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Switching and sensing molecular spins by chemical reactions on metal surfaces

  • Kahng, Se-Jong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2015.08a
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    • pp.63.2-63.2
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    • 2015
  • Controlling and sensing spin states of magnetic molecules such as metallo-porphyrins at the single molecule level is essential for spintronic molecular device applications. Axial coordinations of diatomic molecules to metallo-porphyrins also play key roles in dynamic processes of biological functions such as blood pressure control and immune response. However, probing such reactions at the single molecule level to understand their physical mechanisms has been rarely performed. Here we present on our single molecule association and dissociation experiments between diatomic and metallo-porphyrin molecules on Au(111) describing its adsorption structures, spin states, and dissociation mechanisms. We observed bright ring shapes in NO adsorbed metallo-porphyrin compelxes and explained them by considering tilted binding and precession motion of NO. Before NO exposure, Co-porphryin showed a clear zero-bias peak in scanning tunneling spectroscopy, a signature of Kondo effect in STS, whereas after NO exposures it formed a molecular complex, NO-Co-porphyrin, that did not show any zero-bias feature implying that the Kondo effect was switched off by binding of NO. Under tunneling junctions of scanning tunneling microscope, both positive and negative energy pulses. From the observed power law relations between dissociation rate and tunneling current, we argue that the dissociations were inelastically induced with molecular orbital resonances. Our study shows that single molecule association and dissociation can be used to probe spin states and reaction mechanisms in a variety of axial coordination between small molecules and metallo-porphyrins.

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Highly Ordered Porous Silica Adsorbent with Dual Pore Size Regime for Bulky VOC Gas Sensing

  • Yun, Ji Sun;Jeong, Young Hun;Nam, Joong-Hee;Cho, Jeong-Ho;Paik, Jong-Hoo
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.181-184
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    • 2013
  • Highly ordered porous materials having mesopores in the walls of macropores showed improved adsorption dynamics results for VOC molecules, especially bulky molecules. These meso/macroporous mataerials were synthesized by the dual templating method, and mesopore and macropore size were controlled by adjusting the templates for each pore size regime. In the case of adsorption and desorption of small VOC molecules (toluene), although meso/macroporous MCM-41 with smaller mesopore size showed improved results, meso/macroporous SBA-15 with larger mesopore size was not improved regardless of the existence of macropores, since there was no limitation of movement through the larger mesopore. However, the adsorption dynamics of bulky VOC molecules (p-xylene) over meso/macroporous SBA-15 were drastically improved by increasing the macropore size.

Concepts for solution-processable OLED materials at Merck

  • Hayer, A.;Anemian, R.;Eberle, T.;Heun, S.;Ludemann, A.;Schulte, N.;Buchholz, H.
    • Journal of Information Display
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.57-59
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    • 2011
  • Drastic performance increase and accelerated progress in organic light-emitting diodes from solutions are shown using solution-processable small molecules based on the core structures of vacuum-evaporable materials. Systematic modification of small-molecule materials toward better processability from solutions at identical electro-optical properties is shown. This is demonstrated to lead to a significant improvement in the device performance.

Theoretical Study on Structures and Energetics of Small Water Clusters

  • Park Yeong Jae;Kang Young Kee;Yoon Byoung Jip;Jhon Mu Shik
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.50-55
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    • 1982
  • A study of small water clusters composed of two to seven molecules has been performed by using the revised empirical potential function for conformational analysis (REPFCA). Various structures of clusters have been investigated and the relative probability of cluster per molecule is discussed. In general, cyclic structures of water clusters are more favorable than open structures. It is found that cyclic pentamer is the most favorable unit structure in the water cluster.

Transfer RNA-Derived Small Non-Coding RNA: Dual Regulator of Protein Synthesis

  • Kim, Hak Kyun
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.42 no.10
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    • pp.687-692
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    • 2019
  • Transfer RNA-derived small RNAs (tsRNAs) play a role in various cellular processes. Accumulating evidence has revealed that tsRNAs are deeply implicated in human diseases, such as various cancers and neurological disorders, suggesting that tsRNAs should be investigated to develop novel therapeutic intervention. tsRNAs provide more complexity to the physiological role of transfer RNAs by repressing or activating protein synthesis with distinct mechanisms. Here, we highlight the detailed mechanism of tsRNA-mediated dual regulation in protein synthesis and discuss the necessity of novel sequencing technology to learn more about tsRNAs.

Differential Expression of Three Catalase Genes in the Small Radish (Rhaphanus sativus L. var. sativus)

  • Kwon, Soon Il;Lee, Hyoungseok;An, Chung Sun
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.37-44
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    • 2007
  • Three catalase cDNA clones were isolated from the small radish (Raphanus sativus L.). Their nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences showed the greatest homology to those of Arabidopsis. Genomic Southern blot analysis, using RsCat1 cDNA as a probe, showed that catalases are encoded by small multigene family in the small radish. Nondenaturing polyacrylamide gels revealed the presence of several catalase isozymes, the levels of which varied among the organs examined. The isozyme activities were assigned the individual catalase genes by Northern analysis using total RNA from different organs. The three catalase genes were differentially expressed in response to treatments such as white light, xenobiotics, osmoticum, and UV. Their expression in seedlings was controlled by the circadian clock under a light/dark cycle and/or in constant light. Interestingly, RsCat1 transcripts peaked in the morning, while those of RsCat2 and RsCat3 peaked in the early evening. Our results suggest that the RsCat enzymes are involved in defense against the oxidative stress induced by environmental changes.

About the Influence of the Molecular Structure of selected classes of small molecules on their thermal behavior

  • Richter, Andreas M.;Lischewski, Volker;Felicetti, M.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.812-815
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    • 2004
  • The molecular structure influences the thermal behavior of HTM. For OLED the glass transition temperature and evaporation temperature are critical. We report how changes in structure cause changes on both parameters. The results may be of interest for chemists when they design new molecule structures for OLED.

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