• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2005

Polyethylenimine (PEI) has been used as cationic polymers for efficient gene transfer without the need for endosomolytic agents. Various kinds of PEIs with different molecular weight were tested in order to investigate the effects of the molecular weight of PEI on the transfection efficiency and cell cytotoxicity. The ${\beta}-galactosidase$ expression $(pCMV-{\beta}-gal)$ plasmid was used as a model DNA. Complex formation between PEI and pDNA was assessed by 1% agarose gel electrophoresis method. Particle size and zeta-potential of complexes were determined by electrophoretic light scattering spectrometer. In vitro transfection efficiency was assayed by measuring ${\beta}-galactosidase$ activity. Cell cytotoxicity was determined by MTT assay. Particle sizes of the complexes became smaller on increasing molecular weights of PEI and N/P ratios. Surface potential of complexes was increased as the molecular weight of PEI increased. Transfection efficiency of $pCMV-{\beta}-ga1$ on the HEK 293 cells was greatest with PEI 25 K system but having the lowest cell viability. PEI with high molecular weight showed higher transfection efficiency and cell viability than PEI with low molecular weight.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제40권8호
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• pp.811-817
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• 2003

최근 들어 비금속광물의 구조적 특성을 이용한 활용분야가 매우 다양해지고 있다. 특히 판상광물은 차폐(은폐)력이 매우 우수하고, 층간특성을 이용한 흡착 및 저장특성이 매우 우수하다. 본 연구에서는 이와 같은 판상광물의 기본의 특성에 또 다른 기능성 물질을 흡착시킴으로써 부가적인 새로운 기능성을 갖는 친환경성 건축소재를 개발하고자 천연산 인상흑연 및 견운모를 기능성 모소재로 사용하고 미립화 및 ABDM(Alkyl Benzyle Demethyle Ammonium Chloride)으로 흑연입자 표면을 항균처리를 하였다. 항균처리를 위한 흡착은 전위차를 이용한 1차 흡착과 ABDM 상호간의 steric 작용에 의한 2차 흡착으로 완전 이중층이 형성되어 충분한 항균효과를 나타낼 수 있었다. 제조된 기능성 재료를 모르타르로 제조하여 다양한 기능성을 측정한 결과 세균감소율 99.7% 이상과 80% 이상의 암모니아 가스 흡착(탈취) 효과 및 95% 이상의 전자파 차폐율과 5% 정도의 열저장(축열, 잠열) 효과를 갖는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국펄프종이공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국펄프종이공학회 1999년도 Pre-symposium of the 10th ISWPC Recent Advances in Paper Science and Technology
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• pp.309-314
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• 1999

With a view to seek the influence of hollow sphere pigments of latex upon the printed color on coated paper surface, the hollow sphere pigments were compared with filled ones in a variety of experimental approaches. Colloidal properties of latices were determined by measuring zeta potential and particle size distribution. For the amphoteric filled sphere pigment of latex, the polarity was reversed from the negative side to the positive side with decreasing pH. An extraordinarily high peak in the particle size distribution of the amphoteric filled evidenced aggregation between latex particles near the isoelectric point, depending on the electrolyte concentration and pH of the suspending medium. Coated papers containing the hollow sphere pigment in their coating improved optical properties like gloss and brightness. Optical parameters solely of the coating could account for this finding. An equation derived from the Kubelka-Munk equation calculated them fro twice measurements of reflectance of a coated paper over two substrates of different reflectances. This method permitted to predict brightness of coated paper of which coat weight would be different fro the actual one. The colorimetric parameters of solid-printed surfaces of the coated papers closely related to optical and structural properties of the coated papers. The color of the printed surfaces was dominated by the brightness and the smoothness of the coated papers. The hollow sphere pigments were proved to improve optical properties of coated paper and to control minutely colorimetric parameters of printed surfaces.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.78-83
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• 2012

The electrophoretic deposition(EPD) of ZnO nano-sized colloids is investigated by changing the colloid number concentration, applied force, and deposition time. The change of the colloid size in a suspension was examined by the different colloid number concentrations (N = $3.98{\times}10^{15}$, N = $3.98{\times}10^{14}$, and N = $3.98{\times}10^{13}$) with an increase of the deposition time and applied forces. Deposition behavior was investigated by changing the applied fields (from DC 5 V to 50 V) and the deposition time (5 min to 25 min). The surface microstructures of the as-deposited films were investigated by SEM. The dried films were sintered from $850^{\circ}C$ to $1,050^{\circ}C$ for 2 h and then the microstructures were also explored by SEM. The agglomeration rate was enhanced by increasing the colloid number concentration of colloids. Colloid number concentration in a suspension must be rapidly decreased at higher values of the electric field. ZnO nano-sized colloids had the highest zeta potential value of over -28 mV in methanol. A homogeneous microstructure was obtained at colloid number concentration of N = $3.98{\times}10^{13}$, applied DC field of 5 V/cm and 15 min of deposition time at an electrode distance of 1.5 cm. Under these conditions, the deposited films were sintered at $850^{\circ}C$ and $1,050^{\circ}C$ for 2 h. The results show a typical pore-free surface morphology of a uniform thickness of 400 nm under these experimental conditions.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.51-59
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• 2007

A polyelectrolyte chain confined in a slit nanochannel exhibits a structural transition from the one in free space. In this paper, the effect of the long-range electrostatic interactions between the xanthan polyelectrolyte and the slit wall on the confined xanthan conformation is investigated via the Brownian dynamics simulation. A neutral and two negatively charged surfaces of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and glass are combined to make four kinds of slit channels with different charge characteristics: i) neutral-neutral, ii) glass-glass, iii) neutral-PDMS and iv) neutral-glass walls. Their walls are characterized by uniform surface charge densities determined from experimental data of zeta potential. Both the nonmonotonic chain size variation and the loss of long-range bond vector correlation, previously observed under confinement in the PDMS-PDMS slit, are also found in the neutral slit, demonstrating the nonelectrostatic origin of such crossover behaviors. As expected, the effect of wall charges is negligible at sufficiently high medium ionic strength of 100mM but it becomes significant in the opposite limit of 0.01mM. In the latter case, the high charge density of glass walls strengthens the effective confinement of a negatively charged polyelectrolyte and produces a xanthan structure comparable to that confined in a much narrower neutral slit. The obtained structural data suggest the possibility of controlling the structure of confined polyelectrolytes by the modification of surface charge characteristics of micro/nanofluidic devices in combination with the adjustment of the medium ionic strength.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 추계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.57.2-57.2
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• 2011

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) have recently been developed as a cost-effective photovoltaic system due to their low-cost materials and facile processing. The production of DSSC involves chemical and thermal processes but no vacuum is involved. Therefore, DSSC can be fabricated without using expensive equipment. The use of dyes and nanocrystalline $TiO_2$ is one of the most promising approaches to realize both high performance and low cost. The efficiency of the DSSC changes consequently in the particle size, morphology, crystallization and surface state of the $TiO_2$. Nanocrystalline $TiO_2$ materials have been widely used as a photo catalyst and an electron collector in DSSC. Front electrode in DSSC are required to have an extremely high porosity and surface area such that the dyes can be sufficiently adsorbed and be electronically interconnected, resulting in the efficient generation of photocurrent within cells. In this study, DSSC were fabricated by an screen printing for the $TiO_2$ thin film. $TiO_2$ nanoparticles characterized by X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) and scanning auger microscopy (SAM) and zeta potential and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS).In addition, DSSC module was modeled and simulated using the SILVACO TCAD software program. Improve the efficiency of DSSC, the effect of $TiO_2$ thin film thickness and $TiO_2$ nanoparticle size was investigated by SILVACO TCAD software program.

• 공업화학
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.271-278
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 마이카와 산화 아연을 이용하여 복합 재료를 제조하고, 이를 자외선 차단 크림에 응용하는 연구를 수행하였다. 먼저 마이카와 산화 아연을 각각 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS)으로 처리하여 표면에 아민기를 생성시켰다. 아민기가 붙은 마이카를 1,4-phenylenediisothiocyanate (PDC)와 반응시켜 표면에 -N=C=S 작용기를 활성화시킨 후, 아민기가 붙어있는 산화 아연과 결합시켜 산화 아연으로 덮인 마이카 복합 재료를 합성하였다. 원소 분석, EDS 분석, 열 중량 분석, SEM 이미지 분석, 형광 이미지 분석, 제타 전위 측정, X-선 회절 분석, DRS UV/Vis 분석을 통하여 고체 생성물의 특성을 규명하였다. 최종적으로 표준 프로토콜로 제조된 자외선 차단 크림의 파장에 따른 투과도를 280~400 nm 범위에서 측정하여 자외선 차단 효과를 확인하였다.

• 폴리머
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.579-588
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• 2000

보호콜로이드에 따른 입체 안정제 (steric stabilizer)작용이 폴리초산비닐 (poly(vinyl acetate), PVAc) 라텍스의 안정성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 보호콜로이드로서 중합도 1080, 검화도 78.4%인 반응성 poly(vinyl alcohol) mono thiol (PVALT)를 사용한 것이 중합도 1100, 검화도 81.6%인 poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)를 사용하는 것보다 PVAc 라텍스의 안정성이 양호하였으며, 반응성 PVALT의 첨가량이 증가할수록 PVAc 라텍스의 안정성은 향상되었다. PVAc 라텍스 입자의 표면 형태 변화는 투과전자 현미경으로 관찰하였다. 입자크기는 반응성 PVALT의 첨가량이 증가할수록 감소하였다. 결과적으로 에멀젼의 중합 시 PVA보다 반응성 PVALT를 사용하는 것이 PVAc 라텍스의 안정성이 양호함을 알 수 있었다. 이는 반응성 PVALT로 인해 PVAc 라텍스 입자계면에 PVA와의 화학 결합을 유도할 수 있는 다량의 티올 (thiol)기가 도입되어 PVAc와 반응성 PVALT간의 화학반응으로 인한 PVALT-b-PVAc 블록 공중합체가 생성됨에 기인하는 것으로 사료된다. 아울러 제타전위는 탄산나트륨의 농도가 증가할수록 감소하였다.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.18-23
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• 2016

유기 분자의 자기조립 다분자막은 기질의 표면에서 전자기적인 상호작용을 통해 자발적으로 형성된다. 본 연구에서는 이 기술을 응용하여 고에너지물질의 안전성과 취급용이성이 향상됨을 입증하였다. 최근 다양한 연구에서 고에너지물질 결정 내부의 결함은 물질의 안전성을 저하시키는 요인이므로, 결정 입자의 크기를 감소시키는 연구가 중요시되고 있다. 이에 따라, 결정화 방법을 통해 제조된 나노 수준의 고에너지물질을 사용하였으며, 자기조립 다분자막 기술을 응용하여 물질의 안전성을 향상시켰다. 입도/표면전하/마찰감도/정전기 전하 등을 측정하여 표면개질 여부를 확인하였다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.144-151
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• 2021

In the present work, planar-type ZnO powder of [0001] plane with a high aspect ratio range of 20:1 to 50:1 was synthesized. Ag or CuO could be coated on the planar-type ZnO powder by wet methods such as centrifugation or ball milling. During the coating, the average size of the powder was slightly increased while maintaining the shape and XRD pattern of ZnO. When Ag or CuO was coated, the absolute value of the zeta potential, as well as the concentration of oxygen vacancy, was increased. Ag or CuO coated planar-type ZnO power exhibited excellent antibacterial performance, which seems to be related to their high electrostatic attraction force. They could be made into a masterbatch by mixing with ABS resin, and their applicability to antibacterial substances was confirmed by manufacturing the caps of a keyboard.