• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.48-54
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• 2020

This paper presents a screening protocol for the selection of solvents available for the solvent extraction desalination process. The desalination solvents hypothetically and theoretically require the capability of (1) Forming hydrogen bonds with water, (2) Absorbing some water molecules into its non-polar solvent layer, (3) Changing solubility for water-solvent separation, and (4) Rejecting salt ions during absorption. Similar to carboxylic acids, amine solvents are solvent chemicals applicable for desalination. The key parameter for selecting the potential solvent was the octanol-water partitioning coefficient (Kow) of which preferable value for desalination was in the range of 1-3. Six of the 30 amine solvents can absorb water and have a variable, i.e., temperature swing solubility with water molecule for water-solvent separation. Also, the hydrogen bonding interaction between solvent and water must be stronger than the ion-dipole interaction between water and salt, which means that the salt ions must be broken from the water and only water molecules absorbed for the desalination. In the final step, three solvents were selected as desalination solvents to remove salt ions and recover water. The water recovery of these three solvents were 15.4 %, 2.8 %, 10.5 %, and salt rejection were 76 %, 98 %, 95 %, respectively. This study suggests a new screening protocol comprising the theoretical and experimental approaches for the selection of solvents for the desalination method which is a new and challenges the desalination process in the future.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.450-458
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• 2024

Litsea elliptica, a Southeast Asian tree with a rich history of medicinal applications, is attracting increasing research attention. This study investigated the effects of leaf maturity and solvent selection on the extraction of bioactive compounds from L. elliptica leaves, specifically with regard to their antioxidant activity. 2,2'-Azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline)-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS) method was employed to quantify the free radical scavenging capacity of L. elliptica leaf extracts prepared using three different solvents (n-hexane, ethyl acetate, and ethanol) at three different leaf stages (tender, immature, and mature). These results highlight the significant effects of leaf maturity and solvent selection on the extraction of phenolic compounds and flavonoids from L. elliptica leaves. Ethanol is the most effective solvent for the extraction of bioactive compounds, particularly from mature leaves. The ethanol extraction of tender leaves demonstrated potential for optimizing the antioxidant content. Further research is necessary to investigate the specific factors influencing the observed differences in antioxidant activity between leaves of varying ages and the potential impacts of other bioactive compounds present in the leaves.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.385-390
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• 2000

To demonstrate the effect of formulation conditions on the controlled release of protein from poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) microspheres for use as a parenteral drug carrier, ovalbumin (OVA) microspheres were prepared using the W/O/W multiple emulsion solvent evaporation and extraction method. Methylene chloride or ethyl acetate was applied as an organic phase and poly(vinyl alcohol) as a secondary emulsion stabilizer. Low loading efficiencies of less than 20％ were observed and the in vitro release of OVA showed a burst effect in all batches of different microspheres, followed by a gradual release over the next 6 weeks. Formulation processes affected the size and morphology, drug content, and the controlled release of OVA from PLGA microspheres.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2004

Amount of residual ink solvent on the packaging materials from Korea, Japan and Europe was measured and compared. The amount of packaging materials from Korea was much higher than that of Japan and Europe. To reduce the residual amounts of ink solvent, aging condition of printed packaging materials including aging time and temperature was modified and evaluated. Aging with high temperature and short time ($60^{\circ}C$ and 24 hours) was more effective for reduction of residual amount of ink solvent than that with low temperature and long time. To find out change of reduction pattern of residual amount of solvent according to plastic packaging material, several monolayer and multilayer packaging materials were selected. Among the monolayer packaging materials, the amount of EVOH and PET was lower than that of polyolefin plastic film including PE and PP. PP/EVOH/PET among the selected multilayer film showed the lowest amount of residual ink solvent on food packaging materials. Result of this research revealed that the residual amount of ink solvent can be reduced by proper selection of aging condition with and by appropriate application of mutilayer plastic film.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2017

For the quantitative analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOC), the use of a proper solvent is crucial to reduce the chance of biased results or effect of interference either in direct analysis by a gas chromatograph (GC) or with thermal desorption analysis due to matrix effects, e.g., the existence of a broad solvent peak tailing that overlaps early eluters. In this work, the relative performance of different solvents has been evaluated using standards containing 19 VOCs in three different solvents (methanol, pentane, and hexane). Comparison of the response factor of the detected VOCs confirms their means for methanol and hexane higher than that of pentane by 84% and 27%, respectively. In light of the solvent vapor pressure at the initial GC column temperature ($35^{\circ}C$), the enhanced sensitivity in methanol suggests the potential role of solvent vapor expansion in the hot injector (split ON) which leads to solvent trapping on the column. In contrast, if the recurrent relationships between homologues were evaluated using an effective carbon number (ECN) additivity approach, the comparability assessed in terms of percent difference improved on the order of methanol (26.5%), hexane (6.73%), and pentane (5.24%). As such, the relative performance of GC can be affected considerably in the direct injection-based analysis of VOC due to the selection of solvent.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.915-921
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• 2007

본 연구는 매립가스내 siloxanes 측정의 기초 연구로서 국내 매립지를 대상으로 하여 용매흡수법으로서의 최적 용매를 선정하고자 수행하였으며, n-hexane, acetone 및 methanol을 흡수용매로 하여 각 용매의 siloxanes 검출 특성을 비교 분석하였다. 연구결과 표준물질의 GC분석에서 사용된 3가지 흡수용매 중 methanol이 용매와 silane 피크의 겹침현상이 발생하지 않아 분리능이 가장 우수하게 나타났다. 검출되는 siloxanes 농도는 흡수용매에 따라 최대 2.6배의 농도차를 보였으며, 포집유속과 포집 임핀저 단수에 대한 의존성에 대해서도 높은 것으로 나타났다. Methanol은 siloxanes 총 농도가 가장 높을 뿐만 아니라 휘발성이 적어 임핀저 단별 흡수에서도 가장 이상적인 형태를 보여주었으며, 가장 낮은 상대표준편차를 나타내 실험대상 매립지에 가장 적합한 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 용매의 적합성은 매립지의 쓰레기 성상, 매립이력에 따라 다를 수 있다고 판단된다.

• 공업화학
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.367-372
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• 2022

폴리염화비닐(polyvinylchloride, PVC)-tetrahydrofuran (THF) 용액에 PVC 비용매의 첨가와 박막 건조 공정이 PVC 박막에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 사용된 비용매는 알코올과 비알코올계로 구성되었으며, 첨가에 따른 PVC 박막의 표면 거칠기와 표면 형상의 차별성에 따른 소수성 성질을 비교하였다. PVC-THF 용액 제조과정에 발생하는 용액 내 기포 함유가 박막의 표면 구조에 미치는 영향이 큼을 확인하였다. 상대적인 고농도 PVC-THF 용액에서 코팅 박막의 정상적 표면 물성을 구현하기 위하여 적절한 박막 건조법의 선택이 요구된다. 알코올계 비용매를 첨가할 경우 과립형 형상의 다공성 표면을 갖는 PVC 박막이 얻어져 초소수성 특성을 보인다. 비용매에 대한 PVC-THF 용액의 부피 비는 코팅 박막의 표면 형상에 영향을 주며, 비용매 첨가량이 많을수록 초소수성 PVC 박막을 형성하는 데 유리하다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.887-896
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• 2011

We investigated the effects of a gate dielectric and its solvent on the characteristics of top-gated organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). Despite the rough top surface of the inkjet-printed active features, the charge transport in an OFET is still favorable, with no significant degradation in performance. Moreover, the characteristics of the OFETs showed a strong dependency on the gate dielectrics used and its orthogonal solvents. Poly(3-hexylthiophene) OFETs with a poly(methyl methacrylate) dielectric showed typical p-type OFET characteristics. The selection of gate dielectric and solvent is very important to achieve high-performance organic electronic circuits.

• 공업화학
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.581-587
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• 2005

생분해성 폴리머의 모노머로 사용가능한 파라디옥산온(p-dioxanone, 1,4-dioxan 2-one, PDX)을 고순도로 정제하기 위해, 용해도 실험을 통하여 불순물을 선택적으로 제거하기에 적절한 용매를 선정하였으며, 용매를 일부 포함한 부분 경막결정화 실험을 실시하였다. 용매로는 에틸아세테이트(EA), 데트라하이드로퓨란(THF), 아세톤(acetone), 메탄올(MeOH), 에탄올(EtOH), 1-프로탄올(PrOH), 1-부탄올(BtOH), 1-펜탄올(PtOH) 등을 사용하여 $-10{\sim}15^{\circ}C$의 온도범위에서 용해도 실험을 실시하였으며, 정규이론식에 의해 구한 활동도 계수를 포함한 비이상형 용해도식과 비교하였다. 그 결과, 용매에 따른 PDX의 용해도 및 용해도의 온도의존성은 상대적으로 용해도가 큰 용매(acetone, EA, THF)가 알코올계에 비해 크게 나타내었으며, 동일한 알코올계에서는 분자량이 작고 극성이 큰 용매일수록 큰 값을 나타내었다. 또한 에틸아세테이트를 사용한 부분 경막 결정화 시, 용매를 PDX에 비해 1:9(무게비)로 적게 사용한 경우에도 중합에 영향을 미치는 불순물이 선택적으로 제거되었으며, 99.9% 이상의 고순도 PDX를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국자기공명학회논문지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2013

Rapid advances of computational power and method have made it practical to apply the time-consuming calculations with all-atom force fields and sophisticated potential energies into refining NMR structure. Added to the all-atom force field, generalized-Born implicit solvent model (GBIS) contributes substantially to improving the qualities of the resulting NMR structures. GBIS approximates the effects that explicit solvents bring about even with fairly reduced computational times. Although GBIS is employed in the final stage of NMR structure calculation with experimental restraints, the effects by GBIS on structures have been reported notable. However, the detailed effect is little studied in a quantitative way. In this study, we report GBIS refinements of ubiquitin and GB1 structures by six GBIS models of AMBER package with experimental distance and backbone torsion angle restraints. Of GBIS models tested, the calculations with igb=7 option generated the closest structures to those determined by X-ray both in ubiquitin and GB1 from the viewpoints of root-mean-square deviations. Those with igb=5 yielded the second best results. Our data suggest that the degrees of improvements vary under different GBIS models and the proper selection of GBIS model can lead to better results.