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Characteristics of Graphene Production from Graphite using Plant Extracts (식물추출액을 이용한 흑연으로부터 그래핀 생산 특성)

  • Jeong, Yongjae;Ryu, Hojun;Choi, Chorong;An, Sanghyeon;Kim, Woojung;Kim, Dongho;Choi, Byeongseo;Salunke, Bipinchandra K.;Kim, Beom Soo
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.208-213
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    • 2016
  • Recently, numerous studies have utilized graphene in biomedical applications such as drug delivery, cancer therapy, and bioimaging. In this study, graphene was eco-friendly prepared by liquid phase exfoliation of graphite using plant extracts in water. Initially, 12 different plants or plant parts were screened for the characteristic graphene peak at near 268 nm using UV-Vis spectrophotometric analyses. The ability to form stable black graphene dispersion was highest using Xanthium strumarium extract. Transmission electron microscopy images showed that about 5 layer-graphene was produced from 1 g/L of graphite, while more than 5 layers were formed from 2 g/L of graphite. The optimum X. strumarium concentration for graphene production was 2 g/100 mL.

Study of an Optical Goniometer Using a Multi-Photodiode Sensor

  • Kim, Ji-Sun;Kim, A-Hee;Oh, Han-Byeol;Kim, Jun-Sik;Goh, Bong-Jun;Lee, Eun-Suk;Choi, Ju-Hyeon;Baek, Jin-Young;Jun, Jae-Hoon
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.22-28
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    • 2016
  • The monitoring and measurement of the motion of a human joint is very important in screening for degenerative brain diseases and tracking the rehabilitation process. Since there are various medical fields to benefit from angular motion measurement, the necessity for monitoring of human joint movement is increasing. In this study, the optical sensor is composed of a light emission unit with a red LED and an optical fiber, and a reception unit with an arrangement of three photodiodes. The angular detection range was widened with the use of multiple photodiodes and the developed algorithm. The result will be useful for designing an effective angular sensor with low cost and small size.

Analysis of Coloring Degree of a Dental Bracket by Optical Sensor (광 소자를 이용한 치과용 브라켓의 착색 정도 연구)

  • Lee, Eun-Suk;Kim, Ji-Sun;Oh, Han-Byeol;Kim, A-Hee;Kim, Jun-Sik;Goh, Bong-Jun;Baek, Jin-Young;Shin, Ye-Ji;Jun, Jae-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2015.07a
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    • pp.1407-1408
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    • 2015
  • 현재에는 과거와 달리 표면상 비춰지는 외모의 중요성이 강조되어 치아 교정을 해서 미적 욕구를 충족시키려는 사람들이 증가하고 있다. 특히나 치아를 교정할 때 사용되는 치아교정용 브라켓은 부착되는 위치가 치아 앞면이기 때문에 미관상의 중요성은 치아교정장치 중 가장 크다. 이러한 이유 때문에 미적인 부분을 고려하여 치아색과 유사한 브라켓이 개발되었는데, 이 브라켓은 레진 브라켓이다. 이는 치아 교정에 도움을 주면서 심미성이 우수한 장점이 있지만 음식을 섭취할 때 음식의 색소에 의해 브라켓의 색 변화가 일어난다는 단점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 사람들이 자주 섭취하는 음식이나 음료에 치아교정용 브라켓을 착색시켜 색이 변하는 정도의 차이를 컬러센서를 이용해 측정하였다. 이렇게 측정된 브라켓의 RGB 값은 객관적이고 정량적인 값을 나타낼 수 있다. 이는 브라켓의 변색 뿐만 아니라 치아 미백 치료에도 적용되어 사용될 수 있을 것이다.

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Facile Synthesis of CdTe Nanorods from the Growth of Te Nanorods

  • Xu, Weiwei;Niu, Jinzhong;Zheng, Shuang;Tian, Guimin;Wu, Xinghui;Cheng, Yongguang;Hu, Xiaoyang;Liu, Shuaishuai;Hao, Haoshan
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.61 no.4
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    • pp.185-190
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    • 2017
  • One-dimensional CdTe nanorods (NRs) are obtained by the reaction of various Cd precursors with single crystalline Te nanorod templates, which are pre-synthesized from Te precursors by a simple and reproducible solvothermal method. Throughout the process, the diffraction intensity of different crystal facets of single crystalline Te NRs varied with reaction times. Finally, by alloying Cd ions along the axial direction of Te NRs, polycrystalline cubic phase CdTe NRs with diameters of 80-150 nm and length up to $1.2-2.4{\mu}m$ are obtained. The nucleation and growth processes of Te and CdTe NRs are discussed in details, and their properties are characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, Raman scattering, and UV-vis absorption spectra. It was found that the key elements of synthesizing CdTe NRs such as reaction temperatures and Cd sources will strongly influence the final shape of CdTe NRs.

A Brief Study on the Fabrication of III-V/Si Based Tandem Solar Cells

  • Panchanan, Swagata;Dutta, Subhajit;Mallem, Kumar;Sanyal, Simpy;Park, Jinjoo;Ju, Minkyu;Cho, Young Hyun;Cho, Eun-Chel;Yi, Junsin
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.109-118
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    • 2018
  • Silicon (Si) solar cells are the most successful technology which are ruling the present photovoltaic (PV) market. In that essence, multijunction (MJ) solar cells provided a new path to improve the state-of-art efficiencies. There are so many hurdles to grow the MJ III-V materials on Si substrate as Si with other materials often demands similar qualities, so it is needed to realize the prospective of Si tandem solar cells. However, Si tandem solar cells with MJ III-V materials have shown the maximum efficiency of 30 %. This work reviews the development of the III-V/Si solar cells with the synopsis of various growth mechanisms i.e hetero-epitaxy, wafer bonding and mechanical stacking of III-V materials on Si substrate. Theoretical approaches to design efficient tandem cell with an analysis of state-of-art silicon solar cells, sensitivity, difficulties and their probable solutions are discussed in this work. An analytical model which yields the practical efficiency values to design the high efficiency III-V/Si solar cells is described briefly.

Potential Wide-gap Materials as a Top Cell for Multi-junction c-Si Based Solar Cells: A Short Review

  • Pham, Duy Phong;Lee, Sunhwa;Kim, Sehyeon;Oh, Donghyun;Khokhar, Muhammad Quddamah;Kim, Sangho;Park, Jinjoo;Kim, Youngkuk;Cho, Eun-Chel;Cho, Young-Hyun;Yi, Junsin
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.76-84
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    • 2019
  • Silicon heterojunction solar cells (SHJ) have dominated the photovoltaic market up till now but their conversion performance is practically limited to around 26% compared with the theoretical efficiency limit of 29.4%. A silicon based multi-junction devices are expected to overcome this limitation. In this report, we briefly review the state-of-art characteristic of wide-gap materials which has played a role as top sub-cells in silicon based multi-junction solar cells. In addition, we indicate significantly practical challenges and key issues of these multi-junction combination. Finally, we focus to some characteristics of III-V/c-Si tandem configuration which are reaching highly record performance in multi-junction silicon solar cells.

Molecular characterization and expression of suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) 1, 2 and 3 under acute hypoxia and reoxygenation in pufferfish, Takifugu fasciatus

  • Wang, Dan;Wen, Xin;Zhang, Xinyu;Hu, Yadong;Li, Xinru;Zhu, Wenxu;Wang, Tao;Yin, Shaowu
    • Genes and Genomics
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    • v.40 no.11
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    • pp.1225-1235
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    • 2018
  • Hypoxia seriously affects the innate immune system of fish. However, the roles of suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS), pivotal anti-inflammatory genes, in response to hypoxia/reoxygenation remain largely unexplored. The primary objective of this study was to elucidate the function of SOCS genes under acute hypoxia and reoxygenation in pufferfish (Takifugu fasciatus). In the present study, SOCS1, 2 and 3 were identified in T. fasciatus referred to as TfSOCS1, 2 and 3. Then, qRT-PCR and western blot analysis were employed to assess their expressions at both the mRNA and protein levels. Tissue distribution demonstrated that the three SOCS genes were predominantly distributed in gill, brain and liver. Under hypoxia challenge ($1.63{\pm}0.2mg/L$ DO for 2, 4, 6 and 8 h), the expressions of TfSOCS1 and 3 in brain and liver at the mRNA and protein levels were significantly decreased, while their expressions showed an opposite trend in gill. Different from the expressions of TfSOCS1 and 3, the expression of TfSOCS2 was inhibited in gill, along with its increased expression in brain and liver. After normoxic recovery ($7.0{\pm}0.3mg/L$ of DO for 4 and 12 h), most of TfSOCS genes were significantly altered at R4 (reoxygenation for 4 h) and returned to the normal level at R12 (reoxygenation for 12 h). SOCS genes played vital roles in response to hypoxia/reoxygenation challenge. Our findings greatly strengthened the relation between innate immune and hypoxia stress in T. fasciatus.