해양산업시설에서는 많은 종류의 유해물질의 배출 가능성이 존재하기 때문에 이에 대한 체계적인 대응체계가 필요하다. 그 중 연속자동 측정이 가능하면서 ppb 수준의 낮은 검출하한 (limit of detection:LOD)를 갖는 센서 구현은 매우 중요하다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서 는 활성탄소(carbon black)와 Indium tin oxide (ITO) 나노입자를 혼합한 film의 표면저항의 변화를 이용한 고성능 센서 제안 및 구현을 위해 성능인자를 최적화하였다. 센서 구조는 접촉 면적과 전극 간격을 최적화하였다. 접촉 면적이 증가하면 감도, LOD 성능이 향상되었으며 60 mm2에서 최적화되었다. 또한, 전극 간격은 접촉 면적을 일정하게 유지한 상태에서 변화시켰으며 센서 응답은 전극 간격이 감소함에 따라 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. 마지막으로 센서 표면에서의 유해물질의 잔류시간 증가를 위해 화학흡착제를 적용하였다. 화학흡착제는 유해 물질을 선택적으로 흡수할 수 있는 polyester계를 선택하였다. 그 결과 농도가 증가함에 따라 응답이 선형적으로 증가하여 센서로 활용이 가능한 것을 확인하였다. 이러한 3가지의 방법을 통해 센서를 제작하였을 때 액상 유해물질을 기존 센서의 LOD(89.9 ppb)와 비교 10~40 ppb 정도의 낮은 농도를 검출할 수 있는 센서를 구현하였다.

This study assessed the measurement technique of odorous substances using a GC/MOS system with MOS sensor at the detector and the method detection limits were determined for odorous substances such as hydrogen sulfide, acetaldehyde, toluene, m,pxylene, and o-xylene. The portable GC/MOS system was able to separate and measure about 16 out of 22 odorous substances including sulfur compounds, aldehydes, and VOCs. The peak values for hydrogen sulfide, acetaldehyde, toluene, m,p-xylene, and o-xylene showed a nonlinear relationship with concentration and a correlation coefficient of 0.95 or higher was confirmed. The method detection limits for hydrogen sulfide, acetaldehyde, toluene, m.pxylene, and o-xylene using the portable GC/MOS system were determined to be 0.005, 0.023, 0.016, 0.004, and 0.051 ppm, respectively. It is expected that the system can measure odor samples with concentrations of least 50 ppb without additional pretreatment or concentration processes.

우리나라의 절화국화는 국내 화훼작물 중 큰 비중을 차 지하고 있다. 수출 또한 2011년에는 2001년대비 약 1.9배 증가하였지만 생산단가 상승과 주변 경쟁국들과의 가격 경쟁력으로 수출농가가 어려움을 겪고 있다. 이를 극복하기 위해서는 소비자의 기회에 맞는 품종을 개발하 고 또한 고품질 국화를 생산하는 것이 필요하다. 국화 품 질을 저하시키는 요인 중 하나는 병해충 감염이며, 국화 흰녹병이 가장 심각한 피해를 주고 있다. 국화흰녹병 병 발생을 근절할 수 있는 근본적인 해결책은 저항성 품종 개발이지만 이는 많은 시간이 필요하기에 단기적 방법으 로 가시적으로 병징이 나타나기 이전에 국화흰녹병 감염 여부를 검정할 수 있는 기술을 개발한다면 병 발생 피 해를 최소화할 수 있을 것이다. 국화흰녹병 검정 기술 개 발을 위해 실험실 조건에서 이병주의 연중 생산이 필수 적이기에 이병주를 생산하는 시스템을 우선적으로 확립 하였다. 그리고 자체 생산한 이병주에서 증식된 병원균 의 담자포자의 형태적 특성 및 rDNA의 DNA 염기서열 분석 결과로 국화흰녹병균임을 입증하였다. 또한 국화흰 녹병균 유전체 정보를 이용하여 국화흰녹병균만을 검출 할 수 있는 유전자를 선발하였고 이 유전자를 대상으로 국화흰녹병균 게놈 DNA 0.25ng까지 검출할 수 있는 프 라이머 쌍을 개발하였다. 동일한 프라이머를 이용하여 Real-time PCR를 실시하면 게놈 DNA 6pg까지 검출이 가능하였다.향후 이러한 방법을 이용하여 병원균 접종후 육안으로 병징이 확인되기 이전에 국화흰녹병균의 검출 을 확인할 예정이다.

Toluene, xylene, styrene, and ethylbenzene are main volatile organic compounds emitted from painting materials. According with the development of gas chromatography equipment, it has been possible to analyze the low level of ambient VOCs concentration. In this study, the limit of detection and the limit of quantitation were analysed for VOCs originated from painting materials in GC/FID/liquid injection analysis system. The results of %RSD for four standard solutes showed a great reproducibility in terms of detection time and detection area. The limit of detection and the limit of quantitation in SRI GC appeared to be 501.64 pg and 1.67 ppb for toluene, 572.03 pg and 1.90 ppb for ethylbenzene, 1077.22 pg and 3.59 ppb for m,p-xylene, 36563.35 pg and 121.76 ppb for styrene, respectively.

According to the development of GC equipment, it has been possible to analyze the low level of ambient VOCs concentration. In this study, the limit of detection and the limit of quantitation were estimated for two GC equipments of the VOCs analysis, which would contribute to improve the quality of VOCs analysis results. The results of %RSD for ten standard solutes showed a great reproducibility in terms of detection time and detection area. The limit of detection and the limit of quantitation in SRI GC appeared to be 0.175 ppb and 0.583 ppb for benzene, and 0.223 ppb and 0.743 ppb for toluene, respectively. On the other hand, The limit of detection and the limit of quantitation in FISON GC appeared to be 0.149 ppb and 0.496 ppb for benzene, and 0.094 ppb and 0.313 ppb for toluene, respectively.

When a new counting experiment is proposed, it is crucial to predict whether the desired source signal will be detected, or how much observation time is required in order to detect the signal at a certain significance level. The concept of the a priori prediction of the detection limit in a newly proposed experiment should be distinguished from the a posteriori claim or decision whether a source signal was detected in an experiment already performed, and the calculation of statistical significance of a measured source signal. We formulate precise definitions of these concepts based on the statistical theory of hypothesis testing, and derive an approximate formula to estimate quickly the a priori detection limit of expected Poissonian source signals. A more accurate algorithm for calculating the detection limits in a counting experiment is also proposed. The formula and the proposed algorithm may be used for the estimation of required integration or observation time in proposals of new experiments. Applications include the calculation of integration time required for the detection of faint emission lines in a newly proposed spectroscopic observation, and the detection of faint sources in a new imaging observation. We apply the results to the calculation of observation time required to claim the detection of the surface thermal emission from neutron stars with two virtual instruments.

Based on basic concept of detection limit, sample measurement time & background measurement time was considered, and MDA values according to background measurement time and sample measurement time in land samples(river soil, surface soil, drinking water, underground water, surface water, pine leaf, mugwort) analysis among environmental samples were compared. Seeing the water sample analysis result, it was shown that most of the samples were not detected, and most of the samples in land specimen analysis showed to be below the detection limit of "Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Announcement Je-2008-28-ho", but Cs which is one of artificial radioactive nuclide was detected in some samples. It can be traced back to 1950s and 1960s when nuclear tests were carried out in atmosphere and catastrophic Chernobyl atomic power station accident that caused fallouts in the sky, and this is common level of detection that can be observed worldwide. Seeing the result that the Cs(which is a isotope of Cs, and it has relatively short half life) was not detected in all samples, it can be considered it doesn't affect to the operation of atomic power station.