• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.86-92
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• 2004

In this paper miniaturized disposable micro/nanofluidic components applicable to bio chip, chemical analyzer and biomedical monitoring system, such as blood analysis, micro dosing system and cell experiment, etc are reported. This system includes various microfluidic components including a micropump, micromixer, DNA purification chip and single-cell assay chip. For low voltage and low power operation, a surface tension-driven micropump is presented, as well as a micromixer, which was implemented using MEMS technology, for efficient liquid mixing is also introduced. As bio-reactors, DNA purification and single-cell assay devices, for the extraction of pure DNA from liquid mixture or blood and for cellular engineering or high-throughput screening, respectively, are presented.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.1510-1515
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• 2004

Aggregability of red blood cells (RBCs) was determined by a laser backscattering light analysis in a microfluidic channel. Available techniques for RBC aggregation often adopt a rotational Couette-flow using bob-and-cup system for disaggregating RBCs, which causes the system to be complex and expensive. A disposable microfluidic channel and vibration generating mechanism were used in the proposed new detection system for RBC aggregation. Prior to measurement, RBC aggregates in a blood sample were completely disaggregated by applying vibration-induced shear. With the present apparatus, the aggregation indexes of RBCs can be easily measured with small quantities of blood sample. The measurements with the present aggregometer were compared with those of LORCA and showed a strong correlation between them. The aggregability of the defibrinogenated blood RBCs is markedly lower than that of the normal RBCs. The noble feature of this design is the vibration-induced disaggregation mechanism, which enables to incorporate disposable element that holds the blood sample.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.143-148
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• 2016

A microfluidic reactor with computer-controlled programmable isocratic pumps and online detectors is employed as a combinatorial synthesis system to synthesize and analyze materials for fabricating CdSe quantum dots for various applications. Four reaction condition parameters, namely, the reaction temperature, reaction time, Cd/Se compositional ratio, and precursor concentration, are combined in synthesis condition sets, and the size of the synthesized CdSe quantum dots is determined for each condition. The average time corresponding to each reaction condition for obtaining the ultraviolet-visible absorbance and photoluminescence spectra is approximately 10 min. Using the data from the combinatorial synthesis system, the effects of the reaction conditions on the synthesized CdSe quantum dots are determined. Further, the data is used to determine the relationships between the reaction conditions and the CdSe particle size. This method should aid in determining and selecting the optimal conditions for synthesizing nanoparticles for diverse applications.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2022년도 가을 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.247-248
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• 2022

The microfluidic controlled droplet production system is one of the most powerful methods for capsule manufacturing. However, stable production is not possible when the powder is included. We solved the above problem by developing an off-chip droplet production system. we checked the droplet creation mechanism and created a simple repair model. It was possible to produce a uniform and stable droplet regardless of the powder content.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.244-249
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• 2007

Fluidic conditions for the separation of phases were surveyed in a microfluidic aqueous two-phase extraction system. The infusion ratio between polyethylene glycol (PEG) and dextran solution defines the concentrations of each polymer in micro-channel, which determine the phase-separation. The appropriate ratio between PEG (M.W. 8000, 10%, w/v) and dextran T500 (M.W. 500000, 5%, w/v) in order to perform the separation of phases of both polymers was observed as changing the mixed ratio of both polymers. Based on the fluidic conditions, stable two-phase solutions were obtained within 4% to 8% and 3% to 1% of PEG and dextran, respectively. In addition, the characteristics of the two-phase were discussed. The separation technique studied in the paper can be applied for the implementation of a lab-on-a chip which can detect various biological entities such cells, bacterium, and virus in an integrated manner using built in a biosensor inside the chip.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2011년도 제42회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1680-1681
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• 2011

In this paper, particle counting system using a CMOS image sensor is demonstrated. The system utilizes a linear photodetector array as a detection element. Therefore, the particles are detected by large detection region, in contrast to a single detector in conventional particle counting devices, while maintaining the sensitivity. The advantage of proposed system is that particles are detected in a relatively large area without using the particle focusing method. Also, proposed system can be easily integrated with a microfluidic chip by attaching the device underneath the bottom plate of the microfluidic chip. Detection of polystyrene microbeads has been tested at a flow rate of 4.89mm/s. For 21 measurements, proposed system showed an average count error of 7.29% and a standard deviation of 4.74%. Potentially, the proposed system can detect even smaller particles simply by utilizing a higher resolution CMOS image sensor.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.730-734
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• 2019

열영동은 매질의 온도 구배에 의해 입자가 이동하는 현상이다. 본 논문에서는 미세유체 채널에서 입자의 열영동 현상에 대해서 논의한다. 흐름이 없는 비유동 채널에서 열원인 백금 와이어에 가해지는 전압에 비례해서 열영동에 의한 마이크로 입자의 이동이 더 크게 나타남을 확인하였다. 전압에 따른 백금 와이어 주변 온도 변화는 Callendar-van Dusen 식을 이용하여 예측하였다. 동일한 시스템에서 나노 입자의 열영동 현상을 관찰한 결과, 나노 입자도 마이크로 입자와 유사한 열영동 거동을 보임을 확인하였다. 마지막으로 Y 모양 미세유체 채널을 제작하고 백금 와이어 열원을 채널 내에 설치하여, 채널을 흐르는 현탁액 내의 입자의 열영동 현상을 구현하고, 이를 기반으로 현탁액의 흐름을 제어할 수 있음을 보인다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2010

구리 이온 농도를 측정하기 위하여 생체재료를 사용하여 마이크로플루이딕 시스템을 제작하였다. 은 전극에 세포막을 모방한 이중층 지질막(bilayer lipid membrane; BLM)을 피복하여 제2 구리 이온 농도를 감지하도록 하였다. 은 전극에 지지된 BLM은 그 안정성이 증대되었다. 은에 지지된 이중층 지질막(s-BLM)은 은 전선을 지질 (phosphatidylcholine; PC) 용액에 담갔다가 KCl 용액에 담글 때 자기조립 특성에 의하여 용이하게 형성할 수 있다. 이 지지된 이중층 지질막(s-BLM)은 $Cu^{2+}$의 농도와 s-BLM을 통과하는 전류 간의 상관 관계를 결정하기 위하여 사용되었다. 얻어진 상관관계는 선형을 보였으며 높은 재현성을 가졌다. $Cu^{2+}$ 농도가 $10{\sim}130{\mu}M$인 범위에서 $Cu^{2+}$ 농도와 전류의 상관관계를 나타내기 위하여 보정 곡선을 구축하였다. 이 보정 곡선을 미지 시료의 $Cu^{2+}$ 농도 측정에 사용하였다. 지지된 이중층 지질막이 구비된 마이크로플루이딕 시스템은 PDMS(polydimethyl siloxane)를 사용하여 전형적인 연질 포토리소그라피와 몰딩 기법으로 제작하였다. 집적된 마이크로플루이딕 시스템은 은 전선을 절단하지 않고도 은 표면을 활성화시키는 기능, 은 표면에 이중층 지질막을 피복하는 기능, KCl 완충 용액을 주입하는 기능, $Cu^{2+}$를 포함한 시료를 주입하는 기능, 시료 중의 $Cu^{2+}$ 농도를 측정하는 기능 등 다중 기능을 가지도록 하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.196-201
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• 2004

In biometric and biomedical applications, a special transporting mechanism must be designed for the ${\mu}$TAS (micro total analysis system) to move samples and reagents through the microchannels that connect the unit procedure components in the system. An important issue for this miniaturization and integration is microfluid management technique, i.e., microfluid transportation, metering, and mixing. In view of this, this study presents an optimal fuzzy sliding-mode control (OFSMC) design based on the 8051 microprocessor and implementation of a complete microfluidic manipulated system implementation of biochip system with a pneumatic pumping actuator, a feedback-signal photodiodes and flowmeter. The new microfluid management technique successfully improved the efficiency of molecular biology reaction by increasing the velocity of the target nucleic acid molecules, which increases the effective collision into the probe molecules as the target molecules flow back and forth. Therefore, this hybridization chip was able to increase hybridization signal 6-fold and reduce non-specific target-probe binding and background noises within 30 minutes, as compared to conventional hybridization methods, which may take from 4 hours to overnight. In addition, the new technique was also used in DNA extraction. When serum existed in the fluid, the extraction efficiency of immobilized beads with solution flowing back and forth was 88-fold higher than that of free-beads.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.760-765
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• 2013

액적기반 미세유체 시스템을 이용해 난백단백질인 라이소자임의 결정화실험을 하였다. Flow-focusing 칩을 이용해 water-in-oil 형태의 액적을 만들고 페트리 디쉬와 십자몰드에 넣은 후, 액적 내부에서 라이소자임 수용액과 침전제 (NaCl) 사이의 액-액 반응을 관찰하였다. 그리고 수용액의 pH가 4.8일 때와 7.2일 때의 결정형태를 비교하였다. 그 결과, pH 4.8에서는 다면체 또는 판상형의 결정이 형성되었고, pH 7.2에서는 침상형 결정이 생성되었다. pH 4.8, 7.2 두 경우 액적이 홀로 있을 때에는 액적부피가 유지되거나 감소하면서 결정이 형성되었다. 하지만 액적이 서로 인접해 있을 때는 액적사이의 상호작용이 관찰되었고, 두 pH에서 다른 경향성을 보였다. pH 4.8에서는 인접한 액적의 부피에 영향을 주어 한 액적의 부피가 커졌고, 부피가 커진 액적에서 결정이 형성되었다. pH 7.2에서는 부피에 영향을 서로 주지 않고 각각의 액적에서 결정이 형성되었다.