• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.61-70
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• 2020

A eukaryotic microalga was isolated from seawater in Janghang Harbor, Korea and its morphological, molecular, and physiological characteristics were investigated. Due to its simple morphology, no distinctive characters were found by morphological observation, such as light microscope or scanning/transmission electron microscopy (S/TEM). However, molecular phylogenetic evidence inferred from the concatenated small subunit (SSU) 18S rRNA and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence data indicated that the isolate belonged to the newly described Micractinium singularis. Furthermore, it was clustered with Antarctic Micractinium strains and it also showed a psychrotolerant property, surviving at temperatures as low as 5℃. However, its optimal growth temperatures range from 15℃ to 25℃, indicating that this microalga is a mesophile. Additionally, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis showed that the isolate was rich in nutritionally important omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, and high-performance liquid chromatography analysis (HPLC) revealed that the high-value antioxidant lutein was biosynthesized as an accessory pigment by this microalga, with glucose as the major monosaccharide. Therefore, in this study, a Korean marine M. singularis species was discovered, characterized, and described. It was subsequently added to the national culture collections.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.666-671
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• 2008

This study was undertaken to define the effect of ChungGongGo extract on norepinephrine-induced arterial contraction in rabbit. In order to investigate the effect of ChungGongGo extract on rabbit's contracted vascular ring detached from common carotid artery, vascular ring with intact or damaged endothelium was used for the experiment using organ bath. To analyze the mechanism of ChungGongGo extract-induced relaxation, ChungGongGo extract was infused into contracted vascular ring which had been pretreated by $N{\omega}$-nitro-L-arginine(L-NNA), Methylene blue(MB), and $Ca^{2+}$ was infused into contracted vascular ring induced by NE or KCl after treatment of ChungGongGo in $Ca^{2+}$-free solution. The results were as follows: ChungGongGo extract had an effective relaxation to the contracted vascular ring by NE in 1.0mg/ml and 0mg/ml level. ChungGongGo extract had an effective relaxation to the intact endothelium vascular ring, but when endothelium was removed, vascular ring did not relax. ChungGongGo extract-induced relaxation was inhibited by the pretreatment of L-NNA and MB. Pretreatment of ChungGongGo extract inhibit the contraction by influx of extra-$Ca^{2+}$ in contracted vascular ring induced by NE in $Ca^{2+}$-free solution. As mentioned above, we suggest that ChungGongGo relaxes vascular ring through suppress influx of extra-cellular $Ca^{2+}$ by the action of nitric oxide from endothelium.

• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.113-122
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• 2008

Nitric oxide (NO) affects the growth and development of plants and also affects plant responses to various stresses. Because NO induces root differentiation, we examined whether or not it is involved in increased ROS generation. Treatments with sodium nitroprusside (SNP), an NO donor, 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (PTIO), a specific NO scavenger, and $N{\omega}-nitro-{\text\tiny{L}}-arginine$ methyl ester hydrochloride (${\text\tiny{L}}-NAME$), an NO synthase (NOS) inhibitor, revealed that NO is involved in the adventitious root growth of mountain ginseng. Supply of an NO donor, SNP, activates NADPH oxidase activity, resulting in increased generation of $O_2{^{{\cdot}-}}$, which subsequently induces growth of adventitious roots. Moreover, treatment with diphenyliodonium chloride (DPI), an NADPH oxidase inhibitor, individually or with SNP, inhibited root growth, NADPH oxidase activity, and $O_2{^{{\cdot}-}}$ anion generation. Supply of the NO donor, SNP, did not induce any notable isoforms of enzymes; it did, however, increase the activity of pre-existing bands of NADPH oxidase, superoxide dismutase, catalase, peroxidase, ascorbate peroxidase, and glutathione reductase. Enhanced activity of antioxidant enzymes induced by SNP supply seems to be responsible for a low level of $H_2O_2$ in the adventitious roots of mountain ginseng. It was therefore concluded that NO-induced generation of $O_2{^{{\cdot}-}}$ by NADPH oxidase seems to have a role in adventitious root growth of mountain ginseng. The possible mechanism of NO involvement in $O_2{^{{\cdot}-}}$ generation through NADPH oxidase and subsequent root growth is discussed.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.59-68
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• 1996

The study was designed to observe the effects of different dietary fat consumed in Korea with those of three other fats on colonic epithelial cell phospholipid and phosphatidyl inositol composition, which were known as biomarker for colon cancer. Male Sprague Dawley rats, at 7 weeks of age, were divided into control and 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) -treated group that was again subdivided into four groups. The experimental diets contained one of four dietary fats at 15%(w/w) level, those were, blend fat(BF), beef tallow(BT), corn oil (CO) or perilla oil (PO) At the same time, each rat was injected nth saline for control group or DMH twice a week for 6 weeks to five total dose of 180 mg/kg body weight. Dietary fatty acid composition influenced the fatty acid compositions of tissues. Proportions of C18:2 colonic mucosal phospholipid well reflected dietary level of C18:2 showing in decending CO>BF>PO> BT. The percentage of C20:4 in phospholipid was the higher in CO and BT groups and the lowest in PO groups. Incorporation of -linolenic acid in colonic mucosal lipid In perilla oil group was negatively correlated to the content of C20:4. Therefore, $\omega$3-linolenic acid rich in perilla oil could be a very important dietary source in controlling arachidonic acid level in colon epithelial cell. Therefore it could be recommend to use more perilla oil in meal preparation to reduce the risk factor against colon cancer.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.131-136
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• 2008

This study was undertaken to define the effect of Polygoni cuspidatae Radix on contracted rabbit common carotid artery and its mechanism. In order to investigate the effect of Polygoni cuspidatae Radix on rabbit's contracted vascular ring detached from common carotid artery, vascular ring with intact or damaged endothelium was used for the experiment using organ bath. To analyze the mechanism of Polygoni cuspidatae Radix-induced relaxation, Polygoni cuspidatae Radix extract was infused into contracted vascular ring which had been pretreated by $N{\omega}-nitro-L-arginine(L-NNA)$, Methylene blue(MB), and $Ca^{2+}$ was infused into contracted vascular ring induced by NE or KCl after treatment of Polygoni cuspidatae Radix extract in $Ca^{2+}-free$ solution. The results were as follows : Polygini cuspidatae Radix had an effective relaxation to the contracted vascular ring by NE in 0.1 mg/ml and 0.3 mg/ml level. Polygini cuspidatae Radix had an effective relaxation to the intact endothelium vascular ring, but when endothelium was removed, vascular ring did not relax. Polygini cuspidatae Radix-induced relaxation was inhibited by the pretreatment of L-NNA and MB. Pretreatment of Polygini cuspidatae Radix extract inhibit the contraction by influx of $extra-Ca^{2+}$ in contracted vascular ring induced by NE or KCl in $Ca^{2+}-free$ solution. As mentioned above, we suggest that Polygini cuspidatae Radix relaxes vascular ring through suppress influx of extra-cellular $Ca^{2+}$ by the action of nitric oxide from endothelium.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.08a
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• pp.260-260
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• 2011

투명 비정질 산화물반도체는 디스플레이의 구동소자인 박막 트랜지스터에 채널층으로 사용된다. 또한 투명하면서 유연성이 있는 소자를 저비용으로 제작할 수 있는 장점을 가진다. 투명 산화물반도체 재료 중 IGZO는 Si 또는 GaAs와 같은 공유결합성 반도체와는 다른 전자 배치로 전도대가 금속이온의 ns 궤도에서 형성되며, 가전도대가 산소 음이온의 2p 궤도에서 형성된다. 특히 큰 반경의 금속 양이온은 인접한 양이온과 궤도 겹침이 크게 발생하게 되며 캐리어의 효과적인 이동 경로를 제공해줌으로써 다른 비정질 반도체와는 다르게 높은 전하이동도(~10 $cm^2$/Vs)를 가진다. 따라서 저온공정에서 우수한 성능의 TFT소자를 제작할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 TFT 채널층으로 사용하기 위한 a-IGZO박막의 산소분압에 따른 특성변화를 분석 하였다. a-IGZO박막은 Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD)를 이용하여 산소분압(20~200 mTorr) 변화에 따라 Glass기판에 증착하였다. 증착된 a-IGZO 박막의 구조적 특성으로는 X-ray diffraction (XRD), Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), 광학적 특성은 UV-vis spectroscopy 분석을 통해서 알아보았다. TFT 채널층의 조건으로는 낮은 off-current, 높은 on-off ratio를 위해 고저항 ($10^3\;{\Omega}cm$)의 진성반도체 성질과 source/drain금속과의 낮은 접촉저항(ohmic contact) 등의 전기적 성질이 필요하다. 따라서 이러한 전기적 특성확인을 위해 transmission line method (TLM)을 사용하여 접촉저항과 비저항을 측정하였고, 채널층으로 적합한 분압조건을 확인해볼 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.465-465
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• 2011

In recent years, electrochemical supercapacitors have attracted much attention due to their high power density, long life cycles, and high efficiency. Some supercapacitors using CNTs have been reported, but there are several issues to be resolved for further development of CNT based supercapacitors. One issue is time consuming procedures to prepare CNT films, which may provide poor control of CNT uniformity over the large area of the substrates. Another is new electrolytes replacing the conventional liquid electrolytes in supercapacitors. In this work, We have successfully demonstrated that spray deposition method of multiwalled CNT films using gel electroytes could be promising for CNT-based supercapacitors on ITO substrates. Specific capacitances using gel electrolyte reached up to 1.5 F/g and 9 mF/$cm^2$, and internal resistance was 28 ${\Omega}$. Specific capacitances and internal resistance of supercapacitors with gel electrolyte were better than or comparable to those with liquid electrolytes($KNO_3$, $Na_2SO_4$), indicating that gel electrolytes could replace liquid counterparts in CNT-based supercapacitors. Combined with gel electrolyte, spray deposition method could provide low cost and easily scalable process for high performance supercapacitors using CNT films on ITO for applications in display devices.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.530-530
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• 2012

Many practical applications of carbon nanotubes(CNTs) have been proposed and there have been attempts to utilize CNT films as transparent electrodes for solar cells and displays. Our group has considered the use of the CNT film as a thin film heater (TFH) and proposed it for the first time and reported the thermal behavior of the TFH made of single walled CNTs. However, due to the relatively high electrical resistance of the CNT film, using the TFH in application areas requiring high heat flux has been a difficult problem. To overcome this obstacle, we adopted a 'branch electrodes' concept to increase the film conductance dramatically. If two branch electrodes are inserted into a TFH whose original electrical resistance is R, the total resistance will be reduced to R/9. Because of the increased aspect ratio, the resistance of each segmented TFH will be reduced to R/3. Furthermore, since they are connected in parallel, the total resistance reduces to R/9. This could be extended to n branch electrodes, and the total resistance of the film will be reduced to R/(n+1)2, if the resistance of electrodes are negligibly small. We fabricated the heaters with different number of branch electrodes. The number of branch electrodes of the fabricated heaters are 0, 2, 4, 8 and their electrical resistance are 101.4, 39.5, 20.0, $15.4{\Omega}$, respectively. We applied 20V to each heater and monitored the temperature variations. We could achieve high heating temperature even with low voltage supply. This technique could be applied to relevant industrial applications which need high power film heater.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.192-192
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• 2011

Mo 박막은 열적 안전성과 전기 전도성이 우수한 소재로 CIGS 태양전지의 배면전극으로 사용되고 있다. 스퍼터링법에 의한 Mo 박막의 전도성은 공정압력에 민감하여 높은 압력과 낮은 압력에서 이중박막으로 제조되고 있다. 연구에서는 압력에 크게 영향을 받지 않으면서 전도성이 $10{\mu}{\Omega}-cm$ 이하로 우수한 Mo 박막을 얻을 수 있는 아크 이온플레이팅법으로 Mo 박막을 제조하였다. 그러나 Mo 박막 증착시에 나타나는 높은 압축응력은 기재(Soda lime Glass; SLG)와의 밀착성을 떨어뜨렸다. 기재(SLG)와의 밀착성을 확보하기 위해 Ti 중간층($0.3{\mu}m$, $0.9{\mu}m$)을 증착하고 그 위에 Mo 박막을 증착하여 전도성이 우수한 박막을 제조하였으나 여전히 압축잔류응력의 문제점을 보였다. 압축응력의 완화를 위해 CIGS 박막이 제조되는 $550^{\circ}C$의 온도에서 열처리를 1시간 수행하였다. 열처리를 통해 열처리 전과 후에 나타나는 전도성과 잔류응력의 변화를 공정압력(5 mTorr~30 mTorr)별로 알아보았다. 사용된 시험편은 Si wafer, SLG, SUS계 소재를 이용하였으며 공정압력별로 아크 타겟에 인가되는 전류는 100 A로 고정하였고, 바이어스 전압은 0V, -50V를 인가하였다. 열처리 전과 후에 전도성은 크게 변화가 관찰되지 않았으나 잔류응력에는 많은 변화가 관찰 되었다. 잔류응력은 공정압력(5mTorr~30mTorr)별로 응력 완화가 일어났으며, 바이어스 전압이 0V에서 공정압력이 5 mTorr일 때 열처리 전에 측정된 1346 MPa 압축응력이 열처리 후에는 188 MPa의 인장응력을 나타내었다. 이러한 응력 변화에 대해 XRD와 SEM으로 구조분석을 통해 Mo 박막의 결정성과 전도성 및 잔류응력의 상관관계에 대해 알아보았다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.08a
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• pp.333-333
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• 2011

We have investigated the breakdown properties in liquids by high voltage pulse system. High voltage pulse power system is consisted of the Marx-generator with two capacitors (0.5 ${\mu}F$, withstanding voltage is 40 kV), to which the charging voltage can be applied to maximum 30 kV DC, spark gap switch and charging resistor of 20 $M{\Omega}$. We have made use of tungsten pin electrodes of anode-cathode (A-K), which are immersed into the liquids. The breakdown voltage and current signals are measured by high voltage probe (Tektronix P6015A) and current monitor (IPC CM-1.S). Especially the high speed breakdown or plasma propagation characteristics in the pulsed A-K gap have been investigated by using the high speed ICCD camera. We have measured the electron temperature through the Boltzmann plot method from the breakdown spectrums. Here the A-K gap has been changed by 1 mm, 2 mm, and 3 mm. The used liquids are distilled water and solution of salt (0.9 %). The output voltage and current signals at breakdown in distilled water are shown to be bigger than those in saline solution. The breakdown voltage and current characteristics in liquids will be discussed in accordance with A-K gap distances. It is also found that the electron temperatures and plasma densities in liquids are decreased in conformity with A-K gap.