• Advances in nano research
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2020

Iron has a crucial role in growth as part of metalo-proteins like haemoglobin or myoglobin, enzymes; they are also involved in energetic reactions. Iron plays a vital role in fertility. At high doses, Iron has a harmful consequence on the reproductive system, which can be strongly reflected the final stage of spermatogenesis. Nutritional products are claiming to use nanotechnology and it is important to recognize the potential toxicity of nano-sized nutrients. Recently iron nanoparticles were proposed as a food additive for poultry. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of L-cystein coated iron oxide nanoparticles on reproductive performance in male quails. The results of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer, Alternating Gradient Force Magnetometer and Scaning Electron Microscopy showed that iron oxide nanoparticles was produced and have been coated with L-cycstein (Fe₃O₄-Cys NPs). A total of 100 one-week-old quail chicks were randomly placed to five groups of five replicates. Four quails (two male and two females) were raised in an individual cage for each replicate. The five experimental treatment diets consisted; negative control diet, with no Iron supplementation; positive control diet supplemented with 60 mg/kg of Fe₃O₄; treatment diets supplemented with 0.6, 6 and 60 mg/kg of L-cystein coated iron oxide nanoparticles. The hemoglobin, Red blood cell, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, gonadal somatic index, daily sperm production, total testicular sperm and sperm viability of the male quails that were fed with diet supplemented by 0.6 mg/kg of Fe₃O₄-Cys NPs were improved as compare with negative control. This study showed that not only the use of the Fe₃O₄-Cys nanoparticles had no side effects but also it can be used as a feed additive to improve the reproductive performance in male quails.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.51-71
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• 2017

Antimicrobial polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes containing zerovalent iron ($Fe^0$) and magnetite ($Fe_3O_4$) nanoparticles were synthesized via phase inversion method using polyethersulfone (PES) as membrane material and nano-iron as nanoparticle materials. Zerovalent iron nanoparticles (nZVI) were prepared by the reduction of iron ions with borohydride applying an inert atmosphere by using $N_2$ gases. The magnetite nanoparticles (nMag) were prepared via co-precipitation method by adding a base to an aqueous mixture of $Fe^{3+}$ and $Fe^{2+}$ salts. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, and dynamic light scattering analysis. Moreover, the properties of the synthesized membranes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy. The PES membranes containing the nZVI or nMag were examined for antimicrobial characteristics. Moreover, amount of iron run away from the PES composite membranes during the dead-end filtration were tested. The results showed that the permeation flux of the composite membranes was higher than the pristine PES membrane. The membranes containing nano-iron showed good antibacterial activity against gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli). The composite membranes can be successfully used for the domestic wastewater filtration to reduce membrane biofouling.

• 청정기술
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.194-201
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• 2009

최근 주요 수질오염 물질로 대두되고 있는 질산성 질소의 제거를 목적으로 영가 철 나노입자에 의한 질산성 질소의 환원반응성을 평가하였다. 영가 철 나노입자의 제조방법에 따른 반응성 차이를 규명하기 위해 유기용매 상에 계면활성제를 첨가하여 나노미터 크기 수준의 수용액 분산상에서 입자를 합성하는 마이크로에멀젼 방법과, 수용액 상의 철 이온을 환원시켜 입자를 합성하는 두 가지 방법으로 영가 철 나노입자를 합성하였다. 또한 전기영동법으로 알루미늄에 침적시킨 영가 철 나노입자에 의한 질산성 질소 제거속도를 측정하고, 고정화되지 않은 나노 철 입자에 의한 반응속도와 비교하였다. 환원반응을 질산성 질소에 대한 1차 반응으로 가정하여 수용액 방법 및 마이크로에멀전 방법으로 제조된 영가 철 나노입자의 반응성을 평가한 결과, 반응속도상수는 각각 $1.40{\times}10^{-2}min^{-1}$ 와 $3.49{\times}10^{-2}min^{-1}$ 로서 비표면적에 비례하여 증가하였다. 알루미늄에 침적된 나노입자는 현탁된 나노입자의 반응과 비교하여 약 30% 감소된 반응속도를 보였으나, 과량의 질산성 질소가 존재하는 경우 나노 철의 단위 질량당 질산성 질소의 제거효율 면에서 더 우수한 특성을 보였다. 나노철 입자의 현탁액은 반응시간 30분 이내에 반응속도가 감소하는 경향을 보였으나, 알루미늄에 침적된 나노철 입자는 3시간 이상 활성을 유지하였으며, 최종 생성물로 기체 질소를 발생시키는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국고분자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국고분자학회 2006년도 IUPAC International Symposium on Advanced Polymers for Emerging Technologies
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• pp.283-283
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• 2006

Multigram-scale product exclusively containing magnetic carbon nanoparticles (MNCPs) with uniform size was successfully fabricated without a specific separation process. The iron-doped PPy nanoparticles were synthesized by micelle templating and used as the carbon precursor in order to generate MCNPs. The magnetic carbon nanoparticles possessed a microporous structure and exhibited ferromagnetic properties at room temperature. This approach may be an effective alternative to generate magnetic carbon nanoparticles against the conventional arc-discharge technique.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.167-172
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 $Fe(OL)_3$ 전구체가 고온에서 열분해 한 후 산화철 나노입자를 형성하는 메커니즘을 분석하기 위하여 전구체의 온도에 따른 열유속을 측정하였으며, 반응 과정에서 순차적으로 채취한 반응 원액의 TEM 및 교류 자화율을 측정 하였다. $Fe(OL)_3$는 고온에서 OL-chain 두 개가 순차적으로 분리되어 Fe-OL 단량체(monomer)가 되고, 이들이 산화철 나노입자 형성에 기여하게 된다. 또한 산화철 나노입자는 초기 성장 과정에서 ${\gamma}-Fe_2O_3$ 구조를 갖는 나노입자를 형성하지만, 나노 입자들이 급격히 성장할 때는 공급되는 산소량의 부족으로 인하여 FeO가 형성되어 ${\gamma}-Fe_2O_3$-FeO의 core-shell 구조를 갖는 나노입자들이 합성된다. 이러한 산화철 나노입자들을 고온에서 장시간 유지시키면 부족한 산소를 점차적으로 보충하여 $Fe_3O_4$ 구조를 갖는 나노입자로 변화한다. 따라서 포화자화량이 높고 공기 중에서 안정한 $Fe_3O_4$ 나노입자는 고온 열분해법을 이용하여 쉽게 제조할 수 있다.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2015

Iron nanoparticles were made by using the modified coprecipitation technique. Usually the characteristics of synthesised particles depend upon the process parameters such as the ratio of the iron ions, the pH of the solution, the molar concentration of base used, type of reactants and temperature. A modified coprecipitation method was adopted in this study. A magnetic stirrer was used for mixing and the morphology and nature of particles were observed after synthesis. Nanoparticles were characterised through XRD. Obtained nanoparticles showed the formation of magnetite and maghemite under citric acid and oxalic acid as stabilisers respectively. The size of nanoparticle was greatly affected by the use of different types of stabilisers. Results show that citric acid greatly reduced the obtained particle size. Particle size as small as 13 nm was obtained in this study. The effects of different kinds of nucleating agents were also observed and two different types of nucleating agents were used i.e. potassium hydroxide (KOH) and copper chloride ($CuCl_2$). Results show that the use of nucleating agent in general pushes the growth phase of nanoparticles towards the end of coprecipitation reaction. The particles obtained after addition of nucleating agent were greater in size than particles obtained by not utilising any nucleating agent. These particles have found widespread use in medical sciences, energy conservation and electronic sensing technology.

• 대한방사성의약품학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.133-140
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• 2021

Various iron oxide nanoparticle-based radiomaterials(IO-NRM) can be used for multimodal imaging of magnetic resonance imaging and molecular imaging, can be easily sized, can be easily functionalized, and have biocompatibility, making them a very good platform for molecular imaging. Based on the previously revealed molecular imaging technology of iron oxide nanoparticles, this paper introduces the in vivo distribution and use in various diseases through iron oxide nanoparticles-based radiolabeled compounds for diagnosis and treatment of iron oxide nanoparticles-based molecular imaging platforms. We would like to look forward to its potential as a radiopharmaceutical.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.711-717
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• 2008

The use of support materials on the nanoparticle synthesis and applications has advantages in many aspects; resisting the aggregation and gelation of nanoparticles, providing more active sites by dispersing over the supports, and facilitating a filtering process. In order to elucidate the influence of the supports on the nitrate reduction reactivity, the supported iron nanoparticles were prepared by borohydride reduction of an aqueous iron salt in the presence of supports such as activated carbon, silica and polyethylene. The reactivity for nitrate reduction decreased in the order of unsupported Fe(0) > activated carbon(AC) supported Fe(0) > polyethylene(PE) supported Fe(0) ${\ge}$ silica supported Fe(0). Rate constants decrease with increasing initial nitrate concentration implying that the reaction is limited by the surface reaction kinetics.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.134-138
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• 2012

Recently the preparation magnetic nanoparticles by a pulsed laser ablation in liquid has gained much attention because it is easy to control experimental parameters. Iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles have been prepared by a pulsed laser ablation of ${\alpha}-Fe_2O_3$ target in ethanol at different magnitude of laser energy of 1, 20, 40 and 80 mJ/pulse. It revealed that particle size increases with increasing laser energy. It could be concluded that 40 mJ/pulse is an optimum laser energy for the preparation of iron oxide nanoparticles with uniform size distribution. The nanoparticles are homogeneously dispersed in ethanol and their stability maintained for several months.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.772-774
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• 2001