• Macromolecular Research
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.128-132
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• 2009

Fucoidan, a sulfated polysaccharide derived from brown seaweed, is an important material valued for its various biological functions, including anti-coagulation, anti-aging, and immune system support. In this study, we examined the potential of fucoidan as a novel emulsifying agent in BSA (bovine serum albumin)-stabilized emulsion at a neutral pH. We measured the dispersed oil-droplet size, surface zeta-potential and creaming formation of 0.5 wt% BSA emulsion (20 wt% oil traction) in the absence and presence of fucoidan. The average particle size and zeta-potential value were 625.4 nm and -30.91 mV in only BSA-stabilized emulsion and 745.2 nm and -44.2 mV in 1.0 wt% fucoidan-added BSA emulsion, respectively. This result suggested that some positive charges of the BSA molecules interacted with the negative charges of fucoidan to inhibit the flocculation among the oil droplets. The creaming rate calculated from the backscattering data measured by Turbiscan dramatically decreased in 1.0 wt% fucoidan-added BSA emulsion during storage. Accordingly, the repulsion forces induced among the oil particles coated with 1.0 wt% fucoidan in emulsion solution resulted in significantly increased emulsion stability. The turbidity of the BSA-stabilized emulsion at 500 nm decreased during five days of storage. However, the fucoidan-added BSA emulsion exhibited a higher value of turbidity than the BSA-stabilized emulsion did. In conclusion, an anionic sulfated fucoidan lowered the surface zeta-potential of BSA-coated oil droplets via the electrostatic interaction, and subsequently inhibited the flocculation among the oil droplets, thereby clearly minimizing the creaming and phase separation of the emulsion.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제9권12호
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• pp.1188-1195
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• 1999

알루미노실리케이트 계 졸이 지르콘 쉘 몰드의 뮬라이트 층 생성에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였다. 알루미노실리케이트 졸은 콜로이달 실리카와 수용성 질산알루미늄을 혼합하여 제조하였으며 50$^{\circ}C$에서 48시간 조건에서 겔화 하였다. 이러한 겔은 깁사이트 및 알루미노실리케이트 복합 겔로 구성되어 있었으며, Si 이온과 결합하는 모든 Al 이온의 배위수가 4임을 확인하였다. 뮬라이트 상은 1300$^{\circ}C$ 이상에서 소결하였을 때 관찰되었으며 뮬라이트의 XRD 피크는 소결 온도와 질산알루미늄의 농도가 증가할수록 노실리케이트 졸 슬러리를 2차 층에 코팅하였다. 그 결과 1차 및 3차 층의 분리가 일어났으며, 이는 소결시 졸의 1차 및 3차 층으로 침윤 발생과 잔류 실리카와 뮬라이트 간의 열팽창계수 차이에 기인한 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.957-967
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• 2018

A novel $g-C_3N_4$/ZnO/stellerite (CNZOS) hybrid photocatalyst, which was synthesized by coupled hydro thermal-thermal polymerization processing, was applied as an efficient visible-light-driven photocatalyst against Staphylococcus aureus. The optimum synthesized hybrid photocatalyst showed a sandwich structure morphology with layered $g-C_3N_4$ (doping amount: 40 wt%) deposited onto micron-sized ZnO/stellerite particles (ZnO average diameter: ~18 nm). It had a narrowing band gap (2.48 eV) and enlarged specific surface area ($23.05m^2/g$). The semiconductor heterojunction effect from ZnO to $g-C_3N_4$ leads to intensive absorption of the visible region and rapid separation of the photogenerated electron-hole pairs. In this study, CNZOS showed better photocatalytic disinfection efficiency than $g-C_3N_4/ZnO$ powders. The disinfection mechanism was systematically investigated by scavenger-quenching methods, indicating the important role of $H_2O_2$ in both systems. Furthermore, $h^+$ was demonstrated as another important radical in oxidative inactivation of the CNZOS system. In respect of the great disinfection efficiency and practicability, the CNZOS heterojunction photocatalyst may offer many disinfection applications.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.3761-3766
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• 2012

$Ag_2Se$-Graphene/$TiO_2$ composite was synthesized by a facile sonochemical method. The as-prepared products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectrophotometer. During the reaction, both of the reduction of graphene oxide and loading of $Ag_2Se$ and $TiO_2$ particles were achieved. The as-prepared $Ag_2Se$-Graphene/$TiO_2$ composites possessed great adsorptivity of dyes, extended light absorption range, and efficient charge separation properties simultaneously. Hence, in the photodegradation of rhodamine B (Rh.B), a significant enhancement in the reaction rate was observed with $Ag_2Se$-Graphene/$TiO_2$ composites, compared to the pure $TiO_2$. The high activity can be attributed to the synergetic effects of high charge mobility, and red shift in absorption edge of $Ag_2Se$-Graphene/$TiO_2$ composites.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.426-431
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• 2010

태양전지용 웨이퍼 제조공정에 있어 Slurry의 가격 비중은 약 68% 정도로 매우 큰 비중을 차지하고 있기 때문에, 제조비용 절감측면과 Wafering 원가혁신 및 산업폐기물 처리비용 절감효과, 환경오염 방지를 위해 Slurry의 순환 사용은 필수적이다. 기존 Slurry를 재생하는 방식은 물리적인 원심분리(데칸터) 방식을 이용한 방법을 사용하고 있으나 미분(微粉)이 남아 있어 재생품질에 한계가 있고, 대부분 액체, 100% 오일과 분리되지 않은 상태로 재생된다. 이 상태를 건조시키는 경우도 순도가 많이 떨어진다. 본 논문에서는 원심분리(데칸터) 방식과 케미컬 방식을 함께 사용하여, 태양전지 Wafering 공정에서 필수적인 Slurry를 재생함에 있어, 원심분리에 의한 재생품질의 한계를 극복할 수 있는 재생기술을 개발하였고, Slurry 재생에 대한 Total Solution을 제공하여 성능을 향상시키고 재생 회수율을 높였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제38권10호
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• pp.845-851
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• 2014

유전영동(DEP)이란 비균질의 전기장과 그에 따라 입자 내부에 형성되는 극성힘에 의해 용매에 분산되어 있는 입자에 야기되는 운동을 의미하며, 세포, 바이러스, 나노입자 등의 트래핑, 입자분류, 셀분리 등과 같은 다양한 생물학적 응용에 이용되어 왔다. 지금까지 유전영동트랩에 대한 해석은 주기평균 ponderomotive force 에 기반한 정특성 해석이 주를 이루고 있으며, 동특성에 대해서는 많은 연구가 이루어져 있지 않다. 이는 지금까지 유전영동트랩이 적용된 입자들의 크기가 상대적으로 매우 크기 때문으로, 분석입자의 크기가 매우 작은 나노단위 분석에서는 적절하지 않다. 본 연구에서는, 다양한 시스템 파라미터들에 대한 트래핑의 동역학적 반응 및 그들의 트래핑 안정성에 대한 영향을 심도깊게 관찰하고자 한다. 특히, 입자의 전도율에 따른 입자의 동특성의 변화 또한 관찰하고자 한다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.248-256
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• 2012

A Pd-based hydrogen membranes for hydrogen purification and separation need high hydrogen perm-selectivity. The surface roughness of the support is important to coat the pinholes free and thin-film membrane over it. Also, The pinholes drastically decreased the hydrogen perm-selectivity of the Pd-based composite membrane. In order to remove the pinholes, we introduced various surface pre-treatment such as alumina powder packing, nickel electro-plating and micro-polishing pre-treatment. Especially, the micro-polishing pretreatment was very effective in roughness leveling off the surface of the porous nickel support, and it almost completely plugged the pores. Fine Ni particles filled surface pinholes with could form open structure at the interface of Pd alloy coating and Ni support by their diffusion to the membrane and resintering. In this study, a $4{\mu}m$ surface pore-free Pd-Cu-Ni ternary alloy membrane on a porous nickel substrate was successfully prepared by micro-polishing, high temperature sputtering and Cu-reflow process. And $H_2$ permeation and $N_2$ leak tests showed that the Pd-Cu-Ni ternary alloy hydrogen membrane achieved both high permeability of $13.2ml{\cdot}cm^{-2}{\cdot}min^{-1}{\cdot}atm^{-1}$ permation flux and infinite selectivity.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.136-142
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• 2016

무질서 매질에서 형광, 산란과 응집의 영향은 파장과 산란된 형광세기로 나타내는데, laser induced fluorescence(LIF) 분광학에 의한 분자특성으로 나타난다. 산란매질에서 광학적 효과는 광학적 파라미터들(${\mu}_s$, ${\mu}_a$, ${\mu}_t$)에 의해 표현되고 응집은 고-액상 분리공정과 Photodynamic therapy에서 중요하게 활용되고 있다. 따라서 입자가 서로 접근될 때 콜로이드 입자들의 상호작용을 LIF와 응집효과로 분석하였다. 우리는 레이저 광원에서 검출기까지 거리의 함수에 의해 in vitro 시료의 산란과 형광 스펙트라를 측정하였다. 산란계수 ${\mu}_s$는 산란체의 입자가 증가함에 크게 나타났다. 그리하여 purple membrane vesicle과 ${\beta}$-carotene의 혼합물의 매질에서 광원에서 검출기에 의한 거리에 대한 측정된 값(I, ${\delta}$)이 거리가 가까워짐에 따라 크게 나타났다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.353-381
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• 2019

The general world model for homogeneous and isotropic universe has been proposed. For this purpose, we introduce a global and fiducial system of reference (world reference frame) constructed on a (4+1)-dimensional space-time, and assume that the universe is spatially a 3-dimensional hypersurface embedded in the 4-dimensional space. The simultaneity for the entire universe has been specified by the global time coordinate. We define the line element as the separation between two neighboring events on the expanding universe that are distinct in space and time, as viewed in the world reference frame. The information that determines the kinematics of the geometry of the universe such as size and expansion rate has been included in the new metric. The Einstein's field equations with the new metric imply that closed, flat, and open universes are filled with positive, zero, and negative energy, respectively. The curvature of the universe is determined by the sign of mean energy density. We have demonstrated that the flat universe is empty and stationary, equivalent to the Minkowski space-time, and that the universe with positive energy density is always spatially closed and finite. In the closed universe, the proper time of a comoving observer does not elapse uniformly as judged in the world reference frame, in which both cosmic expansion and time-varying light speeds cannot exceed the limiting speed of the special relativity. We have also reconstructed cosmic evolution histories of the closed world models that are consistent with recent astronomical observations, and derived useful formulas such as energy-momentum relation of particles, redshift, total energy in the universe, cosmic distance and time scales, and so forth. The notable feature of the spatially closed universe is that the universe started from a non-singular point in the sense that physical quantities have finite values at the initial time as judged in the world reference frame. It has also been shown that the inflation with positive acceleration at the earliest epoch is improbable.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.30-36
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• 2012

The active fraction of soil organic matter, which includes organic debris and light organic fraction, plays a major role in nutrient cycling. In addition, particulate organic matter is a valuable index of labile soil organic matter and can reflect differences in various soil behaviors. Since soil organic matter bound to soil mineral particles has its density lower than soil minerals, we partitioned soil organic matter into debris ($<1.5g\;cm^{-3}$), light fraction ($1.5-2.0g\;cm^{-3}$), and heavy fraction ($>2.0g\;cm^{-3}$), based on high density $ZnCl_{2-}$ sucrose solutions. Generally, partitioned organic bands were clearly separated, demonstrating that the $ZnCl_{2-}$ sucrose solutions are useful for such a density gradient centrifugation. The available gradient ranges from 1.2 to $2.0g\;cm^{-3}$. Although there was not a statistically meaningful difference in organic debris and organomineral fractions among the examined soils, there was a general trend that a higher content of organic debris resulted in a higher proportion of light organomineral fraction. In addition, high clay content was associated with increased fraction of light organomineals. Partitioning of soil organic carbon revealed that carbon content is reduced in the heavy fraction than in the light fraction, reflecting that the light fraction contains more fresh and abundant carbon than the passive resistant fraction. It was also found that carbon contents in the overall organic matter, debris, light fraction, and heavy fractions may differ considerably in response to different farming practices.