• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 2017년도 춘계공동학술대회
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• pp.27-27
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• 2017

Biocompatible capsules have recently been highlighted as novel delivery platforms of any "materials" (e.g., drug, food, agriculture pesticide) to address current problems of living systems such as humans, animals, and plats in academia and industry for agriculture, biological, biomedical, environmental, food applications. For example, biocompatible alginate capsules were proposed as a delivery platform of biocontrol agents (e.g., bacterial antagonists) for an alternative to antibiotics, which will be a potential strategy in future agriculture. Here, we proposed a new platform based on biocompatible alginate capsules that can control the movements as an active target delivery strategy for various applications including agriculture and biological engineering. We designed and fabricated large scale biocompatible capsules using alginates and custom-made nozzles as well as gelling solutions. To develop the active target delivery platforms, we incorporated the iron oxide nanoparticles in the large scale alginate capsules. It was found that the sizes of large scale alginate capsules could be controlled via various working conditions such as concentrations of alginate solutions and iron oxide nanoparticles. As a proof of concept work, we showed that the iron oxide particles-incorporated large scale alginate capsules could be moved actively by the magnetic fields, which would be a strategy as active target delivery platforms for agriculture and biological engineering (e.g., controlled delivery of agriculture pesticides and biocontrol agents).

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.323-329
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• 2017

Purpose: Biocompatible capsules have recently been highlighted as a novel platform for delivering various components, such as drug, food, and agriculture pesticides, to overcome the current limitations of living systems, such as those in agriculture, biology, the environment, and foods. However, few active targeting systems using biocompatible capsules and physical forces simultaneously have been developed in the agricultural engineering field. Methods: Here, we developed an active targeting delivery platform that uses biocompatible alginate capsules and controls movements by magnetic forces for agricultural and biological engineering applications. We designed and fabricated large-scale biocompatible capsules, using custom-made nozzles ejecting alginate solutions for encapsulation. Results: To develop the active target delivery platforms, we incorporated iron oxide nanoparticles in the large-scale alginate capsules. The sizes of alginate capsules were controlled by regulating the working conditions, such as concentrations of alginate solutions and iron oxide nanoparticles. Conclusions: We confirmed that the iron oxide particle-incorporated large-scale alginate capsules moved actively in response to magnetic fields, which will be a good strategy for active targeted delivery platforms for agriculture and biological engineering applications, such as for the controlled delivery of agriculture pesticides and biocontrol agents.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.178-184
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 생체적합성 고분자들의 자기 조립 특성을 이용하여 마이크론 단위의 캡슐을 제조하여, 캡슐 내부에 단백질을 넣고 시간과 pH에 따른 방출 거동을 고찰하였다. 본 연구에서는 키토산과 헤파린 그리고 알지네이트를 사용하여 동공(hollow) 캡슐을 제조하였다. 멜라민과 포름알데히드를 일정 비율로 혼합하여, 표면에 전하를 가지는 마이크론 단위의 core를 제조한 후, 음전하를 가지는 헤파린 혹은 알지네이트를 core 위에 흡착시키고, 양전하를 띠는 키토산을 흡착시킨 후, core 위에 교대로 흡착시켜 Multilayer를 형성시켰다. 4 층을 쌓은 후에 HCl을 이용하여 pH 2로 조절하면, core는 제거되고 속이 비어 있는 캡슐을 제조할 수 있었다. 동공 캡슐은 투과전자현미경, 표면주사현미경 및 광학현미경으로 관찰하였다. 이러한 캡슐은 pH에 따라서 각기 다른 거동을 보이는데, 본 연구에서는 내부에 FITC-albumin을 넣어 UV분광기로 방출되는 상대적인 양을 관찰한 결과, 키토산-헤파린 캡슐과 키토산-알지네이트 캡슐은 각기 다른 pH에서 개폐됨을 알 수 있었다.