• 대한화학회지
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• 제65권4호
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• pp.296-299
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• 2021

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.103-107
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• 2008

Carbon nanodots were prepared by the pyrolysis of a triblock copolymer. The triblock copolymer, poly(methyl methacrylate)-b-polystyrene-b-poly(methyl methacrylate) was synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization using an initiator containing a diacetylene group. A polymer thin film on a mica substrate was prepared by spin-casting at 2,000 rpm from a 0.5 wt% toluene solution of the triblock copolymer. After drying, the cast film was vacuum-annealed for 48 h at $160^{\circ}C$. The annealed film formed a spherical morphology of polystyrene domains with a diameter of approximately 30 nm. The film was exposed to UV irradiation to induce a cross-linking reaction between diacetylene groups. In the subsequent pyrolysis at $800^{\circ}C$, the cross-linked polystyrene spheres were carbonized and the poly(methyl methacrylate) matrix was eliminated, resulting in carbon nanodots deposited on a substrate with a diameter of approximately 5 mn.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.235-240
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• 2010

We investigated the carbon monoxide (CO) gas-sensing properties of nanostructured Al-doped zinc oxide thin films deposited on self-assembled Au nanodots (ZnO/Au thin films). The Al-doped ZnO thin film was deposited onto the structure by rf sputtering, resulting in a gas-sensing element comprising a ZnO-based active layer with an embedded Pt/Ti electrode covered by the self-assembled Au nanodots. Prior to the growth of the active ZnO layer, the Au nanodots were formed via annealing a thin Au layer with a thickness of 2 nm at a moderate temperature of $500^{\circ}C$. It was found that the ZnO/Au nanostructured thin film gas sensors showed a high maximum sensitivity to CO gas at $250^{\circ}C$ and a low CO detection limit of 5 ppm in dry air. Furthermore, the ZnO/Au thin film CO gas sensors exhibited fast response and recovery behaviors. The observed excellent CO gas-sensing properties of the nanostructured ZnO/Au thin films can be ascribed to the Au nanodots, acting as both a nucleation layer for the formation of the ZnO nanostructure and a catalyst in the CO surface reaction. These results suggest that the ZnO thin films deposited on self-assembled Au nanodots are promising for practical high-performance CO gas sensors.

• Nano
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.1850147.1-1850147.14
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• 2018

In this work, water-soluble and blue-emitting carbon nanodots (CDs) were synthesized from apple peels for the first time via one-step hydrothermal method. The synthetic route is facile, green, economical and viable. The as-prepared CDs were characterized thoroughly by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron (XPS), fluorescence and UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy in terms of their morphology, surface functional groups and optical properties. The results show that these CDs possessed ultrasmall size, good dispersivity, and high tolerance to pH, ionic strength and continuous UV irradiation. Significantly, the CDs had fast and reversible response towards temperature, and the accurate linear relationship between fluorescence intensity and temperature was used to design a novel nanothermometer in a broad temperature range from 5 to $65^{\circ}C$ facilely. In addition, the fluorescence intensity of CDs was observed to be quenched immediately by Cr(VI) ions based on the inner filter effect. A low-cost Cr(VI) ions sensor was proposed employing CDs as fluorescent probe, and it displayed a wide linear range from 0.5 to $200{\mu}M$ with a detection limit of $0.73{\mu}M$. The practicability of the developed Cr(VI) sensor for real water sample assay was also validated with satisfactory recoveries.

• 공업화학
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.173-178
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• 2022

탄소나노점@실리카를 신호 형질 소재로 이용한 측면 유동 면역 형광 분석법을 개발하여 폐암 바이오마커 중에 하나인 레티놀 결합 단백질 4의 농도를 분석하는 데 적용하고자 하였다. 측면 유동 면역 형광 분석법에서 항원 검출을 위해 바이오리셉터로 주로 사용하였던 항체 대신 좀 더 경제적이고, 장기간 보관성이 용이하며, 특정 표적 단백질에 대해 친화력이 강한 압타머를 니트로셀룰로오스 멤브레인에 사용하였다. 레티놀 결합 단백질 4에 특이적이며 5' 말단을 비오틴으로 변형한 압타머를 뉴트라비딘과 반응시켜 비오틴과 뉴트라비딘의 강한 결합력에 의해 압타머가 니트로 셀룰로오스 멤브레인에 고정되도록 하였다. 압타머가 고정된 스트립에 레티놀 결합 단백질 4 항체를 공유결합으로 고정한 탄소나노점@실리카 블루 형광 신호 형질 나노입자와 레티놀 결합 단백질 4 항원을 측면 유동 방식으로 흘려 주어 샌드위치 복합체를 형성하였다. 이렇게 형성된 샌드위치 복합체에서 탄소나노점@실리카 나노입자에 의한 형광 신호를 측정하여 항원 농도를 분석하기 위한 최적의 조건을 선정하기 위해 전개 완충용액에 첨가된 계면활성제의 농도, 이온 세기를 변화시키면서 블로킹 시약을 추가적으로 사용하였다. 그 결과 150 mM NaCl 및 0.05% Tween-20을 포함하는 10 mM Tris 완충용액(pH 7.4)에서 0.6 M 에탄올아민을 블로킹 시약으로 사용하였을 때 니트로셀룰로오스 멤브레인에 도포된 압타머와 레티놀 결합 단백질 4 항원 및 탄소나노점@실리카 나노입자로 레이블링한 항체가 결합하여 최적의 형광분석신호를 내는 것을 확인 가능하였다. 이러한 결과는 현장진단검사 키트로 현재 각광을 받고 있는 측면 유동 면역 형광 분석법에서 항체 대신 압타머를 니트로셀룰로오스 멤브레인에 고정함으로써 좀 더 경제적이며, 장기간 보관이 용이한 측면 유동 면역 형광 분석 칩을 제작하여 폐암 질환 진단용 바이오마커 검출이 가능함을 시사하였다.