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Angular Dependence of Ferromagnetic Resonance Linewidth in Exchange Coupled CoFe/MnIr Bilayers (교환 결합력을 갖는 CoFe/MnIr 박막에서 강자성 공명 선폭의 각도 의존성 연구)

  • Yoon, Seok Soo;Kim, Dong Young
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.50-54
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    • 2016
  • We analyzed the angular dependence of ferromagnetic resonance linewidth in exchange coupled CoFe/MnIr bilayers. The maximum and minimum linewidth was observed in the easy and hard direction of unidirectional anisotropy by exchange coupling, respectively, and it was well agreed with the angular dependence of exchange bias field. The maximum linewidth was due to the twist of CoFe magnetization near CoFe/MnIr interface from direction of pinned MnIr spin to direction of applied magnetic field. While, minimum linewidth more higher than that of CoFe was related to rotatable anisotropy field, and explained by easy axis distribution of MnIr grains.

An NMR Study on the Phase Change of Lipid Membranes by an Antimicrobial Peptide, Protegrin-1

  • Kim, Chul
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.372-378
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    • 2010
  • Membrane disruption by an antimicrobial peptide, protegrin-1 (PG-1), was investigated by measuring the $^2H$ solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR) spectra of 1-palmitoyl-$d_{31}$-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (POPC_$d_{31}$) in the mixture of PG-1 and POPC_$d_{31}$ lipids deposited on thin cover-glass plates. The experimental line shapes of anisotropic $^2H$ SSNMR spectra measured at various peptide-to-lipid (P/L) ratios were simulated reasonably by assuming the mosaic spread of bilayers containing pore structures or the coexistence of the mosaic spread of bilayers and a fast-tumbling isotropic phase. Within a few days of incubation in the hydration chamber, the pores were formed by the peptide in the POPC_$d_{31}$ and POPC_$d_{31}$/cholesterol membranes. However, the formation of the pores was not clear in the POPC_$d_{31}$/1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylglycerol (POPG) membrane. Over a hundred days after hydration, a rapidly rotating isotropic phase increased in the POPC_$d_{31}$ and the POPC_$d_{31}$/cholesterol membranes with the higher P/L ratios, but no isotropic phase appeared in the POPC_$d_{31}$/POPG membrane. Cholesterol added in the POPC bilayer acted as a stabilizer of the pore structure and suppressed the formation of a fast-tumbling isotropic phase.

The Thermotropic Phase Behaviors of Artificial Phospholipid Liposomes Incorporated with Soyasaponin (대두사포닌이 침투된 인공 인지질 생체유사막의 열에 의한 상변화에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Nam-Hong;Roh, Sung-Bae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.323-327
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    • 1993
  • The effect of soyasaponin on the liposomal phospholipid membrane was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Soyasaponins were obtained and the enthalpy changes and the sizes of cooperative unit of the transition were calculated. The thermograms of L-$\alpha$-dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) incorporated with soyasaponin showed that the phase transition temperature was significantly lowered and the peak was broadened. This was attributed to the possibility that incorporation of soyasaponin into the lipid bilayers reduced the cooperative unit of phospholipid bilayers. These results indicate soyasaponin might have significant effect on the fluidity of biological membrane.

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Structural Studies of Membrane Protein by Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy (고체상 핵자기공명 분광법을 이용한 막단백질의 구조연구)

  • Kim, Yongae
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.388-392
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    • 2004
  • Structural studies of membrane proteins, importantly involving interpretation of genomics information, many signaling pathway and major drug target for drug discovery, are having difficulty in characterizing the function using conventional solution nmr spectroscopy and x-ray crystallography because phospholipid bilayers hindered fast tumbling and crystallization. Here, we studied the structure of the pf1 coat protein in oriented phospholipid bilayers by home-built solid-state NMR probe. Bacteriophage pf1 was purified from Paeudomonas Aeruginosa and coat protein of bacteriophage pf1 was isolated from DNA and other proteins.

Alignment change of lipid molecules in lipid bilayers by an antimicrobial peptide protegrin-1 (지질 이중막에 결합된 항균성 펩타이드 protegrin-1에 의한 지질 분자의 정열도 변화)

  • Kim, Chul
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.106-111
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    • 2015
  • Changes in antimicrobial peptide-lipid mixtures were investigated using 31P solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. An antimicrobial peptide, protegrin-1, and phosphatidylcholine were deposited on a thin cover glass and incubated under a relative humidity of 95%. The changes in the mixtures were observed after hydration or air-drying. How repetitive hydration and drying changed the phase of the sample was also observed. The degrees of disruption of the well-aligned bilayers of phosphatidylcholine were determined quantitatively by simulating the experimental spectra. The peptide-lipid mixtures changed reversibly after hydration and drying, and the samples reached an equilibrium state after several repetitions.

A solid-state NMR study on the activity of an antimicrobial peptide, magainin 2 (항균성 펩타이드인 magainin 2의 활성에 대한 고체 핵자기 공명 분광 연구)

  • Kim, Chul
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.460-466
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    • 2011
  • The activity of an antimicrobial peptide, magainin 2, on lipid membranes was investigated using solid-state NMR and a new sampling method that employed mechanically aligned bilayers between thin glass plates. The experiments were performed at two hydration levels. At 95% hydration about 15% of the lipid bilayers were disrupted and at full hydration 20% were disrupted. From the comparison of two equilibrium states established by two sampling methods the importance of peptide binding to the lipid bilayer for whole membrane disruption was demonstrated.

Flexible and Transparent Plastic Electrodes Composed of Reduced Graphene Oxide/Polyaniline Films for Supercapacitor Application

  • Sarker, Ashis K.;Hong, Jong-Dal
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.1799-1805
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    • 2014
  • In this article, we described about the preparation and electrochemical properties of a flexible energy storage system based on a plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate. The PET treated with UV/ozone was fabricated with multilayer films composed of 30 polyaniline (PANi)/graphene oxide (GO) bilayers using layer-by-layer assembly of positively charged PANi and negatively charged GO. The conversion of GO to the reduced graphene oxide (RGO) in the multilayer film was achieved using hydroiodic acid vapor at $100^{\circ}C$, whereby PANi structure remained nearly unchanged except a little reduction of doping state. Cyclic voltammetry and charge/discharge curves of 30 PANi/RGO bilayers on PET substrate (shorten to PANi-$RGO_{30}$/PET) exhibited an excellent volumetric capacitance, good cycling stability, and rapid charge/discharge rates despite no use of any metal current collectors. The specific capacitance from charge/discharge curve of the PANi-$RGO_{30}$/PET electrode was found to be $529F/cm^3$ at a current density of $3A/cm^3$, which is one of the best values yet achieved among carbon-based materials including conducting polymers. Furthermore, the intrinsic electrical resistance of the PANi-$RGO_{30}$/PET electrodes varied within 20% range during 200 bending cycles at a fixed bend radius of 2.2 mm, indicating the increase in their flexibility by a factor of 225 compared with the ITO/PET electrode.

Effects of Thickness of Ferromagnetic Co Layer and Annealing on the Magnetic Properties of Co/IrMn Bilayers. (Co/IrMn 이층막의 자기적 특성과 Co 두께 및 어닐링의 영향)

  • Jung, Jung-Gyu;Lee, Chan-Gyu;Koo, Bon-Heun;Lee, Gun-Hwan;Hayashi, Yasunori
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.13 no.7
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    • pp.447-452
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    • 2003
  • Effects of annealing and thickness of Co layer in Co/IrMn bilayers on the magnetic properties have been investigated. The highest interfacial exchange coupling energy($J_{K}$ = 0.12 erg/$\textrm{cm}^2$) was obtained for 10 nm Co layer thickness. Exchange bias field is inversely proportional to the magnetization, the thickness of the pinned layer, and the grain size of antiferromagnetic layer. Also it is related to the interfacial exchange energy difference, which is expected to depend on the surface roughness. These results almost agree with the random-field model of exchange anisotropy proposed by Malozemoff. Exchange bias field decreased slowly with increasing annealing temperature up to X$300^{\circ}C$. However, exchange bias field increased above $300^{\circ}C$.

Dissolution of Mo/Al Bilayers in Phosphoric Acid

  • Kim, In-Sung;Chon, Seung-Whan;Kim, Ky-Sub;Jeon, Il-Cheol
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.24 no.11
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    • pp.1613-1617
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    • 2003
  • In the phosphoric acid based etchant, the dissolution rates of Mo films were measured by microgravimetry and the corrosion potentials of Mo and Al were estimated by Tafel plot method with various concentrations of nitric acid. Dissolution rate of Mo increased with the nitric acid concentration and reached a limiting value at high concentration of nitric acid in ambient condition. Corrosion potentials of Mo and Al shifted to positive direction and the difference between potentials of both metals was about 1,100 mV and 1,200 mV with 1% and above 4% of $HNO_3$, respectively. For a Mo/Al bilayers, the dissolution rate inversion is the main reason for good taper angle in shower etching process. Taper angles are observed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) after wet etching process for Mo/Al layered films with different concentrations of $HNO_3$. In the etch side profile, it was found that Al corroded faster than Mo below 4% of $HNO_3$ in dip etching process, however, Mo corroded faster above 4%. Trend for variation of taper angle of etched side of Mo/Al layered film can be explained by considering the effect corrosion rates of both metals with various concentrations of $HNO_3$.