• 한국재료학회지
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.362-367
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• 2012

Magnetite nanoparticles(NPs) have been the subject of much interest by researchers owing to their potential use as magnetic carriers in drug targeting and as a tumor treatment in cases of hyperthermia. However, magnetite nanoparticles with 10 nm in diameter easily aggregate and thus create large secondary particles. To disperse magnetite nanoparticles, this study proposes the infiltration of magnetite nanoparticles into hybrid silica aerogels. The feasible dispersion of magnetite is necessary to target tumor cells and to treat hyperthermia. Magnetite NPs have been synthesized by coprecipitation, hydrothermal and thermal decomposition methods. In particular, monodisperse magnetite NPs are known to be produced by the thermal decomposition of iron oleate. In this study, we thermally decomposed iron acetylacetonate in the presence of oleic acid, oleylamine and 1,2 hexadecanediol. We also attempted to disperse magnetite NPs within a mesoporous aerogels. Methyltriethoxysilicate(MTEOS)-based hybrid silica aerogels were synthesized by a supercritical drying method. To incorporate the magnetite nanoparticles into the hybrid aerogels, we devised two methods: adding the synthesized aerogel into a magnetite precursor solution followed by nucleation and crystal growth within the pores of the aerogels, and the infiltration of magnetite nanoparticles synthesized beforehand into aerogel matrices by immersing the aerogels in a magnetite nanoparticle colloid solution. An analysis using a vibrating sample magnetometer showed that approximately 20% of the magnetite nanoparticles were well dispersed in the aerogels. The composite samples showed that heating under an inductive magnetic field to a temperature of $45^{\circ}C$ is possible.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2013

Magnetic nanoparticle based bioseparation in microfluidics is a multiphysics phenomenon that involves interplay of various parameters. The ability to understand the dynamics of these parameters is a prerequisite for designing and developing more efficient magnetic cell/bio-particle separation systems. Therefore, in this work proof-of-concept experiments are combined with advanced numerical simulation to design and optimize the capturing process of magnetic nanoparticles responsible for efficient microfluidic bioseparation. A low cost generic microfluidic platform was developed using a novel micromolding method that can be done without a clean room techniques and at much lower cost and time. Parametric analysis using both experiments and theoretical predictions were performed. It was found that flow rate and magnetic field strength greatly influence the transport of magnetic nanoparticles in the microchannel and control the capturing efficiency. The results from mathematical model agree very well with experiments. The model further demonstrated that a 12% increase in capturing efficiency can be achieved by introducing of iron-grooved bar in the microfluidic setup that resulted in increase in magnetic field gradient. The numerical simulations were helpful in testing and optimizing key design parameters. Overall, this work demonstrated that a simple low cost experimental proof-of-concept setup can be synchronized with advanced numerical simulation not only to enhance the functional performance of magneto-fluidic capturing systems but also to efficiently design and develop microfluidic bioseparation systems for biomedical applications.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.1032-1041
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• 2010

The comparative influence of two nanoparticles [viz., superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) and nanobarium titanate (NBT)] upon the in vitro and in situ low-density polyethylene (LDPE) biodegradation efficiency of a potential polymer-degrading microbial consortium was studied. Supplementation of 0.01% concentration (w/v) of the nanoparticles in minimal broth significantly increased the bacterial growth, along with early onset of the exponential phase. Under in vitro conditions, ${\lambda}$-max shifts were quicker with nanoparticles and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) illustrated significant changes in CH/$CH_2$ vibrations, along with introduction of hydroxyl residues in the polymer backbone. Moreover, simultaneous thermogravimetric-differential thermogravimetry-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTG-DTA) reported multiple-step decomposition of LDPE degraded in the presence of nanoparticles. These findings were supported by scanning electron micrographs (SEM), which revealed greater dissolution of the film surface in the presence of nanoparticles. Furthermore, progressive degradation of the film was greatly enhanced when it was incubated under soil conditions for 3 months with the nanoparticles. The study highlights the significance of bacteria-nanoparticle interactions, which can dramatically influence key metabolic processes like biodegradation. The authors also propose the exploration of nanoparticles to influence various other microbial processes for commercial viabilities.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제42회 동계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.568-568
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• 2012

뛰어난 물리적, 전기적 특성을 가진 단일벽 탄소나노튜브는 여러 분야에서 응용 가능성이 매우 높은 물질이다. 그러나 단일벽 탄소나노튜브의 전기적 특성은 나노튜브의 직경과 카이랄리티(chirality)에 매우 강하게 의존되기 때문에 균일한 직경과 카이랄리티를 갖는 단일벽 탄소나노 튜브만의 사용은 나노튜브 기반의 전자소자 응용에서 매우 중요하다. 균일한 직경과 카이랄리티의 단일벽 탄소나노튜브를 얻는 방법은 나노튜브 합성을 통한 직접적인 방법과 후처리 기술을 통해 가능하며, 최근에는 금속 나노입자를 촉매로서 화학기상증착(Chemical vapor deposition, CVD)을 이용하여 좁은 직경 분포를 갖는 단일벽 탄소나노튜브의 합성이 보고되었다. 화학기상 증착은 용이하게 단일벽 탄소나노튜브를 합성하며, 성장된 나노튜브의 직경은 촉매금속 나노입자의 크기에 의해 결정된다. 본 연구는 크기가 제어된 산화철 나노입자를 촉매금속으로 사용하여 열화학기상증착법을 이용해 직경분포가 매우 좁고 균일한 단일벽 탄소나노튜브를 합성하였다. 합성된 단일벽 탄소나노튜브 직경과 카이랄리티는 라만 분광법(Raman spectroscopy)과 투과 전자현미경(Transmission electron microscope)을 이용하여 분석하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.605-609
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• 2014

Magnetic multi-granule nanoclusters (MGNCs) were investigated as an inexpensive means to effectively remove arsenic from aqueous environment, particularly groundwater sources consumed by humans. Various size MGNCs were examined to determine both their capacity and efficiency for arsenic adsorption for different initial arsenic concentrations. The MGNCs showed highly efficient arsenic adsorption characteristics, thereby meeting the allowable safety limit of $10{\mu}g/L$ (ppb), prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO), and confirming that 0.4 g and 0.6 g of MGNCs were sufficient to remove 0.5 mg/L and 1.0 mg/L of arsenate ($AsO_4{^{3-}}$) from water, respectively. Adsorption isotherm models for the MGNCs were used to estimate the adsorption parameters. They showed similar parameters for both the Langmuir and Sips models, confirming that the adsorption process in this work was active at a region of low arsenic concentration. The actual efficiency of arsenate removal was then tested against 1 L of artificial arsenic-contaminated groundwater with an arsenic concentration of 0.6 mg/L in the presence of competing ions. In this case, only 1.0 g of 100 nm MGNCs was sufficient to reduce the arsenic concentrations to below the WHO permissible safety limit for drinking water, without adjusting the pH or temperature, which is highly advantageous for practical field applications.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1193-1198
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• 2000

The preparation of nanocrystalline hematite, ${\alpha}-Fe_2O_3$, paricles and their surface coating with silica layers are described. The hematite particles with the size of 30~60 nm are firstly prepared by thermal decomposition of trinuclear acetate-hydroxo iron (III) nitrate complex, $[Fe_3$(OCOCH_3)_7$OH${\cdot}$2H_2O]NO_3$, at $400^{\circ}C$. Subsequently the hematite surfaces are coated with siliva layers by a controlled hydrolysis and condensation reaction of TEOS with varying the TEOS concentration and pH. Monodispersed and spherical $SiO_2-coatedFe_2O_3$ particles with the average particle diameter of ~90 nm and extremely narrow size distribution can be obtained at the pH of 11 and the TEOS concentration of 0.68M, which are found to be the optimum conditions in the present study in achieving the homogeneous deposition of silica layers on hematite surfaces. Diffuse reflectance UV-Vis spectra reveal that the characteristic optical reflectance of ${\alpha}-Fe_2O_3$ particles is preserved almost constant even after coating the surfaces, suggesting that the $SiO_2$ layers can be regarded as protecting layers without degrading the optical properties of hematite particles.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.144-150
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 고급산화공정에서 촉매제로 사용되는 산화철 나노입자를 세라믹 멤브레인 표면에 부착하여 오존 산화 공정과 연계 처리가 가능한 반응성 세라믹 멤브레인을 합성하고, 이를 이용한 하이브리드 세라믹 멤브레인 시스템(일원화된 오존-멤브레인 시스템)을 통해 자연유기화합물에 의한 막 오염 제어 특성을 평가하였다. 디스크 형태의 알루미나 정밀여과 및 한외여과 세라믹 멤브레인에 소결법을 사용하여 산화철 나노입자를 부착하였으며, 산화철 나노입자 양에 따른 반응성 세라믹 멤브레인의 특성을 분석하였다. 주사전자현미경(SEM) 분석을 통해 세라믹 멤브레인 표면 위에 산화철 나노입자 층이 형성되었음을 확인할 수 있었고, 부착된 산화철 나노입자의 크기는 대략 50 nm임을 확인할 수 있었다. 반응성 세라믹 멤브레인과 기존 세라믹 멤브레인의 막 투과 성능(Pure water permeability) 비교 실험 결과 큰 차이를 보이지 않았는데, 이는 반응성 세라믹 멤브레인 표면에 형성된 산화철 나노입자 층이 멤브레인의 투과 유량에 큰 영향을 끼치지 않음을 확인할 수 있었다. 하이브리드 세라믹 멤브레인 시스템을 통한 자연유기화합물의 막 오염(Fouling) 및 막 오염 회복(Fouling recovery) 실험을 통해, 반응성 세라믹 멤브레인을 사용한 시스템이 산화철 나노입자와 오존과의 반응을 통해 생성된 수산화라디칼이 보다 효율적으로 자연유기화합물을 분해하여 막 오염을 저감하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 원수와 처리수 내의 자연유기화합물 분석을 통해, 반응성 세라믹 멤브레인 시스템이 보다 효과적으로 자연유기화합물의 방향성 성분 감소, 고분자량 비율 감소, 소수성 성분 감소 등을 통해 막 오염을 제어함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.2051-2057
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• 2011

Several studies have demonstrated that nanoparticles (NPs) have toxic effects on cultured cell lines, yet there are no clear data describing the overall molecular changes induced by NPs currently in use for human applications. In this study, the in vitro cytotoxicity of three oxide NPs of around 100 nm size, namely, mesoporous silica (MCM-41), iron oxide ($Fe_2O_3$-NPs), and zinc oxide (ZnO-NPs), was evaluated in the human embryonic kidney cell line HEK293. Cell viability assays demonstrated that 100 ${\mu}g/mL$ MCM-41, 100 ${\mu}g/mL$ $Fe_2O_3$, and 12.5 ${\mu}g/mL$ ZnO exhibited 20% reductions in HEK293 cell viability in 24 hrs. DNA microarray analysis was performed on cells treated with these oxide NPs and further validated by real time PCR to understand cytotoxic changes occurring at the molecular level. Microarray analysis of NP-treated cells identified a number of up- and down-regulated genes that were found to be associated with inflammation, stress, and the cell death and defense response. At both the cellular and molecular levels, the toxicity was observed in the following order: ZnO-NPs > $Fe_2O_3$-NPs > MCM-41. In conclusion, our study provides important information regarding the toxicity of these three commonly used oxide NPs, which should be useful in future biomedical applications of these nanoparticles.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.24-27
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• 2008

Polyol법을 이용하여 $MnFe_2O_4$ 나노입자를 제조하고, X-선 회절기(XRD)와 진동시료형 자화율 측정기(VSM)를 이용하여 결정학적 및 거시적인 자기적 특성을 분석하였고, 뫼스바우어($M\"{o}ssbauer$) 분광실험을 통하여 $MnFe_2O_4$ 물질의 초미세 상호작용에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 고분해능 투과형 전자 현미경(High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope; HRTEM)을 이용하여 입자의 크기를 분석한 결과, 대부분의 입자크기가 $6{\sim}8$ nm 정도의 분포를 가지는 매우 균일한 입자로 형성되었음을 확인할 수 있었다. X-선 회절실험의 분석 결과, $a_0=8.418{\pm}0.001{\AA}$의 격자상수를 가지는 입방정형의 스피넬 구조로써 그 공간군이 Fd3m 임을 확인하였다. 상온에서의 VSM 측정결과 강한 초상자성 거동을 보였고, 뫼스바우어 분석결과로 상온에서 초상자성 영향에 따른 요동현상이 나타남을 관측할 수 있었다. 4.2K에서는 6개의 공명흡수선이 2 set으로 존재하고 초미세 자기장 값($H_{hf}$)이 A-site의 경우 498 kOe, B-site의 경우 521 kOe 로 분석되었다.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.95-101
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• 2016

Carbon nanofiber (CNF) composites coated with spindle-shaped $Fe_2O_3$ nanoparticles (NPs) are fabricated by a combination of an electrospinning method and a hydrothermal method, and their morphological, structural, and chemical properties are measured by field-emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. For comparison, CNFs and spindle-shaped $Fe_2O_3$ NPs are prepared by either an electrospinning method or a hydrothermal method, respectively. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) fabricated with the composites exhibit enhanced open circuit voltage (0.70 V), short-circuit current density ($12.82mA/cm^2$), fill factor (61.30%), and power conversion efficiency (5.52%) compared to those of the CNFs (0.66 V, $11.61mA/cm^2$, 51.96%, and 3.97%) and spindle-shaped $Fe_2O_3$ NPs (0.67 V, $11.45mA/cm^2$, 50.17%, and 3.86%). This performance improvement can be attributed to a synergistic effect of a superb catalytic reaction of spindle-shaped $Fe_2O_3$ NPs and efficient charge transfer relative to the one-dimensional nanostructure of the CNFs. Therefore, spindle-shaped $Fe_2O_3$-NP-coated CNF composites may be proposed as a potential alternative material for low-cost counter electrodes in DSSCs.