• 대한화학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2001

Nile blue와 sodium periodate의 산화반응에서 촉매로 작용하는 rhodium(Ⅲ) 이온의 농도변화에 따른 형광세기를 측정하여 rhodium(Ⅲ) 이온을 정량하는 방법에 대하여 연구하였다. 반응계의 pH, nile blue, sodium periodate, trioctylphosphine oxide(TOPO)의 농??및 온도가 반응속도에 주는 영향을 조사하였다. 최적 실험조건에서 rhodium(Ⅲ) 이온의 직선범위는 100ng/mL~0.1ng/mL 이었고 검출한계는 0.01ng/mL이었다. 또한 본 방법으로 Rh(Ⅲ)이온을 정량할 때의 일부 방해이온 효과에 대해서도 조사하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.45-48
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• 2003

A novel fluorimetric method has been developed for the determination of microgram quantities of bovine serum albumin (BSA) based on its enhancement effect of Nile Blue fluorescence at 670 nm, caused by binding of Nile Blue to BSA to produce a stable water soluble complex. The binding constant of micromole Nile Blue-BSA complex was estimated by Scatchard plot method. Under the optimal conditions, the increased fluorescence intensity was linearly related to BSA concentration in the range of 0.5-12.0 ㎍/mL. The detection limit was 0.2 ㎍/mL, and the relative standard deviation of six replicate measurements was 1.4% for 10.0 ㎍/mL BSA. There was little interference from amino acids, sugars and most of metal ions.

• Carbon letters
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• 제23권
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• pp.30-37
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• 2017

Dyes are widely used in various industries including textile, cosmetic, paper, plastics, rubber, and coating, and their discharge into waterways causes serious environmental and health problems. Four different carbon nanostructures, graphene oxide, oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes, activated carbon and multi-walled carbon nanotubes, were used as adsorbents for the removal of Nile Blue A (NBA) dye from aqueous solution. The four carbon nanostructures were characterized by scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffractometer. The effects of various parameters were investigated. Kinetic adsorption data were analyzed using the first-order model and the pseudo-second-order model. The regression results showed that the adsorption kinetics were more accurately represented by the pseudo-second-order model. The equilibrium data for the aqueous solutions were fitted to Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms, and the equilibrium adsorption of NBA was best described by the Langmuir isotherm model. This is the first research on the removal of dye using four carbon nanostructures adsorbents.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.143-155
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• 2015

The Nile blue has been used as a photosensitizer with Arabinose as a reductant in photogalvanic cell for optimum conversion efficiency and storage capacity. Reduction cost of the photogalvanic cell for commercial utility. The generated photopotential and photocurrent are 816.0 mV and $330.0{\mu}A$ respectively. The maximum power of the cell is $269.30{\mu}W$ where as the observed power at power point is $91.28{\mu}W$. The observed conversion efficiency is 0.6095% and the fill factor 0.2566 has been experimentally found out at the power point of the photogalvanic cell, whereas the absolute value is 1.00. The photogalvanic cell so developed can work for 120.0 minutes in dark if it is irradiated for 200.0 minutes that is the storage capacity of photogalvanic cell is 60.00%. The effects of different parameters on the electrical output of the photogalvanic cell have been observed. A mechanism has also been proposed for the photogeneration of electrical energy.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.514-534
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• 2021

국내 목조건축물을 가해하는 지중 흰개미인 Reticulitermes speratus 군체의 영역 범위 산정을 위한 적정 염색약 선정 및 확산 경향 평가를 실시하였다. Sawdust diet를 이용한 감수성 평가 결과, 염색약의 농도가 증가할수록 섭식량은 감소하지만 보다 진하게 염색되었으며, 생존율은 Neutral Red 0.5%를 제외하고 4주차까지 모든 농도 조건이 대조군과 차이 없이 85% 이상의 생존하였다. 또한 2가지 염색약 모두 0.1% 농도 조건을 제외한 0.2% 이상의 농도 조건에서 11주 동안 염색이 유지되었고 전이력은 염색약 섭식 직후를 제외하고는 없는 것으로 확인되었다. 이에 따라 Nile Blue A와 Neutral Red 모두 0.2% 농도 조건이 R. speratus 군체의 영역 모니터링에 최적의 농도라고 판단된다. 이와 더불어 실내 조건에서 제작된 40m 길이의 foraging arena에 약 25,000마리 군체를 서식시킨 뒤, Nile Blue A와 Neutral Red 0.2% 농도로 각각 염색된 개체를 양 쪽 끝에 방사하여 시간 경과에 따른 확산 경향을 파악하였다. 그 결과 염색 개체가 7일 정도의 기간에 40m 거리까지 점진적으로 확산 이동하여 서로 섞이는 것이 확인되었다. 이를 통해 목조건축물에 유입된 R. speratus 군체를 대상으로 Mark-Release-Recapture(MRR) 법을 이용한 모니터링을 실시할 경우, 군체의 영역 범위를 산정할 수 있으며, 서로 다른 군체의 식별도 가능할 것이다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.169-174
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• 2004

A fiber optic pH sensor has been fabricated using nile blue entrapped in an ammonia catalyzed silica sol-gel film coated on glass substrate by dip-coating. The sensor was fixed on the end of an optical fiber. The sensor showed pH sensitivity when dipped into liquids at different pHs. Linear and reproducible responses were obtained in standard buffer solutions in the pH range $6.0{\sim}8.5$, which encompasses the clinically-relevant range. The effects of interferences on the determination of pH were also investigated. The sensors were successfully applied to the determination of pH in different commercial ionic drinks.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.344-354
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• 2023

Food and feeding habits of large cyprinid fishes (Labeobarbus intermedius, Labeobarbus nedgia, and Labeo forskalii) had been investigated in the upper Blue Nile River, Ethiopia. Four sampling sites were selected and specimens were sampled during the post-rainy (November 2016) and dry (March 2017) seasons by gillnets of 6 cm, 8 cm, 10 cm, 12 cm, and 14 cm mesh sizes. Totally 401 fishes were collected and about 30.4% (122) of the samples were documented with empty guts and 279 (69.6%) of them were with non-empty guts. The whole contents of all non-empty gut specimens were taken, labeled, and preserved using a 5% formaldehyde solution for further analysis. In the laboratory, gut contents were examined and identified using compound and stereo microscopes. The relative importance of different food items in the diet compositions was analyzed using a frequency of occurrence and volumetric analysis. During the post-rainy season, insects and phytoplankton were mostly ingested as food items. However, during the dry season, phytoplankton was the most important food item in the diet of all cyprinid fishes of the river. Based on current study results, L. intermedius and L. nedgia might be omnivores in their diet but Labeobarbus forskalii seemed to be detritivorous.

• 보존과학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.333-338
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• 2020

이 연구는 국외에서 지중흰개미의 생태와 방제 연구를 위해 사용하는 Nile Blue A 염색약이 국내 전역에 서식하는 R. s. kyushuensis에 대한 적용 여부 및 적정 조건을 평가하기 위해 수행되었다. 0.05%, 0.10%, 0.25%(w/w) 농도로 여과지를 염색한 뒤 1, 3, 7일간 no-choice feeding test로 염색 여과지를 강제 섭식시켜 공시충을 염색시킨 뒤 4주 동안 생존률, 염색률, 염색의 유지 여부 등을 관찰하였다. 그 결과 공시충의 생존률은 약제의 농도가 낮을수록, 약제의 섭식기간이 짧을수록 높은 경향을 보였으며 반대로 염색률 및 선명도는 약제의 농도가 높고 약제의 섭식기간이 길수록 높게 나타나 반비례하는 양상을 보였다. 다양한 농도와 섭식기간 조건 중 0.05%에서 3일, 0.10% 농도에서 3일간 염색하였을 때 높은 생존률과 염색률, 염색의 유지기간을 동시에 만족시켜 적합한 조건으로 확인되었다. 본 실험 결과는 향후 실내 실험 단계의 흰개미 관련 연구에서 약제의 섭식 여부 확인 등에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.128-138
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• 2018

Background: This study investigated the variation of soil organic carbon in four land cover types: natural and mixed forest, cultivated land, Eucalyptus plantation and open bush land. The study was conducted in the Birr watershed of the upper Blue Nile ('Abbay') river basin. Methods: The data was subjected to a two-way of ANOVA analysis using the general linear model (GLM) procedures of SAS. Pairwise comparison method was also used to assess the mean difference of the land uses and depth levels depending on soil properties. Total of 148 soil samples were collected from two depth layers: 0-10 and 10-20 cm. Results: The results showed that overall mean soil organic carbon stock was higher under natural and mixed forest land use compared with other land use types and at all depths ($29.62{\pm}1.95Mg\;C\;ha^{-1}$), which was 36.14, 28.36, and 27.63% more than in cultivated land, open bush land, and Eucalyptus plantation, respectively. This could be due to greater inputs of vegetation and reduced decomposition of organic matter. On the other hand, the lowest soil organic carbon stock under cultivated land could be due to reduced inputs of organic matter and frequent tillage which encouraged oxidation of organic matter. Conclusions: Hence, carbon concentrations and stocks under natural and mixed forest and Eucalyptus plantation were higher than other land use types suggesting that two management strategies for improving soil conditions in the watershed: to maintain and preserve the forest in order to maintain carbon storage in the future and to recover abandoned crop land and degraded lands by establishing tree plantations to avoid overharvesting in natural forests.

• 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가시화정보학회 2004년도 Proceedings of 2004 Korea-Japan Joint Seminar on Particle Image Velocimetry
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• pp.65-74
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• 2004

Measurement of concentration distributions of suspended particles in a micro-channel is out of the most crucial necessities in the area of Lab-on-a-chip to be used for various bio-chemical applications. One most feasible way to measure the concentration field in the micro-channel is using micro-LIF(Laser Induced Fluorescence) method. However, an accurate concentration field at a given cross plane in a micro-channel has not been successfully achieved so far due to various limitations in the light illumination and fluorescence signal detection. The present study demonstrates a novel method to provide an ultra thin laser sheet beam having five(5) microns thickness by use of a micro focus laser line generator. The laser sheet beam illuminates an exact plane of concentration measurement field to increase the signal to noise ratio and considerably reduce the depth uncertainty. Nile Blue A was used as fluorescent dye for the present LIF measurement. The enhancement of the fluorescent intensity signals was performed by a solvent mixture of water $(95\%)$ and ethanol (EtOH)/methanol (MeOH) $(5\%)$ mixture. To reduce the rms errors resulted from the CCD electronic noise and other sources, an expansion of grid size was attempted from $1\times1\;to\;3\times3\;or\;5\times5$ pixel data windows and the pertinent signal-to-noise level has been noticeably increased accordingly.