• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2014

3-Amino-1,2,4-triazole(ATA)을 비상용성 블렌드인 maleated HDPE(mHDPE)/maleated EPDM (mEPDM)(50 wt%/50 wt%)에 용융혼합에 의해 2.5 phr, 5.0 phr 첨가하였으며, ATA 첨가에 따른 블렌드의 미세구조, 기계적물성 및 유변물성을 FT-IR, FE-SEM, 인장시험, DMA 및 ARES를 이용하여 각각 조사하였다. FTIR 및 DMA 분석결과 용융혼합 과정에서 ATA가 mHDPE 및 mEPDM의 말레무수물과 반응하여 초분자적 수소결합이 형성되며, 이로부터 물리적 가교구조가 형성되는 것을 알 수 있었다. FE-SEM 분석결과 mHDPE/mEPDM 블렌드는 플라스틱인 HDPE가 연속상을 이루고 고무상인 EPDM이 분산상을 이루며 ATA를 첨가함으로써 모폴로지가 더욱 미세해짐을 알 수 있었다. 인장물성시험결과 ATA에 첨가에 의해 형성된 물리적가교구조로 인해 인장강도, 모듈러스, 파단신율 값 및 탄성복원력이 증가되었으며, 용융레올로지 특성 분석결과 ATA가 첨가됨으로써 블렌드의 저장탄성율과 용융점도가 증가됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.196-208
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• 2009

감응 성질을 탑재한 복잡한 고분자 재료가 시장에 등장하기 시작하고 있다. 가역적이며 비공유성인 상호작용을 사용하여 이와 같은 감응형 재료를 설계하는 예가 많아지고 있다. 최근에 개발된 수소결합 단위가 이와 같은 설계 기법을 극으로 치닫게 하고 있다. 단량체를 이어주는 힘이 수소결합뿐인 초분자 고분자는 온도나 용매의 변화에 기계적 성질이 감응되는 재료를 형성한다. 본 보문에서는 수소결합으로 이루어진 초분자 고분자가 자기치유 재료로 사용되는 예를 소개한다. 재생 가능한 고무성 재료를 합성하는 일은 그리 매력적이라 할 수 없다. 그러나 상온에서 접착제를 사용하지 않고도 손상을 반복해서 치유할 수 있는 고무 재료는 우리의 상상의 나래를 펼치게 하는 재료이다. 외부의 간섭 없이 환경적 자극에 비선형적으로 감응하여 파손된 부분을 치유시키는 재료인 자기치유 재료는 여러 가지 첨단공학 계에서 엄청난 가능성을 가진 재료라 할 수 있다.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.106-109
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• 2002

Archaeal rhodopsins possess retinal molecule as their chromophores, and their light-energy and light-signal conversions are triggered by all-trans to 13-cis isomerization of the retinal chromophore. Relaxation through structural changes of protein then leads to functional processes, proton pump in bacteriorhodopsin (bR) and transducer activation in phoborhodopsin (pR). It is known that sensory rhodopsins can pump protons in the absence of their transducers. Thus, there should be common and specific features in their protein structural changes for function. In this paper, our r ecent studies on pR from Natronobacterium pharaonis (ppR) by means of low-temperature Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy are compared with those of bR. In particular, protein structural changes upon retinal photoisomerization are studied. Comparative investigation of ppR and bR revealed the similar structures of the polyene chain of the chromophore and water-containing hydrogen-bonding network, whereas the structural changes upon photoisomerization were more extended in ppR than in bR. Extended protein structural changes were clearly shown by the assignment of the C=O stretch of Asnl05. FTIR studies of a ppR mutant with the same retinal binding site as in bR revealed that the Schiff base region is important to determine their colors.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.311-313
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• 2002

X-ray structures of pharaonis phoborhodopsin (ppR) show the different direction of the side chain of Arg72 from that of the corresponding residue (Arg82) of bacteriorhodopsin, BR. For BR, this residue is considered to play an important role in the proton pumping. In order to investigate the role of Arg72 in ppR, we constructed Arg72 mutants of R72A, R72K and R72Q, and measured the photocycle and proton pumping activities. The pH-titration curves on the absorption maximum of the mutants were shifted to alkaline in comparison of that of the wild-type. This may imply the increase of pKa of D75, suggesting the presence of the (probably electric) interaction between D75 and Arg72. Rate constants of the M-decay were 3-7 times faster than that of the wild-type, and the time for the completion of the photocycling was also reduced. Using Sn0$_2$ electrode, the rate of transmembrane proton transport was measured upon illumination. The photo-induced proton pumping activities were estimated after the corrections that are the percentages of the associated form of D75 (which has no pumping activity) and the photocycling rates. R72A and R72Q showed the reduced activity while R72K did not reduce the activity.

• 한국결정학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.22-27
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• 2000

The structure of cis-(malonato)[(4R,5R)-4,5-bis(aminomethyl)-2-isopropyl-1,3-dioxolane]platinum(II) with a potent anticancer activity has been determined by the X-ray crystallographic method. Crystal data are as follows: Pt(C/sub 11/H/sub 20/N₂O/sub 6/), M/sub 4/=471.38, monoclinic, P2₁, a=7.112(1), b=33.615(3), c=7.135(1)Å, β=116.80(1)°, V=1522.6(3)Å, and Z=4. The two independent molecules with very similar structures are approximately related by pseudo two-fold screw axis symmetry, which makes the monolinic cell look like the orthorhombic cell with one molecule in the asymmetric unit and space group C222₁. The crystal packing mode is similar to that of the analogue with the dimethyl substituents instead of the isopropyl group. The Pt atom is coordinate to two O and two N atoms in a square planar structure. The six-membered chelate ring in the leaving ligand assumes a conformation intermediate between the half chair and the boat forms. The seven-membered ring in the carrier ligand assumes a twist-chair conformation and the oxolane ring assumes an envelope conformation. Crystal packing consists of the extensive hydrogen-bonding network in the two-dimensional molecular layers and weak van der Waals interactions between these layers.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제43권9호
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• pp.784-792
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• 2020

Arginine kinase (AK), a bioenergy-related enzyme, is distributed widely in invertebrates. The role of highly conserved histidines in AKs is still unascertained. In this study, the highly conserved histidine 284 (H284) in AK of Daphnia magna (DmAK) was replaced with alanine to elucidate the role of H284. We examined the alteration of catalytic activity and structural changes of H284A in DmAK. The catalytic activity of H284A was reduced dramatically compared to that in wild type (WT). Thus the crystal structure of H284A displayed several structural changes, including the alteration of D324, a hydrogen-bonding network around H284, and the disruption of π-stacking between the imidazole group of the H284 residue and the adenine ring of ATP. These findings suggest that such alterations might affect a conformational change of the specific loop consisting of G310-V322 at the antiparallel β-sheet region. Thus, we speculated that the H284 residue might play an important role in the conformational change of the specific loop when ATP binds to the substrate-binding site of DmAK.

• 접착 및 계면
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2003

본 연구에서는 이관능성 에폭시 (diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A. DGEBA)와 Polyetherimide(PEI) 블랜드를 Amime계 경화제인 DDM을 이용하여 경화를 시켰으며, PEI의 함량 변화가 순수 에폭시 수지의 열적특성과 파괴인성에 미치는 영향에 대해 고찰하였다. 경화된 시편의 열적특성은 DSC에 의한 열분석을 통해 Kissinger 식을 이용하여 경화 활성화 에너지 ($E_a$)를 구하였고, 파괴인성은 크랙성장의 저항을 나타내는 임계응력세기 인자 ($K_{IC}$)을 측정하여 알아보았다. 시편의 파단특성은 주사전자현미경 (SEM)을 통해 조사하였으며, 기계적 계면특성을 알아보기 위해 contact angle로 표면자유에너지를 측정하였다. 실험 결과 DGEBA/PEI 블랜드계의 $E_a$, $K_{IC}$는 PEI 함량이 7.5 phr에서 최대값을 보였다. 이는 PEI 도입에 따른 치밀한 네트워크 구조가 증가했기 때문으로 판단되어 진다. 또한 DGEBA/PEI 블랜드계의 표면자유에너지는 $K_{IC}$와 유사한 경향을 보였으며, 이는 에폭시의 하이드록실기와 PEI의 imide 그룹 사이의 수소결합에 의해 극성요소가 증가되었기 때문으로 판단되어진다.

• 한국섬유공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국섬유공학회 1990년도 제2차 학술발표초록집
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• pp.36-37
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• 1990

In the past, facile dissolution of cellulose has been hampered by the lack of suitable nondegrading solvents. Recently, this problem has been solved in our laboratory by the discovery of an inexpensive, convenient solvent system, that is the mixture of $NH_3\;and\;NH_4SCN$, for cellulose. Also, the $cellulose/NH_3/NH_4SCN$ solution system has been found to form the anisotropic, i.e., liquid crystalline phase. It is believed that both the cholesterio and the nematic phase occur. This finding has prompted extensive on-going researoh on the formation of the liquid crystalline phase from an inexpensive natural source such as cellulose since the nematic phase is envisioned as an excellent precursor sources for products with desirable properties, for example, high modulus and high strength. This interest naturally leads to a desire to understand the theological properties of the nematic phase so that the transformation of the nematic phase to the solid state with desirable properties can be efficiently accomplished, ;From this point of view, the theological behavior of the $cellulose/NH3_/NH_4SCN$ system has been studied as a function of shear rate and shear stress over a wide range of solvent compositions, cellulose concentration, centrifugation and urea contents, Results indicate that the viscosity decreases with increasing shear rate. A marked shear thinning behavior and a quasi-Newtonian behavior were observed in the low shear rate region and in the high shear rate region, respectively for all solvent compositions. The $cellulose/NH_3/NH_4SCN$ solution system only exhibited the viscosity increase with increasing cellulose concentration and failed to show the viscosity drop generally observed at the point of incipience of liquid crystal formation, This may be due to the gel-like nature of the solution by the association of the rodlike molecules into bundles which may serve as crosslinking points giving the cellulose solution a network structure. Also, simply hydrogen bonding may be so restrictive of molecular mobility that a viscosity drop is blocked. In addition to the above results, yield stress and thixotropy were also observed in the $cellulose/NH_3/NB_4SCN$ solution system which are characteristics of liquid crystal and gel, The results of the effect of centrifugation on viscosity show that viscosity decreases by the application of centrifugation. This may be explained by the change of the piled polydomain structure to the dispersed polydomain structure due to the pressure gradient generated during centrifugation.ation.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.18-24
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• 1998

작용기가 2.9인 4,4'-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI)와 polyester polyol 그리고 사슬 연장제로서 1,4-butane diol로부터 제조한 polyurethane을 시차 주사 열분석기(DSC) 동적 기계적 열분석기(DMTA), 그리고 퓨리에 변환 적외선 분광기(FT-IR)를 이용하여 물성을 연구하였다. 본 연구에서 제조한 polyurethane은 MDI의 높은 작용기로 인한 가교 때문에 균일한 망상구조를 가지고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 하드 세그먼트 함량이 증가할수록 $T_g$는 증가함을 관찰할 수 있었다. 이러한 DSC 결과는 DMTA에서도 재확인할 수 있었다. 한편 polyurethane의 열처리 효과(annealing effect)를 관찰하기 위해 다양한 열처리 조건에 따라 polyurethane의 열분석을 하였다. 그 결과 열처리 온도가 증가될수록 폴리우레탄의 $T_g$가 증가됨을 관찰할 수 있었다. 반면에 열처리 시간에는 크게 의존하지 않음을 관찰할 수 있었다. 이러한 $T_g$의 증가는 팽윤(swelling) 실험으로부터 열처리에 따라 가교 밀도가 증가하며 이러한 가교 밀도의 증가가 polyurethane의 $T_g$를 상승시키는 원인임을 확인 할 수 있었다. 반면에 FT-IR 연구로부터 열처리에 의한 polyurethane의 수소결합 정도의 변화는 관찰할 수 없었다.