• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.286-290
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• 2011

Ginsenoside Rg3 was reported to have important biological activities. We demonstrate conjugation and quantification procedures of ginsenoside Rg3 to gold nanoparticles for future biological and medical applications. Ginsenoside Rg3 was conjugated to spherical gold nanoparticles using a bifunctional heptaethylene glycol linker. The sulfhydryl group of heptaethylene glycol was adsorbed onto gold nanoparticles, and carboxylic acid end of heptaethylene glycol was bonded through a hydroxyl group of Rg3 via ester bond formation. The conjugation of Rg3 was characterized with various spectroscopic techniques, high resolution-transmission electron microscopy, and using Rg3 monoclonal antibody. The Rg3- functionalized gold nanoparticles were $4.7{\pm}1.0$ nm in diameter with a surface charge of -4.12 mV. The total number of Rg3 molecules conjugated to a 3.6 mL solution of gold nanoparticle was determined to be $9.5{\times}10^{14}$ corresponding to ~6 molecules of Rg3/gold nanoparticle. These results suggest that ginsenoside Rg3 is successfully conjugated to gold nanoparticles via heptaethylene glycol linker. The quantification was performed by using Rg3 monoclonal antibody without interference of gold's intrinsic color.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.108-123
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• 2004

최근 근접장 광학주사현미경 (NSOM)을 이용한 재료의 표면 및 구조 분석은 생물학에서 재료과학에까지 광범위하게 응용되고 있다. 본 총설에서는 기존의 NSOM을 여러가지 현미경법 (광학, 형광, 전자 및 전기화학 현미경 관찰법)과 접목하여 구성한 다기능 NSOM (multi-functional NSOM, mf-NSOM)을 이용, 나노 재료의 고분해능 이미징에 대한 원리와 응용을 고찰하였다. 본 mf-NSOM 기술을 이용하여 실제로 Al합금 및 다결정 Ti 표면에서의 공식 (pitting)을 일으키는 취약 지역을 광학적으로 분석한 결과를 기술하였다. 또한, mf-NSOM과 레이저 기술을 통해 나노 Ag 입자를 형성하고 실시간 분석한 연구결과에 대해서도 소개하고자 한다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.841-845
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• 2013

We give a textured front on silicon wafer for high-efficiency solar cells by using micro contact printing method which uses PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) silicon rubber as a stamp and SAM (self assembled monolayer)s as an ink. A random pyramidal texturing have been widely used for a front-surface texturing in low cost manufacturing line although the cell with random pyramids on front surface shows relatively low efficiency than the cell with inverted pyramids patterned by normal optical lithography. In the past two decades, the micro contact printing has been intensively studied in nano technology field for high resolution patterns on silicon wafer. However, this promising printing technique has surprisingly never applied so far to silicon based solar cell industry despite their simplicity of process and attractive aspects in terms of cost competitiveness. We employ a MHA (16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid) as an ink for Au deposited $SiO_2/Si$ substrate. The $SiO_2$ pattern which is same as the pattern printed by SAM ink on Au surface and later acts as a hard resist for anisotropic silicon etching was made by HF solution, and then inverted pyramidal pattern is formed after anisotropic wet etching. We compare three textured surface with different morphology (random texture, random pyramids and inverted pyramids) and then different geometry of inverted pyramid arrays in terms of reflectivity.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.131-137
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• 1998

동시진공증착한 Ag-Co합금박막의 두께에 따르는 미세구조 및 거대자기저항의 거동의 변화를 연구하였다. 증착된 상태에서 40 at.%Co 합금의 200nm두께에서 최대 24%의 자기저항을 얻었다. 합금박막의 두께가 감소함에 따라, 특히 50NM 이하에서 비저항이 급격하게 증가되었고, 비저항 차 및 자기저항은 감소하였다. 비저항의 증가는 주로 표면저항의 증가가 주도하였다. 고분해능 T뜨을 사용하여 두께 감소에 따르는 합금박막의 미세구조 변화를 분석한 결과, 첫째 aG 및 cO 입자의 크기가 감소하며, 둘째 Co 및 Ag간의 상호 고용도가 증가되며, 섯째 Co입자의 형성비의 변화가 확인되었다. 이러한 미세구조적 변화는 자성체 입자의 자기모멘트, 자기이방성 등의 가지 상태의 변화를 가져오게 되어 자기저항에 영향을 끼치는 것으로 분석된다. 따라서 50nm 이하에서 거대자기저항의 감소는 표면에서의 스핀전도에 의한 형상 뿐만 아니라 미세구조의 면화도 크게 기여하는 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.519-523
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• 2006

To improve epothilones production and the ratio of epothilone B/A, carbon sources were investigated in flask culture of Sorangium cellulosum. Depending on the initial concentration, starch significantly enhanced cell growth, but the maximum epothilones productivity and the maximum epothilones production (0.3 mg/l day and 2.6 mg/l at 15 g/l starch, respectively) were relatively low compared with cell growth. On the other hand, addition of glycerol did not stimulate cell growth, but epothilone production was increased from 2.81 mg/l to 7.59 mg/l. Addition of glycerol to culture medium resulted in more significant enhancement of the production of epothilone A, whereas epothilone B levels were relatively constant. Furthermore, when sodium propionate was added as a precursor of methylmalonyl-CoA, it resulted in increase of both total epothilones production and epothilone B/A resolution. Maximum epothilone A and B concentrations reached 10.9 mg/l and 8.58 mg/l, respectively, at 5 mM sodium propionate.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.5-18
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 경상북도 전체를 대상으로 공간분포형 습윤지수와 뿌리보강무한사면안정해석 이론을 활용한 광역적인 산사태 분석을 실시하였다. 해석을 수행하기 위해 수치지도와 정밀토양도, 임상도 등을 이용하여 지형 지질학적 매개변수를 추출하고 $10m{\times}10m$ 해상도의 공간분포형 데이터베이스를 구축하였으며, 공간분포형 습윤지수를 생성하기 위한 비 집수면적은 무한방향흐름기법을 적용하였다. 광역적인 산사태 위험도 평가를 위한 안전율은 4개 등급으로 구분하여 도시하였다. 위험도 평가결과, 산사태 위험지역은 봉화와 김천 등 실제 최근의 산사태 발생지역과 유사성을 갖는 것으로 나타났으며 특히 산지와 인접한 지역에 unstable 지역이 집중적으로 분포되어 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 산사태 기록과 비교해본 결과, 본 해석모형이 합리적인 매개변수의 축적을 통해 광역적인 산사태 위험성을 평가하는 유효한 방법임을 확인할 수 있다.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.253-261
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• 2021

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is one of the most widely adopted silicon-based organic polymeric elastomers. Elastomeric nanostructures are normally required to accomplish an explicit mechanical role and correspondingly their mechanical properties are crucial to affect device and material performance. Despite its wide application, the mechanical properties of PDMS are yet fully understood. In particular, the time dependent mechanical response of PDMS has not been fully elucidated. Here, utilizing state-of-the-art PeakForce Quantitative Nanomechanical Mapping (PFQNM) together with Force Volume (FV) and Fast Force Volume (FFV), the elastic moduli of PDMS samples were assessed in a time-dependent fashion. Specifically, the acquisition frequency was discretely changed four orders of magnitude from 0.1 Hz up to 2 kHz. Careful calibrations were done. Force data were fitted with a linearized DMT contact mechanics model considering surface adhesion force. Increased Young's modulus was discovered with increasing acquisition frequency. It was measured 878 ± 274 kPa at 0.1 Hz and increased to 4586 ± 758 kPa at 2 kHz. The robust local probing of mechanical measurement as well as unprecedented high-resolution topography imaging open new avenues for quantitative nanomechanical mapping of soft polymers, and can be extended to soft biological systems.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.191-210
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• 2021

To compare the antifungal effect of two nanomaterials (NMs), nanoparticles of zinc oxide were synthesized by a chemical route and zinc oxide-based nanobiohybrids were obtained using green synthesis in an extract of garlic (Allium sativum). The techniques of X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Infrared (IR) and Ultraviolet Visible (UV-Vis) absorption spectroscopies and Scanning (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopies (TEM) were used to determine the characteristics of the nanomaterials synthesized. The results showed that the samples obtained were of nanometric size (< 100 nm). To compare their antifungal capacity, their effect on Cercospora sp. was evaluated. Test results showed that both nanomaterials had an antifungal capacity. The nanobiohybrids (green route) gave an inhibition of fungal growth of ~72.4% while with the ZnO-NPs (chemical route), inhibition was ~87.1%. Microstructural studies using High Resolution Optical Microscopy (HROM) and ultra-structural analysis using TEM carried out on the treated strains demonstrated the effect of the nanofungicides on the vegetative and reproductive structures, as well as on their cell wall. To account for the antifungal effect presented by ZnO-NPs and ZnO nanobiohybrids on the fungi tested, effects reported in the literature related to the action of nanomaterials on biological entities were considered. Specifically, we discuss the electrical interaction of the ZnO-NPs with the cell membrane and the biomolecules (proteins) present in the fungi, taking into account the n-type nature of the ZnO semiconductor and the electrical behavior of the fungal cell membrane and that of the proteins that make up the protein crown.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제49권12호
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• pp.1027-1035
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 한반도 주변의 미세먼지 관측 임무를 위한 3U 큐브위성인 MIMAN 설계안을 제시하였다. MIMAN의 주요 임무 목표는 높은 공간 해상도로 한반도 주변의 미세먼지를 관측하는 것이다. 이를 통해 천리안위성 2B호 데이터에서 구름을 제거할 수 있는 보조 자료를 제공하는 것이 최종 목표이다. 본 연구에서는 임무를 정의하고 임무 요구조건 및 제한 조건을 도출하였다. 운용 개념을 정의하였으며, 안정적인 운용을 위해 통신 안정성을 고려하였다. 위성에 문제가 생겼을 경우, 이를 지상에서 해결할 수 있도록 모든 운용 모드에서 UHF 통신이 가능하도록 설계하였다. 임무와 운용 개념 설계 결과를 바탕으로 시스템 설계안을 도출하였다. 시스템 요구조건을 만족시킬 수 있는 시스템 설계안 및 인터페이스를 제시하였다. 시스템 인터페이스의 경우 각 하드웨어의 데이터 특성을 고려하여 설계하였다. 시스템 버짓 분석을 수행하였으며, 이를 통해 시스템 안정성을 확인하였다.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2000년도 하계학술발표회
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• pp.74-75
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• 2000

The past few decades have witnessed the development of very robust technique, known as magneto-optical trap(MOT), for cooling and trapping of neutral atoms using lasers and magnetic fields. This technique can easily produce cooled atoms to a temperature range of nano-kelvin $s^{(1)}$ . These laser cooled and trapped atoms have found applications in various fields, such as ultrahigh resolution spectroscopy, precision atomic clocks, very cold atomic collision physics, Bose-Einstein Condensation, the Atom laser, etc. Particularly, a few isolated atoms of very low temperature are needed in the cavity QED studies in the optical regime. One can obtain such atoms from a MOT using the atomic fountain technique. The widely used technique for atomic fountain is, first to cool and trap the neutral atoms in MOT. And then launch them in the vertical (1, 1, 1) direction with respect to cooling beams, using moving molasses technique. Recently, this technique combined with the cavity-QED has opened an active area of basic research. This way atoms can be strongly coupled to the optical radiation in the cavity and leads to various new effects. Trapping of single atom after separating it from MOT in the high Q-optical cavity is actively initiated presentl $y^{(2.3)}$. This will help to sharpen our understanding of atom-photon interaction at quantum level and may lead to the development of single-atom laser. Our efforts to develop an $^{85}$ Rb-atomic fountain is in progress. (omitted)