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Biomimetic Electrospun Fibers for Tissue Engineering Applications

  • Sin, Heung-Su
    • Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2011.10a
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    • pp.2.2-2.2
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    • 2011
  • The central strategy in tissue engineering involves a biomaterial scaffold as a delivery carrier of cells and a depot to deliver bioactive molecules. The ability of scaffolds to control cellular response to direct particular repair and regeneration processes is essential to obtain functional tissue engineering constructs. Therefore, many efforts have been made to understand local interactions of cells with their extracellular matrix (ECM) microenvironment and exploit these interactions for designing an ideal scaffold mimicking the chemical, physiological, and structural features of native ECM. ECM is composed of a number of biomacromolecules including proteins, glycosaminoglycans, and proteoglycans, which are assembled together to form complex 3-dimensional network. Electrospinning is a process to generate highly porous 3-dimensional fibrous structure with nano to micro scaled-diameter, which can closely mimic the structure of ECM. In this presentation, our approaches to develop biomimetic electrospun fibers for modulation of cell function will be discussed.

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Fabrication and characteristics of photoluminescing Si prepared by spark process (Spark process법을 이용한 photoluminescence용 실리콘의 제조 및 특성)

  • 장성식;강동헌
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.299-305
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    • 1995
  • Visible photoluminescing (PL) silicon at room temperature has been prepared by a dry technique, that is, by spark processing, contrary to anodically etched porous silicon. PL peak maximum of photoluminescing spark processed Si was shifted to blue 520 nm. The stability of spark processed Si towards degradation upon UV radiation was found to be extremely high. Results from high resolution TEM, XRD and XPS studies suggest that spark processed silicon involves minute nanocrystalline (polycrystalline) particles which are imbedded in an amorphous matrix, preferably $SiO_2$.

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Weak Interactions Between Organic Molecules and Alkali Metal Ions Present in Zeolites Help Manipulate the Excited State Behavior of Organic Molecules

  • Ramamurthy, V.
    • Journal of Photoscience
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.127-148
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    • 2003
  • Zeolite is a porous highly interactive matrix. Zeolitic cations help to generate triplets from molecules that possess poor intersystem crossing efficiency. Certain zeolites act as electron acceptors and thus can spontaneously generate radical cations. Zeolites also act as proton donors and thus yield carbocations without any additional reagents. These reactive species, radical cations and carbocations, have long lifetime within a zeolite and thus lend themselves to be handled as ‘regular’ chemicals. Internal structure of zeolites is studded with cations, the counter-ions of the anionic framework. The internal constrained structure and the cations serve as handles for chemists to control the behavior of guest molecules included within zeolites.

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Study on the Acoustic Properties of Porous Materials by Using Acoustical Transfer Matrix (전달행렬법에 의한 다공질 흡음재료의 음향특성 연구)

  • 염창훈;박철희;주재만
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 1994.10a
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    • pp.323-330
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    • 1994
  • 본 연구에서는 다공질 흡음재료 중 closed cell 구조를 갖는 발포수지재료(Foamed Material)에 음(sound)이 입사할 때 발생하는 흡음현상을 보다 정확히 예측하기 위해서 다공질 흡음재료에 대한 Biot 이론에 근거한 Allard의 모델링기법[4]을 이용하여 해석 프로그램을 개발하였고, 이를 이용하여 다공질 흡음재료가 단층(single layer)일 때 이 재료의 Surface Impedance와 흡음률(Absorption Coefficient)을 예측하고, 물성치(parameters)변화에 따른 다공질 흡음재료의 흡음특성을 분석하였으며, 이 재료가 자동차 제조시 사용되는 압연강판(rolled steel piate)에 부착되었을 때의 투과손실(Transmission Loss)을 예측하였고, 또한 다공질 흡음재료는 중고주파 대역의 음에 대한 흡음특성은 좋지만 저주파 대역의 음에 대한 흡음특성은 좋지 않으므로 흡음 재료의 저주파 대역의 흡음특성을 향상시키기 위해서 2층(two layers)으로 하였을 때의 흡음특성을 분석하였다. 본 논문의 연구결과는 자동차 제조시 사용되어지는 다공질 흡음재료는 물론 산업용기계나 건축용등 여러 분야에서 사용되어지는 다공질 흡음재료의 흡음특성 분석에 응용될 수 있으리라 기대된다.

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Recent Progress in Study and Development of Polymeric Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration (조직재생을 위한 고분자 지지체의 최근 연구개발 동향)

  • Joung, Yoon-Ki;Park, Ki-Dong;Park, Kwi-Deok;Han, Dong-Keun
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.255-266
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    • 2008
  • In tissue engineering, scaffolds play an important role in the growth of cells to 3-D organs or tissues. For the success of tissue engineering, they should be mimicked to meet the requirements of natural extracellular matrix (ECM) in the body, such as mechanical properties, adhesiveness, porosity, biodegradability, and growth factor release, etc. Contrary to other materials, polymeric materials are adequate to engineer scaffolds for tissue engineering because controlling the structure and the ratio of components and designing various shapes and size are possible. In this review, the importance, major characteristics, processes, and recent examples of polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineering applications are discussed.

Wave Reflection from Porous Ocean Sediment With Depth Dependent Properties (깊이 방향의 변화가 있는 해저 퇴적물에서 반사 특성)

  • Lee, Keun-Hwa;Seong, Woo-Jae
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.25 no.1E
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2006
  • This study examines the reflection characteristic of a thin transition layer of the ocean bottom showing variability with respect to depth. In order to model the surficial sediment simply, we reduce the Biot model to the depth dependent wave equation for the pseudo fluid using the fluid approximation (weak frame approximation). From the reduced equation, the difference between the inherent frequency dependency of the reflection and the frequency dependency resulting from a thin transition layer is investigated. Using Tang's depth porosity profile model of the surficial sediment [D. Tang et al., IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., vol.27(3), 546-560(2002)], we numerically simulated the reflection loss and investigated the contribution from both frequency dependencies. In addition, the effects of different sediment type and varying depth structure of the sediment are discussed.

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF NON-EQUILIBRIUM HYDRATE PELLET DECOMPOSITION (하이드레이트 펠릿의 비평형 분해과정 수치해석)

  • Kang, Jung-Ho;Nam, Jin-Hyun;Kim, Charn-Jung;Song, Myung-Ho
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.03a
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    • pp.268-275
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    • 2008
  • The prediction of hydrate pellet decomposition characteristics is required to design the regasification process of GTS (gas to solid) technology, which is considered as an economic alternative for LNG technology to transport natural gas produced from small and stranded gas wells. Mathematical model based on the conservation principles, the phase equilibrium relation, equation of gas state and phase change kinetics was set up and numerical solution procedure employing volume averaged fixed grid formulation and extended enthalpy method are implemented. Initially, porous methane hydrate pellet is at uniform temperature and pressure within hydrate stable region. The pressure starts to decrease with a fixed rate down to the final pressure and is kept constant afterwards while the bounding surface of pellet is heated by convection. The predicted convective heat and mass transfer accompanied by the decomposed gas flow through hydrate/ice solid matrix is reported focused on the comparison of spherical and cylindrical pellets having the same effective radius.

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Numerical Simulation of Infiltration and Solidification for Squeeze Casting of MMCs (가압주조법을 이용한 금속복합재료 제조공정의 침투와 열전달 해석)

  • Jung C.K.;Han K.S.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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    • 2004.10a
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    • pp.250-253
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    • 2004
  • A finite element model is developed for the process of squeeze casting of metal matrix composites. The fluid flow and the heat transfer are fundamental phenomena in squeeze casting. The equations for the clear fluid flow and the flow in porous media are used to simulate the transient metal flow. To describe heat transfer in the solidification of molten aluminum, the energy equation is written in terms of temperature and enthalpy. A direct iteration technique is used to solve the resulting nonlinear algebraic equations. The cooling curves and temperature distribution during infiltration and solidification were calculated for a simplified model with pure aluminum. The developed program can be used for squeeze casting process of complex geometry, boundary conditions and processing parameter optimization.

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NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF NON-EQUILIBRIUM HYDRATE PELLET DECOMPOSITION (하이드레이트 펠릿의 비평형 분해과정 수치해석)

  • Kang, Jung-Ho;Nam, Jin-Hyun;Kim, Charn-Jung;Song, Myung-Ho
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.268-275
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    • 2008
  • The prediction of hydrate pellet decomposition characteristics is required to design the regasification process of GTS (gas to solid) technology, which is considered as an economic alternative for LNG technology to transport natural gas produced from small and stranded gas wells. Mathematical model based on the conservation principles, the phase equilibrium relation, equation of gas state and phase change kinetics was set up and numerical solution procedure employing volume averaged fixed grid formulation and extended enthalpy method are implemented. Initially, porous methane hydrate pellet is at uniform temperature and pressure within hydrate stable region. The pressure starts to decrease with a fixed rate down to the final pressure and is kept constant afterwards while the bounding surface of pellet is heated by convection. The predicted convective heat and mass transfer accompanied by the decomposed gas flow through hydrate/ice solid matrix is reported focused on the comparison of spherical and cylindrical pellets having the same effective radius.

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State-of-the-art of the multi-scale analysis of advanced composite materials by homogenization method (일본내 연구동향 (6편중 제4편))

  • Takano, Naoki
    • Composites Research
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.44-52
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    • 2002
  • To study numerically the mechanical behaviors of advanced composite materials considering the microscopic phenomena as well as the macroscopic properties and behaviors, a multi-scale modeling and analysis by the mathematical homogenization method with the help of the finite element method(FEM) are reviewed. The hierarchical modeling strategy and the formulation are briefly described first to give some idea of the multi-scale framework. The latter half of this article focuses on the verification of the multi-scale analysis by the homogenization method in its applications to real advanced materials. The first example is the verification of the predicted macroscopic(homogenized) properties based on the microstructure of porous ceramics. In spite of the complexity of the random microstructure, the error between the predicted and the measured values was only 1%. Next, two applications to the process simulation of fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites are presented. The permeability characteristics are evaluated for sheared weave fabrics for resin transfer molding(RTM) simulation, and the thermoforming of FRTP sheet is analyzed considering the large deformation of the knit structure during the deep-draw forming was verified by comparison with the experimental results.