• 미생물학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.187-191
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• 2012

Two component system (TCS)인 ZraS/R 및 CusS/R의 zraP와 cusC 유전자의 프로모터에 의해 green fluorescent protein (GFP)이 발현되도록 제작된 박테리아 바이오센서의 성능을 인공폐수에서 평가하였다. 제작된 박테리아 바이오센서는 실제 폐수를 모사한 인공폐수에서도 시료 중의 $Zn^{2+}$와 $Cu^{2+}$를 인지하여 GFP를 효율적으로 발현시키는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 두 번째는 세포 표면에 금속 친화성 펩타이드가 표현되도록 제작된 구리 및 아연 제거 박테리아를 인공폐수 조건에서 평가하였다. 제작된 박테리아는 각각 ZraS/R 및 CusS/R TCS에 의해 주변의 $Zn^{2+}$와 $Cu^{2+}$를 인지하여 세포 표면에 OmpC-ZBP와 OmpC-CBP 융합 단백질을 발현시키는 시스템이다. 실험을 통해 표면에 금속 흡착 펩타이드가 발현된 재조합 균은 인공폐수 조건에서도 효과적으로 구리 및 아연을 흡착시키는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서 개발된 TCS 기반 재조합 균은 인공폐수 조건에서 중금속의 인지 및 제거 기능이 효과적으로 작동하는 것이 확인되었다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.764-773
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• 2019

The gas response characteristic toward C₂H₅OH has been demonstrated in terms of copper-vacancy concentration, hole density, and microstructural factors for undoped/Li(I)-doped CuO thin films prepared by sol-gel method. For the films, both concentrations of intrinsic copper vacancies and electronic holes decrease with increasing calcination temperature from 400 to 500 to 600 ℃. Li(I) doping into CuO leads to the reduction of copper-vacancy concentration and the enhancement of hole density. The increase of calcination temperature or Li(I) doping concentration in the film increases both optical band gap energy and Cu2p binding energy, which are characterized by UV-vis-NIR and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, respectively. The overall hole density of the film is determined by the offset effect of intrinsic and extrinsic hole densities, which depend on the calcination temperature and the Li(I) doping amount, respectively. The apparent resistance of the film is determined by the concentration of the structural defects such as copper vacancies, Li(I) dopants, and grain boundaries, as well as by the hole density. As a result, it is found that the gas response value of the film sensor is directly proportional to the apparent sensor resistance.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.49-52
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• 2007

Prodigiosin (1) is the parent member of a class of polypyrrole natural products that exhibit promising anticancer activities. They can facilitate copper-promoted oxidative DNA damage by binding to copper ions, and this activity is thought to represent their mechanism of cytotoxicity in the dark. They also possess photoinduced cytotoxicity, although 1 is too toxic in the dark to be used effectively for the treatment of cancer by photodynamic therapies. To circumvent dark toxicity by prodigiosins, the semi-synthetic analogue 2, in which the N-pyrrolic atoms of 1 are methylated to block copper coordination, and the synthetic phenyl analogues 3 and 4, which lack the copper-coordinating A-pyrrole ring of 1, were tested for their ability to inhibit colony formation of HL-60 cancer cells in the absence and presence of visible light (λ > 495 nm). Our results show that 2-4 lack cytotoxicity in the dark, but are able to inhibit colony formation of HL-60 cells following irradiation for 30 min. The synthetic derivative 4 exhibits photo-induced cytotoxicity similar to that of the natural product 1, demonstrating the potential use of prodigiosin-based compounds for treatment of cancers following irradiation with visible light.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제60권2호
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• pp.131-136
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• 2016

CdSe 기반 나노결정의 구리이온에 의한 형광 소광 특성 및 아연이온에 의한 형광 회복 특성을 관찰하였다. 구리이온이 첨가되었을 경우, CdSe 양자점에서는 매우 빠르고 급격한 형광 소광 특성을 보이는 반면에 CdSe 나노라드의 경우에서는 형광이 서서히 소광되는 특성을 보인다. 구리이온으로 형광을 소광시킨 CdSe/CdS(핵/껍질) 양자점에 아연이온이 첨가되면 소광된 양자점의 형광이 회복된다. 용액 내 1 μM의 아연농도에서 양자점의 형광이 50% 증가됨을 확인하였으며, 아연 농도가 증가함에 따라 양자점의 형광세기가 증가되며 이는 Langmuir binding isotherm 모델로 해석할 수 있다. 이러한 연구를 바탕으로 CdSe 기반의 나노결정을 이용한 형광 화학 센서를 구현할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2006

${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$에 담지한 Cu-Mn 산화물 촉매에서 톨루엔 완전산화 반응을 $160{\sim}280^{\circ}C$의 온도 범위에서 고정층 반응기로 조사하였다. BET, SEM, TPR, TPO, XPS 및 XRD를 이용하여 촉매 특성분석을 하였다. 톨루엔의 완전산화 반응은 $280^{\circ}C$ 이하에서 이루어졌으며, 적절한 Cu-Mn 담지량은 15.0 wt％Cu-10.0 wt％Mn인 것으로 나타났다. TPR/TPO 및 XPS 분석 결과, 15 Cu-10 Mn 촉매의 산화환원 봉우리가 낮은 온도로 이동하였으며 결합에너지가 높은 값으로 이동하였다. XRD 결과, 고분산된 Mn 산화물과 CuO 보다 $Cu_{1.5}Mn_{1.5}O_4$의 촉매활성 인자로서의 역할이 더욱 우수한 것으로 추측되며, 촉매의 활성은 촉매의 산화환원 능력과 촉매의 높은 산화 상태에 기인하는 것으로 사료된다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2008

Tautomerism of pyrimidine base cytosine has been comparatively examined on nanoparticle and roughened plate surfaces of silver, gold, and copper by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The SERS spectrum was found to be different depending on the metals and their substrate conditions suggesting the dissimilar population of various tautomers of cytosine on the surfaces. The ab initio calculations were performed at the levels of B3LYP, HF, and MP2 levels of theory with the LanL2DZ basis set to estimate the energetic stability of the tautomers with the metal complexes as well as the gas phase state. The amino group and N3-coordinated tautomer was predicted to be more favorable for bonding to Au, whereas the hydroxyl and N1-coordinated zwitter ionic form is most stable with Ag and Cu as a bidentate form from the DFT calculation. The binding energy with the Ag atom is calculated to be smaller than those with the Au and Cu atoms in line with the temperature-dependent SERS spectra of cytosine.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제29권10호
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• pp.641-646
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• 2016

Coil specimen was prepared by coating a copper wire with two varnish thin layers: the first was polyamideimide (PAI)/nanosilica (5 wt%) varnish and the second was anti-corona PAI/nanosilica (15 wt%) varnish. Insulation breakdown voltage was investigated under inverter surge condition at $20^{\circ}C$, $70^{\circ}C$, $100^{\circ}C$, $150^{\circ}C$, $200^{\circ}C$, $250^{\circ}C$, respectively. The insulation lifetime of the two layered coil was tens of times longer than that of original PAI coil. And the insulation lifetime decreased with increasing ambient temperature because there was weak binding strength between copper and varnish layer.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.95-100
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• 1999

The heavy metal concentrations in seawater and winkles (Littorina brevicula) collected from the Onsan bay area in southeast of Korea were analyzed. The heavy metal concentrations in the seawater obtained from the most polluted site showed approximately 189. 205. and 110 fold higher cadmium, copper. and zinc concentrations, respectively. than the uncontaminated control site. The contamination levels of these metals in winkles were 11.08 - 2.35, 334.5 - 212.5, and 426.0 - 499.2$\mu\textrm{g}$ per gram dry body weight. respectively. The concentrations of all three metals in both the seawater and winkles decreased gradually with increasing distance from Daejeong stream, suggesting the stream being the major source of heavy metal input into the bay. Among the four body parts of digestive gland and gonad. gill. kidney, and remaining tissue in contaminated winkles, kidney showed the highest accumulation level of cadmium: copper and zinc, however. were more or less distributed among the four body parts. Upon gel filtration chromatography of the cytosol from the kidney of cadmium induced winkles, one cadmium peak corresponded to the elution peak of horse kidney metallothionein.

• 생태와환경
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.16-28
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• 2017

In an aquatic environment, toxicity of metals to organisms depends on external factors (type of metal, exposure concentration and duration, environmental parameters, and water quality) and intracellular processes(metal-binding sites and detoxification). Toxicity of copper(Cu) on the marine microalga Tetraselmis suecica was investigated in this study. Dose-dependent (Cu concentration dependent) inhibition of growth and cell division, as well as, variation of intra- and extra-cellular Cu, Fe and Zn content was observed. T. suecica was sensitive to Cu; the 96 h $EC_{50}$ (concentration to inhibit growth-rate by 50%) of growth rate (${\mu}$) ($21.73{\mu}M\;L^{-1}$), cell division $day^{-1}$ ($18.39{\mu}M\;L^{-1}$), and cells $mL^{-1}$ ($13.25{\mu}M\;L^{-1}$) demonstrate the toxicity of Cu on this microalga. High intra-($19.86Pg\;cell^{-1}$) and extra-cellular($54.73Pg\;cell^{-1}$) Cu concentrations were recorded, on exposure to 24.3 and $72.9{\mu}M\;L^{-1}$ of Cu.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.100-107
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• 2007

The moss Physcomitrella patens has two life cycles, filamentous protonema and leafy gametophore. A modified from of suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), mirror orientation selection (MOS), was applied to screen genes differentially expressed in the P. patens protonema. Using reverse Northern blot analysis, differentially expressed clones were identified. The identified genes were involved mainly in metal binding and detoxification. One of these genes was an AP2 (APETALA2) domain-containing protein (PpACP1), which was highly up-regulated in the protonema. Alignment with other AP2/EREBPs (Ethylene Responsive Element Binding Proteins) revealed significant sequence homology of the deduced amino acid sequence in the AP2/EREBP DNA binding domain. Northern analysis under various stress conditions showed that PpACP1 was induced by ethephon, cadmium, copper, ABA, IAA, and cold. In addition, it was highly expressed in suspension-cultured protonema. We suggest that PpACP1 is involved in responses to metals, and that suspension culture enhance the expression of genes responding to metals.