• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.4027-4034
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• 2011

$CaCO_3$ crystalline structures having novel assemblies were in situ fabricated as analogs of naturally occurring proteins and polysaccharides for biomineralization. The calcite crystal was mineralized in a poly(vinyl alcohol)-$Ca^{2+}$ complex film immersed in a $Na_2CO_3$ solution containing poly(aspartic acid). The morphology and size of the $CaCO_3$ crystals were tuned by varying the concentration of poly(aspartic acid). The mechanisms of their nucleation orientation and formation were investigated experimentally and through molecular dynamics (MD) simulations in order to obtain a better understanding of the interactions between the polymers and the crystal at the molecular level. Both the MD results and experimental results indicate that the interaction between PVA and calcite mainly depends on the concentration of the polymer. The novel approach proposed herein for the fabrication of inorganic crystalline assembly structures can be used to fabricate precise crystalline structures.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.1485-1490
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• 2008

Dumbbell-shaped aromatic amphiphilic molecules consisting of a dodeca-p-phenylene as a rigid segment and oligoether dendrons as a flexible chains were synthesized, characterized, and their aggregation behavior was investigated in the bulk and at the air-water interface. In contrast to the molecule 2 which shows a nematic liquid crystalline state, molecule 1 based on shorter dendritic chains was observed to self-assemble into a 3-D primitive orthorhombic supercrystal. And molecule 1 at the air-water interface was observed to reorganize from circular plates to ring structures by lateral compressions.

• 한국고분자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국고분자학회 2006년도 IUPAC International Symposium on Advanced Polymers for Emerging Technologies
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• pp.228-228
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• 2006

Conjugated oligomers, used as models for fluorene-thiophene copolymers, are compared in terms of the microscopic morphology of thin deposits and the optical properties. The AFM images and the solid-state absorption and emission spectra are interpreted in line with the structural data, in terms of the assembly of the conjugated molecules. The compound with a terthiophene central unit and fluorene end-groups shows well-defined monolayer-by-monolayer assembly into micrometer-long strip-like structures, with a crystalline herringbone-type organization within the monolayers. Polarized confocal microscopy indicates a strong orientation of the crystalline domains within the stripes. In contrast, the compound with a terfluorene central unit and thiophene end groups forms no textured aggregates. The difference in behavior between the two compounds most probably originates from their different capability of forming densely-packed assemblies of ${\pi-pi}$ interacting molecules. These assemblies are used as active elements in organic field effect transistors designed by using soft lithography technique.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제40회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.72-72
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• 2011

Recently, Zinc oxide (ZnO) nano-structures have been received attractive attention because of their outstanding optical and electrical properties. It might be a promising material considered for applications to photonic and electronic devices such as ultraviolet light emitting diode, thin film transistor, and gas sensors. ZnO nano-structures can be typically synthesized by the VLS growth mode and self-assembly. In the VLS growth mode using various growth techniques, the noble metal catalysts such as Au and Sn were used. However, the growth of ZnO nano-structures on nano-crystalline Au seeds using radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering might be explained by the profile coating, i.e. the ZnO nano-structures were a morphological replica of Au seeds. Ga doped ZnO (ZnO:Ga) nano-structures using this concept were synthesized and characterized by XRD, AFM, SEM, and TEM. We found that surface morphology is drastically changed from initial islands to later sun-flower typed nano-structures. We will present the structural evolution of ZnO:Ga nano-structures with increasing the film thickness.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.17-37
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• 2011

The microcantilever (MCL) sensor is one of the most promising platforms for next-generation label-free biosensing applications. It outperforms conventional label-free detection methods in terms of portability and parallelization. In this paper, an overview of recent advances in our understanding of the coupling between biomolecular interactions and MCL responses is given. A dual compact optical MCL sensing platform was built to enable biosensing experiments both in gas-phase environments and in solutions. The thermal bimorph effect was found to be an effective nanomanipulator for the MCL platform calibration. The study of the alkanethiol self-assembly monolayer (SAM) chain length effect revealed that 1-octanethiol ($C_8H_{17}SH$) induced a larger deflection than that from 1-dodecanethiol ($C_{12}H_{25}SH$) in solutions. Using the clinically relevant biomarker C-reactive protein (CRP), we revealed that the analytical sensitivity of the MCL reached a diagnostic level of $1{\sim}500{\mu}g/ml$ within a 7% coefficient of variation. Using grazing incident x-ray diffractometer (GIXRD) analysis, we found that the gold surface was dominated by the (111) crystalline plane. Moreover, using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis, we confirmed that the Au-S covalent bonds occurred in SAM adsorption whereas CRP molecular bindings occurred in protein analysis. First principles density functional theory (DFT) simulations were also used to examine biomolecular adsorption mechanisms. Multiscale modeling was then developed to connect the interactions at the molecular level with the MCL mechanical response. The alkanethiol SAM chain length effect in air was successfully predicted using the multiscale scheme.

• 광물과 암석
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2022

지구/행성 내부의 다양한 지질학적 과정을 이해하기 위해서는 고온-고압 환경에서 지구 내부 구성물질의 특성을 이해하는 것이 필수적이다. 이러한 고압환경을 생성하기 위하여 사용되는 멀티 앤빌 프레스(multi-anvil press)는 주로 상부맨틀조건의 극한 상황을 재현하는데 사용된다. 멀티 엔빌프레스의 지질학적 사용을 위한 필수 보정 과정 중 하나는 압력을 생성하기 위한 프레스의 유압과 실제로 시료에 가해지는 압력 사이의 관계인 압력-부하 보정(pressure-load calibration)이다. 압력-부하 보정은 일반적으로 고온-고압 조건에서는 결정질 물질의 상전이를 이용해서 이루어지는데, 고온에서의 경우와 달리 저온(상온)의 경우 상전이 과정이 상대적으로 비효율적이므로 압력-부하 보정의 다른 방법론이 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 파이로프 조성(Mg₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂)의 비정질(비정질 파이로프)의 상온에서의 압축(cold compression)에 따라 발생하는 영구적인 고밀도화 현상(permanent densification)과 그 기원이 되는 알루미늄 배위 환경의 변화를 고해상도의 ²⁷Al MAS 및 3QMAS NMR 분광분석을 통해 정량화하고, 이로부터 압력에 따른 알루미늄의 배위수 변화를 이용해 14/8 HT 조립세트(assembly set)와 1,100톤 멀티 앤빌 프레스에 대한 상온에서의 압력-부하 보정을 수행하였다. 본 연구는 NMR분광분석을 이용하여 압력보정을 수행한 최초의 연구결과이며, 비정질 파이로프의 압축-감압에 따른 원자 단위에서의 비가역적 구조 변화는 섭입대 환경과 같은 저온 고압 환경에서 비정질 물질이 겪는 변화와 그에 따른 지질학적 현상의 이해고양에 실마리를 제공한다.