• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.164-172
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• 2019

현재 배뇨 장애를 진단할 수 있는 대표적인 임상 방법들은 침습적이고 고가이며, 장시간 연속적인 모니터링을 수행하기에는 한계가 있다. EIT는 비침습적 방법으로 외부 전극을 통하여 전류를 주입하고 유기된 전압을 측정하여 내부 전기적(임피던스) 특성을 영상화 하는 기술로써, 저렴한 비용으로 방광의 상태를 모니터링 할 수 있는 유용한 기법이 될 수 있다. 전극을 통하여 주입된 전류 패턴에 따라 측정전압 데이터의 신호특성이 달라지고 영상 복원 성능에 영향을 미친다. 본 논문에서는 인체 하복부 부근에 위치한 방광의 크기 변화에 대한 민감도가 극대화될 수 있는 모델링을 위해 입력전류 패턴에 따른 영상 복원 성능을 분석하였다.

• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.444-449
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• 2021

Objective: The purpose of this study is to observe the change in the thickness of abdominal muscles when electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) is applied to the abdomen during rest and abdominal muscle exercise to investigate the effect of EMS applied to the abdomen on the superficial and deep muscles thickness. Design: Cross sectional design. Methods: Twenty healthy subjects participated in this study. Subjects were performed resting position, resting position with EMS, curl-up and curl-up with EMS. The electrode of the EMS belt is attached to the abdominal wall between the 12th rib and iliac crest. The thickness of abdominal muscles including rectus abdominis (RA), external oblique (EO), internal oblique (IO), and transverse abdominis (TrA) were captured in each position by ultrasound image during expiration. All subjects were performed four positions randomly. Data were analyzed using repeated ANOVA with the level of significance set at 𝛼=0.05. Results: The muscle thickness of RA, EO, IO and TrA were significantly different at each position (p<0.05). The thickness of all abdominal muscles increased significantly when curl-up than curl-up with EMS. Both RA and EO thickness were significantly increased at resting position than resting position and EMS were combined(p<0.05). But IO and TrA thickness were decreased at resting position when EMS were combined. Conclusions: The results suggest that EMS activates superficial abdominal muscles RA and EO. Therefore, abdominal strengthening exercise combined EMS can activate abdominal muscles and can be applied to various patients and rehabilitation in clinical practice.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.479-485
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• 2022

The power of energy storage devices is characterized by capacitance and the internal resistance. The capacitance is measured on an assumption that the charges are stored at the electrode interface and the electric double layer behaves like an ideal capacitor. However, in most cases, the electric double layer is not ideal so a constant phase element (CPE) is used instead of a capacitor to describe the practical observations. Nevertheless, another problem with the use of the CPE is that CPE does not give capacitance directly. Fortunately, a few methods were suggested to evaluate the effective capacitance in the literature. However, those methods may not be suitable for supercapacitors which are modeled as an equivalent circuit of a CPE and resistor connected in series because the time constant of the equivalent circuit is not clearly studied. In this report, in order to study the time constant of the CPE and find its equivalent capacitor, AC and DC methods are utilized in a complementary manner. As a result, the time constants in the AC and DC domains are compared with digital simulation and a proper equation is presented to calculate the effective capacitance of a supercapacitor, which is extended to an electrochemical system where faradaic and ohmic processes are accompanied by imperfect charge accumulation process.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.391-396
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• 2023

Recently, as power and electronic devices have increased in frequency and capacity, it has become a major concern to protect electronic circuits and electronic components used in these devices from abnormal voltages such as various surges and pulse noise. To respond to variously rated voltages applied to power electronic devices, the rated voltages of various varistors can be obtained by controlling the size of internal particles of the varistor or controlling the number of layers of the varistor. During bonding, the problem of unbalanced thermal runaway occurring between the electrode and the varistor interface causes degradation of the varistor and shortens its life of the varistor. In this study, to solve the problem of unbalanced heat distribution of stacked varistors to adjust the operating voltage, the contents of the ZnO-based varistor composition were 96 wt% ZnO, 1 mol% Sb₂O₃, 1 mol% Bi₂O₃, 0.5 mol% CoO, 0.5 mol% MnO, and 1 mol% TiO₂. A multi-layered ZnO varistor was modeled by bonding a single varistor with a composition in three layers according to the operating voltage. The thermal distribution of the triple-layered ZnO varistor was analyzed for the thermal runaway phenomenon that occurred during varistor operation using the finite element method according to Comsol 5.2.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.52-59
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• 2008

The geometric design of an implant surface may play an important role in affecting early osseointegration. It is well known that the porous surfaced implant had much benefits for the osseointegration and the early stability of implant. However, the porous surfaced implant had weakness from the transgingival contamitants, and it resulted in alveolar bone loss. The other problem identified with porous surface implant is the loss of physical properties resulting from the bead sintering process. In this study, we developed the new bead coating implant to overcome the disadvantages of porous surfaced implant. Ti-6Al-4V beads were supplied from STARMET (USA). The beads were prepared by a plasma rotating electrode process (PREP) and had a nearly spherical shape with a diameter of 75-150 ${\mu}m$. Two types of titanium implants were supplied by KJ Meditech (Korea). One is an external hexa system (External type) and the other is an internal system with threads (Internal type). The implants were pasted with beads using polyvinylalcohol solution as a binder, and then sintered at 1250 $^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours in vacuum of $10^{-5}$ torr. The resulting porous structure was 400-500 ${\mu}m$ thick and consisted of three to four bead layers bonded to each other and the implant. The pore size was in the range of 50-150 ${\mu}m$ and the porosity was 30-40 % in volume. The aim of this study was to evaluate the osseointegration of the newly developed dental implant. The experimental implants (n=16) were inserted in the unilateral femur of 4 mongrel dogs. All animals were killed at 8 weeks after implantation, and samples were harvested for hitological examination. All bead coated porous implants were successfully osseointegrated with peripheral bone. The average bone-implant contact ratios were 84.6 % (External type) and 81.5 % (Internal type). In the modified Goldner's trichrome staining, new generated mature bones were observed at the implant interface at 8 weeks after implantation. Although, further studies are required, we could conclude that the newly developed vacuum sintered Ti-6Al-4V bead coating implant was strong enough to resist the implant insertion force, and it was easily osseointegrated with peripheral bone.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.166-173
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• 2006

Catalytic reforming of $CO_2$ by $CH_4$ over Ni-YSZ based catalysts was investigated to produce syngas as raw material of high valued chemicals and develop high performance catalyst electrode for an internal reforming of $CO_2$ in SOFC system. Ni-YSZ based catalysts were prepared using physical mixing and maleic acid methods to improve catalytic activity and inhibition of carbon deposition. The catalysts before and after the reaction were characterized by $N_2$ physisorption, TPR(temperature programed reduction), XRD and impedance analyzer. The conversions for $CO_2$ and $CH_4$ over Ni-MgO catalyst showed 90% but much amount of carbon deposition was detected on catalyst surface. On the other hand, the conversions for $CO_2$ and $CH_4$ over NiO-YSZ-$CeO_2$ catalyst showed 100% and 85% respectively, and carbon deposition on catalyst surface was inhibited under the tested condition. It was concluded that NiO-YSZ-$CeO_2$ catalyst is a promising candidate for the catalytic reforming of $CO_2$ and the internal reforming in SOFC system.

• Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.322-326
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• 2006

목적: 갑상선암 방사성요오드 치료를 위한 전처치로 1주${\sim}$2주간 저요오드식이를 시행하는 것이 국제 권고안에서 권고되고 있으나 각 병원마다 저요오드식이를 자체적인 교육방법에 따라 시행하고 있으며 저요오드식이를 통해 체내 요오드량을 효과적으로 낮추었는지에 대한 측정도 대부분의 병원에서 시행되지 않고 있어, 연구자들의 병원에 의뢰된 환자들의 소변 내 I/Cr비를 측정하여 고전적인 엄격한 저요오드식 이를 1주일간 시 행하는 방법과 덜 엄격한 저요오드식이를 2주일간 시행하는 방법을 비교하여 그 적절성을 평가하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 2006년 4월 10일부터 6월 19일까지 본원에 의뢰된 27명의 환자를 대상으로 제한 및 허용식품 목록, 영양사 교육 유무, 예시 식단 유무, 저요오드식이 기간을 비교하여 가장 빈도가 높은 2가지 방법, 즉 관용적인 기준을 채택하는 군과 엄격한 제한식품을 설명한 군으로 나누어 두 군의 아침 소변을 채집, iodide selective electrode method를 사용하여 소변 내 요오드량을 측정하고 이를 소변 내 크레아티닌으로 나누어 I/Cr비를 구하였다. 두 군의 결과는 t-test를 이용하여 검정하였다. 결과: 두 군간의 특성에는 유의한 차이가 없었으며 각 군에서의 소변 내 I/Cr 비는 2주간 덜 엄격한 저요오드식이 군에서 $289.75{\pm}188.24{\mu}g/g$, 1주간 엄격한 저요오드식이를 시행한 군에서는 $127.87{\pm}78.52{\mu}g/g$으로 측정되었으며 1주간 엄격하게 시행한 군에서 유의하게 낮았다 (p=0.008). 2주간 덜 엄격한 저요오드식이를 시행한 군에서는 14명중 3명(21.42%), 1주간 엄격한 저요오드식이를 시행한 군에서는 13명중 6명(46.15%)이 방사성요오드치료를 위한 적정한 수준으로 제시된 소변 내 요오드배설량 $100{\mu}g/g$이하를 만족했다. 결론: 2주간 덜 엄격한 저요오드식이를 시행한 군에서 1주간 엄격한 교육을 시행한 군보다 높은 소변 내 I/Cr비가 나온 것을 볼 때 교육 방법을 엄격하게 시행하지 않고 간단하게 변형된 방법을 사용할 경우 기간을 길게 하더라도 치료에 필요한 적정 수준의 체내 요오드량 감소를 달성하기 어려울 것으로 판단된다. 그러나 1주간 엄격한 저요오드식이를 시행한 군에서도 체내 요오드량의 감소가 충분히 감소하는 비율이 여전히 낮기 때문에 엄격한 저요오드식이 방법을 2주간 시행하는 것이 더바람직하리라 기대된다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.53-63
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• 1995

차세대의 새로운 발전방식인 용융탄산염형 연료전지 시스템개발 사업중 실용 스택개발을 위하여 전극유효연적이 $100cm^2$ 인 단위전지를 10단 적층한 Cross Flow형 MCFC스택을 제작하고 2성능측정설비를 구성하여 장기운전시험을 실시하였다 연료로는 $H_2/CO_2/H_2O$의 비율을 72%/18%/10% 로 조성한 가스를 이용하고 산화제가스로는 $O_2/CO_2$ 및 $Air/CO_2$ 비율이 33%/67%, 70%/30%가 되는 가스를 이용하여 운전할때의 초기성능 및 15A($150mA/cm^2$) 정부하 상태에서의 장기운전시험시의 전압 강하율을 조사하였다. 운전시간 310시간이 경과된 후의 스택전압은 8.39V이었고 이때의 출력은 125.8W를 보여주었다. 한편 1845시간이 경과한후 공기를 산화제로 이용하는 경우 전압은 6.95V로서 출력 104W를 나타내고 있다. 초기성능치에 의한 에너지 변환효율은 이용율이 40%인 경우 29.65%이었고 80%로 증가하는 경우 약 51.5%가 된다. 1840시간의 경과한때 까지의 전압 강하율은 약 52.4mV/1000hr로서 이전의 스택보다는 전압강하율이 감소되고 있으며 스택의 성능 저하의 주요한 요인은 개회로 전압의 저하로 내부단락동에서 기인하는 것으로 여겨진다. 또한 장기운전사 스택내부에서의 단위전지 전압분포가 균일하지 않음을 알 수 있어 이에 대한 개선을 필요로 한다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.93-93
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• 2016

Large scale integrated circuits (LSIs) has been improved by the shrinkage of the circuit dimensions. The smaller chip sizes and increase in circuit density require the miniaturization of the line-width and space between metal interconnections. Therefore, an extreme precise control of the critical dimension and pattern profile is necessary to fabricate next generation nano-electronics devices. The pattern profile control of plasma etching with an accuracy of sub-nanometer must be achieved. To realize the etching process which achieves the problem, understanding of the etching mechanism and precise control of the process based on the real-time monitoring of internal plasma parameters such as etching species density, surface temperature of substrate, etc. are very important. For instance, it is known that the etched profiles of organic low dielectric (low-k) films are sensitive to the substrate temperature and density ratio of H and N atoms in the H2/N2 plasma [1]. In this study, we introduced a feedback control of actual substrate temperature and radical density ratio monitored in real time. And then the dependence of etch rates and profiles of organic films have been evaluated based on the substrate temperatures. In this study, organic low-k films were etched by a dual frequency capacitively coupled plasma employing the mixture of H2/N2 gases. A 100-MHz power was supplied to an upper electrode for plasma generation. The Si substrate was electrostatically chucked to a lower electrode biased by supplying a 2-MHz power. To investigate the effects of H and N radical on the etching profile of organic low-k films, absolute H and N atom densities were measured by vacuum ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy [2]. Moreover, using the optical fiber-type low-coherence interferometer [3], substrate temperature has been measured in real time during etching process. From the measurement results, the temperature raised rapidly just after plasma ignition and was gradually saturated. The temporal change of substrate temperature is a crucial issue to control of surface reactions of reactive species. Therefore, by the intervals of on-off of the plasma discharge, the substrate temperature was maintained within ${\pm}1.5^{\circ}C$ from the set value. As a result, the temperatures were kept within $3^{\circ}C$ during the etching process. Then, we etched organic films with line-and-space pattern using this system. The cross-sections of the organic films etched for 50 s with the substrate temperatures at $20^{\circ}C$ and $100^{\circ}C$ were observed by SEM. From the results, they were different in the sidewall profile. It suggests that the reactions on the sidewalls changed according to the substrate temperature. The precise substrate temperature control method with real-time temperature monitoring and intermittent plasma generation was suggested to contribute on realization of fine pattern etching.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제35권7호
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• pp.647-647
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• 1998

비대칭적인 전극 구조를 가지는 Pb(Zr,Ti)$O_3$(PZT) 박막의 비대칭적인 스위칭 특성을 연구하기 위해 Pulsed Laser Deposituin(PLD)방법으로 $LaAlO_3$ 기판 위에 (La,Sr)$CoO_3$/Pb(Zr,Ti)$O_3$/(La,Sr)$CoO_3$(LSCO) 다층구조를 성장시켰다. PZT 박막 캐시터의 전극이 모두 같은 조성일 때, 즉 $(La_0.5Sr_0.5)CoO_3$(LSCO)일 때 PZT 박막의 이력곡선은 대칭성을 보여주고 있다. 그러나 산화물 전극의 조성이 변할 때 PZT 박막 캐패시터는 비대칭성을 보여주고 있다. $LaCoO_3(LCO)$를 상층 전극, $La_0.5,Sr_0.5)CoO_3$(LSCO)를 하층 전극으로 사용하였을 때 이력 곡선은 음의 방향으로 분극된 상태가 불안정 하여 음의 잔류 분극의 완화 현상을 보여준다. 반면 상층 전극이 LSCO, 하층 전극이 LCO인 PZT 박막 캐패시터는 양의 방향의 분극 상태가 불안정하여 양의 잔류 분극이 완화현상을 보여준다. 이러한 이력 곡선의 완화 현상은 LCO/PZT 계면에서의 전자 밴드 구조의 변형에 의한 내부 전계의 형성 때문이라 생각할 수 있다. 내부 전계는 LCO/PZT와 LSCO/PZT 계면에서의 전자 밴드 구조의 변형에 의한 내부 전계의 형성 때문이라 생각할 수 있다.내부 전계는 LCO/PZT 계면에서의 인가된 전압 강하 차이에 의해 발생되며 전압 강하는 각각의 계면에서 0.6V와 -0.12V의 크기를 갖는다.