• Macromolecular Research
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.2-12
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• 2002

The small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) beamline BL4C1 at the 2.5 GeV storage ring of the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL) has been in its first you of operation since August 2000. During this first stage it could meet the basic requirements of the rapidly growing domestic SAXS user community, which has been carrying out measurements mainly on various polymer systems. The X-ray source is a bending magnet which produces white radiation with a critical energy of 5.5 keV. A synthetic double multilayer monochromator selects quasi-monochromatic radiation with a bandwidth of ca. 1.5%. This relatively low degree of monochromatization is sufficient for most SAXS measurements and allows a considerably higher flux at the sample as compared to monochromators using single crystals. Higher harmonics from the monochromator are rejected by reflection from a flat mirror, and a slit system is installed for collimation. A charge-coupled device (CCD) system, two one-dimensional photodiode arrays (PDA) and imaging plates (IP) are available its detectors. The overall performance of the beamline optics and of the detector systems has been checked using various standard samples. While the CCD and PDA detectors are well-suited for diffraction measurements, they give unsatisfactory data from weakly scattering samples, due to their high intrinsic noise. By using the IP system smooth scattering curves could be obtained in a wide dynamic range. In the second stage, stating from August 2001, the beamline will be upgraded with additional slits, focusing optics and gas-filled proportional detectors.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.484-492
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• 2012

본 연구는 정자기장 처리가 실내 관엽식물의 생육 및 생리적 특성에 미치는 영향과 그 작용 메커니즘을 파악하기 위해 수행되었다. 이를 위해 스파티필름(Spathiphyllum spp), 산호수(Ardisia pusilla DC.), 싱고니움(Syngonium podophyllum), 홀리아페페(Peperomia pereskiifolia) 및 필레아(Pilea cadierei)의 5종 관엽식물을 대상으로 안쪽 바닥면에 표면자속밀도 3,500G의 이방성 NdFeB계 원형 소결영구자석을 장착하여 자성처리한 화분에서 6개월간 생육시켜 나타난 변화를 관찰하였다. 자성처리화분에서의 생육은 스파티필름, 산호수 및 필레아에서 유의성 있는 생육증대를 유도하였으며 대부분의 식물종에서 조직 내 함수율을 증대시키는 것으로 나타났다. 스파티필름은 광합성률 또한 유의성 있게 증대되었으나 산호수 및 필레아의 경우 광합성률의 유의성 있는 증가가 나타나지 않았는데 이는 자성처리화분이 동화산물에 대한 정상적인 대사과정에서의 수요를 감소시킴으로써 생물량 축적에 보다 유리한 조건을 제공하는 것으로 해석된다. 그러나 홀리아페페의 경우 생육이나 광합성에 있어 별다른 차이가 유도되지 않았기 때문에 자성처리화분의 이와 같은 효과는 식물종에 따라 차이를 보일 것으로 생각된다. 실험에 사용된 대부분의 식물종에서 자성처리에 따른 엽 내 질소 및 엽록소 함량과 엽록소 a/b 비율에 유의성 있는 증가가 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과들은 식물종에 따른 제한은 있으나 적절한 자기장 처리를 통해 환경변화에 대한 관엽식물의 잠재적 적응능력을 높이고 실내 환경개선을 위한 실내식물의 활용도를 증대시킬 수 있는 가능성을 제시한다.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.575-585
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• 2008

There are two beamlines (BLs), 4C1 and 4C2, at the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory that are dedicated to small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The 4C1 BL was constructed in early 2000 and is open to public users, including both domestic and foreign researchers. In 2003, construction of the second SAXS BL, 4C2, was complete and commissioning and user support were started. The 4C2 BL uses the same bending magnet as its light source as the 4C1 BL. The 4C1 BL uses a synthetic double multilayer monochromator, whereas the 4C2 BL uses a Si(111) double crystal monochromator for both small angle and wide angle X-ray scattering. In the 4C2 BL, the collimating mirror is positioned behind the monochromator in order to enhance the beam flux and energy resolution. A toroidal focusing mirror is positioned in front of the monochromator to increase the beam flux and eliminate higher harmonics. The 4C2 BL also contains a digital cooled charge coupled detector, which has a wide dynamic range and good sensitivity to weak scattering, thereby making it suitable for a range of SAXS and wide angle X-ray scattering experiments. The general performance of the 4C2 BL was initially tested using standard samples and further confirmed by the experience of users during three years of operation. In addition, several grazing incidence X-ray scattering measurements were carried out at the 4C2 BL.