• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.627-636
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• 2022

In nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities the removal of cobalt from radioactive liquid waste is needed to reduce the radioactivity concentration in effluents. In liquid wastes containing strong organic complexing agents such as EDTA cobalt removal can be problematic due to the high stability of the Co-EDTA complex. In this study, the removal of cobalt from NaNO₃ solutions using antimony oxide (Sb₂O₃) synthesized from potassium hexahydroxoantimonate was investigated in the absence and presence of EDTA. The uptake studies on the ion exchange material were conducted both in the dark (absence of UV-light) and under UV-C irradiation. Ca²⁺ or Ni²⁺ were included in the experiments as competing cations to test the selectivity of the ion exchanger. Results show that UV-C irradiation noticeably enhances the cobalt sorption efficiency on the antimony oxide. It was shown that nickel decreased the sorption of cobalt to a higher extent than calcium. Finally, the sorption data collected for Co²⁺ on antimony oxide was modeled using six different isotherm models. The Sips model was found to be the most suitable model to describe the sorption process. The Dubinin-Radushkevich model was further used to calculate the adsorption energy, which was found to be 6.2 kJ mol^-1.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.396-403
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• 2011

Ceramides (Cer) comprise the major constituent of sphingolipids in the epidermis and are known to play diverse roles in the outermost layers of the skin including water retention and provision of a physical barrier. In addition, they can be hydrolyzed into free sphingoid bases such as $C_{18}$ sphingosine (SO) and $C_{18}$ sphinganine (SA) or can be further metabolized to $C_{18}$ So-1-phosphate (S1P) and $C_{18}$ Sa-1-phosphate (Sa1P) in keratinocytes. The significance of ceramide metabolites emerged from studies reporting altered levels of SO and SA in skin disorders and the role of S1P and Sa1P as signaling lipids. However, the overall metabolism of sphingoid bases and their phosphates during keratinocyte differentiation remains not fully understood. Therefore, in this study, we analyzed these Cer metabolites in the process of keratinocyte differentiation. Three distinct keratinocyte differentiation stages were prepared using 0.07 mM calcium (Ca$^{2+}$) (proliferation stage), 1.2 mM Ca$^{2+}$ (early differentiation stage) in serum-free medium, or serum-containing medium with vitamin C (50 ${\mu}L$/mL) (late differentiation stage). Serum-containing medium was also used to determine whether vitamin C increases the concentrations of sphingoid bases and their phosphates. The production of sphingoid bases and their phosphates after hydrolysis by alkaline phosphatase was determined using high-performance liquid chromatography. Compared to cells treated with 0.07 mM Ca$^{2+}$, levels of SO, SA, S1P, and SA1P were not altered after treatment with 1.2 mM Ca$^{2+}$. However, in keratinocytes cultured in serum-containing medium with vitamin C, levels of SO, SA, S1P, and SA1P were dramatically higher than those in 0.07- and l.2-mM Ca$^{2+}$-treated cells; however, compared to serum-containing medium alone, vitamin C did not significantly enhance their production. Taken together, we demonstrate that late differentiation induced by vitamin C and serum was accompanied by dramatic increases in the concentration of sphingoid bases and their phosphates, although vitamin C alone had no effect on their production.

• 폴리머
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.656-663
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• 2014

생분해성 고분자인 폴리옥살레이트(POX)를 이용하여 아토르바스타틴 칼슘을 함유한 미립구를 $O_1/O_2/W$ 에멀젼용매증발법으로 제조하였다. 약물의 함량, POX의 분자량과 농도 그리고 유화제인 PVA의 농도를 달리하여 아토르바스타틴 칼슘이 함유된 미립구의 형태학적 특성, 방출거동, 분해거동 등을 평가하였다. 아토르바스타틴 칼슘이 함유된 미립구에 대한 물리화학적 성질 및 형태를 X선 회절분석법과 시차주사열량계, 적외선 분광분석기, 그리고 주사 전자 현미경을 이용하여 분석하였다. 또한 미립구의 방출거동과 포접률을 분석하기 위하여 고성능 액체 크로마토그래피를 이용하였으며 분해성을 분석하기 위하여 10일 동안 in vitro 실험을 통해 관찰하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 제조 조건에 따라 아토르바스타틴 칼슘을 함유한 POX 미립구의 약물방출과 형태 제어를 확인할 수 있었으며, 이를 통해 아토르바스타틴 뿐만 아니라 유사 약물의 약물 방출과 형태 제어에 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.141-155
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• 2017

이논문에서는 $CO_2$ 활용기술관점에서광물탄산화기술의하나인제철슬래그를이용한침강성탄산칼슘(Precipitated Calcium Carbonate, PCC) 제조 기술의 개발 현황을 고찰하였다. 광물 탄산화 기술의 원리, 특징, 전세계적 개발 현향을 살펴보았고, PCC 제조기술 및 시장동향도 파악하였다. 광물 탄산화는 안정적이고 친환경적인 기술로, 산업 부산물의 경제적 처리를 가능하게 한다. 일반적으로 슬래그중 Ca 용출 및 고액 분리 과정후 상등액과 $CO_2$의 반응을 통해 탄산칼슘을 제조한다. 이 기술은 파일럿 단계까지 기술개발이 진행되었으며(알토대학교의 Slag2PCC), 상용화를 위해서는 경제성 증대가 필요할 것으로 판단된다. 개발을 위한 핵심 기술로는 슬래그로부터 Ca의 효과적 용출 및 불순물 제거, 탄산칼슘의 입도 및 입형 제어를 통한 고부가가치화, 잔사 슬래그의 활용방안 발굴, 연속공정 구현을 위한 반응 조건최적화 등을 들 수 있다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.198.1-198.1
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• 2016

Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays have promising potential to replace liquid crystal displays (LCDs) due to their advantages of low power consumption, fast response time, broad viewing angle and flexibility. Organic light emitting materials are vulnerable to moisture and oxygen, so inorganic thin films are required for barrier substrates and encapsulations.[1-2]. In this work, the silicon-based inorganic thin films are deposited on plastic substrates by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) at low temperature. It is necessary to deposit thin film at low temperature. Because the heat gives damage to flexible plastic substrates. As one of the transparent diffusion barrier materials, silicon oxides have been investigated. $SiO_x$ have less toxic, so it is one of the more widely examined materials as a diffusion barrier in addition to the dielectric materials in solid-state electronics [3-4]. The $SiO_x$ thin films are deposited by a PECVD process in low temperature below $100^{\circ}C$. Water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) was determined by a calcium resistance test, and the rate less than $10.^{-2}g/m^2{\cdot}day$ was achieved. And then, flexibility of the film was also evaluated.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2009년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.18.2-18.2
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• 2009

Ceramics have some properties that are unmatched by other kind of materials like metals or polymers. The ability of high thermal and chemical resistance and in case of being superior in specific mechanical properties makes the ceramic materials suitable for arange of applications. The microstructure and morphology of a material arguably permit the use of many advanced application otherwise difficult to achieve.Porous structures have some important applications in biomedical and environmental field. For human hard tissue reconstruction and augmentation procedure suitable biomaterials are used with a desirable porosity. A range of porous bioceramics were fabricated with tailored design to meet the demand of specific applications. Channeled and interconnected porosity was introduced in alumina, zirconia, and hydroxyapatite or tri calcium phosphate ceramics by different methods like multi-pass extrusion process, bubble formation in viscous slurry,slurry dripping in immiscible liquid, sponge replica method etc. The detailed microstructural and morphological investigations were carried out to establish the unique features of each method and the developed systems. For environmental filters the porous structures were also very important. We investigated a range of channeled and randomly porous silicon based ceramic composites to enhance the material stability and filtration efficiency by taking advantage of the material chemistry of the element. Detailed microstructural and mechanical characterizations were carried out for the fabricated porous filtration systems.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.249-254
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• 1999

The biosorption and desorption of Cd were carried out using brown marine algae, known as the good biosorbent of heavy metals. The content of alginate bound to light metals could be changed by the physical and the chemical pretreatment of Sargassum fluitans biomass. The Cd uptake was independent of the alginate content. In case of protonated biomass, Cd uptake was the lowest because the alginic acid of biomass was dissolved to cadmium solution during the biosorption. The maximum Cd uptake of Sargassum biomass was ranged from 79 mg/g to 139 mg/g. In case of raw biomass, the higher the alginate content of biomass, the higher was the Cd uptake. 100% of Cd and light metals sorbed in the biomass were eluted at 0.1N HCI(pH 1.1). However, the elution efficiency in $CaCl_2$ and $Ca{(NO_3)}_2$solution was varied by the concentration, the solid to liquid ratio and the pH of calcium solution. The distribution coefficient between Cd and protons in the desorption solution at pH ranged from 1.6 to 2.9 was observed on the constant stoichometric coefficient(1.3).

• 분석과학
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 1992

벤젠합성장치를 제작하여 액체섬광계수법을 이용한 방사성탄소 연대측정 시료인 목재, 목탄, 패류, 토양 등의 시료의 처리에 이용하였다. 이산화탄소, 아세틸렌의 생성 및 최종적으로 얻어지는 벤젠으로 이어지는 합성과정별 실험조건을 최적화하였다. 본 벤젠합성기를 이용함으로써 유기시료의 경우, 15시간의 합성을 통하여 탄산칼슘 기준으로 85% 이상의 합성수율을 얻을 수 있었다. 합성된 벤젠의 순도는 GC/MS 측정결과 99.9% 이상이었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 1982

A fungus with the highest protopectinase productivity was selected among 205 strains isolated from the soil and identified as a Verticillium sp. The Verticillium sp. was cultivated on wheat bran and the crude extruct of its culture medium showed the highest protopectinase activity on the following conditions: 3 days of cultivation time, 27$^{\circ}C$ of cultivation temperature, 1.2 $m\ell$/g wheat bran of water content, and reinforcement of ammonium nitrate and calcium chloride at the concentration of 0.5 and 0.02%, respectively. The optimum conditions for pectin production from Citrus peel pulp by the protopectinase were consequently obtained as follows: 20$m\ell$/g of liquid volume-to-pulp weight ratio, 4$0^{\circ}C$ of reaction temperature, and 4 of reaction pH. The higher the enzyme concentration, the better the yield of pectin and the shorter the reaction time. Total 45.6mg of pectin/g peel was produced by 1 hour reaction at the enzyme concentration of 10.5 units/$m\ell$. Molecular weight of the pectin produced by the enzyme was estimated to be about 62,000 by Smit and Bryant's method.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.758-771
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• 1996

This study attempted to define reference data for the distribution of vitamin d status and to explore the relationship between vitamin D status and related biochemical indices in Korean women. The vitamin D status of 179 Korean women aged from 20 to 75 years was analyzed by using HPLC(High Pressure Liquid Chromatography). Related biochemical indices such as iPTH, alkaline phosphatase, creatinine, albumin, Ca, Mg and P were also measured. The mean serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D were s25.8ng/ml and 89.8pg/ml, respectively. Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (<25nmol/L) was found in 29 subjects(16.5%). There was a significantly progressive decrease in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with increasing age(p<0.05). After in their, there was a dramatical reduction in 25-hydroxyvitamin D(p<0.05). It was also significant in post-menopasusal women compared with pre-menopausal women(p<0.000). Serum alkaline phosphatase levels increased significantly with age(p<0.001). Whereas serum calcium and phosphorus levels remained constant with age. Serum 250-hydroxyvitamin D was invesely related to iPTH (p<0.05) and alkaline phophatase (p<0.001).