• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.124-128
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• 2009

Magnetic nanoparticles were synthesized by using the sonochemical method with oleic acid as a surfactant. The average size of the magnetite nanoparticles was controlled by varying the ratio R=[$H_2O$]/[surfactant] in the range of 2 to 9 nm. To prepare chitosan-coated magnetite nanoparticles, chitosan solution was added to a magnetite colloid suspension under ultrasonication at room temperature for 20 min. The chitosan-coated magnetite nanoparticles were characterized by several techniques. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to image the chitosan-coated nanoparticles. Magnetic hysteresis measurement was performed by using a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer to investigate the magnetic properties of the magnetite nanoparticles and the chitosan-coated magnetite nanoparticles. The SQUID measurements revealed the superparamagnetism of both nanoparticles. The T1- and T2-weighted MR images of these chitosan-coated magnetite colloidal suspensions were obtained with a 4.7 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The chitosancoated magnetite colloidal suspensions exhibited enhanced MRI contrasts in vitro.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.362-367
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• 2012

Magnetite nanoparticles(NPs) have been the subject of much interest by researchers owing to their potential use as magnetic carriers in drug targeting and as a tumor treatment in cases of hyperthermia. However, magnetite nanoparticles with 10 nm in diameter easily aggregate and thus create large secondary particles. To disperse magnetite nanoparticles, this study proposes the infiltration of magnetite nanoparticles into hybrid silica aerogels. The feasible dispersion of magnetite is necessary to target tumor cells and to treat hyperthermia. Magnetite NPs have been synthesized by coprecipitation, hydrothermal and thermal decomposition methods. In particular, monodisperse magnetite NPs are known to be produced by the thermal decomposition of iron oleate. In this study, we thermally decomposed iron acetylacetonate in the presence of oleic acid, oleylamine and 1,2 hexadecanediol. We also attempted to disperse magnetite NPs within a mesoporous aerogels. Methyltriethoxysilicate(MTEOS)-based hybrid silica aerogels were synthesized by a supercritical drying method. To incorporate the magnetite nanoparticles into the hybrid aerogels, we devised two methods: adding the synthesized aerogel into a magnetite precursor solution followed by nucleation and crystal growth within the pores of the aerogels, and the infiltration of magnetite nanoparticles synthesized beforehand into aerogel matrices by immersing the aerogels in a magnetite nanoparticle colloid solution. An analysis using a vibrating sample magnetometer showed that approximately 20% of the magnetite nanoparticles were well dispersed in the aerogels. The composite samples showed that heating under an inductive magnetic field to a temperature of $45^{\circ}C$ is possible.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권7호
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• pp.957-960
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• 2003

A method of preparation of magnetite nanoparticles in ordered systems, as in vesicle and microemulsion, consisting of soybean lecithin and water has been introduced. The size of magnetite grain was controlled by the content of soybean lecithin and size of liposomes in the systems. It was found by experiment that magnetite nanoparticles were formed inside the double layer vesicles. The magnetite nanoparticles were separated by magnetic separation and centrifugation and the dispersion of the magnetite nanoparticles prepared at 10% (w/w) soybean lecithin was particularly stable. The formation of pure magnetite nanoparticles was confirmed by analyses of XRD and electron diffraction pattern.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.256-260
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• 2007

The surface of magnetite ($Fe_{3}O_{4}$) nanoparticles prepared by coprecipitation method was modified by carboxylic acid group of poly(3-thiophenacetic acid (3TA)) and meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA). Then the lysozyme protein was immobilized on the carboxylic acid group of the modification of the magnetite nanoparticles. The magnetite nanoparticles are spherical and the particle size is approximately 10 nm. We measured quantitative dispersion state by dispersion stability analyzer for each $Fe_{3}O_{4}$ nanoparticles with and without surface modification. The concentration of lysozyme on the modified magnetite nanoparticles was also investigated by a UV-Vis spectrometer and compared to that of magnetite nanoparticles without surface modification. The functionalized magnetite particles had higher enzymatic capacity and dispersion stability than non-functionalized magnetite nanoparticles.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.1572-1577
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• 2008

A facultative dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium, Shewanella sp. strain HN-41, was used to produce magnetite nanoparticles from a precursor, poorly crystalline iron-oxyhydroxide akaganeite ($\beta$-FeOOH), by reducing Fe(III). The diameter of the biogenic magnetite nanoparticles ranged from 26 nm to 38 nm, characterized by dynamic light scattering spectrophotometry. The magnetite nanoparticles consisted of mostly uniformly shaped spheres, which were identified by electron microscopy. The magnetometry revealed the superparamagnetic property of the magnetic nanoparticles. The atomic structure of the biogenic magnetite, which was determined by extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopic analysis, showed similar atomic structural parameters, such as atomic distances and coordinations, to typical magnetite mineral.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제40회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.1-1
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• 2011

We developed a new generalized synthetic procedure, called as "heat-up process," to produce uniform-sized nanocrystals of many transition metals and oxides without a size selection process. We were able to synthesize uniform magnetite nanocrystals as much as 1 kilogram-scale from the thermolysis of Fe-oleate complex. Clever combination of different nanoscale materials will lead to the development of multifunctional nano-biomedical platforms for simultaneous targeted delivery, fast diagnosis, and efficient therapy. In this presentation, I would like to present some of our group's recent results on the designed fabrication of multifunctional nanostructured materials based on uniform-sized magnetite nanoparticles and their medical applications. Uniform ultrasmall iron oxide nanoparticles of <3 nm were synthesized by thermal decomposition of iron-oleate complex in the presence of oleyl alcohol. These ultrasmall iron oxide nanoparticles exhibited good T1 contrast effect. In in vivo T1 weighted blood pool magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), iron oxide nanoparticles showed longer circulation time than commercial gadolinium complex, enabling high resolution imaging. We used 80 nm-sized ferrimagnetic iron oxide nanocrystals for T2 MRI contrast agent for tracking transplanted pancreatic islet cells and single-cell MR imaging. We reported on the fabrication of monodisperse magnetite nanoparticles immobilized with uniform pore-sized mesoporous silica spheres for simultaneous MRI, fluorescence imaging, and drug delivery. We synthesized hollow magnetite nanocapsules and used them for both the MRI contrast agent and magnetic guided drug delivery vehicle.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2018

Iron oxide nanoparticles excite researcher interest in biomedical applications due to their low cost, biocompatibility and superparamagnetism properties. Magnetic iron oxide especially magnetite ($Fe_3O_4$) possessed a superparamagnetic behaviour at certain nanosize which beneficial for drug and gene delivery, diagnosis and imaging. The properties of nanoparticles mainly depend on their synthesis procedure. There has been a massive effort in developing the best synthetic strategies to yield appropriate physico-chemical properties namely co-precipitation, thermal decomposition, microemulsions, hydrothermal and sol-gel. In this review, it is discovered that magnetite nanoparticles are best yielded by co-precipitation method owing to their simplicity and large production. However, its magnetic saturation is within range of 70-80 emu/g which is lower than thermal decomposition and hydrothermal methods (80-90 emu/g) at 100 nm. Dimension wise, less than 100 nm is produced by co-precipitation method at $70^{\circ}C-80^{\circ}C$ while thermal decomposition and hydrothermal methods could produce less than 50 nm but at very high temperature ranging between $200^{\circ}C$ and $300^{\circ}C$. Thus, co-precipitation is the optimum method for pre-compliance magnetite nanoparticles preparation (e.g., 100 nm is fit enough for biomedical applications) since thermal decomposition and hydrothermal required more sophisticated facilities.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.66-70
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 음향화학법을 적용한 공침 기술을 이용, 균일한 마그네타이트 나노 입자를 합성하였다 이 방법을 통하여 합성된 마그네타이트 나노 입자를 이용하여 마그네타이트 나노 입자들이 균일하게 분산된 마이크로미터 크기의 키토산 미소구체를 제조하였다. 이 연구의 목적은 생분해성, 저독성, 생체친화성의 특징을 갖고 있는 키토산과 균일한 마그네타이트 나노 입자를 이용하여 자기공명 영상의 조영제와 혈관 폐색을 위한 혈관 색전물질 등에 활용 가능성 있는 초상자성 특성을 갖는 미소구체를 제조하는 것이다. 우리는 $1\%$ 아세트산 용액을 사용하여 키토산 용액을 제조, 마그네타이트 나노 입자들을 분산시켰다. 키토산이 알칼리 수용액에서 겔화되는 성질을 이용하여, 마그네타이트 나노 입자들이 분산된 키토산 용액을 알칼리 용액에 분무하여 초상자성 특성을 갖는 자성 키토산 미소구체를 제조하였다.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.163-167
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• 2006

초음파 조사 및 계면활성제 첨가에 따른 입자의 변화를 연구하기 위하여 침전법, 음향화학적 침전법 그리고 게면활성제를 첨가한 음향화학적 침전법으로 나노 입자를 합성하였고, X-선 회절실험을 통하여 마그네타이트가 합성된 것을 확인하였다. 침전법, 음향화학적 침전법으로 합성한 입자의 크기는 계면활성제를 첨가한 음향화학적 침전법으로 합성한 입자보다 크게 얻어졌고, 초음파 출력이 증가 할수록 크기는 증가하였다. 계면활성제로 올레인 산을 첨가한 음향화학적 기법에서는 게면활성제의 농도에 따라 입자 크기를 선택적으로 조절하여 합성할 수 있었고, 단순 침전법이나 음향화학적 기법에서 보다 생성되는 입자의 크기 분포가 좁게 나타났다. 마그네타이트 나노 입자들의 자기적 특성을 SQUID를 통하여 분석한 결과, 실온에서 모두 초상자성 거동을 보이는 것으로 나타났다.

• 분석과학
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.105-113
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• 2016

고정화 지지체로 사용된 실리카 나노입자와 실리카 코팅된 자성 나노입자에 작용기를 부착시켜 기능성을 부가한 후 효소인 리파아제를 고정화하여 리파아제의 안정성을 향상시키고자 연구를 수행하였다. 지지체에 부착하는 작용기가 고정화된 효소의 활성과 안정성에 미치는 영향도 살펴보았다. 실리카 나노입자와 실리카 코팅된 자성 나노입자에 부착한 작용기인 epoxy group과 amine group은 glycidyl methacrylate과 aminopropyl triethoxysilane을 통해 실리카 나노입자와 실리카 코팅된 자성 나노입자 표면에 각각 부착하였다. 작용기가 부착된 실리카 나노입자와 실리카 코팅된 자성 나노입자에 고정화한 Candida rugosa lipase는 자유효소에 비해 초기반응속도는 다소 낮았지만, 3 회 재사용한 후 측정한 활성이 최초 활성 대비 92 % 이상의 활성을 유지하였다. 또한, 실리카 코팅된 자성 나노입자에 glutaraldehyde를 이용한 cross-linked enzyme aggregate (CLEA) 방법과 공유결합법을 통해 라파아제를 각각 고정화한 연구를 수행한 결과, 실리카 나노입자와 실리카 코팅된 자성 나노입자에 CLEA 방법과 공유결합법으로 각각 고정화한 Candida rugosa lipase는 자유효소에 비해 초기반응속도 뿐만 아니라 최종 활성도 높았고, 5 회 재사용한 후 측정한 활성이 최초 활성 대비 73 % 이상의 활성을 유지하였다.