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Separation of Nanomaterials Using Flow Field-Flow Fractionation

흐름 장-흐름 분획기를 이용한 나노물질의 분리

  • Kim, Sung-Hee (Department of Earth and Environmental Science & Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Lee, Woo-Chun (Department of Earth and Environmental Science & Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Kim, Soon-Oh (Department of Earth and Environmental Science & Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Na, So-Young (School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Kim, Hyun-A (School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Lee, Byung-Tae (School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Lee, Byoung-Cheun (Division of Risk Assessment, National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Eom, Ig-Chun (Division of Risk Assessment, National Institute of Environmental Research)
  • 김성희 (경상대학교 지구환경과학과 및 기초과학연구소) ;
  • 이우춘 (경상대학교 지구환경과학과 및 기초과학연구소) ;
  • 김순오 (경상대학교 지구환경과학과 및 기초과학연구소) ;
  • 나소영 (광주과학기술원 환경공학부) ;
  • 김현아 (광주과학기술원 환경공학부) ;
  • 이병태 (광주과학기술원 환경공학부) ;
  • 이병천 (국립환경과학원 위해성평가연구과) ;
  • 엄익춘 (국립환경과학원 위해성평가연구과)
  • Received : 2013.10.16
  • Accepted : 2013.11.08
  • Published : 2013.11.30
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Abstract

Recently, the consumption of nanomaterials has been significantly increased in both industrial and commercial sectors, as a result of steady advancement in the nano-technologies. This ubiquitous use of nanomaterials has brought up the concern that their exposure to environments may cause detrimental effects on human health as well as natural ecosystems, and it is required to characterize their behavior in various environmental media and to evaluate their ecotoxicity. For the sake of accomplishing those assessments, the development of methods to effectively separate them from diverse media and to quantify their properties should be requisitely accompanied. Among a number of separation techniques developed so far, this study focuses on Field-Flow Fractionation (FFF) because of its strengths, such as relatively less disturbance of samples and simple pretreatment, and we review overseas and domestic literatures on the separation of nanomaterials using the FFF technique. In particular, researches with Flow Field-Flow Fractionation (FlFFF) are highlighted due to its most frequent application among FFF techniques. The basic principle of the FlFFF is briefly introduced and the studies conducted so far are classified and scrutinized based on the sort of target nanomaterials for the purpose of furnishing practical data and information for the researchers struggling in this field. The literature review suggests that the operational conditions, such as pretreatment, selection of membrane and carrier solution, and rate (velocity) of each flow, should be optimized in order to effectively separate them from various matrices using the FFF technique. Moreover, it seems to be a prerequisite to couple or hyphenate with several detectors and analyzers for quantification of their properties after their separation using the FFF. However, its application has been restricted regarding the types of target nanomaterials and environmental media. Furthermore, domestic literature data on both separation and characterization of nanomaterials are extremely limited. Taking into account the overwhelmingly increasing consumption of nanomaterials, the efforts for the area seem to be greatly urgent.

최근 들어 나노기술의 발전에 따라 다양한 산업 및 상업분야에서 나노물질의 사용이 급증하고 있다. 이러한 나노물질이 환경에 유출되어 사람의 건강 및 생태계에 악영향을 줄 수 있다는 문제가 지속적으로 제기되어 왔다. 이에 따라 다양한 환경매질 내에서 나노물질의 거동특성 및 생독성 등에 대한 평가들이 요구되어진다. 이러한 평가들이 진행되기 위해서 필연적으로 다양한 매체 내에서 존재하는 나노물질을 효과적으로 분리하고 이들의 특성을 정량화하는 기술들이 수반되어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 나노물질의 분리기술들 중 시료의 교란이 비교적 적고 전처리과정이 단순한 장-흐름 분획기술을 이용한 나노물질 분리에 대한 국내외 선행연구들을 살펴보았다. 특히 가장 많이 활용되어온 흐름 장-흐름 분획기를 중심으로 기본원리를 살펴보고 분리대상인 나노물질의 종류에 따라서 지금까지 수행되어온 연구들을 분류하고 분석해 봄으로써 이 분야의 연구자들에게 실제적인 정보를 제공하고자 한다. 장-흐름 분획기를 이용하여 다양한 환경매질로부터 나노물질을 효과적으로 분리하기 위해서 분리대상인 나노물질의 종류와 특성을 고려한 전처리, 적절한 멤브레인과 운반용액의 선택, 흐름조건의 최적화 등이 중요한 것으로 조사되었다. 뿐만 아니라 분리 후 나노물질의 특성을 정량화하기 위해서 다양한 검출기 및 분석기와의 연계가 필수적으로 보인다. 하지만 아직까지 일부 환경매질에만 국한되어 연구가 진행되었으며, 또한 분리대상인 나노물질의 종류도 극히 제한적인 것으로 조사되었다. 특히 이러한 나노물질에 대한 분리 및 측정에 대한 국내 연구는 매우 부족한 실정이며 나노물질 사용량이 급증하고 있는 현실을 고려하면 이 분야에 대한 연구가 절실히 요구된다.

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