• Carbon letters
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• 제20권
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• pp.81-85
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• 2016

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.456-461
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• 2013

단일가닥 DNA와 이중가닥 DNA의 흡착 율의 차이를 이용하여, 본 연구는 산화 그래핀에 흡착된 단일 가닥 DNA을 사용하여 Klenow fragment의 효소 활성을 검출하기 위하여 실시간 형광에세이 방법을 사용했다. 실험 결과에 의하면, 산화그래핀에 흡착된 형광표지 ssDNA는 형광이 ��칭(quenching) 되지만, cDNA 첨가에 의해서 흡착된 단일가닥 DNA가 유리되었다. Klenow fragment의 활성을 측정하기 위해서 형광표지 틀(template) DNA, 산화그래핀과 시발체(primer)가 존재할 때, 고분자 반응이 진행됨에 따라 ��칭된 형광세기가 증가하였다. 그리고 겔 전기영동 실험은 산화 그래핀에서 DNA 합성과 hybridization 반응을 확인하였다.

• Composites Research
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.402-411
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• 2022

In this study, the channels-contained hybrid membranes have been fabricated through the incorporation of glass fibers and GO sheets (GO/glass fibers, GG), or a mixture of chitosan/GO (CS/GO/glass fibers, CGG), as hybrid membranes using in organic dye removal. The material properties are well investigated the terms in the morphological, chemical, crystal, and thermal characterizations for verifying interactions in their formed structure. These hybrid membranes have been fitted well in pseudo-second order and Langmuir models that are associated with chemical adsorption and a monolayer approach, respectively. The highest adsorption ability of methylene blue and methyl orange reached 59.40 mg/g and 229.07 mg/g (GG); and 287.47 mg/g and 252.91 mg/g (CGG), which is more enhanced than that of previous GO-based other adsorbents. Moreover, the dye separation on these membranes could be favorable to superb sealing and trapping dye molecules from water instead of only the dye connection occurring on their surface, regarding the physically sieving effect. The membranes can also be reused within two and three adsorbing-desorbing cycles on the GG and CGG ones, respectively. These membranes can become future adsorbents to be applied for wastewater treatment due to their structural features.

• 공업화학
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.352-366
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• 2022

Nuclear power plant operations for electricity generation, rare-earth mining, nuclear medical research, and nuclear weapons reprocessing considerably increase radioactive waste, necessitating massive efforts to eradicate radioactive waste from aquatic environments. Cobalt (⁵⁸Co) and strontium (⁹⁰Sr) radioactive elements have been extensively employed in energy generation, nuclear weapon testing, and the manufacture of healthcare products. The erroneous discharge of these elements as pollutants into the aquatic system, radiation emissions, and long-term disposal is extremely detrimental to humans and aquatic biota. Numerous methods for treating radioactive waste-contaminated water have emerged, among which the adsorption process has been promoted for its efficacy in eliminating radioactive waste from aquatic habitats. The current review discusses the adsorptive removal of radioactive waste from aqueous solutions using low-cost adsorbents, such as graphene oxide, metal-organic frameworks, and inorganic metal oxides, as well as their composites. The chemical modification of adsorbents to increase their removal efficiency is also discussed. Finally, the current state of ⁵⁸Co and ⁹⁰Sr removal performances is summarized and the efficiencies of various adsorbents are compared.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.222-230
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• 2023

Capacitive deionization of saline water is one of the most promising water purification technologies due to its high energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness. This study synthesizes porous carbon composites composed of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and activated carbon (AC) with various rGO/AC ratios using a facile chemical method. Surface characterization of the rGO/AC composites shows a successful chemical reduction of GO to rGO and incorporation of AC into rGO. The optimized rGO/AC composite electrode exhibits a specific capacitance of ~243 F g^-1 in a 1 M NaCl solution. The galvanostatic charging-discharging test shows excellent reversible cycles, with a slight shortening in the cycle time from the ~260^th to the 530^th cycle. Various monovalent sodium salts (NaF, NaCl, NaBr, and NaI) and chloride salts (LiCl, NaCl, KCl, and CsCl) are deionized with the rGO/AC electrode pairs at a cell voltage of 1.3 V. Among them, NaI shows the highest specific adsorption capacity of ~22.2 mg g^-1. Detailed surface characterization and electrochemical analyses are conducted.

• 공업화학
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.600-605
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• 2022

V₂O₅-WO₃-TiO₂ 촉매를 담지하여 그래핀(graphene) 기반 세라믹필터를 제조하였으며, 이를 활용하여 질소산화물(NO_x)의 제거실험을 수행하였다. 산화그래핀(graphene oxide, GO)은 흑연(graphite)을 이용하여 Hummer's method에 의해 제조하였고 환원제로 히드라진(N2H4)을 통해 환원 산화그래핀(reduced graphene oxide, rGO)을 제조하였다. 제조된 그래핀을 세라믹필터 표면에 유-무기 하이브리드 원리를 이용하여 코팅하였으며, 여기에 광촉매물질을 담지하였다. 광촉매물질은 바나듐(V), 텅스텐(W), 티타늄(Ti)를 사용하여 sol-gel법에 의해 코팅 후 350 ℃ 소성 공정을 통하여 광촉매담지 세라믹필터를 제조하였다. UV광을 제조된 필터에 조사하여 NO_x의 제거 실험을 수행하였으며, NO_x의 제거 효율은 기존의 세라믹필터보다 GO 및 rGO가 코팅된 경우가 우수하였다. 이는 코팅된 그래핀에 의한 흡착성의 향상 때문으로 판단되며, 그래핀의 농도가 증가함에 따라 보다 높은 NO_x의 제거효율을 확인하였다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제35권7호
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• pp.457-463
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• 2013

본 연구는 수계에 잔류된 미량오염물질이 활성탄 여과공정을 통해 제거되는 메커니즘을 파악하고자 입상활성탄(GAC)을 이용하여 sulfonamide계 항생물질(SAs)에 대한 흡착제거 실험 및 Density functional theory (DFT)를 활용한 흡착 모델링 계산을 수행하였다. 활성탄 흡착실험결과 1시간 및 24시간 동안의 흡착 제거율은 각각 68.4~90.7% 그리고 99.0~99.9%로 나타났으며, 두 가지 경우 모두 흡착 제거율의 크기는 sulfamethazine (SMZ) > sulfathiazole (STZ) > sulfamethoxazole (SMTZ)의 순으로 높게 나타났다. DFT 흡착 모델링 계산 결과에서는, graphene 모형에 대한 SAs의 결합 형태는 SAs의 공통부분인 4-aminobenzenesulfonamide 고리 부분을 통하여 안정된 흡착형태를 나타내었으며, SMTZ의 경우에는 반대쪽 고리인 3-methyl-1,2-oxazol-5-amine 고리 부분과의 결합이 우세한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 흡착물의 형태가 보존되는 흡착모형에서의 흡착에너지는 SMZ, STZ, 그리고 STMZ가 각각 -4.91, -4.64, 그리고 -4.62 eV로 나타났다(흡착에너지 강도: SMZ > STZ > STMZ). 이는 흡착제거실험에서 측정된 흡착제거율 크기와도 일치되는 경향을 나타낸다. 또한, SAs 물질이 분해되면서 흡착될 때 발생될 수 있는 구조상의 특성 변화에 대한 정보를 나타내었다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.38-44
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• 2014

This paper reports the effect of adding reduced graphene oxide (RGO) as a conductive material to the composition of an electrode for capacitive deionization (CDI), a process to remove salt from water using ionic adsorption and desorption driven by external applied voltage. RGO can be synthesized in an inexpensive way by the reduction and exfoliation of GO, and removing the oxygen-containing groups and recovering a conjugated structure. GO powder can be obtained from the modification of Hummers method and reduced into RGO using a thermal method. The physical and electrochemical characteristics of RGO material were evaluated and its desalination performance was tested with a CDI unit cell with a potentiostat and conductivity meter, by varying the applied voltage and feed rate of the salt solution. The performance of RGO was compared to graphite as a conductive material in a CDI electrode. The result showed RGO can increase the capacitance, reduce the equivalent series resistance, and improve the electrosorption capacity of CDI electrode.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.341-341
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• 2010

Electronic structure of Calix adsorbed on epitaxial graphene (EG) was investigated using high resolution photoemission spectroscopy (HRPES). Increasing the deposition of calix molecule, we found that EG becomes n-type doping using secondary edge measurement (work function change). As we observe bonding nature of O 1s peak, we found that single O 1s peak can be clearly distinguished in the spectra indicating equivalent adsorption state. Finally, we were able to control the band gap of EG using valence band spectra as we change the amount of calix molecule. In this study, we will propose the possibility of band gap modulation of EG using calix molecule.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2018년도 추계학술논문요약집
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• pp.379-379
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• 2018

MXenes are a new family of 2D transition metal carbide nanosheets analogous to graphene (Lv et al., 2017; Sun et al., 2018). Due to the easy availability, hydrophilic behavior, and tunable chemistry of MXenes, their use in applications for environmental pollution remediation such as heavy metal adsorption has recently been explored (Li et al., 2017). In this study, three-dimensional (3D) MXene ($Ti_3C_2T_x$) films with high adsorption capacity, good mechanical strength, and high selectivity for specific radionuclide from aquose solution were successfully fabricated by a polymeric precursor method using vacuum-assisted filtration. The highest removal efficiency on the films was 99.54%, 95.61%, and 82.79% for $Sr^{2+}$, $Co^{2+}$, and $Cs^+$, respectively, using a film dosage of 0.06 g/ L in the initial radionuclide solution (each radionuclide concentration = 1 mg/L and pH = 7.0). Especially, the adsorption process reached an equilibrium within 30 min. The expanded interlayer spacing of $Ti_3C_2T_x$ sheets in MXene films showed excellent radionuclide selectivity ($Cs^+$ and/or $Sr^{2+}/Co^{2+}$) (Simon, 2017). Besides, the MXene films was not only able to be easily retrieved from an aqueous solution by filtration after decontamination processes, but also to selectively separate desired target radionuclides in the solutions. Therefore, the newly developed MXene ($Ti_3C_2T_x$) films has a great potential for radionuclide removal from aqueous solution.