• Current Applied Physics
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.1546-1552
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• 2018

The polymer nanocomposite as a gate dielectric film was prepared via sol-gel method. The formation of crosslinked structure among nanofillers and polymer matrix was proved by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). Differential thermal analysis (DTA) results showed significant increase in the thermal stability of the nanocomposite with respect to that of pure polymer. The nanocomposite films deposited on the p- and n-type Si substrates formed very smooth surface with rms roughness of 0.045 and 0.058 nm respectively. Deconvoluted $Si_{2s}$ spectra revealed the domination of the Si-OH hydrogen bonds and Si-O-Si covalence bonds in the structure of the nanocomposite film deposited on the p- and n-type Si semiconductor layers respectively. The fabricated n-channel field-effect-transistor (FET) showed the low threshold voltage and leakage currents because of the stronger connection between the nanocomposite and n-type Si substrate. Whereas, dominated hydroxyl groups in the nanocomposite dielectric film deposited on the p-type Si substrate increased trap states in the interface, led to the drop of FET operation.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.51-55
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• 2007

This paper investigates the subthreshold behavior of Fin Field Effect Transistor (FinFET). The FinFET is considered to be an alternate MOSFET structure for the deep sub-micron regime, having excellent device characteristics. As the channel length decreases, the study of subthreshold behavior of the device becomes critically important for successful design and implementation of digital circuits. An accurate analysis of subthreshold behavior of FinFET was done by simulating the device in a 3D process and device simulator, Taurus. The subthreshold behavior of FinFET, was measured using a parameter called S-factor which was obtained from the $In(I_{DS})\;-\;V_{GS}$ characteristics. The value of S-factor of devices of various fin dimensions with channel length $L_g$ in the range of 20 nm - 50 nm and with the fin width $T_{fin}$ in the range of 10 nm - 40 nm was calculated. It was observed that for devices with longer channel lengths, the value of S-factor was close to the ideal value of 60 m V/dec. The S-factor increases exponentially for channel lengths, $L_g\;<\;1.5\;T_{fin}$. Further, for a constant $L_g$, the S factor was observed to increase with $T_{fin}$. An empirical relationship between S, $L_g$ and $T_{fin}$ was developed based on the simulation results, which could be used as a rule of thumb for determining the S-factor of devices.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.123-135
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• 2010

Around Tongyeong coasts which located in southern coast of Korea composed to the complex coastal line and scattered by small islands. It also has been distributed to a complicated bathymetric structure by several types of channels. This study carried to analyze the spatial characteristics of macrobenthic community and benthic environmental variance on sub-tidal area based on multivariate statistics tools. Sediment composition varied from muddy sand to mud, and along the channels, it composed to a heterogeneous bottoms mixed by shell fragment, cobbles and mud. Organic contents on the surface sediment varied 1.1-3.9%. Total of 272 species, $33,349\;ind./m^2$ of macrobenthos identified in all of sample area. Polychaetes also prevailed among the specimen. L. longifolia, P. pinnata dominated based on density. Considering on the biomass, echinoderm S. lacunosa, A. tricoides listed. Closer to the coastal area, the density and diversity were higher. Community structure based on cluster analysis was discriminated into three groups. Each group was also characterized by geographical state such as depth, sediment composition. In addition, when applied to the bathymetric data, the channel, which composed to the mixed sediment, made a role of limited factor which characterized to benthic community. Because the specimen around the channel have been affected on the diverse sediment mixture. Most of benthic studies in the southern coast of Korea focused to the condition of benthic organic pollution spatially, because along the coast, it also developed a aquaculture ground and industrial complex. But, as results, most of the area, it turn out the less polluted areas nevertheless similar environment situation. It supposed that benthic community affect to the bottom sediment composition by physical characteristics.

• EDISON SW 활용 경진대회 논문집
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• 제5회(2016년)
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• pp.285-287
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• 2016

이황화 몰리브덴(Molybdenum disulfide: $MoS_2$)을 채널(Channel) 물질로 이용하여 metal-oxide-semiconductor(MOS) 구조를 제작하고, 효율적인 제작과정을 제시하였고 특히, Source/Drain의 Doping concentration을 조절하여 효과적인 $MoS_2$ Transistor를 제작 및 시뮬레이션 하였다. 그 후 여러 MOSFET의 특성 분석을 통하여 소자로서의 기능을 확인해보았다. 그리고 특히 채널의 전기적인 특성을 분석하고 채널 내 그리고 contact 사이의 저항 및 mobility의 특성을 알아보았는데, 그 중 Source/Drain Doping Effect와 performance 분석을 통해, 최적화된 $MoS_2$ Transistor를 찾아보았다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.839-844
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• 2014

The gas-phase radical-radical reaction $O(^3P)$ + $C_2H_5$ (ethyl) ${\rightarrow}$ $H(^2S)$ + $CH_3CHO$(acetaldehyde) was investigated by applying a combination of vacuum-ultraviolet laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy in a crossed beam configuration and ab initio calculations. The two radical reactants $O(^3P)$ and $C_2H_5$ were respectively produced by photolysis of $NO_2$ and supersonic flash pyrolysis of the synthesized precursor azoethane. Doppler profile analysis of the nascent H-atom products in the Lyman-${\alpha}$ region revealed that the average translational energy of the products and the average fraction of the total available energy released as translational energy were $5.01{\pm}0.72kcalmol^{-1}$ and 6.1%, respectively. The empirical data combined with CBS-QB3 level ab initio theory and statistical calculations demonstrated that the title exchange reaction is a major channel and proceeds via an addition-elimination mechanism through the formation of a short-lived, dynamical addition complex on the doublet potential energy surface. On the basis of systematic comparison with several exchange reactions of hydrocarbon radicals, the observed small kinetic energy release can be explained in terms of the loose transition state with a product-like geometry and a small reverse activation barrier along the reaction coordinate.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.176-183
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• 2021

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) metastasis is characterized by distant metastasis and local recurrence. Combined chemotherapy with cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil is routinely used to treat patients with OSCC, and the combined use of gefitinib with cytotoxic drugs has been reported to enhance the sensitivity of cancer cells in vitro. However, the development of drug resistance because of prolonged chemotherapy is inevitable, leading to a poor prognosis. Therefore, understanding alterations in signaling pathways and gene expression is crucial for overcoming the development of drug resistance. However, the altered characterization of Ca²⁺ signaling in drug-resistant OSCC cells remains unclear. In this study, we investigated alterations in intracellular Ca²⁺ ([Ca²⁺]_i) mobilization upon the development of gefitinib resistance in human tongue squamous carcinoma cell line (HSC)-3 and HSC-4 using ratiometric analysis. This study demonstrated the presence of altered epidermal growth factor- and purinergic agonist-mediated [Ca²⁺]_i mobilization in gefitinib-resistant OSCC cells. Moreover, Ca²⁺ content in the endoplasmic reticulum, store-operated calcium entry, and lysosomal Ca²⁺ release through the transient receptor potential mucolipin 1, were confirmed to be significantly reduced upon the development of apoptosis resistance. Consistent with [Ca²⁺]_i mobilization, we identified modified expression levels of Ca²⁺ signaling-related genes in gefitinib-resistant cells. Taken together, we propose that the regulation of [Ca²⁺]_i mobilization and related gene expression can be a new strategy to overcome drug resistance in patients with cancer.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.741-753
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 IEEE 802.11a 무선 LAN의 이상적인 채널 환경과 페이딩 채널 환경에서 패킷의 페이로드 크기에 따른 MAC(Medium Access Control) 계층의 CSMA/CA(Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance) 기반 DCF(Distributed Coordination Function) 처리율을 비교 분석하였다. 이상적인 채널 환경인 경우 에러가 없는 채널을 의미하고, 임의의 전송 주기 동안 패킷을 전송하는 단말이 1개만 존재하며, 다른 단말은 패킷을 수신한 후 응답한다고 가정한다. 페이딩 채널 환경인 경우 채널상에서 비트 에러는 랜덤하게 발생되며, 단말수 n은 고정되고, 각각의 단말은 항상 전송 패킷을 가지고 있는 포화 조건(saturation condition) 하에서 동작된다고 한다. IEEE 802.11a 무선 LAN의 처리율을 구하기 위해 기존 연구에서는 주로 이상적인 채널 환경을 가정하여 최대 처리율을 구하였는데, 실제의 통신 환경은 페이딩 패널이므로 본 연구에서는 $E_b/N_o$를 25 dB, 부 채널에서 직접 수신된 신호와 산란되어 수신된 신호의 전력비 $\xi$는 복합 Rayleigh/Ricean 페이딩을 고려하여 6으로 정하였다. 분석 결과, 이상적인 채널 환경에서의 처리율에 비교하여 페이딩 채널 환경에서의 처리율이 모든 페이로드 크기에서 더 작아진다는 것을 알 수 있으며, 전송율이 증가할수록 이상적인 채널의 최대 처리율에 대한 페이딩 채널의 포화 처리율의 감소 비율이 더 커진다는 것도 알 수 있다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.162-168
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• 2014

Fruits of Schisandra chinensis (SC) Baill are considered a traditional herbal medicine for the treatment and alleviation of various diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate the anti-cancer effects of SC extract in human breast adenocarcinoma cells (MCF-7). We used human breast adenocarcinoma cell line, MCF-7 cells. We examined cell death by MTT assay and caspase 3 and 9 assay with SC extract. To examine the inhibitory effects of SC extract, cell cycle (sub G1) analysis and mitochondrial membrane depolarization was done the MCF-7 cells after one day with SC extract. In addition, to investigate the transient receptor potential melastatin 7 (TRPM7) currents, we used the whole cell patch clamp techniques. Furthermore, TRPM7 channels were overexpressed in human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells to identify the role of TRPM7 channels in MCF-7 cell growth and survival. SC extract inhibited the growth of MCF-7 cells in a dose-dependent fashion. Also we showed that SC extract induced apoptosis in MCF-7 cells by MTT assay, caspase 3 and 9 assay, sub-G1 analysis and mitochondrial membrane depolarization. SC extract inhibited the TRPM7 currents in MCF-7 cells and in TRPM7 overexpressed HEK 293 cells. Furthermore, TRPM7 channel overexpression in HEK 293 cells exacerbated SC extract-induced cell death. Our findings provide insight into unraveling the effects of SC extract in human breast adenocarcinoma cells and developing therapeutic agents against breast cancer.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.778-784
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• 2016

HyperGam-U was recently developed to determine uranium enrichment based on ${\gamma}$- and X-ray spectroscopy analysis. The $XK_{\alpha}$ region of the uranium spectrum contains 13 peaks for $^{235}U$ and $^{238}U$ and is used mainly for analysis. To describe the X-ray peaks, a Lorentzian broadened shape function was used, and methods were developed to reduce the number of fitting parameters for decomposing the strongly overlapping peaks using channel-energy, energy-width, and energy-efficiency calibration functions. For validation, eight certified reference material uranium samples covering uranium enrichments from 1% to 99% were measured using a high-resolution planar high-purity germanium detector and analyzed using the HyperGam-U code. When corrections for the attenuation and true coincidence summing were performed for the detection geometry in this experiment, the goodness of fit was improved by a few percent. The enrichment bias in this study did not exceed 2% compared with the certified values for all measured samples.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.451-458
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• 2015

무선랜 이용률 증가에 따라 무선랜 단말뿐만 아니라 AP의 밀집도가 증가하고 있고, 이로 인해 무선랜의 실제 성능(real performance)이 저하되고 있다. 이를 개선하기 위한 PHY/MAC 기술 중 OFDMA와 full duplex가 있다. 기존 OFDMA기반 무선랜 MAC 연구는 채널 utilization과 충돌확률 측면에서의 문제점이 있고 따라서 보다 효율적인 채널할당 프로토콜에 대한 연구가 필요하다. Full duplex는 같은 주파수에 동시에 송수신이 가능한 방식으로 half duplex에 비해 더 유연한 채널할당이 가능하다. 본 논문에서는 full duplex 전송 노드의 idle 채널정보를 바탕으로 서브 채널을 할당하는 OFDMA FD-MAC(Full Duplex MAC) 프로토콜을 제안하였다. 또한, 성능분석을 통해 throughput이 개선됨을 확인하였다.