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Chloroplasts morphology investigation with diverse microscopy approaches and inter-specific variation in Laurencia species (Rhodophyta)

  • Paradas, Wladimir Costa;Andrade, Leonardo Rodrigues;Salgado, Leonardo Tavares;Collado-Vides, Ligia;Pereira, Renato Crespo;Amado-Filho, Gilberto Menezes
    • ALGAE
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.291-301
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    • 2015
  • The present study described with different microscopy approaches chloroplasts lobes in Laurencia sensu latu (Rhodophyta) species and found inter-specific differences among them. Chloroplasts were investigated using confocal laser scanning microscopy (LSM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high resolution scanning electron microscopy (HRSEM). Using and TEM and HRSEM images we distinguished chloroplasts with lobes than chloroplasts without lobes in Yuzurua poiteaui var. gemmifera (Harvey) M. J. Wynne and Laurencia dendroidea J. Agardh cortical cells. The LSM images showed chloroplasts lobes (CLs) with different morphologies, varying from thicker and longer undulated projections in Y. poiteaui var. and L. dendroidea to very small and thin tubules as in Laurencia translucida Fujii & Cordeiro-Marino. The diameter and length of CLs from Y. poiteaui var. and L. dendroidea were significantly higher than L. translucida CLs (p < 0.01). Based on LSM observations, we suggest that lobes morphology has a taxonomic validity only to characterize L. translucida species.

Growth of carbon nanotubes on metal substrates using microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (금속 기판 위에 성장한 탄소나노튜브 특성에 관한 연구)

  • 김현숙;박성렬;양지훈;문상현;박종윤;박래준
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.256-260
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    • 2002
  • Carbon nanotubes on metal(SUS304) substrates were synthesized by using micro-wave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition at $650^{\circ}C$ with gas mixture CH$_4$(11%) and H$_2$(89%). Their structure was investigated by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Raman spectroscopy was also used to justify the structure and crystallinity of graphite sheets. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy images clearly showed carbon nanotubes to be multwalled. The measured turn-on field and current density obtained from I-V measurement were 4.4 V/$\mu \textrm{m}$ and $8.4\times10^1\mu\textrm{A}/\textrm{cm}^2$, respectively.

An Electron Microscopic Structure of Rotavirus by Negative Stain (Negative stain을 이용한 Rotavirus의 투과전자현미경적 구조)

  • Kwon, Jung-Kyun
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.107-114
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    • 1994
  • The Rotaviruses are members of the family Reoviridae and are the major cause of severe childhood gastroenteritis worldwide. Recently, electron microscopy has been used to detect non-group A rotaviruses to determine a relatively high resolution structure of the rotavirion. Mature, infectious virions(double-shelled particles) have a diameter of approximately 70nm, and have a capsid structure composed of two concentric protein layers. We have studied patient's stool specimen by negative staining technique complete removal of sucrose suspension. This negative staining technique that could be carried out in about 30 minutes and that could be used with crude stool specimen was an advantage of major significance. Removal of sucrose in the sample by has been completed washing with distilled of sucrose and by washing with distilled water. Ultrastructurally, typical feature of rotavirus has a double capsid construction with an inner capsid of 55nm and on outer 65-70nm diameter can be clearly demonstrated.

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Diffraction Characteristics of Mechanically Alloyed Nanocrystalline FeAl (기계적합금화한 FeAl 나노결정립의 회절특성)

  • Choi, Keun-Seob;Kim, Do-Hyang;Hong, Kyung-Tae
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.473-481
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    • 1997
  • Disorder-order transformation of nanocrystalline FeAl have been investigated by a combination of electron and X-ray diffraction analysis including high resolution electron microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. Fe-50at.%Al powders mechanically alloyed for 90 hours consist of $5\sim10$ nm size grains haying either disordered b.c.c. structure or amorphous structure. X-ray and electron diffraction of mechanically alloyed FeAl powders show that disorder-order transformation occurs at the temperature range of $300^{\circ}C\sim320^{\circ}C$. Such a low-temperature ordering behavior exhibiting an exothermic reaction is attributable to the nm-scale grain structure with a large amount of defects accumulated during mechanical alloying process.

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Crystallographic Relationships of (Ba, Sr) $TiO_3$Thin Film Prepared by Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition on (111) Textured Pt Electrode

  • Yoo, Dong-Chul;Lee, Jeong-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.37 no.11
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    • pp.1126-1129
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    • 2000
  • The crystallographic orientations of $Ba_{0.6}$S $r_{0.4}$Ti $O_3$(BST) thin film deposited by a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition on (111) textured Pt electrode were studied with a transmission electron microscopy. The fully crystallized BST thin film (50nm) has (100) and (110) preferred orientations. A high resolution transmission electron microscopy study has revealed the crystallographic orientation relationships between BST thin film and Pt electrode. These relationships explained the preferred orientation of BST film on (111) textured Pt electrode. With these results, we could represent the atomic arrangement at the BST/Pt interface.e.e.

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Large Area Bernal Stacked Bilayer Graphene Grown by Multi Heating Zone Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition

  • Han, Jaehyun;Yeo, Jong-Souk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2015.08a
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    • pp.239.2-239.2
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    • 2015
  • Graphene is a most interesting material due to its unique and outstanding properties. However, semi-metallic properties of graphene along with zero bandgap energy structure limit further application to optoelectronic devices. Recently, many researchers have shown that band gap can be induced in the Bernal stacked bilayer graphene. Several methods have been used for the controlled growth of the Bernal staked bilayer graphene, but it is still challenging to control the growth process. In this paper, we synthesize the large area Bernal stacked bilayer graphene using multi heating zone low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD). The synthesized bilayer graphenes are characterized by Raman spectroscopy, optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM). High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) is used for the observation of atomic resolution image of the graphene layers.

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A High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy Study on the Lattice Defects Formed in the High Energy P Ion Implanted Silicon (고에너지 P이온 주입한 실리콘에 형성된 격자 결함에 관한 고분해능 투과전자현미경 연구)

  • 장기완;이정용;조남훈;노재상
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.32 no.12
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    • pp.1377-1382
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    • 1995
  • A high-resolution transmission electron microscopy study on the lattice defects formed in the high energy P ion implanted silicon was carried out on an atomic level. Results show that Lomer dislocations, 60$^{\circ}$perfect dislocations, 60$^{\circ}$ dislocation dipole and extrinsic stacking fault formed in the near Rp of as-implanted specimen. In the annelaed specimens, interstitial Frank loops, 60$^{\circ}$perfect disolations, 60$^{\circ}$dislocation dipoles, stacking faults, precipitates, perfect dislocation loops and <112> rodlike defects existed exclusively near in the Rp with various annealing temperature and time. From these results, it is concluded that extended secondary defects as well as the point defect clusters could be formed without annealing. Even at low temperature annealing such as 55$0^{\circ}C$, small interstitial Frank loops could be formed and precipitates were also formed by $700^{\circ}C$ annealing. The defect band annealed at 100$0^{\circ}C$ for 1 hr could be divided into two regions depending on the distribution of the secondary defects.

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Layer Controlled Synthesis of Graphene using Two-Step Growth Process

  • Han, Jaehyun;Yeo, Jong-Souk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2015.08a
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    • pp.221.2-221.2
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    • 2015
  • Graphene is very interesting 2 dimensional material providing unique properties. Especially, graphene has been investigated as a stretchable and transparent conductor due to its high mobility, high optical transmittance, and outstanding mechanical properties. On the contrary, high sheet resistance of extremely thin monolayer graphene limits its application. Artificially stacked multilayer graphene is used to decrease its sheet resistance and has shown improved results. However, stacked multilayer graphene requires repetitive and unnecessary transfer processes. Recently, growth of multilayer graphene has been investigated using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method but the layer controlled synthesis of multilayer graphene has shown challenges. In this paper, we demonstrate controlled growth of multilayer graphene using a two-step process with multi heating zone low pressure CVD. The produced graphene samples are characterized by optical microscope (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Raman spectroscopy is used to distinguish a number of layers in the multilayer graphene. Its optical and electrical properties are also analyzed by UV-Vis spectrophotometer and probe station, respectively. Atomic resolution images of graphene layers are observed by high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM).

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Visualization of Extracellular Vesicles of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotic Microbes

  • Kim, Ki Woo
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.48 no.4
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    • pp.96-101
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    • 2018
  • The release of nanoscale membrane-bound vesicles is common in all three domains of life. These vesicles are involved in a variety of biological processes such as cell-to-cell communication, horizontal gene transfer, and substrate transport. Prokaryotes including bacteria and archaea release membrane vesicles (MVs) (20 to 400 nm in diameter) into their extracellular milieu. In spite of structural differences in cell envelope, both Gram-positive and negative bacteria produce MVs that contain the cell membrane of each bacterial species. Archaeal MVs characteristically show surface-layer encircling the vesicles. Filamentous fungi and yeasts as eukaryotic microbes produce bilayered exosomes that have varying electron density. Microbes also form intracellular vesicles and minicells that are similar to MVs and exosomes in shape. Electron and fluorescence microscopy could reveal the presence of DNA in MVs and exosomes. Given the biogenesis of extracellular vesicles from the donor cell, in situ high-resolution microscopy can provide insights on the structural mechanisms underlying the formation and release of microbial extracellular vesicles.

Transmission Electron Microscopy of GaAs Planar Defects (투과전자현미경을 이용한 GaAs의 면결함 구조 연구)

  • Cho, N.H.;Hong, Kug Sun;Cater, C.B.
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.121-126
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    • 1992
  • Transmission electron microscopy was used to investigate the structure of GaAs ${\Sigma}=19$, [110] tilt grain boundaries. Relative positions of Ga and As atoms in each grain on either side of the boundaries were determined by examining the dynamical coupling between HOLZ reflections and(200) beams. No inversion symmetry was present across the boundaries. These boundaries were observed to have a strong tendency to lie parallel to {331} planes. The atomic structure and lattice translation at these boundaries was studied in detail by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy(HRTEM). The boundary consists of units of 5-, 7-, and two 6-member rings.

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