• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.565-569
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• 2015

Envisaging the role of Co in theranautics and biomedicine it is immensely important to evaluate its antimicrobial activity. Hence in this study CoO thin nanosheets (CoO-TNs) were synthesized using wet chemical solution method at a very low refluxing temperature ($90^{\circ}C$) and short time (60 min). Scanning electron microscopy of the grown structure revealed microflowers ($2{\sim}3{\mu}m$) composed of thin sheets petals (60~80 nm). The thickness of each individual grown sheet varies from 10~20 nm. Antimicrobial activities of CoO-TNs against two Gram positive bacteria (Micrococcus luteus, and Staphylococcus aureus), and two Gram negative bacteria (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) were determined. A 98% and 65% growth inhibition of M. luteus and S. aureus respectively, was observed with $500{\mu}g/ml$ of CoO-TNs compared to 39 and 34% growth inhibition of E. coli and P. aeruginosa, respectively with the same concentration of CoO-TNs. Hence, synthesized CoO-TNs exhibited antimicrobial activity against Gram negative bacteria and an invariably higher activity against tested Gram positive bacteria. Therefore, synthesized CoO-TNs are less prone to microbial infections.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.349-355
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• 2018

$BaMnAl_{11}O_{19}$는 요소를 이용한 균일용액침전법으로 제조되었으며, X선 회절분석과 장방출 주사현미경으로 분석되었다. 침전제의 농도가 증가하면서 Al 종은 $Al(OH)_3$에서 AlOOH로 변화되었으며, 소성과정에서 $BaMnAl_{11}O_{19}$ 상으로 쉽게 변화하였다. 합성시간이 증가하면서 $BaMnAl_{11}O_{19}$ 상의 비율은 크게 증가하지 않는 반면 $BaAl_2O_4$ 상의 비율은 급격하게 증가하였다. 금속염 전구체의 반응속도는 Al, Ba, Mn 순으로 빨라, 침전제의 농도와 합성시간에 따라 $BaMnAl_{11}O_{19}$ 상의 비율이 달라진다. $BaAl_2O_4$와 $BaMnAl_{11}O_{19}$는 촉매 연소 성능을 향상시키고, $BaMnAl_{11}O_{19}$ 만이 CO 배출을 억제시키는 것을 확인하였다.