• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.224-224
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• 2012

For decades, carbon fiber has expanded their application fields from reinforced composites to energy storage and transfer technologies such as electrodes for super-capacitors and lithium ion batteries and gas diffusion layers for proton exchange membrane fuel cell. Especially in fuel cell, water repellency of gas diffusion layer has become very important property for preventing flooding which is induced by condensed water could damage the fuel cell performance. In this work, we fabricated superhydrophobic network of carbon fiber with high aspect ratio hair-like nanostructure by preferential oxygen plasma etching. Superhydrophobic carbon fiber surfaces were achieved by hydrophobic material coating with a siloxane-based hydrocarbon film, which increased the water contact angle from $147^{\circ}$ to $163^{\circ}$ and decreased the contact angle hysteresis from $71^{\circ}$ to below $5^{\circ}$, sufficient to cause droplet roll-off from the surface in millimeter scale water droplet deposition test. Also, we have explored that the condensation behavior (nucleation and growth) of water droplet on the superhydrophobic carbon fiber were significantly retarded due to the high-aspect-ratio nanostructures under super-saturated vapor conditions. It is implied that superhydrophobic carbon fiber can provide a passage for vapor or gas flow in wet environments such as a gas diffusion layer requiring the effective water removal in the operation of proton exchange membrane fuel cell. Moreover, such nanostructuring of carbon-based materials can be extended to carbon fiber, carbon black or carbon films for applications as a cathode in lithium batteries or carbon fiber composites.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.1369-1380
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• 2005

The reaction of methyl radical with iodine molecule on an attractive potential energy surface is studied by classical trajectory procedures. The reaction occurs over a wide range of impact parameters with the majority of reactive events occurring in the backward rebound region on a subpicosecond scale. A small fraction of reactive events take place in the forward hemisphere on a longer time scale. The ensemble average of reaction times is 0.36 ps. The occurrence of reactive events is strongly favored when the incident radical and the target molecule align in the neighborhood of collinear geometry. Since the rotational velocity of I2 is slow, the preferential occurrence of reactive events at the collinear configuration of $CH_3{\ldots}I{\ldots}$I leads to the reaction exhibiting an anisotropic dependence on the orientation of $I_2$. During the collision, there is a rapid flow of energy from the $H_3C{\ldots}$I interaction to the I-I bond. The $CH_3I$ translation and $H_3C$-I vibration share nearly all the energy released in the reaction, and the distribution of the vibrational energy is statistical. The reaction probability is $\cong$0.4 at the $CH_3$ and I2 temperatures maintained at 1000 K and 300 K, respectively. The probability is weakly dependent on the $CH_3\;and\;I_2$ temperatures between 300 K and 1500 K.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제69권1호
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• pp.52-55
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• 2010

Pulmonary tuberculosis has intermediate prevalence in Korea. It is known that tuberculosis infection predominantly involves the upper lobes, based on the fact that multiplication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is favored in areas with decreased pulmonary blood flow, impaired lymphatic drainage, and high oxygen tension. We report this case of a 40-year-old man who was brought to our hospital with hemoptysis and dyspnea. Prior to admission, the patient had been in a bedridden state for 15 years due to an injury of the cervical spine 4~5. A 3-Dimensional computed tomography showed predominantly longitudinal distribution of centrilobular nodules along the anterior chest wall, in the left lung. MTB-PCR and AFB culture of bronchial washing fluid revealed pulmonary tuberculosis. This case shows that long-standing supine posture and decreased motion of the anterior chest wall may change the distribution of preferential infection site of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the lung, resulting in a ventral predominance of tuberculosis infection in the quadriplegic patient.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.4 No.1
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• pp.361-365
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• 2003

Planar Inductively Coupled Plasma (PICP) etching of InGaP was performed in $BCl_3,\;BCl_3/Ar\;and\;BCl_3/Ne$ plasmas as a function of ICP source power ($0\;{\sim}\;500\;W$), RIE chuck power ($0\;{\sim}\;150\;W$), chamber pressure ($5\;{\sim}\;15\;mTorr$) and gas composition of $BCl_3/Ar\;and\;BCl_3/Ne$. Total gas flow was fixed at 20 sccm (standard cubic centimeter per minute). Increase of ICP source power and RIE chuck power raised etch rate of InGaP, while that of chamber pressure reduced etch rate. We also found that some addition of Ar and Ne in $BCl_3$ plasma improved etch rate of InGaP. InGaP etch rate was varied from $1580\;{\AA}/min$ with pure $BC_3\;to\;2800\;{\AA}/min$ and $4700\;{\AA}/min$ with 25 % Ar and Ne addition, respectively. Other process conditions were fixed at 300 W ICP source power, 100 W RIE chuck power and 7.5 mTorr chamber pressure. SEM (scanning electron microscopy) and AFM (atomic force microscopy) data showed vertical side wall and smooth surface of InGaP at the same condition. Proper addition of noble gases Ar and Ne (less than about 50 %) in $BCl_3$ inductively coupled plasma have resulted in not only increase of etch rate but also minimum preferential loss and smooth surface morphology by ion-assisted effect.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.385-396
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• 2020

A uniaxial compression test was performed to analyse the mechanical properties and macroscale and mesoscale failure mechanisms of sandstone with pyrite concretions. The effect of the pyrite concretions on the evolution of macroscale cracks in the sandstone was further investigated through numerical simulations with Particle Flow Code in 2D (PFC2D). The results revealed that pyrite concretions substantially influence the mechanical properties and macroscale and mesoscale failure characteristics of sandstone. During the initial loading stage, significant stress concentrations occurred around the edges of the pyrite concretion accompanied by the preferential generation of cracks. Meanwhile, the events and cumulative energy counts of the acoustic emission (AE) signal increased rapidly because of friction sliding between the concretion and sandstone matrix. As the axial stress increased, the degree of the stress concentration remained relatively unchanged around the edges of the concretions. The cracks continued growing rapidly around the edges of the concretions and gradually expanded toward the centre of the sample. During this stage, the AE events and cumulative energy counts increased quite slowly. As the axial stress approached the peak strength of the sandstone, the cracks that developed around the edges of the concretion started to merge with cracks that propagated at the top-left and bottom-right corners of the sample. This crack evolution ultimately resulted in the shear failure of the sandstone sample around the edges of the pyrite concretions.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.403-418
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• 2007

본 연구의 목적은 대전 산업단지 폐수종말처리장 내 국가지하수관측망(대전, 문평)의 6가 크롬 오염지하수의 오염 현황을 파악하고 그 확산 여부를 평가하는 것이다. 대전(문평) 관측소에서 나타나는 6가 크롬($Cr^{+6}$) 수질장해의 원인을 규명하고 6가 크롬의 오염 범위를 파악하기 위해 금번 연구에서는 보조 관측정을 설치 활용하였다. 수질분석 결과, 6가 크롬이 $3.2{\sim}4.5mg/L$ 정도 검출됨으로써 6가 크롬에 의한 관측소 충적공의 수질오염은 지속되고 있음이 파악되었다. 그러나 관측소의 암반관정 및 0.05mg/L 수질기준 이하의 농도를 보이는 MPH-1과 3번 관측공을 제외한 주변 관측공에서는 검출되지 않았다. 따라서 6가 크롬 및 총 크롬 함량의 오염 범위는 관측소 충적층 관정 인근에 한정되어 나타나고 있는 것으로 파악되었다. 또한 신규 5개 보조 관측정에서 채취한 77개의 시추 코어 및 슬라임 시료 모두에서 수용성/교환성 6가 크롬이 검출 한계(0.01mg/L) 이하로 나타나, 오염이 관측된 관측소 관정 주변의 토양 및 풍화토에서는 직접적으로 6가 크롬의 오염원이 확인되지 않았다. 지하수 수질분석 및 코어시료 분석 결과, 그 오염원의 중심 및 오염 확산 범위는 관측소 주위 반경 100m 이내로 매우 한정되는 것으로 판단되며 그 확산의 범위가 매우 좁을 것으로 예상된다. 시추조사 결과, 폐수종말처리장 부지조성 당시의 불량 매립층이 확인되었으며, 이러한 불량 매립산업폐기물이 관측소 인근의 6가 크롬 수질장해 원인으로 추론된다. 지표매질의 6가 크롬 자연저감능 평가를 위해 초기 농도 5mg/L Cr(VI)을 이용한 6가 크롬 유효 환원능을 분석하였다. 그 결과, 암회색 점토층에서 각각 58%, 66%, 64% 정도의 높은 6가 크롬 저감율을 보였으며, 이는 유기물 함량과 상호 관련이 있을 것으로 판단되었다. 비포화대/충적층 매질에 대한 6가 크롬 함량 및 자연저감 능력의 정량적 평가 결과, 매질에 의한 6가 크롬의 자연 저감능이 확인되었으며 관정 주변으로의 오염 확산은 충분히 제어되고 있는 것으로 판단된다. 그러나 시추 관측정 및 기설 관정의 수가 부족했기 때문에 매우 제한적인 선택적 유동(preferential flow) 경로에 의한 확산 가능성을 완전히 배제할 수 없다. 정기적인 양수작업을 통하여 지하수에 부화된 6가 크롬의 농도를 지속적으로 제거하고 관측소 주변에 설치된 보조 관측정들을 지속적으로 활용하여 6가 크롬의 농도 변화 추이 및 시간의 흐름에 따른 오염 확산 여부를 지속적으로 관측하고 감시하는 방안이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.134-149
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• 2016

Objectives : Gal-Geun-Tang (GT) has been described from SANGHAN in Korean traditional medicine and known to act against cold, fever, hypertension, and nasal catarrh. However, little has yet been learned about the effect of GT on immune function. In the current study, in vitro and in vivo immunomodulatory activity of GT (water extract) was investigated.Methods : Water extract of GT induced in vitro proliferation of spleen cells and significantly increased their proliferative responses during anti-CD3 activation. Using purified splenic T and B cells, it was revealed that GT has a mitogenic activity to B cells and promotes their proliferation induced by lipopolysaccharide, whereas T cell proliferation was not triggered and GT was rather inhibitory to T cell activation caused by anti-CD3 antibody. In the presence of antigen presenting cells (APC), GT addition resulted in a significant increase of IFNγ and IL-4, but not IL-2, production. However, addition of high concentration (1,000㎍/㎖) of GT led to a marked reduction in T cell cytokine production and under such condition, GT facilitated apoptosis of T cells when examined by flow cytometry with propidium iodide staining.Results : In vivo immunomdulation of GT was also investigated using a mouse model. Following keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) immunization, GT (1 ㎎/day) was orally administered for 9 days. Cell numbers in thymus, spleen and peripheral blood were not altered by GT administration, indicating that such dose is not immunotoxic. Cell numbers in draining lymph nodes (LN) and ex vivo Ag-specific proliferation of LN cells were significantly elevated by GT administration. However, any preferential stimulation of T or B and CD4⁺ or CD8⁺ T cell subpopulations was not observed in a flow cytometric analysis of LN cells. This result shows that GT does not promote in vivo B cell proliferation while GT enhances Ag-specific proliferation of LN cells, unlike what was observed in vitro.Conclusions : For a further understanding of in vivo immunomodulatory activity of GT, ex vivo cytokine production of LN cells obtained from KLH-immunized mice was evaluated. Ag-specific IFNγ production was significantly higher in GT-treated mice when compared to PBS-treated control mice. In contrast, IL-4 production in GT-treated group was comparable to control group unlike to in vitro data. In addition, GT administration did not result in any significant differences in serum levels of Ig (IgM, IgG1 and IgG2a) between GT-treated and control groups. Taken together, these data strongly support that GT promotes immune response, more profoundly type 1 helper T cell (Th1) activity and GT may be applicable for treatment of intracellular parasite infection such as viral diseases.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.656-662
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• 2007

고분자 전해질 연료전지 운전에 필요한 수소 공급 장치로서 플라즈마 개질 방법을 이용한 개질기와 일산화탄소 산화반응을 위한 전이 반응기를 설계 및 제작하였다. GlidArc 방전을 이용한 저온플라즈마 개질기는 Ni 촉매를 동시에 사용하여 $CH_4$ 개질함으로서 $H_2$ 선택도를 증대하였다. 개질기의 변수별 연구로서 촉매 온도, 가스 조성비, 전체 가스유량, 전압변화 그리고 개질 특성 및 최적 수소 생산조건을 연구하였으며, 전이반응기의 변수별 연구로서 선택적 산화반응기(PrOx)에 주입되는 공기량, 전이 반응기에 주입되는 수증기량 그리고 온도에 대하여 연구하였다. 플라즈마 개질기에서 최대 수소 생산 조건은 $O_2/C$ 비가 0.64, 가스유량은 14.2 l/min, 촉매 반응기 온도 $672^{\circ}C$ 그리고 유입전력이 1.1 kJ/L일 때 41.1%로 최대 수소 농도를 나타냈다. 그리고 이때의 $CH_4$ 전환율, $H_2$ 수율 그리고 개질기 에너지 밀도는 각각 88.7%, 54%, 35.2%를 나타냈다. 전이 반응기에서 모사된 개질 가스로부터 최대 CO 전환율을 보이는 조건은 2단으로 구성된 PrOx에 주입되는 $O_2/C$ 비가 0.3, HTS에서 주입되는 수증기 주입량 비가 2.8 그리고 HTS, LTS, PrOx I, PrOx II 반응기 온도가 475, 314, 260, $235^{\circ}C$ 일때 가장 높은 CO 전환율을 나타냈다. 플라즈마를 이용한 반응기는 예열 시간은 30분이 소요되었으며, 전이 반응기에서 나오는 최종 개질 가스의 조성은 $H_2$ 38%, CO<10 ppm, $N_2$ 36%, $CO_2$ 21% 그리고 $CH_4$ 4%로 나타냈다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2012

연료전지는 우수한 도시가스 인프라로 안정적인 에너지공급이 가능하고, 연료 다변화가 가능한 신에너지 기술이다. 연료전지 상용화를 위해 시스템의 성능 및 신뢰성뿐만 아니라, 가격의 저감이 필수적이다. 소용량 건물용 연료전지시스템에서 가격비중이 매우 높은 보조기기의 가격저감 연구의 일환으로, 국내 제작된 블로워의 안전성능을 평가하고 개선방향을 모색하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 실제 연료전지시스템의 작동환경과 가장 유사한 환경에서 블로워의 성능 및 가혹조건 평가를 수행하였다. 블로워를 $70^{\circ}C$ 온도조건에서 장기 가동 시 유량성능, 기밀성능 및 열적거동의 상관관계를 파악하여, 블로워의 성능 저하에 영향을 미치는 모터열화, 다이어프램 재질 및 토출구 구조 등의 주요인자를 도출하였다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제71권3호
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• pp.188-194
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• 2011

Background: When patients with chronic respiratory symptoms have a normal spirometry result, it is not always easy to consider bronchial asthma as the preferential diagnosis. Forced expiratory flow between 25% and 75% of vital capacity ($FEF_{25{\sim}75%}$) is known as a useful diagnostic value of small airway diseases. However, it is not commonly used, because of its high individual variability. We evaluated the pattern of bronchodilator responsiveness (BDR) and the correlation between $FEF_{25{\sim}75%}$ and BDR in patients with suspicious asthma and normal spirometry. Methods: Among patients with suspicious bronchial asthma, 440 adult patients with a normal spirometry result (forced expiratory volume in one second [$FEV_1$]/forced vital capacity [FVC] ${\geq}70%$ & $FEV_1%$ predicted ${\geq}80%$) were enrolled. We divided this group into a positive BDR group (n=43) and negative BDR group (n=397), based on the result of BDR. A comparison was carried out of spirometric parameters with % change of $FEV_1$ after bronchodilator (${\Delta}FEV_1%$). Results: Among the 440 patients with normal spirometry, $FEF_{25{\sim}75%}%$ predicted were negatively correlated with ${\Delta}FEV_1%$ (r=-0.22, p<0.01), and BDR was positive in 43 patients (9.78%). The means of $FEF_{25{\sim}75%}%$ predicted were $64.0{\pm}14.5%$ in the BDR (+) group and $72.9{\pm}20.8%$ in the BDR (-) group (p<0.01). The negative correlation between $FEF_{25{\sim}75%}%$ predicted and ${\Delta}FEV_1%$ was stronger in the BDR (+) group (r=-0.38, p=0.01) than in the BDR (-) group (r=-0.17, p<0.01). In the ROC curve analysis, $FEF_{25{\sim}75%}$ at 75% of predicted value had 88.3% sensitivity and 40.3% specificity for detecting a positive BDR. Conclusion: BDR (+) was not rare in patients with suspicious asthma and normal spirometry. In these patients, $FEF_{25{\sim}75%}%$ predicted was well correlated with BDR.