• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2016

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is used as a scaffold for cell culture. Because both the stress and strain acting on the substrate and the hemodynamic environment are important for studying mechano-transduction of cellular function, the traction force of the surface of a substrate has been measured using fluorescence images of particle distribution. In this study, deformation of the cross-sectional plane of a PDMS block was measured by correlating particle image distributions to validate the particle image strain measurement technique. Deformation was induced by a cone indentor and a shearing parallel plate. Measured deformations from particle image distributions were in agreement with the results of a computational structure analysis using the finite-element method. This study demonstrates that the particle image correlation method facilitates measurement of deformation of a polymer scaffold in the cross-sectional plane.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.30-36
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• 2012

We are planning to construct a scaled-down moderator facility to simulate the CANDU-6 moderator circulation phenomena during steady state operating and accident conditions. In the present work a preliminary experiment using a 1/40 scaled-down moderator tank has been performed to investigate the anticipated problems of the flow visualization and measurement in the planning scaled-down moderator facility. We shortly describe CFD analysis result for the 1/40 scaled-down test model and the flow measurement techniques used for this test facility under isothermal flow conditions. The Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) method is used to visualize and measure the velocity field of water in a transparent Plexiglas tank. Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence (PLIF) technique is used to evaluate the feasibility of temperature field measurement in the range of $20-40^{\circ}C$ of water temperature using an one-color method.

• 한국해양생명과학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.68-77
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 형광측정기법을 사용하여 태안반도 인근 8지점의 표층 해수 내 미세플라스틱 정량분포를 조사하였다. 연구결과 미세플라스틱의 검출범위는 0~360.5 particles/l (평균 149.7 ± 46.0 particles/l)로 나타났다. 하지만 해양환경 내 미세플라스틱의 정량분석방법이 표준화되지 않아 타 연구결과와 직접비교 하는 것이 불가능한 상황이다. 본 연구결과 검출된 미세플라스틱을 크기별로 분류하면 < 50 ㎛ 크기가 우점하지만, St. 3의 경우 > 500 ㎛이 25.6%를 차지하여 지역별로 우점하는 미세플라스틱의 크기에 차이가 나타난다. 또한 채집지역, 저질의 종류, 검출되는 플라스틱 크기에 따른 미세플라스틱의 검출량 비교에도 뚜렷한 상관관계를 가지는 요인을 확인할 수 없었다. 이는 플라스틱의 재질에 따른 물리·화학적 특성, 해양의 동적 조건(해류, 바람, 파도, 조류 등), 지질학적 특성(지형, 경사 등), 연안 생물을 포함한 저질의 구성 및 특성, 상호작용, 인간활동(어업, 개발, 관광 등), 기상조건(홍수, 강우 등)과 같은 다양한 요인이 미세플라스틱의 거동에 영향을 주기 때문이다. 그러므로 향후 정량분석방법 표준화 및 환경요인에 대한 분석이 수반된 미세플라스틱 모니터링 기초연구가 필요한 상황이다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.130-142
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• 2006

Lab-on-a-chip technology is attracting great interest because the miniaturization of reaction systems offers practical advantages over classical bench-top chemical systems. Rapid mixing of the fluids flowing through a microchannel is very important for various applications of microfluidic systems. In addition, highly sensitive on-chip detection techniques are essential for the in situ monitoring of chemical reactions because the detection volume in a channel is extremely small. Recently, a confocal surface enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) technique, for the highly sensitive biological analysis in a microfluidic sensor, has been developed in our research group. Here, a highly precise quantitative measurement can be obtained if continuous flow and homogeneous mixing condition between analytes and silver nano-colloids are maintained. Recently, we also reported a new analytical method of DNA hybridization involving a PDMS microfluidic sensor using fluorescence energy transfer (FRET). This method overcomes many of the drawbacks of microarray chips, such as long hybridization times and inconvenient immobilization procedures. In this paper, our recent applications of the confocal Raman/fluorescence microscopic technology to a highly sensitive lab-on-a-chip detection will be reviewed.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2007

The spray characteristics and drop size measurements have been experimentally studied in liquid jets injected into subsonic crossflow. With water as fuel injection velocity, injection angle and atomize. internal flows were varied to provide of jet operation conditions. The injector internal flow was classified as three modes such as a non-cavitation flow, cavitation, and hydraulic flip flows. Pulsed Shadowgraph Photography measurement was used to determine the spatial distribution of the spray droplet diameter in a subsonic crossflow of air. And this study also obtains the SMD (Sauter Mean Diameters) distribution by using Planar Liquid Laser Induced Fluorescence technique. The objectives of this research are get a droplet distributions and drop size measurements of each condition and compare with the other flow effects. As the result, This research has been showned that droplet size were spatially dependent on air-stream velocity, fuel injection velocity, injection angle effects, and normalized distance from the injector exit length(x/d, y/d). There are also different droplet size characteristics between cavitation, hydraulic flip and the non-cavitation flows.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.21-29
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• 2004

The flow characteristics of a swirl injector were investigated with the variation of the flow condition and geometric dimensions, such as orifice length for considering the viscous effect and tangential entry port area for considering the swirl intensity. The liquid film thickness strongly influencing on the formed drop size of the spray was measured using a new technique. The film thickness measurement technique proposed here, used the attenuation of fluorescence signal near the injector exit. The breakup length that is important for the flame location as well as the spray cone angle which influences on the ignition performance was measured using a backlit stroboscopic photography technique. From the experimental results, it is found that an increase in injection pressure decreased the film thickness and breakup length, and also enlarged the spray cone angle. A decrease in orifice length and tangential entry port area has a similar tendency of thinner film thickness, shorter breakup length and larger spray cone angle. In the present study, we proposed empirical models of the flow characteristics of the swirl injectors.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제30권9호
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• pp.834-841
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• 2006

In the present wort the Laser-induced Fluorescence (LIF) technique and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM) have been combined to measure the temperature distribution across a micro-scale liquid layer as a direct and non-invasive method. Only the fluorescent light emitted from a very thin volume around a focal plane can be selectively detected, and it enables us to measure the liquid temperatures even at the close vicinity of the walls. As an experimental verification, a test section consists of two flat plates (for heating and cooling, respectively) separated by about 240 microns was made, and the methanol mixed with a temperature-sensitive dye, Rhodamine B, was filled in the gap between them. The measured temperature distribution across the gap showed good linearity, which is a typical characteristic of conduction heat transfer through a thin liquid layer. In result, the CLSM-LIF technique proposed in the present study was found to be a promising method to measure the local temperatures in the liquid flow field in microfluidic devices.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2001

본 논문의 목적은 조직(Tissue)에서의 광학적 특성(Optical Properties)을 이용한 광학적 생검(Optical Biopsy)방법을 소개하고, 방사선 치료에서 치료 반응 결과를 확인하는데 적당한 도구인가를 확인하고자 한다 본 연구는 구강(Oral Cavity) 내부조직을 샘플로, 건강한 사람 4명과 구강 암환자 4명의 자원을 받았다. 연구실에서 제작한 FastEEM(Excitation Emission Matrix) 장비를 이용하여 생체 내(in vivo)상태에서 측정하였다. 건강한 구강의 정상조직(Normal Tissue)과 병이 있는 구강의 비정상조직에서 기존의 생검과 동시에 새로운 광학적 생검을 하였다. 광학적 생검 결과와 기존의 생검 결과를 비교 확인하고, 암 조직으로 진단 받은 환자들에게 2차 광학적 생검을 실시하였다. 암 조직에 대한 1차 광학적 생검과 2차 측정 결과에 대한 형광스펙트럼을 비교 분석하였고, 자료분석은 Gillenwater가 개발한 337nm에 근거한 진단 알고리즘을 이용하였다. 광학적 생검 방법은 암 조직을 정상조직과 확실하게 구분시키는 장비임을 확인하였다. 건강한 구강조직과 악성 종양 조직의 측정 형광세기를 비교하면 정상조직인 경우 암 조직의 형광세기보다 모든 환자에 대해서 크게 나타났다. 암 조직의 구성이 시간에 따라 변하였을 때(7일) 광학적 생검을 하면 측정된 4명의 환자의 형광의 세기에 변화가 있었다. 7일간 시간이 지난 암 조직이 형광세기가 더 작은 값을 갖는다. 광학적 생검은 조직을 인체에서 분리하지 않는 생체 내, 실시간, 비침습성(noninvasive)생검 방법이다. 본 연구에서는 구강의 정상조직과, 암 조직, 그리고 암 조직의 진화에 따른 구성의 변화를 형광스펙트럼으로 확인하였다. 형광분광법을 이용한 FastEEM장치는 암 조직의 변화를 확인함으로 방사선 치료 후 발생하는 암 조직 구성의 화학적, 생물학적, 형태학적 변화를 실시간으로 정확하게 측정이 가능한 장치임을 확인하였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권11호
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• pp.1529-1540
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• 2011

Silencing of a specific gene using RNAi (RNA interference) is a valuable tool for functional analysis of a target gene. However, information on RNAi for analysis of gene function in farm animals is relatively nil. In the present study, we have validated the interfering effects of siRNA (small interfering RNA) using both quantitative and qualitative gene silencing in buffalo granulosa cells. Qualitative gene knockdown was validated using a fluorescent vector, enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP) and fluorescently labeled siRNA (Cy3) duplex. While quantitatively, siRNA targeted against the luciferase and CYP19 mRNA was used to validate the technique. CYP19 gene, a candidate fertility gene, was selected as a model to demonstrate the technique optimization. However, to sustain the expression of CYP19 gene in culture conditions using serum is difficult because granulosa cells have the tendency to luteinize in presence of serum. Therefore, serum free culture conditions were optimized for transfection and were found to be more suitable for the maintenance of CYP19 gene transcripts in comparison to culture conditions with serum. Decline in fluorescence intensity of green fluorescent protein (EGFP) was observed following co-transfection with plasmid generating siRNA targeted against EGFP gene. Quantitative decrease in luminescence was seen when co-transfected with siRNA against the luciferase gene. A significant suppressive effect on the mRNA levels of CYP19 gene at 100 nM siRNA concentration was observed. Also, measurement of estradiol levels using ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) showed a significant decline in comparison to control. In conclusion, the present study validated gene silencing using RNAi in cultured buffalo granulosa cells which can be used as an effective tool for functional analysis of target genes.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2000년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.365-369
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• 2000

반응기의 performance를 결정하는 중요한 요소는 methane 생성균의 활성을 측정하는 것이다. Methanogen의 활성을 측정하는 방법으로 SMA가 유일하게 사용되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 methanogen의 활성을 측정하는 다른 대안으로 CLSM image의 정량 분석 방법을 확립하였다. CLSM의 결과는 약 5시간 안에 얻을 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 분자 생물학적인 기술을 많이 요하지 않는다. 또한, sludge내부의 상태와 methanogen의 분포정도를 사진으로 볼 수 있는 장점이 있다. 따라서 SMA와 함께 CLSM image 정량 분석은 UASB반응기의 start-up 동안의 methanogen의 활성을 측정하기 위한 유용한 방법으로 제안할 수 있다.