• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.475-483
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• 2019

The purpose this study was to investigate the influences of 5% turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) supplementation on enzyme activities such as aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), amylase, lipase and catalase in serum of dyslipidemic rats. Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats (24 male) were divided into four groups, namely the ND group (normal-nondyslipidemic diet), NT group (normal-nondyslipidemic diet+5% turmeric), DD group (control-dyslipidemic diet), and DT groups (dyslipidemic diet+5% turmeric). Serum concentrations of blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine and uric acid were significantly decreased (p<0.05) by turmeric supplementation diet. The activities of AST, ALT, ALP, LDH, amylase and lipase in sera of turmeric diet group were significantly decreased (p<0.05). The catalase activity in serum of turmeric supplementation group was significantly increased than dyslipidemic diet (p<0.05). In vivo experiment with dyslipidemic rats showed that ingestion of turmeric were effective in kidney and hepatic functional enzyme activities. Which suggests that turmeric material could be used for further studies as a potential source for nutraceutical foods.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2014년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.286-288
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• 2014

This study deals with the catalyst free radio frequency plasma assisted polymerization of ethylene glycol using nitrogen as reactive gas to modify the surface chemistry and morphology. The deposited film was characterized through various analysis techniques i.e. surface profilometry, Forier transform infrared spectroscopy, water contact angle and UV-visible spectroscopy to analyze film thickness, chemical structure, surface energy and optical properties respectively. The surface topography was analyzed by Atomic force microscopy. It was observed that the ethylene oxide behaviour and optical transmittance of the film were reduced with the introduction of nitrogen gas due to higher fragmentation of monomer. However the hydrophilic behavior of the film improved due to formation of new water loving functional groups suitable for biomedical applications.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.104-108
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• 2013

The adsorption characteristics of Cd(II) and Pb(II) in aqueous solution using granular activated carbon (GAC), activated carbon fiber (ACF), modified ACF (NaACF), and a mixture of GAC and NaACF (GAC/NaACF) have been studied. The surface properties, such as morphology, surface functional groups, and composition of various adsorbents were determined using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) measurements. The specific surface area, total pore volume, and pore size distribution were investigated using nitrogen adsorption, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), and Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) methods. In this study, NaACF showed a high adsorption capacity and rate for heavy metal ions due to the improvement of its ion-exchange capabilities by additional oxygen functional groups. Moreover, the GAC and NaACF mixture was used as an adsorbent to determine the adsorbent-adsorbate interaction in the presence of two competitive adsorbents.

• 한국연초학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2009

Activated carbon fiber (ACF) was surface modified by nitric acid to improve the adsorption efficiency of the propylamine. Functional groups and textural properties of modified ACF were investigated. The total surface acidity increased about 7 times to that of as-received ACF by modification with 1 M nitric acid solution, carboxylic and phenolic groups mainly increased. However, the specific surface areas and the total pore volumes of the modified ACFs were decreased by 5-8% due to the increased blocking (or demolition) of micropores in the presence of newly introduced complexes. Despite the decrease of textural properties, it was found that the amount of propylamine adsorbed by the modified ACFs was increased by approximately 17%. The oxygen and nitrogen contents on the modified ACF increased by 1.5 and 3 times compared with the as-received ACF. From the XPS results, it was observed that propylamine reacted with strong or weak acidic groups, such as -COOH or -OH on the ACF surfaces, resulting in the formation of pyrrolic-, pyridonic- or pyridine-like structures.

• 공업화학
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.319-324
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 피치계 탄소섬유의 표면처리를 위하여 탄소섬유를 산에 담지하여 전자선을 조사하고 각 처리 조건에 따른 탄소섬유의 표면 변화를 평가하였다. 산 담지용액은 질산과 과산화수소를 사용하였으며 전자선 조사량은 200, 400 kGy로 하였다. 과산화수소 담지보다 질산 담지가 탄소섬유 표면에 더 많은 산소관능기를 도입시켰으며, 질소관능기도 탄소섬유 표면에 도입되었다. 또한 전자선 조사량이 증가하면 탄소섬유에 도입되는 산소관능기가 증가하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이는 과산화수소보다 질산이 전자선 조사에 의한 산화성 물질의 형성이 용이하고, 전자선 조사 에너지가 클수록 산화성 물질이 더 많이 형성되기 때문이다. 또한 질산 용액에서 전자선 조사에 의하여 생성되는 $NO_2$ 라디칼이 C-OH 관능기를 C=O 관능기로 산화시키는 반응이 주로 일어나므로 질산 담지 시 C=O 관능기의 생성이 유리한 것으로 나타났다.

• 공업화학
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.613-618
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 그래핀 옥사이드의 전기적 특성을 향상시키고자 그래핀 옥사이드에 암모니아수 처리를 이용하여 아민화가 이루어진 그래핀 옥사이드를 제조하였다. 그리고, 아민화된 그래핀 옥사이드의 전기적 특성을 평가하고자 이를 필름으로 제조하여 전자파차폐효율을 측정하였다. 암모니아수 처리 농도가 증가함에 따라 그래핀 옥사이드 표면의 질소 관능기가 증가함을 XPS에 의하여 확인하였으며, 또한, 전자파차폐효율 측정 결과 암모니아수 처리된 그래핀 옥사이드의 전자파차폐효율 특성이 우수함을 확인하였다. 21% 암모니아수 농도로 처리한 그래핀 옥사이드는 2950 MHz 이상에서 -5 dB 이상의 전자파차폐효율을 보여주었으며, 이러한 실험 결과들은 질소 관능기가 그래핀 옥사이드 내에 전자전달을 용이하게 하여 흡수되는 전자파 양을 증가시켰기 때문으로 사료된다.

• 공업화학
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.8-15
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• 2024

본 연구에서는 활성탄소의 테트라사이클린 흡착성능을 향상시키기 위해 5, 10, 및 15분의 시간에 따른 질소 플라즈마 처리를 실시하였다. 모든 질소 플라즈마 처리된 활성탄소는 미처리 활성탄소와 비교하여 테트라사이클린 흡착성능이 개선되었다. 이는 활성탄소에 도입된 질소 작용기가 테트라사이클린과 π-π 상호작용 및 수소 결합을 통하여 화학흡착을 야기하기 때문이다. 특히, 80 W 및 50 kHz의 질소 플라즈마 처리에서, 10분 동안 처리된 활성탄소가 가장 우수한 흡착성능을 가졌다. 이 때, 활성탄소 표면의 질소 함량은 2.03%이며 비표면적은 1,483 m²/g까지 증가하였다. 이렇게 질소플라즈마 처리에 의해 개선된 활성탄소는 물리 및 화학 흡착성능이 향상되었다. 또한, 흡착 실험 결과가 Langmuir 흡착등온식과 유사 2차 반응속도식에 잘 부합하므로, 질소 플라즈마 처리된 활성탄소의 테트라사이클린 흡착은 단분자층으로 이루어지는 화학 흡착이 주도적으로 일어나는 것으로 판단하였다. 결과적으로, 질소 플라즈마 처리된 활성탄소는 주도적인 화학 흡착과 더불어 물리 흡착의 시너지 효과로 수중에서 테트라사이클린을 효율적으로 제거하는 흡착재로 사용될 수 있다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.1122-1127
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• 1997

Melanoidins, which were higher polymers with intense brown color, were investigated on their decolorization and degradation by ozonolysis. Amino acids linked up with melanoidins were readily separated by depolymerization of melanoidins with ozonolysis. The IR spectra of ozone-untreated MRPs showed a higher peak at $1665cm^{-1}$ (C=N) and $1600cm^{-1}$ (C=C) than the corresponding peaks of ozone-treated MRPs. Ozone-treated melanoidins with molecular weight of above 900 showed the highest nitrogen composition of all melanoidins tested. Ozone-treated melanoidins with molecular weight of 900 to 1000 were separated into five peaks on recycling preparative HPLC chromatogram. Major functional groups in ozone-treated melanoidins with molecular weight of 900 to 1, 000 were -CH$_2$-CO-, -CH$_2$-O- and CH$_2$-.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.338-343
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• 2017

Activated carbon has lower electrical conductivity and reliability than other carbonaceous materials because of the oxygen functional groups that form during the activation process. This problem can be overcome by doping the material with heteroatoms to reduce the number of oxygen functional groups. In the present study, N, F co-doped activated carbon (AC-NF) was successfully prepared by a microwave-assisted hydrothermal method, utilizing commercial activated carbon (AC-R) as the precursor and ammonium tetrafluoroborate as the single source for the co-doping of N and F. AC-NF showed improved electrical conductivity ($3.8\;S\;cm^{-1}$) with N and F contents of 0.6 and 0.1 at%, respectively. The introduction of N and F improved the performance of the pertinent supercapacitor: AC-NF exhibited an improved rate capability at current densities of $0.5-50mA\;cm^{-2}$. The rate capability was higher compared to that of raw activated carbon because N and F codoping increased the electrical conductivity of AC-NF. The developed method for the co-doping of N and F using a single source is cost-effective and yields AC-NF with excellent electrochemical properties; thus, it has promising applications in the commercialization of energy storage devices.

• Carbon letters
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2006

The activated carbon "C" was obtained by carbonization followed by activation with steam at 40% of burn-off. Oxidized carbons C-N, C-P and C-H were obtained by oxidizing the activated carbon C with concentrated nitric acid, ammonium peroxysulfate and hydrogen peroxide, respectively. The textural properties of the carbons were determined from nitrogen adsorption at 77 K. The acidic surface functional groups were determined by pH titration, base neutralization capacity and electrophoretic mobility measurements. The cation exchange capacities of un-oxidized and oxidized carbons were determined by the removal of Cu(II) and Ni(II) from their aqueous solutions. The surface area and the total pore volume decreased but the pore radius increased by the treatment of activated carbon with oxidizing agents. These changes were more pronounced in case of oxidation with $HNO_3$. The surface pH of un-oxidized carbon was basic whereas those of the oxidized derivative were acidic. The removal of Cu(II) and Ni(II) was pH dependent and the maximum removal of the both ions was obtained at pH of 5-6. Cu(II) was more adsorbed, a phenomenon which was ascribed to its particular electronic configuration.