• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.16-18
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• 2000

The garnets $Nd_{1-x}Bi_xY_2Fe_5O_{12}$ ($\chi$=0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1.0) have been studied by x-rays, electron microscopy, ferromagnetic resonance, vibrating sample magnetometer and Mossbauer spectroscopy, Ultra-fine polycrystalline cubic samples have been prepared by a melt-salt routed sol-gel method. The Mossbauer spectra consist of two sets of six-line patterns corresponding to $Fe^{3+}$ at the tetrahedral 24(d) and octahedral 16(a) sites. Magnetic hyperfine fields of $Nd_{0.5}Bi_{0.5}Y_2Fe_5O_{12}$ at 12 K are found to be 548 kOe (octahedral site) and 475 kOe (tetrahedral site), respectively, It is found that Debye temperatures for the tetrahedral and octahedral sites of $Nd_{0.75}Bi_{0.25}Y_2Fe_5O_{12}$ are $\theta_{tet}=436$ K and $\theta_{oct}=285$ K, respectively, The iron ions at both sites are highly covalent ferric. The Nel temperature decreases linearly with Bi concentration, from 630 K fur $\chi$=0.0 to 600 K for $\chi$=1.0, suggesting that the superexchange interaction for the Nd-O-Fe link is stronger than that for the Bi-O-Fe link. As a consequence, the coercivity of $Nd_{1-x}Bi_xY_2Fe_5O_{12}$ drastically decreases and the magnetization remains almost constant as x increases.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.154-158
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• 2008

역 스피넬 구조(Inverse Spinel structure)를 갖는 마그네타이트($Fe_3O_4$) 나노입자에서 거대 자기저항(Giant Magneto-Resistance, GMR) 거동을 주의 깊게 관찰하였다. 이 연구 결과로부터 MR 현상이 100%의 스핀 분극 값을 갖는 마그네타이트 전자기적 특성뿐만 아니라 입자들의 표면에 형성된 절연체 터널 장벽(tunnel barrier)의 특성에 영향을 받음을 확인할 수 있었다. 이는 박막형태의 터널 접합소자에서 터널링 특성이 벌크가 아닌 자성 층과 산화 층 사이의 계면 특성에 매우 큰 영향을 받는다는 연구 결과와 일치한다. 따라서 나노입자의 I-V 특성을 측정하여 박막의 터널 접합에 대한 이론 모델 중 하나인 Brinkman 이론을 적용하여 입자 표면의 심층적 분석을 시도하였다. 한편 GMR을 측정하기에 앞서 입자의 구조와 자기적 특성의 상호작용에 대한 연구 또한 진행되었다.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2011

Double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) with high purity were produced by the catalytic decomposition of tetrahydrofuran (THF) using a Fe-Mo/MgO catalyst at $800^{\circ}C$. The as-synthesized DWCNTs typically have catalytic impurities and amorphous carbon, which were removed by a two-step purification process consisting of acid treatment and oxidation. In the acid treatment, metallic catalysts were removed in HCl at room temperature for 5 hr with magnetic stirring. Subsequently, the oxidation, using air at $380^{\circ}C$ for 5 hr in the a vertical-type furnace, was used to remove the amorphous carbon particles. The DWCNT suspension was prepared by dispersing the purified DWCNTs in the aqueous sodium dodecyl sulfate solution with horn-type sonication. This was then air-sprayed on ITO glass to fabricate DWCNT field emitters. The field emission properties of DWCNT films related to transmittance were studied. This study provides the possibility of the application of large-area transparent CNT field emission cathodes.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.335-341
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• 2010

High-quality single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were synthesized by catalytic decomposition of $C_2H_2$ using Fe-Mo/MgO catalyst at $800^{\circ}C$. The as-synthesized SWCNTs typically occurred in the form of a bundle with a diameter of 10~20 nm together with amorphous carbon and catalytic impurities, which were removed by a two-step purification process consisting of oxidation and an acid treatment. The oxidation step, using an $O_2$-Ar mixture at $380^{\circ}C$ for 5 hr in a vertical-type furnace and a $HNO_3$ treatment at $100^{\circ}C$ for one hour, was utilized to remove the amorphous carbon particles. Subsequently, metallic catalysts were removed in HCl at room temperature for 5 hr under magnetic stirring. The SWCNT suspension was prepared by dispersing the purified SWCNTs in an aqueous sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate solution with horn-type sonication. This was then air-sprayed on glass to fabricate CNT field emitters. The samples had a turn-on field value of 4 V/${\mu}m$ and a current density of 0.67 mA/$cm^2$ at 9 V/${\mu}m$. Increasing the HCl treatment time improved the field emission properties.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권7호
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• pp.2586-2591
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• 2022

In the present work, we have irradiated the DI-BSCCO superconducting tapes with the 100 keV deuterium ions to investigate the effect of ion irradiation on their critical current (Ic). The damage simulations are carried out using the binary collision approximation method to get the spatial distribution and depth profile of the damage events in the high temperature superconducting (HTS) tape. The point defects are formed near the surface of the HTS tape. These point defects change the vortex profile in the superconducting tape. Due to the long-range interaction of vortices with each other, the Ic of the tape degrades at the 77 K and self magnetic field. The radiation dose of 2.90 MGy degrades the 44% critical current of the tape. The results of the displacement per atom (dpa) and dose deposited by the deuterium ions are used to fit an empirical relation for predicting the degradation of the Ic of the tape. We include the dpa, dose and columnar defect terms produced by the incident particles in the empirical relation. The fitted empirical relation predicts that light ion irradiation degrades the Ic in the DI-BSCCO tape at the self field. This empirical relation can also be used in neutron irradiation to predict the lifetime of the DI-BSCCO tape. The change in the Ic of the DI-BSCCO tape due to deuterium irradiation is compared with the other second-generation HTS tape irradiated with energetic radiation.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 1998년도 제14회 학술발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.17-17
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• 1998

Synchrotron radiation is produced when charged particles moving with relativistic velocities a are accelerated - for example, deflected by the bending magnets which guide the electron or p positrons in circular accelerators or storage rings. By using special focusing magnetic lattices i in the particle accelerators it is possible to make the dimensions of the particle beam very small with a hi맹 charge density which results in a light source with high b디lIiance. Synchrotron light h has important properties which make it ideal for a wide range of investigations in surface s science. The fact that the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation emitted in a bending magnet e extends in a continuum from the 얹r infra red region to hard x-rays means that it is id않I for a v variety of spectroscopic studies. Since there are no convenient lasers, or other really bright l light sources, in the vacuum ultraviolet and soft x-ray re.밍ons the development of synchrotron r radiation has enabled enormous advances to be made in this di펌C비t spectr따 re밍on. P Polarization-dependent measurements, for ex없nple ellipsometry or circular dichroism studies a are possible because the radiation has a well-defined polarization - linear in the plane of orbit w with additional right-circular, or left-circular, components for emission an생es above, or below, t the horizontal, respectively. Since the synchrotron light is emitted from a bunch of charge c circulating in a ring the light is emitted with a well-defined time structure with a short flash of l light every time a bunch passes an exit port. The time structure depends on the size of the ring a and the number and sequence of filling of the bunches. A pulsed light source enables time¬r resolved studies to be performed which provide direct information on the lifetimes and decay m modes of excited states and in addition opens up the possibility of using time of flight t techniques for spectroscopic studies. The fact that synchrotron radiation is produced in a clean u ultrahi야 vacuum environment is of gr않t importance for surce science studies. The current t비rd generation synchrotron light sources provide exceptionally high baliance and stability a and open up possibilities for experiments which would have been inconceivable only a short time ago.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2022

The universe is thought to be filled with not only Standard Model (SM) matters but also dark matters. Dark matter is thought to play a major role in its construction. However, the identity of dark matter is as yet unknown, with various search methods from astrophysical observartion to particle collider experiments. Because of the cross-section that is a thousand times smaller than SM particles, dark matter research requires a large amount of data processing. Therefore, optimization and parallelization in High Performance Computing is required. Dark matter in hypothetical hidden sector is though to be connected to dark photons which carries forces similar to photons in electromagnetism. In the recent analysis, it was studied using the decays of a dark photon at collider experiments. Based on this, we studies double dark photon decays at lepton colliders. The signal channels are e⁺e^- → A'A' and e⁺e^- → A'A'γ where dark photon A' decays dimuon. These signal channels are based on the theory that dark photons only decay into heavily charged leptons, which can explain the muon magnetic momentum anomaly. We scanned the cross-section according to the dark photon mass in experiments. MadGraph5 was used to generate events based on a simplified model. Additionally, to get the maximum expected number of events for the double dark photon channel, the detector efficiency for several center of mass (CM) energy were studied using Delphes and MadAnalysis5 for performance comparison. The results of this study will contribute to the search for double dark photon channels at lepton colliders.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.211-219
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• 2023

Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) is an active component of propolis obtained from honeybee hives. CAPE possesses anti-mitogenic, anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory activities in diverse systems, which know as displays antioxidant activity and inhibits lipoxygenase activities, protein tyrosine kinase, and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) activation. This study aimed to investigate the effect of CAPE on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced human neutrophil phagocytosis. Human neutrophils were cultured with various concentrations of CAPE (1, 10, and 100 µM) with or without LPS. The pro-inflammatory proteins (tumor necrosis factor-alpha [TNF-α], interleukin [IL]-6 and IL-8) levels were measured after 4 h incubation. To investigate the intracellular signaling pathway, we measured the levels of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK), including phosphorylation of p38, extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). Next, to evaluate the potential phagocytosis, neutrophils were labeled with iron particles of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs, 40 nm) for 1 h in culture medium containing 5 mg/mL of iron. The labeling efficiency was determined by Prussian blue staining for intracellular iron and 3T-wighted magnetic resonance imaging. CAPE decreased the activation of intracellular signaling pathways, including ERK1/2 and c-Jun, and expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, including TNF-α and IL-6, but had no effect on the signaling pathways of p38 and cytokine IL-8. Furthermore, images obtained after mannan-coated SPION treatment suggested that CAPE induced significantly higher signal intensities than the control or LPS group. Together, these results suggest that CAPE regulates LPS-mediated activation of human neutrophils to reduce phagocytosis.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제58권4호
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• pp.541-549
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• 2020

약물 전달 시스템(Drug Delivery System, DDS)은 인체에 발생한 질환을 치료를 할 때 약물을 효과적으로 투약하므로써 약물성분에 의한 부작용을 최소화하고, 약물의 효능을 최대한으로 크게하기 위해 기존의 알려진 성분의 약물이나 새로운 성분의 제형을 설계하여 환자의 약물치료 과정을 최적화하는 목적을 지향하는 기술로 정의된다. 본 연구에서는 Tripolyphosphate (TPP)의 농도가 키토산과의 가교결합을 통하여 제조되는 Chitosan nanoparticles (CNPs)의 크기에 미치는 영향을 측정하여 TPP의 농도가 낮을수록 작은 크기의 입자가 형성되는 것을 확인하였다. 그리고 산화철(Fe₃O₄)의 양에 따른 CNPs-Fe₃O₄의 특성을 측정하여 Fe₃O₄의 양이 많을수록 자성 약물 전달체로써의 특성이 잘 나타남을 확인하였다. 닌히드린 반응(Ninhydrin test)를 통하여 저농도 구간(0.004~0.02 wt%)에서는 Y = 0.00373 exp(179.729X) - 0.0114 (R² = 0.989), 고농도구간(0.02~0.1wt%)에서는 Y = 21.680X - 0.290 (R² = 0.999)의 γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)의 농도에 따른 검량선을 얻었다. 이 검량선을 사용하여 흡수를 위하여 넣어주는 GABA의 양에 따른 최대 흡수율의 관계식 Y = -136.527 exp [(-90.0862)X] + 64.724 (R² = 0.997) 을 얻었으며, 초기에 넣어주는 GABA의 양이 약 0.04 g인 지점부터는 약 62.5%로 흡수율이 일정해 지고, 시간에 따른 GABA-Fe₃O₄-CNPs로부터 방출되는 GABA의 양을 측정하여 약 24 hr 이후부터 약물 방출이 종료되는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 최적의 조건에서 만들어진 GABA-Fe₃O₄-CNPs는 약 150 nm의 구형 입자이며, 그에 따른 입자의 특성이 잘 나타나는 것을 확인하여 약물 전달체로써 적합함을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.109-122
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• 2003

자기폭풍(magnetic storm)과 서브스톰(substorm)의 인과관계를 규명하기 위하여 서브스톰 확장기 활동(substorm expansive activity)의 전형적인 지시자로 알려진 정지궤도 위성에서 관측된 양성자 플럭스(proton flux)의 무분산 입자유입률(dispersionless particle injection rate)과 Dst 지수와의 상관관계를 조사하였다. 본 연구에 이용된 자기폭풍은 1996년에서 2000년까지 5년 동안에 일어난 것으로 자기폭풍 기간 중 Dst의 최소값인 $Dst_{min}$의 크기에 따라 대규모($-200nT{$\leq$}Dst_{min}{$\leq$}-100nT$), 중규모($-100nT{\leq}Dst_{min}{\leq}-50nT$), 소규모 자기폭풍($-50nT{\leq}Dst_{min}{\leq}-30nT$)의 3단계로 구분하였다. 양성자 플럭스는 LANL의 정지궤도 위성에서 관측된 자료 중에서 주로 환전류(ring current)를 구성하는 입자의 에너지에 해당하는 50keV에서 670keV 범위의 6개 에너지 채널의 자료를 이용하였다. 그리고 입자유입은 자정 부근에서 주로 일어나므로 18:00~04:00MLT구간에서 관측된 자료만을 이용하였다. 한편 내부 자기권으로 유입되는 입자에너지를 추정하기 위하여 양성자 플럭스 비($f_{max}/f_{ave}$)를 조사하였다. 여기서, $f_{ave}$ 및 $f_{max}$는 각각 입자유입이 일어나기 전 후의 양성자 플럭스의 양을 나타낸다. 한편 자기폭풍 기간 동안에 1 ~ 2개의 인공위성 관측으로부터 내부 자기권으로 유입되는 총 에너지량을 추정하는 것이 불가능하다는 것이 알려졌다. 그러나 총 에너지 유입량은 적어도 플럭스 비와 유입횟수에 비례할 것이다. 따라서 내부 자기권으로 유입되는 에너지의 양을 간접적으로 추정하기 위해서 이들의 곱으로 정의되는 총 에너지 유입률 지수(total energy injection parameter, TEIP)를 제안하였다. 특히 서브스톰이 자기폭풍의 발달에 기여하는 정도를 알기 위하여 자기폭풍을 두 구간, 즉 주상(main phase)과 회복기(recovery phase)로 나누어 조사하였다. 양성자의 무분산 유입자료와 자기폭풍 기간 중 Dst$_{min}$ 값을 비교해 본 결과 다음과 같은 특성이 확인되었다. 첫째, 주상기간 중 입자들의 평균 유입횟수는 자기폭풍의 크기에 비례하여 증가하는 경향을 나타내며 유입휫수와 $Dst_{min}$ 사이에는 높은 상관관계(0.83)가 있었다. 둘째, 주상기간 중 자기폭풍의 크기가 클수록 플럭스 비 ($f_{max}/f_{ave}$는 대체로 증가하는 경향을 나타냈다. 그리고 75~113keV 에너지 채널에서의 $Dst_{min}$ 값과 플럭스 비의 상관계수는 0.74로서 가장 높았으며 나머지 에너지 채널 역시 비교적 높은 상관관계를 나타냈다. 셋째, 주상기간 중 총 에너지 유입률 지수와 $Dst_{min}$ 사이에 높은 상관관계가 확인되었다. 특히 환전류를 구성하는 주요 입자의 에너지 영역(75~l13keV)에서 가장 높은(0.80) 상관계수를 기록했다. 넷째, 회복기 중에 일어나는 입자들의 유입은 자기폭풍의 지속시간을 연장시키는 경향을 보이며 큰 자기폭풍일수록 현저했다. 주상에서 관측된 이러한 특성은 서브스톰 확장기 활동이 자기폭풍의 발달과 밀접한 관계가 있음을 시사한다.