• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.39-47
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• 2012

Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological malignancy, and specific biomarkers are important needed to improve diagnosis, prognosis, and to forecast and monitor treatment efficiency. There are a lot of pathological factors, including reactive oxygen species (ROS), involved in the process of cancer initiation and progression. The oxidative modification of proteins by ROS is implicated in the etiology or progression of disorders and diseases. In this study, a labeling experiment with the thiol-modifying reagent biotinylated iodoacetamide (BIAM) revealed that a variety of proteins were differentially oxidized between normal and tumor tissues of ovarian cancer patients. To identify cysteine oxidation-sensitive proteins in ovarian cancer patients, we performed comparative analysis by nano-UPLC-$MS^E$ shotgun proteomics. We found oxidation-sensitive 22 proteins from 41 peptides containing cysteine oxidation. Using Ingenuity program, these proteins identified were established with canonical network related to cytoskeletal network, cellular organization and maintenance, and metabolism. Among oxidation-sensitive proteins, the modification pattern of Collagen alpha-1(VI) chain (COL6A1) was firstly confirmed between normal and tumor tissues of patients by 2-DE western blotting. This result suggested that COL6A1 might have cysteine oxidative modification in tumor tissue of ovarian cancer patients.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.447-456
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• 2015

The purposes of this study were to determine health consciousness and eating habits of dining business owners from Seongnam city. To figure out their health levels, this study focused on quality of sleep, current state of health, health care, smoking, drinking, regular exercise, working hours, dietary behavior pattern, dietary habits, and food intakes patterns. Out of 200 subjects, 104 (52.0%) were males and 96 (48.0%) were females. Their average age was 46.60. For education level, a majority of males graduated from college, whereas a majority of females graduated from high school. Average combined ratios of overweight and obese were 62.5% for males and 25% for females. A majority worked less than 3 years in the dining business area, but 37% of subjects worked more than 10 years. Average health level was favorable, but 38.9% of subjects had hypertension. Males' percentages for smoking and drinking were higher than those of females. Regular physical activity was high, but regular exercise rate was low. Males' average eating speed was faster than that of females and had low scores for desirable eating habits. The study shows that local business owners need to take care of their health.

• Macromolecular Research
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.374-378
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• 2004

The biodegradable and biocompatible poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV), a copolymer of microbial polyester, was fabricated as nanofibrous mats by electrospinning. Image analysis of the electrospun nanofibers fabricated from a 2 wt% 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol solution revealed a unimodal distribution pattern of fiber diameters with an observed average diameter of ca. 185 nm. The fiber diameter of electrospun fabrics could be controlled by adjusting the electro spinning parameters, including the solvent composition, concentration, applied voltage, and tip-to-collector distance. Chondrocytes derived from rabbit ear were cultured on a PHBV cast film and an electrospun PHBV nano-fibrous mat. After incubation for 2 h, the percentages of attached chondrocytes on the surfaces of the flat PHBV film and the PHBV nanofibrous mat were 19.0 and 30.1 %, respectively. On the surface of the electrospun PHBV fabric, more chondrocytes were attached and appeared to have a much greater spreaded morphology than did that of the flat PHBV cast film in the early culture stage. The electro spun PHBV nanofabric provides an attractive structure for the attachment and growth of chondrocytes as cell culture surfaces for tissue engineering.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.50 no.11
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• pp.117-123
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• 2013

By exploiting the regular read and write access patterns of embedded SRAM memories inside Viterbi decoder, the memory architecture can be efficiently modified to reduce the power consumption of write operation. According to the experimental results with 65nm CMOS process, the proposed embedded memory used for Viterbi decoder achieves 30.84% of power savings with 8.92% of area overhead compared to the conventional embedded SRAM approaches.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.31 no.7
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• pp.510-514
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• 2018

This study discusses and demonstrates the structural stability of highly ordered Pt patterns formed on a transparent and flexible substrate through the process of nanotransfer printing (nTP). Bending tests comprising approximately 1,000 cycles were conducted for observing Pt line patterns with a width of $1{\mu}m$ formed along the direction of the horizontal (x-axis) and vertical (y-axis) axes ($15mm{\times}15mm$); and adhesion tests were performed with an ultrasonicator for a period greater than ten minutes, to analyze the Pt crossbar patterns. The durability of both types of patterns was systematically analyzed by employing various microscopes. The results show that the Pt line and Pt crossbar patterns obtained through nTP are structurally stable and do not exhibit any cracks, breaks, or damages. These results corroborate that nTP is a promising nanotechnology that can be applied to flexible electronic devices. Furthermore, the multiple patterns obtained through nTP can improve the working performance of flexible devices by providing excellent structural stability.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.1110-1116
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• 2014

The cuprous oxide cubes with the special porous surface constructed by nano-prisms have been successfully fabricated by a solvothermal method. The template-free method is simple and facile without any surfactant. The X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) pattern suggests that the as-prepared product is the pure primitive cubic $Cu_2O$. The effects of the experimental parameters, such as the reaction temperature, reaction time and the concentration of sodium acetate anhydrous, on the morphologies of the products were investigated in detail by the scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Based on the time-dependent experiments, the possible formation mechanism was proposed. Using photocatalytic degrading reactive dyes as the model reaction and xenon lamp to simulate sunlight, the $Cu_2O$ cubes with the porous surface might possess higher photocatalytic activity than those of the commercial $Cu_2O$ powder in the visible-light region, indicating the excellent photocatalytic performance.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.245-250
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• 2011

An UV/thermal hybrid nanoimprint lithography system was designed and implemented for the pattern transfer to flexible substrates. This system can utilize a plate stamp, roll stamp, and film stamp. For all cases of using those stamps, this system is also switchable an UV or thermal nanoimprint lithography mode. This paper shows how to design the heating and UV curing plates and proposes how to change them easily. Because the pressure condition and the speed of the press roller varies by the characteristics of the stamp and substrate, all the parameters related to the nanoimprint lithography have to adjustable. Some transferred patterns are shown in this paper to verify the performance of the hybrid nanoimprint lithography system. The flexible substrates with nano-scale patterns on them will be key components for next generation technologies such as flexible displays, bendable semi-conductors, and solar cells.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.21.2-21.2
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• 2009

발광다이오드는 에너지 변환 효율이 높고 친환경적인 장점으로 인하여 차세대 조명용 광원으로 각광받고 있다. 하지만 현재 발광다이오드는 낮은 광추출효율로 인하여 미래의 수요를 충족시킬 수 있을 만큼 충분한 성능의 효율을 나타내지 못하고 있다. 발광다이오드의 낮은 광추출효율은 반도체소재와 외부 공기와의 큰 굴절률 차이로 인하여 발생하는 전반사 현상에 기인한 것으로 이 문제를 해결하기 위하여 발광다이오드 소자의 발광면 및 기판을 텍스처링하는 방법이 중요하게 인식되고 있다. 하지만 현재까지 패턴의 구조에 따른 광추출 특성을 분석한 연구는 미진한 상황이다. 본 연구에서는 임프린팅 및 건식식각 공정을 이용하여 다양한 구조의 나노 및 micron 급 패턴을 발광다이오드의 p-GaN층에 형성하였다. 발광다이오드 기판 위에 하드마스크로 사용하기 위한 SiO2를 50nm 증착한 후 그 위에 UV 임프린팅 공정을 진행하여 폴리머 패턴을 형성시켰다. 임프린팅 공정으로 형성된 폴리머 패턴을 CF4CHF3 플라즈마를 이용하여 SiO2를 건식식각하였고, 이후에 SiCl4와 Ar 플라즈마를 이용한 ICP 식각 공정을 진행하여 p-GaN층을 100nm 식각하였다. 마지막으로 BOE를 이용한 습식식각 공정으로 p-GaN층에 남아있는 SiO2층을 제거하여 p-GaN층에 sub-micron에서 micron급의 홀 패턴을 형성하였다. Photoluminescence(PL) 측정을 통해서 발광다이오드 소자에 형성된 패턴의 구조에 따른 광추출 특성을 분석하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.21 no.11
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• pp.186-194
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• 2004

In this research, microfabrication technique using localized electrochemical deposition (LECD) with ultra short pulses is presented. Electric field is localized near the tool tip end region by applying a few hundreds of nano second pulses. Pt-Ir tip is used as a counter electrode and copper is deposited on the copper substrate in 0.5 M CuSO$_4$ and 0.5 M H$_2$SO$_4$ electrolyte. The effectiveness of this technique is verified by comparison with LECD using DC voltage. The deposition characteristics such as size, shape, surface, and structural density according to applied voltage and pulse duration are investigated. The proper condition is selected from the results of the experiments. Micro columns less than 10 $\mu$m in diameter are fabricated using this technique. The real 3D micro structures such as micro pattern and micro spring can be fabricated by this method. It is suggested that presented method can be used as an easy and inexpensive method for fabrication of microstructure with complex shape.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.95-99
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• 2013

Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thick films with a thickness of $10-20{\mu}m$ were fabricated on silicone substrates using an aerosol deposition method. The starting powder, which had diameters of $1-2{\mu}m$, was observed using SEM. The average diameter ($d_{50}$) was $1.1{\mu}m$. An XRD analysis showed a typical perovskite structure, a mixture of the tetragonal phase and rhombohedral phase. The as-deposited film with nano-sized grains had a fairly dense microstructure without any cracks. The deposited film showed a mixture of an amorphous phase and a very fine crystalline phase by diffraction pattern analysis using TEM. The as-deposited films on silicon were annealed at a temperature of $700^{\circ}C$. A 20-${\mu}m$ thick PZT film was torn out as a result of the high compressive stress between the PZT film and substrate.