• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.26 no.11
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• pp.1743-1748
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• 2005

This work presents that carbon dioxide, which is a main contributor to the global warming effect, could be utilized as a selective oxidant in the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene. The dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene over alumina-supported vanadium-antimony oxide catalyst has been studied under different atmospheres such as inert nitrogen, steam, oxygen or carbon dioxide as diluent or oxidant. Among them, the addition of carbon dioxide gave the highest styrene yield (up to 82%) and styrene selectivity (up to 97%) along with stable activity. Carbon dioxide could play a beneficial role of a selective oxidant in the improvement of the catalytic behavior through the oxidative pathway.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.470-472
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• 2010

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.25-30
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• 2001

A selective kinetic fluorimetric method for the determination of trace rhodium(Ⅲ), based on the catalytic effect of rhodium(Ⅲ) on the oxidation of nile blue by periodate have been studied. The effects of pH and concentrations of nile blue, sodium periodate, trioctyl phosphine oxide(TOPO) and temperature were investigated. The calibration curve for rhodium(Ⅲ) ion was linear over the range from 100 ng/mL to 0.1 ng/mL and the detection limit was 0.01 ng/mL under the optimal experimental conditions. Effects of interferences from several cations and anions for the determination of rhodium(Ⅲ) were also investigated.

• Carbon letters
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.74-78
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• 2003

Four kinds of plasma blacks were prepared by plasma pyrolysis under various metallic catalysts coated on honeycomb, and investigated the catalytic effect on the characteristics of the plasma blacks prepared under plasma pyrolysis condition. Pt, Pt-Rh, and Pd catalysts were employed as active materials to prepare the plasma blacks. In the experimental range studied, the metallic catalysts influenced on surface area, particle size, surface oxygen content and electrical conductivity of the plasma blacks prepared. It was showed that more dense particle of plasma blacks were prepared under existence of metallic catalysts. Presence of the metallic catalyst reduces the electrical resistivity of plasma blacks due to the decrease in the amount of oxygen functional groups. The highest electrical conductivity of plasma black was observed in the Pt catalyst and then followed by those Pt-Rh, Pd and bare cordierite honeycomb.

• Biomedical Science Letters
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.77-81
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• 2008

Testis brain RNA-binding protein (TB-RBP) is a DNA/RNA binding protein. TB-RBP is mainly expressed in testis and brain and highly conserved protein with several functions, including chromosomal translocations, DNA repair, mitotic cell division, and mRNA transport, stabilization, and storage. In our previous study, we identified TB-RBP as an interacting partner for the catalytic subunit $(C{\alpha})$ of protein kinase A(PKA) and verified their interaction with several biochemical analyses. Here, we confirmed interaction between $C{\alpha}$. and TB-RBP in mammalian cells and determined the effect of $C{\alpha}$. on the function of TB-RBP. The activation of $C{\alpha}$. increased the TB-RBP function as a DNA-binding protein. These results suggest that the function of TB-RBP can be modulated by PKA and provide insights into the diverse role of PKA.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.97-103
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• 1991

Glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase of Streptomyces tubercidicus was purified and characterized. Molecular weight of the isolated enzyme was determined to be approximately 230,000 and was composed foru identical subunits having a molecular weight of 58,000. This enzyme was strongly inhibited by AMP while considerably inhibited by ATP and GTP. Inhibition effect of enzyme activity by AMP was antagonized by increased concentration of substrate, PRPP, and metal ion (especially, $Mg^{++}$) was essential in both catalytic activity and nucleotide inhibition of this enzyme. Therefore, it was confirmed that end product inhibition of glutamine phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase by adenine participated in the regulation of tubercidin biosynthesis from Streptomyces tubercidicus.s.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.278-283
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• 1991

Two amino acid residues ($Ala^{494}$ and $Ser^{495}$ of E. coli .gamma.-glutamylcysteine synthetase have been investigated whether they are the site of feedback inhibition by site specific mutagenesis. Single substitution of $serine^{495}$ (S495F), and double substitutions of alanine$^{494}$ and $serine^{495}$ (A494G-S495F) resulted in the inactivation of the .gamma.-glutamylcysteine synthetase activity. Substitution of $alanine^{494}$ with $glycine^{494}$ resulted in a higher level of feedback inhibition. These results suggest that $serine^{495}$ in .gamma.-glutamylcysteine synthetase is required for its catalytic acitvity and $alanine^{494}$ is presumably related to the feeback inhibition site.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.264-272
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• 1998

The effect of catalytic condition on the properties of SiO2 aerogels has been investigated and then the dri-ed aerogels were partially densified to induce mechanical strength by heat treatment in order to prepare Type-VI silica by Sol-Gel method. Aerogel made by 1-step base process had the highest skeletal density lowest shrinkage and the smallest particle size. But in case of using acid catalyst in both 1st and 2nd step had the lowest skeletal density highest shrinkage and the largest particle size The aerogel synthesized by 1-step base process was most transparent because of its homogeneous microstructure. During heat treatments cracks occurred below 200$^{\circ}C$ for aerogel with the skeletal density lower than 1.9 g/cm3 but the with the higher skeletal density did not cracked up to 800$^{\circ}C$ shrinkage and skeletal density increased as heating temperature increased due to condensation and viscous sintering mechanism.

• Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.91-101
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• 2002

An acid amplifier is defined as an acid-generating agent which is decomposed autocatalytically to produce new strongly acidic molecules in a non-liner manner, The addition of the acid amplifiers to conventional chemically amplified photoresists consisting of photoacid generators and acid-sensitive polymers result in the improvement of photosensitivity due to the amplified generation of catalytic acid molecules as a result of the decomposition of acid amplifiers. We synthesized and evaluated 1-hydroxy-4-tosyloxy cyclohexane(AA-1) and 1,4-ditosyloxy cyclohexane(Ah-2) as novel acid amplifiers. The acid amplifiers(AA-1, AA-2) showed reasonable thermal stability for resist processing temperature. As estimated by the sensitivity curve, tort-butyl methacrylate homopolymer(ptBMA) film doped with AA-1 or 2 exhibited much higher photosensitivity than ptBMA film without AA-1 or 2. And AA-1 showed higher effect than AA-2 on enhancing photosensitivity of ptBMA film.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.131-135
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• 1984

The effect of pH and magnesium ion on the hydrolysis of dicyclomine HCl was investigated by comparing the rate constant and activation energy. The hydrolysis of dicyclomine HCl was acid-base catalytic reaction and the most stable range of pH was $3{\sim}5$. The magnesium ion accelerated the hydrolysis of dicyclomine HCl in aqueous solution.