• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.444-450
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• 2011

A novel method that utilizes poly(5-methyl-2-thiozyl methacrylamide-co-2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid-co-divinylbenzene) [MTMAAm/AMPS/DVB] as a solid-phase extractant was developed for simultaneous preconcentration of trace Cd(II), Co(II), Cr(III), Cu(II), Fe(III), Mn(II), Ni(II), Pb(II), and Zn(II) prior to the measurement by flame atomic absorpiton spectrometry (FAAS). Experimental conditions for effective adsorption of the metal ions were optimized using column procedures. The optimum pH value for the simultaneously separation of the metal ions on the new adsorbent was 2.5. Effects of concentration and volume of elution solution, sample flow rate, sample volume and interfering ions on the recovery of the analytes were investigated. A high preconcentration factor, 100, and low relative standard deviation values, $\leq$1.5% (n = 10), were obtained. The detection limits (${\mu}gL^{-1}$) based on the 3s criterion were 0.18 for Cd(II), 0.11 for Co(II), 0.07 for Cr(III), 0.12 for Cu(II), 0.18 for Fe(III), 0.67 for Mn(II), 0.13 for Ni(II), 0.06 for Pb(II), and 0.09 for Zn(II). The validation of the procedure was performed by the analysis of two certified reference materials. The presented method was applied to the determination of the analytes in various environmental samples with satisfactory results.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.184-187
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• 2007

Hydrogen could be produced from any substance containing hydrogen atoms, such as water, hydrocarbon (HC) fuels, acids or bases. Hydrocarbon fuels couold be converted to hydrogen-rich gas through reforming process for hydrogen production. Even though fuel cell have high efficiency with pure hydrogen from gas tank, it is more beneficial to generate hydrogen from city gas (mainly methane) in residential application such as domestic or office environments. Thus hydrogen is generated by reforming process using hydrocarbon. Unfortunately, the reforming process for hydrogen production is accompanied with unavoidable impurities. Impurities such as CO, $CO_2$, $H_2S$, $NH_3$, and $CH_4$ in hydrogen could cause negative effects on fuel cell performance. Those effects are kinetic losses due to poisoning of electrode catalysts, ohmic losses due to proton conductivity reduction including membrane and catalyst ionomer layers, and mass transport losses due to degrading catalyst layer structure and hydrophobic property. Hydrogen produced from reformer eventually contains around 73% of $H_2$, 20% or less of $CO_2$, 5.8% of less of $N_2$, or 2% less of $CH_4$, and 10ppm or less of CO. Most impurities are removed using pressure swing adsorption (PSA) process to get high purity hydrogen. However, high purity hydrogen production requires high operation cost of reforming process. The effect of carbon dioxide on fuel cell performance was investigated in this experiment. The performance of PEM fuel cell was investigated using current vs. potential experiment, long run (10 hr) test, and electrochemical impedance measurement when the concentrations of carbon dioxide were 10%, 20% and 30%. Also, the concentration of impurity supplied to the fuel cell was verified by gas chromatography (GC).

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.276-284
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• 2000

A wettability chemogradient on poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) films was prepared by treating the films in air with corona from a knife-type electrode whose power increases gradually along the sample length. The PLGA surfaces oxidized gradually with the increasing corona power, and the wettability chemogradient was created on the surfaces as evidenced by the measurement of water contact angles and electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis. The wettability chemogradient PLGA surfaces were used to investigate the interaction of four different types of cells such as hepatoma (Hep G2), osteoblast (MG 63), bovine aortic endothelial (CPAE), and fibroblast (NIH/3T3) cells in terms of the surface hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity of PLGA. The cells adhered and grown on the chemogradient surface along the sample length were counted and observed by scanning electron microscopy. It was observed that the cells were adhered, spread, and grown more onto the positions with moderate hydrophilicity of the wettability chemogradient PLGA surface than the more hydrophobic or hydrophillic positions, regardless of the cell types used. The maximum adhesion and growth of the cells appeared at around water contact angles of 53～55°. This result seems closely related with the serum protein adsorption on the surface; the serum proteins were also adsorbed more onto the positions with moderate hydrophilicity of the wettability chemogradient surface. It seems that the wettability plays important roles for cell adhesion, spreading and growth on the PLGA surface. The surface modification technique used in this study may be applicable tothe area of tissue engineering for the improvement of tissue compatibility of films- or scaffold-type substrates.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.150-157
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• 2002

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) is a microbial storage polymer with biodegradable properties. In order to improve the cell compatibility of PHBV surfaces, the physicochemical treatments have been demonstrated. In this study, physical method was corona discharge treatment and chemical method was chloric acid mixture solution treatment. The physicochemically treated PHBV film surfaces were characterized by the measurement of water contact angle, electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The water contact angle of the physicochemically treated PHBV surfaces decreased from 75 to 30～40 degree, increased hydrophilicity. due to the introduction of oxygen-based functional group onto the PHBV backbone chain. The mouse NIH/3T3 fibroblasts cultured onto the physicochemically treated PHBV film surfaces with different wettability. The effect of the PHBV surface with different wettability was determined by SEM as counts of cell number and [$^3$H]thymidine incorporation as measures of cell proliferation. As the surface wettability increased, the number of the cell adhered and proliferated on the surface was increased. The result seems closely related with the serum protein adsorption on the physicochemically treated PHBV surface. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that the surface wettabilily of biodegradable polymer as the PHBV plays an important role for cell adhesion and proliferation behavior for biomedical application.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.20-25
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• 2002

We performed a basic experiment for rapid, on-line, real-time measurement of HBsAg by using a surface plasmon resonance biosensor to quantify the recognition and interaction of biomolecules. We immobilized the anti-HBsAg polyclonal antibody to the dextran layer on a CM5 chip surface which was pre-activated by N-hydroxysuccinimide for amine coupling. The binding of the HBsAg to the immobilized antibody was measured by the mass increase detected by the change in the SPR signal. The binding characteristics between HBsAg and its antibody followed typical monolayer adsorption isotherm. When the entire immobilized antibody was interacted, there was no additional, non-specific binding observed, which suggested the biointeraction was very specific as expected and independent of the ligand density. No significant steric hindrance was observed at 17.6 nm/$mm^2$ immobilization density. The relationship between the HBsAg concentration in the sample solution and the antigen bound to the chip surface was linear up to ca. $40\mu\textrm{g}$/mL, which is much wider than that of the ELISA method. It appeared the antigen-antibody binding was increased as the immobilized ligand density increased, but verification is warranted. This study showed the potential of this biosensor-based method as a rapid, simple, multi-sample, on-line assay. Once properly validated, it can serve as a more powerful method for HBsAg quantification replacing the current ELISA method.

• 폴리머
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.494-499
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 다중벽 탄소나노튜브(MWCNT)의 함량을 1에서 10 wt%까지 달리하여 MWCNT 강화 폴리프로필렌(PP) 나노복합재료의 전자파 차폐효과 및 기계적 특성에 미치는 영향에 대해서 살펴보았다. 전기전도도는 4단자법으로 측정하였고, 전자파 차폐효과는 흡수와 반사방법으로 분석하였다. 기계적 특성은 임계응력세기인자($K_{IC}$) 측정을 통하여 고찰하였으며, 모폴로지는 주사전자현미경(SEM)으로 관찰하였다. 실험결과, MWCNT의 함량이 증가함에 따라 차폐효과가 향상됨을 확인할 수 있었으며, MWCNT의 함량이 전자파 차폐효과를 결정하는 중요한 요소임을 알 수 있었다. $K_{IC}$값도 MWCNT의 함량이 증가할수록 큰 값을 가지는 것을 확인할 수 있었으나 5 wt% 이상에서는 오히려 감소하였다. 이는 과량의 MWCNT가 PP 내에서 서로 뭉침으로 인하여 $K_{IC}$값을 감소시킨 것으로 판단된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.308-313
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• 2003

식중독 병원균인 장염비브리오균 (V. parahaemolyticus)의 세포외 분비 효소 중 콜라겐분해효소를 발현벡터인 pET-29b에 클로닝시키고 대장균에서 발현시킨 다음, 부분정제하여 그 특성을 조사하였다. V. parahaemolyticus collagenase는 $(NH_4)_2So_4$침전, affinity adsorption, 그리고 Sephacryl S-100 gel filtration 과정을 통하여 부분정제 되었다. 이 collagenase는 73%의 회수율과 43.7의 정제도를 나타내었으며, 전기영동시 분자량은 약 35 kDa로 나타났다. 이 효소의 최적 pH 및 온도는 6~12와 $35^{\circ}C$이었고, 온도안정성 조사에서 $55^{\circ}C$까지는 90% 잔존 찬성을 유지하였으나 $60^{\circ}C$이상에서는 급격하게 효소활성이 실활되었다. 기질특이성조사에서 type I collagen과 콜라겐분해효소의 합성기질로 알려진 Z-GPGGPA에서 gelatin과 casein에 비해 높은 활성을 보이는 것으로 보아 이 효소가 진정한 콜라겐분해효소라는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2018

라돈가스는 암석이나 토양 등에 존재하는 자연 방사성 물질인 우라늄이 붕괴할 때 발생하는 무색, 무취, 무미의 가스이다. 인체가 연간 노출되는 방사선의 85%는 자연 방사선에 의한 것이고, 그 중 50%가 라돈가스이다. 미국 환경보호청(EPA)의 조사결과에 의하면, 라돈가스에 장시간 노출될 경우 흡연자는 1,000명 중 62명, 비흡연자는 1,000명 중 7명이 폐암 발병률에 노출된다. 이러한 라돈가스의 위해성을 저감하고자 활성탄소를 사용하여 경화체를 제작하여 그에 대한 공극 특성과 라돈가스 저감 특성에 대한 실험을 진행하였다. 활성탄소를 활용하였을 경우, 측정기간이 길어질수록 라돈가스 농도는 급격한 저감과 그래프 상의 변화를 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 활성탄소의 재료적 특성 중 하나인 공극 분포와 미세공 특성을 파악할 수 있다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.237-244
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• 2006

Atomic force microscope (AFM) has become a common tool for the structural and physical studies of biological macromolecules, mainly because it provides the ability to perform experiments with samples in a buffer solution. In this study, structure of proteins and nucleic acids has been studied in their physiological environment that allows native intermolecular complexes to be formed. Cr and Au were deposited on p-Si (100) substrate by thermal evaporation method in sequence with the thickness of $200{\AA}$ and $500{\AA}$, respectively, since Au is adequate for immobilizing biomolecules by forming a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) with semiconductor-based biosensors. The SAM, streptavidin and biotin interacted each other with their specific binding energy and their adsorption was analyzed using the Bio-AFM both in a solution and under air environment. A silicon nitride tip was used as a contact tip of Bio-AFM measurement in a solution and an antimony doped silicon tip as a tapping tip under air environment. Actual morphology could also be obtained by 3-dimensional AFM images. The length and agglomerate size of biomolecules was measured in stages. Furthermore, $R_{a}$ (average of surface roughness) and $R_{ms}$ (mean square of surface roughness) and surface density for the adsorbed surface were also calculated from the AFM image.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.3-9
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• 2002

제오라이트와 벤토나이트 시료를 사용하여 누용액중의 암모니아 성분을 제거하기 위한 실험을 수행하였다. 실점에 사용한 제오라이트와 벤토나이트 분말은 국내업체에서 제공한 시료를 별도의 정제과정을 거치지 않고 사용하였다. 수용액 pH측정결과 암모니아 수용액의 초기 pH 5.5~5.7에서 제오라이트 혹은 벤토나이트 첨가시 pH 가 상승하어 최대 pH 8.5까지 증가하는 현상이 관찰되었다. ammonium acetate 용액을 사용한 침출법으로 제오라이트와 벤토나이트의 C.E.C.를 측정한 결과 제오라이트는 129.7 meq/100gr을 또한 벤토나이트는 65.1 meq/100 gr의 수치를 나타냈으며, 두 경우 모두 $Na^{+}$ 이온이 전체 C.E.C. 중 가장 많은 부분을 차지하였다. 제오근라이트와 벤토나이트에 의한 암모니아 제거시 순수 이온교환반웅에 의한 것과 함께 물리적 흡착에 의한 암모니아 제거현상도 동시에 나타나는 것으로 관찰되었으며, 벤토나이트 보다는 제오라이트에 의한 수용액중 암모니아 제거가 보다 효과적이었다.