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Surface Modification of Polytetrafluoroethylene by Using Low Energy Hydrogen Ion Beam (저에너지 수소 이온빔을 이용한 polytetrafluoroethylene 표면 개질)

  • Lee, Jung-Hwan;Kim, Dong-Hwan;Yeo, Woon-Jung;Han, Young-Gun;Cho, Jun-Sik;Kim, Hyun-Joo;Koh, Seok-Jeun
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.612-618
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    • 2006
  • Surface modification of PTFE by ion irradiation was performed to improve its surface properties, In the case where argon was used to irradiate the PTFE films, an increase in the adhesion strength was observed when the ion fluence was over $1\times10^{15}\;ions/cm^2$, but the surface morphology dramatically changed to a needle-shaped one. However, when we used hydrogen ions under $O_2$ environmental gas, the adhesion strength increased at an ion fluence of $5\times10^{16}\;ions/cm^2$ and the surface morphology by the hydrogen irradiation was not needle-shaped. The surface morphology and adhesion strength of the hydrogen modified PTFE was influenced by the oxygen flow rate. It was confirmed by reflectance measurements that the surface properties of the hydrogen ion irradiated PTFE were superior to those of the argon ion irradiated PTFE.

Thermal Recovery Behaviors of Neutron Irradiated Mn-Mo-Ni Low Alloy Steel (중성자에 조사된 Mn-Mo-Ni 저합금강의 열처리 회복거동)

  • Jang, Gi-Ok;Ji, Se-Hwan;Sim, Cheol-Mu;Park, Seung-Sik;Kim, Jong-O
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.327-332
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    • 1999
  • The recovery activation energy, the order of reaction and the recovery rate constant were detemined by isochronal and isothermal annealing treatment to investigate the recovery behaviors of neutron irradiated Mn-Mo-Ni low alloy steels$(fluence: 2.3\times10^{19}ncm^{-2}, 553K, E\geq1.0 MeV)$. Vickers microhardness tests were conducted to trace the recovery behavior after heat treatments. The results were analyzed in terms of recovery stages, behavior of responsible defects and recovery kinetics. It was shown that recovery occurred through two annealing stages(stage I : 703-753K, stage n : 813-873K) with re$\infty$very activation energies of 2.5 eV and 2.93 eV for each stage I and n, respectively. From the comparison of unirradiated and irradiated isochronal anneal curves, a radiation anneal hardening(RAH) peak was identified at around 813K. Most of recovery have occurred during about 120 min irrespective of isothermal annealing temperatures of 743K and 833K. Recovery rate constants were determined to be $3.4\times10^{-4}min^{-1} and 7.1\times10^{-4}min^{-1}$ for stage I and II, respectively. The order of reaction was about 2 for both recovery stages. Comparing the obtained data with those of previously reported results on neutron irradiated Mn- Mo- Ni steels, the thermal recovery be­havior of the present material seems to occur by the dissociation of point defect clusters formed during irradiation, and by the recombination process of self-interstitials and vacancies from dissociated vacancy clusters.

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Experimental Study on the Determination of Absorbed dose Index (흡수선량지수결정(吸收線量指數決定)에 관한 실험적(實驗的) 연구(硏究))

  • Jun, Jae-Shik;Rho, Chae-Shik;Ro, Seung-Gy;Ha, Chung-Woo;Yoo, Young-Soo;Lee, Hyun-Duk
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.34-48
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    • 1982
  • The prime purpose of this study is to realize an index quantity, absorbed dose index, defined by the ICRU for the characterization of ambient radiation level at any location for the purpose of radiation protection. The experiment has been designed to be carried out in two phases, namely, preliminary and main experiment. In the primary study a 30cm diameter sphere of polyethylene was used, while in the main experiment that of tissue equivalent material was fabricated and used. Both experiments were performed in the gamma-ray fields of $^{137}Cs\;and\;^{60}Co$, and in a neutron beam of thermal column of the TRIGA MARK-II research reactor. In the measurement of gamma-ray absorbed dose TLD-700 $(^{7}LiF)$ chips were used, and for the neutron dose both Au activation foils and TLD chips (TLD-600 $(^{6}LiF)$ and TLD-700 for the discrimination of gamma-ray contribution) were used. Theoretical assessment of the absorbed dose in the sphere phantom has been carried out in accordance with the Ehrlich's idea that deduced on the basis of Burlin's cavity theory in the case of gamma-ray irradiation. For the analysis of neutron dose fluence-KERMA rate conversion method was used. The explanation on the dose assessment is given in detail. Results obtained were numerically and statistically analyzed and the depth dose distributions are presented in the graphic forms with normalized values. In the concluding remarks, the possibility and difficulty of realizing the index quantity, including questions and problems to be solved are mentioned.

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A Method for Estimating the Lung Clinical Target Volume DVH from IMRT with and without Respiratory Gating

  • J. H. Kung;P. Zygmanski;Park, N.;G. T. Y. Chen
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference
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    • 2002.09a
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    • pp.53-60
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    • 2002
  • Motion of lung tumors from respiration has been reported in the literature to be as large as of 1-2 cm. This motion requires an additional margin between the Clinical Target Volume (CTV) and the Planning Target Volume (PTV). While such a margin is necessary, it may not be sufficient to ensure proper delivery of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) to the CTV during the simultaneous movement of the DMLC. Gated treatment has been proposed to improve normal tissues sparing as well as to ensure accurate dose coverage of the tumor volume. The following questions have not been addressed in the literature: a) what is the dose error to a target volume without gated IMRT treatment\ulcorner b) what is an acceptable gating window for such treatment. In this study, we address these questions by proposing a novel technique for calculating the 3D dose error that would result if a lung IMRT plan were delivered without gating. The method is also generalized for gated treatment with an arbitrary triggering window. IMRT plans for three patients with lung tumor were studied. The treatment plans were generated with HELIOS for delivery with 6 MV on a CL2100 Varian linear accelerator with a 26 pair MLC. A CTV to PTV margin of 1 cm was used. An IMRT planning system searches for an optimized fluence map ${\Phi}$ (x,y) for each port, which is then converted into a dynamic MLC file (DMLC). The DMLC file contains information about MLC subfield shapes and the fractional Monitor Units (MUs) to be delivered for each subfield. With a lung tumor, a CTV that executes a quasi periodic motion z(t) does not receive ${\Phi}$ (x,y), but rather an Effective Incident Fluence EIF(x,y). We numerically evaluate the EIF(x,y) from a given DMLC file by a coordinate transformation to the Target's Eye View (TEV). In the TEV coordinate system, the CTV itself is stationary, and the MLC is seen to execute a motion -z(t) that is superimposed on the DMLC motion. The resulting EIF(x,y)is inputted back into the dose calculation engine to estimate the 3D dose to a moving CTV. In this study, we model respiratory motion as a sinusoidal function with an amplitude of 10 mm in the superior-inferior direction, a period of 5 seconds, and an initial phase of zero.

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Phosphorylation, 14-3-3 protein and photoreceptor in blue light response of stomatal guard cells

  • Toshinori Kinoshita;Takashi Emi;Michio Doi;Shimazaki, Ken-ichiro
    • Journal of Photoscience
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.335-337
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    • 2002
  • Blue light (BL) induces stomatal opening through activation of H$^{+}$ pump, which creates electrical gradient across the plasma membrane for $K^{+}$ uptake into guard cells. The pump is the plasma membrane H$^{+}$ -ATPase and is activated via phosphorylation of the C-terminus with concomitant binding of the 14-3-3 protein. The opening is initiated by the perception of BL through phototropin (phot), which are recently identified as BL receptors in stomatal guard cells. In this study, we provide the biochemical evidence for phots as BL receptors in stomatal guard cells. vfphot was phosphorylated reversibly by BL, and phosphorylation levels of vfphot increased earlier than those of the plasma membrane W-ATPase. BL-dependent phosphorylations of vfphot and H$^{+}$-ATPase showed similar fluence dependency. Staurosporin, an inhibitor of serine/threonine protein kinase, and diphenyleneiodonium chloride (DPI), an inhibitor of flavoprotein, inhibited BL-dependent phosphorylations of vfphot and H$^{+}$ -ATPase. These results indicate that vfphot acts as a BL-receptor mediating stomatal opening.l opening.

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The in Fluence of Stage Make-Up to Psychological Condition of Performers and Performance (무대분장이 공연자의 심리상태 교 공연수행에 미치는 영향)

  • Ryu, Se-Ja;Park, Meegn-Ee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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    • v.55 no.7 s.98
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    • pp.51-61
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study is to identify function of make-up as an Important variable in terms of its influence to psychology of performers and outcome of their performance. From June to November 2004 performers in 4 types of fields, i.e., opera, musical, drama and dancing being performed in Seoul and Cheongju were chosen as subjects and totally 450 questionnaires were prepared and distributed and among them 416 were used as data for final analysis. For data analysis frequency analysis, factor analysis, T-test, one-way ANOVA, path analysis, chi-square test were conducted by means of SPS 12.0 and MOS 4.0 statistical programs and as ex post facto checking Duncan's multiful range test was conducted. Make-up is an important element in acting and it has great influence on level of psychological satisfaction of an individual. It was disclosed that psychological factor of concentration and lethargy have direct bearing on acting performance. In order to maximize actor or actresses performance skill perfect make-up is essential and role of make-up specialist can become a critical factor for inducing success in performance. Role and duty of make-up artists in terms of scope of their responsibility should be extended so that they may give their full support to the performers to be most successful in their performance.

A Study on Transmuted Impurity Atoms formed in Neukon-Irradiated ZnO Thin films (중성자 조사한 ZnO 박막에 생성된 헥전환 불순물들fH 대한 연구)

  • Sun, Kyu-Tae;Park, Kwang-Soo;Han, Hyon-Soo;Kim, Sang-Sig
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.161-164
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    • 2001
  • Transmuted impurity atoms formed in neutron-irradiated ZnO thin films were theoretically identified first and then experimentally confirmed by Photoluminescence (PL). ZnO thin films grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy were irradiated by neutron beam at room temperature. Among eight isotropes naturely exiting in ZnO films, only $^{64}Zn$, $^{68}Zn$, $^{70}Zn$ and $^{18}O$ were expected to transmute into $^{65}Cu$, $^{69}Ga$, $^{71}Ga$ and $^{19}F$, respectively. The concentrations of these transmuted atoms were estimated by considering natural abundance, neutron fluence, and neutron cross section. The neutron-irradiated ZnO thin films were characterized by PL. In the PL spectra of these ZnO thin film, the Cu-related PL peaks were seen, but the Ga- or F-associated PL peaks were absent. This observation demonstrates the existence of $^{65}Cu$ in the ZnO. In this paper, emission mechanism of Cu impurities wil1 be described and the reason for the absence of the Ga- or F-associated PL peaks will be discussed.

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Ion-Beam Induced Changes in the Characteristics of Gd Doped Ceria (이온빔 조사에 따른 Gd-doped Ceria의 특성 변화)

  • Kim, Tae-Hyung;Ryu, Boo-Hyung;Lee, In-Ja
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.401-404
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    • 2010
  • The ion-beam induced changes in the characteristics of gadolinium doped ceria (GDC) pellets have been studied by UV-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), SEM, and XRD. Implanted ions were protons or Xe ions with the energy of 120 keV or 5 MeV. Densely sintered pristine GDC pellets have cubic fluorite structure and are brown in color. As the ion irradiation proceeded, its color gradually turned into light black and finally into dark black. XRD patterns of GDC pellets were closely related with ion energy and the penetration depth of X-ray. It showed that upon the ion irradiation (120 keV) the lattice parameter of the cubic fluorite phase just beneath the surface is increased.

Harmonic frequency analysts of acoustic Barkhausen noise on neutron irradiated material (중성자조사재료의 acoustic Barkhausen noise의 harmonic frequency 분석)

  • Sim Cheul-Muu;Park Seung-Sik;Koo Kil-Moo;Sohn Jae-Min;Lee Chang-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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    • autumn
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    • pp.401-406
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    • 1999
  • In relation to a non-destructive evaluation of irradiation damages of micro-structure interstitial, void and dislocation, the changes in the hysteresis loop, Barkhausen noise amplitude and the harmonics frequency due to a neutron irradiation were measured and evaluated. The Mn-Mo-Ni low alloy steel of RPV was irradiated to a neutron fluence of $2.3\times10^{19}\;n/cm^2\;(E\geq1\;MeV)\;at\;288^{\circ}C$. The saturation magnetization of neutron irradiated metal did not change. The neutron irradiation caused the coercivity to increase, whereas susceptibility to decrease. The amplitude of Barkhausen noise parameters associated with the domain wall motion were decreased by a neutron irradiation. The spectrum of Barkhausen noise is analysed with an applied frequency of 4 Hz and 8 Hz, sampling time of $50\;{\mu}sec\;and\;20\;{\mu}sec$. The harmonic frequency shows 4 Hz, 8 Hz, 12 Hz; and 16 Hz reflected from an unirradiated specimen. On the contrary, the harmonic frequency disappeared on the irradiated specimen.

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A Study on the Efficiency of Trade Arbitration by the New Arbitration Law of Korea (무역중재의 특성과 개정중재법의 효율성에 관한 고찰)

  • Chung, Ki-Ihn
    • Journal of Arbitration Studies
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.3-44
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    • 2006
  • Arbitration, which involves a final determination of disputes, has elements of the judicial process. Although an alternative to formal court litigation, it does not replace it in all aspect, but rather coexists with court procedure as an adjunct and part of administering justice. As the international trade has the basic problems of business managed between the parties of other countries having different laws, customs, cultures, currencies and religions. It has been known that these defects caused the commercial disputes and suspended economic fluence in world economic development through the foreign business. The United Nations launched 'the United Nations Convention on the Enforcement and Recognition of the Foreign Arbitral Awards' in 1958 to give effect to the international commercial arbitration. However, the convention has the limitation in excluding the legal obstacles originated from domestic arbitration systems of every states. As the result, the UN succeeded in making world wide arbitration law named 'The UN Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration' in 1983 and recommended all member countries to accept it to revise their domestic arbitration laws thereafter. Korea revised national arbitration law accepting 100% of the model law in 2000. In this respect korea became to have the international dispute settlement system. Korea will be able to settle more business disputes arisen from the international trade and enjoy the world credibility through the new arbitration system.

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