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STM Study of CO and NO on Pt(001)

  • M.-B. Song;K. Momoi;Lee, C.-W.;M. Ito
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.21 no.7
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    • pp.705-708
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    • 2000
  • Adsorption of CO and NO Moleculcs on a Pt(OO1)-hex R0.7° surface at 90 K is investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) in ultra-high vacuum environments. At an initial stage of adsorption, both molecules are preferentially adsorbed on th e Iess coordinated Pt atoms of the surface with hexagonal structure, which act as active sites. Domains of the adsorbates grow parallel to the stripe structure of the reconstructed surface because of Iower migration energy in this direction. The extra Pt atoms produced from adsorbate-induced restructuring give rise to anisotropic islands on the ( 1 x 1 ) surface. Each of the adsorbed NO molecules at low coveragcs is atomicalIy resolved during STM observation. However, the spots of the adsorbed CO are invisible.Such a behavior is probably explained in terms of different interactions between the adsorbates.

An innovative method for determining the diffusion coefficient of product nuclide

  • Chen, Chih-Lung;Wang, Tsing-Hai
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.49 no.5
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    • pp.1019-1030
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    • 2017
  • Diffusion is a crucial mechanism that regulates the migration of radioactive nuclides. In this study, an innovative numerical method was developed to simultaneously calculate the diffusion coefficient of both parent and, afterward, series daughter nuclides in a sequentially reactive through-diffusion model. Two constructed scenarios, a serial reaction (RN_1 ${\rightarrow}$ RN_2 ${\rightarrow}$ RN_3) and a parallel reaction (RN_1 ${\rightarrow}$ RN_2A + RN_2B), were proposed and calculated for verification. First, the accuracy of the proposed three-member reaction equations was validated using several default numerical experiments. Second, by applying the validated numerical experimental concentration variation data, the as-determined diffusion coefficient of the product nuclide was observed to be identical to the default data. The results demonstrate the validity of the proposed method. The significance of the proposed numerical method will be particularly powerful in determining the diffusion coefficients of systems with extremely thin specimens, long periods of diffusion time, and parent nuclides with fast decay constants.

Electro-migration Phenomenon in Flip-chip Packages (플립칩 패키지에서의 일렉트로마이그레이션 현상)

  • Lee, Ki-Ju;Kim, Keun-Soo;Suganuma, Katsuaki
    • Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2010
  • The electromigration phenomenon in lead-free flip-chip solder joint has been one of the serious problems. To understand the mechanism of this phenomenon, the crystallographic orientation of Sn grain in the Sn-Ag-Cu solder bump has been analyzed. Different time to failure and different microstructural changes were observed in the all test vehicle and bumps, respectively. Fast failure and serious dissolution of Cu electrode was observed when the c-axis of Sn grain parallel to electron flow. On the contrary of this, slight microstructural changes were observed when the c-axis of Sn perpendicular to electron flow. In addition, underfill could enhance the electromigration reliability to prevent the deformation of solder bump during EM test.

Laboratory study of $CO_2$ migration in water-saturated anisotropic sandstone, based on P-wave velocity imaging (P-파 속도 영상화에 근거한 물로 포화된 이방성 사암에서의 $CO_2$ 이동에 관한 실험 연구)

  • Xue, Ziqiu;Lei, Xinglin
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.10-18
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    • 2006
  • We measured the changes in P-wave velocity that occur when injecting $CO_2$ in gaseous, liquid, and supercritical phases into water-saturated anisotropic sandstones. P-wave velocities were measured in two cylindrical samples of Tako Sandstone, drilled along directions normal and parallel to the bedding plane, using a piezo-electric transducer array system. The velocity changes caused by $CO_2$ injection are typically -6% on average, with maximum values about -16% for the case of supercritical $CO_2$ injection. P-wave velocity tomograms obtained by the differential arrival-time method clearly show that $CO_2$ migration behaviour is more complex when $CO_2$ flows normal to the bedding plane than when it flows parallel to bedding. We also found that the differences in P-wave velocity images were associated both with the $CO_2$ phases and with heterogeneity of pore distribution in the rocks. Seismic images showed that the highest velocity reduction occurred for supercritical $CO_2$ injection, compared with gaseous or liquid $CO_$ injection. This result may justify the use of the seismic method for $CO_2$ monitoring in geological sequestration.

Performance Improvement of Network Based Parallel Genetic Algorithm by Exploiting Server's Computing Power (서버의 계산능력을 활용한 네트워크기반 병렬유전자알고리즘의 성능향상)

  • 송봉기;김용성;성길영;우종호
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.67-72
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    • 2004
  • This paper proposes a method improving the convergence speed of optimal solution for parallel genetic algorithm in the network based client-server model. Unlike the existing methods of obtaining global elite only by evaluating local elites in server, the proposed method obtains it by evaluating local elites and improving its fitness by applying genetic algorithm during idle time of the server. By using the improved chromosome in server for the client's genetic algorithm processing, the convergence speed of the optimal solution is increased. The improvement of fitness at the server during the interval of chromosome migration is (equation omitted)(F$_{max}$(g)-F$_{max}$(g-1)), whole F$_{max}$(g) is a max fitness of the g-th generation and G is the number of improved generation by the server. As the number of clients increases and G decreases, the improvement of fitness goes down. However the improvement of fitness is better than existing methods..

Parallelizing 3D Frequency-domain Acoustic Wave Propagation Modeling using a Xeon Phi Coprocessor (제온 파이 보조 프로세서를 이용한 3차원 주파수 영역 음향파 파동 전파 모델링 병렬화)

  • Ryu, Donghyun;Jo, Sang Hoon;Ha, Wansoo
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.129-136
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    • 2017
  • 3D seismic data processing methods such as full waveform inversion or reverse-time migration require 3D wave propagation modeling and heavy calculations. We compared efficiency and accuracy of a Xeon Phi coprocessor to those of a high-end server CPU using 3D frequency-domain wave propagation modeling. We adopted the OpenMP parallel programming to the time-domain finite difference algorithm by considering the characteristics of the Xeon Phi coprocessors. We applied the Fourier transform using a running-integration to obtain the frequency-domain wavefield. A numerical test on frequency-domain wavefield modeling was performed using the 3D SEG/EAGE salt velocity model. Consequently, we could obtain an accurate frequency-domain wavefield and attain a 1.44x speedup using the Xeon Phi coprocessor compared to the CPU.

Effects of Hepatocyte Growth Factor on the PSA Signaling Pathway of U-251-MG Cells (U-251-MG 세포에서 PSA 경로에 작용하는 Hepatocyte Growth Factor의 효과)

  • Kim, Hwan-Gyu
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.425-431
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    • 2009
  • Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and its receptor play an important role in the formation and progression of glioma. In this study, I investigated the ability of HGF to recover of the PSA siRNA-suppressed cell proliferation, migration and invasion in U-251-MG cells. PSA siRNA-transfected U-251-MG cells showed the reduction of the proliferation, migration and invasion with compared to control. Treatment of HGF on the PSA siRNA-transfected U-251-MG cells recovered the ability of proliferation, migration and invasion. These data suggest that PSA and HGF may use unique and parallel signaling cascade leading to the proliferative, migrative and invasive phenotype of U-251-MG cells. I also showed that PSA cooperated with HGF to a migrative and invasive phenotype via the increased secretion of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and MMP-9.

Natural gas hydrates in the eastern deep-water Ulleung Basin (동부 심해 울릉분지의 천연가스 하이드레이트)

  • Ryu, Byong-Jae;Kim, Ji-Hoon;Chung, Bu-Heung;Lee, Young-Joo
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.610-612
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    • 2008
  • Piston cores retrieved from the eastern part of the deep-water Ulleung Basin were analyzed to access the potential of hydrocarbon gas generation and natural gas hydrate (NGH) formation. Seismic data acquired in the study area were also analyzed to determine the presence of hydrocarbon gas and/or NGH, and to map their distribution. Core analyses revealed high total organic carbon (TOC) contents which favor hydrocarbon generation. The cores recovered from the southern study area showed the sufficient residual hydrocarbon gas concentrations for the formation of significant NGH. These cores also showed the cracks developed parallel to the bedding that suggest significant gas content in situ. A number of seismic blanking zones were observed on seismic data. They are identified as vertical to sub-vertical chimneys caused by the upward migration of pore fluid or gas, and containing of free gas and/or NGH. Often, they are associated with velocity pull-up structures that are interpreted to be the result of high-velocity NGH. The seismic data also showed several bottom-simulating reflectors (BSRs) that are associated with overlying NGH and underlying free gas. The distribution of blanking zones and BSRs would be impacted by the lateral differences of upward methane fluxes.

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Regulatory Mechanism of Spindle Movements during Oocyte Meiotic Division

  • Ai, Jun-Shu;Li, Mo;Schatten, Heide;Sun, Qing-Yuan
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.22 no.11
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    • pp.1477-1486
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    • 2009
  • Female germ cell meiotic divisions are typically asymmetric, giving rise to two daughter cells with different sizes. Spindle movements including spindle migration from the oocyte center to the cortex and spindle rotation from parallel to perpendicular (typically in the mouse) at the cortex are crucial for these asymmetric divisions and therefore are crucial for gamete production. Different regulatory mechanisms for spindle movements have been determined in different species and a wide variety of different molecular components and processes that are involved in spindle movements have also been identified in different species. Here, we review the current state of knowledge as well as our understanding of mechanisms for spindle movements in different systems with focus on three main aspects: microtubules (MT), microfilaments (MF) and molecules associated with cytoskeletal organization as well as molecules that are not directly related to the cytoskeleton. How they might interact or function independently during female meiotic divisions in different species is discussed in detail.

Innovation and craft in a climate of technological change and diffusion

  • Hann, Michael A.
    • The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.708-717
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    • 2017
  • Industrial innovation in Britain, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, stimulated the introduction of the factory system and the migration of people from rural agricultural communities to urban industrial societies. The factory system brought elevated levels of economic growth to the purveyors of capitalism, but forced people to migrate into cities where working conditions in factories were, in general, harsh and brutal, and living conditions were cramped, overcrowded and unsanitary. Industrial developments, known collectively as the 'Industrial Revolution', were driven initially by the harnessing of water and steam power, and the widespread construction of rail, shipping and road networks. Parallel with these changes, came the development of purchasing 'middle class', consumers. Various technological ripples (or waves of innovative activity) continued (worldwide) up to the early-twenty-first century. Of recent note are innovations in digital technology, with associated developments, for example, in artificial intelligence, robotics, 3-D printing, materials technology, computing, energy storage, nano-technology, data storage, biotechnology, 'smart textiles' and the introduction of what has become known as 'e-commerce'. This paper identifies the more important early technological innovations, their influence on textile manufacture, distribution and consumption, and the changed role of the designer and craftsperson over the course of these technological ripples. The implications of non-ethical production, globalisation and so-called 'fast fashion' and non-sustainability of manufacture are examined, and the potential benefits and opportunities offered by new and developing forms of social media are considered. The message is that hand-crafted products are ethical, sustainable and durable.