• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.273-278
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• 1997

In order to investigate the punch properties of some vegetables-cucumber, radish, garlic, ginger and potato-force, distance, and time were measured with a texturometer, and the correlations between compositions and cell characteristics of samples were characterized. Many reflection and rupture points on the force-distance and distance-time curve were observed, and these points appeared when the cells of sample were resisted and yielded against the applied force. They were big and clear at the slow crosshead speed. The regression analysis for force-time and distance-time to the rupture point showed $R^{2}>0.95$. The rupture time and rupure force were 5.63 sec, 4.88 N in ginger and 4.15 sec, 2.00 N in cucumber. The rupture forces become large values at the fast crosshead speed. As cell sizes were increased, the moisture content and rupture distance were increased, while the viscosity of juice, density, regularity of cell, and slope of force-time were decreased. Rupture force, time and distance were decreased at the large specific gravity of samples. The slopes of distance-time curve were inversely proportional to slope of force-time curve.

• Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.340-340
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• 2006

Applying force-distance curve measurement by atomic force microscopy to a theoretical mechanical model gives us elastic properties of polymer surfaces. Our group focuses on force-mapping method, in which force-distance curve is performed at each lattice point on a sample surface and subsequently a variety of properties derived from analytical results are combined to construct a 2-dimensional image. With this method we succeeded in deriving Young' s modulus distribution map method of rubbery/rubbery polymer blend surfaces with ${\sim}100\;nm$ lateral resolution. We also applied force-mapping method to another theory to divide distribution of hardness from that of adhesion. We will demonstrate recent progress.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.466-471
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• 1996

In order to investigate the compression characteristics on the some vegetables-cucumber, garlic, ginger, potato, and radish-compression force, distance, and time were measured with a Struct-O-Graph and correlations between them were investigated. Force-distance and distance-time curves were showed simply and reflection points were showed rarely. The time to rupture point was long of 11.7sec at the compression speed of 60mm/min and of 6.16sec at the compression speed of 120mm/min in potato, and short of 9.65, 4.55sec at the different compression speed in garlic, respectively. The rupture force was large of 16.64~20.00N at the different compression speed in potato and radish, and the sample at rupture point was showed crushing behavior under probe. These phenomena were suggested because compression strength of sample was different. In the result of regression analysis for force-time and distance-time to the rupture point, the correlation coefficients were above 0.96, and difference of among samples was small. The slopes of force-time were large of 1.772~3.385 in cucumber and small of 1.743~3.338 in potato, and the slopes of distance-time were obtained with reverse results.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.469-473
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• 1985

The typical force-distance curves by puncture test and Back Extrusion test of acorn flour gels were investigated. Kc' and Ks' were calculated to estimate the compression and shear components of a puncture force. In this study, compression effect played a major role. The more concentration of acorn flour gel and diameter of probe increased, the more compression force contributed to the puncture force. In the Back Extrusion test, the effect of increasing the sample size was to extend the length of the plateau without affecting the maximum force. However, as the concentration of acorn flour gel increased, maximum Extrusion force became larger.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.19-26
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• 2001

The wear characteristic of Zircaloy-4 tube, which is used for a cladding of light water reactor fuel rod, is investigated experimentally. The experiment is conducted with contacting the crossed tube specimens in air as well as in water at room temperature with various combination of contact normal force and sliding distance of reciprocating motion. The contour and the volume of each wear are examined to study the effect of contact condition and environment on wear. As a result, it is found that the wear volume in the water environment is larger than that in the air for all the contact (i.e., force and sliding distance) conditions. However, the wear depth is greater in air than in water if the contact normal force and the sliding distance are larger. These are explained by the ease of detachment of wear particles from the contact surface. On the other hand, workrate model is applied with the contact shear force range measured by our wear tester. Investigated is the correlation between the workrate and the wear volume increase rate of the present experiment. The parabolic curve is found to fit well for the present wear data.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.47 no.5
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• pp.538-545
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• 2009

The principle and application of a scanning probe microscopy(SPM) are reviewed briefly, and a low-invasive single cell manipulation and a gene delivery technique using an etched atomic force microscopy(AFM) probe tip, which we call a nanoneedle, are explained in detail. The nanoneedle insertion into a cell can be judged by a sudden drop of force in a force-distance curve. The probabilities of nanoneedle insertion into cells were 80~90%, which were higher than those of typical microinjection capillaries. When the diameter of the nanoneedle was smaller than 400 nm, the nanoneedle insertion into a cell over 1 hour had almost no influence on the cell viability. A highly efficient gene delivery and a high ratio of expressed gene per delivered DNA compared the conventional major nonviral gene delivery methods could be achieved using the gene modified nanoneedle.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.62-69
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• 2012

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been widely utilized as a versatile tool not only for imaging surfaces but also for understanding nano-scale interfacial phenomena. By measuring the responses of the photo detector due to bending and torsion of the cantilever, which are caused by the interactions between the probe and the sample surface, various interfacial phenomena and properties can be explored. One of the challenges faced by AFM researchers originates in the physics of measuring the small forces that act between the probe of a force sensing cantilever and the sample. To understand the interactions between the probe and the sample quantitatively, the force calibration is essential. In this work, the procedures used to calibrate AFM instrumentation for nano-scale force measurement in normal and lateral directions are reviewed.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.418-424
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• 2009

This work is the attempt to give qualitative explanations to complex magnetic phenomena which are observed in the previously proposed magnetostrictive sensor capable of ultrasonic waves and rotational speed measurement. The law of approach is adopted as analysis tool in order to account for some extraordinary output patterns and proved to be effective. The distance between the anhysteretic curve current magnetic state and the variation of anhysteretic curve by stress mainly determine the sensor output shapes and their uniqueness. It is also experimentally verified that the precisely determined bias magnetic field strength can not only remove the unusual output parts but also maximize its sensitivity.

• Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.288-288
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• 2006

Natural rubbers (NR) reinforced by multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) was found to show extraordinary improvement of mechanical property. We speculated that this was owing to the interfacial phase that surrounded CNT and investigated about the phase by atomic force microscopy (AFM). Using force modulation mode and force-distance curve analyses, we succeeded in obtaining the information of its nanometer-scale rheological property. We found that was actually surrounded by the interfacial phase, that had softer modulus than NR matrix.

• KSTLE International Journal
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.10-13
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• 2006

In this work, imaging and study of elastic property of the living cell was performed. The motivation of this work was to seek the possibility of exploiting Young's modulus as a disease indicator using Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and also to gain fundamental understanding of cell mechanics for applications in medical nanorobots of the future. L-929 fibroblast adherent cell was used as the sample. Imaging condition in cell culturing media environment was done in very low speed ($20{\mu}m/ s$) compared to that in the ambient environment. For measuring the Young's modulus of the living cell, AFM indentation method was used. From the force-distance curve obtained from the indentation experiment the Young's modulus could be derived using the Hertz model. The Young's modulus of living L-929 fibroblast cell was $1.29{\pm}0.2$ kPa.