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Selective detection of AC transport current distributions in GdBCO coated conductors using low temperature scanning Hall probe microscopy

  • Kim, Chan;Kim, Mu Young;Park, Hee Yeon;Ri, Hyeong-Ceoul
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.26-29
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    • 2017
  • We studied the distribution of the current density and its magnetic-field dependence in GdBCO coated conductors with AC bias currents using low temperature scanning Hall probe microscopy. We selectively measured magnetic field profiles from AC signal obtained by Lock-in technique and calculated current distributions by inversion calculation. In order to confirm the AC measurement results, we applied DC current corresponding to RMS value of AC current and compared distribution of AC and DC transport current. We carried out the same measurements at various external DC magnetic fields, and investigated field dependence of AC current distribution. We notice that the AC current distribution unaffected by external magnetic fields and preserved their own path on the contrary to DC current.

Infrared Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy (IR-SNOM) Below the Diffraction Limit

  • Sanghera, J.S.;Aggarwal, I.D.;Cricenti, A.;Generossi, R.;Luce, M.;Perfetti, P.;Margoritondo, G.;Tolk, N.;Piston, D.
    • Ceramist
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.55-66
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    • 2007
  • Infrared Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy (IR-SNOM) is an extremely powerful analytical instrument since it combines IR spectroscopy's high chemical specificity with SNOM's high spatial resolution. In order to do this in the infrared, specialty chalcogenide glass fibers were fabricated and their ends tapered to generate SNOM probes. The fiber tips were installed in a modified near field microscope and both inorganic and biological samples illuminated with the tunable output from a free-electron laser located at Vanderbilt University. Both topographical and IR spectral images were simultaneously recorded with a resolution of ${\sim}50\;nm$ and ${\sim}100\;nm$, respectively. Unique spectroscopic features were identified in all samples, with spectral images exhibiting resolutions of up to ${\lambda}/60$, or at least 30 times better than the diffraction limited lens-based microscopes. We believe that IR-SNOM can provide a very powerful insight into some of the most important bio-medical research topics.

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Transparent MgO films deposited on glass substrates by e-beam evaporation for AC plasma display panels

  • Kumar, Sudheer;Premkumar, S.;Sarma, K.R.;Kumar, Satyendra
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.63-66
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    • 2004
  • Transparent MgO thin films were deposited on glass substrates by electron beam evaporation of MgO (99.99%) under $O_2$ atmosphere at 150-250 $^{\circ}C$. These films were characterized for their useful properties such as thickness, transmission, and refractive index using ultraviolet / visible (UV/VIS) spectrophotometer, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Spectroscopic Ellipsometry. The thickness of MgO films were measured by alpha step instrument and found to be 600 nm to 1000 nm and are meeting the stoichiometry. The transmission spectrum of these films shows transmittance values ${\sim}$92%..

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A Study on Fractal Analysis and 3D Images of Surface on BST Thin Films. (BST 박막 표면의 프랙탈 분석 및 3D 이미지 특성)

  • Hong, Kyung-Jin;Min, Yong-Ki;Cho, Jae-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2002.05b
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    • pp.103-106
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    • 2002
  • The applicability of models based on fractal morphology to characterize $(Ba\;Sr)TiO_{3}$ thin film surfaces was investigated. The fractal morphology of coated barium strontium titan oxide thin film surfaces was described using fractal dimension from scanning electro microscopy image. The $(Ba\;Sr)TiO_{3}$ coating were deposited on silicon wafers using $(Ba\;Sr)TiO_{3}$ solution and spin coater. BST solution was composited by mol ratio, and then spin-coated from 3 times to 5 times coating on $Pt/SiO_{2}/Si$ substrate. Qualitative thin film analysis was performed with scanning electro microscopy (SEM), and surfaces parameters such as average grain diameter, roughness exponent and fractal dimension were determined.

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Study of Carbon Nanotubes Properties by Post-treatment Conditions (후처리 조건에 따른 탄소나노튜브 특성의 변화)

  • Choi Sung-Hun;Lee Jae-Hyeong;Yang Jong-Seok;Park Dae-Hee;Heo Jeong-Ku
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.19 no.10
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    • pp.930-934
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    • 2006
  • This paper reports a change of carbon nanotubes(CNTs) properties by post-treatment process after growth of CNTs. CNTs were treated by thermal method and solution method, and then investigated in detail using field emission scanning electron microscopy(FE-SEM), high resolution transmission scanning electron microscopy(HR-TEM), RAMAN spectroscopy, and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FT-IR). FT-IR spectra showed that the amount of hydroxyl generated on surface of CNTs were changed with post-treatment condition. FE-SEM and TEM images were shown CNTs diameter and density variations were dependent with their treatment conditions. RAMAN spectroscopy was shown that carbon nanotubes structure vary with treatment conditions.

Confocal laser scanning microscopy image를 이용한 UASB granule의 메탄 생성 능력 측정

  • Lee, Yu-Jin;Kim, Hyo-Seop;An, Yeong-Hui;Park, Seong-Hun
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.04a
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    • pp.365-369
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    • 2000
  • Methanogenic activity of granular sludge was monitored by specific methanogenic activity (SMA) assay and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) during start-up of a thermophilic UASB reactor. Autofluorescence by CLSM could visualize the methanogenic bacterial population inside sludge granules and its intensity was proportional to SMA. Considering the complex procedures of SMA measurement, fluorescence quantification by CLSM can be suggested as a routine technique measuring methanogenic activity in UASB granules.

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Crystallization of $K_2O-SiO_2-TiO_2$ Glasses ($K_2O-SiO_2-TiO_2$ 계 유리의 결정화)

  • 김성식;박현수
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.44-50
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    • 1985
  • The crystallization behavior of $K_2O-SiO_2$ glasses with added $TiO_2$ and the effect of $TiO_2$ on internal nuleation at temperature in the range of 875 to 121$0^{\circ}C$ have been investigated by means of X-ray diffractometry optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The crystalline phase of these glasses identified by X-ray diffractometry is cristbalite. The scanning electron microspcopy reveals a two-phase layer of dendritic crystals and intersitial melt which grow from the surface at a constant rate, The observed crystallization rates are consistent with a diffusion-controlled mechanism. An equation relating viscosity and undercooling to growth rate is presented.

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Distinctive Features of Hypocrea microrufa, Wood Decay Fungi, from Malaysia as Revealed Scanning Electron Microscopy (전자현미경적 관찰에 의한 말레이지아산 목재부후균 Hypocrea microrufa의 특징)

  • Lee, Yang-Soo
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.27 no.5 s.92
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    • pp.341-344
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    • 1999
  • The genus Hypocrea, a member of the Hypocreales, has yellow to pale yellow-ochre, perithecial stromata and angular to cuboid ascospores. The isolate of Hypocrea microrufa collected on decayed tropical wood at Malaysia is compared with H. rufa and H. microsplendens. This isolation of H. microrufa will be the first record from tropical region and the first description with scanning electron microscopy. The ornamentation of ascospores used one of main taxonomic keys for identification.

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Biomineralization of Calcium Carbonate Polymorphs by the Bacterial Strains Isolated from Calcareous Sites

  • Dhami, Navdeep Kaur;Reddy, M. Sudhakara;Mukherjee, Abhijit
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.707-714
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    • 2013
  • Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICCP) is a naturally occurring biological process that has various applications in remediation and restoration of a range of building materials. In the present investigation, five ureolytic bacterial isolates capable of inducing calcium carbonate precipitation were isolated from calcareous soils on the basis of production of urease, carbonic anhydrase, extrapolymeric substances, and biofilm. Bacterial isolates were identified as Bacillus megaterium, B. cereus, B. thuringiensis, B. subtilis, and Lysinibacillus fusiformis based on 16S rRNA analysis. The calcium carbonate polymorphs produced by various bacterial isolates were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy, X ray diffraction, and Fourier transmission infra red spectroscopy. A strain-specific precipitation of calcium carbonate forms was observed from different bacterial isolates. Based on the type of polymorph precipitated, the technology of MICCP can be applied for remediation of various building materials.

Wood Identification of Neolithic Charcoals Excavated at Giheung Nongseori Ruins (기흥 농서리유적에서 발굴된 신석기시대 목탄의 목재 식별)

  • Eom, Young-Geun;Xu, Guang Zhu
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.275-281
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    • 2010
  • Wood identification was conducted for the 8 Neolithic charcoals excavated at Giheung Nongseori Ruins through scanning electron microscopy. They were all identified as hardwood: 6 and 1 were found to be Prinus section and Cerris section of subgenus Lepidobalanus under genus Quercus, respectively, and the remaining 1 to be genus Betula. This species composition was thought to indicate the temperate to warm temperate climate region.