• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.770-781
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• 2021

Objective: Chemical exchange-dependent saturation transfer (CEST) MRI is sensitive for detecting solid-like proteins and may detect changes in the levels of mobile proteins and peptides in tissues. The objective of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of chemical exchange proton pools using the CEST MRI technique in patients with dementia. Materials and Methods: Our institutional review board approved this cross-sectional prospective study and informed consent was obtained from all participants. This study included 41 subjects (19 with dementia and 22 without dementia). Complete CEST data of the brain were obtained using a three-dimensional gradient and spin-echo sequence to map CEST indices, such as amide, amine, hydroxyl, and magnetization transfer ratio asymmetry (MTR_asym) values, using six-pool Lorentzian fitting. Statistical analyses of CEST indices were performed to evaluate group comparisons, their correlations with gray matter volume (GMV) and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Results: Amine signals (0.029 for non-dementia, 0.046 for dementia, p = 0.011 at hippocampus) and MTR_asym values at 3 ppm (0.748 for non-dementia, 1.138 for dementia, p = 0.022 at hippocampus), and 3.5 ppm (0.463 for non-dementia, 0.875 for dementia, p = 0.029 at hippocampus) were significantly higher in the dementia group than in the non-dementia group. Most CEST indices were not significantly correlated with GMV; however, except amide, most indices were significantly correlated with the MMSE scores. The classification power of most CEST indices was lower than that of GMV but adding one of the CEST indices in GMV improved the classification between the subject groups. The largest improvement was seen in the MTR_asym values at 2 ppm in the anterior cingulate (area under the ROC curve = 0.981), with a sensitivity of 100 and a specificity of 90.91. Conclusion: CEST MRI potentially allows noninvasive image alterations in the Alzheimer's disease brain without injecting isotopes for monitoring different disease states and may provide a new imaging biomarker in the future.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.173-177
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• 2012

미크론 자성비드 검출용 바이오센서에 활용하는 GMR-SV 박막을 이온빔 스퍼터링 증착법으로 glass/Ta(5.8 nm)/NiFe(5 nm)/Cu(t nm)/NiFe(3 nm)/FeMn(12 nm)/Ta(5.8 nm)의 구조를 갖도록 증착하였다. 비자성체 Cu의 두께가 3.0 nm에서 2.2 nm까지 얇아질수록 교환결합력은 증가하였고 자기저항비는 다소 감소하였다. 비자성체의 두께가 얇으면 반강자성체의 층간 교환작용이 강자성체의 고정층뿐만 아니라 자유층의 스핀배열에도 영향을 주고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 리소그래피 공정 과정을 거쳐 GMR-SV 소자를 제작하여 미크론 자기비드를 검출하였다. 여기서 자기비드를 떨어뜨리기 전과 후의 자기저항비, 교환결합력, 보자력은 각각 0.9%, 3Oe, 2 Oe의 값을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과로 나노 단위의 바이오센서에 활용할 수 있는 가능성을 보여주었다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.242-242
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• 2016

Magnetite, Fe3O4, is a ferrimagnet with a cubic inverse spinel structure and exhibits a metal-insulator, Verwey, transition at about 120 K.[1] It is predicted to possess as half-metallic nature, 100% spin polarization, and high Curie temperature (850 K). Cobalt ferrite is one of the most important members of the ferrite family, which is characterized by its high coercivity, moderate magnetization and very high magnetocrystalline anisotropy. It has been reported that the CoFe2O4/Fe3O4 bilayers represent an unusual exchange-coupled system whose properties are due to the nature of the oxide-oxide super-exchange interactions at the interface [2]. In order to evaluate the effect of interface interactions on magnetic and transport properties of ferrite and cobalt ferrite, the CoFe2O4/Fe3O4 superlattices on MgO (100) substrate have been fabricated by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) with the wave lengths of 50, and $200{\AA}$, called $25{\AA}/25{\AA}$ and $100{\AA}/100{\AA}$, respectively. Streaky RHEED patterns in sample $25{\AA}/25{\AA}$ indicate a very smooth surface and interface between layers. HR-TEM image show the good crystalline of sample $25{\AA}/25{\AA}$. Interestingly, magnetization curves showed a strong antiferromagnetic order, which was formed at the interfaces.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.31-36
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• 1991

스퍼터링에 의해 형성된 비정질 Co/sub 87/Zr/sub 4/Nb/sub 9/ 박막을 TEM과 EDS로 분석하여 박막의 구조적 그리고 저성적 불균일성을 관찰하였다. 특히 기판 bias를 가한 상태에서 제조된 박막을 회전 자장 열처리했을 때는 Co-rich 지역과 (Zrnb) oxied-rich 지역의 조대한 조직으로 분리되었으며, 이러한 박 막의 자기적 특성은 'ultra-soft'한 성질을 나타내었다. Ulta-soft함 박막은 H/sub c/=0.18 Oe, H/sub k/ = 0.55 Oe, M/sub r//M/sub s/=0.75의 자기적 특성과 overdamping된 고주파특성, 그리고 외부자계에 대한 자화율 변화곡선이 가역적이고 연속적이라는 특이한 현상을 보인다. 조성적으로 불균일한 박막의 ultra-soft 한 특성은 Co-rich 입자들이 exchange coupling energy와 magnetostatic coupling energy를 최소화 하기 위해 만드는 vortex형의 자화분포로써 설명되었다. 즉 vortex 는 여러개의 co-rich 입자들로 형성 되어있는 것으로 추정되며, 수평, 수직방향으로의 반자장 계수(demagnetizing factor)가 각각 flux closure 와 flux reversal에 의해 무시되기 때문에 vortex로 부터 CoZrNb 박막의 ultra-soft 특성을 설명할 수 있었다.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.139-149
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• 2019

Purpose: With neurodegeneration, the signal intensity of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain increases. The objective of this study was to evaluate chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) signals with and without the contribution of CSF signals in elderly human brains using two different 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences Methods: Full CEST signals were acquired in ten subjects (Group I) with a three-dimensional (3D)-segmented gradient-echo echo-planar imaging (EPI) sequence and in ten other subjects (Group II) with a 3D gradient and spin-echo (GRASE) sequence using two different 3T MRI systems. The segmented tissue compartments of gray and white matter were used to mask the CSF signals in the full CEST images. Two sets of magnetization transfer ratio asymmetry (MTR_asym) maps were obtained for each offset frequency in each subject with and without masking the CSF signals (masked and unmasked conditions, respectively) and later compared using paired t-tests. Results: The region-of-interest (ROI)-based analyses showed that the MTR_asym values for both the 3D-segmented gradient-echo EPI and 3D GRASE sequences were altered under the masked condition compared with the unmasked condition at several ROIs and offset frequencies. Conclusions: Depending on the imaging sequence, the MTR_asym values can be overestimated for some areas of the elderly human brain when CSF signals are unmasked. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a method to minimize this overestimation in the case of elderly patients.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.494-500
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• 2014

Indium-doped zinc oxide nanocrystals (IZO NCs), capped with stearic acid (SA) of different sizes, were synthesized using a hot injection method in a noncoordinating solvent 1-octadecene (ODE). The ligand exchange process was employed to modify the surface of IZO NCs by replacing the longer-chain ligand of stearic acid with the shorter-chain ligand of butylamine (BA). It should be noted that the ligand-exchange percentage was observed to be 75%. The change of particle size, morphology, and crystal structures were obtained using a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and X-ray diffraction pattern results. In our study, the 5 nm and 10 nm IZO NCs capped with stearic acid (SA-IZO) were ligand-exchanged with butylamine (BA), and were then spin-coated on a thermal oxide ($SiO_2$) gate insulator to fabricate a thin film transistor (TFT) device. The films were then annealed at various temperatures: $350^{\circ}C$, $400^{\circ}C$, $500^{\circ}C$, and $600^{\circ}C$. All samples showed semiconducting behavior and exhibited n-channel TFT. Curing temperature dependent on mobility was observed. Interestingly, mobility decreases with the increasing size of NCs from 5 to 10 nm. Miller-Abrahams hopping formalism was employed to explain the hopping mechanism insight our IZO NC films. By focusing on the effect of size, different curing temperatures, electron coupling, tunneling rate, and inter-NC separation, we found that the decrease in electron mobility for larger NCs was due to smaller electronic coupling.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.79-85
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• 1998

e-beam evaporator로 [Ni80Fe20/Cu/Co/Cu] 다층박막을 증착하여 자성층 사이의 교환 결합 상태에 따라 Co를 Ni80Fe20/Cu 계면에 삽입, 자기 저항비와 자기 저항비와 자화 곡선의 변화를 연구하였다. 강자성 결합 및 비 결합에서는, 계면에 Co를 삽입하게 되면, 자기 저한 값이 증가하지만 반강자성 결합에서는 자기 저항 값이 감소하는 경향이 보였다. 이러한 원인은 계면에 삽입되는 Co가 계면 산란을 증가시키는 것 뿐만 아니라 자성층 간의 교환 결합상태를 변화 시키기 때문에 것으로 판단된다. 아울러 계면에 삽입된 Co는 박막의 다층 구조를 30$0^{\circ}C$ 이상까지 유지시키며 이는 Cork 효과적인 확산 장애물(diffusion barrier)역할을 하기 때문으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.12-15
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• 2006

Magnetic and electronic properties of reduced rutile titanium dioxide $(TiO_{2-\delta})$ thin films doped by Mn have been investigated. The present sol-gel-grown semiconducting $TiO_{2-\delta}:Mn$ films exhibit a ferromagnetic behavior at room temperature for a limited range of Mn content. The Mn-doped films have p-type electrical conductivity with the carrier concentration near $10^{19}\;cm^{-3}$. The observed room-temperature ferromagnetism is believed to be intrinsic but not related to free carriers such as holes. Oxygen vacancies are likely to contribute to the room-temperature ferromagnetism-trapped carriers in oxygen vacancies can mediate a ferromagnetic coupling between neighboring $Mn^{+3}$ ions. The energy band-gap change due to the Mn doping measured by spectroscopic ellipsometry exhibits a red-shift compared to that of the undoped sample at low Mn content. It is explainable in terms of strong spin-exchange interactions between Mn ion and the carrier.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.62-67
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• 2003

MRI of laser-polarized $^{129}$ Xe under continuous flow conditions has recently been used for imaging of porous materials, however, any attempts at using a continuously circulating flow of laser-polarized $^3$He have not been made until now, presumably due to its extremely long spin exchange time (5-10 hrs). Since the inherent NMR sensitivity of $^3$He is 80 times greater than that of $^{129}$ Xe when considering the natural abundance, $^3$He can be expected to be a better nucleus for imaging than $^{129}$ Xe even under continuous flow conditions. In this report, the first MRI with continuously flowing laser-polarized $^3$He is shown for a phantom of Teflon tubing, demonstrating the feasibility of $^3$He imaging under continuous flow.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.65-82
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• 1999

We present a calculation model for an improved quantitative theoretical analysis of electronic and optical properties of strained-piezoelectric[111] InGaAs/GaAs superlattices (SLs). The model includes a full band-coupling between the four important energy bands: conduction, heavy, light, and spin split-off valence bands. The interactions between these and higher lying bands are treated by the k ${\cdot}$ p perturbation method. The model takes into account the differences in the band and strain parameters of constituent materials of the heterostructures by transforming it into an SL potential in the larger band-gap material region. It self-consistently solves an $8{\times}8$ effective-mass $Schr{\ddot{o}}dinger$ equation and the Hartree and exchange-correlation potential equations through the variational procedure proposed recently by the present first author and applied to calculate optical matrix elements and spontaneous emission rates. The model can be used to further elucidate the recent theoretical results and experimental observations of interesting properties of this type of quantum well and SL structures, including screening of piezoelectric field and its resultant optical nonlinearities for use in optoelectronic devices.