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A Study on the Development of Electrophotographic Photoreceptor by Metal free-Phthalocyanine Dye Sensitized System (무금속프탈로시아닌 색소계를 이용한 전자사진 감광체의 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Jeong, Eun-Sil;Kim, Yeong-Sun;Jeong, Pyeong-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.7-14
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    • 2000
  • The object of this study was to improve electrophotographic photoreceptor using metal free-phthalocyanine dye sensitized system. In here a various types of metal free-phthalocyanine and polymers and hydrazone were used as charge generation material(CGM) and binder, respectively, and also the hydrazone derivative or zinc complex was used as charge transport material(CTM). It was found that $x-H_2Pc$ showed the highest sensitivity among the ${\alpha}-$, ${\beta}-$ and x- metal free-phthalocyanine($x-H_2Pc$) as CGM. The photoreceptor made by $x-H_2Pc$ and hydrazone derivative as CGM and CTM, respectively, showed the highest ratio of dark decay having 73.1% and the good sensitivity of $1.50lux{\cdot}sec$ compared to other photoreceptors.

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Protein Context-Dependent Hydrophobicity of Amino Acids in Protein

  • Cho, Hanul;Ham, Sihyun
    • Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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    • 2016.03a
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    • pp.163-166
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    • 2016
  • Hydrophobicity is the key concept to understand the water plays in protein folding, protein aggregation, and protein-protein interaction. Traditionally, the hydrophobicity of protein is defined based on the scales of the hydrophobicity of residue, assuming that the hydrophobicity of free amino acids is maintained. Here, we explore how the hydrophobicity of constituting amino acids in protein rely on the protein context, in particular, on the total charge and secondary structures of a protein. To this end, we calculate and investigate the hydration free energy of three short proteins based on the integral-equation theory of liquids. We find that the hydration free energy of charged amino acids is significantly affected by the protein total charge and exhibits contrasting behavior depending on the protein total charge being positive or negative. We also observe that amino acids in the ${\beta}-sheets$ display more enhanced the hydrophobicity than amino acids in the loop, whereas those in the ${\alpha}-helix$ do not clearly show such a tendency. And the salt-bridge forming amino acids also exhibit increase of the hydrophobicity than that with no salt bridge. Our results provide novel insights into the hydrophobicity of amino acids, and will be valuable for rationalizing and predicting the strength of water-mediated interaction involved in the biological activity of proteins.

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Reforming the Free Fare System in Urban Railway : A Case Study on Shinbundang Line (도시철도 무임수송제도 개선 방안 : 신분당선 사례)

  • Kim, Ji Yeon;Kim, Sigon;Moon, Je Woong
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.1009-1015
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    • 2017
  • Since most of the urban railway operating agencies are established and operated by local governments, Public Service Obligation(PSO) is given priority. Therefore, free riding is carried out based on individual laws and regulations. In Korea, as the aging population goes, the increase in the number of elderly passengers on the urban railways is leading to a free rider as a big part of the fiscal deficit of the city railway operators. However, there have been no previous researches on free pass riding, and especially, it is necessary to study free ride on private investment projects. Several alternatives including a full charge case, free-ride for 70 years old over case, and separate fare charge (900won) are considered. Separate fare charge (900won) was selected as the optimal alternative since there is no fare income adjustment between operating agencies and no subsidy from government.

Space Charge Measurement as a Diagnostic Tool to Monitor Ageing in Polymeric Materials

  • Chen, George
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.235-239
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    • 2006
  • Charge dynamics in polymeric materials after aged under ac electric field using the pulsed electroacoustic (PEA) technique is reported. The emphasis is placed on charge decay. The charge dynamics of the ac aged additive free low density polyethylene (LDPE) samples under dc bias differ from the sample without ac ageing, indicating changes brought in by ac ageing. It is believed that a slow decay rate of charge in the ac aged sample is related to the formation of deep traps in the material. However, chemical analysis by infrared spectroscope (FTIR) and Raman microscope reveals no significant chemical changes taken place in the bulk of the material after ac ageing. Further experiments on irradiated LDPE have revealed a similar behaviour, i.e. the charge decay is slower in irradiated samples than that of fresh sample. The findings presented clearly indicate that space charge measurement can be used as a diagnostic tool to monitor ageing in polymeric materials.

A study on the preparation of phthalocyanine optoelectric thin films (프탈로시아닌계 광전도성 유기박막의 제조에 관한 연구)

  • 박구범;조기선;이덕출
    • Electrical & Electronic Materials
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.409-416
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    • 1994
  • A double layered photoreceptor using phthalocyanine dye was made by dip-coating method. The under cutting layer(UCL) was coated with A1$\_$2/O$\_$3/ or polyamide, and the charge generation layer(CGL) was formed by .tau.-type metal-free phthalocyanine. The oxadiazole was used as a charge transport layer(CTL) and polycarbonate and poly(vinyl butyral) was employed as a host polymer. The .tau.-H$\_$2/Pc had an absorption peak around 780nm, which coincided with the emitting wavelengths of GaAlAs diode lasers. Maximum charge acceptance of CTL that gives thickness of 12.mu.m was -900V by corona charge of -6.0kV. In photo-induced discharge measurements, residual potential was less than -20V and sufficient for ordinary use, and sample films using of poly(vinyl butyral) was showed good charge retention. In printing test, drum that was employed polycarbonate as a host polymer showed the good print quality.

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Estimation of Electrical Parameters of OD Organic Semiconductor Diode from Measured I-V Characteristics

  • Moiz, Syed Abdul;Ahmed, Mansoor M.;Karimov, Kh. S.
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.319-325
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    • 2005
  • In this paper the effect of temperature on the electrical properties of organic semiconductor disperse orange dye 25 (OD) have been examined. Thin films of OD have been deposited on $In_{2}O_{3}$ substrates using a centrifugal machine. DC current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of the fabricated devices $(Al/OD/In_{2}O_{3)$ have been evaluated at varying temperatures ranging from 40 to $60^{\circ}C$. A rectification behavior in these devices has been observed such that the rectifying ratio increases as a function of temperature. I-V characteristics observed in $Al/OD/In_{2}O_{3)$ devices have been classified as low temperature $({\leq} 50^{\circ}C)$ and high temperature characteristics (approximately $60^{\circ}C$). Low temperature characteristics have been explained on the basis of the charge transport mechanism associated with free carriers available in OD, whereas high temperature characteristics have been explained on the basis of the trapped space-charge-limited current. Different electrical parameters such as traps factor, free carrier density, trapped carrier density, trap density of states, and effective mobility have been determined from the observed temperature dependent I-V characteristics. It has been shown that the traps factor, effective mobility, and free carrier density increase with increasing values of temperature, whilst no significant change has been observed in the trap density of states.

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Charge-Directed Peptide Backbone Dissociations of o-TEMPO-Bz-C(O)-Peptides

  • Jeon, Aeran;Lee, Ji Hye;Kwon, Hyuk Su;Park, Hyung Soon;Moon, Bong Jin;Oh, Han Bin
    • Mass Spectrometry Letters
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.71-74
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    • 2013
  • In the present study, we report that the charge-directed (assisted) peptide dissociation products, such as b- and y-type peptide backbone fragments, were the major products in MS/MS and $MS^3$ applications of some o-TEMPO-Bz-C(O)-peptide ions, while radical-driven dissociation products, such as a/x and c/z-type fragments, were previously shown to be the major products in the free radical initiated peptide sequencing mass spectrometry (FRIPS MS). Those o-TEMPO-Bz-C(O)-peptides share a common feature in their sequences, that is, the peptides do not include an arginine residue that has the highest proton affinity among free amino acids. The appearance of b- and y-type fragments as major products in FRIPS MS can be understood in terms of the so-called "mobile-proton model". When the proton is highly mobilized by the absence of arginine, the chare-directed peptide dissociation pathways appear to be more competitive than the radical-driven dissociation pathways, in our FRIPS experiments.

Sensitivity of a charge-detecting label-free DNA sensor using field-effect transistors (FETs) depending on the Debye length (전계효과 트랜지스터(FETs)를 이용한 전하 검출형 DNA 센서에서 Debye length에 따른 검출 감도)

  • Song, Kwang-Soup
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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    • v.48 no.2
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    • pp.86-90
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    • 2011
  • The effects of cations are very important in field-effect transistors (FETs) type DNA sensors detecting the intrinsic negative charge between single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNA without labeling, because the intrinsic negative charge of DNA is neutralized by cations in electrolyte solution. We consider the Debye length, which depends on the concentration of cations in solution, to detect DNA hybridization based on the intrinsic negative charge of DNA. The Debye length is longer in buffer solution with a lower concentration of NaCl and the intrinsic negative charge of DNA is more effective on the channel surface in longer Debye length solution. The shifts in the gate voltage by DNA hybridization with complementary target DNA are 21 mV in 1 mM NaCl buffer solution, 7.2 mV in 10 mM NaCl buffer solution, and 5.1 mV in 100 mM NaCl buffer solution. The sensitivity of FETs to detect DNA hybridization based on charge detection without labeling depends on the Debye length.

Numerical Study on Ground Vibration Reduction and Fragmentation in a Controlled Blasting Utilizing Directional U Shape Charge Holder (U형 장약홀더를 이용한 발파공법에서 지반진동 저감특성 및 파괴효율에 관한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Kim, Hyon-Soo;Baek, Beom-Hyun;Oh, Se-Wook;Han, Dong-Hun;Cho, Sang-Ho
    • Explosives and Blasting
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.11-18
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    • 2016
  • It is necessary to minimize ground vibration and noise due to blasting work in urban environment. The blast induced ground vibration and noise are generally generated by a portion of detonation energy, where most of the energy is utilized for rock breakage and movement of rock mass. Recently a blast method utilizing U-shaped steel charge holder was suggested to reduce the ground vibration without decreasing destructive power toward the free surface. In this study, single hole blasting utilizing U-shaped steel charge holder were simulated and the stress waves caused by the detonation of explosives were monitored using AUTODYN software. In order to examine the fragmentation efficiency of the U-shaped steel charge holder, one free face blasting models which adapt the blast induced stress waves were simulated by dynamic fracture process analysis (DFPA) code. In addition, the general blasting models were also simulated to investigate the fragmentation effectiveness of the U-shaped steel charge holder in rock blasting.

New Calculation of Charge Generation Efficiency and Photocurrent in Organic Photoconducting Device

  • Lee, Choong-Kun;Oh, Jin-Woo;Choi, Chil-Sung;Lee, Nam-Soo;Kim, Nak-Joong
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.97-101
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    • 2009
  • A new approach was applied to examine the charge generation and transport in organic photoconductive devices by Monte‐Carlo simulation utilizing multiple site interactions of carriers with all other charges within Coulomb radius. Stepwise generation frame was considered first by a charge separation process that was counted in two separate transactions, i.e., hopping against physical decay and dissociation against recombination. Thereafter, diffusion/ drifting process of free carriers was counted to follow. This method enables to examine readily the photocurrent generated alongside the charge generation efficiency. The field and temperature dependences of the efficiency and photocurrent were obtained comparable to Onsager’s and experimental data.