• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.47-50
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• 2005

Solvatochromic fluorescence behavior of 8-aminoquinoline based benzothiazole derivative in varying solvent systems has been investigated. Benzothiazole appended 8-aminoquinoline 3 showed distinctive fluorescence color changes depending upon the solvent polarities and the fluorescence color changes occurred over relatively wide span in visible region from 486 nm to 598 nm which can be detected with naked eye. Compound 3 also exhibited significant spectral shifts in ${\lambda}_{em}$ as a function of water composition in binary aqueous solvent systems. The changes are due to the specific interaction of 3 by hydrogen bonding with water as well as general solvent effect. The observed solvatochromic fluorescence characteristics of 3 could be used as a new probe for the micro-environmental polarity changes as well as a sensitive sensor for the determination of water composition in binary aqueous solutions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.30 no.11
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• pp.2680-2686
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• 2009

The synthesis of a novel superabsorbent hydrogel with natural hybrid backbone via graft copolymerization of acrylamide (AAm) onto kappa-carrageenan (kC, as a polysaccharide) and gelatin (as a protein) under classic thermal conditions is described. The Taguchi method as a strong experimental design tool was used for synthesis optimization. A series of hydrogels were synthesized by proposed conditions of Qualitek-4 Software. Considering the results of 9 trials according to analysis of variance (ANOVA), optimum conditions were proposed. The swelling behavior of optimum hydrogel was measured in various solutions with pH values ranging from 1 to 13. In addition, swelling kinetics, swelling in various organic solvents, various salt solutions and On–Off switching behavior were investigated. The hydrogel formation was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermogravimetrical analysis (TGA). Surface morphology of the synthesized hydrogels was assessed by scanning electron microscope (SEM).

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.487-490
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• 1991

Electrochemical studies of alkali metal cations $(Na^+, K^+, Rb^+, Cs^+)$ were performed in methanolic solutions of 18-crown-6 and tetrabutylammonium salts at dropping mercury electrodes (DME) and thin mercury film electrodes (TMFE). All the cations investigated were reduced reversibly at DME in the absence and presence of 18-crown-6, and in the latter the limiting currents were decreased and the reduction potentials shifted to the negative direction. The reduction potentials of the metal ions (0.2 mM) in the presence of the crown (10 mM) were - 2.14 $(Na^+)$, - 2.26 $(K^+)$, - 2.20 $(Rb^+) and - 2.14 $(Cs^+)$ V vs. SCE, respectively. The measured potentials were rationalized with ion recognition of the cations by the crown. Electroreduction at TMFE were highly irreversible. A new representation method of ion recognition is presented. In aqueous solutions, electroreduction of the alkali metal ions were characterized by adsorption.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.248-251
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• 1988

Mechanism of electrochemical polymerization of pyrrole (Py) on a Pt electrode in acidic aqueous solutions was studied by means of potentiostatic measurements, cyclic voltammetry and chronopotentiometry. Pyrrole molecule appeared to be initially oxidized via two-electron transfer step to produce oxidized pyrrole ion ($Py^+$), which was coupled with a non-oxidized pyrrole to yield a dimerized species, Py-Py. The Py-Py thus formed was further oxidized again via two-electron transfer step, which was followed by coupling with non-oxidized monomer and by concomitant expulsion of a $H^+$. Then the latter chain extension process was repeated. The chain extension and polypyrrole oxidation reactions occurred competitively.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.101-102
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• 1997

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.08a
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• pp.61.1-61
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• 1998

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.27 no.10
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• pp.1609-1612
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• 2006

The determination of the boron isotopic ratio in solutions was achieved by means of a solid state track detector by using an alpha track. The neutron flux was optimized by using a Cd-foil to find the optimum conditions for counting the number of alpha tracks on the selected solid detector caused by the (n, $\alpha$) nuclear reaction of boron. The home-made multi-dot detector plate was utilized in this study to increase the reproducibility of the measurement by uniformly drying the boron solution within the marked circle area on the detector plate. The experimental results of this study verified that the $^{11}B/^{10}B $ isotopic ratio can be measured by observing the number of alpha tracks for different concentrated standard solutions with various isotopic compositions. This technique was applied to the determination of $^{10}B$ enrichment factor in a biological sample for a boron neutron capture therapy.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.51-56
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• 1976

Chemical changes of dissolved $SO_2$ were followed in vitro system. Varying concentrations of sulfite solution reached similar Eh values 20 hours after preparation. No further increase of Eh values occurred in acidic solutions. Eh values were more greatly increased in neutral solutions than in alkaline solutions, and slightly higher in light than in dark. The decrease of measurable $SO_2$ content tended to be greater with increasing concentrations of sulfite, on exposure to light, and at higher pH values. A larger amount of hydrogen atoms was produced with higher concentrations of $SO_2$ and in neutral to alkaline solutions than in acidic solutions.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.413-420
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• 1998

The hydrophobic interaction has been studied on sodium naphthalene derivatives such as sodium 1-naphthaleneacetate (S1NA), sodium 1-naphthalenemalonate (SINM), sodium 2-naphthaleneacetate (S2NA), and sodium 2-naphthalenepropionate (S2NP) in $H_2O$-MeOH mixture solutions and in surfactant solutions. In $H_2O$-MeOH mixture solutions, the hydrophobic interaction was measured, and resulted in the red shift in emission spectra. In cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylamonium bromide (CTAB) solution, the hydrophobic interaction was also observed by the red shift in absorption and emission spectra.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.452-460
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• 1991

The chemical evidence for involvement of singlet oxygen during photoirradiation for 2-ethylanthracene [2-EA] and 9-phenylanthracene [9-PA] was based on the rapid decomposition of 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran [DPBF] in methanol-water mixture and aqueous CTAB, and SDS micellar solutions. The average microenvironmental polarities of 2-EA and 9-PA were estimated by UV spectroscopic characteristics sensitive to the polarity of solvent. When 2-EA and 9-PA were solubilized in aqueous CTAB, SDS and Brij 35 solutions, their average microenvironmental polarities were polar, and their microenvironmental polarity parameter showed little dependence on the ionic properties of the micelles. The average microenvironmental polarity of 2-EA was similar to the polarity of 40% (w/w) aqueous ethanol, and that of 9-PA was similar to the polarity between 30 and 40% (w/w) aqueous ethanol. It was found that the greater part of these species might be distributed at the surface of micelles when they were solubilized in aqueous micellar solutions. The methanol-water mixture solution appeared to have characteristics more favorable for photooxidation reaction than aqueous micellar solutions.