• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.267-274
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• 1992

Polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)-containing polyurethane coating materials were synthesized because PDMS-based elastomers have unique properties including an extremely low glass transition temperature, good thermal and oxidative stability, and good dielectric properties. In this experiment a vinyl copolymer which consisted of vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, vinyl alcohol, and maleic acid was used, and Coronate L was used as a polyisocyanate. PDMS-containing polyurethane was synthesized from polydimethylsiloxane, MDI, and 1,4-butanediol. Films were casted by reaction of viny copolymer, Coronate L, and PDMS-containing polyurethane. Thickness of tile films were $150-170{\mu}m$ and the films were characterized by IR, DSC, and Instron.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.180-185
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• 1985

알칼리 처리와 글리세린으로 에스테르화 반응을 시킨 탈산공정에 의하여 정제한 각 미강유의 열안정성을 비교하였다. 가열중 산 값의 변화는 알칼리정제 미강유에서는 가열시간에 따라서 증가하였으나, 글리세린처리 미강유의 일부는 완만한 증가추세를, 또 일부는 가열시간이 경과함에 따라서 산 값이 감소하였다. 과산화물 값의 변화는 가열중 증가와 감소의 반복추세를 나타냈으며 알칼리 정제 미강유와 글리세린처리 미강유의 과산화물 값이 13.3 mgq/kg하였다. TBA값의 변화는 가열 10시간까지 급격하게 증가하고 그후 완만한 감소추세를 나타낸다. 가열중 글리세린처리 미강유는 착색현상이 심하였다. 알칼리정제 미강유와 글리세린 미강유의 90시간 가열 후 TG의 감소율은 $150^{\circ}C$에서는 처리방법에 따라 큰 차이가 없었으나, $150^{\circ}C$에서는 글리세린처리미강유가 알칼리정제 미강유보다 TC의 감소율이 약 2${\sim}$7% 높았다. AOM 시험에서 알칼리 정제미강유는 글리세린처리미강유보다 약 2배의 산화 안정성이 있었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권12호
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• pp.4514-4521
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• 2022

In this study, the effects of heat and radiation on the degradation behaviour of fluoroelastomer under simulated normal operation and a severe accident environment were investigated using sequential testing of gamma irradiation and thermal degradation. Tensile properties and Shore A hardness were measured, and thermogravimetric analysis was used to evaluate the degradation behaviour of fluoroelastomer. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were used to characterize the structural changes of the fluoroelastomer. Heat and radiation generated in nuclear power plant break and deform the chemical bonds, and fluoroelastomer exposed to these environments have decreased C-H and functional groups that contain oxygen and double bonds such as C-O, C=O and C=C were generated. These functional groups were formed by auto oxidation by reacting free radicals generated from the cleaved bond with oxygen in the atmosphere. In this auto oxidation reaction, crosslinks were generated where bonded to each other, and the mobility of molecules was decreased, and as a result, the fluoroelastomer was hardened. This hardening behaviour occurred more significantly in the severe accident environment than in the normal operation condition, and it was found that thermal stability decreased with the generation of unstable structures by crosslinking.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.374-386
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• 2023

Thermal stress induces dynamic changes in nuclear proteins and relevant physiology as a part of the heat shock response (HSR). However, how the nuclear HSR is fine-tuned for cellular homeostasis remains elusive. Here, we show that mitochondrial activity plays an important role in nuclear proteostasis and genome stability through two distinct HSR pathways. Mitochondrial ribosomal protein (MRP) depletion enhanced the nucleolar granule formation of HSP70 and ubiquitin during HSR while facilitating the recovery of damaged nuclear proteins and impaired nucleocytoplasmic transport. Treatment of the mitochondrial proton gradient uncoupler masked MRP-depletion effects, implicating oxidative phosphorylation in these nuclear HSRs. On the other hand, MRP depletion and a reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenger non-additively decreased mitochondrial ROS generation during HSR, thereby protecting the nuclear genome from DNA damage. These results suggest that suboptimal mitochondrial activity sustains nuclear homeostasis under cellular stress, providing plausible evidence for optimal endosymbiotic evolution via mitochondria-to-nuclear communication.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.146-154
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• 2020

With the advantages of biocatalytic method, enzymes have been excavated for the synthesis of chiral amino acids by the reductive amination of ketones, offering a promising way of producing pharmaceutical intermediates. In this work, a robust phenylalanine dehydrogenase (PheDH) with wide substrate spectrum and high catalytic efficiency was constructed through rational design and active-site-targeted, site-specific mutagenesis by using the parent enzyme from Bacillus halodurans. Active sites with bonding substrate and amino acid residues surrounding the substrate binding pocket, 49L-50G-51G, 74M,77K, 122G-123T-124D-125M, 275N, 305L and 308V of the PheDH, were identified. Noticeably, the new mutant PheDH (E113D-N276L) showed approximately 6.06-fold increment of k_cat/Km in the oxidative deamination and more than 1.58-fold in the reductive amination compared to that of the wide type. Meanwhile, the PheDHs exhibit high capacity of accepting benzylic and aliphatic ketone substrates. The broad specificity, high catalytic efficiency and selectivity, along with excellent thermal stability, render these broad-spectrum enzymes ideal targets for further development with potential diagnostic reagent and pharmaceutical compounds applications.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.927-933
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• 2011

Conducting polyaniline-poly($\varepsilon$-caprolactone) polymer composites were synthesized via in situ deposition techniques. By dissolving different weight percentages of poly($\varepsilon$-caprolactone) (PCL) (10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50%), the oxidative polymerization of aniline was achieved using ammonium persulfate as an oxidant. FTIR, UV-vis spectra, and X-ray diffraction studies support a strong interaction between polyaniline (PANI) and PCL. Structural morphology of the PANI-PCL polymer composites was studied using scanned electron microscopy (SEM) and transmittance electron microscopy (TEM), and thermal stability was analyzed by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) technique. The temperature-dependent DC conductivity of PANI-PCL polymer composite films was studied in the range of 305-475 K, which revealed a semiconducting behavior in the transport properties of the polymer films. Conductivity increased with the increase of PCL in below critical level, however conductivity of the polymer film was decreased with increase of PCL concentration higher than the critical value.

• 대한방사성의약품학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.80-87
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• 2015

Carbon-fluorine (C-F) bonds have been found ubiquitously in pharmaceuticals, radiopharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and material science due to their unique properties such as thermal and oxidative stability and lipophilicity to improve bioavailability. For the past five years, there have been significant advances in F-18 fluorination of aromatic complex molecules combined with the development of late-stage fluorination reactions. More recently, direct incorporation of F-18 to fluorinated aromatic molecules via borylation of C-F bonds has been developed by Niwa and Hosoya. In this minireview, we will discuss the progress of C-F bondborylation of fluorinated arenes utilizing transition metal catalysts and the impact on the development of F-18 radiotracers for positron emission tomography (PET).

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.149-158
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• 2013

피부 미백, 콜라겐 합성 및 노화방지 등에 좋은 효능을 나타내는 대표적인 항산화제인 L-ascorbic acid를 사용하여 다양한 보관 조건(분말 상, 수용액 상, 온도 변화, 자외선 조사 및 외부공기 유입 등)에서 산화특성을 조사하였으며, 열에 의한 산화 및 분해특성을 조사하였다. 또한 이중 공간을 갖는 파우치를 사용하여 L-ascorbic acid를 분말 상태 및 에센스와 혼합한 상태에서 각각 보관 조건에 따른 산화특성을 분석하여 파우치의 유효성을 검증하였다. 열 특성조사를 위해서는 TGA, DSC 및 FT-IR을 사용하여 분석하였고, 산화특성 조사를 위해서는 UV-visible spectrophotometer와 산화환원 적정법을 병행 시행하였다. 실험 결과, L-ascorbic acid는 금속이온, 하이드록시이온 등이 많이 함유된 수용액 상에서 고온, 자외선 조사 및 외부공기가 유입되는 상태가 가장 빠른 산화조건인 것으로 나타났고, 순수한 분말 상으로 보관할 경우에는 가열, 자외선 조사 및 외부공기 유입 시에도 오랜 기간 동안 산화되지 않는 특성이 있었다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로, L-ascorbic acid와 같은 산화 안정성이 떨어지는 활성 성분을 분리하여 보관할 수 있도록 설계 제작 중인, 진공포장이 가능한 이중 공간 구조의 파우치를 사용할 경우 화장품 보관기간을 획기적으로 증가시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 폴리머
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.156-161
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• 2013

페놀계 산화방지제는 가공 및 사용 시 열분해를 방지함으로써 뛰어난 열 안정성을 제공하는 대표적인 1차 산화방지제이다. 그러나 NOx 가스를 포함한 특정 환경에 의해 황변이 일어나기 쉽기 때문에 2차 산화방지제를 추가로 도입하여 시너지효과를 기대하는 경우가 많다. 열에 취약한 비결정성 폴리알파올레핀 수지(APAO)에 여러 가지 페놀계 1차 및 2차 산화방지제를 도입하여 황변 여부를 조사한 결과 2차 산화방지제의 함량이 증가할수록 황변이 줄어들었으며 BHT와 같은 단순 구조의 폐놀계 산화방지제보다 긴 알킬 사슬을 도입시켜 입체장애효과를 증대시킨 산화방지제가 2차 산화방지제와의 시너지 효과가 더 큰 것으로 확인되었다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.164-175
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• 2022

In this work, sulfonated poly (ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) composite membranes including strontium zirconate (SrZrO₃) were fabricated by the electrospinning method. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic analysis and X-ray diffraction analysis were used to identify the chemical structure and the crystallinity of SrZrO₃ and electrospun composite membranes. The thermal stability of the pure SPEEK and SPEEK/SrZrO₃ electrospun composite membranes were investigated by using thermogravimetric analysis. The physicochemical properties and proton conductivity were enhanced with the addition of different weight ratio of SrZrO₃ nanofiller (2, 4 and 6 wt%) in SPEEK polymer. The optimized SPEEK/SrZrO₃-4 electrospun membrane containing 4 wt% of SrZrO₃ showed a high proton conductivity compared to other electrospun SPEEK/SrZrO₃ composite membranes. The results indicate that electrospun composite membranes incorporating these perovskite nanofillers should be explored as potential candidates for use in proton exchange membrane fuel cells.