• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.1169-1176
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• 2014

In this study, water-dispersible ZnS:Mn nanocrystals were synthesized by capping the surface with conventional and simple structured amino acid ligands: $\small{L}$-Glycine and $\small{L}$-Alanine. The ZnS:Mn-Gly and ZnS:Mn-Ala nanocrystal powders were characterized by XRD, HR-TEM, EDXS, ICP-AES, and FT-IR spectroscopy. The optical properties were measured by UV-Visible and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy. The PL spectra for the ZnS:Mn-Gly and ZnS:Mn-Ala showed broad emission peaks at 599 nm and 607 nm with PL efficiencies of 6.5% and 7.8%, respectively. The measured average particle size from the HR-TEM images were $6.4{\pm}0.8$ nm (ZnS:Mn-Gly) and $4.1{\pm}0.5$ nm (ZnS:Mn-Ala), which were also supported by Debye-Scherrer calculations. In addition, the degree of aggregation of the nanocrystals in aqueous solutions were measured by a hydrodynamic light scattering method, which showed formation of sub-micrometer size aggregates for both ZnS:Mn-Gly ($273{\pm}94$ nm) and ZnS:Mn-Ala ($233{\pm}34$ nm) in water due to the intermolecular attraction between the capping amino acids molecules. Finally, the cytotoxic effects of ZnS:Mn-Gly and ZnS:Mn-Ala nanocrsystals over the growth of wild type E. coli were investigated. As a result, no toxicity was shown for the ZnS:Mn-Gly nanocrystal in the colloidal concentration region from 1 ${\mu}g/mL$ to 1000 ${\mu}g/mL$, while ZnS:Mn-Ala showed significant toxicity at 100 ${\mu}g/mL$.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.271-275
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• 2015

Colloidal semiconductor CdSe-ZnS core-shell nanocrystal quantum dot (Qdot) are luminescent inorganic fluorophores that show potential to overcome some of the functional limitations encountered with organic dyes in fluorescence labeling applications. Salmonella Enteritidis has emerged as a major cause of human salmonellosis worldwide since the 1980s. A rapid, specific, and sensitive method for the detection of Salmonella Enteritidis was developed using Qdot as a fluorescence marker coupled with immunomagnetic separation. Magnetic beads coated with anti-Salmonella Enteritidis antibodies were employed to selectively capture the target bacteria, and biotin-conjugated anti-Salmonella antibodies were added to form sandwich immune complexes. After magnetic separation, the immune complexes were labeled with Qdot via biotin-streptavidin conjugation, and fluorescence measurement was carried out using a fluorescence measurement system. The detection limit of the Qdot method was a Salmonella Enteritidis concentration of $10^3$ colony-forming units (CFU)/mL, whereas the conventional fluorescein isothiocyanate-based method required over $10^5CFU/mL$. The total detection time was within 2 h. In addition to the potential for general nanotechnology development, these results suggest a new rapid detection method of various pathogenic bacteria from a complex food matrix.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.189-189
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• 2012

Lead sulfide (PbS) nanocrystal quantum dots (NQDs) are promising materials for various optoelectronic devices, especially solar cells, because of their tunability of the optical band-gap controlled by adjusting the diameter of NQDs. PbS is a IV-VI semiconductor enabling infrared-absorption and it can be synthesized using solution process methods. A wide choice of the diameter of PbS NQDs is also a benefit to achieve the quantum confinement regime due to its large Bohr exciton radius (20 nm). To exploit these desirable properties, many research groups have intensively studied to apply for the photovoltaic devices. There are several essential requirements to fabricate the efficient NQDs-based solar cell. First of all, highly confined PbS QDs should be synthesized resulting in a narrow peak with a small full width-half maximum value at the first exciton transition observed in UV-Vis absorbance and photoluminescence spectra. In other words, the size-uniformity of NQDs ought to secure under 5%. Second, PbS NQDs should be assembled carefully in order to enhance the electronic coupling between adjacent NQDs by controlling the inter-QDs distance. Finally, appropriate structure for the photovoltaic device is the key issue to extract the photo-generated carriers from light-absorbing layer in solar cell. In this step, workfunction and Fermi energy difference could be precisely considered for Schottky and hetero junction device, respectively. In this presentation, we introduce the strategy to obtain high performance solar cell fabricated using PbS NQDs below the size of the Bohr radius. The PbS NQDs with various diameters were synthesized using methods established by Hines with a few modifications. PbS NQDs solids were assembled using layer-by-layer spin-coating method. Subsequent ligand-exchange was carried out using 1,2-ethanedithiol (EDT) to reduce inter-NQDs distance. Finally, Schottky junction solar cells were fabricated on ITO-coated glass and 150 nm-thick Al was deposited on the top of PbS NQDs solids as a top electrode using thermal evaporation technique. To evaluate the solar cell performance, current-voltage (I-V) measurement were performed under AM 1.5G solar spectrum at 1 sun intensity. As a result, we could achieve the power conversion efficiency of 3.33% at Schottky junction solar cell. This result indicates that high performance solar cell is successfully fabricated by optimizing the all steps as mentioned above in this work.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.14-19
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• 2013

본 연구팀에서는 층상형 페로브스카이트 구조를 갖는 Ruddlesden-Popper 구조의 $K_2La_2Ti_3O_{10}$의 박리화를 통해 Aurivillius 구조의 $Bi_{4-x}La_xTi_3O_{12}$(x~2) 페로브스카이트 산화물을 성공적으로 합성하였다. 박리화된 란타늄 티타네이트 나노시트는 BiOCl 나노결정구조와 반응시켜 $Bi_{4-x}La_xTi_3O_{12}$(x~2) 결정을 얻어내었다. 박리화된 나노시트 현탁액은 $K_2La_2Ti_3O_{10}$으로부터 수소화된 $H_2La_2Ti_3O_{10}$의 층간에 에틸아민을 삽입시킴으로써 얻어내었다. 투과전자현미경(TEM) 분석을 통해, 란타늄 티타네이트가 에틸아민에 의해 박리화된 것을 확인할 수 있었다. X-선 회절분석(XRD)을 통해, 박리화된 란타늄 티타네이트와 BiOCl의 재적층과정을 거쳐 $700^{\circ}C$ 이상의 열처리 조건에서 $Bi_{4-x}La_xTi_3O_{12}$(x~2)로 형성된 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.677-682
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 ZnS:Mn/ZnS 코어-쉘 양자점을 유기금속전구체의 열분해 방법으로 합성하였다. 쉘의 형성온도를 135$^{\circ}C$로 고정한 반면 코어 나노입자의 합성 온도 조건을 다양화 하여 각 조건하에서 형성된 양자점들의 특성을 조사하였다. 실험을 통해 얻은 양자점들은 UV-Vis, 액체 photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy 방법으로 광 특성을 조사하였으며, 또한 XRD, HR-TEM, 및 EDXS 분석으로 입자크기와 조성 등을 측정하였다. 실험 결과 가장 좋은 광 특성을 보인 나노입자의 합성조건은 코어와 쉘 모두 135$^{\circ}C$인 것으로 밝혀 졌으며, 이 조건에서 얻은 양자점은 583 nm 의 PL 발광 피이크와 42.15%의 높은 양자효율을 나타내었다. HR-TEM 으로 측정한 ZnS:Mn/ZnS 양자점의 평균 입자크기는 지름이 약 4.0 - 5.4 nm 정도였으며, 특히 150$^{\circ}C$의 온도 조건에서는 타원형의 입자가 형성되는 것이 관찰되었다.