• 제목/요약/키워드: accelerators

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양기능성 커플링제 실란에 의한 실리카-천연고무 복합소재의 계면간 결합 고찰 (Observation of Interfacial Adhesion in Silica-NR Compound by Using Bifunctional Silane Coupling Agent)

  • 이종영;김성민;김광제
    • 폴리머
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    • 제39권2호
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    • pp.240-246
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    • 2015
  • 양기능성 실란 커플링제인 bis(triethoxysilylpropyl)tetrasulfide(TESPT)가 실리카/천연고무 복합소재 내에서 실리카의 hydroxy기와 고무 계면간에 화학적 결합반응을 하여 실리카-실란-고무간의 3차원 사슬구조를 형성한 것을 열분해 가스 크로마토그래피 질량분석기(Py-GC/MS)와 주사전자현미경(SEM)을 통해 관찰하였다. TESPT의 첨가로 배합물 내의 황 함유율이 증가하여 스코치 시간($t_{10}$)은 감소하고, TESPT 내 sulfur donor 역할을 하는 황이 활성화제 및 촉진제와의 복합반응으로 가교반응이 지속적으로 이루어짐에 따라서 가교속도지수(CRI)의 값이 감소하였다. 또한 TESPT가 첨가된 컴파운드는 첨가되지 않은 컴파운드에 비해 가공성 및 기계적 물성이 향상되었다. 결과적으로, 실리카로 충전된 천연고무 복합소재에 실란 커플링제(TESPT)가 첨가되어 화학반응으로 실리카-실란-고무간의 3차원 사슬구조가 형성됨을 관찰하였고 이에 따라 가교밀도가 증가하여 복합소재의 물성 증가에 기여함을 보여주었다.

Development of RF Ion Source for Neutral Beam Injector in Fusion Devices

  • 장두희;박민;김선호;정승호
    • 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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    • pp.550-551
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    • 2013
  • Large-area RF-driven ion source is being developed at Germany for the heating and current drive of ITER plasmas. Negative hydrogen (deuterium) ion sources are major components of neutral beam injection systems in future large-scale fusion experiments such as ITER and DEMO. RF ion sources for the production of positive hydrogen ions have been successfully developed at IPP (Max-Planck- Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching) for ASDEX-U and W7-AS neutral beam injection (NBI) systems. In recent, the first NBI system (NBI-1) has been developed successfully for the KSTAR. The first and second long-pulse ion sources (LPIS-1 and LPIS-2) of NBI-1 system consist of a magnetic bucket plasma generator with multi-pole cusp fields, filament heating structure, and a set of tetrode accelerators with circular apertures. There is a development plan of large-area RF ion source at KAERI to extract the positive ions, which can be used for the second NBI (NBI-2) system of KSTAR, and to extract the negative ions for future fusion devices such as ITER and K-DEMO. The large-area RF ion source consists of a driver region, including a helical antenna (6-turn copper tube with an outer diameter of 6 mm) and a discharge chamber (ceramic and/or quartz tubes with an inner diameter of 200 mm, a height of 150 mm, and a thickness of 8 mm), and an expansion region (magnetic bucket of prototype LPIS in the KAERI). RF power can be transferred up to 10 kW with a fixed frequency of 2 MHz through a matching circuit (auto- and manual-matching apparatus). Argon gas is commonly injected to the initial ignition of RF plasma discharge, and then hydrogen gas instead of argon gas is finally injected for the RF plasma sustainment. The uniformities of plasma density and electron temperature at the lowest area of expansion region (a distance of 300 mm from the driver region) are measured by using two electrostatic probes in the directions of short- and long-dimension of expansion region.

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서울대학교병원의 방사선치료장비 운용 통계에 관한 고찰 (A Statistical Review on States Relating to Operation of Radiotherapy Equipments in Seoul National University Hospital)

  • 박흥득;김완선;안희용
    • 대한방사선치료학회지
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 1994
  • To analyze the states of operation of radiotherapy facilities in the period from 1979 to 1992 and to get the base for efficient operation and maintenance of the radiotherapy facilities. Data on the records of annual number of patients operated by each facility; span of suspension of operation, the cost and span of repairing, and parts of oui-of-order in the period from 1979 to 1992 were analyzed. We made a comparative analysis of average annual number of patients, annual span of the suspension of operation, annual cost ratio of repair, span of repairing per break down, and total number of broken parts. We could get following annual number of patients(day), span of the suspension of span ($\%$)(day). annual cost ratio fo repair($\%$), span of repairing per break down(Min-Max, day), and number of broken parts from this analysis. 1. Cobalt unit (Picker C-9) : 10,389(43), 0.4(0.83) 0.07, 1hr-2, 3 2. Linac(Clinac 6/100) : 11,492(50), 4.0(9.57), 0.98, 1hr-30, 12 3. Linac(Clinac 18) : 9.115(44), 12.7(30.5), 3.54, 1hr-108. 41 4. Simulator(Picker Ther-X) : 2,017(9), 0.51(1.3), 0.24, 1hr-2, 7 5. RTP(Capentec Cap-plan) : 528(2), 0.4(0.93), - hrs, - The conclusion obtained from statistical analysis above are as follows. 1. The rate of operation of Cobalt unit($99.6\%$) was higher that of Linear Accelerators ($87.3\%$). The rates operation of Simulator and RTP computer were very close to that of Cobalt unit. 2. In order to raise up the working ratio of accelerator. it is desirable that we keep our engineer to learn a sufficient technical skill and the equipment agent to stock sufficient spare parts. 3. In order to maintain Linear Accelerator efficiently, it is desirable to have annually $2.3\%$ of the purchase price of equiment for repairing.

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Potential Industrial Applications and Evolution of Carbohydrolases and Glycansucrases

  • Kim, Do-Man;Seo, Eun-Seong;Lee, Jin-Ha;Kang, Hee-Kyoung;Cho, Jae-Young
    • 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국미생물생명공학회 2004년도 Annual Meeting BioExibition International Symposium
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    • pp.215-218
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    • 2004
  • Dextrans make up a class of polysaccharides that are D-glucans of various structures with contiguous $\alpha$-1longrightarrow6 ~6 glycosidic linkages in the main chains and $\alpha$-1longrightarrow2, $\alpha$-1longrightarrow3, or $\alpha$-1longrightarrow4 branch glycosidic linkages, depending on the specificity of the particular dextransucrase. Glucansucrases that catalyze glucans synthesis from sucrose. When other carbohydrates, in addition to sucrose, are present in the enzyme digest, the enzyme transfers glucose to the carbohydrate acceptors in the secondary reaction that diverts some of the glucose from incorporation into glucan. Many carbohydrate acceptors have been recognized and the products that result are dependent on the particular enzyme and the structure of the particular acceptor. Because of these unique catalytic characteristics, various dextransucrases have many important industrial and medical uses. To improve the understanding of their action mode and extend their applications, this study describes mechanism of glucan synthesis and potential industrial uses of dextransucrases, and our recent findings on the structural, functional organization and directed evolution of the glucansucrases to offer for designing glucansucrases with improved properties.

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Reevaluation of Photon Activation Yields of 11C, 13N, and 15O for the Estimation of Activity in Gas and Water Induced by the Operation of Electron Accelerators for Medical Use

  • Masumoto, Kazuyoshi;Matsumura, Hiroshi;Kosako, Kazuaki;Bessho, Kotaro;Toyoda, Akihiro
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제41권3호
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    • pp.286-290
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    • 2016
  • Background: Activation of air and water in the electron linear accelerator for medical use has not been considered severely. By the new Japanese regulation for protection of radiation hazard, it became indispensable to evaluate of activation of air and water in the accelerator room. The measurement of induced activity in air and water components in the electron energy region of 10 to 20 MeV is very difficult, because this energy region is close to the threshold energy region of photonuclear reactions. Then, we measured the photonuclear reaction yields of $^{13}N$, $^{15}O$, and $^{11}C$ by using the electron linear accelerator. Obtained data were compared with the data calculated by the Monte Carlo method. Materials and Methods: An activation experiment was performed at the Research Center for Electron Photon Science, Tohoku University. Highly purified $SiO_2$, $Si_3N_4$, and carbon disks were irradiated for 10 minutes by bremsstrahlung converted by a tungsten plate. Induced activity from C, N, and O was obtained. Monte Carlo calculation was performed using MCNP5 and AERY (DCHAIN-SP) to simulate the experimental condition. Cross section data were adopted the KAERI dataset. Results and Discussion: In our experiment in hospital, calculated values were not agreed with experimental values. It might be three possible reasons as the cause of this deference, such as irradiation energy, calculation procedure and cross section data. Obtained data of this work, calculated and experimental values were good agreement with each other within one order. In this work, we used KAERI dataset of photonuclear reaction instead of JENDL. Therefore, it was found that the photonuclear cross section data of light elements are most important for yield calculation in these reactions. Conclusion: Further improvement for calculation using a new dataset JENDL/PD-2015 and considering electron energy spreading will be needed.

Size Measurement of Radioactive Aerosol Particles in Intense Radiation Fields Using Wire Screens and Imaging Plates

  • Oki, Yuichi;Tanaka, Toru;Takamiya, Koichi;Osada, Naoyuki;Nitta, Shinnosuke;Ishi, Yoshihiro;Uesugi, Tomonori;Kuriyama, Yasutoshi;Sakamoto, Masaaki;Ohtsuki, Tsutomu
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제41권3호
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    • pp.216-221
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    • 2016
  • Background: Very fine radiation-induced aerosol particles are produced in intense radiation fields, such as high-intensity accelerator rooms and containment vessels such as those in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (FDNPP). Size measurement of the aerosol particles is very important for understanding the behavior of radioactive aerosols released in the FDNPP accident and radiation safety in high-energy accelerators. Materials and Methods: A combined technique using wire screens and imaging plates was developed for size measurement of fine radioactive aerosol particles smaller than 100 nm in diameter. This technique was applied to the radiation field of a proton accelerator room, in which radioactive atoms produced in air during machine operation are incorporated into radiation-induced aerosol particles. The size of $^{11}C$-bearing aerosol particles was analyzed using the wire screen technique in distinction from other positron emitters in combination with a radioactive decay analysis. Results and Discussion: The size distribution for $^{11}C$-bearing aerosol particles was found to be ca. $70{\mu}m$ in geometric mean diameter. The size was similar to that for $^7Be$-bearing particles obtained by a Ge detector measurement, and was slightly larger than the number-based size distribution measured with a scanning mobility particle sizer. Conclusion: The particle size measuring method using wire screens and imaging plates was successfully applied to the fine aerosol particles produced in an intense radiation field of a proton accelerator. This technique is applicable to size measurement of radioactive aerosol particles produced in the intense radiation fields of radiation facilities.

전자포탈영상 (EPI)을 이용한 의료용 선형가속기의 성능평가에 관한 연구 (A study of Quality evaluation for medical linear accelerator using Electronic Portal Imaging)

  • 윤성익;권수일;추성실
    • 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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    • 제9권2호
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    • pp.105-113
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    • 1998
  • 고에너지 광자선을 발생시키는 의료용선형가속기의 선질은 경우에 따라 변이를 가져오게 된다. 이러한 변이를 정확하게 판정하여 줄 수 있는 방사선측정법의 활용은 매우 중요하다. 보편적으로 광자선의 측정에 있어서 전리함의 사용이 아주 빈번하였으나 전자포탈영상장치(EPID)의 등장은 새로운 방사선측정법에 대한 가능성의 시작을 예견해준다. 실험은 6MV 광자선의 대칭성, Light/Radiation congruence, 그리고 Wedge filter를 통한 간편한 에너지의 변화에측과 위치의 정확도에 대하여 측정을 시행하였다. 사실 방사선측정의 대표적인 방법은 물팬톰-전리함응 이용한 모델인데 본 실험에서는 영상의 화소가 지니는 디지탈 값을 적절한 소프트웨어로 읽어내어서 데이터를 환산하여 결과를 얻었다. 선행실험에서 얻은 상대선량률을 적용하여 대칭성에서는 조사야영역이 l0$\times$10$cm^2$ 일 때 횡축과 종축에서 1.2%, 1.2%로 비교적 오차가 적었다. 그리고 Light/Radiation field congruence 여부는 횡축이 0.3%, 그리고 종축이 0.2%로서 예상한 기대값에 접근하였다. 다음으로 wedge filter를 활용한 에너지의 변이와 위치의 정확도에 대한 움직임을 알 수 있었다.

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오가피를 활용한 음료인 오가파워가 생쥐의 면역세포 활성화에 미치는 영향 (Immuno-stimulating Effects of Oga-Power (OP) Containing Extract of Acanthopanax sessiliflorus on Immune Cells in Mice)

  • 김형우;김경윤;이상영;김계엽;전병관;조수인;정현우
    • 대한본초학회지
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.141-147
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    • 2008
  • Objectives : The cortex and root of Acanthopanax sessiliflorus (AR), a herbal medicine, have been used for several diseases including cancer in Oriental countries. Recently, we reported that AR has an immune-potentiating action. Oga-Power(OP) was made using extract from AR. For these reasons, we hypothesized that OP can potentiate the immune system in terms of accelerating proliferation rates of immune cells such as thymocytes and splenocytes. Methods : In this experiment, proliferation rates of thymocytes and splenocytes were measured using modified 3-[4,5-dimethy -lthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT). No production levels in macrophages isolated from normal mice were measured using Griess method. Results : In our results, treatment with OP accelerated proliferation rates of splenocytes, but did not affect those of thymocytes in vitro. On the other hand, proliferation rates of thymocytes was elevated in vivo. In addition, level of NO production from macrophage separated from abdominal cavity of normal mice was elevated by treatment with OP. Conclusions : In conclusion, OP has immune-potentiating action, by acceleration of splenocyte proliferation and elevation of NO production level from macrophages.

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동일 기종 선형가속기간 8 MV 광자선에 대한 빔 매칭 정확도 평가 (Evaluation of Beam-Matching Accuracy for 8 MV Photon Beam between the Same Model Linear Accelerator)

  • 김연래;정진범;강성희
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제43권2호
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    • pp.105-114
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    • 2020
  • This study aimed to assess of beam-matching accuracy for an 8 MV beam between the same model linear accelerators(Linac) commissioned over two years. Two models were got the customer acceptance procedure(CAP) criteria. For commissioning data for beam-matched linacs, the percentage depth doses(PDDs), beam profiles, output factors, multi-leaf collimator(MLC) leaf transmission factors, and the dosimetric leaf gap(DLG) were compared. In addition, the accuracy of beam matching was verified at phantom and patient levels. At phantom level, the point doses specified in TG-53 and TG-119 were compared to evaluate the accuracy of beam modelling. At patient level, the dose volume histogram(DVH) parameters and the delivery accuracy are evaluated on volumetric modulated arc therapy(VMAT) plan for 40 patients that included 20 lung and 20 brain cases. Ionization depth curve and dose profiles obtained in CAP showed a good level for beam matching between both Linacs. The variations in commissioning beam data, such as PDDs, beam profiles, output factors, TF, and DLG were all less than 1%. For the treatment plans of brain tumor and lung cancer, the average and maximum differences in evaluated DVH parameters for the planning target volume(PTV) and the organs at risk(OARs) were within 0.30% and 1.30%. Furthermore, all gamma passing rates for both beam-matched Linacs were higher than 98% for the 2%/2 mm criteria and 99% for the 2%/3 mm criteria. The overall variations in the beam data, as well as tests at phantom and patient levels remains all within the tolerance (1% difference) of clinical acceptability between beam-matched Linacs. Thus, we found an excellent dosimetric agreement to 8 MV beam characteristics for the same model Linacs.

유출-개방형 기술혁신으로서의 기술사업화 정책 분석 (Analysis of National R&D Commercialization Policy: An Out-bound Open Innovation Perspective)

  • 안준모
    • 기술혁신학회지
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    • 제18권4호
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    • pp.561-589
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    • 2015
  • 그동안 과학기술정책은 연구개발 투자규모를 늘여서 논문이나 특허 같은 연구성과물을 창출해내는데 집중되어 왔다. 하지만, 과학기술의 경제적 역할이 강조되고 창조경제가 부각되면서, 기술사업화에 대한 정책적 관심이 높아지고 있다. 정부가 추진하는 기술사업화란 공공연구기관의 연구성과물이 민간 기업에서 상용화될 수 있도록 지원하는 일련의 혁신과정을 일컫는데, 조직 외부로의 지식(공공기술)의 흐름과 확산을 수반한다는 점에서 유출-개방형 기술혁신과 그 맥을 같이한다고 볼 수 있다. 본고는 이러한 견지에서, 주요 경제부처(미래창조과학부, 산업통상자원부, 중소기업청)의 기술사업화 예산사업에 대한 분석을 하였다. 이를 통해 현재의 기술사업화 정책현황을 진단하고 향후 정책과제를 도출하였다. 본고는 기술사업화 예산사업이 (1) 부처별로 특화되고, (2) 기술이전에 대한 지원을 강화하며, (3) 통합적 연계를 통해 지원 스펙트럼을 확대하고, (4) 엑셀러레이터 같은 민간 전문가 그룹을 육성하는 방향으로 추진될 것을 정책제언으로 제시하였다.