• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.44-49
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• 1996

By using the ${\beta}$-tyrosinase of Citrobacter freundii KCT2006, which was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli, 3,4-dihydroxy phenyl-L-alanine (L-DOPA) was synthesized efficiently from pyrocatechol, sodium pyruvate, and ammonium acetate. Optimal temperature and pH for the reaction were determined to be about 18$^{\circ}C$ and 8.5, respectively. The effects of substrate concentrations were also examined at different concentrations of ammonium acetate, sodium pyruvate, and pyrocatechol. Ammoniumacetate and sodium pyruvate increased the reaction rate until the concentrations reached to 300mM and 50mM, respectively. Although pyrocatechol showed the optimal concentration at 20mM, it was controlled between 20mM and 50mM to avoid the depletion of substrate during the enzymatic synthesis. Meanwhile the synthetic rate was improved about 20% when ethanol was included in the reaction solution. Based on above results, a reaction medium for the productin of L-DOPA was prepared and incubated with 1 unit/ml of ${\beta}$-tyrosinase. Pyrocatechol and sodium pyruvate was added to the reaction solutin intermittently to avoid the substrate depletion during the enzymatic reaction. After 24 hour of reaction, 31.6g/l of L-DOPA was accumulated in the reaction solution as soluble and precipitated ones and the conversion yield was about 85.2%.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.509-526
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• 2000

It is known that injuries to the dentin have a corresponding inflammatory effect on the pulp and these inflammatory effects frequently result in pulpal pathoses due to progressive degradation of pulpal connective tissue. It was supposed that the tissue degradation in different inflammatory process was controlled by proteinase activity and antiproteinase activity. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the pulp and periapical pathoses in terms of the activities of proteinase and proteinase inhibitor, 37 pulpal tissues were divided by clinical diagnostic criteria into normal pulp, acute inflamed pulp, and chronic inflamed pulp, and then those groups were subdivided by histopathological findings into 5 pulpal pathoses groups, i.e. normal pulp (P1, n=8), chronic pulpitis with fibrotic change (P2, n=2), chronic pulpitis with dystrophic calcification (P3, n=11), chronic pulpitis with pulp abscess (P4, n=7), acute pulpitis with necrotic change (P5, n=4), 26 periapical tissues were also divided by ordinary histopathological findings into 3 periapical pathoses group, i.e., granuloma (A1, n=17), cyst (A2, n=2) and abscess (A3, n=7). The activities of proteinases (cathepsin G, MMP-3) and proteinase inhibitors (${\alpha}1$-AT, TIMP-1 and, SLPI) were evaluated by RT-PCR and immunohistochemical methods. The results were as follows. 1. Generally, the intensity of immunohistochemical staining of proteinases and proteinase inhibitors increased in P2 and P5 groups compared to P1 group. 2. The immunohistochemical stain of proteinases and proteinase inhibitors was intensely detected in P2 group, showing low inflammatory reaction and low tissue degradation, but it was reduced in P3 and P4 groups, showing severe tissue degradation. 3. The distribution of proteinases and proteinase inhibitors in pulpal pathoses was consistently presented by immunohistochemical staining, while the expression of proteinase and/or proteinase inhibitors mRNAs in pulpal pathoses was occasionally detected by RT-PCR methods. 4. RT-PCR of proteinase and proteinase inhibitors was usually positive in P2, showing rare tissue degradation, but it was almost negative in P3 and P4, showing severe tissue degradation. 5. We presume that the reason why the level of proteinase and proteinase inhibitors was so sparse in RT-PCR method is due to the abrupt decrease of mRNA synthesis or degradation of synthesized mRNA of proteinase and/or proteinase inhibitors depend on the inflammatory reaction and/or on the degradation of pulp tissues(P3, P4). 6. Pulpal pathoses groups showed significant lower RT-PCR detection of proteinases and proteinase inhibitors than the periapical pathoses group(p<0.05), and there is no significant difference among the periapical pathoses groups(p>0.05).

• 생명과학회지
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• 제23권8호
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• pp.1064-1072
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• 2013

일주기 리듬은 모든 살아있는 유기체의 생리현상을 지배하는 호르몬의 변화에 의해서 조절된다. 포유동물에서 송과체의 주된 기능은 시상 하부 시교차 상핵에서 발생되는 일주기 리듬을 주로 어두울 때 증가하는 순환성 멜라토닌의 리듬 신호로 변화시키는 것이다. 송과체는 직접적인 광감도는 없지만, 망막신경절세포로 하부조직을 포함하는 멀티 시냅스 경로를 통하여 빛에 반응한다. 주기적인 리듬 조절은 주위환경의 빛과 멜라토닌 생성의 리듬조절 효소인 arylalkylamine-N-acetyltransferase (AANAT)의 발현과 긴밀한 관계를 통해 이루어진다. 이전 실험에서 AANAT 단백질이 어두울 때의 발현이 전사 조절, 전사 후 조절, 번역 후 조절 메커니즘으로 설명되었다. AANAT 단백질 발현에 관한 분자적 기전은 멜라토닌의 일주기 리듬에 대한 새로운 견해를 제공한다. 광범위한 동물 연구에서 많은 포유류의 계절 리듬을 위한 송과체 멜라토닌은 일주기 리듬의 조절과 수면 조절에 관련이 있는 것으로 알려졌다. 이것은 시차증이나 교대 근무 수면 장애와 같은 일주기 리듬 수면 장애를 치료하는 데 있어서 가치가 있다. 또한 멜라토닌은 다른 영역에도 영향을 미치는데 특히 몸의 생리적 기능을 조절하는데 영향을 미친다. 게다가 정신의학적 질환뿐 만 아니라 생식기 질환, 심혈관 질환, 면역 조절 질환도 이 호르몬에 의해 영향을 받는 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• 공업화학
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.537-541
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• 2010

금속물질의 분산도를 높여주기 위해 열처리와 산처리를 수행한 carbon black에 다양한 비율의 Pt와 Sn을 담지 시킨 촉매를 환원법을 이용하여 합성하였다. Pt/Sn의 비율은 전구체 용액 내에서 상대적인 농도를 변화시켜 조절하였으며, Pt/Sn 비율에 따른 반응 특성을 조사하였다. XRD (X-ray Diffraction) 분석을 통해 합성된 촉매의 결정도를 확인하였고, XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy) 분석으로 Pt와 Sn의 산화가를 확인하였다. 합성된 촉매의 조성과 구조를 분석하기 위해 SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy)-EDS (Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy) 분석과 TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy) 분석을 수행하였다. 산소 환원 반응 특성은 0.5 M $H_2SO_4$ 수용액에서 RDE (Rotating Disk Electrode)를 이용하여 조사하였으며, 산소환원 촉매활성은 Pt/Sn의 비율에 크게 의존함을 확인하였다. 합성한 전극의 메탄올 산화반응은 전기화학분석장치(Potentiostat ; Princeton applied research, VSP)를 이용하여 0.5 M $CH_3OH$와 0.5 M $H_2SO_4$의 혼합수 용액에서 수행하였다. 메탄올 산화에 대한 전기화학적 촉매활성과 안정성을 평가한 결과 적절한 양의 Sn을 첨가한 촉매가 높은 촉매활성과 안정성을 나타냄을 확인하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제41회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.120-120
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• 2011

Graphene is a carbon based material and it has great potential of being utilized in various fields such as electronics, optics, and mechanics. In order to develop graphene-based logic systems, graphene field-effect transistor (GFET) has been extensively explored. GFET requires supporting devices, such as volatile memory, to function in an embedded logic system. As far as we understand, graphene has not been studied for volatile memory application, although several graphene non-volatile memories (GNVMs) have been reported. However, we think that these GNVM are unable to serve the logic system properly due to the very slow program/read speed. In this study, a GVM based on the GFET structure and using an engineered graphene channel is proposed. By manipulating the deposition condition, charge traps are introduced to graphene channel, which store charges temporarily, so as to enable volatile data storage for GFET. The proposed GVM shows satisfying performance in fast program/erase (P/E) and read speed. Moreover, this GVM has good compatibility with GFET in device fabrication process. This GVM can be designed to be dynamic random access memory (DRAM) in serving the logic systems application. We demonstrated GVM with the structure of FET. By manipulating the graphene synthesis process, we could engineer the charge trap density of graphene layer. In the range that our measurement system can support, we achieved a high performance of GVM in refresh (>10 ${\mu}s$) and retention time (~100 s). Because of high speed, when compared with other graphene based memory devices, GVM proposed in this study can be a strong contender for future electrical system applications.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.572-580
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• 2003

Synthesizing behavior and microstructural evolution of $CaZrO_3$and $m-ZrO_2$in a thermal reaction process of $ZrSiO_4$-$xCaCO_3$mixtures, where x is 7 and 19, were investigated to determine the addition amount of CaO in CaO:$ZrO_2$:$SiO_2$ternary composition. CaZrO$_3$-Ca$_2$SiO$_4$precursor prepared by the mixture of $ZrSiO_4$and CaCO$_3$in aqueous suspending media was controlled to the acidic (pH=4.0) condition with HCI solution to enhance the thermal reaction. The addition amount of dispersant into the $ZrSiO_4$-$xCaCO_3$slip increased with increasing mole ratio of $CaCO_3$, which was associated with the viscosity of slip. Decarbonation reaction was activated with an increase of the addition amount of $CaCO_3$, showing different final temperatures in $ZrSiO_4$-$7CaCO_3$and $ZrSiO_4$-$19CaCO_3$mixtures as about 980 and 116$0^{\circ}C$, respectively, for finishing decarbonation reaction. The grain morphology was changed to spherical shape for all samples with an increase of sintering temperature. The grain size and phase composition of the synthesized composites depended on the mixture ratio of Zrsi04 and CacO3 powders, indicating that the main crystals were m-ZrO2 ($\leq$3 $\mu\textrm{m}$) and $CaZrO_3$ ($\leq$ 7 $\mu\textrm{m}$) in $ZrSiO_4$$>-7CaCO_3$and $ZrSiO_4$-$19CaCO_3$mixtures, respectively.

• 한국표면공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국표면공학회 2018년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.62-62
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• 2018

Pt is still considered as one of the most active electrocatalysts for ORR in alkaline fuel cells. However, the high cost and scarcity of Pt hamper the widespread commercialization of fuel cells. As a strong candidate for the replacement of Pt catalyst, silver (Ag) has been extensively studied due to its high activity, abundance, and low cost. Ag is more stable than Pt in the pH range of 8~14 as the equilibrium potential of Ag/Ag+ being ${\approx}200mV$ higher than that of Pt/PtO. However, Ag is the overall catalytic activity of Ag for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) is still not comparable to Pt catalyst since the surface Ag atoms are approximately 10 times less active than Pt atoms. Therefore, further enhancement in the ORR activity of Ag catalysts is necessary to be competitive with current cutting-edge Pt-based catalysts. We demonstrate the architectural design of Ag catalysts, synthesized using plasma discharge in liquid phase, for enhanced ORR kinetics in alkaline media. An attractive feature of this work is that the plasma status controlled via electric-field could form the Ag nanowires or dendrites without any chemical agents. The plasma reactor was made of a Teflon vessel with an inner diameter of 80 mm and a height of 80 mm, where a pair of tungsten(W) electrodes with a diameter of 2 mm was placed horizontally. The stock solutions were made by dissolving the 5-mM AgNO3 in DI water. For the synthesis of Agnanowires, the electricfield of 3.6kVcm-1 in a 200-ml AgNO3 aqueous solution was applied across the electrodes using a bipolar pulsed power supply(Kurita, Seisakusyo Co. Ltd). The repetition rate and pulse width were fixed at 30kHz and 2.0 us, respectively. The plasma discharge was carried out for a fixed reaction time of 60 min. In case of Ag nanodendrites, the electric field of 32kVcm-1 in a 200-ml AgNO3 aqueous solution was applied and other conditions were identical to the plasma discharge in water in terms of electrode configuration, repetition rate and discharge time. Using SEM and STEM, morphology of Ag nanowires and dendrites were investigated. With 3.6 kV/cm, Ag nanowire was obtained, while Ag dendrite was constructed with 32 kV/cm. The average diameter and legth of Ag nanowireses were 50 nm and 3.5 um, and thoes values of Ag dendrites were 40 nm and 3.0 um. As a results of XPS analysis, the surface defects in the Ag nanowires facilitated O2 incorporation into the surface region via the interaction between the oxygen and the electron cloud of the adjacent Ag atoms. The catalytic activity of Ag for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) showed that the catalytic ORR activity of Ag nanowires are much better than Ag nanodendrites, and electron transfer number of Ag nanowires is similar to that of Pt (${\approx}4$).

• 공업화학
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.698-705
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• 1994

Linseed oil fatty acid(LOFA), phthalic anhydride(PAA) 및 maleic anhydride(MA), trimethylol propane(TMP)을 사용하여 기본적인 유장(oil length) 50%의 중유성 기본 알키드를 합성하고 trimethylol propane triacrylate(TMPTA)를 그라프트 공중합시켜 MA/TMPTA 변성 알키드 수지를 제조하였다. 수지의 산가는 MA 첨가량으로 제어하였으며, 수용화에는 N,N-dimethylethanol amine(DMEA)를 사용하였다. TMPTA의 첨가량 변화에 의한 분자량, 유리 전이온도, 수용화 후의 점성도 및 그라프트율을 측정하였으며, 가교도막의 경화온도별 겔분율 변화를 조사하였다. 또한 멜라민 수지 경화 도막의 내열성, 내자외선성, 내수성 및 저장 안정성을 측정하고, TMA/TMPTA 변성 알키드 수지의 물성과 비교하였다. TMPTA의 첨가량이 증가할수록 수용화 후의 점성도, 겔분율, 그라프트율 및 분자량이 증가하였으며, 유리 전이온도(Tg)는 감소하였다. 고형분 함량에 따른 점성도 변화는 고형분 30%일 때보다 40%일 때가 더 낮게 나타났으며, 중화도에 따른 점성도 변화는 중화도가 높을수록 낮은 점성도를 나타내썼다. 내열성, 내자외선성, 내수성은 MA/TMPTA 변성 알키드 수지가 TMA/TMPTA 변성 알키드 수지보다 우수하였으나, 저장 안정성은 TMA/TMPTA 변성 알키드 수지가 우수함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.81-85
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• 2004

점토를 이용한 나노 다공성 촉매 제조를 목적으로 $Ni^{2+}$ 이온으로 피복된 $SiO_2$ 나노 졸 입자를 2차원 충상점토 화합물의 층간에 삽입, 가교화 시켜 비표면적 및 다공도가 우수한 $NiO-SiO_2$ 가교화 점토($NiO-SiO_2$-PILM)를 합성하였다. 나노 크기의 실리카 졸 입자는 tetraethyl orthosilicate(TEOS)를 가수분해하여 합성하였고, 여기에 $Ni^{2+}$ 수용액을 첨가한 다음 NaOH 용액을 적정하여 $Ni^{2+}-SiO_2$ 혼합 나노 졸입자를 완성하였다. 이렇게 제조된 혼합 졸 용액을 1wt%의 점토 수분산액에 첨가하여 $60{\circ}C$에서 5h 이온교환 반응을 통해 층간에 삽입, 수세, 건조 후 $40^{\circ}C$에서 2시간 열처리 하므로써 다공성 가교화 점토를 제조하였다. 나노 졸 입자의 가교화에 따라 점토의 층간거리($d_{001}$)는 $45{\AA}$ 정도 크게 증가하였고 $600^{\circ}C$까지도 다공구조가 안정하게 유지되었다. 또한 질소 흡착-탈착 등온선 분석 결과 비표면적($S_{BET}$)이 최대 $760m^2/g$으로 다공 구조가 매우 잘 발달되어 있음을 확인하였고, $NiO-SiO_2$ 졸 가교화 점토의 경우 $NiO-SiO_2$ 나노입자가 층간에 이중층으로 배열되어 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 폴리머
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.558-567
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• 2001

피라진염의 치환기를 변화시킨 열잠재성 양이온 촉매를 합성하고, 이관능성 에폭시(diglycidylether of bisphenol-A, DGEBA)에 개시제로서 1 wt% 촉매를 혼합하여 동적 DSC방법을 이용한 경화 거동과 열잠재 특성에 대해 연구하였다. 그 결과 합성된 촉매들은 에폭시 시스템에서 우수한 열잠재성을 가지고 있음을 확인하였다. 치환기의 염기도(basicity)가 높을수록 경화온도와 활성화 에너지는 높아지고 활성은 낮아졌는데 이는 활성과 경화거동이 링 스트레인(ring strain) 및 도입된 치환기의 염기도(basicity)에 의해 조절되기 때문인 것으로 사료된다. 결론적으로, 전자공여 그룹인 메틸기를 도입한 촉매의 활성은 경화시 개시단계에서 염기도 증가로 인한 피라진의 이탈능과 벤질 양이온의 안정성이 감소되었기 때문에 낮아졌으며, 전자수용 그룹인 시아노기를 도입한 촉매의 활성은 유기효과와 공명에 인해서 벤질 양이온의 안정성이 증가됨으로써 높아졌다.