• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.81-83
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• 2012

친수성 코팅 물질인 폴리도파민을 초소수성표면에 패터닝함으로써 이차원 마이크로 플루이딕 장치 (폴리도파민 마이크로플루이딕 장치)를 만듦. 폴리도파민 마이크로플루이딕 장치는 마이크로 펌프가 없이 오직 중력만을 이용해서 액적의 이동을 가능케하는 기술임. 또한 이 장치는 매우 빠르게 액적을 손실없이 혼합시키는 기술임. 본 기술을 이용하여 금입자 반응 및 단백질 구조 분석을 수행함.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.86-87
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• 2012

폴리도파민이 다양한 표면을 개질할 수 있다는 것이 보고된 이래로, 폴리도파민을 이용한 다양한 응용 연구들이 계속되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 폴리도파민을 이용하여 다양한 물질들로 오염된 물을 간단하고 효과적으로 정제하는 방법을 보고한다. 마이크로 크기의 실리카 비드에 폴리도파민을 코팅하여 흡착제로 사용하였으며, 이 흡착제가 다양한 중금속(Cu, Cr, Hg, Pb), 유기물질(4-Aminopyridine), 방사성 동위원소(Lutetium-177)를 효과적으로 흡착함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Adhesion and Interface
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.19-29
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• 2018

Polydopamine coating is one of the most straightforward and widely used method for surface modification inspired by adhesiveness of mussel foot protein contributed by co-existence of catechol and amine. This technique has been utilized not only in surface modification but other numerous fields of study as well. For the past decade, the subject of polydopamine has been thoroughly studied since the initial polydopamine research published in 2007, including its chemical structure, coating conditions, and material characteristics. In this study, we report the current trends and progress of polydopamine coating methods, the newly developing areas of polydopamine related research such as using dopamine derivatives and polyphenolic compounds, improvement of various functionalization and application of polydopamine coating, and explain the state of current attempts to discover the chemical mechanism, structure, and properties of polydopamine.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.136-143
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• 2013

Recently, a novel coating method using an aqueous doapmine solution was proposed, the deposited coating was found to have extraordinarily strong-adhesion to numerous materials such as metal and polymers. However, it has suffered from many controversy in scientific fields due to its final structure and deposited mechanisms. Here, we have proposed a new structure for final dopamine product coupling with solid state spectroscopic, thermal behavior, and gas transport behaviors of dopamine coated microporous polyethersulfone membranes. In its final analysis, the results represented that it is a supramolecular aggregated of monomers consisting of 5,6-dihydroxyindoline and its derivative in contrast to previously proposed polymeric structure.

• Journal of Adhesion and Interface
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.110-115
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• 2019

Graphene oxide has been gathering interests as a way to exfoliate graphene. Since the oxidation group of graphene oxide can hydrogen bond with various functional groups, tremendous efforts have been actively conducted to apply various applications. However, graphene oxide alone cannot substantially possess the mechanical properties required for the practical application. Therefore, in this study, polydopamine, which is a bio-mimetic mussel protein-inspired material, was combined with graphene oxide to form a large-area composite membrane at the liquid-gas interface. In addition, the morphology of the polydopamine-graphene oxide composite thin film was also controlled to obtain a composite membrane having a nano-wrinkle structure. It can be expected to be used in the next generation seawater desalination membranes or carbon composites because it can form mechanically superior and sophisticated nanostructures.

• Composites Research
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.127-133
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• 2019

Although carbon nanotubes(CNTs) have outstanding theoretical mechanical and electrical properties, CNT fibers(CNTFs) have not yet reached that level. Particularly, tensile strength is only about 10% or less, so studies for making up for it are being actively conducted. As a way for improving mechanical strength, methods such as synthesizing long CNT, orientation, chemical cross-linking, hydrogen bonding and polymer infiltration are being studied. In this review paper, we report preparation methods for highly conductive and strong CNTF/Carbon composites through coating and infiltration followed by carbonization of carbon precursor polymers such as polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and polydopamine (PDA) on CNTFs.

• 기계와재료
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.46-58
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• 2011

홍합은 수중 환경에서 다양한 표면에 강하게 붙어서 자라는 수중 생물이며, 이러한 홍합의 특이적인 접착능력은 많은 연구자들에게 관심을 받고 있다. 홍합의 접착력에 관여하는 화학적 작용기를 모방한 폴리도파민/폴리노르에피네프린 표면 개질 기술은 자연의 홍합이 가지는 특성을 그대로 가지고 있어 수용액 상의 조건에서 표면의 성질에 관계없이 거의 모든 표면에 뛰어난 접착력을 나타낸다. 이러한 자연 모방 표면 개질 기술은 다양한 생체/에너지 재료, 신소재 복합 재료 등의 개발에 응용되고 있으며, 다양한 분야에서 활용될 수 있다.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.108-112
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• 2014

Novel adhesive polyaspartamides containing catechol and primary amine pendent groups were synthesized through successive ring-opening aminolysis reactions of dopamine (DOP) and ethylenediamine (EDA) with polysuccinimide (PSI). The oxidative gelation of aqueous dopamine-modified polyaspartamide was observed by adding $NaIO_4$ as the oxidizing reagent. FTIR, UV-vis and oscillatory rheometry was used to elucidate the oxidative cross-linking toward gel formation. The prepared gel was characterized by the swelling degree, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and by scanning electronic microscopy (SEM).

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.33 no.8
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• pp.612-622
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• 2023

T-cell deficiency may occur in various clinical conditions including congenital defects, cell/organ transplantation, HIV infection and aging. In this regard, the development of artificial thymus has recently been attracting much attention. To achieve this aim, the development of techniques for 3D culture of thymic stromal cells is necessary because thymocytes grown only in a 3D thymic microenvironment can be differentiated fully to become mature, immunocompetent T cells; the same cannot be achieved for thymocytes grown in 2D. This study aimed to develop a nanotechnology-based 3D culture technique using polymeric scaffolds for thymic epithelial cells (TECs), the main component of thymic stromal cells. Scanning electron microscopic observation revealed that the pores of both PCL and PCL/PLGA scaffolds were filled with TECs. Interestingly, TECs grown in 3D on polydopamine-coated scaffolds exhibited enhanced cell attachment and proliferation compared to those grown on non-coated scaffolds. In addition, the gene expression of thymopoietic factors was upregulated in TECs cultured in 3D on polydopamine-coated scaffolds compared to those cultured in 2D. Taken together, the results of the present study demonstrate an efficient 3D culture model for TECs using polymeric scaffolds and provide new insights into a novel platform technology that can be applied to develop functional, biocompatible scaffolds for the 3D culture of thymocytes. This will eventually shed light on techniques for the in vitro development of T cells as well as the synthesis of artificial thymus.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.293-299
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• 2015

Conductive microcellular foams consisted of polystrene (PS) and polydopamine-coated carbon nanotube (PDA-CNT) were prepared via high internal phase emulsion (HIPE) polymerization and their morphology and electrical conductivity were investigated. CNT as a conductive nanofiller was modified to PDA-CNT by coating with hydrophilic PDA on the surface of CNT to increase aqueous phase dispersion and emulsion stability. It was possible to prepare the HIPEs having higher PDA-CNT content and the resultant foams having improved conductivity due to its good dispersion. The foams showed the morphology of interconnected cell structure. As PDA-CNT content increased, yield stress and storage modulus increased and cell size reduced. The PDA-CNT content showing electrical percolation threshold was ca. 0.58 wt% and the conductivity at PDA-CNT content of 5 wt% was increased to $10^{-3}S/m$.