Carbon quantum dots (CQDs), the newest member of carbonaceous nanomaterials, have drawn many considerations since the past two decades. A vast number of researchers made their efforts to demystify optical behavior of these materials despite being demanding. Nevertheless, their emission origin is still a controversial issue and this area suffers from a lack of hypothesis to explain the radiative transitions of these materials. White emissive CQDs are more prized among the other ones since it has provided an affordable warm white light source for many applications. In this paper, white emissive CQDs samples were prepared through a one-step hydrothermal synthesis approach. By using the advantage of possessing cellulosic networks in the Aloe Vera gel an in-situ matrix was created to encase CQDs particles. During the formation of CQDs particles, they were entrapped and created RGB nanoemitters in the cellulosic units. The leakage of the emitted photons during the radiative transitions followed by inner-filter effect (IFE) and self-/re-absorption acted as white light emissive sources. To scrutinize the validity and possibility of the hypothesis given in this paper, a series of spectroscopic analyses, including transmission electron microscopy (TEM), surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR), ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis), and photoluminescence (PL) were conducted.

To analyze the activity concentration of radionuclides in radioactive sludge samples generated from low- and intermediate-low-level radioactive waste from domestic nuclear power plant, a pretreatment process that dissolves and homogenizes the sample is essential. However, this pretreatment process requires the use of hydrofluoric acid, which makes analysis difficult and challenges users to handle harmful chemicals. Therefore, we aim to minimize the use of hydrofluoric acid by measuring gamma nuclides in the sludge sample without pretreatment process and compare the differences of measurement results according to the sample matrix with and without pretreatment process. We will collect about 0.1 g of the sludge sample, and dissolve it using an acid treatment process after using microwave decomposition. We will then use gamma spectroscopy to check the concentration of nuclides present in the sludge before and after dissolution and consider the effect of the sample matrix.

A two-level full factorial design 22 with three replications was employed to assess the effect of the incorporation of PSF into the epoxy matrix and the surface treatment of carbon fibers on the work of adhesion (WA) and the interfacial shear strength (IFSS) of carbon fiber–epoxy composites. The IFSS was determined using the microbond (or microdrop) micromechanical test, and the work of adhesion was estimated using two different procedures: (1) using the Owens and Wendt method, and (2) from the Dupre–Young expression using the contact angle θ of a cured epoxy resin on a single carbon fiber and the surface energy of the cured epoxy resin. It was found that the treatment of the carbon fiber with the silane-coupling agent appreciably increases its polar component because of the nitric acid oxidation and the chemisorption of the silane-coupling agent onto the carbon fiber surface. Also, the O=S=O group present in the polysulfone chain resin fairly increases the polar component of the epoxy–PSF blend. The results show that the wetting of the silane-treated carbon fiber by the thermoplastic-modified epoxy resin is better, thus increasing the fiber–matrix adhesion. It was also found that there is a similarity between the trends of both, the IFSS and the WA results. Also, from the ANOVA results it was also seen that both the incorporation of the PSF to the epoxy matrix and the surface treatment of the carbon fibers and their interaction were statistically significant to the IFSS and the WA.

Plasticization is one of the biggest challenges in gas separation polymeric membranes. Mixed matrix membrane (MMM) comprising inorganic nanofiller is the most promising solution for anti-plasticization, however, it requires large amount of nanofillers to achieve desired performance. We adopted 2-D nanocomposite of zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) attached on graphene oxide to effectively prevent plasticization of polyimide membrane under mixed gas condition. ZIF nanofillers, known as suitable additive for olefin/paraffin separation membranes, were grown on graphene oxide 2-D nanotemplates to maximize encounter frequency between gas permeant and nanofillers even in lower concentrations. The prepared MMMs successfully showed an improved mixed gas selectivity compapred to pristine membrane, indicating better anti-plasticization effect.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of demineralized and particulate autogenous tooth, and interleukin-6 in bone regeneration. A demineralized and particulate autogenous tooth was prepared and human osteoblast-like cells (MG63) and human osteosarcoma cells were inoculated into the culture. The rate of cell adhesion, proliferation and mineralization were examined, and the appearance of cellular attachment was observed. An 8 mm critical size defect was created in the cranium of rabbits. Nine rabbits were divided into three groups including: An experimental group A (3 rabbits), in which a demineralised and particulate autogenous tooth was grafted; an experimental group B (3 rabbits), in which a demineralized, particulate autogenous tooth was grafted in addition to interleukin-6 (20 ng/mL); and a control group. The rabbits were sacrificed at 1, 2, 4 and 6 weeks for histopathological examination with H-E and Masson’s Trichrome, and immunohistochemistry with osteocalcin. The cell-based assay showed a higher rate of cell adhesion, mineralization and cellular attachment in the experimental group A compared with the control group. The animal study revealed an increased number of osteoclasts, newly formed and mature bones in the experimental group A compared with the control group. Eventually, a higher number of osteoclasts were observed in the experimental group B. However, the emergence of newly formed and mature bone was lower than in the experimental group A. The current results suggest that treatment with demineralized and particulate autogenous tooth and interleukin-6 is not effective in stimulating bone regeneration during the bone grafting procedure.

Flavonoid myricetin, usually found in tea and medicinal plants, has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. Our objectives in this study were to verify the effects of myricetin on periodontal ligament fibroblasts (PDLFs) under inflammatory conditions and to observe its effects on osteoclast generation and on cytokine expression in RAW264.7 cells. To determine the effects of myricetin on PDLFs, we examined the expression and activity of proteolytic enzymes, including MMP-1, MMP-2, and MMP-8, which all play an important role in chronic periodontitis. We observed the effects of myricetin on intracellular signal transduction to verify the molecular mechanism involved. By measuring the formation of TRAP–positive multinucleated cells and the expression and activity of MMP-8, we were able to assess the effects of myricetin on osteoclast generation. In addition, by measuring the secretion of IL-6 and NO, we could evaluate the effects of myricetin on inflammatory mediators. We found that Myricetin had no effect on the viability of the PDLFs in the presence of inflammation, but it did decrease both the expression of MMP-1 and MMP-8 and the enzyme activity of MMP-2 and MMP-8 in these fibroblasts. Myricetin also decreased the lipopolysaccharide-stimulated phosphorylation of JNK, p38 signaling, IKKB, AKT, and p65RelA in the PDLFs. In the RAW264.7 cells, myricetin inhibited both the expression and the activity of MMP-8. Furthermore, Myricetin not only suppressed the generation of LPS-stimulated osteoclasts, but it also slightly inhibited LPS-stimulated degradation of IkB and decreased the release of LPS-induced IL-6 and NO. These findings suggest that myricetin alleviates the tissue-destructive processes that occur during periodontal inflammation.

In this study, the fracture behavior of a thermoplastic-modified epoxy resin reinforced with continuous carbon fibers for two levels of fiber-matrix adhesion was performed. A carbon fiber with commercial sizing was used and also treated with a known silane, (3-glycidoxy propyl trimethoxysilane) coupling agent. Toughness was determined using the double cantilever test, together with surface analysis after failure using scanning electron microscope. The presence of polysulfone particles improved the fracture behavior of the composite, but fiber-matrix adhesion seemed to play a very important role in the performance of the composite material. There appeared to be a synergy between the matrix modifier and the fibermatrix adhesion coupling agent.

Sambucus sieboldiana (SS) is a member of the family Caprifoliaceae and has been recommended as a functional material because of its several bioactivities. Although numerous literatures are available on the pharmacological and biological activities, the biological activity of SS in bone regeneration process has not yet been well-defined. Therefore, in this study, the effect of SS was investigated in the proliferation and differentiation of MC3T3-E1 osteoblastic cell line. The treatment of SS did not significantly affect the cell proliferation in MC3T3-E1 cells. SS significantly accelerated the mineralization and significantly increased the expression of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and osteocalcin (OC) mRNAs, compared to the control, in the differentiation of MC3T3-E1 cells. SS significantly accelerated the decrease of osteonectin (ON) mRNA expression as compared with the control in a time-dependent manner in the differentiation of MC3T3-E1 cells. These results suggest that the SS facilitate the osteoblast differentiation and mineralization in MC3T3-E1 osteoblastic cells. Therefore, there may be potential properties for development and clinical application of bone regeneration materials.

Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMP)-2 and -9 are participated in embryo development, implantation, remodeling of epithelial cell and ovulation. The objective of this study is to evaluate an impact of MMP2 and MMP9 on embryonic developmental competence as well as gene expression profiles of in vitro-produced bovine embryos. After in vitro fertilization, embryos of all groups were transferred into IVC-2 medium treated with MMP2 and MMP9 to check the optimum concentration on the basis of embryo development competence and cell numbers. The optimum concentrations for MMP2 and 9 were 1,200 ng/ml and 300 ng/ml. The blastocyst development competence was not different among 1,200 ng/ml of MMP2 vs. 300 ng/ml of MMP9 vs. combined MMP2 + 9 vs. control groups (41.46 ± 10.66 vs. 37.73 ± 8.92 vs. 45.11 ± 11.41% vs. 41.59 ± 11.88, respectively). Furthermore, the developmental competences to hatching and hatched blastocysts were not also different among the same groups (79.84 ± 12.63 vs. 83.3 ± 17.46 vs. 78.55 ± 14.48% vs. 72.02 ± 14.09). In addition, total cell number was significantly (p<0.05) greater in blastocyst treated with MMP9 300 ng/ml among all treatment groups. On the other hand, there was no significant difference of ICM vs. TE ratio in all groups. The expression of five out of six genes (i.e., MMP2, MMP9, IFNt, SSLP1 and HNRNPA2B1) was different among the groups. The expression of IFNt and HNRNPA2B1 genes was significantly greater in MMP9 (p<0.05), but there was no difference of MMP9 expression between MMP2 and MMP9 group (p>0.05). The normalized expression of MMP2 and SSLP1 was greater in MMP2 than other groups (p<0.05). In conclusion, MMPs treatment during IVC-2 medium was remarkably effected on blastocyst developmental competence and gene expression profiles that are related to embryo quality and implantation.

In this study, we analyzed the effect of silicon oxynitride matrix on the optical properties of Au nanoparticles dispersed on composite film and explored the effectiveness of the silicon in fine tuning the refractive index of the composite film for applications in optical waveguide devices. The atomic fraction of nitrogen in SiOxNy films was controlled by varying the relative flow ratio of nitrogen gas in reactive sputtering and was evaluated optically using an effective medium theory with Bruggeman geometry consisting of a random mixture between SiO2 and Si3N4. The Au nanoparticles were embedded in the SiOxNy matrix by employing the alternating deposition technique and clearly showed an absorption peak due to the excitation of surface plasmon. With increasing nitrogen atomic fraction in the matrix, the surface plasmon resonance wavelength shifted to a longer wavelength (a red-shift) with an enhanced resonance absorption. These characteristics were interpreted using the Maxwell-Garnett effective medium theory. The formation of a guided mode in a slab waveguide consisting of 3 μm thick Au:SiOxNy nanocomposite film was confirmed at the telecommunication wavelength of 1550 nm by prism coupler method and compared with the case of using SiO2 matrix. The use of SiOxNy matrix provides an effective way of controlling the mode confinement while maintaining or even enhancing the surface plasmon resonance properties.

본 실험은 국내 고추종자 12 품종을 대상으로 SMP 처리시 최적의 발아온도와 건조기간을 구명하고, 3 종류의 종자처리기술을 적용하여 고추종자의 입모율과 수확량을 비교하고자 하였다. 발아온도에 따른 결과는 무처리 종자가 15℃에서 12 품종 모두 전혀 발아가 되지 않았다. SMP 처리종자는 발아율이 77(여명)∼100%(대왕)로 높았으며, 15℃ 여명품종의 77%와 35℃의 부강품종 85%를 제외한 나머지 품종은 모든 온도에서 93% 이상으로 높은 경향이었다. 건조조건은 45℃에서 3시간이 적절한 품종으로 금수레, 동방, 종가네, 향촌, 여명, 광복, 왕 품종이었으며, 35℃에서 6 시간이 적절한 품종은 마니따, 조양 품종이었고, 25℃에서 12시간이 적절하다고 판단된 품종은 부강, 다보탑, 대왕 품종이었다. 건조기간에 따른 고추종자의 수분 함수율 변화는 품종마다 다소 차이는 있겠으나, 45℃에서 3∼6시간으로 판단되었다. SMP, osmopriming, pH조절처리에 따른 입묘율을 비교한 결과 낮은 입모율을 보이는 처리는 향촌품종의 pH 조절처리, 다보품종은 무처리, osmopriming 처리였다. 또한 광복품종은 입모율이 낮았고, 대왕품종은 다른 품종에 비해 양호한 경향이었다. 정식 후 90일째 수량에서 무처리가 낮은 경향이었으며, 결주율 또한 높게 나타났다. 품종에 따라 수량의 차이는 있었으며, pH 조절과 osmopriming의 처리 또한 모든 품종에서 안정된 입모율을 보이는 것은 아니었다. 결론적으로 SMP 처리조건은 모든 품종에서 안정된 입모의 확보를 가져올 수 있었으며, 다양한 환경조건에서 반복적인 연구가 진행되어야 할 것으로 사료되었다.

본 연구에서는 국내 주요 고추 12품종의 종자 처리시 적정 SMP carrier 선발을 하고자 하였다. SMP carrier 중 탄산칼슘은 carrier와 수분의 배율이 증가할수록 낮은 발아율을 보이거나, 처리 중 유근이 돌출되어 실용성이 낮은 carrier로 판단되었다. Micro-cel E는 수분의 배율이 증가할수록 T50이 단축되는 경향을 보였으나, 왕 품종의 경우 처리 중 유근이 돌출되어 차후 대량의 종자처리방법으로 적합하지 못한 결과를 나타냈다. 규조토의 처리는 수분의 배율을 1.5배 처리한 조양과 향촌품종이 처리 중 유근이 돌출되는 현상이 발생되기도 하였으나, 수분의 배율이 증가할수록 T50과 MDG가 단축되었다. 왕 품종의 경우 규조토로 1.0, 1.5배 처리는 T50이 0.99일과 0.89일로, Micro-cel E의 5.0, 7.0배의 1.59, 0.94일 보다 0.60일, 0.05일 단축되는 경향이었다. 따라서 고추 품종에 적용 가능한 carrier는 Micro -cel E와 대등한 성능을 갖는 규조토로 판단되며, 수분배율은 1.0배 처리가 적절할 것으로 사료된다.

고추 12 품종의 SMP 처리시 carrier와 수분의 배율, 처리기간 및 처리온도에 대한 조사 결과 적정 처리기간과 carrier와 수분의 배율은 품종마다 차이는 있었지만, 처리 중 발아가 일어나지 않았고, 발아율을 높이며, T50을 단축시킬 수 있는 처리로 왕과 마니따 품종은 carrier와 수분의 배율이 1 : 3에서 7일이었다. 나머지 10 품종은 1 : 7의 비율에서 3일이 좋았다. 종가집 품종은 다른 품종에 비해 처리기간과 수분배율에 따라 발아율과 T50이 불규칙한 경향을 나타낸 품종으로 조사되었다. 처리온도는 15℃에서 35℃로 설정하여 조사한 결과, 처리 중 유근돌출의 억제와 발아성 향상에 안정적인 처리는 20℃인 것으로 조사되었다.

Diamond tools were fabricated by cold pressing and sintering under pressure at the temperature up to . Investigation of the microhardness behaviour of the segments was showed that increasing the cobalt ratio causes the increase of the hardness of the matrix material. This caused to decrease of the wear rate of the matrix. Because the matrix wears more slowly than the diamonds, the space between the cutting edges and the matrix is constantly reduced. The swarf cannot be carried away properly, and the segment will continuously lose its ability to cut with higher cobalt contents.

The vacuum infiltration method is one of the composite producing methods. There are several parameters in composite production by vacuum infiltration. One of them is particle size of reinforcement in particulate reinforced composites. In this study, MgO powder and Al were used as reinforcement and matrix respectively. MgO powders with different size and amount to give same height were filled in quartz tubes and liquid metal was vacuum infiltrated into the MgO powder under same vacuum condition and for same time. Infiltration height was measured and microstructure and fracture behavior of composite were investigated. It has been found that infiltration height and fracture strength were increased with particulate reinforcement sizes. It has also been determined that molten metal temperature facilitates infiltration.

It has been reported that light-emitting diodes(LED) can be used in the treatment of oral diseases. Although bio-stimulatory effects of LED irradiation such as promotion of wound healing have been well known, there are few reports about molecular mechanisms associated with wound healing by LED irradiation. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the expression pattern of various extracellular matrix(ECM) molecules in relation to wound healing after LED irradiation on primary human gingival fibroblasts(hGFs) in vitro. The source of light for irradiation was a continuous-wave LED emitting at a wavelength of 635 nm, and manufactured that energy density was 5 mW/cm2 on sample surfaces. The hGFs were irradiated for 1 hour at 37℃ in 5% CO2 humidified chamber. Experimental samples were acquired at 0 (right after irradiation), 24 and 48 hour after irradiation. To investigate the molecular mechanisms associated with wound healing, we examined the mRNA expression of 6 types of collagens, 7 types of matrix metalloproteinases(MMPs) and 4 types of tissue inhibition of metalloproteinases(TIMPs) after LED irradiation by RT-PCR. The mRNA expression of collagen 4, MMP-3, 9, and 16, and TIMP-3 was influenced by LED irradiation. Generally, the collagen expression of the irradiation group was slightly increased, particularly collagen 4 was significantly increased at 0 hour. The expression of MMP-3 was increased at 0 and 24 hours and MMP-16 was increased at 24 hours, respectively. The expression of MMP-9 was decreased at 0 hour and increased at 24 and 48 hours. The mRNA expression of TIMP-3 was significantly decreased at 24 and 48 hours after irradiation. These results suggest that the altered expression of ECM molecules after LED irradiation may contribute to the accelerated wound healing.

본 연구는 당근과 양파에서 발아력 증진에 미치는 osmotic priming과 SMP효과를 비교하기 위해 수행되었다. Osmotic priming과 SMP 처리과정중 작물별 수분흡수율은 처리 1시간 후 급속한 수분흡수가 이루어졌고, 두 작물 모두 osmotic priming이 SMP보다 수분흡수 속도가 빨랐다. 이러한 경향은 처리 4시간까지 유지되었다. 처리최종일의 수분흡수율은 당근과 양파에서 osmotic priming이 SMP보다 2%높았다. Osmotic priming과 SMP 처리는 두 작물 모두 발아율을 향상시키지 못했지만 T50 및 MDG는 단축되어 조기발아 하였으며, 이러한 경향은 저온인 15℃에서 더욱 현저하였다. Osmotic priming과 SMP 처리 후 초기함수율로 재건조하면 당근에서는 발아속도에 큰 차이가 없었으나, 양파에서는 표면건조에 비해 발아속도가 지연되었다. Osmotic priming과 SMP 상호처리간 발아력을 비교한 결과 두 작물 모두 SMP 처리가 osmotic priming보다 발아촉진에 효과적이었다. 당근과 양파종자를 osmotic priming과 SMP 처리하면 묘출현율도 향상되었고, 묘출현에 소요되는 일수를 단축시켜 신속한 묘출현을 유도하였다. 그러나 묘출현에 이은 유묘의 초기생육에는 통계적인 유의성은 인정되지는 않았으나 osmotic priming과 SMP 처리된 종자는 무처리에 비해 향상되었다.