• 한국섬유공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국섬유공학회 1989년도 제2차 학술발표초록집
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• pp.23-24
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• 1989

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.1223-1227
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• 2010

In this study, the orientational behavior of thermotropic liquid crystals (LC) supported on a film of protein receptors was examined. Avidin was roller printed and covalently immobilized onto the surface of gold using NHS/EDC chemistry. The orientation of nematic 4-cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl (5CB) was found to be parallel to the plane of the printed avidin surface before incubation with a solution of biotin. However, protein-receptor complexation induced a random orientation of 5CB, where protein-receptor complexes disturbed the nanoscale topography of the printed protein surface. Atomic force microscopy and ellipsometry was used to confirm printing and the specific interaction of proteins. These results demonstrate that the combination of LC and roller printing can be used to detect specific interactions between biomolecules by manipulating the orientational behavior of LC to the printed protein surfaces.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.313-318
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• 2009

The side chain liquid crystal triblock copolymers (TBCs), which underwent phase transitions below their decomposition temperature, were prepared by copolymerization of poly(n-butyl acrylate) and a comonomer containing the mesogenic azobenzene group. The physical properties of TBCs in the distinctive transition temperature ranges were investigated in terms of the liquid crystal (LC) content in the copolymers. The phase transition temperatures traced optically, thermally and rheologically were well coincided one another and clearly exhibited the phase transition of smectic-nematic-isotropic with increasing temperature. In the smectic phase, increasing temperature made the liquid crystal system more elastic, but viscosity (${\eta}'$) remained almost constant. In the nematic phase, increasing temperature abruptly decreased ${\eta}'$ and G', ultimately leading to isotropic phase. Both smectic and nematic phases exhibited Bingham viscosity behavior but the former gave much greater yield stress at the same LC content.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권10호
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• pp.2973-2977
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• 2013

In this study, we developed a liquid crystal (LC)-based optical sensor for monitoring enzymatic activity through orientational changes in liquid crystals (LCs) coupled to the properties of a poly-${\small{L}}$-lysine (PLL)-based polymeric membrane. We prepared a PLL-based polymeric membrane at the planar interface between the thermotropic liquid crystal and aqueous phases. The PLL-based polymeric membrane was obtained by contacting the PLL solution with water immiscible LCs, 4-cyano-4'-pentyl-biphenyl (5CB) doped with adipoyl chloride. We then investigated the membrane properties by examining the permeability of the membrane to phospholipids, 1,2-didodecanoyl-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DLPC). The permeability of the membrane to transport phospholipids was monitored through the orientational transition of 5CB in contact with the dispersions of DLPC. Since trypsin can enzymatically catalyze the hydrolysis of PLL, we incubated an aqueous trypsin solution with the membrane for 2 h at room temperature to cause an increase in the permeability of the polymeric membrane to DLPC. As a result, a bright to dark optical shift of LCs was observed, which implied that an enzymatic reaction between trypsin and PLL-based membrane occurred. Two control experiments using chymotrypsin and bovine serum albumin (BSA) revealed no sign of improved permeability based on the orientational transition of LCs.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2007

Raman and fluorescence spectroscopies were employed to study the coil effects on the intermolecular structure of a rod-coil liquid crystalline (LC) oligomer, the esterification products of ethyl 4-[4'-oxy-4-biphenylcarbonyloxy]- 4'-biphenylcarboxylate with poly(propylene)oxides (PPO) (DP=12) and poly(ethylene oxide)s (PEO) (DP=12). Three different vibrational modes (carbonyl, aromatic C-H, and aromatic C=C) obtained from the Raman experiment at variable temperature indicate that PPO and PEO coils induce the hydrogen bonding in a different manner. Further information about the micro-environment around the mesogenic unit obtained by fluorescence excitation spectra of P12-4 (LC with PPO coil) and 12-4 (LC with PEO coil) suggests that the mesogenic unit of P12-4 is quite different from that of 12-4 in intermolecular structure. This study supports the results obtained only from Raman spectroscopy, providing more accurate information about the intermolecular structural changes of liquid crystalline polymers at a molecular level during the phase transitions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.3269-3273
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• 2012

In this study, we report a new method for the high contrast imaging of biomolecular interactions at roller printed protein surfaces using thermotropic liquid crystals (LCs). Avidin was roller printed and covalently immobilized onto the obliquely deposited gold surface that was decorated with carboxylic acid-terminated self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). The optical response of LCs on the roller printed film of avidin contrasted sharply with that on the obliquely deposited gold surface. The binding of biotin-peroxidase to the roller printed avidin was then investigated on the obliquely deposited gold substrate. LCs exhibited a non-uniform and random orientation on the roller printed area decorated with the complex of avidin and biotin-peroxidase, while LCs displayed a uniform and planar orientation on the area without roller printed proteins. The orientational transition of LCs from uniform to non-uniform state was triggered by the erasion of nanometer-scale topographies on the roller printed surface after the binding of biotin-peroxidase to the surface-immobilized avidin. The specific binding events of protein-receptor interactions were also confirmed by atomic force microscopy and ellipsometry. These results demonstrate that the roller printing of proteins on obliquely deposited gold substrates could provide a high contrast signal for imaging biomolecular interactions using LC-based sensors.

• 폴리머
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.113-123
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• 2000

Poly(p-hydroxybenzoate) (PHB)/poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) 8/2공중합 폴리에스테르계 액정고분자와 poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalate) (PEN) 및 poly(ethylene terephthalate)를 용융혼합하여 삼상계 블렌드물의 액정상 형성여부 및 기계적 성질을 조사하였다. PHB의 함량이 40 mo1%에서 급격한 점도의 감소로 토크의 값이 감소하였고, 인장강도와 초기 탄성율은 PHB의 함량이 증가함에 따라 액정고분자의 피브릴 형성으로 증가하였다. 섬유의 인장강도와 탄성율은 PHB의 함량과 권취속도를 증가시킴에 따라 증가하였고, 에스테르 교환반응은 용융혼합 시간에 따라 증가하였다. 에스테르 교환반응은 용융흔합물의 흔화성을 향상시키고, 동일 조성비의 단량체를 함유한 공중합체에서 나타나는 액정상을 형성하였다. PHB의 함량이 30 wt%에서는 부분적인 액정상이 나타나며, 40 wt%에서 삼상계 블렌드의 의사액정상이 나타났다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.1350-1360
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• 2001

The synthesis and characterization of very stable Pd(Ⅱ) η1-imine complexes of bis(3,4-dialkyloxybenzylidene-3', 4'-dialkyloxyaniline)dichloropalladium(Ⅱ) with alkyl chain of hexyl (8), octyl (9), decyl (10) and dodecyl (11) groups, a nd of bis(4-ethyloxybenzylidene-4'-ethyloxyaniline)dichloropalladium(Ⅱ) as a model complex are described. The molecular structure with twisted board-like geometry of the complex resulting from the coordination of Pd(Ⅱ) with η1-imine bonding was confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis of the model complex. In contrast to the imine ligands, all the complexes with an exception of 11 display a thermally stable monotropic smectic A mesophase without any decomposition of the complex. These results, characterized by a combination of differential scanning calorimetry, optical polarized microscopy, and powder X-ray scattering experiments, are discussed.

• 폴리머
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.523-535
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• 2005

선형 방향족 폴리에스테르는 열방성 액정중합체의 대표적 예로 지금까지 그 구조-액정성 관계가 많이 연구되었다. 본 논문에서는 지난 4반세기 동안 본 연구진이 행한 연구결과를 중심으로 액정성 전방향족 폴리에스테르의 열적특성 및 액정성을 그 화학구조와 관련지어 논의한다. 특히 미세화학구조의 변경이 어떻게 액정성에 영향을 주는가에 논의의 초점을 두었다. 특히 선형구조에서 크게 벗어나는 복합형 액정성 폴리에스테르 및 액정성 고차가지구조 폴리에스테르도 조감하였다. 고차가지구조 고분자는 덴드리머와 관련하여 많은 관심을 끌고 있다. 이 고분자들의 합성법도 말미에 소개하고 있다.