• Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.368-371
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• 2006

The standard procedure outlined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) in Method 1623 for analyzing Giardia lamblia cysts and Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in water samples consists of filtration, elution, centrifugal concentration, immunomagnetic separation (IMS), and immunofluorescence assay (IFA) followed by microscopic examination. In this study, the extent of (oo)cyst loss in each step of this procedure was evaluated by comparing recovery yields in segmented analyses: (i) IMS + IFA, (ii) concentration + IMS + IFA, and (iii) filtration/elution + concentration + IMS + IFA. The complete (oo)cyst recovery by the full procedure was $52{\sim}57%$. The (oo) cyst loss in the IMS step was only $0{\sim}6%$, implying that IMS is a fairly reliable method for (oo)cyst purification. Centrifugal concentration of the eluted sample and pellet collection before IMS resulted in a loss of $8{\sim}14%$ of the (oo)cysts. The largest (oo)cyst loss occurred in the elution step, with $68{\sim}71%$ of the total loss. The permeated loss of (oo)cysts was negligible during filtration of the water sample with a $1.0-{\mu}m$ pore polyethersulfone (PES) capsule. These results demonstrated that the largest fraction of (oo)cyst loss in this procedure occurred due to poor elution from the filter matrix. Improvements in the elution methodology are therefore required to enhance the overall recovery yield and the reliability of the detection of these parasitic protozoa.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.58-64
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• 2014

In this study, edible protopanaxadiol saponin enriched fraction were prepared by ultrafiltration (UF). Ginseng extract was prepared from mixtures of ginseng main root and rootlet (root: rootlet = 4 : 6). UF system was used the four-piston Diaphragm pump equipped with 5 kDa pore size Hydrosart Cassette made by regenerated cellulose acetate (CA) or 3 kDa pore size Hollow Fiber cartridge made by polyethersulfone (PES). Total ginsenoside contents of concentrated fraction by UF system was found to higher, compared to before those of untreated method. Especially, processing of UF showed the increase of PPD-type ginsenoside, while PPT-type ginsenoside was gradually decreased by both 3 kDa and 5 kDa membrane. After removal of 80% water by the 5 kDa Hydrosart Cassette and by 3 kDa Hollow Fiber cartridge, ginsenoside Rb1 content was higher 37.2 mg/g and 25.3 mg/g than 20.8 mg/g in untreated process. The ratio of Rb1 to Rg1 (Rb1/Rg1) and PPD- to PPT- type ginsenoside (PPD/PPT) were higher in inner fluid of ginseng extract after UF by 3 kDa cartridge (47.1 and 23.5, respectively) and 5 kDa Cassette (25.3 and 11.9, respectively) than those of before UF (5.7 and 3.7, respectively). PPD-type ginsenoside enriched fraction by UF system could be developed as a new ginseng material in food and cosmetic industrials.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.380-380
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 외기 환경 요인 중에서 H2O와 O2의 영향으로 성능이 저하되는 유기박막트랜지스터(OTFT)의 수명시간 향상을 위하여 필요한 passivation layer의 효과에 대하여 알아 보았다. OTFT에 기존의 액상 공정이나 증착 공정으로 단일 passivation layer또는 다층 passivation layer를 형성하는 방식과는 다르게 향후에 산업 전반에 적용이 기대되는 것을 고려하여 제작 공정의 간편성을 위하여 film 형태로 되어 있는 열경화성 epoxy resin film으로 passivation layer를 구현하는 방법을 사용하여 OTFT의 storage stability를 평가하였다. passivation layer가 없는 OTFT와 열경화성 epoxy resin film으로 passivation된 OTFT의 전기적 특성이 서로 비교 평가되었으며 또한 30일 동안 온도 $25^{\circ}C$ 상대습도 40%의 환경을 갖는 Desicator 안에서 소자를 보관하여 시간에 따른 전기적 특성 변화를 검증하여 epoxy resin film의 passivation layer으로의 적용가능성을 검증하였다. 결과적으로 30일 후의 passivation layer가 없는 OTFT의 전기적 특성은 매우 낮게 떨어진 반면에 epoxy resin film으로 passivation layer가 구현된 OTFT의 mobility는 $0.060cm^2$/Vs, VT는 -0.18 V, on/off ratio는 $3.7{\times}10^3$으로 초기의 소자 특성이 잘 유지되는 결과를 얻었다. OTFT는 Flexible한 polyethersulfone (PES)기판에 게이트 전극이 하부에 있는 Bottom gate 구조로 제작되었고 채널 형성을 위한 유기반도체 재료로 6,13-bis (triisopropylsilylethynyl) (TIPS) pentacene이 사용되었고 spin coating된 Poly-4-vinylphenol (PVP)가 게이트 절연체로 사용되었다. 이때 Au전극은 Shadow mask를 이용하여 증착하였다. 또한 OTFT의 채널 길이 $100{\mu}m$, 채널 폭 $300{\mu}m$의 영역에 Drop casting법을 사용하여 채널을 형성하였다. 물리적 특성은 scanning electron microscopy (SEM), scanning probe microscopy (SPM), x-ray diffraction (XRD)를 사용하여 분석하였고, 전기적 특성은 Keithley-4200을 사용하여 추출하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제44회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.379-379
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 Normal ink jetting 공법으로 OTFT를 제작할 때 coffee stain effect에 의해서 반도체 소자의 특성이 저하되는 것을 극복하기 위해서 동일한 위치에 동일한 부피로 Droplet을 형성하는 Multiple ink jetting 공법을 통해 TIPS pentacene 결정의 Morphology와 전기적 특성이 어떻게 변화하는지 알아 보았다. Multiple ink jetting의 drop 횟수가 증가할수록 coffee stain effect에 의해서 형성된 가운데 영역의 Dendrite grain이 점점 작아지다가 7 Drops 이후로는 Big grain 만 남게 되었다. Active layer의 표면 Roughness는 drop 횟수가 증가할수록 낮아지다가 일정 count 이후로는 다시 높아지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 전계 이동도(mobility)는 drop 횟수가 증가할수록 커지다가 일정 count 이후로는 saturation되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. Multiple ink jetting에 의해서 만들어진 OTFT 소자의 전계 이동도(mobility)는 1 drop과 10 drops에서 각각 0.0059, 0.036 cm2/Vs 로 6배 정도 차이가 있었다. 이것은 첫 drop에 의해 만들어진 가운데 Dendrite grain 영역이 Multiple ink jetting을 반복하면서 점점 작아지게 되어 사라지고 두꺼운 Grain 영역만 남게 된 것으로 판단된다. Vth 와 On/Off ratio는 1 drop과 10 drops에서 각각 -3 V, -2 V 그리고 $3.3{\times}10^3$, $1.0{\times}10^4$를 보였다. OTFT의 substrate로 Flexible한 polyethersulfone (PES) 기판을 사용하였고, 절연체로 Spin coating된 Poly-4-vinylphenol (PVP)가 사용되었으며, Gate 및 Source/Drain 전극은 Au를 50 nm 두께로 증착하였다. Channel의 width와 length는 각각 100 um, 40 um 였고, Gate 전극 위에 Active layer를 형성한 Bottom gate 구조로 제작되었다. Ink jet으로 제작된 TIPS pentacene의 결정성은 x-ray diffraction (XRD)와 광학 현미경으로 분석하였고 Thickness profile은 알파스텝 측정기를 이용하였으며, OTFT의 전기적 특성은 Keithley-4,200을 사용하여 측정하였다.

• Korean Membrane Journal
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.58-66
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• 2006

The ${\beta}-glucosidase$ from olive fruit is of particular interest compared to the ones from other sources because it has shown to have high specifity to convert the oleuropein into dialdehydes, which have antibacterial activity and are of high interest for their application in the food and pharmaceutical fields. The enzyme is not yet commercially available and advanced clean and safe technologies for its purification able to maintain the functional stability are foreseen. The purification of this protein from fruit extracts has been already tempted by electrophoresis but either enzyme deactivation or high background with unclear profiles occurred. In this work, fruit extracts obtained from the ripening stage that showed the highest enzyme activity have been processed by diafiltration and ultrafiltration. Asymmetric membranes made of polyamide or polysulphone having 50 and 30 kDa molecular weight cut-off, respectively, were tested for the diafiltration process. Ultrafiltration membranes made of polyethersulfone with 4 kDa molecular weight cut-off were used to concentrate the dia-filtered permeate solutions. The efficiency of the separation processes was evaluated byenzyme activity tests using the hydrolysis of p-D-nitrophenyl-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (pNPGlc) as reaction model. Qualitative and quantitative electrophoresis were applied to analyze the composition of protein solution before and after the membrane separation; in addition dot blot and western blot analyses were applied to verify the presence of ${\beta}-glucosidase$ in the processed fractions. The overall results showed that the ${\beta}-glucosidase$ functional stability was preserved during the membrane operations and the removal of 20 kDa proteins allowed to increase the specific activity of the enzyme of about 52% compared to the one present in the initial fruit extract.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.640-645
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• 2010

This paper describes the power generating property of hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorods on a flexible polyethersulfone (PES) substrate. The piezoelectric currents generated by the ZnO nanorods were measured when bending the ZnO nanorod by using I-AFM, and the measured piezoelectric currents ranged from 60 to 100 pA. When the PtIr coated tip bends a ZnO nanorod, piezoelectrical asymmetric potential is created on the nanorod surface. The Schottky barrier at the ZnO-metal interface accumulates elecntrons and then release very quickly generating the currents when the tip moves from tensile to compressed part of ZnO nanorod. These ZnO nanorods were grown almost vertically with the length of 300-500 nm and the diameter of 30-60 nm on the Ag/Ti/PES substrate at $90^{\circ}C$ for 6 hours by hydrothermal method. The metal-semiconductor interface property was evaluated by using a HP 4145B Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer and the piezoelectric effect of the ZnO nanorods were evaluated by using an I-AFM. From the measured I-V characteristics, it was observed that ZnO-Ag and ZnO-Au metal-semiconductor interfaces showed an ohmic and a Schottky contact characteristics, respectively. ANSYS finite element simulation was performed in order to understand the power generation mechanism of the ZnO nanorods under applied external stress theoretically.

• 멤브레인
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.235-240
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• 2010

본 연구의 목적은 각기 다른 특성을 갖는 지지체에 따른 정삼투막의 성능을 비교 빛 평가하는 것이다. 계변 중합을 통하여 소수성 지지체인 폴리술폰(PSf)과 상대적으로 친수성 지지체인 폴리에테르술폰(PES)의 표변에 폴리아미드 활성층을 갖는 정삼투막을 제조하여 투과유량과 역확산을 비교하였다. PSf 정삼투막과 PES 정삼투막의 투과유량은 $4.36\;L/m^2hr$와 $17.8\;L/m^2hr$으로 PES를 지지체로 하는 정삼투막이 투과성능이 더 우수함을 알 수 있었으며, 이를 통해 지지체의 친수성과 정삼투 공정에서의 투과성능 간에 관련성이 존재함을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 막의 두께가 앓아질수록 정삼투 공정에서 막의 투과유량은 증가하였다.

• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 2003년도 추계 총회 및 학술발표회
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• pp.61-63
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• 2003

A major research objective related to proton exchange membrane(PEM) for DMFC is to achieve high proton conductivity over 10$^{-2}$ S/cm, high hydrolytic stability and low methanol permeability with low cost base materials. for the purpose, a lot of thermoplastic polymers such as polysulfones, polyethersulfone, polyetherketones, polyimides, polyoxadiazole, polyphosphazene and polybenzimidazol have been investigated. Amongst those polymers, polyimides have been suggested as a potential PEM due to their excellent thermal, chemical stability and good mechanical properties. Generally, polyimides are synthesized by polycondensation with numerious diamines and dianhydriedes. In our study, polyimide was prepared using non-sulfonated diamine, sulfonated diamine directly synthesized by fuming sulfuric acid, and naphthalenic dianhydride to improve the hydrolysis stability under acidic condition. Through monomer sulfonation-subsequent polymerization method, the high proton conducting capability and the desired sulfonation level were effectively controlled at the same time. To reduce severe methanol transport through the membrane, the chemical crosslinking among polymer chains was introduced using various crosslinking agents with different chain lengths. The crosslinked sulfonated polyimide membranes showed high proton conductivity up to 8.09$\times$10$^{-2}$ S/cm and from crosslinking effect methanol transport through the membranes was considerably reduced as compared with unmodified membranes. For increase of chain length of crosslinker, methanol permeability was adversely reduced to 10$^{-8}$ $\textrm{cm}^2$/s due to decrease of IEC and increase of crosslinking desity.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.227-231
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• 2007

Transparent conducting indium tin oxide (ITO) films were deposited onto the Polyethersulfone (PES) substrate by using a magnetron sputter type negative metal ion source. In order to investigate the influence of cesium (Cs) partial pressure during deposition and annealing temperature on the optoelectrical properties of ITO/PES film the films were deposited under different Cs partial pressures and post deposition annealed under different annealing temperature from $100^{\circ}C$ to $170^{\circ}C$ for 20 min at $3\;{\times}\;10^{-1}$ Pa. Optoeleetrical properties of ITO films deposited without intentional substrate heating was influenced strongly by the Cs partial pressure and the Cs partial pressure of $1.5\;{\times}\;10^{-3}$ Pa was characterized as an optimal Cs flow condition. By increasing post-deposition vacuum annealing temperature both optical transmission in visible light region and electrical conductivity of ITO films were increased. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) micrographs showed that the surface roughness also varied with post-deposition vacuum annealing temperature.

• 멤브레인
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2004

PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) 복합막을 통한 기체분리 공정에서 다공성 지지체의 투과저항과 PDMS 코팅두께가 에틸렌/질소의 분리성능(투과도, 선택도)에 미치는 영향에 관하여 조사하였다. 이를 위해 Pinnau 등이 제시한 복합막 투과저항 모델이론식〔1〕이 사용되었다. 지지체의 투과도 또는 투과저항은 PES (polyethersulfone)/NMP(N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone) 고분자 용액의 농도를 변화시키면서 조절하였다. 복합막은 PES 지지체 위에 n-hexane에 녹인 2액형 PDMS 용액을 spin coater를 사용해 코팅하여 제조하였다. 선택층의 코팅 두께는 spin coater의 회전속도를 통해 조절하였다. 투과기체 분리특성은 단일기체 투과도 측정 장치를 통해 조사하였으며, 지지체 및 복합막의 단면구조 및 코팅두께는 SEM (scanning electron microscope)을 통하여 확인하였다 얻어진 실험결과는 복합막의 투과저항모델의 이론식과 매우 잘 일치함을 확인 할 수 있었다. 에틸렌/질소의 분리에 있어 PDMS 막 고유의 선택도를 얻기 위해서는 지지체의 투과저항과 코팅층의 최적화가 중요함을 확인하였다.