• KSBB Journal
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.158-161
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• 2002

In this study, a prototype fiber-optic biosensor was fabricated using the inhibition of enzyme reaction by organophosphorus compounds to detect organophosphorus compounds, which is nervous toxic material an? is used as chemical weapon and pesticide. Enzyme, substrate, and inhibitor for enzyme reaction were acetylcholinesterase (key enzyme in nervous cell), acetylthiocholine iodide, and paraoxon (a kind of organophosphorus compounds), respectively. The detection principle of sensor is the detection of enzyme reaction inhibited by organophosphorus compounds by the quantitative measurement of acetic acid, which was achieved by absorbance measurement using litmus solution that maximum absorbance band is changed by pH. To fabricate prototype fiber-optic biosensor, high bright LED and photodiode was used as light source and light intensity detector, respectively. From the experimental results using a prototype biosensor, the linear change of sensor signal was obtained in a range of 0-2 ppm inhibitor concentrations. From these results, it was verified that the quantitative measurement of organophosphorus compounds could be achieved fast (within 2 minutes) and accurately by a prototype fiber-optic biosensor.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.57-65
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• 1982

Highly phosphorylated nucleotides were investigated to assure whether the eucaryotic Aspergillus niger produce these substances or not during the differentiation. Investigation was extended to see how organic phosphate interacts with inorganic polyphosphate during development, and high molecular weight RNA-polyphosphate complex was detected in 2.6% polyacrylamide gel by electrophoresis. Guanosine tetraphosphate was found in vesicle and phialide forming mycelia and spore forming body by PEI cellulose TLC. It is revealed that guanosine tetraphosphate is a common substance for spore formation in eucaryotic microorganisms as well as in procaryotic. Especially, prior to sporulation, protein bound RNA and protein bound phosphate may occur as a result of reorganization of cellular materials. The evidence was obtained by the fact of differential increase of optical density ratio between the samples from different developmental stages of this fungus. In 2.6% polyacrylamide gel which was run to electrophoresis, high molecular weight RNA (mostly rRNA) was found to couple and to make RNA-polyphosphate complex. The complex was examined with enzymes and radioactive isotope of $^{32}P$. (enzymic test was not reported here.) RNA-polyphosphate complex might be another sort of highly phosphorylated nucleotide or rRNA beside guanosine-tetraphosphate.

• Clean Technology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.37-44
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• 2006

The effectiveness of inorganic oxides (DT-30), anionic exchange resin (DT-60) and carbon absorbent (DT-80, DT-90) on the equilibrium and continuous separation characteristics and removal of cobalt, cesium and iodide ion in the waste water was investigated. As a result, DT-30, DT-80 or DT-90, and DT-60 showed excellent separation properties on the cesium, cobalt and iodide respectively. In the equilibrium experiment, the adsorption amount of cesium for DT-30 increased with temperature, but increasd largely with pH. In case of DT-80, adsorption of cobalt was depended on pH but was not influenced by temperature. In the continuous system by passing a heavy metal ion solution through the ion exchange tower, DT-30, DT-90 and DT-60 showed good separation characteristic for cesium, cobalt and iodide respectively. In this case, separation characterization of DT-30 on the cesium and of DT-60 on the iodide were better than that of DT-90 on the cobalt. From the experiment on the effect of impurities on the ion exchange characteristics, impurities such as surfactant and oil did not influence the efficiency of DT-90. In the mean while, ion separation capacity of DT-30 were decreased largely by impurities such as surfactant and oil. Also, surfactant had a strong influence on the effectiveness of DT-60. Accordingly, it turned out to be very important thing that impurities should be removed in the preprocessing stage.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 1997.05a
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• pp.105-111
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• 1997

환경에 관한 지식의 증가와 더불어 환경오염을 적극적으로 해결하기 위한 새로운 연구들은 국경을 초월하고 있다 특히, 미국을 비롯한 여러 환경고도기술국가들속의 실험실의 주역들은 ＜환경 미생물＞을 이용한 제어연구에 엄청난 자본과 심혈을 바치고 있다. 실제로 미국 EPA에 의해 이미 유해유기화합물로 규정된 수많은 물질들이 이른바 환경미생물을 이용한 생물학적인 처리를 통해서, 이산화탄소와 물 및 메탄가스등의 무해한 무기화합물로 변환시킬 수 있음이 이미 확증된 바 있다. 아무리 많은 환경미생물들이라 할지라도 그 미생물 군들의 적절한 선택과, 대사작용이 최상의 상태로 유지될 수만 있다면, 환경오염물질들의 생물학적 처리는 개선된 최신방법중의 하나가 될 것이다. 또 이와 같은 미생물을 이용한 각종 처리방법 및 기작의 신개발은 21세기 환경오염문제 해결에 <마스터키> 역할을 감당해 나갈 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.290-290
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• 2010

현재 세계적으로 화석연료의 고갈로 인해 신재생에너지에 대한 관심이 모아지고 있다. 그중에서 태양전지가 가장 주목을 받고 있으며 태양전지는 크게 무기와 유기 태양전지로 구분된다. 실리콘 및 화합물 반도체를 이용한 무기 태양전지는 높은 에너지 변환 효율을 보이고 있으나 생산단가가 높아 화석연료로부터 얻는 에너지에 비해 경제성이 떨어진다. 그중에서 유기 태양전지는 무기 태양전지의 효율에는 미치지 못하지만 제작공정의 비용이 낮고, 투명하고 다양한 색을 나타낼 수 있으며, 특히 유연성을 바탕으로 원하는 제품의 디자인을 구현 할 수 있는 장점을 가진다. Inverted 구조는 conventional 구조에 비해 Al과 같은 air-sensitive한 전극을 대체 할 수 있다는 장점을 가진다. 본 연구에서는 sol-gel상의 ZnO를 스핀코팅 방법으로 박막을 형성하여 inverted 구조 형태의 유무기 하이브리드 태양전지를 제작하였으며, ZnO 코팅 공정 조건 (두께, 열처리 온도)에 따른 태양전지의 특성변화(광 변환효율 및 수명 등)를 관측하였다. 최적화된 ZnO의 공정조건에서 제작된 하이브리드 태양전지는 3% 이상의 광 변환효율과 1000시간 이상의 반감 수명을 가지는 우수한 특성을 보였다.

• The Journal of Engineering Research
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.79-87
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• 2005

[TEACOOH]-Montmorillonite intercalations complex obtained from Na-Montmorillonite and 10-Carboxy-n-decyldimethylethylammonium bromide(organic cation) was reacted with the monomer($\varepsilon$-caprolactone) to achieve the [TEACOOH]-$\varepsilon$-caprolactone-Montmorillonite intercalations complex. From intercalations complex Montmorillonite/Polycaprolactone Nanocomposite in which montmorillonite(inorganic material) is chemically linked with the polycaprolactone(organic polymer) was formed at $220^{\circ}C$ for 48 h. The basal spacing for the sample obtained after polymerization, extraction with methanol and dried at $65^{\circ}C$ in high vacuum for 24 h was 50.7 $\AA$.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.164-169
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• 2003

Organotins are widely used organometals in various agricultural and industrial purposes. After introduction of these chemicals to the aquatic environment, they are degraded by abiotic and biotic precesses. The triorganotin compounds are sequentially degraded to di-organotin, mono-organotin and then finally inorganic tin. Although the effects of trialkyltin an marine organisms have been intensively studied, little has been known on plankton as a producer of ecosystem. In this paper, the toxicities of dibutyltin (DBT), monobutyltin (MBT), diphenyltin (DPT), monophenyltin (MPT), trimethyltin (TMT) and dimethyltin (DMT) to rotifer Brachionus plicatilis were measured, and their potencies were compared based on 96 hr-$LC_{50}$ value. The results showed that DPT (13.8 ppb) was the highest toxic, which was followed by TMT (42.9), DBT (80.6), MPT (262.2), MBT and DMT (>1,000) in order. Thus, in tri- and diorganotins, the toxicity was observed phenyltins > butyltins > methyltins, and in mono-organotins phenyltins was more toxic than butyltins. Considering the order of 96 hr--$LC_{50}$ with octanol-water eoefficients ($K_{ow}$) in organotins together, it was considered that the toxicity of organotins seems to be related to the lipophilicity of the compounds.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.325-326
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• 2003

유기물질과 무기물질의 복합체 제조는 일찍이 1980년대 초부터 연구되어 오고 있고, 새로운 성능 및 기능 확대를 목표로 계속 이루어지고 있다[1-2]. 폴리비닐알코올(Poly(vinyl alcohol), PVA)은 분리막, 투석, 약물전달, 암세포 괴사용 색전제 등 의료 및 산업용 섬유로 널리 사용되고 있는 비닐계 고분자이다[3,4]. 또한 무기화합물인 Hydroxyapatite(HAp)는 칼슘 포스페이트계 세라믹으로, 중금속 흡착성, 항균성, 생체 친화성 등이 우수하여 의료용 소재로 사용되어 오고 있다. (중략)

• The Microorganisms and Industry
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.11-12
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• 1988

심층지하에도 미생물은 존재하고 있는가\ulcorner 이러한 의문은 현재 미국에서 진행되고 있는 일련의 연구로 인하여 그 해답에 제시되고 있다. 심층 미생물 탐색 연구의 시작은 1981년에 시작한 Dept of Engergy (DOE)의 심층지하 운반계획(Subsurface Transport ; SST) 계획이었다. 이 계획의 주된 목적은 미량금속, 무기화합물및 방사능원소의 움직임 및 지하지층과 지하수에서의 수문학적 이동을 조절하는 지질화학, 수문학, 생물학적 과정에 대한 기초연구를 하는 것이었다. 여기에서 얻어진 정보는 지하환경에서 물질들이 이동하며 희석도고 있다는 것과 그에 대한 조건들을 제시해 주었다. 당시 많은 국가들이 심층 지하수를 이용하지만, 그에 대한 미생물 분포에 관한 지식은 거의 없었다.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.79.1-79.1
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• 2007