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Tuning of electrical hysteresis in the aligned $SnO_2$ nanowire field effect transistors by controlling the imidization of polyimide gate dielectrics

  • Hong, Sang-Gi;Kim, Dae-Il;Kim, Gyu-Tae;Ha, Jeong-Suk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2010.08a
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    • pp.161-161
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    • 2010
  • n-type 반도체 특성을 띄는 $SnO_2$ 나노선은 가스 센서, 투명 소자, 태양광 전지 등으로 널리 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 화학기상증착법으로 성장한 $SnO_2$ 나노선으로 폴리이미드 (PMDA-ODA: PI) 박막을 게이트 절연막으로 이용한 전계효과트랜지스터를 플렉서블 기판에 제작하고 전기적 특성을 분석하였다. 전자 전달 특성 곡선으로부터 n-형의 반도체 특성을 확인하였으며, 대부분의 산화금속 나노선에서와 같이 매우 큰 전기적 히스테리시스가 관찰되었다. 산화금속계통 나노선 소자의 히스테리시스는 나노선 표면에 산소 및 물 분자가 흡착되어 생기는 전자 갇힘 현상이 가장 큰 원인으로 알려져 있는데, 이러한 히스테리시스를 조절하거나 없애는 것은 소자의 특성 향상에 있어 매우 중요하다. 한편 PI 절연막에는 느린 분극 현상을 만드는 OH 반응기가 존재하기 때문에 나노선과는 반대 방향의 히스테리시스를 보일 것으로 예상된다. 본 연구에서는 제작된 $SnO_2$ 나노선 FET에서 PI 게이트 절연막의 경화 정도에 따른 히스테리시스를 조사하였다. FT-IR 측정에 따르면, PI 필름에 존재하는 OH 반응기는 PI를 경화시킴에 따라 감소하였으며 전기적인 히스테리시스도 감소하였다. 따라서, 절연막을 경화시키지 않았을 때는 PI 내부에 다량의 OH 반응기가 존재하여, PI의 히스테리시스가 나노선 히스테리시스보다 더 크게 작용하여, 전체적으로는 PI의 특성인 반시계 (counterclockwise) 방향의 히스테리시스를 나타내었다. 한편, 절연막을 완전히 경화시키면, OH 반응기는 대부분 사라지고 나노선의 히스테리시스만 발현되어 소자는 시계방향의 히스테리시스를 보였다. 이러한 실험결과를 통해, PI 박막을 $250^{\circ}C$ 에서 약 7분간 경화시켰을 때 나노선과 절연막의 히스테리시스가 가장 이상적으로 상쇄되어 전체적으로 히스테리시스가 매우 작아진 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 이는 향후 나노선 FET의 안정적인 응용에 매우 유용한 결과로 활용될 것으로 예측된다.

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Changes in Phosphate Transporter Activity Evaluated by Phosphonoformic Acid Binding in Cadmium-Exposed Renal Brush-Border Membranes

  • Chung, Jin-Mo;Ahn, Do-Whan;Kim, Kyoung-Ryong;Park, Yang-Saeng
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • v.3 no.5
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    • pp.513-519
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    • 1999
  • Direct exposure of renal tubular brush-border membranes (BBM) to free cadmium (Cd) causes a reduction in phosphate (Pi) transport capacity. Biochemical mechanism of this reduction was investigated in the present study. Renal proximal tubular brush-border membrane vesicles (BBMV) were isolated from rabbit kidney outer cortex by Mg precipitation method. Vesicles were exposed to $50{\sim}200\;{\mu}M\;CdCl_2$ for 30 min, then the phosphate transporter activity was determined. The range of Cd concentration employed in this study was comparable to that of the unbound Cd documented in renal cortical tissues of Cd-exposed animals at the time of onset of renal dysfunction. The rate of sodium-dependent phosphate transport $(Na^+-Pi\;cotransport)$ by BBMV was determined by $^{32}P-Iabeled$ inorganic phosphate uptake, and the number of $Na^+-Pi$ cotransporters in the BBM was assessed by Pi-protectable $^{14}C-labeled$ phosphonoformic acid $([^{14}C]PFA)$ binding. The exposure of BBMV to Cd decreased the $Na^+-Pi$ cotransport activity in proportion to the Cd concentration in the preincubation medium, but it showed no apparent effect on the Pi-protectable PFA binding. These results indicate that an interaction of renal BBM with free Cd induces a reduction in $Na^+-Pi$ cotransport activity without altering the carrier density in the membrane. This, in turn, suggest that the suppression of phosphate transport capacity $(V_{max})$ observed in Cd-treated renal BBM is due to a reduction in $Na^+-Pi$ translocation by existing carriers, possibly by Cd-induced fall in membrane fluidity.

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Characteristics of the Flow and Heat Transfer around a Wavy Cylinder (파형 실린더 주위의 유동 및 열 전달 특성)

  • Lee, Chang-Yeol;Seo, Jang-Hoon;Hung, Pham-Anh;Yoon, Hyun-Sik;Chun, Ho-Hwan
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2009
  • Three-dimensional characteristics of fluid flow and heat transfer around a wavy circular cylinder having sinusoidal variation in cross sectional area along the spanwise direction are numerically investigated using the immersed boundary method. The three different wavelengths of ${\pi}4$, ${\pi}3$ and ${\pi}2$ at the fixed wavy amplitude of 0.1 have been considered to investigate the effects of waviness especially on the forced convection heat transfer around a wavy cylinder when the Reynolds and Prandtl numbers are 300 and 0.71, respectively. The present computational results for a wavy cylinder are compared with those for a smooth cylinder. The time- and total surface-averaged Nusselt number for a wavy cylinder with ${\lambda}={\pi}/2$ is larger than that for a smooth cylinder, whereas that with ${\lambda}={\pi}/4$ and ${\pi}/3$ is smaller than that for a smooth cylinder. However, because the surface area exposed to heat transfer for a wavy cylinder is larger than that for a smooth cylinder, the total heat transfer rate for a wavy cylinder with different wavelengths of ${\lambda}={\pi}/4$, ${\pi}/3$ and ${\pi}/2$ is larger than that for a smooth cylinder.

The Effect of ${\pi}$ Bonds on the Dipole Moments for Octahedral [M(Ⅲ)$A_3B_3$] Type Complexes [M(Ⅲ) = Ti(Ⅲ), V(Ⅲ), Cr(Ⅲ), Co(Ⅲ) and Ni(Ⅱ) ; A = O or N; B = N, Cl or S] (팔면체 [M(Ⅲ)$A_3B_3$] 형태 착물의 쌍극자모멘트에 대한 ${\pi}$ 결합의 영향 [M(Ⅲ) = Ti(Ⅲ), V(Ⅲ), Cr(Ⅲ), Fe(Ⅲ) 및 Ni(Ⅱ) ; A = O 또는 N ; B = N, S 또는 Cl])

  • Sang Woon Ahn;En Suh Pakr;Kee Hag Lee
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.61-66
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    • 1981
  • A method for calculation of the contribution of $\pi$ bonding molecular orbitals to the dipole moments for octahedral [M(III)$A_3B_3$] type complexes has been developed [M(III) = Ti(III), V(III), Cr(III), Fe(III) or Co(III); A = O or N; B = N, S or Cl]. The contribution of ${\pi}$ bonding molecular orbitals to the dipole moments is found to be smaller than that of ${\sigma}$ bonding molecular orbitals but this contribution may not be negligible even for chelate complexes in which delocalization of ${\pi}$ electron is assumed. The calculated dipole moments (u = $u_{\sigma}$ + $u_{\pi}$) are closer to the experimental values than those for the case where only ${\sigma}$ bonds are assumed to be formed.

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Regulation of Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase Gene Expression by Hormones and Nutrients

  • Kim, Youn-Jung;Yang, Jeong-Lye;Kwun, In-Sook;Kim, Yang-Ha
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.61-65
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    • 2003
  • This study was investigated to identify the regulatory mechanism of ACC gene expression by hormones and nutrition. The fragment of ACC promoter I (PI) -220 bp region was recombined to pGL3-Basic vector with luciferase as a reporter gene. The primary hepatocyte from the rat was used to investigate the regulation of ACC PI activity. ACC PI (-220 bp)/luciferase chimeric plasmid was transfected into primary rat hepatocyte by using lipofectin. ACC PI activity was shown by measuring luciferase activity. The addition of insulin, dexamethasone, and triiodothyronine to the culture medium increased the activity of ACC PI by 2.5-, 2.3- and 1.8-fold, respectively. In the presence of 1 $\mu$M dexamethasone, the effects of insulin was amplified about 1.2-fold showing the additional effects of dexamethasone. Moreover the activity of luciferase was increased by insulin, dexamethasone, and triiodothyronine treatment approximately 4-fold. These results indicated that insulin, dexamethasone and thyroid hormone coordinately regulate ACC gene expression via regulation of promoter I activity. On the -220 to +21 region of ACC PI, the addition of the glucose to the culture medium increased the activity of ACC PI. With 25 mM glucose, luciferase activity increased by 7-fold. On the other hand, on the -220 bp region, ACC PI activity was not changed by polyunsaturated fatty acids. Therefore, it can be postulated that there are response elements for insulin, triiodothyronine, dexamethasone, and glucose, but not PUFAs on the -220 bp region of ACC PI.

Voltage Controlled Speed Controller of BLDC Motor Using Fuzzy Logic Control (Fuzzy Logic Control를 이용한 BLDC 모터의 전압 제어 속도 제어기)

  • Park, Jun-Ho;Han, Sang-Soo
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.481-486
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    • 2018
  • DC motors are classified as DC motors with brush structure and BLDC motors without brush structure. Representing the speed control of the BLDC motor is the PI control. The speed control using the PI controller has a disadvantage that the response characteristic to reach the steady state is slow. Therefore in this paper, a voltage controlled speed controller using a Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC), which has a short steady response time and usefulness of nonlinear control. The validity and usefulness of the proposed fuzzy speed controller are verified by simulation through Simulink of MATLAB program. Experiments were performed on the PI controller and the proposed fuzzy speed controller in three cases with reference speeds of 500rpm, 800rpm, and 1500rpm. Experimental results show that the proposed fuzzy controller has more 30% improved steady state speed response than PI controller.

Preparation and Characterization of Vapor-Grown Carbon Nanofibers-Reinforced Polyimide Composites by in-situ Polymerization (In-situ 중합법에 의한 기상성장 탄소나노섬유/폴리이미드 복합재료의 제조 및 물성)

  • Park, Soo-Jin;Lee, Eun-Jung;Lee, Jae-Rock;Won, Ho-Youn;Moon, Doo-Kyung
    • Polymer(Korea)
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.117-122
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    • 2007
  • In this work, the mechanical and electrical properties, and thermal stability of vapor-grown carbon nanofibers/polyimide (VGCNFs/PI) composite film synthesized by in-situ polymerization were investigated in terms of tensile properties, volume resistivity and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), respectively. From the results, the addition of VGCNFs with a certain amount into polyimide led to obvious improvement in tensile strength. The volume resistivity of the films was decreased with increasing the VGCNFs content and the electrical percolation threshold appeared between 1 and 3 wt% of VGCNFs content, which was probably caused by the formation of interconnective structures among the VGCNFs in a composite system. The thermal stability of the film was higher than that of pure PI one. This result indicated that the crosslinking of VGCNFs/PI Composites was enhanced by well-distribution of YGCNFs in PI resin, resulting in the increase of the thermal stability of the resulting composites.

Effects of Dietary Peroxidizability Index Values on Hepatic TBARS and Antioxidant Enzyme Activity in 7,12-dimethylbenz[$\alpha$]anthracene-treated Rats

  • Kang Min Jeong;Shin Myoung Suk;Park Tung Nan;Lee Sang Sun
    • Nutritional Sciences
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.14-19
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    • 2006
  • Breast cancer may be the consequence of free radical damage, which is partially caused by the excessive intake of dietary fat and imbalances in antioxidant scavenger system;. In this experiment, we examined! the effects of dietary peroxidizability index (PI) values on hepatic thiobmbituric acid reaction substances (TBARS) and antioxidant enzyme activities in rats treated with 7,12-dimethylbenz[$\alpha$]anthracene (DMBA). Female Sprague-Dawley rats were used and 7,12-DMBA (20 mg/kg body weight) was gastrically intubated at seven weeks of age in order to induce mammary tumors (MT). The levels of dietary PI were 36, 81, 126 and 217 (LPI, MLPI, MHPI and HPI), while dietary polyunsaturated/saturated fatty acids ratio was maintained at the same level (1.0). Fat used in the experiment was mixed with soybean oil, com oil, palm oil, perilla oil, sesame oil, fish oil, and beef tallow. Experimental diets were given for the following 20 weeks. We measured tumor numbers and weights, and then assayed the hepatic TBARS levels and antioxidant enzyme activities such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and glutathione reductase (GR). The incidence of Mr was the lowest in the MHPI group. The hepatic TBARS level was significantly raised with increasing dietary PI value. The hepatic SOD and GR activities were differed significantly by dietary PI value. The hepatic SOD activity was negatively correlated with dietary PI value and GR activity was the highest in the rats fed the MHPI diet. When the dietary P/S ratio is kept at 1.0, adequate dietary PI value (PI value of 126) may reduce the incidence and growth of Mr, but this benefit may be lost with higher dietary PI value. These results suggest that the awareness of dietary PI values may help to decrease breast cancer incidence and growth.

Development of Smart Mirror System based on the Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi를 이용한 스마트 미러 개발)

  • Lin, Zhi-Ming;Kim, Chul-Won
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.379-384
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    • 2021
  • With people's continuous research and exploration in the field of artificial intelligence, more relatively mature artificial intelligence technology is applied in people's daily life. Mirrors are the most commonly used daily necessities in life, and it should be applied to artificial intelligence. The research results of this paper show that the smart mirror designed based on the raspberry pi displays weather, temperature, greetings, and has a human-mirror interaction function. The research method of this paper uses the Raspberry pi 3B + as the core controller and Google Assistant as the intelligent control. When connected to the network via Raspberry Pi's own WiFi, the mirror can automatically display and update time, weather and news information features. You can wake up the Google Assistant using keywords, then control the mirror to play music, remind the time, It implements the function of smart mirror voice interaction. Also, all the hardware used in this study is modular assembly. Later, it is convenient for user to assemble by himself later. It is suitable for market promotion at an affordable price.

A Comparative Analysis of Pi and the Area of a Circle in Mathematics Textbooks of Korea, Japan, Singapore and The US (한국, 일본, 싱가포르, 미국 교과서에 제시된 원주율과 원의 넓이 지도 방안의 비교·분석)

  • Choi, Eunah
    • Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.445-467
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    • 2018
  • In this study, we analyzed the contents of pi and the area of a circle presented in Korean, Japanese, Singapore, and American mathematics textbooks, and drew implications for the teaching of pi and the area of a circle in school mathematics. We developed a textbook analysis framework by theoretical discussions on the concept of the pi based on the various properties of pi and the area of a circle based on the central ideas of measurement and the previous researches on pi and the area of a circle in elementary mathematics. We drew five suggestions for improving the teaching of pi and three suggestions for improving the teaching of the area of a circle in Korean elementary schools.