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Nanopore Generation in Low Dielectric Organosilicate and SiCOH Thin Films

  • Heo, Kyu-Young;Yoon, Jin-Hwan;Jin, Kyeong-Sik;Jin, Sang-Woo;Oh, Kyoung-Suk;Choi, Chi-Kyu;Ree, Moon-Hor
    • Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.298-298
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    • 2006
  • There has been much interest in incorporating nanoscale voids into dielectric materials in order to reduce their k value, and thus in producing low-k porous interdielectric materials. One approach to the development of low-k dielectric materials is the templated polycondensation of organosilicate precursors in the presence of a thermally labile, organic polymeric porogen. The other is SiOCH films have low dielectric constant as well as good mechanical strength and high thermal stability through PECVD. In this article we explore the nanopore generation mechanism of organosilicate film using star-shape porogen and SiOCH film using bis-trimethylsilylmethane (BTMSM) precursor.

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Use of Molecular Replacement to Determine the Phases of Crystal Structure of Taq DNA Polymerase

  • Kim, Young-Soo;Suh, Se-Won
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.38-44
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    • 1996
  • Taq DNA polymerase from Thermus aquaticus has been shown to be very useful in the polymerase chain reaction method, which is being used for amplifying DNA. Not only does Taq DNA polymerase have high commercial value commercial value for the polymerase chain reaction application, but it is also important in studying DNA replication, because it is apparently an homologue to E. coli DNA polymerase I, which has long been used for DNA replication study (Lawyer et ai., 1993). The crystal structure determination of Taq DNA polymerase was initiated. An X-ray diffraction pattern breaks down a crystal structure into discrete sine waves in a Fourier series. The original shape of a crystal object in terms of electron density may be represented as the sum of those sine waves with varying amplitudes and phases in three dimensions. The molecular replacement method was initially employed to provide phase information for the structure of Taq DNA polymerase. The rotation search using the program MERLOT resulted in a solution peak with 5.4 r.m.s. PC-refinement of the X-PLOR program verified the result and also optimized the orientation angles. Next, the translation search using the X-PLOR program resulted in a unique solution peak with 7.35 r.m.s. In addition, the translation search indicated $P3_121$ to be the true space group out of two possible ones. The phase information from the molecular replacement was useful in the MIR phasing experiment.

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MOLECULAR LINE STUDY OF L1014 WITH SRAO 6M TELESCOPE (L1014 분자운 핵에 대한 SRAO 6m 망원경을 이용한 분자선 관측연구)

  • Lee, Chang-Won
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.20 no.1 s.24
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    • pp.1-5
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    • 2005
  • We report molecular line observations of CO(1-0), $^{13}CO(1-0)$, CS(2-1), and HCN(1-0) with SRAO 6m telescope toward L1014-IRS which is thought to be a very faint infrared source embedded in previously known 'starless' core L1014. The CO(1-0) observations find several components with different velocities along the line of sight of L1014, $4km\;s^{-1}$ and between $40{\sim}50km\;s^{-1}$. We find a parsec scale CO molecular outflow at the $4km\;s^{-1}$ component for the first time the direction of which is coincident with that of the small scale (${\sim}500pc$) outflow previously found. Although the observation is not covered for whole area of the outflow, the size of the molecular outflow seems not very inconsistent with the expected age of L1014-IRS. More accurate size and shape of the molecular outflow from L1014-IRS will be determined from the full coverage mapping in CO over the outflow region in very near future.

Metabolic engineering of aliphatic glucosinolates in Chinese cabbage plants expressing Arabidopsis MAM1, CYP79F1, and CYP83A1

  • Zang, Yun-Xiang;Kim, Jong-Hoon;Park, Young-Doo;Kim, Doo-Hwan;Hong, Seung-Beom
    • BMB Reports
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    • v.41 no.6
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    • pp.472-478
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    • 2008
  • Three Arabidopsis cDNAs, MAM1, CYP79F1, and CYP83A1, required for aliphatic glucosinolate biosynthesis were introduced into Chinese cabbage by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. The transgenic lines overexpressing MAM1 or CYP83A1 showed wild-type phenotypes. However, all the lines overexpressing CYP79F1 displayed phenotypes different from wild type with respect to the stem thickness as well as leaf width and shape. Glucosinolate contents of the transgenic plants were compared with those of wild type. In the MAM1 line M1-1, accumulation of aliphatic glucosinolates gluconapin and glucobrassicanapin significantly increased. In the CYP83A1 line A1-1, all the aliphatic glucosinolate levels were increased, and the levels of gluconapin and glucobrassicanapin were elevated by 4.5 and 2 fold, respectively. The three CYP79F1 transgenic lines exhibited dissimilar glucosinolate profiles. The F1-1 line accumulated higher levels of gluconapoleiferin, glucobrassicin, and 4-methoxy glucobrassicin. However, F1-2 and F1-3 lines demonstrated a decrease in the levels of gluconapin and glucobrassicanapin and an increased level of 4-hydroxy glucobrassicin.

Removal Mechanisms of BTEX Compounds by RO/NF Membrane Processes (RO/NF막 공정을 이용한 BTEX 물질의 제어 특성 평가)

  • Jang, Hyuewon;Park, Chanhyuk;Hong, Seungkwan;Yoon, Yeomin;Jung, Jin-Young;Chung, Yun-Chul
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.926-932
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    • 2006
  • A series of bench-scale membrane filtration experiments were performed to systematically investigate the removal mechanisms of reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration (NF) membranes for BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylene, xylene), trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (PCE). The molecular weight of these organic compounds ranged from 78 to 166 dalton. The rejection of organic compounds by RO/NF membranes varied significantly from 59.6 to 99.2% depending on solute and membrane types. Specifically, experimental results demonstrated that the removal efficiency of RO/NF membranes increased as solute molecular characteristics such as W/L (molecular width/length) ${\times}$ $M_W$ (molecular weight) and octanol-water partition coefficient increased. This observation suggested that the rejection of small organic compounds by RO/NF membranes was determined by the combined effect of physical (molecular size and shape) and chemical (hydrophobicity) properties.

Phylogenetic Relationships in Korean Elaeagnus L. Based on nrDNA ITS Sequences

  • Son, OGyeong;Yoon, Chang Young;Park, SeonJoo
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.671-679
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    • 2014
  • Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Korean Elaeagnus L. were conducted using seven species, one variety, one forma and four outgroups to evaluate their relationships and phylogeny. The sequences of internal transcribed spacer regions in nuclear ribosomal DNA were employed to construct phylogenetic relationships using maximum parsimony (MP) and Bayesian analysis. Molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed that Korean Elaeagnus was a polyphyly. E. umbellata var. coreana formed a subclade with E. umbellata. Additionally, the genetic difference between E. submacrophylla and E. macrophylla was very low. Moreover, E. submacrophylla formed a branch from E. macrophylla, indicating that E. submacrophylla can be regarded as a variety. However, several populations of this species were not clustered as a single clade; therefore, further study should be conducted using other molecular markers. Although E. glabra f. oxyphylla was distinct in morphological characters of leaf shape with E. glabra. But E. glabra f. oxyphylla was formed one clade by molecular phylogenetic with E. glabra. Additionally, this study clearly demonstrated that E. pungens occurs in Korea, although it was previously reported near South Korea in Japan and China. According to the results of ITS regions analyses, it showed a resolution and to verify the relationship between interspecies of Korean Elaeagnus.

Studies of Purifying Waste Cotton for Esterification & Molecular Weight Distribution Curve of Cellulose Acetate (落綿의 精製 및 이를 原料로 하는 醋酸纖維素의 分子量 分配曲線에 關한 硏究)

  • Kim, Dong-Il;Noh, Ick-Sam
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.38-43
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    • 1957
  • Purified cellulosic materials suitable for the production of cellulose esters can be prepared from waste cotton (carding waste from textile mill). The most desirable conditions in purifying waste cotton were obtained. Waxy materials were removed by boiling in 2-3% soda ash solution for more than 30 minutes in open vessel at atmospheric pressure. As for bleaching, it is desirable to use the bleaching powder solution containing 1%, available chlorine for 60 minutes at 35 deg. C. Purified cellulosic material was acetylated to fibrous cellulose triacetate, which was fractionated in the solution of 70% monochloroacetic acid using water as a precipitant, and the degree of polymerizaion and molecular weight of each fraction were measured viscometrically, thereon, molecular weight distribution curve was drawn. Analyzing the shape of this curve, most of the polymers were concentrated on the part of higher degree of polymerization. Purified waste cotton was also analysed, the result was that this cellulosic material can be used as a raw material for cellulose esters and ethers.

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A Molecular Dynamics Simulation for the Moving Water Droplet on Atomistically Smooth Solid Surface (원자적으로 균일한 평판 위에서 움직이는 물 액적에 대한 분자동역학 시뮬레이션)

  • Hong, Seung-Do;Ha, Man-Yeong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.33 no.8
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    • pp.559-564
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    • 2009
  • The variation in the shape of water droplet moving on atomistically smooth solid surface in the presence of a constant body force is simulated using molecular dynamics simulation. We investigated how the advancing and receding contact angle of the moving water droplet changes on a solid surface having various characteristic energies. From the MD simulation results, we obtained the density profile defined as the number of water molecules at a given position. Then, assuming the water droplet periphery to be a circle, we calculated the contact angles by using a nonlinear fitting of the half-density contour line. The present simulation clearly shows the different profile of the advancing and receding contact angle for these three different interaction potential between the water droplet and the solid surface.

Radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of ram pressure strippin on star-forming galaxies

  • Lee, Jaehyun;Kimm, Taysun;Katz, Haley
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.43 no.2
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    • pp.54.1-54.1
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    • 2018
  • Recent observational studies suggest that the environmental effects can shape the evolution of galaxies in clusters. In an attempt to better understand this process, we perform idealized radiation-hydrodynamic simulations of RAM pressure stripping on star-forming galaxies using RAMSES-RT. We find that extended HI disks are easily stripped by moderate ICM winds, while there is no significant decrease in the total mass of molecular gas. RAM pressure tends to compress the molecular gas, leading to enhanced star formation especially when the gaseous disk is hit by edge-on winds. On the other hand, strong ICM winds that are expected to operate at the centre of clusters strip both HI and molecular gas from the galaxy. Interestingly, we find that the strong ICM winds can induce the formation of relatively dense (~1H/cc) HI gas clouds at a distance from the disk.

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Morphological and molecular identification of Metopograpsus crab caught from the coast of Tambala Village, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

  • Darus Sa'adah Johanis Paransa;Kurniati Kemer;Rene Charles Kepel;Desy Helena Maria Mantiri;Beivy Jonathan Kolondam
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.27 no.7
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    • pp.411-420
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    • 2024
  • The objective of this research was to identify the morphology and molecular profile of crab caught from the coast of Tambala Village, Tombariri District, Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi. Crabs were collected from the intertidal zone at night during the lowest tide. Crabs were morphological identified by description of shape, color and size of the carapace. Molecular identification was done through DNA barcoding including DNA extraction, amplification of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene and electrophoresis. Morphological and genetic analysis identified the crab species as Metopograpsus oceanicus.