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Orientation of Poly(styrene-b-methylmethacrylate) thin films deposited on Self-Assembled Monolayers of phenylsilanes

  • Kim, Rae-Hyun;Bulliard, Xavier;Char, Kook-Heon
    • Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.311-311
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    • 2006
  • The morphology of Poly(styrene-b-methylmethacrylate) (P(S-b-MMA)) block copolymer thin films deposited on silicon wafers was controlled by treating the substrates with Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAM) of phenylsilanes with different alkyl chain lengths. It was found that the treatment with SAM strongly modified the substrates properties, especillay the surface energy, as compared with bare silicon oxide. By futher adjusting the molecular weight of P(S-b-MMA), a variety of morphologies could be generated, including a perpendicular orientation of lamellea of PS and PMMA, which is required for industrial applications.

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Migration of Nanoclay in Immiscible Polymer Blends

  • Kim, Yong-Kyoung;Ahn, Kyung-Hyun;Lee, Seung-Jong;Hong, Joung-Sook
    • Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.366-366
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    • 2006
  • Five sandwiched multilayers consisting of PBT(Polybutyleneterephthalate), PS(Polystyrene) and clay were prepared to investigate the migration mechanism of clay in the polymer blend system. Rheometry (RMS800) was used to apply well-defined shear on the above multilayer samples in order to well understand dominant factors controlling the migration. Applied shear force was enough to move clay tactoids to the interface, if either long time or high shear was available, but it was not sufficient to separate into individual platelets of clay. The morphology evolution was subsequently studied in term of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), respectively.

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Luminescent Polynorbornene/Quantum Dot Composite Nanorods and Nanotubes Prepared from AAO Membrane Templates

  • Oh, Se-Won;Cho, Young-Hyun;Char, Kook-Heon
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.995-1002
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    • 2009
  • Luminescent polynorbornene (PNB)/quantum dot (CdSe@ZnS; QD) composite nanorods and nanotubes were successfully prepared using anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes of various pore sizes as templates. To protect QDs with high quantum yield from quenching during the phosphoric acid treatment used to remove the AAO templates, chemically stable and optically clear norbornene-maleic anhydride copolymers (P(NB-r-MA)) were employed as a capping agent for QDs. The amine-terminated QDs reacted with maleic anhydride moieties in P(NB-r-MA) to form PNB-grafted QDs. The chemical- and photo-stability of QDs encapsulated with PNB copolymers were investigated by photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. By varying the pore size of the AAO templates from 40 to 380 urn, PNB/QD composite nanorods or nanotubes were obtained with a good dispersion of QDs in the PNB matrix.

Progresses in membrane and advanced oxidation processes for water treatment

  • Khulbe, K.C.;Feng, C.Y.;Matsuura, T.;Ismail, A.F.
    • Membrane and Water Treatment
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.181-200
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    • 2012
  • At present water crisis is not an issue of scarcity, but of access. There is a growing recognition of the need for increased access to clean water (drinkable, agricultural, industrial use). An encouraging number of innovative technologies, systems, components, processes are emerging for water-treatment, including new filtration and disinfectant technologies, and removal of organics from water. In the past decade many methods have been developed. The most important membrane-based water technologies include reverse osmosis (RO), ultrafiltration (UF), microfiltration (MF), and nanofiltration. Beside membrane based water-treatment processes, other techniques such as advanced oxidation process (AOP) have also been developed. Some unconventional water treatment technology such as magnetic treatment is also being developed.

Production and Characterization of Antimicrobial Sophorolipids

  • Kim, Young-Bum;Kim, Gab-Jung;Kim, Eun-Ki
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.220-223
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    • 2000
  • Sophorolipid, a glycolipid type biosurfactant produced from Candida Bombicola, inhibited the growth of bacteria and fungi. Between two types of sophorolipid, acid and lactone form, the latter had more strong antimicrobial activity. Culturing parameters including oil substrate, initial glucose concentration, aeration, culture mode, affected the ratio of two forms. The fatty acid moety varied depending on the oil having different fatty acid chains. Minimum inhibitory concentration of lactonic sophorolipid toward Propionibacterium acne was below 0.5ppm. This result indicated the potentials of sophorolipid as antimicrobial agent in various area including cosmetics.

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Solid State Fermentation of Phanerochaete chrysosporium for Degradation and Saccharification of Lignocellulose (Phanerochaete chrysosporium의 고상발효를 통한 리그노셀룰로오즈 분해 및 당화)

  • Utomo, Romualdus N.C.;Lee, Eun-Kwang;Yun, Hyun Shik
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.96-102
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    • 2017
  • The lignocellulose that is a major component of spent coffee ground was degraded and saccharified. To implement the spent coffee, after several pre-treatments, inoculation of Phanerochaete chrysosporium and solid-state fermentation were conducted. The optimal temperature of the enzymes (lignin peroxidase, manganese peroxidase, xylanase, laccase, and cellulase) for degradation of lignocellulose by P. chrysosporium was found. We also measured the maximum activity of enzymes (lignin peroxidase 0.15 IU/mL, manganese peroxidase 0.90 IU/mL, laccase 0.11 IU/mL, cellulase 5.87 IU/mL, carboxymethyl cellulase 9.52 IU/mL, xylanase 1.16 IU/mL) used for the process. As a result, 4.73 mg/mL of reduced sugar was obtained and 61.02% of lignin was degraded by solid state fermentation of P. chrysosporium on spent coffee ground.

Production and Application of Sophorolipid, A Microbial Surfactant (소포로리피드[미생물계면활성제]의 생산과 응용)

  • Cho, Kwi-Joon;Kim, Young-Bum;Kim, Eun-Ki
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.747-753
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    • 1999
  • Microbial surfactants are more effective and environmentally friendly than many synthetic surfactants. Sophorolipid, a glycolipid type microbial surfactant, is produced from C. bombiocola. Cultivation techniques to increase the productivity have been developed using various carbon sources and reactor setup, reaching its concentration upto 100-300 g/L. Due to its high productivity and non-toxicity, sophorolipid became one of the most promising alternative to synthetic surfactants. Fermentative production of sophorolipid depends primarily on the carbon sources, such as glucose and vegetable oils, and nitrogen sources. Chemical modification of the sophorolipid produces various derivative with different physical properties including hydrophile-liphophilie balance(HLB), emulsion formation, surface tension and dispersing ability. Commercial potentials of sophorolipid in the cosmetic, health care and environment clean-up industries have been discussed.

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Development and culture optimization of mutants of Thiobacillus sp. IW for elimination of hydrogen sulfide

  • Kang, Sun-Chul;Lim, Kwang-Hee;Shin, Seung-Yong
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.465-467
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    • 2005
  • UIW-10 mutant obtained by UV treatment using sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, Thiobacillus sp. IW was studied. The colony size of UIW-10 was found 2 $^{\sim}$ 3 times bigger in diameter than the parent colony on TAM medium. UIW-10 mutant growth was two times higher than parent strain at 6 h culture in liquid medium containing sulfides such as sulfur and sodium thiosulfate. Initial pH and temperature for the optimum growth of UIW-10 were 6.0 and $35-40^{\circ}C$, respectively. It was found that addition of 0.5% yeast extract and 0.5 to 2.0% tryptone as nitrogen sources and the constant agitation at 150 to 200 rpm had a positive effect and the growth of UIW-10 was increased.

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In vivo control of phytopathogens by using omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) bioconverted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PR3

  • Kang, Sun-Chul;Kim, Hak-Ryul;Shin, Seung-Yong;Bajpai, Vivek K.
    • 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.497-499
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    • 2005
  • Bioconverted hydroxy fatty acid, docosahexaenoic (bDHA) obtained from the microbial conversion by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PR3 was evaluated for its in vivo anti-fungal activity. bDHA showed great potential of anti-fungal activity against phytopathogenic fungi tested in this study. bDHA at the concentration of 500 ${\mu}g/ml.$ showed remarkable anti-fungal activity against all the fungus tested.

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