Low-Temperature Direct Growth of Amorphous Boron Nitride Films for High-Performance Nanoelectronic Device Applications.

We successfully demonstrated the improvement and stabilization of the electrical properties of a graphene field effect transistor by fabricating a sandwiched amorphous boron nitride (a-BN)/graphene (Gr)/a-BN using a directly grown a-BN film. The a-BN film was grown low-pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) at a low growth temperature of 250 °C and applied as a protection layer in the sandwiched structure. Both structural and chemical states of the as-grown a-BN were verified by various spectroscopic and microscopic analyses.

Morphology-controlled ZnO nanowire arrays for tailored hybrid composites with high damping.

Hybrid fiber reinforced composites using a nanoscale reinforcement of the interface have not reached their optimal performance in practical applications due to their complex design and the challenging assembly of their multiscale components. One promising approach to the fabrication of hybrid composites is the growth of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowire arrays on the surface of carbon fibers to provide improved interfacial strength and out of plane reinforcement. However, this approach has been demonstrated mainly on fibers and thus still requires complex processing conditions.

[Factors influencing the miss rate of polyps in a tandem colonoscopy study].

Background/aims: The miss rate of colon polyps and its related factors have not been clearly identified yet. This study aims to review the miss rate of polyps both on the patient-level and on the polyp-level and to analyze the factors affecting the miss rate such as those related to the endoscopist, procedure, patient, and polyp.

Methods: From August 2011 to August 2013, patients who underwent elective second colonoscopy for resection of polyps, the sizes of which were not small enough to be resected by biopsy forceps alone at first colonoscopy, were enrolled retrospectively.

[Comparison of blood leptin concentration and colonic mucosa leptin expression in colon adenoma patients and healthy control].

Background/aims: Obesity increases the risk of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyp, and one of the underlying mechanisms of this increase is considered to be due to the growth promoting effects of adipokines, such as leptin. In order to investigate this finding, leptin expression in the colonic tissue and blood leptin concentration of the colonic adenoma patients were compared to those of the control group.

Methods: Colonic adenoma tissues were obtained by polypectomy (n=60).

C4 protein of Beet severe curly top virus is a pathomorphogenetic factor in Arabidopsis.

The Curtovirus C4 protein is required for symptom development during infection of Arabidopsis. Transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing C4 from either Beet curly top virus or Beet severe curly top virus produced phenotypes that were similar to symptoms seen during infection with wild-type viruses. The pseudosymptoms caused by C4 protein alone were novel to transgenic Arabidopsis and included bumpy trichomes, severe enations, disorientation of vascular bundles and stomata, swelling, callus-like structure formation, and twisted siliques.

Hydrophobically recovered and contact printed siloxane oligomers for general-purpose surface patterning.

Hydrophobic recovery of elastomeric polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) has been well-known in various fields, such as microcontact printing (microCP), microfluidics, and electric insulation, etc., which has been believed to be due to the transfer of out-diffused siloxane oligomers in PDMS. The recovery phenomenon has been used to control surface energy of a substrate, due partly to its nanoscale thickness.

Overexpression of the downward leaf curling (DLC) gene from melon changes leaf morphology by controlling cell size and shape in Arabidopsis leaves.

A plant-specific gene was cloned from melon fruit. This gene was named downward leaf curling (CmDLC) based on the phenotype of transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing the gene. This expression level of this gene was especially upregulated during melon fruit enlargement.