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Analytical Applications of Nanomaterials in Monitoring Biological and Chemical Contaminants in Food

  • Lim, Min-Cheol;Kim, Young-Rok
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.26 no.9
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    • pp.1505-1516
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    • 2016
  • The detection of food pathogens is an important aspect of food safety. A range of detection systems and new analytical materials have been developed to achieve fast, sensitive, and accurate monitoring of target pathogens. In this review, we summarize the characteristics of selected nanomaterials and their applications in food, and place focus on the monitoring of biological and chemical contaminants in food. The unique optical and electrical properties of nanomaterials, such as gold nanoparticles, nanorods, quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, graphenes, nanopores, and polydiacetylene nanovesicles, are closely associated with their dimensions, which are comparable in scale to those of targeted biomolecules. Furthermore, their optical and electrical properties are highly dependent on local environments, which make them promising materials for sensor development. The specificity and selectivity of analytical nanomaterials for target contaminants can be achieved by combining them with various biological entities, such as antibodies, oligonucleotides, aptamers, membrane proteins, and biological ligands. Examples of nanomaterial-based analytical systems are presented together with their limitations and associated developmental issues.

Dispersion Behavior and Size Analysis of Thermally Purified High Pressure-high Temperature Synthesized Nanodiamond Particles

  • Kwon, Hansang;Park, Jehong;Leparoux, Marc
    • Journal of Powder Materials
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.216-222
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    • 2017
  • Synthesized monocrystalline nanodiamond (nD) particles are heat-treated at various temperatures to produce highly structured diamond crystals. The heat-treated nDs show different weight loss ratios during thermogravimetric analysis. The crystallinities of the heat-treated nDs are analyzed using Raman spectroscopy. The average particle sizes of the heat-treated nDs are measured by a dynamic light scattering (DLS) system and direct imaging observation methods. Moreover, individual dispersion behaviors of the heat-treated nD particles are investigated based on ultrasonic dispersion methods. The average particle sizes of the dispersed nDs according to the two different measurement methods show very similar size distributions. Thus, it is possible to produce highly crystallized nD powder particles by a heat-treatment process, and the nD particles are relatively easy to disperse individually without any dispersant. The heat-treated nDs can lead to potential applications such as in nanocomposites, quantum dots, and biomedical materials.

Nanoparticle Induced Oxidative Stress in Cancer Cells: Adding New Pieces to an Incomplete Jigsaw Puzzle

  • Nogueira, Daniele Rubert;Rolim, Clarice M. Bueno;Farooqi, Ammad Ahmad
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.12
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    • pp.4739-4743
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    • 2014
  • Nanotechnology is an emerging field with many promising applications in drug delivery systems. Because of outstanding developments in this field, rapidly increasing research is directed to the development of nanocarriers that may enhance the availability of drugs to the target sites. Substantial fraction of information has been added into the existing scientific literature focusing on the fact that nanoparticles usually generate reactive oxygen species to a greater extent than micro-sized particles. It is worth mentioning that oxidative stress regulates an array of cell signaling cascades that resulted in cancer cell damage. Accumulating experimental evidence over the years has shown that wide-ranging biological mechanisms are triggered by these NPs in cultured cells due to the unique properties of engineered nanoparticles. In this review, we have attempted to provide an overview of the signaling cascades that are activated by oxidative stress in cancer cells in response to different kinds of nanomaterials, including quantum dots, metallic and polymeric nanoparticles.

Encapsulation of CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots in Poly(ethylene glycol)-Poly(D,L-lactide) Micelle for Biomedical Imaging and Detection

  • Lee, Yong-Kyu;Hong, Suk-Min;Kim, Jin-Su;Im, Jeong-Hyuk;Min, Hyun-Su;Subramanyam, Elango;Huh, Kang-Moo;Park, Sung-Woo
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.330-336
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    • 2007
  • Luminescent CdSe/ZnS QDs, with emission in the red region of the spectrum, were synthesized and encapsulated in poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(D,L-lactide) diblock copolymer micelles, to prepare water-soluble, bio-compatible QD micelles. PEG-PLA diblock copolymers were synthesized by ring opening polymerization of D,L-lactide, in the presence of methoxy PEG as a macro initiator. QDs were encapsulated with PEG-PLA polymers using a solid dispersion method in chloroform. The resultant polymer micelles, with encapsulated QDs, were characterized using various analytical techniques, such as UV- Vis measurement, light scattering, fluorescence spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic forced microscopy (AFM). The polymer micelles, with encapsulated QDs, were spherical and showed diameters in the range of 20-150 nm. The encapsulated QDs were highly luminescent, and have high potential for applications in biomedical imaging and detection.

Double-walled carbon nanotubes: synthesis, structural characterization, and application

  • Kim, Yoong Ahm;Yang, Kap-Seung;Muramatsu, Hiroyuki;Hayashi, Takuya;Endo, Morinobu;Terrones, Mauricio;Dresselhaus, Mildred S.
    • Carbon letters
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.77-88
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    • 2014
  • Double walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) are considered an ideal model for studying the coupling interactions between different concentric shells in multi-walled CNTs. Due to their intrinsic coaxial structures they are mechanically, thermally, and structurally more stable than single walled CNTs. Geometrically, owing to the buffer-like function of the outer tubes in DWCNTs, the inner tubes exhibit exciting transport and optical properties that lend them promise in the fabrication of field-effect transistors, stable field emitters, and lithium ion batteries. In addition, by utilizing the outer tube chemistry, DWCNTs can be useful for anchoring semiconducting quantum dots and also as effective multifunctional fillers in producing tough, conductive transparent polymer films. The inner tubes meanwhile preserve their excitonic transitions. This article reviews the synthesis of DWCNTs, their electronic structure, transport, and mechanical properties, and their potential uses.

Synthesis and Application of Hybrid Nanostructure Containing Quantum Dots

  • U, Gyeong-Ja;Yu, Hye-In;Jang, Ho-Seong;Kim, Sang-Gyeong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.131-131
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    • 2014
  • 양자점은 전통적인 유기 염료에 비해 흡광영역이 넓고 발광 피크의 폭이 좁으며, 흡광과 발광 사이의 에너지 차가 커서 검출이 용이하고, 광안정성이 우수할 뿐만 아니라, 단순히 크기를 조절함으로써 발광 피크의 에너지를 제어할 수 있는 특장 때문에 많은 연구가 진행되었다. 그러나 많은 나노입자들과 마찬가지로 실질적인 응용을 위해서는 양자점 나노입자들도 대부분 표면개질을 거쳐야 하는데, 이 과정이 까다롭고 또 표면개질 중에 나노입자들의 응집이 일어나거나 광특성이 나빠지는 등의 문제가 흔히 발생한다. 한편, 서브미크론 크기의 입자들은 나노입자에 비해 응집현상이 미미해서 상대적으로 취급이 용이하다. 그 중에서도 실리카 입자들은 합성방법도 쉽게 확립되어 있고 생체친화성이 우수하며 그 표면화학 반응이 이미 잘 알려져 있어서 활용하기가 매우 용이하다. 따라서 양자점 층을 실리카 표면 가까이에 자기조립을 통해 배열한 하이브리드 구조는 양자점의 장점을 편리하게 이용할 뿐만 아니라 실리카의 표면개질 특성도 그대로 이용할 수 있다는 이중의 장점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 코어/쉘 구조로 안정화된 II-VI 반도체 양자점 층을 아래 그림 1과 같이 실리카 콜로이드 내에 배열한 하이브리드 구조를 소개하고, 이 하이브리드 구조를 표면개질 하여 LED 칩 위에 패키징 함으로써 백색광을 제조한 연구 및 더 나아가 중심에 초상자성 클러스터 핵을 배치하고 이를 둘러싼 실리카 콜로이드 표면 가까이에 양자점 층을 배열한 초상자성 하이브리드 구조를 합성하여 이를 on-site sensor에 적용한 연구 결과를 소개한다.

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ECR Microwave 중성입자빔을 이용한 Si 양자점 형성 및 특성분석

  • Park, Jong-Bae;O, Gyeong-Suk;Kim, Dae-Cheol;Kim, Jong-Sik;Kim, Yeong-U;Yun, Jeong-Sik;Yu, Seok-Jae;Lee, Bong-Ju;Seon, Ho-Jeong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2011.08a
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    • pp.397-397
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    • 2011
  • 최근 태양전지 연구가 활발히 진행되는 가운데 저가 고효율 태양전지로 제안되는 제3세대 태양전지로 Quantum Dots (QD: 양자점) 태양전지에 대한 연구가 많은 연구자들에 의해 관심이 모아지고 있다. 현재까지 보고된 최고효율은 NSWU의 13%의 효율을 보고하고 있으며, 국내에서도 다양한 분야에서 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 PECVD에서 문제시 되고 있는 플라즈마에 의한 박막손상과 고온 증착온도 등의 단점을 보완한 증착 기술로 중성입자빔 (Hyper-thermal neutral beam ; HNB)을 이용한 저온 증착방법에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. 유리기판과 p-type Si 기판 그리고 SiNx 박막 위에 Ar, He, H2, 그리고 SiH4 가스를 소스 가스로 활용하여 ECR-microwave 플라즈마에서 생성된 중서입자빔을 이용한 Si 양자점을 형성하였고, Si 양자점 형성 특성과 크기제어 방법에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. 또한 TEM, FTIR, Raman, Photo Luminescence 등의 분석 방법을 이용하여 결정성 및 성분 등을 분석하여 HNB의 특성 및 효과를 규명하였다.

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COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT NUMERICAL SCHEMES FOR THE CAHN-HILLIARD EQUATION

  • Lee, Seunggyu;Lee, Chaeyoung;Lee, Hyun Geun;Kim, Junseok
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.197-207
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    • 2013
  • The Cahn-Hilliard equation was proposed as a phenomenological model for describing the process of phase separation of a binary alloy. The equation has been applied to many physical applications such as amorphological instability caused by elastic non-equilibrium, image inpainting, two- and three-phase fluid flow, phase separation, flow visualization and the formation of the quantum dots. To solve the Cahn-Hillard equation, many numerical methods have been proposed such as the explicit Euler's, the implicit Euler's, the Crank-Nicolson, the semi-implicit Euler's, the linearly stabilized splitting and the non-linearly stabilized splitting schemes. In this paper, we investigate each scheme in finite-difference schemes by comparing their performances, especially stability and efficiency. Except the explicit Euler's method, we use the fast solver which is called a multigrid method. Our numerical investigation shows that the linearly stabilized stabilized splitting scheme is not unconditionally gradient stable in time unlike the known result. And the Crank-Nicolson scheme is accurate but unstable in time, whereas the non-linearly stabilized splitting scheme has advantage over other schemes on the time step restriction.

A Possible Merge of FRET and SPR Sensing System for Highly Accurate and Selective Immunosensing

  • Lee, Jae-Beom;Chen, Hongxia;Lee, Jae-Wook;Sun, Fangfang;Kim, Cheol-Min;Chang, Chul-Hun L.;Koh, Kwang-Nak
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.30 no.12
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    • pp.2905-2908
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    • 2009
  • Immuno-sensing for high accurate and selective sensing was performed by fluorescence spectroscopy and surface plasmon resonance (SPR), respectively. Engineered assembly of two fluorescent quantum dots (QDs) with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and anti-BSA was fabricated in PBS buffer for fluorescence analysis of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). Furthermore, the same bio-moieties were immobilized on Au plates for SPR analysis. Naturally-driven binding affinity of immuno-moieties induced FRET and plasmon resonance angle shift in the nanoscale sensing system. Interestingly, the sensing ranges were uniquely different in two systems: e.g., SPR spectroscopy was suitable for highly accurate analysis to measure in the range of 10$^{-15{\sim}-10$ng/mL while the QD fluorescent sensing system was relatively lower sensing ranges in 10$^{-10{\sim}-6$ng/mL. However, the QD sensing system was larger than the SPR sensing system in terms of sensing capacity per one specimen. It is, therefore, suggested that a mutual assistance of FRET and SPR combined sensing system would be a potentially promising candidate for high accuracy and reliable in situ sensing system of immune-related diseases.

Coating Properties of a TPD Organic Hole-transporting Layer Deposited using a Continuous slot-die Coating Method (연속 slot-die 코팅법을 이용한 TPD 유기 정공수송층의 코팅 특성 분석)

  • Chung, Kook Chae;Kim, Young Kuk;Choi, Chul Jin
    • Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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    • v.48 no.4
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    • pp.363-368
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    • 2010
  • N,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-bis(3-methylphenyl)1-1' biphenyl-4,4'-diamine (TPD) hole-transporting layers were deposited using a continuous slot-die coating method on ITO/PET flexible substrates. It is crucial that the substrates have a very smooth surface with a RMS roughness of less than 2 nm for the deposition of semiconductor nanocrystals or Quantum Dots. The parameters of the slot-die coating, including the solution concentration of the TPD, the gap between the slot-die and the substrates, and the coating speed were controlled in these experiments. To obtain full coverage of the TPD films on the ITO/PET substrates (40 mm wide and several meters long), the injection rates of the TPD solution were increased proportional to the coating speed of the flexible substrates. Additionally, the injection rates must be increased as the gap distance changes from 400 to 600 ${\mu}m$ at the same coating speed. A RMS surface roughness of less than 2 nm was obtained, in contrast to bare ITO/PET substrates, at 13 nm, as the coating speed and gap distance increased.