• 한국광물학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.171-180
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• 2003

본 연구는 금속이 다량 함유된 석탄회(metal-rich fly ash, MRFA)를 이용, 이산화탄소 및 금속의 격리를 위한 생지화학적 과정을 연구하고자 한다 이를 위해 다양한 이산화탄소 분압과 중탄산염 이온 농도의 조건 하에서 MRFA를 이용, 미생물에 의한 이산화탄소의 난용성 탄산염 광물로의 전환 실험을 실시하였다. 시험관부터 4-L의 배양용기까지의 다양한 규모의 실험을 통해, 금속환원 박테리아와 MRFA를 이용하는 경우, 효과적인 이산화탄소 및 금속의 격리가 이루어지는 것으로 나타났다. MRFA를 이용하는 침전 기작을 통한 이산화탄소 격리는 화석연료를 이용하는 발전소에서 방출되는 이산화탄소의 제거 및 석탄회 폐기물의 안정화의 보완적 방법으로 유용하다.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.201-208
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• 2013

Copper (II) and Nickel (II) mimic complexes of enzyme carbonic anhydrase were evaluated under ambient condition for carbon dioxide capture and conversion process. The synthesized complexes were characterized by ATR-FTIR and UV-DR spectroscopy. It was found that all the complexes have biomimetic activity towards $CO_2$ using para-nitrophenyl acetate (p-NPA) hydrolysis as the model reaction. Interestingly, the proper geometry obtained by the restricted orientation of tripodal N atoms in Cu (II) complex of 2,6-bis(2-benzimidazolyl) pyridine showed the highest activity (1.14 au) compared to others. The $CO_2$ bio-mineralization to $CaCO_3$ was carried out via in-vitro crystallization approach. Results indicate that the biomimetic complexes have a role in determining $CaCO_3$ morphology. The present observations establish a qualitative insight for the design of improved small-molecule catalysts for carbon capture.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.684-689
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• 2012

In the present study, an efficient mercury-tolerant bacterial strain (RS-5) was isolated from heavy-metalcontaminated industrial effluent. Under shake flask conditions, 97% of the supplemented mercuric chloride was sequestered by the biomass of RS-5 grown in a tryptone soy broth. The sequestered mercuric ions were transformed inside the bacterial cells, as an XRD analysis of the biomass confirmed the formation of mercurous chloride, which is only feasible following the reaction of the elemental mercury and the residual mercuric chloride present within the cells. Besides the sequestration and intracellular transformation, a significant fraction of the mercury (63%) was also volatilized. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of RS-5 revealed its phylogenetic relationship with the family Bacillaceae, and a 98% homology with Lysinibacillus fusiformis, a Gram-positive bacterium with swollen sporangia. This is the first observation of the sequestration and volatilization of mercuric ions by Lysinibacillus sp.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.280-291
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• 2007

토양중 중금속을 흡수해서 체내에 고농도로 축적할 수 있는 식물, 이른바 고축적식물(hyperaccumulator)의 발견으로 오염토양에 대한 식물복원(phytoremediation) 기술에 대한 많은 연구들이 수행되고 있다. 이들 연구의 방향은 크게 고축적식물의 중금속 축적 기작을 밝히기 위한 것과 축적효율을 높임으로써 복원 효율을 향상시키는 실용적인 기술개발로 나누어진다. 지금까지 고축적식물에 의한 중금속 축적 기작은 다섯 가지의 특이 기작으로 알려져 있는데, 1) 뿌리세포의 중금속 흡수 증진, 2) 식물체 조직내의 중금속 이동성 향상, 3) 중금속의 무독화(detoxification) 및 격리(sequestration), 4) 토양-뿌리 경계면에서의 중금속 유효도 증진, 그리고 5) 중금속 오염토양으로의 능동적인 뿌리의 성장 등이 이에 속한다. 일반적으로 토양 중 낮은 중금속 유효도는 식물복원 기술의 현장 적용에 있어 제한요소로 간주된다. 이를 극복하기 위해서는 위에 기술된 다섯 가지 기작 중 고축적식물의 뿌리가 근권 토양중 중금속의 화학변화에 미치는 영향을 이해하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 식물 뿌리에 의한 근권 토양의 pH 변화와 뿌리에서 나오는 분자량이 적은 유기산(low-molecular-weight organic acids, LMWOAs)과 같은 유기성 분비물은 근권부 토양의 화학적 특성을 변화시키고 결과적으로 중금속의 유효도를 변화시킨다. 예를 들어 뿌리에서 나오는 $H^+$ 이온은 토양 pH를 감소시키고 이에 따라 중금속의 유효도는 증가한다. 또한 고농도의 중금속에 노출된 뿌리는 많은 양의 유기물질을 분비하게 되고 근권 토양에 축적되는 이 유기물질은 토양중 중금속과 결합하여 유기복합물질(organo-metallic complexes)을 형성하면서 유효도를 증가시킨다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권10호
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• pp.1522-1542
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• 2019

To adapt to environmental changes and to maintain cellular homeostasis, microorganisms adjust the intracellular concentrations of biochemical compounds, including metal ions; these are essential for the catalytic function of many enzymes in cells, but excessive amounts of essential metals and heavy metals cause cellular damage. Metal-responsive transcriptional regulators play pivotal roles in metal uptake, pumping out, sequestration, and oxidation or reduction to a less toxic status via regulating the expression of the detoxification-related genes. The sensory and regulatory functions of the metalloregulators have made them as attractive biological parts for synthetic biology, and the exceptional sensitivity and selectivity of metalloregulators toward metal ions have been used in heavy metal biosensors to cope with prevalent heavy metal contamination. Due to their importance, substantial efforts have been made to characterize heavy metal-responsive transcriptional regulators and to develop heavy metal-sensing biosensors. In this review, we summarize the biochemical data for the two major metalloregulator families, SmtB/ArsR and MerR, to describe their metal-binding sites, specific chelating chemistry, and conformational changes. Based on our understanding of the regulatory mechanisms, previously developed metal biosensors are examined to point out their limitations, such as high background noise and a lack of well-characterized biological parts. We discuss several strategies to improve the functionality of the metal biosensors, such as reducing the background noise and amplifying the output signal. From the perspective of making heavy metal biosensors, we suggest that the characterization of novel metalloregulators and the fabrication of exquisitely designed genetic circuits will be required.

• Carbon letters
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.114-122
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• 2009

Crushed, depitted peach stones were impregnated activated with 50% $H_3PO_4$ followed by pyrolysis at $500^{\circ}C$. Two activated carbons were produced, one under its own evolved gases during pyrolysis, and the second conducted with air flow throughout the carbonization stage. Physicochemical properties were investigated by several procedures; carbon yield, ash content, elemental chemical analysis, TG/DTG and FTIR spectra. Porosity characteristics were determined by the conventional $N_2$ adsorption at 77 K, and data analyzed to get the major texture parameters of surface area and pore volume. Highly developed activated carbons were obtained, essentially microporous, with slight effect of air on the porous structure. Oxygen was observed to be markedly incorporated in the carbon matrix during the air treatment process. Cation exchange capacity towards Cu (II) and Cd (II) was tested in batch single ion experimental mode, which proved to be slow and a function of carbon dose, time and initial ion concentration. Copper was up taken more favorably than cadmium, under same conditions, and adsorption of both cations was remarkably enhanced as a consequence of the air treatment procedure. Sequestration of the metal ions was explained on basis of the combined effect of the oxygen functional groups and the phosphorous-containing compounds; both contributing to the total surface acidity character.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.425-433
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• 2006

Sepiolite was selected as a mineral carbonation candidate ore for carbon dioxide sequestration. Carbonation salt formation from alkaline earth metal ingredient needs to dehydroxylation of sepiolite at high temperature. An evident dehydroxylation was observed over $800^{\circ}C$ and the variations of sepiolite characteristics after high temperature treatment was synthetically evaluated. Remarkable weight loss were measured after high temperature thermochemical reaction then crystallographic and spectroscopic changes were analyzed. The resulted alkaline earth metal oxides could explained by dehydroxylation based on thermochemical reaction.

• 한국광물학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.161-170
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• 2010

많은 미생물들이 수용성 망간이온($Mn^{2+}$)을 불용성인 산화망간($Mn^{4+}$) 광물로 산화 침전시키는데, 이와 같은 생물학적 산화반응은 비생물학적 산화반응보다 훨씬 빠르게 일어난다. 이처럼 미생물에 의해 생성된 바이오 산화망간 광물은 표면의 강한 흡착성과 산화환원 반응을 통해 생지구화학 순환과 환경오염물질의 생물흡수도에 큰 역할을 한다. 본 논평은 양자역학의 밀도범함수 이론에 바탕을 둔 전산모사를 이용하여 산화망간 광물 표면의 독성금속 흡착의 자세한 기작과 망간원자 빈자리의 광화학적 역할을 새롭게 밝힌 최근 연구결과를 소개한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.1016-1022
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• 2010

액상 중유 연료를 사용하는 고용량 증기 보일러에서 발생되어 연소기기 내부에 침적되는 슈트, 슬래그, 크랭커, 회분, 산화물의 on-line 세정을 위한 세정제 제조에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 액상 중유 연료를 사용하는 보일러 및 가열로에 생성되는 슈트, 슬래그, 크랭커, 회분, 산화물을 제거하는 기존 기술은 보일러 및 가열로의 가동 중단 후 작업자들에 의한 기계적인 처리를 통하여 침적물을 제거하는 기술을 사용하고 있다. 기존 기술을 대치할 수 있고 보일러의 중단이 없는 상태에서 침적물을 세정할 수 있는 세정제의 최적 조성을 도출하였다. 질산암모늄과 질산마그네슘의 혼합물이 주 세정제로 도출되었으며, 각종 전이금속 화합물에 의한 영향을 영향을 연구하여, 세정에 의한 부식을 방지할 수 있으며, 연소효율의 증대를 얻을 수 있는 전이금속화합불 첨가제를 도출하였다.

• 광물과산업
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• 제26권
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• pp.1-12
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• 2013

In this study, an accelerated carbonation process was applied to stabilize hazardous heavy metals of industrial solid waste incineration (ISWI) bottom ash and fly ash, and to reduce $CO_2$ emissions. The most commonly used method to stabilize heavy metals is accelerated carbonation using a high water-to-solid ratio including oxidation and carbonation reactions as well as neutralization of the pH, dissolution, and precipitation and sorption. This process has been recognized as having a significant effect on the leaching of heavy metals in alkaline materials such as ISWI ash. The accelerated carbonation process with $CO_2$ absorption was investigated to confirm the leaching behavior of heavy metals contained in ISWI ash including fly and bottom ash. Only the temperature of the chamber at atmospheric pressure was varied and the $CO_2$ concentration was kept constant at 99% while the water-to-solid ratio (L/S) was set at 0.3 and $3.0dm^3/kg$. In the result, the concentration of leached heavy metals and pH value decreased with increasing carbonation reaction time whereas the bottom ash showed no effect. The mechanism of heavy metal-stabilization is supported by two findings during the carbonation reaction. First, the carbonation reaction is sufficient to decrease the pH and to form an insoluble heavy metal-material that contributes to a reduction of the leaching. Second, the adsorbent compound in the bottom ash controls the leaching of heavy metals; the calcite formed by the carbonation reaction has high affinity of heavy metals. In addition, approximately 5 kg/ton and 27 kg/ton $CO_2$ were sequestrated in ISWI bottom ash and fly ash after the carbonation reaction, respectively.