• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.1-4
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• 2000

Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy was used to investigate the effect of irradiation dose on the ESR signal intensity of irradiated crabs and the stability of these radicals under 9 weeks of storage. Swimming and small crabs were irradiated with doses of 0, 1, 3, 5 and 7 kGy using a Co-60 irradiator at ambient temperature. A claw, a walking leg and a cars- pace of the crab pieced and dried were placed in a resonant quart tube within an EPR X-band spectrometer. The irradiated crabs presented an asymmetric absorption in shape at g$_1$=2.002 $\pm$ 0.003 and g$_2$=1.998$\pm$0.005, and were different from the non-irradiated ones. The intensity of the ESR signals was greatest in the claw, intermediate in the carapace and lowest in the walking leg. Samples given low and high doses of irradiation could also be distinguished. The ESR signal after irradiation was stable, even after a 9-week storage.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.170-173
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• 2002

Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy was used to detect free radicals in irradiated wheat flour and glutinous rice flour. They were irradiated with doses of 0, 0.1, 0.5, 1 and 2 kGy at room temperature using a Co-60 irradiator. Free radicals detected for irradiated wheat flour and glutinous rice flour were higher than those of unirradiated ones. Since concentration of free radicals linearly increased with applied doses $(0.1{\sim}2\;kGy)$, highly positive correlation coefficients $(R^2=0.9995{\sim}0.9998)$ were obtained between irradiation doses and free radical concentrations right after irradiation. Although concentration of free radicals slowly decreased with storage time, the characteristic ESR signals of free radical in irradiated samples were observed even after 4 weeks of storage at room temperature.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.854-857
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• 2001

Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy was used to detect free radicals in irradiated dried vegetables. Dried carrot, mushroom and green onion were irradiated with doses of 0, 1, 3, 5 and 7 kGy at room temperature using a Co-60 irradiator. Free radicals were detected in irradiated dried carrot, green onion and mushroom, while those were not detected in non-irradiated samples. Since concentration of free radicals linearly increased with applied doses (1~7 kGy), highly positive correlation coefficients ($R^2$=0.9747~0.9919) were obtained between irradiation doses and free radical concentrations right after irradiation. Although concentration of free radicals slowly decreased with storage time, the characteristic ESR signals of free radicals slowly decreased with storage time, the characteristic ESR signals of free radical in irradiated samples were observed even after 3 months of storage at room temperature.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.31-42
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• 1990

The finding of long lived free radicals produced by ionizing radiation in organic crystals and the quantification of this effect by electron spin resonance(ESR) spactroscopy has proven excellent dosimetric applicability. The tissue equivalent alanine dosimeter also appear appropriate for radiation therapy level dosimetry. The dose measurement was performed in a Rando phantom using high energy photons as produced by high energy medical linear accelerator and cobalt-60 teletherapy unit. The absorbed dose range of the ESR/alanine dosimetry system could be extended down to 0.1 Gy. The response of the alanine dosimeters was determined for photons at different therapeutic dose levels from less than 0.1 Gy to 100 Gy and the depth dose measurements were carried out for photon energies of 1.25MeV, 6 and 10 MV with alanine dosimeters in Rando phantom. Comparisons between ESR/alanine in a Rando phantom and ion chamber in a water phantom were made performing depth dose measurements to examine the agreement of both methods under field conditions.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.423-426
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• 2001

Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy was used to investigate the effect of irradiation dose on irradiated dried fruits. Dried banana, pineapple and pistachio were irradiated with doses of 0, 0.5, 1, 2 and 5 kGy at room temperature using a Co-60 irradiator. Multiplet ESR signals were observed in irradiated dried banana and pineapple, and singlet ESR signal was observed in irradiated pistachio, while these characteristic signals were not detected in non-irradiated samples. Since the amount of free radicals linearly increased with the applied doses $(0.5{\sim}5\;kGy)$, highly positive correlation coefficients $(R^2=0.9874{\sim}0.9974)$ were obtained between the irradiation doses and the corresponding free radical concentrations. The characteristic ESR signals were observed in irradiated samples even after 40 days of storage at room temperature.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.345-348
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• 2004

Dried cabbage, spinach, carrot, mugwort and yam were irradiated at 1, 5 and 10 kGy using a $^{60}Co$ irradiator at room temperature. Effects of irradiation dose and storage time on irradiated dried vegetables were investigated through electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. Strong positive correlation coefficients ($R^{2}=0.9698-0.9915$) were obtained between irradiation dose and corresponding ESR signal intensity. ESR signal of mugwort was most stable at 9 weeks storage, followed by carrot, yam, and spinach, whereas that ESR signal of cabbage was not distinguishable.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.8
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• pp.2505-2511
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• 2014

Indium oxide nanocrystals ($In_2O_3$ NCs) with sizes of 5.5 nm-10 nm were synthesized by hot injection of the mixture precursors, indium acetate and oleic acid, into alcohol solution (1-octadecanol and 1-octadecence mixture). Field emission transmission electron microscopy (FE-TEM), High resolution X-Ray diffraction (X-ray), Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) were employed to investigate the size, surface molecular structure, and crystallinity of the synthesized $In_2O_3$ NCs. When covered by oleic acid as a capping group, the $In_2O_3$ NCs had a high crystallinity with a cubic structure, demonstrating a narrow size distribution. A high mobility of $2.51cm^2/V{\cdot}s$ and an on/off current ratio of about $1.0{\times}10^3$ were observed with an $In_2O_3$ NCs thin film transistor (TFT) device, where the channel layer of $In_2O_3$ NCs thin films were formed by a solution process of spin coating, cured at a relatively low temperature, $350^{\circ}C$. A size-dependent, non-monotonic trend on electron mobility was distinctly observed: the electron mobility increased from $0.43cm^2/V{\cdot}s$ for NCs with a 5.5 nm diameter to $2.51cm^2/V{\cdot}s$ for NCs with a diameter of 7.1 nm, and then decreased for NCs larger than 7.1 nm. This phenomenon is clearly explained by the combination of a smaller number of hops, a decrease in charging energy, and a decrease in electronic coupling with the increasing NC size, where the crossover diameter is estimated to be 7.1 nm. The decrease in electronic coupling proved to be the decisive factor giving rise to the decrease in the mobility associated with increasing size in the larger NCs above the crossover diameter.

• Journal of Radiation Industry
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.11-15
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• 2014

In this study, we investigated the applicability of the photostimulated luminescence (PSL), thermoluminescence (TL) and electron spin resonance (ESR) methods for freeze dried fruits which are not allowed to be irradiated in Korea. Apples and persimmons samples that had been dried with a freeze drier were irradiated at a dose of 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 kGy, using a gamma radiator with a cobalt-60 source. With the PSL method, the dried apples showed photon counts of less then 700 counts/60 s (negative) in all the samples, whereas the dried persimmons that were gamma-irradiated above 3 kGy yielded photon counts of between 700 and 5,000 counts/60 s (intermediate). The TL results showed that this technique is useful for detecting irradiated samples; the TL ratios ($TL_1/TL_2$) measured for the food samples at an irradiation dose of 1 kGy were 0.13 for dried apples and 0.79 for dried persimmons. With regard to the results of ESR spectroscopy, the strength of the ESR signals from the dried fruits increased linearly in a dosedependent manner. However, the characteristic signal was not found in all the samples. In conclusion, the TL methods only can be used for the detection of gamma-irradiated dried apples and persimmons.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.08a
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• pp.184.2-184.2
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• 2013

대기압 플라즈마와 생체용액과의 상호작용은 Bio-medical 분야에서 주목 받고 있다. 대기압 플라즈마는 전자온도가 고온 플라즈마 보다 상대적으로 낮기 때문에 생체에 적용하기가 적합하다. 따라서 플라즈마가 세포에 미치는 영향을 관측하기 위해서 대기압 플라즈마를 이용하여 생체용액과의 반응을 살펴보고자 한다. Ar gas를 이용하여 플라즈마를 발생시켜 생체용액 표면을 처리하고 OES (Optical Emission Spectroscopy)을 이용해 방출 선을 조사했다. Ar 기체를 이용한 대기압 플라즈마를 사용하여 다른종류의 용액내의 OH Radical Density를 측정하였다. 용액으로는 DI (deionized) water 와 PBS (1x phosphate buffered saline)를 사용하였다. Ar gas를 200 sccm ($cm^3/min$) 으로 흐르게 하였을 때, DI water의 OH Radical Density 는 $4.33{\times}10^{16}cm^{-3}$ 으로 측정되었으며, 자외선 흡수분광법으로 측정한 완충용액인 PBS의 OH Radical Density 측정값은 $1.87{\times}10^{16}cm^{-3}$ 이다. 이런 특성을 기반으로, PBS 용액내의 H460 (Lung Cancer Cell) 와 L132 (Lung Normal Cell)을 깊이와 시간에 따라 대기압 플라즈마로 처리하여 cell의 변화를 보았다. 실험 각각의 조건은 깊이를 2 mm, 4 mm, 6 mm이며 시간은 10 sec, 30 sec, 60 sec 로 설정하였다. 표면으로부터의 깊이가 2 mm, 4 mm, 6 mm 일때 의 OH Radical Density는 각각 $1.87{\times}10^{16}cm^{-3}$, $0.5{\times}10^{16}cm^{-3}$, 0으로써 용액이 깊어질수록 OH Radical Density가 감소함을 볼 수 있다. OH radical density가 높은 2 mm 에서, 처리한 시간이 길어질수록 Cell 은 영향을 많이 받음을 관찰 할 수 있었다. H460 이 L132 보다 플라즈마에 영향을 많이 받음을 확인하였다. 특성변화를 알아보기 위하여 raman spectroscopy, flow cytometry, electron spin resonance로 측정한다.

• Macromolecular Research
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.324-329
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• 2007

An octa-functional alkoxyamine initiator, with the 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-l-piperidinyloxy (TEMPO) free radical, was synthesized based on resorcinarene, with its efficiency to initiate the nitroxide-mediated free radical copolymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate (MMA) described. A difunctional analogue of this initiator was also synthesized, using resorcinol as the core molecule. The structures of the resulting initiators were confirmed by homolysis studies based on electron spin resonance spectroscopy and molecular modeling. The polymerization behavior and characteristics of the polymers obtained using these two initiators were also compared. Well-defined star-shaped and linear random copolymers, with low polydispersities and controlled molecular weights, were prepared. The efficiencies of these initiators towards copolymerization, as well as the parameters permitting the formation of well-defined polymers, were also investigated. The reactivity ratios were $r_a=0.42(a=styrene)\;and\;r_b=0.33(b=MMA)$ for the octa-functional initiator system and $r_a=0.45\;and\;r_b=0.39$ for the difunctional initiator system.