• Molecules and Cells
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2022

Living cells generate, sense, and respond to mechanical forces through their interaction with neighboring cells or extracellular matrix, thereby regulating diverse cellular processes such as growth, motility, differentiation, and immune responses. Dysregulation of mechanosensitive signaling pathways is found associated with the development and progression of various diseases such as cancer. Yet, little is known about the mechanisms behind mechano-regulation, largely due to the limited availability of tools to study it at the molecular level. The recent development of molecular tension probes allows measurement of cellular forces exerted by single ligand-receptor interaction, which has helped in revealing the hitherto unknown mechanistic details of various mechanosensitive processes in living cells. Here, we provide an introductory overview of two methods based on molecular tension probes, tension gauge tether (TGT), and molecular tension fluorescence microscopy (MTFM). TGT utilizes the irreversible rupture of double-stranded DNA tether upon application of force in the piconewton (pN) range, whereas MTFM utilizes the reversible extension of molecular springs such as polymer or single-stranded DNA hairpin under applied pN forces. Specifically, the underlying principle of how molecular tension probes measure cell-generated mechanical forces and their applications to mechanosensitive biological processes are described.

• 공업화학
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.425-431
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• 2018

UV 및 블루라이트를 차단하는 세륨 옥사이드 나노 입자와 다공성 실리카와의 복합입자를 건식 코팅 공정을 통해 제조하였다. 실리카와 세륨 옥사이드 간 혼합 비율과 메카노 퓨전 장치의 챔버 회전속도 등의 제조 조건을 달리하여 여러 복합입자를 만든 후, 입자 표면 형태를 SEM으로 관측 비교하고 XRF을 통해 복합입자의 조성을 분석하였다. 세륨 옥사이드를 실리카와 함께 복합입자로 만들어 물에 분산시키면 현탁 용액의 투명도가 높아지고 분산 안정성이 향상되었다. 또한 파우더의 유동성과 발림성이 개선되었다. 본 연구를 통해 세륨 옥사이드/실리카 복합입자가 자외선 및 블루라이트를 차단하는 기능성 화장품 소재로 사용 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 열처리공학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.279-287
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• 2013

Oxide Dispersion Strengthened (ODS) Fe with $Al_2O_3$ dispersoid was successfully produced by reactive milling with a mixture of Fe, $Fe_3O_4$ (Magnetite), $Fe_2O_3$ (Hematite) and Al reactants at cryogenic temperature. The milled powders were consolidated by Vacuum Hot Press (HP) at 1323 K, and the consolidated materials were characterized by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM), and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS); the yield strength and the hardness of the consolidated materials were determined by compressive test and Vickers hardness test at room temperature. The grain size of the materials was estimated by X-ray Diffraction technique using the scherrer's formula. The TEM observations showed that the microstructure was comprised with a mixture of nanocrystalline Fe matrix and $Al_2O_3$ nano-dispersoids with a bimodal size distribution; the 0.2% off-set yield strength of the materials was as high as $758{\pm}29$ MPa and the Vickers hardness was $358{\pm}2$. The effect of the cryogenic milling and addition of extra Fe powder was discussed on the suppression of MSR (Mechanically induced Self-sustaining Reaction) for the desired microstructural evolution of ODS alloys.