• Macromolecular Research
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.384-390
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• 2004

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been chemically modified through the formation of carboxylic acid functionalities or by grafting octadecylamine and polystyrene onto them. We purified SWNTs with nitric acid to remove some remaining catalysts and amorphous carbon materials. After purification, we broke the carbon nanotubes and shortened their lengths by using a 3:1 mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid and nitric acid. During these purification and cutting processes, carboxylic acid units formed at the open ends of the SWNTs. Octa-decylamine and amino-terminated polystyrene were grafted onto the cut SWNTs by condensation reactions between the amine and carboxylic acid units. The cut SWNTs did not disperse in organic solvents, but the octadecylamine-grafted and polystyrene-grafted SWNTs dispersed well in dichloromethane and aromatic solvents (e.g., benzene, toluene). Composites were prepared by mixing polystyrene with the octadecylamine-grafted or polystyrene-grafted SWNTs. Each composite had a higher dynamic storage modulus than that of a pristine polystyrene. The composites exhibited enhanced storage moduli, complex viscosities, and unusual non-terminal behavior when compared with a monodisperse polystyrene matrix because of the good dispersion of carbon nanotubes in the polystyrene matrix.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.173-181
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• 2003

A polymeric micelle drug delivery system was developed to enhance the solubility of poorly-water soluble drug, biphenyl dimethyl dicarboxylate, DDB. The block copolymers consisting of poly(D,L-lactide) (PLA) as the hydrophobic segment and methoxy poly(ethylene glycol) (mPEG) as the hydrophilic segment were synthesized and characterized by NMR, DSC and MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy. The size of the polymeric micelles measured by dynamic light scattering showed a narrow monodisperse size distribution with the average diameter less than 50 nm. The MW of mPEG-PLA, 3000 (MW of mPEG, 2 K; MW of PLA, 1K), and the presence of hydrophilic and hydrophobic segments on the polymeric micelles were confirmed by MALDI-TOF mass spectroscopy and NMR, respectively. Polymeric micelle solutions of DDB were prepared by three different methods, i.e. the matrix method, emulsion method and dialysis method. In the matrix method, DDB solubility was reached to 13.29 mg/mL. The mPEG-PLA 2K-1K micelle system was compared with the poloxamer 407 micelle system for their critical micelle concentration, micelle size, solubilizing capacity, stability in dilution and physical state. DDB loaded-polymeric micelles prepared by the matrix method showed a significantly increased aqueous solubility (＞5000 fold over intrinsic solubility) and were found to be superior to the poloxamer 407 micelles as a drug carrier.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.397-400
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• 2014

Size- and shape-controlled monodisperse wurtzite structured CdS nanorods have been successfully synthesized using a facile solution-based colloidal method. Depending on the control of injection/growth temperatures and the variation of Cd-to-S molar ratios, the morphology of the CdS nanocrystals (NCs) can be adjusted into bullet-like, rod-like, and dot-like shapes. X-ray diffraction (XRD), transition electron microscopy (TEM), and absorption spectroscopy were used to characterize the structure, morphology, and optical properties of as-synthesized CdS NCs. It was found that uniform CdS nanorods could be successfully synthesized when the injection and growth temperatures were very high (> $360^{\circ}C$). The aspect ratios of different shaped (bullet-like or rod-like) CdS NCs could be controlled by simply adjusting the molar ratios between Cd and S.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.1127-1130
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• 2013

Formation of the monodisperse submicrospheres consisting of ionic palladium(II) complexes, $[(Me_4en)Pd(L)]_2(X)_4$($Me_4en$ = N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine; L = bis(4-(4-pyridylcarboxyl)phenyl)methane; $X^-=BF_4{^-}$ and $ClO_4{^-}$), has been carried out without any templates or additives. The submicrospheres were coated with silicates, and then calcined in air at $550^{\circ}C$ for 1 h, to efficiently form hollow-spherical $SiO_2$ submicro-reactors dotted with palladium(0) nanoparticles (PdNPs). That is, the submicrospheres act as both a template and a source of the palladium metal nanoparticles. The submicro-reactors containing nano-catalysts have been characterized by means of SEM, TEM, and XPS. Notably, the reactors were proved to be very effective for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling and hydrogenation reactions.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.512-518
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• 2004

We have synthesized a novel macromonomer of vinyl-terminated bifunctional polyurethane having a molecular weight of 37,000 g/mol and successfully applied it to the dispersion polymerization of methylmethacrylate(MMA). We verified the presence of the vinyl terminal group and the macromonomer grafted onto the poly(ethylene glycol)(PEG) block in the PMMA particles by using $^1$H and $\^$13/C NMR spectroscopies. Monodisperse PMMA microspheres that have good uniformity of 1.01 were prepared at 20 wt% macromonomer content; we investigated the characteristics of the PMMA particles in terms of their molecular weight, molecular weight distribution, size of the particles, thermal properties, and glass transition temperature. We have found that the synthesized polyurethane macromonomer is an effective stabilizer.

• 접착 및 계면
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2014

본 Styrene (ST)과 sodium 1-allyloxy-2-hydroxypropane sulfonate (COPS-I)의 무유화 공중합을 다양한 중합조건(ST, COPS-I, KPS, DVB의 농도 및 중합온도)하에서 실시하여, 165~550 nm 입자경 범위의 단분산 라텍스를 제조하였다. 일반적으로 COPS-I와 KPS의 농도, 중합온도, DVB의 농도 등의 변화는 고분자 입자수(입자경), 중합속도, 분자량, 제타전위 등에 밀접한 영향을 미침을 발견하였다. 입자수의 증가는 중합속도와 제타전위를 증가시켰으나 분자량은 감소하였다.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.27-31
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• 2014

A simple bimodal model has been developed to analyze charged particle coagulation by modifying previously suggested bimdal model for evolution of particle generation and growth. In the present model, two monodisperse modes are used and 40 charge nodes are assigned to each mode to account both change of the particle size and charge distribution. In addition, we also implemented the effect of electrostatic dispersion loss in the present model. Based on the developed model, we analyzed coagulation of asymmetric bipolar charged particles by computing evolutions of particle number concentration, geometric mean diameter of particles, charge asymmetric ratio and geometric standard deviation of particle size distribution for various initial charge asymmetric ratios. The number concentration of asymmetric bipolar charged particles decreases faster than that of neutral particles but that does not give faster growth of particles since the electrostatic dispersion loss overwhelms particle growth by coagulation.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.222-231
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• 2009

단분산이면서 마이크로 크기의 입자로 쉽게 조절이 가능한 SPG (Shirasu porous glass) 막유화법이 최근 각광을 받고 있다. SPG 막유화법은 다중에멀젼, 단분산, 다양한 형태 등을 쉽게 제조할 수 있는 장점을 가지고 있어서 기능성 입자를 만드는데 적합한 방법으로 최근 적용분야로는 토너입자, 식품첨가제, 약물전달 등으로 적용분야가 넓다. SPG 막유화법에서 입자크기 및 형태 조절 요소로는 개시제, 첨가제, 단량체, 가교제, 중합금지제 등이 있으며, SPG의 장점인 단분산을 싼 단가로 대량생산에 접목시킬 수 있기 때문에 여러 분야에서 다양한 접근이 가능하다.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.18-31
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• 2005

This study was performed to explore the liquid breakup and atomization characteristics for the classification of drop formation mode and background of uniform droplets generation in electrohydrodynmaic atomization according to the change of experimental parameters such as nozzle material (stainless steel. teflon). fluid flow rate, applied electrical field and intensity, and frequency. In results, from the classification map of drop formation modes according to the variation of applied AC voltage and frequency at a stainless nozzle, the droplet size was smaller than the outer diameter of the nozzle tip relatively in the spindle mode. The transition points became clearly to be moved toward the high applied voltage by rising the applied AC frequency beyond 450Hz. Also the droplet radius can be observed quite small in the frequency bandwidth of $350{\sim}450Hz$. The droplet radiuses decrease as the applied voltage increases for a fixed applied AC frequency within the range from 50Hz to 400Hz Over 400Hz, the relation between the power intensity and the droplet size was not consistent with a continuous mechanism of liquid breakup. Thus, it is showed that the droplet size distribution using the teflon nozzle was analogous to the results of stainless steel, but the droplet size was bigger than that of stainless steel relatively in case of a teflon nozzle.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.403-406
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• 2013

이 논문에서는 6-aminohexanoic acid (AHA)를 사용해서 물에 분산이 잘되는 균일한 maghemite 나노입자를 제조하는 방법을 설명한다. 물에 분산되는 maghemite 나노입자는 $195^{\circ}C$의 octyl ether와 AHA의 혼합물에 $Fe(CO)_5$를 넣어주는 방법으로 제조하였다. 제조된 나노입자는 좋은 결정성과 자성을 띄고 있으며 물에서 상당한 안정성을 보여주었다. 또한 ligand-exchange 방식으로 물에 분산되는 maghemite 나노입자를 제조하는 방법도 가능함을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서는 AHA를 이용하여 물에 분산된 금속 산화물 나노입자를 제조하는 새로운 대안을 제시하였다.