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Microencapsulation of Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB)

  • Feucht, Andreas;Kwak, Hae-Soo
    • Food Science of Animal Resources
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.229-238
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    • 2013
  • Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are added to different food products for a long time due to health beneficial effects on human host. LAB is applied in dairy products, such as yoghurt, cheese, and various fermented products, and also in non-dairy products, such as sausages. However, reaching the human gut alive as well as in a sufficient cell amount to exert positive health effects is still a big challenge, due to LAB sensitive character and vulnerability against harsh and detrimental conditions in human digestive system. Keeping physiological activity of sensitive LAB strains alive is for the formulation of novel food products with a probiotic health claim of utmost interest, thus microencapsulation has been applied and investigated as a promising technique for a good and reliable protection. Microencapsulation allows reduced cell injury or cell loss by retaining cells within the encapsulating membrane and can be enforced by spray-drying, emulsion, extrusion, and a range of other technologies in combination with an appropriate coating material, such as alginate, chitosan, and mixture of these two polymers. In this review, established and well-studied microencapsulation techniques with their favored coating materials, as well as the recent applications of microencapsulated LAB into dairy products will be discussed.

Effects of BCP Thickness on the Electrical and Optical Characteristics of Blue Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Diodes (BCP 두께가 청잭 인광 OLED의 전기 및 광학적 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Seo, Yu-Seok;Moon, Dae-Gyu
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.22 no.9
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    • pp.781-785
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    • 2009
  • We have fabricated simple triple-layer blue-emitting phosphorescent organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) using different thicknesses (25 and 55 nm) of 2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BCP) electron transport layers. 1,1-bis[4-bis (4-methylphenyl)- aminophenyllcyclohexane (TAPC), bis[(4,6-di-fluorophenyl)-pyridinate-$N,C^{2'}$]picolinate (FIrpic) and N,N' -dicarbazolyl-3,5-benzene (mCP) were used as hole transport, blue guest and host materials, respectively. The driving voltage, electroluminescence (EL) efficiency and emission characteristics of devices were investigated. The maximum EL efficiency was 20 cd/A in the device with 55 nm BCP layer, which efficiency was about 33% higher than the device with 25 nm BCP layer. The higher efficiency in the 55 nm BCP device resulted from the enhanced electron-hole balance. In the EL spectrum of blue phosphorescent OLED with BCP layer, the relative intensity between 470 and 500 nm peaks was related to the location of emission zone.

Organic Thin-Film Transistors with Polymer Buffer Layer (고분자 완충층을 이용한 유기박막트랜지스터)

  • Choi, Hak-Bum;Hyung, Gun-Woo;Park, Il-Houng;Hwang, Seon-Wook;Kim, Young-Kwan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.182-183
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    • 2008
  • We fabricated a pentacene thin film transistor with Poly-vinylalcohol (PVA) as a dielectric. And we used Poly(9-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) as a buffer layer to improve the electrical characteristics. PVK is a material used often host material for OLED device, as it has good film forming properties, large HOMO-LUMO(highest occupied molecular orbital-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) bandgap. The performance of a OTFT device with PVA gate dielectric was improved by using the PVK. Field effect mobility, threshold voltage, and on-off current ratio of device with PVK layer were about 0.6 $cm^2$/Vs, -17V, and $5\times10^5$, respectively.

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Mechanism of Formation of Three Dimensional Structures of Particles in a Liquid Crystal

  • West, John L.;Zhang, Ke;Liao, Guangxun;Reznikov, Yuri;Andrienko, Denis;Glushchenko, Anatoliy V.
    • Journal of Information Display
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 2002
  • In this work we report methods of formation of three-dimensional structures of particles in a liquid crystal host. We found that, under the appropriate conditions, the particles are captured and dragged by the moving isotropic/nematic front during the phase transition process. This movement of the particles can be enhanced significantly or suppressed drastically with the influence of an electric field and/or with changing the conditions of the phase transition, such as the rate of cooling. As a result, a wide variety of particle structures can be obtained ranging from a fine-grained cellular structure to stripes of varying periods to a course-grained "root" structures. Changing the properties of the materials, such as the size and density of the particles and the surface anchoring of the liquid crystal at the particle surface, can also be used to control the morphology of the three-dimensional particle network and adjust the physical properties of the resulting dispersions. These particle structures may be used to affect the performance of LCD's much as polymers have been used in the past.

Emission Characteristics of Power Type Electroluminescent Device (분산형 전계발광 소자의 발광 특성)

  • 권순석;임기조;박수길;김현후;류부형;김용주
    • Electrical & Electronic Materials
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.150-155
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    • 1997
  • Powder type electroluminescent device(P-ELD) in this study was prepared by printing method. P-ELDs were basically composed of phosphor, insulator and transparent conducting layer. The phosphor powder was prepared by sintering the mixture of ZnS as a host, Cu as an activator, and NaCl as a flux for co-activator and enhancement of growth of the phosphor particles. The phosphor layer was made by printing the paste of the cyanoethylpullan as a binder and the ZnS system phosphor powder. In order to evaluate the luminescence characteristics of ZnS P-ELD, applied voltage - luminance(V-L), frequency-luminance(f-L), and relative luminance spectra(L- .lambda.) characteristics were measured. The experimental results show that luminance increased with increasing the applied voltage and frequency. It can be explained in terms of the potential barrier formed between ZnS and CuS. Two emission peaks in luminance-wavelength spectra measured at applied voltage of 100 $V_{rms}$ were observed at 500nm as a primary peak and 460nm as a secondary peak, respectively.y.

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Effects of essential oil (blended and single essential oils) on anti-biofilm formation of Salmonella and Escherichia coli

  • Oh, S.Y.;Yun, W.;Lee, J.H.;Lee, C.H.;Kwak, W.K.;Cho, J.H.
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • v.59 no.2
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    • pp.4.1-4.5
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    • 2017
  • Background: Biofilms were the third-dimensional structure in the solid surface of bacteria. Bacterial biofilms were difficult to control by host defenses and antibiotic therapies. Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Salmonella were popular pathogenic bacteria that live in human and animal intestines. Essential oils are aromatic oily liquids from plant materials and well known for their antibacterial activities. Method: This study was conducted to determine effect of essential oil on anti-biological biofilm formation of E. coli and Salmonella strains in in vitro experiment. Two kinds of bacterial strains were separated from 0.2 g pig feces. Bacterial strains were distributed in 24 plates per treatment and each plates as a replication. The sample was coated with a Bacterial biofilm formation was. Result: Photographic result, Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Salmonella bacteria colony surface were thick smooth surface in control. However, colony surface in blended and single essential oil treatment has shown crack surface layer compared with colony surfaces in control. Conclusion: In conclusion, this study could confirm that essential oils have some interesting effect on anti-biofilm formation of E. coli and Salmonella strains from pig feces.

Crystal Structure and Quantitative Phase Analysis of Multiphase Sample using RIETAN and MEED (RIETAN 및 MEED법에 의한 다상시료의 결정구조 및 정량상 분석)

  • 김광복;천희곤;조동율;신종근;구경완
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2000.07a
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    • pp.303-307
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    • 2000
  • The crystal structure of ZnS fabricated by gas-liquid phase reaction was obtained by XRD and refined by RIETAN near R$_{wp}$ factor 10%. The increasement of HCP phase depended on extra H$_2$S gas and the lattice parameter and crystalline size changed by the relative ratio of multiphase. Using ZnS of the different multiphase ratio and crystalline size, sintered ZnS:Cu, Al green phosphor and the CL property resulted optimum luminescence in the range of 91~94% and 150~190$\AA$, respectably, FCC/HCP ratio and crystalline size. As changing of structure ratio, the reason of different luminescence property is now studying. As well as, after XRD pattern of TiO$_2$powder fitted by RIETAN and the structure factor using MEED method simulated about each atom of (002) plane. Additionally, we proposed RIETAN and MEED were the methods of the study of luminescence mechanism for many phosphor materials.s.

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Spatial mapping of screened electrostatic potential and superconductivity by scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy

  • Hasegawa, Yukio;Ono, Masanori;Nishio, Takahiro;Eguchi, Toyoaki
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2010.02a
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    • pp.12-12
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    • 2010
  • By using scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/S), we can make images of various physical properties in nanometer-scale spatial resolutions. Here, I demonstrate imaging of two electron-correlated subjects; screening and superconductivity by STM/S. The electrostatic potential around a charge is described with the Coulomb potential. When the charge is located in a metal, the potential is modified because of the free electrons in the host. The potential modification, called screening, is one of the fundamental phenomena in the condensed matter physics. Using low-temperature STM we have developed a method to measure electrostatic potential in high spatial and energy resolutions, and observed the potential around external charges screened by two-dimensional surface electronic states. Characteristic potential decay and the Friedel oscillation were clearly observed around the charges [1]. Superconductivity of nano-size materials, whose dimensions are comparable with the coherence length, is quite different from their bulk. We investigated superconductivity of ultra-thin Pb islands by directly measuring the superconducting gaps using STM. The obtained tunneling spectra exhibit a variation of zero bias conductance (ZBC) with a magnetic field, and spatial mappings of ZBC revealed the vortex formation [2]. Size dependence of the vortex formation will be discussed at the presentation.

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Serovars distribution and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Salmonella spp. isolated from the swine farms and slaughter houses

  • Jung, Hokyoung;Lee, Sungseok;Kim, Chiyoung;Sunwoo, Sunyoung;Lyoo, Young S.
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.51 no.2
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    • pp.123-128
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    • 2011
  • Salmonella spp. is an important pathogen to both public and swine industry. The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of Salmonella serovar and antibiotics susceptibility of the isolates from Korean swine producing systems. A total of 63 (5.28%) Salmonella spp. was isolated from 1,194 samples (977 fecal materials and 67 organ samples). The predominant Salmonella (S.) enterica serotype and serovar was group B (69.8%) and S. Typhimurium (47.6%), S. Derby (20.6%) and S. Heidelberg (1.6%). But S. Cholerasuis which is characterized host specific by septicemia and enteritis to pigs was not isolated. Antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolates varies as follows: Norfloxacine (75%), Ciprofloxacin (67.5%), Amikacin (60%), Colistin (60%), Enrofloxacin (55%). All of isolates were resistant to Erythromycin, Penicillin, Tetracycline and Lincomycin. The results of this study provided useful information regarding antimicrobial susceptibility and resistance patterns to treat salmonellosis and to prevent emergence of multidrug resistance Salmonella.

Fabrication and Characterization of Orange Polymer Light Emitting Diodes by Concentration of MEH-PPV (MEH-PPV의 농도에 따른 황색 고분자 유기발광다이오드의 제작과 특성평가)

  • Jeon, Chang-Duk;Shin, Sang-Baie;Gong, Su-Choel;Park, Hyung-Ho;Jeon, Hyeong-Tag;Chang, Ho-Jung
    • Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.184-185
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    • 2008
  • 본 연구에서는 ITO/PEDOT:PSS//PFO:MEH-PPV/LiF/Al 구조를 갖는 고분자 유기발광다이오드를 제작하여 발광 도펀트인 MEH-PPV의 농도에 따른 황색 PLED 소자의 전기 광학적 특성에 대하여 조사하였다. MEH-PPV의 농도를 각각 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 wt% 로 변화시켜 소자를 평가한 결과 9 wt%의 농도에서 가장 우수한 전기 및 광학적 특성을 보였으며, 16 V의 인가전압에서 약 630 cd/$m^2$의 휘도 특성과 256 mA/$cm^2$의 전류밀도 특성이 관찰되었다. 또한 10 wt%의 소자에서는 오히려 낮은 광학적 특성이 관찰되어 9 wt%에서 도펀트의 농도가 포화됨이 관찰되었고, 제작된 소자의 색좌표 (CIE coordiante)는 모든 소자에서 (x, y = 0,49, 0.49)로 거의 동일하게 나타났다.

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