scholarly journals Light People: Professor Byoungho Lee

2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Wang ◽  
Cun Yu

EditorialMajor developments were made recently in both VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality) technologies, which became the focus of attention. In recent years, MR (mixed reality) technology has also emerged, and optical components play an irreplaceable role in these technologies.Professor Byoungho Lee, who graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and currently works at Seoul National University in South Korea, has been committed to the development of optical components used in VR and AR technologies. As a pioneer of optical electronics in Korea, he is involved in various well-known academic organizations in the optical field, such as the Optica, SPIE, and IEEE, as well as serving as the president of the Optical Society of Korea, leading the direction of the development of optical industry in Korea. As the ambassador of China-Korea Optoelectronics Exchange, Prof. Lee has also played an active role in Chinese optical events and activities. Over the years, he and the Journal Light: Science & Applications (LIGHT) have made progress together and have both made their names in the vast field of optoelectronics.So where did the story between Prof. Lee and the LIGHT journal begin? And what kind of link does the professor have with Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP)? How did he become a pioneer in optoelectronics technology? These are the questions we are eager to ask Prof. Byoungho Lee.The future cannot be predicted, but it can be invented, said Dennis Gabor who had invented holography. The pace of human technological advancements has never stopped. Who is to say that we cannot take a virtual tour of the Palace Museum or explore the north and south poles in the future? Scientists like Prof. Lee are working hard to use technology to provide mankind with an intelligent lifestyle, and lead a new technological trend. I am sure we are all looking forward to it.

Author(s):  
Tristan H. Lambert

Glenn M. Samm is at the University of British Columbia reported (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 10804) the photofluorodecarboxylation of aryloxyacids such as 1 using Selectfluor 2. Jean-François Paquin at the Université Laval found (Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 5428) that the halogenation of alcohols (e.g., 4 to 5) could be achieved with [Et2NSF2]BF4 (XtalFluor-E) in the presence of the appropriate tetraethylammonium halide. A method for the reductive bromination of carboxylic acid 6 to bromide 7 was developed (Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 4842) by Norio Sakai at the Tokyo University of Science. Professor Sakai also reported (Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 4366) a related method for the reductive coupling of acid 8 with octanethiol to produce thioether 9. The esterification of primary alcohols in water-containing solvent was achieved (Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 4910) by Michio Kurosu at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center using the reagent 11, such as in the conversion of alcohol 10 to produce 12 in high yield. Hosahudya N. Gopi discovered (Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 7085) that the conversion of thioacid 13 to amide 14 was rapidly promoted by CuSO4. A ruthenium-catalyzed dehydrative amidation procedure using azides and alcohols, such as the reaction of 15 with phenylethanol to produce 16, was reported (Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 6028) by Soon Hyeok Hong at Seoul National University. An alternative oxidative amidation was developed (Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 6479) by Chengjian Zhu at Nanjing University and the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry who utilized catalytic tetrabutylammonium iodide and disubstituted formamides to convert alcohols such as 17 to amides 18. A redox catalysis strategy was developed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 12036) by Brandon L. Ashfeld at Notre Dame for the triphenylphosphine-catalyzed Staudinger ligation of carboxylic acid 19 to furnish amide 20. For direct catalytic amidation of carboxylic acids and amines such as in the conversion of 21 to 23, Dennis G. Hall at the University of Alberta reported (J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 8386) that the boronic acid 22 was a highly effective catalyst that operated at room temperature.


Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber

Shaorong Yang and Huanfeng Jiang of the South China University of Technology assembled (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 7219) the β-lactone 3 by the Pd-catalyzed addition of 2 to the alkyne 1. Jack R. Norton of Columbia University observed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 1036) that the vanadium-mediated reduc­tive cyclization of 4 proceeded by a free radical mechanism, leading to the cis 3,4-disubstituted tetrahydrofuran 5. The cyclization of 6 to 7 developed (J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 965) by Glenn M. Sammis of the University of British Columbia also involved H atom transfer. Amy R. Howell of the University of Connecticut devised (J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 5196) the ring expansion of the β-lactone 8 to the tet­rahydrofuran 9. Dmitri V. Filippov and Jeroen D. C. Codée of Leiden University showed (J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 4553) that the net reductive alkylation of the lac­tone 10 led to 11 with high diastereocontrol. A. Stephen K. Hashmi of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg optimized (Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 427) the gold-mediated rearrangement of the ester 12 to the lactone 13. This reaction apparently proceeded by the coupling of the metalated lac­tone with a propargylic carbocationic species. Benjamin List of the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung developed (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 7703) an organocatalyst that mediated the addition of 15 to 14, leading to 16 in high ee. Scott E. Denmark of the University of Illinois published (Nature Chem. 2015, 6, 1056) a detailed study of the enantioselective cyclization of 17 to 18. Shunichi Hashimoto of Hokkaido University established (Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 1397) that his catalyst was effective for the cycli­zation of 19 to 20. Debendra K. Mohapatra of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology showed (J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 1365) that allyl trimethylsilane could trap the intermediate from the cyclization of 21, leading to 22 with high diastereocontrol. Young-Ger Suh of Seoul National University used (Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 9026) a Pd catalyst to cyclize 23 to (−)-deguelin 24. John Montgomery of the University of Michigan showed (Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 1493) that the Ni-catalyzed reduc­tive cyclization of 25 to 26 proceeded with high diastereoselectivity.


Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber

Clemens Krempner of Texas Tech University devised (Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 14959) a very active Al catalyst for the Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction of a ketone 1 to the alcohol 2. Louis Fensterbank and Cyril Ollivier of UMPC and Jean-Philippe Goddard of the Université de Haute-Alsace showed (Adv. Synth. Catal. 2014, 356, 2756) that visible light could mediate the reduction of the O-thiocarbamate 3 to 4. Soon Hyeok Hong of Seoul National University used (Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 4404) hydrogen from the diol 6 to reduce the nitrile 5, leading directly to the protected amine 7. Alex Adronov of McMaster University (J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 7728) and Thibault Cantat of Gif- sur-Yvette (Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 9349) observed that an aryl amide 8 could be reduced to the amine 9 under conditions that left alkyl amides unchanged. Paul J. Chirik of Princeton University developed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 13178) a Co catalyst for the alcohol- directed reduction of a proximal alkene, converting 10 selectively to 11. Yoichiro Kuninobu and Motomu Kanai of the University of Tokyo used (Synlett 2014, 25, 1869) stoichiometric Mo(CO)₆ to desulfurize 12 to 13. Utpal Bora of Tezpur University oxidized (Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55, 5029) the alcohol 14 to the aldehyde 15 with t-butyl hydroperoxide, using the inexpensive and reusable VOSO₄ as the catalyst. The oxidation of an alcohol to the acid is often car­ried out in two steps, alcohol to aldehyde and aldehyde to carboxylic acid. Kenneth B. Wagener of the University of Florida developed (Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55, 4452) a protocol for the direct oxidation of an alcohol 16 to the acid 17. Prodeep Phukan of Gauhati University devised (Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55, 5358) a catalyst-free procedure for the oxidation of a primary alcohol 18 to the ester 19. The aldehyde cor­responding to 18 (not illustrated) was also efficiently oxidized to 19. Katsuhiko Moriyama and Hideo Togo of Chiba University effected (Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 3812) the oxidative debenzylation of 20 to the ketone 21.


English Today ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-60
Author(s):  
Marije Van Hattum

The Irish English Resource Centre is a website developed and maintained by Raymond Hickey, Professor in Linguistics at the University of Duisburg and Essen, a renowned expert on the variety of English spoken in Ireland. The website aims to ‘make material on the historical and regional diversity of Irish English, in the north and south of the country, and information on the sociolinguistics of present-day varieties, available to the interested public’. The contents are divided into twelve sections, which can be accessed in different ways: (i) Introduction, (ii) Levels, (iii) Urban varieties, (iv) Ulster, (v) Surveys and data, (vi) Transportation, (vii) Wider context, (viii) Search, (ix) Links, (x) Research, (xi) References, and (xii) Maps.


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 696-699
Author(s):  
Eldon B. Berglund

In The spring of 1959, Dr. John Anderson, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota, asked me to go to Korea as adviser in pediatrics to Seoul National University. The University of Minnesota has a contract with the United States Operations Mission (USOM) to help rehabilitate Seoul National University in the schools of Agriculture, Public Administration, Engineering and Medicine. This contract has been in effect since 1954, has involved the spending of several millions of dollars, the sending of medical advisers from Minnesota to Seoul and of medical participants, as they are called, from Seoul National University (SNU) to the University of Minnesota.


Author(s):  
Douglass F. Taber

Xiangge Zhou of Sichuan University showed (Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 318) that even the monosubstituted alkene 1 was smoothly converted to the methyl ether 2 by catalytic FeCl3. Brian C. Goess of Furman University protected (J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 4132) the more reactive alkene of 3 as the 9-BBN adduct, allowing selective reduction of the less reactive alkene to give, after reoxidation, the monoreduced 4. Nobukazu Taniguchi of the Fukushima Medical University added (Synlett 2011, 1308) Na p-toluenesulfinate oxidatively to 1 to give the sulfone 5. Krishnacharya G. Akamanchi of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai oxidized (Synlett 2011, 81) 1 directly to the bromo ketone 6. Osmium is used catalytically both to effect dihydroxylation, to prepare 8, and to mediate oxidative cleavage, as in the conversion of 7 to the dialdehyde 9. Ken-ichi Fujita of AIST Tsukuba devised (Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 3137) magnetically retrievable osmium nanoparticles that can be reused repeatedly for the dihydroxylation. B. Moon Kim of Seoul National University established (Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 1363) an extraction scheme that allowed the catalytic Os to be reused repeatedly for the oxidative cleavage. Maurizio Taddei of the Università di Siena showed (Synlett 2011, 199) that aqueous formaldehyde could be used in place of Co/H2 (syngas) for the formylation of 1 to 10. Hirohisa Ohmiya and Masaya Sawamura of Hokkaido University prepared (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1086) carboxylic acids (not illustrated) from alkenes using CO2. Joseph M. Ready of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center selectively arylated (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 2111) the homoallylic alcohol 11 to give 12. Many reactions of alkenes are initiated by hydroboration, then conversion of the resulting alkyl borane. Hiroyuki Kusama of the Tokyo Institute of Technology photolyzed (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 3716) 14 with 13 to give the ketone 15. William G. Ogilvie of the University of Ottawa added (Synlett 2011, 1113) the 9-BBN adduct from 1 to 16 to give 17. Professors Ohmiya and Sawamura effected (Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 482) a similar conjugate addition, not illustrated, of 9-BBN adducts to α,β-unsaturated acyl imidazoles.


2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (03) ◽  
pp. 137-158
Author(s):  
Dracos Vassalos ◽  
Apostolos Papanikolaou

April 1, 2001 marked the fourth anniversary of the Stockholm Agreement (SA), a period during which almost 80% of the roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) fleet in North West Europe have been subjected to calculations, model testing and numerical simulations in the struggle to meet these demanding new requirements. The experience gained has been invaluable in understanding better the problem at hand and is being utilized to shape new developments likely to lead to more meaningful requirements. The North-South divide, however, continues to cause unrest, particularly at the European level. Efforts to assess the status quo in North West Europe, and to use the information amassed so far as a means to predict the potential impact of introducing the SA in the South, led to a dedicated call by the Commission and to a contract being awarded to two closely collaborating teams, one at the Ship Stability Research Centre of the University of Strathclyde under the leadership of Professor Vassalos and one at the Ship Design Laboratory of the National Technical University of Athens, under the leadership of Professor Papanikolaou, representing the North and South of Europe, respectively. This background provided the incentive for an introspective look at the SA, with a view to ascertaining its status before embarking into future projections. This forms Part 1 of the SA related research with Part 2 aiming to cover the results of the Commission study itself.


2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda T. Darling

A useful paradigm for studying Mediterranean and world history is the concept behind a course I teach, “The Mediterranean as a Borderland.” The paradigm of the borderland was generated by policymakers and social scientists studying the American Southwest and developed for the field of history by Oscar Martinez at the University of Arizona. Arizona is in the borderland, the region close to the border between the United States and Mexico where the influence of Mexico can be directly felt. There is of course an equivalent region on the other side in Mexico that is directly influenced by its proximity to the United States. These two regions together comprise the borderland, and they are in many ways more similar to each other than either is to the rest of the nation it belongs to. Unlike the border itself, which divides one country from another, the borderland is the area where the two societies meet and overlap. The Mediterranean Sea is often seen as a border between Christian and Muslim civilizations to the north and south. It can therefore be studied as a borderland, the region where the two overlap. Such a study highlights similarities, influences, and exchanges rather than differences and oppositions; it forms a necessary corrective to today’s emphasis on the “clash of civilizations.” This paper gives a historiography of the borderland paradigm and its application in the Mediterranean, and compares it with the closely related concept of the frontier.


2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
Suong Thi Ha

Building the collections of artifacts is a professional work in order to strengthen the warehouse of a museum, which is one of the most important missions of museums. An original collection of artifacts constructed will help us easily manage them in both quantity and quality to serve scientific research, educational and informational exhibitions of the museum. The collections are the pride and the measure of the value of each museum. Since set up, the Museum of History-Culture in the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City always focuses on collection building. From the project “Invest for building artifact collections, improve research ability of the Museum of History-Culture", the museum has successfully built many collections such as Chu Dau ceramics collection, Dong son bronze drums collection, Binh Duong ceramics, artifact collections of ethnic groups in the North of Vietnam, etc. Among those valuable collections, Chu Dau ceramics collection is considered as one of the most valuable collections. This collection has 39 ceramic objects dated from the 15th Century belonging to Chu Dau ceramics found from ancient Cu Lao Cham shipwreck.


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