• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권9호
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• pp.2830-2844
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• 2012

This review covers recent developments in our group regarding the synthesis, characterization and applications of single-crystalline one-dimensional nanostructures based on a wide range of material systems including noble metals, metal silicides and metal germanides. For the single-crystalline one-dimensional nanostructures growth, we have employed chemical vapor transport approach without using any catalysts, capping reagents, and templates because of its simplicity and wide applicability. Au, Pd, and Pt nanowires are epitaxially grown on various substrates, in which the nanowires grow from seed crystals by the correlations of the geometry and orientation of seed crystals with those of as-grown nanowires. We also present the synthesis of numerous metal silicide and germanide 1D nanostructures. By simply varying reaction conditions, furthermore, nanowires of metastable phase, such as $Fe_5Si_3$ and $Co_3Si$, and composition tuned cobalt silicides (CoSi, $Co_2Si$, $Co_3Si$) and iron germanides ($Fe_{1.3}Ge$ and $Fe_3Ge$) nanowires are synthesized. Such developments can be utilized as advanced platforms or building blocks for a wide range of applications such as plasmonics, sensings, nanoelectronics, and spintronics.

• 센서학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.272-277
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• 2014

At present, the index of chemical oxygen demand (COD) is widely used as an indicator of organic water pollution with biochemical oxygen demand (BOD). But, traditional COD measurement method are not only with various chemical reagents exhausted, but also long time consumed, the operation procedure and the modification are much professional. This paper reported a novel COD measurement system using double-beam and multiple wavelength analysis UV-VIS spectrometries. It consists of pulsed xenon lamp, two-way optical fiber, optical switch, spectrometer and main processor. Proposed COD measurement system obtains any spectral information of water sample (KHP standard sample and two river water and wastewater) and reference sample (distilled water) in the range of 200~520 nm, corresponding to the COD concentration from 0 to 300 mg/L through calculating the UV absorbance. The system show improved precision and can work continuously fast at time interval about 25 seconds.

• BMB Reports
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.419-426
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• 2010

Aeromonas hydrophila is a bacterial pathogen that infects a large number of eukaryotes, including humans. The UDP-galactose 4'-epimerase (GalE) catalyzes interconversion of UDP-galactose to UDP-glucose and plays a key role in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis. This makes it an important virulence determinant, and therefore a potential drug target. Our earlier studies revealed that unlike other GalEs, GalE of A. hydrophila exists as a monomer. This uniqueness necessitated elucidation of its structure and active site. Chemical modification of the 6xHis-rGalE demonstrated the role of histidine residue in catalysis and that it did not constitute the substrate binding pocket. Loss of the 6xHis-rGalE activity and coenzyme fluorescence with thiol modifying reagents established the role of two distinct vicinal thiols in catalysis. Chemical modification studies revealed arginine to be essential for catalysis. Site-directed mutagenesis indicated Tyr149 and Lys153 to be involved in catalysis. Use of glycerol as a cosolvent enhanced the GalE thermostability significantly.

• BMB Reports
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.321-326
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• 1996

Spinach glycolate oxidase was subjected to a series of chemical modifications aimed at identifying amino acid residues essential for catalytic activity. The oxidase was reversibly inactivated by treatment with pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP). The inactivation by PLP was accompanied by the appearance of an absorption peak of around 430 nm, which was shifted to 325 nm upon reduction with $NaBH_4$. After reduction, the PLP-treated oxidase showed a fluorescence spectrum with a maximum of around 395 nm by exciting at 325 nm. The substrate-competitive inhibitors oxalate and oxaloacetate provided protection against inactivation of the oxidase by PLP. These results suggest that PLP inactivates the enzyme by fonning a Schiff base with lysyl residue(s) at an active site of the oxidase. The enzyme was also inactivated by tryptophan-specific reagent N-bromosuccinimide (NBS). However, competitive inhibitors oxalate and oxaloacetate could not protect the oxidase significantly against inactivation of the enzyme by NBS. The results implicate that the inactivation of the oxidase by NBS is not directly related to modification of the tryptophanyl residue at an active site of the enzyme. Treatments of the oxidase with cysteine-specific reagents iodoacetate, silver nitrate, and 5,5'-dithiobis-2-nitrobenzoic acid did not affect significantly the activity of the enzyme.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.159-164
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• 1967

균일계수 산화환원 적정에 있어서의 전위의 적정분율에 따른 변화을 나타내는 정확한 방정식을 얻었다. 이 방정식은 정정곡선이 시약의 농도에 무관계함을 알려준다. 또한 전위차적정범위 종말점의 예민도는 반전지의 기준전위의 차는 몰론, 각 반반응에 관여하는 전자수에 따라 심한 영향을 받음을 알려준다. 적정곡선의 변곡점이 당량점과 일치하지 않음을 증명하였다. 또한 적정단계에 따른 반응의 완결도를 평형상수식을 토대로 하여 해석하였다. 이 결과는 산화환원 이외의 평형에도 적용된다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.1720-1726
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• 2014

(S)-Alanine Racemase Chiral Analogue ((S)-ARCA) was used as an efficient adsorbent for the selective separation of D-amino acids (D-AAs), which are industrially important as chiral building blocks for the synthesis of pharmaceutical intermediates. The organic phase, containing (S)-ARCA adsorbent and phase transfer reagents, such as ionic liquid type molecules (Tetraphenylphosphonium chloride (TPPC), Octyltriphenylphosponium bromide (OTPPBr)), were coated on the surfaces of mesoporous carbon supports. For the immobilization of chiral adsorbents, meso/macroporous monolithic carbon (MMC), having bimodal pore structures with high surface areas and pore volumes, were fabricated. The separation of chiral AAs by adsorption onto the heterogeneous (S)-ARCA was performed using a continuous flow type packed bed reactor system. The effects of loading amount of ARCA on the support, the molar ratio of AA to ARCA, flow rates, and the type of phase transfer reagent (PTR) on the isolation yields and the optical purity of product D-AAs were investigated. D-AAs were selectively combined to (S)-ARCA through imine formation reaction in an aqueous basic solution of racemic D/L-AA. The (S)-ARCA coated MMC support showed a high selectivity, up to 95 ee%, for the separation of D-type phenylalanine, serine and tryptophan from racemic mixtures. The ionic liquids TPPC and OTPPBr exhibited superior properties to those of the ionic surfactant Cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB), as a PTR, showing constant optical purities of 95 ee%, with high isolation yields for five repeated reuses. The unique separation properties in this heterogeneous adsorption system should provide for an expansion of the applications of porous materials for commercial processes.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.885-893
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• 2014

중금속과 총 석유 탄화수소(TPH)로 동시 오염된 복합오염 토양을 정화하기 위해 펜톤 산화와 토양 세정법에 활용되고 있는 $H_2O_2$와 sodium dodecyl surfate (SDS)를 활용하여 강화된 동전기를 연구하였다. 또한, 토양 고유의 특성 차이 및 전극액 농도에 따른 정화 효율의 영향을 확인하기 위해 토양과 농도를 달리하여 실험하였다. 인공적으로 오염시킨 토양에서 10% $H_2O_2$와 20mM SDS를 활용한 실험에서 중금속 정화 효율이 가장 높게 나타났으며, 반면에 같은 농도의 용산 토양 실험에서 토양 고유의 높은 산 완충능력으로 중금속 정화 효율이 떨어졌다. 20% $H_2O_2$와 20mM SDS으로 전극액 농도를 높인 실험을 통해 높은 전류는 토양의 pH에 영향을 주었으며, 이로 인해 중금속 정화에 영향을 미쳤다. TPH의 정화 효율의 경우 용산토양의 높은 산 완충능력과 유기물 함량으로 인해 인공적으로 오염시킨 토양에 비해 산화 효율이 저하되었다. 게다가 40mM의 sodium dodecyl surfate (SDS)의 농도가 주입될 경우, SDS의 scavenger 영향 때문에 TPH 정화에 악영향을 주었다. 토양 고유의 구성성분 및 전극액 농도가 동전기-펜톤 공정의 전기화학적 현상 및 전기삼투유량, 오염물질 정화에 매우 큰 영향을 주는 인자로 판명되었다.

• 청정기술
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.274-280
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 태양광용 웨이퍼를 제조하는 과정에서 발생하는 실리콘 폐슬러지의 함유물질 중 공정원가의 25% 가량을 차지하고 있는 절삭유를 화학적으로 재생하기 위한 방법을 개발하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 아세톤, HCl, NaOH, KOH, $Na_2CO_3$, 불산, 염화메틸렌 등 7종류의 시약이 이용되었으며 다양한 농도로 폐슬러지와 반응을 실시하고 3000 rpm의 속도로 60분간 원심분리를 수행하였다. 그 결과, 실리콘분말 및 금속분말과 같은 고형물과 액상의 절삭유를 분리하기 위한 최적 시약 및 조건이 0.3 N NaOH로 확인되었다. 시판되는 절삭유의 약산성 특성에 맞게 pH 조절이 요구되어 금속분말 제거에 효과적인 0.1 N HCl과 폐슬러지를 먼저 반응시킨 후 0.3 N NaOH로 후처리 한 재생 절삭유의 pH가 6.05로 나타났으며 0.3 N NaOH 단독으로 폐슬러지에 적용하였을 때 보다 우수한 탁도를 나타내었다. 시판용 절삭유와의 특성을 비교하고자 FT-IR 분석을 실시한 결과, 재생유로서의 가능성이 확인되었으며 실험을 통하여 얻어진 절삭유 회수율은 86.9%로 나타났다.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.463-471
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• 2018

The present paper deals with the liquid-liquid extraction and flat sheet supported liquid membrane studies of Pd(II) separation from nitric acid medium using a novel synthesized ligand, namely, N,N,N',N'-tetraethyl-2,2-thiodiethanthiodiglycolamide (TETEDGA). The effect of various diluents and stripping reagents on the extraction of Pd(II) was studied. The liquid-liquid extraction studies showed complete extraction of Pd(II) in ~ 5 min. The influence of nitric acid and TETEDGA concentration on the distribution of Pd(II) has been investigated. The increase in nitric acid concentration resulted in increase in extraction of Pd(II). Stoichiometry of the extracted species was found to be $Pd(NO_3)_2{\cdot}TETEDGA$ by slope analysis method. Extraction studies with SSCD solution showed negligible uptake of Pt, Cr, Ni, and Fe, thus showing very high selectivity and extractability of TETEDGA for Pd(II). The flat sheet supported liquid membrane studies showed quantitative transport of Pd(II), ~99%, from the feed ($3M\;HNO_3$) to the strippant (0.02 M thiourea diluted in $0.4M\;HNO_3$) using 0.01 M TETEDGA as a carrier diluted in n-dodecane. Extraction time was ~160 min. Parameters such as feed acidity, TETEDGA concentration in membrane phase, membrane porosity etc. were optimized to achieve maximum transport rate. Permeability coefficient value of $2.66{\times}10^{-3}cm/s$ was observed using TETEDGA (0.01 M) as carrier, at 3 M, $HNO_3$ feed acidity across $0.2{\mu}m$ PTFE as membrane. The membrane was found to be stable over five runs of the operation.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.56-65
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• 2001

원전 안전주입계통 역지밸브의 유지보수 작업과 관련하여 작업자 방사성 피폭저감과 고가 부품의 재사용을 위해 방사능으로 오염된 이들 밸브를 화학제염법으로 제염을 수행하였다. 화학제염 후 역지밸브 내부 틈새에 잔류한 미세 고형입자를 제거하기 위해 초음파세척을 병행하였다. 역지밸브 disk arm holder를 사용한 사전 시험결과를 토대로 제염공정과 제염시약량을 결정하였으며 제염에 의한 부식산화물 용해거동, 방사능 제거거동과 재료부식거동을 조사하였다. 화학제염에 이은 초음파 적용결과, 초기 방사능의 93-95%가 제거되었으며 역지밸브 구성재질인 Type 304 stainless steel, Inconel-600 및 Stellite-6 에 대한 일반부식량은 각각 $ 2.1$\times10^{-2}$ , $6.0\times10^{-2}$ 및 1.7 mil 로써 일반부식 허용한계치의 3.3%, 24.0 % 및 2.7% 수준을 나타내어 제염효과와 재질건전성 면에서 효과적이었다.