• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.2195-2199
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• 2007

We demonstrate that high-resolution (~60 nm) near-field fluorescence images of fluorescent nanospheres can be obtained by utilizing the tip-induced fluorescence quenching process. A time-stamped photon counting (TSPC) technique employed enables us to efficiently measure the degree of fluorescence quenching caused by the dielectric or metallic atomic force microscopy tip. We find that the degree of quenching is not only determined by the tip-material but also by the local morphology of the tip. The fringe patterns around individual nanospheres observed are explained in terms of the interference between the excitation field that is directly induced by the laser source, and the scattered excitation field from the tip.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2005

Intracellular trafficking of transferrin-conjugated dimethyldioctadecyl-ammonium bromide liposome $(T_f-liposome)/DNA$ complexes in HeLa cells was studied using the double-labeled fluorescence technique and confocal microscopy. The size of the $T_f-liposome/DNA$ complex was about 367 nm in diameter and the zeta-potential of it at a 5:1 (w/w) ratio was almost neutral. The intracellular pathway of the $T_f-liposome/DNA$ complex, noted as green (FITC), red (rhodamine) or yellow (FITC + rhodamine) fluorescence, was elucidated from the plasma membrane to the endosome (or lysosome), and finally to the nucleus. The results of this study indicate that plasmid DNA enters into the nucleus not only as a free form but as an associated form complexed with $T_f-liposome$. More interestingly, the $T_f-liposome$ undergoes a nuclear location in the form of ordered structures. This could be a very useful piece of information in designing a safe and advanced gene delivery system.

• 청정기술
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.327-332
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• 2013

광학 및 형광 현미경을 이용한 실시간 촉매 모니터링 기술을 활용하여 C5 파라핀과 올레핀의 방향족화 반응 중 H-ZSM-5 촉매 표면에서 발생하는 코크 형성 과정을 시간별, 촉매 위치별로 관찰하였다. 실시간 자외-가시광 분광현미경(in-situ UV-vis microspectroscopy) 실험을 통해 반응 중 촉매 표면에서 발생하는 코킹 현상에 대한 정보를 실시간으로 얻을 수 있었으며, 그 결과, 결정의 위치와 반응물의 종류에 따라 코크 형성이 크게 달라짐을 확인하였다. 실시간 공초점형 형광현미경(in-situ confocal fluorescence microscopy) 연구에서는, 488 nm 레이저에 의해 형광을 나타내는 화학종들은 높은 분포로 결정의 중앙부분에 존재하며, 561 nm 레이저에 의해 형광을 발현하는 화학종들은 촉매 결정의 외곽으로 이동하는 것을 관찰하였다. 이러한 결과는, 코크 전구체의 크기에 따라 형광 발현 현상이 다르며, 따라서, 촉매의 위치에 따라 다른 종류의 코크 전구체가 존재한다는 것을 시사한다.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.107-111
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• 2008

We demonstrated single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) from single donor-acceptor dye pair attached to a DNA with a setup based on a confocal microscope. Singlestrand DNAs were immobilized on a glass surface with suitable inter-dye distance. Energy transfer efficiency between the donor and the acceptor dyes attached to the DNA was measured with different lengths of DNA. Photobleaching of single dye molecule was observed and used as a sign of single-molecule detection. We could achieve high enough signal-to-noise ratio to detect the fluorescence from a single-molecule, which allows real-time observation of the distance change between single dye pairs in nanometer scale.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2003년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.773-780
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• 2003

The characteristics of soft clays is very important for the land development plan. This study is to investigate correlations between the engineering properties and the characteristics of clay minerals of the disturbed clay samples obtained from Sihwa area. This study included X-Ray Diffraction Analysis, X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer Analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy Analysis and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer Analysis. The correlations between the clay mineral properties and the laboratory and field testing results were investigated.

• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2005년도 국제학술대회
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• pp.386-393
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• 2005

The calcination characteristic of waste eggshell were examined by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), qualitative and quantitative analysis by X-ray fluorescence, and microstructural analysis by scanning electronic microscopy(SEM). The calcined sample was lager grain and pore size.

• 한국식물병리학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.12-16
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• 1985

마이코플라스마에 감염된 대추나무, 뽕나무 및 일일초의 조직절편을 형광염색소인 DAPI(4'-6-diamidino-2-phenylindole$\cdot$2HCl), aniline blue 그리고 quinacrine(quinacrine mustard dihydrochloride)으로 염색하여 형광현미경하에서 관찰함으로서 이들 형광염색소의 마이코프라스마 감염진단에의 효용가치를 비교 조사하였다. 이병식물의 줄기절편의 절부에서 특이형광반응이 나타났으나 건전식물의 조직절편에서는 특이형광반응이 관찰되지 않음으로써, DAPI, anilinc blue 및 quinacrine 등의 형광염색소에 의한 조직염색법은 대추나무, 뽕나무 및 일일초의 마이코플라스마 감염을 식속 정확하게 진단하는 데 매우 유용한 방법임을 보여주었다. 한펀, 이들 형광염색소 중에서는 DAPI가 가장 효과적이었다.

• 한국전자현미경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국현미경학회 1997년도 제28차 창립30주년 기념 추계학술대회
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• pp.13-13
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• 1997

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.1216-1221
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• 2006

A protein array was fabricated for a miniaturized immunoassay using microcontact printing ($\mu$CP). A polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamp with a 5 $\mu$m$\times$5 /$\mu$m dimension was molded from a silicon master developed by photolithography. Under optimal fabrication conditions, including the baking, incubation, and exposure time, a silicon master was successfully fabricated with a definite aspect ratio. An antibody fragment was utilized as the ink for the $\mu$CP, and transferred to an Au substrate because of the Au-thiol (-SH) interaction. The immobilization and antibody-antigen interaction were investigated with fluorescence microscopy. When human serum albumin (HSA) was applied to the protein array fabricated with an antibody against HSA, the detection limit was 100 pg/ml of HSA when using a secondary antibody labeled with a fluorescence tag. The fabricated protein array maintained its activity for 14 days.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.86-91
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• 2022

Two-photon fluorescence microscopy was performed on the enamel-dentin junction area of a human tooth using a femtosecond pulsed laser. We obtained a clear image contrast between the bright dentin and dark tubules with the autofluorescence generated from the endogenous fluorophores in dentin. The autofluorescence shows a broad spectrum due to complex cross links between dentinal collagens, which extend from blue to orange wavelengths (470-590 nm), but a gradual autofluorescence loss in photobleaching was observed for a long-term exposure under strong excitation. For increasing excitation power, we found that two-step decay becomes significant in the spectrally integrated autofluorescence.