• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
• /
• 제47권1호
• /
• pp.38-45
• /
• 2009

본 연구에서는 섬유 유연제, 분산제, 대전방지제, 표백 활성제, 유화제 등으로 널리 사용되고 있는 이미다졸린 양이온 계면활성제의 계면 특성을 측정하였다. 계면활성제의 CMC는 약 $6{\times}10^{-5}mol/L$ 이고 CMC에서의 표면장력은 약 32 mN/m이며, 또한 이미다졸린 계면활성제의 표면장력은 계면활성제 농도에 관계없이 비교적 일정하고, 일정한 계면활성제 농도 조건 하에서 수용액의 pH가 증가하면 표면장력은 감소하였다. 1 wt% 계면활성제 수용액과 n-dodecane 오일 사이의 계면장력은 약 0.01 mN/m이고 평형에 도달하는 시간은 pH에 관계없이 거의 일정하였다. $30{\sim}60^{\circ}C$ 의 온도 범위에서 계면활성제 수용액은 pH에 관계없이 마이셀 수용액의 $L_1$만을 형성하였고 계면활성제-물-오일로 이루어진 3성분 시스템은 lower phase 마이크로에멀젼을 포함한 2상 영역만이 존재하였다. 1 wt% 계면활성제 수용액의 거품 안정성은 수용액의 pH가 증가할수록 증가하며, 이러한 결과는 pH가 증가함에 따라 1 wt% 계면활성제의 표면장력이 감소하는 결과와 일관된 경향을 나타내었다. QCM(quartz crystal microbalance) 측정에 의하면 계면활성제 흡착은 농도 증가에 따라 증가하며, pH 증가에 따라 감소하였다. 또한 마찰 계수 측정으로부터 수용액의 pH가 알칼리 조건 하에서 이미다졸린 양이온 계면활성제의 섬유 유연 효과가 가장 우수함을 알 수 있었다.

• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• /
• 제15권6호
• /
• pp.751-760
• /
• 2018

BACKGROUND: Bone tissue engineering based on pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) is a new approach to deal with bone defects. Protocols have been developed to generate osteoblasts from PSCs. However, the low efficiency of this process is still an important issue that needs to be resolved. Many studies have aimed to improve efficiency, but developing accurate methods to determine efficacy is also critical. Studies using pluripotency to estimate efficacy are rare. Telomerase is highly associated with pluripotency. METHODS: We have described a quantitative method to measure telomerase activity, telomeric repeat elongation assay based on quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). To investigate whether this method could be used to determine the efficiency of in vitro osteogenic differentiation based on pluripotency, we measured the pluripotency pattern of cultures through stemness gene expression, proliferation ability and telomerase activity, measured by QCM. RESULTS: We showed that the pluripotency pattern determined by QCM was similar to the patterns of proliferation ability and gene expression, which showed a slight upregulation at the late stages, within the context of the general downregulation tendency during differentiation. Additionally, a comprehensive gene expression pattern covering nearly every stage of differentiation was identified. CONCLUSION: Therefore, this assay may be powerful tools for determining the efficiency of differentiation systems based on pluripotency. In this study, we not only introduce a new method for determining efficiency based on pluripotency, but also provide more information about the characteristics of osteogenic differentiation which help facilitate future development of more efficient protocols.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
• /
• 제21권5호
• /
• pp.79.1-79.12
• /
• 2020

Background: Recently, the pork industry of Thailand faced an epidemic of highly virulent strains of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), which spread throughout Southeast Asia, including the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Cambodia. Hence, the rapid and on-site screening of infected pigs on a farm is essential. Objectives: To develop the new aptamer as a biosensor for detection PRRSV which are rapid and on-site screening of infected pig. Methods: New aptamers against PRSSV were identified using the combined techniques of capillary electrophoresis, colorimetric assay by gold nanoparticles, and quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). Results: Thirty-six candidate aptamers of the PRRSV were identified from the systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) by capillary electrophoresis. Only 8 out of 36 aptamers could bind to the PRSSV, as shown in a colorimetric assay. Of the 8 aptamers tested, only the 1F aptamer could bind specifically to the PRSSV when presented with the classical swine fever virus and a pseudo rabies virus. The QCM was used to confirm the specificity and sensitivity of the 1F aptamer with a detection limit of 1.87 × 10¹⁰ particles. Conclusions: SELEX screening of the aptamer equipped with capillary electrophoresis potentially revealed promising candidates for detecting the PRRSV. The 1F aptamer exhibited the highest specificity and selectivity against the PRRSV. These findings suggest that 1F is a promising aptamer for further developing a novel PRRSV rapid detection kit.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한전기학회 2008년도 제39회 하계학술대회
• /
• pp.1295-1296
• /
• 2008

Hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$) biosensor is one of the most developing sensors because this kind of sensors is highly selective and responds quickly to the specific substrate. Hemoglobin (Hb) has been used as ideal biomolecules to construct hydrogen peroxide biosensors because of their high selectivity to $H_2O_2$. The direct electron transfer of Hb has widely investigated for application in the determination of $H_2O_2$ because of its simplicity, high selectivity and intrinsic sensitivity. An electrochemical detection for hydrogen peroxide was investigated based on immobilization of hemoglobin on DNA/Fe(pyterpy)$^{2+}$ modified gold electrode. The pyterpy monolayers were firstly an electron deposition onto the gold electrode surface of the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). It is offered a template to attach negatively charged DNA. The fabrication process of the electrode was verified by quartz crystal analyzer (QCA). The experimental parameters such as pH, applied potential and amperometric response were evaluated and optimized. Under the optimized conditions, this sensor shows the linear response within the range between $3.0{\times}10^{-6}$ to $9.0{|times}10^{-4}$ M concentrations of $H_2O_2$. The detection limit was determined to be $9{\times}10^{-7}$ M (based on the S/N=3).

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
• /
• 제13권3호
• /
• pp.105-109
• /
• 1996

It is well known that the metallo- phthalocyanine (MPcs) are sensitive to toxic gaseous molecules such as $NO_2$ and also chemically and thermally stable, Therefore, lots of MPcs have been studied for the potential chemical sensor for $NO_2$ gas using quartz crystal microbalance(QCM) or electrical conductivity. In this study, ultra-thin films of octa(2-ethylhexyloxy)copper-phthalocyanine were prepared by Langmuir-Blodgett method and characterized by using UV-VIS absortion spectroscopy and ellipsometry. Transfer condition, and characterization of LB films were investigated and preliminary results of current-voltage(I-V) characteristics of these films exposed to $NO_2$ gas as a function of film thickness and temperature were discussed.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 대한전기학회 1994년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
• /
• pp.1364-1366
• /
• 1994

In this paper, the monolayers of the polymers which polyion-complexed with PAA at the air-water interrace can be transferred on to solid substrates such as porous fluorocarbon membranes filter and quartz crystal microbalance. The properties of the monolayers and the LB films investigated by ${\pi}-A$ isotherms, FT-IR, DSC, deposition ratio, QCM, and SEM will be discussed. In addition, it was attempted to investigated the surface characterics of polymer/metal compound LB films in the air/water interface.

• 한국표면공학회지
• /
• 제37권4호
• /
• pp.220-225
• /
• 2004

A new ion beam extraction system is designed using a simple ion mass filter and a micro mass balance and a QMS based detecting system. A quadrupole Mass Filter is used for selective ion beam formation from inductively coupled high density plasma sources with appropriate electrostatic lens and final analyzing QMS. Also a quartz crystal microbalance is set between a QMF and a QMS to measure the etching and polymerization rate of the mass selected ion beam. An inductively coupled plasma was used as a ion/radical source which had an electron temperature of 4-8 eV and electron density of $4${\times}$10^{11}$＃/㎤. A computer interfaced system through 12bit AD-DA board can control the pass ion mass of the qmf by setting RF/DC voltage ratio applied to the quadrupoles so that time modulation of pass ion's mass is possible. So the direct measurements of ion - surface chemistry can be possible in a resolution of $1\AA$/sec based on the qcm's sensitivity. A full set of driving software and hardware setting is successfully carried out to get fundamental plasma information of the ICP source and analysed $Ar^{+}$ beam was detected at the $2^{nd}$ QMS.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
• /
• 제4권1호
• /
• pp.106-110
• /
• 2009

An amperometric glucose biosensor has been developed using viologen derivatives as a charge transfer mediator between a glucose oxidase (GOD) and a gold electrode. A highly stable self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of thiol-based viologen was immobilized onto the gold electrode of a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and GOD was immobilized onto the viologen modified electrode. This biosensor response to glucose was evaluated amperometrically in the potential of -300mV. Upon immobilization of the glucose oxidase onto the viologen modified electrode, the biosensor showed rapid response towards glucose. Experimental conditions influencing the biosensor performance, such as pH potential, were optimized and assessed. This biosensor offered excellent electrochemical responses for glucose concentration below ${\mu}$ mol level with high sensitivity and selectivity and short response time. The levels of the RSDs (<5%) for the entire analyses reflected the highly reproducible sensor performance. A linear calibration range between the current and the glucose concentration was obtained up to $4.5{\times}10^{-4}M$. The detection limit was determined to be $3.0{\times}10^{-6}M$.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.17
• /
• pp.452-455
• /
• 2004

In this paper, investigations of the SAMs(self-assembled monolayers) of a thiol-fuctionalized viologen derivatives, $V_8SH$ and $SH_8V_8SH$, where, V is N,N'-dialkylbipyridinium (i.e. a viologen group), have been carried out by elucidate voltammetry date. The redox reactions are highly reversible and can be cycled many times without significant side reaction, which has been known as a nano-gram order mass detector through resonant frequency change self-assembly process of the viologen has been investigated with $QCM({\Delta}F)$. The assembling process of the $V_8SH$ and $SH_8V_8SH$ monolayers can be finished completely in about 1 hour. The measured frequency shift for $V_8SH$ and $SH_8V_8SH$ were about 351 and 172 Hz, respectively. From these values, we calculated that the mass adsorbed $V_8SH$ and $SH_8V_8SH$ were about 375 and 183 ng. We believe that this mass loss is caused by the simultaneous loss of the anions present within the monolayer for charge compensation of the viologen dications and some solvent.

• KSBB Journal
• /
• 제21권4호
• /
• pp.279-285
• /
• 2006

본 연구에서는 trypsin을 모델 단백질로 하여 단백질 본연의 환성을 유지할 수 있는 고정화 방법을 찾기 위하여 공유결합방법과 친화력 결합방법을 이용하여 trypsin을 고정화 하였다. Streptavidin-biotin system을 이용한 고정화 방법은 bioactivity 유지측면에서 공유결합 방법보다 우수함을 확인하였다. 하지만 streptavidin-biotin system을 이용하였을 때 고정화 수율이 낮은 것은 해결해야 할 과제이다. 분자량이 다른 기질들(BAPNA, insulin, BSA)을 대상으로 고정화 trypsin의 부위 특이적 절단 특성을 분석한 결과 streptavidin-biotin에 의해 고정화된 trypsin이 절단효율도 높고 sequence coverage도 높은 것으로 확인되었다. 또한 공유결합된 trypsin은 견고한 분자구조를 나타낸 반면 streptavidin-biotin system으로 고정화된 trypsin은 유연성이 높은 것을 QCM-D를 이용하여 관찰할 수 있었다. 따라서 streptavidin-biotin system에 의한 고정화 방법에서 streptavidin-biotin 결합이 일종의 spacer arm 역할을 하면서 고정화된 trypsin의 분자유연성을 향상시켜 절단반응의 부위특이성과 절단수율을 향상시키는 것으로 판단되었다.