• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.35 no.11
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• pp.835-860
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• 2013

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.

• Food Science and Industry
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.52-59
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• 2017

Nano-packaging is defined as food packages produced with nanoparticles or using nanotechnology in their process. Nano-packaging has become more available in the current market because of its enhanced functional properties such as antimicrobial and barrier properties. However, consumers have worried about toxicity by migration of nanomaterials from packaging to food. Currently, many commercialized products are coated or composited with inorganic nanomaterials such as nanosilver, nanoclay, zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, and so on. In this study, nanomaterials used in food packaging were classified and the commercially available nano-packaging were screened. Study on the migration of nanomaterials in various food simulants was also summarized.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.315-324
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• 2023

Ion-exchange membrane (IEM), is a key component that determines the performance of the electro-membrane processes. In this review, the latest research trends in improving the performance of IEMs used in various electro-membrane processes through modification using carbon-based and metal-based nanomaterials are investigated. The nanomaterials can be introduced into IEMs through various methods. In particular, carbon-based nanomaterials can strengthen their interaction with polymer chains by introducing additional functional groups through chemical modification. Through this, not only can the ion conductivity of IEM be improved, but also the permselectivity can be improved through the sieving effect through the layered structure. Meanwhile, metal-based nanomaterials can improve permselectivity through sieving properties using the difference in hydration radius between target ions and excluded ions within a membrane by using the property of having a layered or porous structure. In addition, depending on the characteristics of the binder used, ion conductivity can be improved through interaction between nanomaterials and binders. From this review, it can be seen that the properties of IEMs can be effectively controlled using carbon-based and metal-based nanomaterials and that research on this is important to greatly improve the performance of the electro-membrane process.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.57 no.1
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• pp.46-51
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• 2017

이 글에서는 레이저를 이용한 금속산화물 나노물질 가공에 의하여 고전도도의 전극을 패터닝하는 공정에 대해 소개하고자 한다.

• Air Cleaning Technology
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• v.20 no.3 s.78
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• pp.10-19
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2018.06a
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• pp.92.1-92.1
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• 2018

표면증강 라만 산란(Surface Enhancement Raman Scattering, SERS) 기판의 경우, 규칙적인 배열을 갖는 나노구조 및 나노패턴 기판과 금속 나노구조의 고밀도 패킹이 고감도 화학물질 검출에 중요하다. 또한 폭넓은 응용 가능성에도 불구하고 기판 제작의 비용이 높고 재현성이 떨어져 상용화에 어려움을 겪고 있다. 본 연구에서는 다공성 알루미나(Anodic Aluminum Oxide, AAO)를 사용하여 Ag 나노입자가 코팅된 나노기둥 배열(Nanopillar array)을 갖는 고분자 필름의 SERS-active 기판을 제작하여 공정비용을 낮추고, 대면적화로 생산성을 높이고자 한다. 다단계 양극산화 공정과 복제 기술을 통해 다양한 지름과 높이를 갖는 맥주병 형상의 나노기둥 배열을 제조하였고, aspect ratio가 2.3인 나노기둥 배열에서 최대의 SERS 신호 강도와 높은 재현성을 확인하였다. SERS 신호의 세기는 Ag 나노입자가 코팅된 나노기둥 배열의 열처리 온도와 분석 물질의 농도에 따라 비례하며 이를 바탕으로 정량적인 고감도 진단, 바이오 화학 물질 센서에 매우 적합함을 알 수 있다.

• Clean Technology
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.161-172
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• 2007

Fusion technology based on the nanotechnology should be introduced to clean technology for the breakthrough advances. Today, nanoparticles, nanotubes and other engineered nanomaterials are already in use in hundreds of everyday consumer products, and these materials are able to move around the human and environmental mediamore readily than larger particles of pollution. Because of their extremely small size and large surface area, nanoparticles are known to be more reactive and toxic than larger particles. Consequently, this feature raised many concerns of significant health, safety and environment. Herein, we reviewed risk assessment for health and environmental hazards of nanomaterials, and then revealed the potential hazardous of nanomaterials.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.415-422
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• 2010

Recently as the reports on toxicity of some nanomaterials and the nanoproducts containing these nanomaterials are rapidly increasing, the safety management issues about nanomaterials and nanoproducts are emerging hot. Especially safety in the workplace and that of consumers and the protection of environment, in other words safeties throughout the life-cycle of nanomaterials and products become core issues. Despite the importance of such a safety management, however, it is very difficult to construct the hard regulatory framework for safety, owing to uncertainties and potentialities of nano-risk. In this paper I will look around the ethical principles and guidelines for safety management which are preferentially required before going into the discussion on the construction of hard-regulation such as law and something like that. Under the circumstance that hard-regulations for safety management are not implementable, these principles and guidelines are expected to play a leading part in building the responsible risk-governance framework for nanomaterials and nanoproducts, and finally to become a cornerstone of the hard risk-governance framework.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.33.2-33.2
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• 2010

산화물 반도체 나노선 가스센서는 기존의 벌크 및 박막재료에 비해 체적-표면적비가 매우 커서 극미량의 화학물질에 대한 감응특성이 유리하여 많은 각광을 받고 있다. 현재, 다양한 물질들의 나노선 합성 및 센서 소자 구현에 대한 연구가 국내외적으로 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 이와 같은 나노선 센서의 실용화를 위해 특정 물질에 대한 선택성과 감응특성의 증진이 여전히 요구되고 있으며, 이에 대한 여러 방향에서의 연구가 진행되고 있다. 특히, 촉매특성이 뛰어난 귀금속 나노입자를 나노선 표면에 부착시킨, 기능화된 나노선 센서소자에 관련된 연구가 활발하다. 본 연구에서는 기상법을 이용하여 합성한 산화물 나노선에 감마선을 조사하여 Au, Pt 및 Pd 금속나노입자를 형성시켰다. 이와 같이 금속나노입자가 고착된 산화물 나노선의 미세구조와 가스 감응특성을 조사하였으며, 기능화된 금속 나노입자가 가스 감응에 미치는 영향과 가스 감응 메커니즘을 제시하고자 한다.

• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.16-22
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• 2004

최근 나노기술의 발달로 다양한 나노구조체가 제작되었으며, 이러한 나노구조체를 바이오센서에 응용하고자하는 연구가 매우 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 나노구조체가 바이오센서 물질로 관심을 끄는 이유는 검출하고자하는 표적물질의 크기가 일반적으로 나노구조체의 크기와 비슷하므로 감도가 매우 좋은 센서의 제작이 가능할 뿐 아니라 센서의 소형화 및 집적화가 가능하기 때문이다.(중략)