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Destruction of Giant Molecular Clouds by UV Radiation Feedback from Massive Stars

  • Kim, Jeong-Gyu;Kim, Woong-Tae;Ostriker, Eve C.;Skinne, M. Aaron
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.43 no.1
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    • pp.43.1-43.1
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    • 2018
  • Star formation in galaxies predominantly takes place in giant molecular clouds (GMCs). While it is widely believed that UV radiation feedback from young massive stars can destroy natal GMCs by exciting HII regions and driving their expansion, our understanding on how this actually occurs remains incomplete. To quantitatively assess the effect of UV radiation feedback on cloud disruption, we conduct a series of theoretical studies on the dynamics of HII regions and its role in controlling the star formation efficiency (SFE) and lifetime of GMCs in a wide range of star-forming environments. We first develop a semi-analytic model for the expansion of spherical dusty HII regions driven by the combination of gas and radiation pressures, finding that GMCs in normal disk galaxies are destroyed by gas-pressure driven expansion with SFE < 10%, while more dense and massive clouds with higher SFE are disrupted primarily by radiation pressure. Next, we turn to radiation hydrodynamic simulations of GMC dispersal to allow for self-consistent star formation as well as inhomogeneous density and velocity structures arising from supersonic turbulence. For this, we develop an efficient parallel algorithm for ray tracing method, which enables us to probe a range of cloud masses and sizes. Our parameter study shows that the net SFE, lifetime (measured in units of free-fall time), and the importance of radiation pressure (relative to photoionization) increase primarily with the initial surface density of the cloud. Unlike in the idealized spherical model, we find that the dominant mass loss mechanism is photoevaporation rather than dynamical ejection and that a significant fraction of radiation escapes through low optical-depth channels. We will discuss the astronomical.

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The Inactivation Effects of UV Light on Bacteriophage f2 (박테리오파지 f2에 대한 자외광선의 살균효과)

  • Kim, Chi-Kyung;Quae Chae
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.155-161
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    • 1983
  • The effects of ultraviolet light on bacteriophage f2 were investigated to determine the inactivation kinetics and its mechanism. The 260nm light showed a little higher inactivation rate than the one of 300 nm. In this work, our main concern was whether structural and/or conformational changes in the protein capsid could occur by UV irradiation. The inactivation for the first 20 minutes irradiation was rapid with a loss of about 4 logs and followed by a slower rate during the next 40 minutes with no survival noted in the samples irradiated for 90 minutes or longer. The structural change of the protein capsid was examined by optical spectroscopic techniques and electron microscopy. The absorption spectra of the UV irradiated phages showed no detectable differences in terms of the spectral shape and intensity from the control phage. However, the fluorescence emission spectroscopic data, i.e. 1) fluorescence quenching of tryptophan residues upon irradiation of 300 nm light, 2) enhancement of fluorescence emission of ANS (8-aniline-1-naphthalene sulfonate) bound to the intact phages compared to the one in the UV-treated phages, and 3) decrease of energy transfer efficiency from tryptophan to ANS in the UV-treated samples, presented remarkable differences between the intact and UV-treated phages. Such a structural alteration was also observed by electron microscopy The UV-treated phages appeared to be broken and empty capsids. Therefore, the inactivation of the bacteriophage f2 by UV irradiation is thought to be attributed to the structural change in the protein capsid as well as damage in the viral RNA by UV irradiation.

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Study on Validity of 1-D Spherical Model on Aqua-plasma Power Estimation With Electrode Structure

  • Yun, Seong-Yeong;Jang, Yun-Chang;Kim, Gon-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2010.08a
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    • pp.74-74
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    • 2010
  • The aqua-plasma is the non-thermal plasma in electrical conductive electrolyte by generates the vapor film layer on the immersed metal electrode surface. This plasma can generate the hydroxyl radical by dissociate the water molecule with the plasma electron. To develop the plasma discharge device for high efficiency in the hydroxyl radical generation, proper model for estimation of plasma power is necessary. In this work, the 1-D spherical model was developed, considering temperature dependence material constants. The relation between the plasma power and hydroxyl generation was also studied by the comparison between the optical emission intensity from the hydroxyl radical using monochromator and estimated plasma power. First, the thickness of vapor layer thickness was estimated using the Navier-Stokes fluid equation in order to calculate the discharge E-field inside vapor layer. Using the E-field magnitude and power balance on the plasma generation, it was possible to estimate the plasma power. The plasma power was assumed to uniformly fill the vapor layer and the temperature of vapor layer was fixed in the boiling temperature of electrolyte, 375K. In the experiment, the aqua-plasma was discharged in the saline by applied the voltage on the bipolar electrode. The range of applied voltage was 234 to 280V-rms in the frequency of 380 kHz. Two type electrodes were produced with two ${\Phi}0.2$ tungsten. The plasma power was estimated from the V-I signal from the two high voltage probes and current probe. The estimated plasma power agreed with the profile of emission intensity when the plasma discharged between the metal electrode and vapor layer surface. However, when the plasma discharged between the metal electrodes, the increasing rate of emission intensity was lower than the increase of plasma power. It implies that the surface reaction is more sufficient rather than the volume reaction in the radical generation, due to the high density of water molecule in the liquid.

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Buffer and Anode Combined Ta Doped In2O2 Electrodes Prepared by Co-sputtering for PEDOT:PSS-free Organic Solar Cells

  • Lee, Hye-Min;Noh, Yong-Jin;Na, Seok-In;Park, Hyun-Woo;Chung, Kwun-Bum;Kima, Han-Ki
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.168.1-168.1
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    • 2014
  • We developed poly (3,4-ethylene dioxylene thiophene):poly (styrene sulfonic acid) (PEDOT:PSS)-free organic solar cells (OSCs) using buffer and anode combined Ta doped $In_2O_3$ (ITaO) electrodes. To optimize the ITaO electrodes, we investigated the effect of $Ta_2O_5$ doping power on the electrical, optical, and structural properties of the co-sputtered ITaO films. The optimized ITaO film doped with 20 W $Ta_2O_5$ radio frequency power showed sheet resistance of 17.11 Ohm/square, a transmittance of 93.45%, and a work function of 4.9 eV, all of which are comparable to the value of conventional ITO electrodes. The conventional bulk heterojunction OSC with ITaO anode showed a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 3.348% similar to the OSCs (3.541%) with an ITO anode. In addition, OSCs fabricated on an ITaO electrode successfully operated without an acidic PEDOT:PSS buffer layer and showed a PCE of 2.634%, which was much higher than the comparable no buffer OSC with an ITO anode. Therefore, co-sputtered ITaO electrodes simultaneously acting as a buffer and an anode layer can be considered promising transparent electrodes for cost-efficient and reliable OSCs because they can eliminate the use of an acidic PEDOT:PSS buffer layer.

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LED application VLC information network system configuration research (LED를 응용한 VLC 정보 네트워크 시스템 구성 연구)

  • lee, Jun-myung;Jang, Tae-su;Kang, Hyng-kil;Kim, Yong-Kab
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2012.10a
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    • pp.13-14
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    • 2012
  • Than fluorescent lamps or light bulbs, long life, small power consumption and to the development of modern technology, LED (Light Emitting Diode) devices have the advantage of easy control. For these reasons, using the LED device, lighting has been widely used. LED using optical fiber technology using LED lighting technology with the development of wireless communication technology is attracting attention again. Using LED lights this study analyzed the performance of the technology transfer and implementation of the information transmission system of the visible light communication using LED lighting of the White Visible Light Communication (VLC) based PC module transmitter and receiver modules. Has made a system that can transmit information more than the value of the initial distance ~ 50cm, depending on the presence or absence of the lens, in order to increase the efficiency of the LED modules with different efficiencies that could confirm the performance of the implementation of the research, analysis, and application methods. and about the possibility that you want to check.

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A Synthesis and Characterization of Pt(II) Complexes with Bipyrimidin-based Back-bone System (비피리미딘계 배위자를 골격으로 하는 Pt(II)착체의 합성 및 특성)

  • Son, Seokhwan;Ahn, Hogeun;Chung, Minchul
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.54 no.4
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    • pp.555-559
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    • 2016
  • In this study, new platinum complexes were synthesized utilizing the ligand of a 2,2'-bispyrimidine (bpim), 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy), 5,5'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine (5,5-mebpy), 5'-bromo-2,2'-bipyridine (5-brbpy), 5,5'-dibromo-2,2'-bipyridine (5,5-brbpy), 4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine (4,4-mebpy), 4,4'-dihexyl-2,2'-Bipyridine (4,4-hebpy), 1,10'-Phenanthroline (phen), 3,4,7,8'-tetramethyl-1,10'-Phenanthroline (3,4,7,8-phen). In order to determine chemical structure of Synthesized platinum complexes, $^1H(^{13}C)$-NMR, UV-vis and FT-IR were used and optical physics and chemical properties were measured PL. In the case of platinum complexes, wavelength has been identified 356~421 nm. Quantum efficiency in DMSO solution was appeared 0.05~0.46.

RWA Algorithm for Differentiated Service in Next Generation Optical Internet Backbone Networks (차세대 광인터넷 백본망에서 차등화 서비스 제공을 위한 RWA 알고리즘)

  • 송현수;배정현;김성운;김영부;이현진;이재동
    • Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.196-206
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    • 2004
  • In the Next Generation Internet(NGI) backbone network, a Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology has been more and more highlighted to cover the increasing subscribers and bandwidth requirement. For such a DWDM network, Routine and Wavelength Assignment (RWA) is the essential problem to establish the optimal path and assign a wavelength efficiently to the selected path in resource utilization. However, the existing RWA algorithms do not consider the congestion in the network so that the performance of then is so limited. To solve this problem, in this paper, we introduce a new RWA algorithm, called Multi Wavelength-Minimum Interference path Routing (MW-MIPR) that establishes a routing path to minimize the interference for many potential future connection setup request. And then, we also propose a wavelength-routed QoS routing scheme based on differentiated QoS classes with applying MW-MIPR algorithm. Simulation results are also given to prove the efficiency of the proposed algorithms.

Low Power NDIR CO2 Sensor Using LED Light Source with a Smart Device Interface (스마트 기기와 결합 가능한 LED 광원을 사용하는 저전력용 비분산 적외선 CO2센서)

  • Kim, Jong-heon;Lee, Chan-joo
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.40 no.8
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    • pp.1606-1612
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, a portable high efficiency nondispersive infrared(NDIR) $CO_2$ sensor module with a smart device interface is developed. For low power consumption design, an IR LED was used instead of tungsten lamp for light source and an optical waveguide optimized to the sensor module is designed. With the smart device interface, power of the sensor module is applied from the battery of smart phone. The measured data of the sensor module such as $CO_2$ concentration, temperature, and humidity are displayed on the smart phone using android application. From measured results, the developed sensor module shows ${\pm}60ppm$ tolerance error from 0 to 3,000ppm $CO_2$ concentration range among $-10^{\circ}C$ and $50^{\circ}C$ ranges.

Synthesis of modified polyacrylamides and their applications for the retention system of papermaking (변성 폴리아크릴 아미드의 합성 및 제지공정의 보류시스템에 응용)

  • Son, Dong-Jin;Yoon, Ji-Hyun;Choi, Eun-Jeong;Kim, Bong-Yong
    • Proceedings of the Korea Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry Conference
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.23-28
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this study was to improve not only wet-end performances but also paper characteristics by the modification of various factors like molecular design and ionic characteristics of polyacrylamides First of all physical characteristics were observed after modify molecular design of the cationic polyacrylamides to linear, branched and cross-linked. In addition it was found analysis method to confirm branch degree of cationic polyacrylamides to combine ionic titration characteristics and spectroscopic behavior, After application of these structure modified polyacrylamides to the multiple retention systems with inorganic microparticles, it was found adjusting of branch degree of polyacrylamides was very important to optimize wet-end improvement. Second, After polymerization of amphoteric polyacrylamide to have both of cationic and anionic functional group in the polymer, we observed not only physical characteristics but also wet-end improvement to apply recycled pulp and found that the improvement of solution stability to prevent hydrolysis and increase of ash retention dramatically to compare traditional cationic polyacrylamide retention aid, Finally, After polymerization of anionic polyacrylamide, we observed not only wet-end improvement but also paper characteristics to apply preflocculation of PCC and it was found the improvements of flocculation efficiency, retention, ash retention, optical properties of the paper and bursting strength to compare traditional preflocculant of cationic polyacrylamide.

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Strain-induced enhancement of thermal stability of Ag metallization with Ni/Ag multi-layer structure

  • Son, Jun-Ho;Song, Yang-Hui;Kim, Beom-Jun;Lee, Jong-Ram
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2010.08a
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    • pp.157-157
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    • 2010
  • Vertical-structure light-emitting diodes (V-LEDs) by laser lift-off (LLO) have been exploited for high-efficiency GaN-based LEDs of solid-state lightings. In V-LEDs, emitted light from active regions is reflected-up from reflective ohmic contacts on p-GaN. Therefore, silver (Ag) is very suitable for reflective contacts due to its high reflectance (>95%) and surface plasmon coupling to visible light emissions. In addition, low contact resistivity has been obtained from Ag-based ohmic contacts annealed in oxygen ambient. However, annealing in oxygen ambient causes Ag to be oxidized and/or agglomerated, leading to degradation in both electrical and optical properties. Therefore, preventing Ag from oxidation and/or agglomeration is a key aspect for high-performance V-LEDs. In this work, we demonstrate the enhanced thermal stability of Ag-based Ohmic contact to p-GaN by reducing the thermal compressive stress. The thermal compressive stress due to the large difference in CTE between GaN ($5.6{\times}10^{-6}/^{\circ}C$) and Ag ($18.9{\times}10^{-6}/^{\circ}C$) accelerate the diffusion of Ag atoms, leading to Ag agglomeration. Therefore, by increasing the additional residual tensile stress in Ag film, the thermal compressive stress could be reduced, resulting in the enhancement of Ag agglomeration resistance. We employ the thin Ni layer in Ag film to form Ni/Ag mutli-layer structure, because the lattice constant of NiO ($4.176\;{\AA}$ is larger than that of Ag ($4.086\;{\AA}$). High-resolution symmetric and asymmetric X-ray diffraction was used to measure the in-plane strain of Ag films. Due to the expansion of lattice constant by oxidation of Ni into NiO layer, Ag layer in Ni/Ag multi-layer structure was tensilely strained after annealing. Based on experimental results, it could be concluded that the reduction of thermal compressive stress by additional tensile stress in Ag film plays a critical role to enhance the thermal stability of Ag-based Ohmic contact to p-GaN.

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