• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2006

Optical transparency and high diffraction efficiency are two essential factors for high performance of the photopolymer. Optical transparency mainly depends on the miscibility between polymer binder and photopolymerized polymer, while diffraction efficiency depends on the refractive index modulation between polymer binder and photopolymerized polymer. For most of organic materials, the large refractive index difference between two polymers accompanies large structural difference that leads to the poor miscibility and thus poor optical quality via light scattering. Therefore, it is difficult to design a high-performance photopolymer satisfying both requirements. In this work, first, we prepared a new phase-stable photopolymer (PMMA) with large refractive index modulation and investigated the optical properties. Our photopolymer is based on modified poly (methyl methacrylate) as a polymer binder, acryl amide as a photopolymerizable monomer, triethanolamine as initiator, and yellow eosin as a photosensitizer at 532 nm. Diffraction efficiency over 85% and optical transmittance over 90% were obtained for the photopolymer. Second, Organic-inorganic nanocomposite films were prepared by dispersing an aromatic methacrylic monomer and a photo- initiator in organic-inorganic hybrid sol-gel matrices. The film properties could be controlled by optimizing the content of an organically modified silica precursor (TSPEG) in the sol-gel matrices. The photopolymer film modified with the organic chain (TSPEG) showed high diffraction efficiency (> 90%) under an optimized condition. High diffraction efficiency could be ascribed to the fast diffusion and efficient polymerization of monomers under interference light to generate refractive index modulation. The TSPEG modified photopolymer film could be successfully used for holographic memory.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.549-555
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• 1996

Diamond Like Carbon film is amorphous film which is considered to consist of three coordinate graphite structure and tetrahedron coordinate diamond structure. Its hardness, thermal conductivity and chemical stability are nearly to one of diamond. It is well known to become semi-conductor by doping of inpurity. In this study Diamond Like Carbon film was synthesized by Microwave Plasma CVD in the gas mixture of hydrogen-methan-nitrogen and doped of nitrogen on the single-crystal silicon or silica glass. The temperature of substrate and nitrogen concentration in the gas mixture had an effect on the bonding state, structural properties and conduction mechanism. The surface morphology was observed by Scanning Electron Microscope. The strucure was analyzed by laser Raman spectrometry. The bonding state was evaluated by electron spectroscopy. Diamond Like Carbon film synthesized was amorphous carbon containing the $sp^2$ and $sp^3$ carbon cluster. The number of $sp^2$ bonding increased as nitrogen concentration increased from 0 to 40 vol% in the feed gas at 1233K substrate temperature and at $7.4\times10^3$ Pa. Increase of nitrogen concentration made Diamond Like Carbon to be amorphous and the doze of nitragen could be controlled by nitrogen concentration of feed gas.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.344-349
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• 2005

Aldose reductase catalyzes the conversion of glucose into sorbitol. Inhibiting this enzyme in diabetes mellitus can delay or prevent pathogenic process. Aldose reductase inhibitor was screened from Korean fermented soybean pastes (Doen-jang) and purified via sequential processes of ethanol extraction, HP-20 column chromatography, ethyl acetate extraction, silica gel column chromatography, and crystallization. Aldose reductase inhibitor was identified as genistein with molecular weight of 270 Da and molecular formula of $C_{15}H_{10}O_5$ based on UV spectrometry, $^1H$ and $^{13}C\;NMRs$, and mass spectrometry. Genistein inhibited aldose reductase of pig lens with $IC_{50}$ level of $20\;{\mu}M$. Because genistein was effective against aldose reductase of animal source, it may be a potential therapeutic agent for diabetic complications.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제64권4호
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• pp.391-397
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• 2021

Four compounds were isolated from Salvia plebeia aerial parts. Silica gel open column chromatography with a gradient elution system was used to isolate and purify these compounds. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy were used for structural elucidation and identification, while electronic circular dichroism was used to confirm the absolute configuration. The structures were determined to be 𝛽-sitosterol (1), (-)-1S,5S,8S,10R-1-acetoxy-8-hydroxy-2-oxoeudesman-3,7(11)-dien-8,12-olide (2), ursolic acid (3), and N-methylhydroxylamine (4). Compounds 2 and 4 were isolated for the first time from this plant. Compound 2 was quantitatively analyzed via HPLC/UV. The results showed that the methanol extract of S. plebeia had a higher content of compound 2 (1.20 mg/g) than the ethanol extract (0.55 mg/g). This study could be used as a preliminary step in conducting HPLC/UV analysis of sesquiterpenoids in S. plebeia extract to assess their bioavailability and potency.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제70권6호
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• pp.671-681
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• 2019

This paper examines the applicability of artificial neural network (ANN) and multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) to predict the compressive strength of bacteria incorporated geopolymer concrete (GPC). The mix is composed of new bacterial strain, manufactured sand, ground granulated blast furnace slag, silica fume, metakaolin and fly ash. The concentration of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is maintained at 8 Molar, sodium silicate ($Na_2SiO_3$) to NaOH weight ratio is 2.33 and the alkaline liquid to binder ratio of 0.35 and ambient curing temperature ($28^{\circ}C$) is maintained for all the mixtures. In ANN, back-propagation training technique was employed for updating the weights of each layer based on the error in the network output. Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm was used for feed-forward back-propagation. MARS model was developed by establishing a relationship between a set of predictors and dependent variables. MARS is based on a divide and conquers strategy partitioning the training data sets into separate regions; each gets its own regression line. Six models based on ANN and MARS were developed to predict the compressive strength of bacteria incorporated GPC for 1, 3, 7, 28, 56 and 90 days. About 70% of the total 84 data sets obtained from experiments were used for development of the models and remaining 30% data was utilized for testing. From the study, it is observed that the predicted values from the models are found to be in good agreement with the corresponding experimental values and the developed models are robust and reliable.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제82권2호
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• pp.163-172
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• 2022

Zinc-rich epoxy (ZRE) is used to overcome corrosion problems in reinforced concrete (RC) beams and coat steel rebars to protect them from humidity and chlorides. An extra coating layer of Sikadur-31 epoxy (SDE) is utilised to increase bond strength because the use of ZRE reduces the bond strength between concrete and steel rebars. However, the low melting point of SDE indicates that concrete specimens are vulnerable to fire. An experimental investigation on flexural performance of RC beams incorporating ZRE-SDE coating of steel rebars that were destroyed by fire is performed in this study. Twenty beams of five concrete mixes with different cementitious contents were tested to compare fire exposure for coated and uncoated rebars of the same beams at room temperature and determine the optimal cementitious content. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was also applied to investigate characteristics of fired mixture samples. Results showed that the use of SDE-ZRE at room temperature improves flexural strengths of the five mixes compared with uncoated rebars with percentages ranging from 8.5% to 12.3%. All beams with SDE-ZRE lost approximately 50% of their flexural strength due to firing. Moreover, the mix incorporating SF (silica fume) of 15% and cement content of 400 kg/m³ introduces optimum behaviour compared with other mixes. All results were supported and verified by the SEM analysis and compressive strength of cubic specimens of the same mixes.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.149-159
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• 2023

Water glass (WG) and sodium sulfate (SS) were used to prepare polymeric aluminum chloride residue cement mortar (PACRM) by single and compound blending with polymeric aluminum chloride waste residue, respectively. The structural strength and textural characteristics examinations showed that PACRM consistency increased by incorporating WG, but decreased by incorporating SS. When WG and SS were compounded, the mortar consistency initially rose before falling. The compressive strength of PACRM increased and then decreased as WG was increased. The mechanical properties of PACRM were better enhanced by SS than WG, showing no strength deterioration. The main reason for the improved mechanical properties of polymeric aluminum chloride waste residue in the presence of activators is the increased precipitation of reactive substances, such as C-S-H gels, calcium silica, and Ca(OH)₂. The density of the specimens with PACRM and the degree of aggregation of hydration products were significantly enhanced by generating more hydration products in the mortar. Further, the cracks and pores were significantly reduced, and the matrix structure was continuous and dense at 5% SS doping and 3% compound doping.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.499-512
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• 2022

This study investigates the efficiency of ensemble machine learning for predicting the lightweight-aggregate concrete (LWC) characteristics. A stacking ensemble (STEN) approach was proposed to estimate the dry density (DD) and 28 days compressive strength (Fc-28) of LWC using two meta-models called random forest regressor (RFR) and extra tree regressor (ETR), and two novel ensemble models called STEN-RFR and STEN-ETR, were constructed. Four standalone machine learning models including artificial neural network, gradient boosting regression, K neighbor regression, and support vector regression were used to compare the performance of the proposed models. For this purpose, a sum of 140 LWC mixtures with 21 influencing parameters for producing LWC with a density less than 1000 kg/m³, were used. Based on the experimental results with multiple performance criteria, it can be concluded that the proposed STEN-ETR model can be used to estimate the DD and Fc-28 of LWC. Moreover, the STEN-ETR approach was found to be a significant technique in prediction DD and Fc-28 of LWC with minimal prediction error. In the validation phase, the accuracy of the proposed STEN-ETR model in predicting DD and Fc-28 was found to be 96.79% and 81.50%, respectively. In addition, the significance of cement, water-cement ratio, silica fume, and aggregate with expanded glass variables is efficient in modeling DD and Fc-28 of LWC.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2008

목적: 저온에서 열처리에 의해 소다-라임-실리카 유리 위에 강한 UV방사 나노결정 ZnO박막을 단순하고 효율적 방법으로 개선하고자 한다. 방법: 소다-라임-실리카 유리 위에 코팅되고 전열처리 및 300$^{\circ}C$의 후열처리를 행하여 제조된 나노 결정질 ZnO 박막의 결정 구조적, 표면 형상적 및 광학적 특성을 X-선 회절 분석, 전계방사 주사형 전자 현미경, 원자간력 현미경, ultra violet - visible - near infrared spectrophotometer 및 photoluminescence를 이용하여 분석하였다. 결과: 가시광 영역에서 높은 투과율과 자외부에서 뚜렷한 흡수밴드를 갖는 c-축으로 고배향된 ZnO 박막을 300$^{\circ}C$의 후열처리를 통하여 얻을 수 있었다. 비교적 뚜렷한 near band edge 발광을 보이는 photoluminescence 스펙트럼이 나타났으며, 결함에 의한 완만한 녹색 발광은 거의 관찰되지 않았다. 결론: 앞으로 본 연구는 300$^{\circ}C$ 이하의 저온에서 저렴하고 쉽게 ZnO을 기초로한 광전기 소자에 적용될 것이다.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.10-19
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• 2013

최근, 프리캐스트를 통한 모듈화에 대한 관심으로 인해 교량 및 빌딩 뿐만 아니라, 원전구조물, LNG 가스탱크, 중소형 강합성 구조물 등 특수구조물에도 프리캐스트 모듈화에 대한 연구가 활발하게 이뤄지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 프리캐스트 제작의 시공 및 작업성, 원활한 자재의 조달할 수 있는 방법으로 페로시멘트 (ferrocement)를 바탕으로 한 스틸메쉬로 보강된 모르타르 프리캐스트 패널을 제작하였다. 모르타르는 고강도 및 고유동성을 지니도록 실리카퓸과 고로슬래그의 배합율에 대한 변수연구를 통해 최적의 배합을 선정하였으며, $1,200{\times}600{\times}150mm$의 패널을 제작하여 스틸메쉬로 보강한 모르타르 시편과 일반 철근콘크리트 시편을 보강비 2%와 4%로 각각 제작하였다. 제작된 스틸메쉬로 보강한 모르타르의 프리캐스트 모듈화의 적용 가능성을 판단하기 위하여 기본적인 재료물성실험과 자유건조수축실험을 수행하였으며, 선하중으로 하중을 재하하여 3점 휨 시험으로 스틸메쉬로 보강한 모르타르의 구조성능을 검토하였다. 실험결과를 통해, 스틸메쉬로 보강된 모르타르 프리캐스트 패널은 높은 휨성능 및 연성효과가 있으나, 4%로 보강된 스틸메쉬 모르타르 프리캐스트 패널은 전단보강에 대한 고려가 필요하다고 판단되며, 이에 대한 조치가 이루어진다면 프리캐스트 모듈화 부재로 적용이 가능하다고 판단된다.