• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2018

Arsenic (As) is one of the elements having most harmful impact on the human health. Arsenic is a known carcinogen and arsenic contamination of drinking water is affecting on humans in many regions of the world. Adsorption has been proved most preferable technique for the removal of arsenic. Many researchers have studied various types of solid materials as arsenic adsorbent, and iron oxide and its modified forms are considered as the most effective adsorbent in terms of adsorption capacity, recovery, and economics. However, most of all iron oxides have small surface area in comparing with common adsorbents in environmental application such as activated carbon but the activated carbon has weak sorption affinity for arsenic. We have used an activated carbon as base adsorbent and iron oxide coating on the activated carbon as high affinity sorption sites and giving magnetic attraction ability. In this study, adsorption properties of arsenic and magnetic separation efficiency of the magnetized activated carbon (MAC) were evaluated with variable iron oxide content. As the iron oxide content of the MAC increased, adsorption capacity has also gradually increased up to a point where clogging by iron oxide in the pore of activated carbon compensate the increased sorption capacity. The increase of iron oxide content of the MAC also affected magnetic properties, which resulted in greater magnetic separation efficiency. Current results show that magnetically modified common adsorbent can be an efficiency improved adsorbent and a feasible environmental process if it is combined with the magnetic separation.

• Carbon letters
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.122-126
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• 2010

The alginate-based hydrogel was prepared as a pH-sensitive drug delivery system. To enhance the drug loading capacity, activated carbon was introduced as a drug absorbent. The iron oxide was incorporated into the alginate matrix for the magnetic transferring to the target organ. The activated carbon and iron-oxide were dispersed uniformly in the alginate hydrogel. The drug release from the alginate/activated carbon composite hydrogel was carried out in various pH conditions with vitamin B12 and Lactobacillus lamnosers as model drugs. The fast and sustainable release of drug was observed in the basic condition due to the pH-sensitive solubility of alginate. The novel drug delivery system having pH-sensitive release property and magnetic movement to target place was developed by using the alginate/activated carbon composite magnetic hydrogels.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제31권8호
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• pp.691-706
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• 2022

Magnetic activated carbon was prepared by adding a magnetic material to activated carbon that had been prepared from waste citrus peel in Jeju. The adsorption characteristics of an aqueous solution of the antibiotic trimethoprim (TMP) were investigated using the magnetic activated carbon, as an adsorbent, and response surface methodology (RSM). Batch experiments were carried out according to a four-factor Box-Behnken experimental design affecting TMP adsorption with their input parameters (TMP concentration: 50~150 mg/L; pH: 4~10; temperature: 293~323 K; adsorbent dose: 0.05~0.15 g). The significance of the independent variables and their interaction was assessed by ANOVA and t-test statistical techniques. Statistical results showed that TMP concentration was the most effective parameter, compared with others. The adsorption process can be well described by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The experimental isotherm data followed the Langmuir isotherm model. The maximum adsorption capacities of TMP, estimated with the Langmuir isotherm model were 115.9-130.5 mg/g at 293-323 K. Also, both the thermodynamic parameters, ΔH and ΔG, have both positive values, indicating that the adsorption of TMP by the magnetic activated carbon is an endothermic reaction and proceeds via an involuntary process.

• 공업화학
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.388-394
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• 2018

폐감귤박으로 제조한 자성 활성탄(MAC, magnetic activated carbon)을 이용하여 수용액 중의 2,4-디클로로페놀(2,4-dichlorophenol, 2,4-DCP)을 제거하는 연구하였다. 접촉시간, MAC의 투여량, 용액의 온도, pH 및 2,4-DCP 농도를 변화시켜 MAC에 의한 2,4-DCP의 흡착특성을 조사하였다. 등온 흡착 실험결과는 Langmuir 등온 모델식에 의해 잘 설명되었으며, Langmuir 등온식으로부터 구한 최대 흡착량은 312.5 mg/g이었다. 흡착속도는 유사 2차 속도식에 의해 잘 기술되었으며, 입자 내 확산 모델 자료는 흡착 과정 동안 막 확산과 입자 내 확산이 동시에 일어나는 것을 말해 주었다. 열역학적 파라미터인 ${\Delta}H^o$와 ${\Delta}G^o$는 각각 양의 값과 음의 값을 가지므로 MAC에 의한 2,4-DCP의 흡착은 자발적이며 흡열반응으로 일어나는 것을 알 수 있었다. 흡착실험을 완료한 후 사용한 MAC는 외부에서 자석을 이용하여 쉽게 분리할 수 있었다.

• Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
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• 제35권11호
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• pp.2207-2219
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• 2018

Activated carbon (AC) was synthesized from Phoenix dactylifera stones and then modified by $CoFe_2O_4$ magnetic nanocomposite for use as a Cr(VI) adsorbent. Both $AC/CoFe_2O_4$ composite and AC were fully characterized by FTIR, SEM, XRD, TEM, TGA, and VSM techniques. Based on the surface analyses, the addition of $CoFe_2O_4$ nanoparticles had a significant effect on the thermal stability and crystalline structure of AC. Factors affecting chromium removal efficiency like pH, dosage, contact time, temperature, and initial Cr(VI) concentration were investigated. The best pH was found 2 and 3 for Cr adsorption by AC and $AC/CoFe_2O_4$ composite, respectively. The presence of ion sulfate had a greater effect on the chromium sorption efficiency than nitrate and chlorine ions. The results illustrated that both adsorbents can be used up to seven times to adsorb chromium. The adsorption process was examined by three isothermal models, and Freundlich was chosen as the best one. The experimental data were well fitted by pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The half-life ($t_{1/2}$) of hexavalent chromium using AC and $AC/CoFe_2O_4$ magnetic composite was obtained as 5.18 min and 1.52 min, respectively. Cr(VI) adsorption by AC and $AC/CoFe_2O_4$ magnetic composite was spontaneous and exothermic. In general, our study showed that the composition of $CoFe_2O_4$ magnetic nanoparticles with AC can increase the adsorption capacity of AC from 36 mg/L to 70 mg/L.

• Carbon letters
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• 제22권
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• pp.81-88
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• 2017

In the present study, biomass-based lignin was extracted from industrial waste black liquor and the extracted lignin was characterized by means of attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and $^1H-nuclear$ magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The extracted lignin was carbonized at different temperatures and then activated with steam at $850^{\circ}C$. The extracted lignin in powder state was transformed into a bulky carbonized lignin due to possible fusion between the lignin particles occurring upon carbonization. The carbonized and then pulverized lignin exhibits brittle surfaces, the increased thermal stability, and the carbon assay with increasing the carbonization temperature. The scanning electron microscopic images and the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller result indicate that the steam-activated carbon has the specific surface area of $1718m^2/g$, which is markedly greater than the carbonized lignin. This study reveals that biomass-based activated carbon with highly porous structure can be produced from costless black liquor via steam-activation process.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2003년도 춘계학술발표강연 및 논문개요집
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• pp.44-44
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• 2003

Growth mechanism of carbon nanotubes(CNTs) synthesized by chemical vapor deposition is abided by two growth modes. These growth modes are classified by the position of activated catalytic metal particle in the CNTs. Growth mode can be also affected by interaction between substrate and catalytic metal and induced energy such as thermal and plasma. We studied the reaction of catalytic metal to the substrate and growth mode of CNTs. Various substrates such as Si(100), graphite plate, coming glass, sapphire and AAO membrane are used to study the relation between catalytic metal and substrate in the synthesis of CNTs. For catalytic metal, thin film was deposited on various substrate via sputtering technique with a thickness of ∼20nm and magnetic fluids with none-sized particles were dispersed on AAO membrane. After laying process on AAO membrane, it was dried at 80$^{\circ}C$ for 8 hour. Synthesizing of CNTs was carried out at 900$^{\circ}C$ in NH3/C2H2 mixture gases flow for 10minutes.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.332-339
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• 2011

본 연구는 자력분리와 중력분리의 특징을 가진 산화철 나노입자 표면개질 분말활성탄에 의한 MF막 분리 공정의 운전 및 NOM 제거 효율에 미치는 영향을 알아보았다. MF막의 전처리로 표면개질 PAC 유동층 칼럼을 구성하였으며, 표면개질 PAC층은 63 m/d의 유속에서 표면개질 PAC 입자가 유출되지 않은 최대의 유속을 유지하였고, 이 때 접촉시간은 29분이었다. 유동상칼럼 상단에는 경자성체(magnet)를 설치하여 부유하는 미세한 입자의 유출을 방지하였다. 직렬로 구성한 표면개질 PACMF 결합공정에서 표면개질 PAC 칼럼을 통하여 MF막의 파울링 저감과 NOM 제거효율의 상당한 향상을 보였다. MF막만을 이용하였을 때에 막 차압은 98시간 만에 적정운전범위인 40 kPa이 초과되었으나, 표면개질 PAC 칼럼을 함께 구성하였을 때 막 차압은 여전히 12 kPa의 안정적으로 유지되었다. NOM의 제거효율 또한 표면개질 PAC의 전처리를 통해서 DOC와 $UV_{254}$가 각각 46%와 51%에서 75%와 84%로 상승하였다. 시스템 내 NOM의 제거현상을 알아보기 위한 HPLC-SEC 분석을 통해서 표면개질 PAC는 광범위한 분자량을 가진 유기물의 효과적인 제거가 가능한 것을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.310-317
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• 1997

Enzymatic synthesis of glucosyl-sugar alcohols using various transglycosylating enzymes, such as cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase), ${\alpha}$-amylase, ${\alpha}$-glucosidase, and pullulanase was investigated using various sugar alcohols, such as sorbitol, xylitol, inositol, maltitol, and lactitol as glucosyl acceptors. CGTase showed the highest transglycosylating activity to sugar alcohols compared to other transglycosylating enzymes, and inositol and maltitol were the most suitable glucosyl acceptors. Soluble starch, extruded starch, cyclodextrins, and maltooligosaccharides were also identified to be adequate glucosyl donors for transglycosylation reaction of CGTase to sugar alcohols. The synthesis of glucosyl-maltitol in the reaction system using extruded starch as the glucosyl donor and maltitol as the glucosyl acceptor showed the best results showing the highest transglycosylation yield. The transglycosylation products were purified by activated carbon column chromatography with ethanol gradient elution. Chemical structures of above transglucosylated products were analyzed by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and two products were identified to be maltotritol and maltotetraitol, in which one or two glucose molecules attached to the parent maltitol molecule by a ${\alpha}$-l,4-glucosidic bond, respectively.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.442-449
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• 1998

CGTase를 이용한 당전이 xylitol의 합성과 당전이 xylitol의 비피더스균 생육증식 효과에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 수종의 세균류가 분비하는 CGTase의 xylitol에 대한 당전이능을 비교하였으며, Thermoanaerobacter sp. 유래의 CGTase가 가장 우수한 당전이능을 보였다. 각종 당공여체를 검토한 결과 압출전분이 가장 우수한 결과를 보였으며, 당전이 효소반응의 최적 조건을 검토하였다. 생성된 당전이 xylitol을 활성탄-셀라이트 칼럼 크로마토그래피를 이용하여 분리하여 두 개의 fraction인 F-I, F-II를 얻었다. 이들의 당쇄결합 양상을 FAB mass spectrometer와 $^{13}$C-NMR spectrometer, 그리고 glucoamylase을 이용한 효소소화법을 이용하여 분석한 결과 xylitol에 glucose와 maltose 분자가 $\alpha$-1,4 결합되어 있는 것으로 유추되었다. 얻어진 당전이 xylitol은 xylitol과는 달리 Bifidobacterium breve에 대한 생육촉진효과를 보였다.