty maxillary complete-arch prostheses were randomly divided into four groups (n = 10): MW1 - acrylic resin cured by one microwave cycle; MW2 - acrylic resin cured by two microwave cycles: WB1 - conventional acrylic resin polymerized using one curing cycle in a water bath; WB2 - conventional acrylic resin polymerized using two curing cycles in a water bath. For evaluation of dimensional stability, occlusal vertical dimension (OVD) and area of contact points were measured in two different measurement times: before and after the polymerization method. A digital caliper was used for OVD measurement. Occlusal contact registration strips were used between maxillary and mandibular dentures to measure the contact points. The images were measured using the software IpWin32, and the differences before and after the polymerization methods were calculated. The data were statistically analyzed using the one-way ANOVA and Tukey test (${\alpha}=.05$). RESULTS. The results demonstrated significant statistical differences for OVD between different measurement times for all groups. MW1 presented the highest OVD values, while WB2 had the lowest OVD values (P<.05). No statistical differences were found for area of contact points among the groups (P=.7150). CONCLUSION. The conventional acrylic resin polymerized using two curing cycles in a water bath led to less difference in OVD of complete-arch prosthesis.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.31-37
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• 2003

Flat-sawn 32 mm-thick boards of Populus alba×P. glandulosa, one of major plantation species in this country, were dried in conventional, high-temperature and microwave-vacuum (MW/V) kilns. The average green specific gravity of the specimens used in this study was 0.349±0.074. Their average green moisture contents of heartwoods and sapwoods were around 200% and 100%, respectively. From green to oven-dry they shrunk 2.4 and 7.3% in radial and tangential directions, respectively, and there was no discrepancy between heartwoods and sapwoods. It took 65, 35 and 22 hours to dry from green to 10% moisture content in conventional, high-temperature and MW/V kilns, respectively. A colorimetry study showed that the surface color of the specimens dried in a MW/V kiln was clearer and lighter than those in other kilns.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.258-263
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• 2000

Effect of microwave heat-treatment processing on the electrical conductivity and crystallization behavior for the $Li_2O-2SiO_2$-xCuO glasses with various CuO contents was compared with that of conventional heat-treatment processing. The electrical conductivities of samples heat-treated at $500^{\circ}C$ by different heat-treatment processing were increased with increasing CuO content and higher electrical conductivities were obtained from microwave heat-treated samples. From the result of XRD analyses, microwave heat-treatment processing enhanced the degree of crystallization in the formation of $Li_2Si_2O_5, Li_2Cu_5$($Si_2O_7)_2$, and $Li_2Cu_2O_3$ crystalline phases. The electrical conductivities of $Li_2O-2SiO_2$-1.3CuO (30 mol% CuO) glass heat-treated at $500^{\circ}C$ for 30 min under conventional and microwave heat-treatment processing were $0.11{\times}10^{-4}(\Omega \textrm {cm})^{-1}$ and $0.68{\times}10^{-4}(\Omega \textrm {cm})^{-1}$ at room temperature, respectively. It was speculated that microwave energy enhanced the degree of crystallization and increased electrical conductivity in the samples.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.1-8
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• 1976

Microwave GaAs Metal Semiconductor Field effect Transistors (MESFET) with the gate-length of two micrometers are investigated. The scattering parameters of the transistors have been measured from 1GHz to 2GHz by Hp8545 Automatic network analyzer. From the measured data, an equivalent circuit is established which consists of an ntrinsic and. extrinsic transistor elements. In this paper, GaAb MESFET Amplifier is used in conjunction with conventional microstrip techniques to match into a 50 ohms high input/output impedances system. We found that Power gain is less than 8dB and VSWR is less than 1.5 in L-Band.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.74-79
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• 2000

Water and ethanol extracts of fresh red peppers were obtained by two methods, conventional extraction (CE) and microwave-assiated extraction (MAE), under different extraction conditions. Red pepper oleoresins extracted by CE and MAE were examined in oleoresin yield and physiological activities. The proper extraction time of MAE was about 5 minutes, whereas that of CE was 2 hours. therefore extraction time was decreased drastically by MAE but there was no significance in oleolesin yields. the electron donating abilities also showed negligible difference between two extracts obtained by CE and MAE, and 80% level in all extracts . the nitrite scavenging effect was reduced by increased of ph , and showed a high elimination effect over 85% at ph 1.2. All extracts had a high tyrosinase inhibitory effects of 100%. The angiotensin I-conventing enzyme effect showed higher activity with over 80% in MAE than 70% level in CE. the capsanthin was extracted with ethanol and was 11.4 and 12.9 ${\mu}$moles per 1 g of fresh red pepper by CE and MAE, respectively.