• BMB Reports
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.600-603
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• 1998

A highly thermostable xylose isomerase from Thermus thermophilus has been expressed in Escherichia coli and crystallized. The purified enzyme shows its optimum temperature at $90^{\circ}C$. It has been crystallized at room temperature using polyethylene glycol 4000 as the precipitant. The crystal belongs to the orthorhombic space group $P2_12_12_1$, with unit cell parameters of a = 73.34 ${\AA}$, b = 144.05 ${\AA}$, c = 155.07 ${\AA}$. The presence of one molecule of tetrameric xylose isomerase in the asymmetric unit gives a crystal volume per protein mass ($V_m$) of 2.32 ${\AA}^3/Da$ and the solvent content of 47.0% by volume. The diffraction pattern extends to 1.9 ${\AA}$ Bragg spacing with synchrotron radiation and a set of native data has been collected to 2.3 ${\AA}$.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.537-548
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• 2018

A tunnel deformation monitoring system is developed with the use of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensing technique, aiming at providing continuous monitoring of railway tunnel deformation in the long term, and early warning for the rail service maintainers and authorities to avoid catastrophic consequences when significant deformation occurs. Specifically, a set of FBG bending gauges with the ability of angle measurement and temperature compensation is designed and manufactured for the purpose of online monitoring of tunnel deformation. An overall profile of lateral tunnel displacement along the longitudinal direction can be obtained by implementing an array of the FBG bending gauges interconnected by rigid rods, in conjunction with a proper algorithm. The devised system is verified in laboratory experiments with a test setup enabling to imitate various patterns of tunnel deformation before the implementation of this system in an in-service high-speed railway (HSR) tunnel.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.8
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• pp.1791-1796
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• 2011

An optical fiber short period grating of 0.7 nm as a 3 dB wavelength linewidth was fabricated using a Gaussian distributed KrF Eximer laser and a phase mask. This grating has temperature dependancy of 0.01 nm/$^{\circ}C$ over the range of -10 $^{\circ}C$ ~ 70 $^{\circ}C$and no difference between temperature directions. An optical fiber long period grating of 14.22 nm as a 3 dB linewidth was also fabricated using a amplitude mask and has dependancy of 0.01 nm/$^{\circ}C$ over the same range.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.06a
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• pp.26-36
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• 2001

Smart sensors and actuators have recently been developed. In this study, first, small-diameter fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors developed by the author, whose cladding and polyimide coating diameters were 40 and $52{\mu}m$, respectively, were embedded inside a laminate without resin-rich regions around sensors and the deterioration of mechanical properties of the composite laminate. The small-diameter FBG sensor was embedded in $0^{\circ}$ ply of a CFRP laminate for the detection of transverse cracks in $90^{\circ}$ ply of the laminate. The reflection spectra from the FBG sensor were measured at various tensile stresses. The spectrum became broad and had some peaks with an increase of the transverse crack density. Furthermore, the theoretical calculation reproduced the change in the spectrum very well. These results show that the small-diameter FBG sensors have a potential to detect the occurrence of transverse cracks through the change in the form of the spectrum, and to evaluate the transverse crack density quantitatively by the spectrum width. On the other hand, shape memory alloy (SMA) films were used to suppress the initiation and growth of transverse cracks in CFRP laminates. Pre-strained SMA films were embedded between laminas in CFRP laminates and then heated to introduce the recovery stress in SMA films and compressive stresses in the weakest plies ($90^{\circ}$ ply). The effects of recovery stresses are demonstrated in the experiments and well predicted using the shear-lag analysis and the nonlinear constitutive equation of SMA films.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.338.1-338.1
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• 2014

비정질 산화물 반도체(Amorphous Oxide Smeiconcuctor)를 이용하여 투명 박막 트랜지스터의 채널층으로 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 투명 박막 트랜지스터의 채널층으로 사용되고 있는 IGZO박막은 비정질임에도 불구하고 높은 이동도와 넓은 밴드갭을 갖고 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 RF magnetron sputtering법으로 유리기판 위에 IGZO박막을 증착시켰으며 소결된 타겟으로는 In:Ga:ZnO를 각각 1:1:2mol%의 조성비로 혼합하여 이용하였으며, $30{\times}30mm$의 XG Glass 유리기판에 sputtering 방식으로 증착하였다. 박막 증착 조건은 초기압력 $3.0{\times}10^{-6}Torr$, 증착 압력 20mTorr, 반응가스 Ar 25sccm, 공정 변수로는 RF Power 25W, 50W, 75W, 100W 각각 변화를 주어 실험을 진행 하였으며, 증착온도는 실온으로 고정 하였다. 분석 결과로 RF Power 25W 일 때 XRD 분석결과 Bragg's 법칙을 만족하는 피크가 나타나지 않는 비정질 구조임을 확인하였으며, AFM 분석결과 0.5 mm 이하의 Roughness를 가졌다. UV-Visible-NIR 측정 결과 가시광선 영역에서 87%이상의 투과도를 나타냈으며, Hall 측정 결과 Carrier concentration $3.31{\times}10^{19}$, Mobility $10.9cm^2/V.s$, Resistivity $1.8{\times}10^{-2}$, 투명 박막 트랜지스터의 채널층으로 사용 가능함을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.297.2-297.2
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• 2014

Strong exciton-photon coupling in microcavities have generated an intense research effort since quasiparticles called exciton polaritons are produced and shows interesting phenomena. Most of studies have been done with GaAs based microcavities at cryogenic temperature. Recently, GaN material which has large exciton binding energy and oscillator strength has much attention because strong coupling between photon and exciton could be realized at room temperature. However, fabrication of high quality microcavity using GaN is challengeable due to the large mismatch between the lattice and the thermal expansion coefficient in GaN based distributed Bragg mirror. Here, we observed strong coupling regime of exciton-photon in GaN micro-rods which were grown by metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy (MOCVD) on Si substrate. Owing to the hexagonal cross-section of micro-rod, whispering gallery modes of photon are naturally formed and could be coupled with exciton in GaN. Using angle-resolved micro-photoluminescence measurement, exciton polariton dispersion curves were directly observed from GaN micro-rod. We expect room temperature exciton polariton condensation could be realized in high quality GaN micro-rod.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2014.02a
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• pp.350.1-350.1
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• 2014

분포 브래그 반사기(distributed Bragg reflector; DBR)는 광센서, 도파로, 태양전지, 반도체 레이저 다이오드, 광검출기와 같은 고성능 광 및 광전소자 응용분야에 널리 사용되고 있다. 일반적으로, DBR은 박막의 두께를 4분의 1 파장(${\lambda}/4$)으로 가지는 서로 다른 저굴절율 물질과 고굴절율 물질을 교대로 적층 (pair)한 다중 pair로 제작되어지며, DBR의 반사 특성과 반사대역폭은 두 물질의 굴절율 차이와 pair의 수에 영향을 받는다. 그러나, 서로 다른 굴절율을 갖는 두 물질을 이용하는 DBR의 경우, 두 물질간 열팽창계수의 불일치, 접착력 문제, 높은 굴절율 차이를 갖는 물질 선택의 어려움 등 많은 문제점을 지니고 있다. 최근, 경사입사각증착법을 이용한 동일 재료(예, 인듐 주석 산화물, 게르마늄, 실리콘)기반의 DBR 제작 및 특성에 대한 연구가 보고되고 있다. 높은 입사각을 갖고 박막이 증착될 경우, 저율을 갖는 다공박막 제작이 가능하여 경사입사각증착법으로 homogeneous 물질 기반의 고반사 특성을 갖는 다중 pair의 DBR을 제작할 수 있다. 본 실험은, 갈륨비소 기판 위에 경사입사각증착법 및 전자빔증착법을 이용하여 중심파장 960 nm가 되는 이산화 티타늄 기반의 DBR을 제작하였고, 제작된 샘플의 증착된 박막의 표면 및 단면의 프로파일은 주사전자현미경을 사용하여 관찰하였으며, UV-Vis-NIR 스펙트로미터를 이용하여 반사율 특성을 조사하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.732-735
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• 2013

In this study, we are measured gamma-ray induced loss on single-mode (SM) fibers from a total of four different manufactures. The $Co^{60}$ gamma-ray source was used in this test. The gamma-ray is irradiated for 2 hours at the dose rate of 0.6 kGy/hr, 1.2 kGy/hr, 2.4 kGy/hr. In test results, We clearly confirm the dose rate effect in different fiber types and evaluate the radiation sensitivity by the change of the radiation-induced loss.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.94-95
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• 2016

Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C-S-H), which takes up most of the hydration products of Portland Cement (PC), has the greatest impact on the mechanical behavior and strength development of concrete. The exact mechanism of its deformation, however, has not yet been elucidated. The present study aims to demonstrate the mechanism of nano-deformation behavior of C-S-H in tricalcium silicate paste under compressive loading, unloading and reloading by interpreting atomic pair distribution function (PDF) based on synchrotron X-ray scattering. The strain of the tricalcium silicate paste for a short-range of 0 ~ 20 Å under compressive load exhibited two stages, I) nano-packing of interlayer of C-S-H and II) micro-packing of C-S-H globules, whereas the deformation for a long-range order of 20 ~ 40 Å was similar to that of a calcium hydroxide phase measured by Bragg peak shift. Moreover, the residual strains due to the plastic deformation of C-S-H was clearly observed.

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.43 no.5
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• pp.389-395
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• 2020

The evaluation of radioactivated components of heavy-ion accelerator facilities affects the safety of radiation management and the exposure dose for workers. and this is an important issue when predicting the disposal cost of waste during maintenance and dismantling of accelerator facilities. In this study, the FLUKA code was used to simulate the proton treatment device nozzle and classify the radio-nuclides and total radioactivity generated by each component over a short period of time. The source term was evaluated using NIST reference beam data, and the neutron flux generated for each component was calculated using the evaluated beam data. Radioactive isotopes caused by generated neutrons were compared and evaluated using nuclide information from the International Radiation Protection Association and the Korea Radioisotope association. Most of the nuclides produced form of beta rays and electron capture, and short-lived nuclides dominated. However, In the case of ⁵⁴Mn, which is a radioactive product of iron, the effect of gamma rays should be considered. In the case of tritium generated from a material with a low atomic number, it is considered that handling care should be taken due to its long half-life.