• Molecules and Cells
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.318-326
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• 2015

We previously reported that the SbROMT3syn recombinant protein catalyzes the production of the methylated resveratrol derivatives pinostilbene and pterostilbene by methylating substrate resveratrol in recombinant E. coli. To further study the production of stilbene compounds in E. coli by the expression of enzymes involved in stilbene biosynthesis, we isolated three stilbene synthase (STS) genes from rhubarb, peanut, and grape as well as two resveratrol O-methyltransferase (ROMT) genes from grape and sorghum. The ability of RpSTS to produce resveratrol in recombinant E. coli was compared with other AhSTS and VrSTS genes. Out of three STS, only AhSTS was able to produce resveratrol from p-coumaric acid. Thus, to improve the solubility of RpSTS, VrROMT, and SbROMT3 in E. coli, we synthesized the RpSTS, VrROMT and SbROMT3 genes following codon-optimization and expressed one or both genes together with the cinnamate/4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase (CCL) gene from Streptomyces coelicolor. Our HPLC and LC-MS analyses showed that recombinant E. coli expressing both ScCCL and RpSTSsyn led to the production of resveratrol when p-coumaric acid was used as the precursor. In addition, incorporation of SbROMT3syn in recombinant E. coli cells produced resveratrol and its mono-methylated derivative, pinostilbene, as the major products from p-coumaric acid. However, very small amounts of pterostilbene were only detectable in the recombinant E. coli cells expressing the ScCCL, RpSTSsyn and SbROMT3syn genes. These results suggest that RpSTSsyn exhibits an enhanced enzyme activity to produce resveratrol and SbROMT3syn catalyzes the methylation of resveratrol to produce pinostilbene in E. coli cells.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.17
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• pp.502-505
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• 2004

We studied the nematic liquid crystal (NLC) aligning capabilities using the new alignment material of a SiC (Silicon Carbide) thin film. SiC thin film exhibits good chemical and thermal stability. The good thermal and chemical stability make SiC an attractive candidate for electronic applications. A homeotropic alignment of nematic liquid crystal by ion beam (IB) exposure on the SiC thin film surface was achieved. The about $87^{\circ}$ of stable pretilt angle was achieved at the range from $30^{\circ}$ to $45^{\circ}$ of incident angle. The good LC alignment is maintained by the ion beam alignment method on the SiC thin film surface until annealing temperature of $300^{\circ}C$. Consequently, homeotropic alignment effect of liquid crystal and the good thermal stability by the ion beam alignment method on the SiC thin film layer can be achieved.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.669-676
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• 2013

In this study, we introduce a polymer(polyimide) based pressure sensor to measure real-time heart beat and blood pressure. The sensor have been designed with consideration of skin compatibility of material, cost effectiveness, manufacturability and wireless detection. The designed sensor was composed of inductor coils and an air-gap capacitor which generate self-resonant frequency when electrical source is applied on the system. The sensor was obtained with metalization, etching, photolithography, polymer adhesive bonding and laser cutting. The fabricated sensor was shaped in circular type with 10mm diameter and 0.45 mm thickness to fit radial artery. Resonant frequencies of the fabricated sensors were in the range of 91~96 MHz on 760 mmHg pressurized environment. Also the sensor has good linearity without any pressure-frequency hysteresis. Sensitivity of the sensor was 145.5 kHz/mmHg and accuracy was less than 2 mmHg. Real-time heart beat measurement was executed with a developed hand-held measurement system. Possibility of real-time blood pressure measurement was showed with simulated artery system. After installation of the sensor on skin above radial artery, simple real blood pressure measurement was performed with 64 mmHg blood pressure variation.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.1100-1106
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• 2004

In this paper, we intend to make fringe-field switching (FFS) mode cell by the ion beam (IB) alignment method on the a-C：H thin film, to analyze electro-optical characteristics in this cell. We studied on the suitable inorganic thin film for fringe-field switching (FFS) cell and the aligning capabilities of nematic liquid crystal (NLC) using the alignment material of a-C：H thin film as working gas at 30 W rf bias condition. A high pretilt angle of about 5 $^{\circ}C$ by ion beam (IB) exposure on the a-C：H thin film surface was measured. Consequently, the high pretilt angle and the good thermal stability of LC alignment by the IB alignment method on the a-C：H thin film surface as working gas at 30 W rf bias condition can be achieved. An excellent voltage-transmittance (V -T) and response time curve of the IE-aligned FFS-LCD was observed with oblique IB exposure on the a-C：H thin films. Also, AC V-T hysteresis characteristics of the IB-aligned FFS-LCD with IE exposure on the a-C：H thin films is almost the same as that of the rubbing-aligned FFS cell on a polyimide (PI) surface.

• 분석과학
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.319-328
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• 2017

The identification of explosive residues on specimens obtained from an explosion event is a crucial factor for assessing the cause of the explosion. In order to detect the components of explosives, the explosive residues deposited on surfaces are commonly extracted using swabbing materials pre-wetted with an organic solvent. The residues are then analyzed with analytical instruments such as LC/MS and CE/MS. Most conventionally used swabbing media such as cotton swabs or cotton tip swabs seem unsuitable for extracting explosive residues from the surface of a large area of clothes because the swabbing materials tend to be damaged easily, and because only a relatively small amount of explosives is collected. To overcome these problems, we have introduced a novel wiper ($215{\times}210mm$, single layer, Yuhan-Kimberly, Republic of Korea) as a swabbing material to recover representative organic explosives, namely, TNT, RDX, tetryl, HMX, PETN, and NG, from a large area of clothes. Different sides of the wiper, which was folded in half five times, was used to swab the surface of a clothing. We compared this novel wiper with a cotton swab and a cotton tip swab in terms of the recovery efficiency for the aforementioned organic explosives by pre-wetting with methanol, acetone, and acetonitrile, respectively. We identified that this novel wiper collected a significantly higher amount of organic explosive residues than a cotton swab or a cotton tip swab when using methanol as an extracting solvent.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2017

In clinical diagnosis, it's well known that the abnormal level of uric acid (UA) in human body is implicated in diverse human diseases, for instance, chronic heart failure, gouty arthritis, diabetes, and so on. As a primary method, an isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) has been used to obtain the accurate quantity of UA in blood or serum and also develop the certificated reference material (CRM) so as to provide a SI-traceability to clinical laboratories. Due to the low solubility of UA in water, an ammonium hydroxide ($NH_4OH$) has been considered as a promising solvent to increase the solubility of UA that enables the preparation of both UA and its isotope standard solution for next IDMS-based absolute quantification. But, because of using this $NH_4OH$ solvent, it gives rise to the unwanted degradation of UA. In this study, we sought to optimize condition for the stability of UA in $NH_4OH$ solution by varying the mole ratios of UA to $NH_4OH$, followed by ID-LC-MRM analysis. In addition, we also inspected minutely the effect of the storage temperatures. Additionally, we also performed the quantitative analysis of UA in the KRISS serum certificated reference material (CRM, 111-01-02A) with diverse mixing ratios of UA to $NH_4OH$ and then compared those values to its certification value. Based on our experiments, adjusting the mole ratio of 1/2 ($UA/NH_4OH$) with the storage temperature of $-20^{\circ}C$ is an effective way to secure both the solubility and stability of UA in $NH_4OH$ solution for next IDMS-based quantification of UA in serum.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.5 No.2
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• pp.1054-1057
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• 2004

The nitrogenated diamond-like carbon (NDLC) exhibits high electrical resistivity and thermal conductivity that are similar to the properties shown by diamond-like carbon (DLC) films. These diamond-like transparent properties in NDLC come in a material consisting of $sp^2$-bonded carbon versus the $sp^3$-carbon of DLC. The diamond-like properties and nondiamond-like bonding make NDLC an attractive candidate for applications. Liquid crystal (LC) alignment capabilities with ion beam exposure on NDLC thin films and electro-optical (EO) performances of the ion-beam-aligned twisted nematic liquid crystal display (TN-LCD) with oblique ion beam exposure on the NDLC thin film surface were studied. An excellent uniform alignment of the nematic liquid crystal (NLC) alignment with the ion beam exposure on the NDLC thin films was observed. In addition, it can be achieved that the good EO properties of the ion-beam-aligned TN-LCD. Finally, we will present the residual DC property of the ion-beam-aligned TN-LCD on the NDLC thin film surface.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.152-159
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• 2017

식품의 가공 시 농축, 건조, 살균 등을 목적으로 가열공정이 필수적으로 요구된다. 또한 다양한 원료가 혼합될때 원료 본연의 pH는 타 혼합원료의 영향으로 변화되게 된다. 본 연구는 아로니아의 가공조건에 따른 안토시아닌의 함량감소에 영향에 미치는 인자인 온도, pH, 가온시간, 수분함량 및 citric acid 첨가 등에 따른 안토시아닌 함량감소 억제효과를 검토하였다. 가공공정에서 안토시아닌 함량을 감소시키는 요인으로는 pH, 온도, 가온시간, 수분함량이 가장 영향을 주었다. 아로니아에 함유된 안토시아닌은 산성에서 안정하다고 보고된 바가 있으나, 수분함량 9%이하의 분말의 경우 pH 6이하에서는, 가열온도와 시간에 따른 안토시아닌 함량감소가 고수분함량 시료에 비하여 적었다. 가열온도에 따른 총 안토시아닌 함량변화는 $40^{\circ}C$이하에서는 안정한 편이나, $40^{\circ}C$ 이상 $60^{\circ}C$는 감소속도가 서서히 증가하고, $60^{\circ}C$ 이상에서 급격하게 감소속도가 증가되었다. 일반적으로 사용하는 열풍순환건조기를 이용한 건조에서 건조효율을 참작한 적정최저온도라 할 수 있는 $65^{\circ}C$에서 수분함량 9%의 아로니아 분말은 40시간 가열처리로 50%가 소실되었다. 이러한 결과는 아로니아를 건조할 때 유효성분인 안토시아닌의 감소를 억제하기 위하여 가열온도를 $40^{\circ}C$ 이상에서 장시간 건조하지 않아야 함을 나타낸다. Juice 상태의 $65^{\circ}C$ 수용액 중에서는 10시간 만에 50%가 감소되었으며, juice 상태의 $85^{\circ}C$ 수용액 중에서는 4시간만에 50%가 감소되었다. 저수분 함유 조건에서 아로니아 분말에 함유된 안토시아닌의 안정성에 영향을 미치는 것은 온도 및 시간 변수가 가장 큰요인이며, 이러한 요인은 아로니아 뿐만 아니라 안토시아닌을 함유하는 과일류에 공통으로 적용될 것으로 생각된다. 본 연구는 아로니아에 함유된 안토시아닌의 함량을 다양한 방법을 이용하여 분석하였다. 총 안토시아닌 분석은 이전부터 사용하던 UV-VIS 분광광도계를 이용하는 방법을 사용하였으며, 이 방법은 최근 방법인 LC-MS/MS 분석법에 비하여 신속하다는 장점은 있지만 정확도가 떨어지는 것으로 사료된다. 특히 안토시아닌 종류(Cyanidin-3-Galactoside, Cyanidin-3-Glucoside, C3-Arabinoside)별 함량의 구분도 불가능하다. 이러한 분석의 어려움으로 2013년, 2015년 특허(Jang and Park et al., 2013; Lee and Jung et al., 2015)에서도 아로니아에 함유된 주종 안토시아닌으로 Cyanidin-3-glucoside를제시하고 있으며, 본 연구에서는 LC-MS/MS 분석결과 아로니아에 함유된 주종 안토시아닌은 Cyanidin-3-galactoside인 것으로 확인되었다.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.520-529
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• 2003

소아치과 임상에서 자주 사용하고 있는 심미 수복재료는 마무리와 연마 과정을 통해 내구정과 심미성이 향상된 수복물을 얻을 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 수복재료 종류에 따른 연마기구의 적합성과 사용된 연마기구 간의 효율성을 비교하고자 하였다. Z250(3M, USA), Heliomolar(Ivoclar Vivadent, USA), Dyract AP(Dentsply, USA), Fuji II LC(GC, Japan)를 이용하여 시편을 제작하고, 연마기구인 Enhance(Dentsply, USA), Sof-Lex(3M, USA), Composite(Shofu, Japan)를 적용하여 연마하였다. 각 제품마다 제작된 시편 중에 어떠한 연마 과정도 거치지 않은 5개의 시편을 대조군으로 사용하였다. 이 시편들의 표면 거칠기($R_a\;value,\;{\mu}m$)를 측정하고, 주사전자현미경으로 관찰하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 수복재료에 따른 표면 거칠기를 비교한 결과 Z250이 가장 낮은 표면 거칠기를 나타냈으나 다른 수복재료와 비교하여 유의한 차이는 없었다(p>0.05). 2. 네 가지 수복재료는 대조군에서 가장 평활한 표면을 얻었고, 모든 연마 과정은 표면 거칠기를 증가시켰다. 3. 세 가지 연마기구 중 Sof-Lex가 가장 평활한 표면을 형성하였으며, Sof-Lex와 Enhance에 의한 표면 거칠기는 유의한 차이를 보였다(p < 0.05). 4. 주사전자현미경 관찰 시 네 가지 수복재료의 대조군은 실험군에 비해 균일한 표면을 나타냈다.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.303-315
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• 1995

An adequate and homogeneous cure of light-activated restroative material is very important for improvement of marginal adaptation and prevention of marginal leakage, secondary caries and pulpal irritation as well as expressing natural physical property of that material. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the change of surface hardness and cure uniformity of light-activated glass ionomer cements. Restorative(Fuji II LC, Vitremer) and lining(Baseline VLC, Vitrebond) light-activated glass ionomer cements were investigated for this study. The surface hardness of the top and bottom surfaces and cure uniformity of each 1mm, 1.5mm, 2mm, 2.5mm & 3mm in the thickness of specimen were measured immediately, at 1 hour, 24 hours and 1 week after light activation. The surface hardness change and cure uniformity of all the specimens were measured by Knoop hardness tester. The results were as follows. 1. The surface hardness of top and bottom surfaces in all groups increased with time(p<0.01). 2. Both top and bottom surfaces hardness of Vitrebond group measured immediately after light-activation were significantly lower than those of the other groups(p<0.01). 3. The surface hardness of top and bottom surfaces of restorative light -activated glass ionomer cements was higher than those of lining materials at 1 week(p<0.10). 4. Surface hardness of Vitremer group decreased as the specimen thickness increased, except top and bottom surfaces hardness of the specimen at 1 week(p<0.01). There was no significant difference in the surface hardness of Fuji II LC with changes in the thickness except bottom surface hardness of specimen at 24 hours and 1 week (p>0.05). 5. Surface hardness of Vitrebond group significantly decreased as the specimen thickness increased(p<0.01). There was no significant difference in the surface hardness of Baseline VLC group with changes in the thickness except bottom surface hardness of specimen measured immediately after light -activation(p>0.05). 6. The hardness ratio of top against bottom surface in all groups decreased with time(p<0.05). 7. There was no significant difference in the hardness ratio of top against bottom surface with changes of the thickness except Vitrebond group, 24 hours and 1 week of Vitremer group and 1 week of Baseline VLC group (p>0.05). These results suggest that surface hardness of restorative ligh-activated glass ionomer cements were highter than those of lining light-activated materials. In all groups, the surface hardness and cure uniformity continuously increased with time.