• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1994년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1484-1486
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• 1994

In this paper, we performed theoretical computer calculation for ion-exchange embedded channel waveguide using Field Shadow Method. Using the parameters of ${\Delta}n=0.09$, 0.009, $w=8{\mu}m$. d=8.854, $8.189{\mu}m$ we decided the waveguide characteristics. The dispersion curves showed the optimal fabrication conditions of the waveguides. We observed each of the 3-D field distributions in the various waveguides.

• 대한기계학회논문집 C: 기술과 교육
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.249-255
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• 2015

이온 및 분자 이송제어를 위한 기능성 나노채널의 구현을 통하여 이온/분자의 상대적 크기에 의존하는 기존 분리 및 이송 기술의 선택효율, 투과도, 에너지 소비 측면에서의 기존 분리 기술의 한계를 극복하기 위한 새로운 개념의 분리 기술을 제시 하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 나노채널 플랫폼 가공 기술 개발, 나노채널 표면 기능화 기술 개발 등의 연구를 수행하였으며, 나노채널에 대한 전압인가 및 유량 조절이 가능한 이온이송제어 측정 시스템을 제작하고, 다층 금속 멤브레인을 이용하여 선택적으로 특정 이온($Cl^-$)의 이송을 95% 이상 차단하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 세포막에 존재하며 물분자만을 매우 효율적으로 투과시키는 채널인 아쿠아포린의 기능 및 특성을 모방한 신개념의 분리기술 구현을 위한 기반 기술 개발을 수행하였으며, 향후 지속적인 연구를 통하여 차세대 정수/담수, 휴대형 인공신장, 인공 감각 기관 등의 핵심 기반 기술이 될 것으로 예상한다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2015

일반적으로 저농도의 염 용액에서 탈염성능이 우수한 축전식 탈염기술에 고농도의 염을 함유한 용액을 처리할 수 있는 가능성을 확인하기 위해 spacer와 spiral 형태의 두 가지 모양의 유로에따라 이온교환수지를 채움으로써 탈염효율을 비교분석하고 기술의 적용가능성을 평가하였다. Spacer와 spiral 형태로 이온교환수지를 채운 축전식 탈염 셀의 탈염효율은 각각 77.21 및 99.94%로, 이는 spiral 형태의 유로에 채워진 이온교환수지가 유입수와 고르게 접촉할 수 있는 유로의 모양을 구성하기 때문에 많은 이온들이 제거될 수 있었다고 판단된다. 또한 pH와 축적 전하량의 변화량에서 탈염성능을 감소시킬 수 있는 페러데이 반응이 현저하게 줄어들었다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 에너지효율적인 축전식 탈염 기술을 이용하여 고농도의 염 용액의 탈염에 대한 가능성을 제시해주었고, 이온교환수지의 혼합비율의 최적화와 연속식 전기탈이온 기술의 재생공정의 도입에 대한 추가적인 연구를 통해 이상적인 탈염기술을 개발하는 데 큰 기반이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Medicine and Life Science
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.135-138
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• 2023

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.251-263
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• 2008

In this paper, we report an analytical modeling and 2-D Synopsys Sentaurus TCAD simulation of ion implanted silicon carbide MESFETs. The model has been developed to obtain the threshold voltage, drain-source current, intrinsic parameters such as, gate capacitance, drain-source resistance and transconductance considering different fabrication parameters such as ion dose, ion energy, ion range and annealing effect parameters. The model is useful in determining the ion implantation fabrication parameters from the optimization of the active implanted channel thickness for different ion doses resulting in the desired pinch off voltage needed for high drain current and high breakdown voltage. The drain current of approximately 10 A obtained from the analytical model agrees well with that of the Synopsys Sentaurus TCAD simulation and the breakdown voltage approximately 85 V obtained from the TCAD simulation agrees well with published experimental results. The gate-to-source capacitance and gate-to-drain capacitance, drain-source resistance and trans-conductance were studied to understand the device frequency response. Cut off and maximum frequencies of approximately 10 GHz and 29 GHz respectively were obtained from Sentaurus TCAD and verified by the Smith's chart.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.297-306
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• 2020

Repetitive changes in the intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca²⁺]i) triggers egg activation, including cortical granule exocytosis, resumption of second meiosis, block to polyspermy, and initiating embryonic development. [Ca²⁺]i oscillations that continue for several hours, are required for the early events of egg activation and possibly connected to further development to the blastocyst stage. The sources of Ca²⁺ ion elevation during [Ca²⁺]i oscillations are Ca²⁺ release from endoplasmic reticulum through inositol 1,4,5 tri-phosphate receptor and Ca²⁺ ion influx through Ca²⁺ channel on the plasma membrane. Ca²⁺ channels have been characterized into voltage-dependent Ca²⁺ channels (VDCCs), ligand-gated Ca²⁺ channel, and leak-channel. VDCCs expressed on muscle cell or neuron is specified into L, T, N, P, Q, and R type VDCs by their activation threshold or their sensitivity to peptide toxins isolated from cone snails and spiders. The present study was aimed to investigate the localization pattern of N and P/Q type voltage-dependent calcium channels in mouse eggs and the role in fertilization. [Ca²⁺]i oscillation was observed in a Ca²⁺ contained medium with sperm factor or adenophostin A injection but disappeared in Ca²⁺ free medium. Ca²⁺ influx was decreased by Lat A. N-VDCC specific inhibitor, ω-Conotoxin CVIIA induced abnormal [Ca²⁺]i oscillation profiles in SrCl₂ treatment. N or P/Q type VDC were distributed on the plasma membrane in cortical cluster form, not in the cytoplasm. Ca²⁺ influx is essential for [Ca²⁺]i oscillation during mammalian fertilization. This Ca²⁺ influx might be controlled through the N or P/Q type VDCCs. Abnormal VDCCs expression of eggs could be tested in fertilization failure or low fertilization eggs in subfertility women.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.51-57
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• 2006

Haloperidol is a classical neuroleptic drug that is still in clinical use and can lead to abnormal motor activity following repeated administration. However, there is little knowledge of how it triggers neuronal impairment. In this study, we report that it induced calcium ion influx via L-type calcium channels and that the elevation of calcium ions induced by haloperidol appeared to render hippocampal cells more susceptible to oxidative stress. Indeed, the level of cytotoxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the expression of pro-apoptotic Bax increased in response to oxidative stress in haloperidol-treated cells, and these effects were inhibited by verapamil, a specific L-type calcium channel blocker, but not by the T-type calcium channel blocker, mibefradil. These findings indicate that haloperidol induces calcium ion influx via L-type calcium channels and that this calcium influx influences neuronal fate.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제44권10호
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• pp.758-769
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• 2021

Calcium homeostasis modulator 1 (CALHM1) is a membrane protein with four transmembrane helices that form an octameric ion channel with voltage-dependent activation. There are four conserved cysteine (Cys) residues in the extracellular domain that form two intramolecular disulfide bonds. We investigated the roles of C42-C127 and C44-C161 in human CALHM1 channel biogenesis and the ionic current (I_CALHM1). Replacing Cys with Ser or Ala abolished the membrane trafficking as well as I_CALHM1. Immunoblotting analysis revealed dithiothreitol-sensitive multimeric CALHM1, which was markedly reduced in C44S and C161S, but preserved in C42S and C127S. The mixed expression of C42S and wild-type did not show a dominant-negative effect. While the heteromeric assembly of CALHM1 and CALHM3 formed active ion channels, the co-expression of C42S and CALHM3 did not produce functional channels. Despite the critical structural role of the extracellular cysteine residues, a treatment with the membrane-impermeable reducing agent tris(2-carboxyethyl) phosphine (TCEP, 2 mM) did not affect I_CALHM1 for up to 30 min. Interestingly, incubation with TCEP (2 mM) for 2-6 h reduced both I_CALHM1 and the surface expression of CALHM1 in a time-dependent manner. We propose that the intramolecular disulfide bonds are essential for folding, oligomerization, trafficking and maintenance of CALHM1 in the plasma membrane, but dispensable for the voltage-dependent activation once expressed on the plasma membrane.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.87-94
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• 2021

Skin photoaging occurs due to chronic exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UV), the main factor contributing to extrinsic skin aging. Clinical signs of photoaging include the formation of deep, coarse skin wrinkles and hyperpigmentation. Although melanogenesis and skin wrinkling occur in different skin cells and have different underlying mechanisms, their initiation involves intracellular calcium signaling via calcium ion channels. The ORAI1 channel initiates melanogenesis in melanocytes, and the TRPV1 channel initiates MMP-1 production in keratinocytes in response to UV stimulation. We aimed to develop a drug that may simultaneously inhibit ORAI1 and TRPV1 activity to help prevent photoaging. We synthesized nootkatol, a chemical derivative of valencene. TRPV1 and ORAI1 activities were measured using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. Intracellular calcium concentration [Ca2+]i was measured using calcium-sensitive fluorescent dye (Fura-2 AM). UV-induced melanin formation and MMP-1 production were quantified in B16F10 melanoma cells and HaCaT cells, respectively. Our results indicate that nootkatol (90 μM) reduced TRPV1 current by 94% ± 2% at -60 mV and ORAI1 current by 97% ± 1% at -120 mV. Intracellular calcium signaling was significantly inhibited by nootkatol in response to ORAI1 activation in human primary melanocytes (51.6% ± 0.98% at 100 μM). Additionally, UV-induced melanin synthesis was reduced by 76.38% ± 5.90% in B16F10 melanoma cells, and UV-induced MMP-1 production was reduced by 59.33% ± 1.49% in HaCaT cells. In conclusion, nootkatol inhibits both TRPV1 and ORAI1 to prevent photoaging, and targeting ion channels may be a promising strategy for preventing photoaging.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2003년도 International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.149-152
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• 2003

Soruce/drain (or, LDD) formation technology is critical to device reliability especially in the case of short channel LTPS-TFT devices. Ion shower doping with a main ion source of $P_2H_x$ was conducted on ELA Poly-Si. We report the effects of annealing methods on dopant activation and damage recovery in ion-shower doped poly-Si.