• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.244-249
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 새로운 나노 분말 제조방법 중의 하나인 정전분무 열분해법을 이용하여 칼슘 포스페이트 나노분말을 제조하였다. 정전 분무된 분말은 공기 중에서 $400^{\circ}C$로 30분간 열처리하여 고상화하였다. 결정화된 분말의 하이드록시 아파타이트 형성능력을 평가하기 위하여 Eagle's minimum essential medium solution(MEM)을 사용하였으며, MEM 용액에 침전된 후의 분말의 특성평가를 위하여 X-선 회절 분석법, 전계 방사 주사형 전자 현미경, 에너지 분산 X-선 분광계 및 퓨리에 변환 적외선 분광계를 사용하여 분석을 행하였다. 비정질 구조를 가진 나노 분말은 MEM 용액에 15일 침전 후, 분말의 표면에 유도된 하이드록시 아파타이트 결정을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
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• 제35권12호
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• pp.2384-2393
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• 2018

Porous alginate-based hydrogel beads (porous ABH) have been prepared through a facile and sustainable template-assisted method using nano-calcium carbonate and nano-$CaCO_3$ as pore-directing agent for the efficient capture of methylene blue (MB). The materials were characterized by various techniques. The sorption capacities of ABH towards MB were compared with pure sodium alginate (ABH-1:0) in batch and fixed-bed column adsorption studies. The obtained adsorbent (ABH-1:3) has a higher BET surface area and a smaller average pore diameter. The maximum adsorption capacity of ABH-1:3 obtained from Langmuir model was as high as $1,426.0mg\;g^{-1}$. The kinetics strictly followed pseudo-second order rate equation and the adsorption reaction was effectively facilitated, approximately 50 minutes to achieve adsorption equilibrium, which was significantly shorter than that of ABH-1:0. The thermodynamic parameters revealed that the adsorption was spontaneous and exothermic. Thomas model fitted well with the breakthrough curves and could describe the dynamic behavior of the column. More significantly, the uptake capacity of ABH-1:3 was still higher than 75% of the maximum adsorption capacity even after ten cycles, indicating that this novel adsorbent can be a promising adsorptive material for removal of MB from aqueous solution under batch and continuous systems.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.390-396
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• 2008

Calreticulin (CRT) is one of the major $Ca^{2+}$ binding chaperone proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and an unusual luminal ER protein. Postnatally elevated expression of CRT leads to impaired development of the cardiac conductive system and may be responsible for the pathology of complete heart block. In this study, the molecular mechanisms that affect $Ca^{2+}$-dependent signal cascades were investigated using CRT-overexpressing cardiomyocytes. In particular, we asked whether calreticulin plays a critical role in the activation of $Ca^{2+}$-dependent apoptosis. In the cells overexpressing CRT, the intracellular calcium concentration was significantly increased and the activity of PKC and level of SECAR2a mRNA were reduced. Phosphorylation of Akt and ERKs decreased compared to control. In addition the activity of the anti-apoptotic factor, Bcl-2, was decreased and the activities of pro-apoptotic factor, Bax, p53 and caspase 8 were increased, leading to a dramatic augmentation of caspase 3 activity. Our results suggest that enhanced CRT expression in mature cardiomyocytes disrupts intracellular calcium regulation, leading to calcium-dependent apoptosis.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.346-351
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• 2002

Pure and fine, two-component titanate powders (barium titanate, calcium titanate etc.) were synthesized by an ethylene glycol method. Titanium isopropoxide and other metal ionic salts were dissolved in liquid-type ethylene glycol without any precipitation. In non-aqueous system, the amount of ethylene glycol affected the solubility and homogeneity of metal cation sources in the solution. At the optimum amount of the polymer, the metal ions were dispersed effectively in solution and a homogeneous polymeric network was formed. Most of the synthesized powders had sub-micron or nano-size primary particles after calcination and the agglomerated calcined powders were easily ground by ball milling process. All synthesized titanate powders had stable crystallization behavior at low temperature and high specific surface area after ball milling. The crystallization behavior and the microstructures of the calcined powders were affected on the ethylene glycol content.

• International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.3-10
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• 2011

Theoretical models for prediction of the mechanical properties of cement mortar are developed based on the morphology and interactions of cement hydration products, capillary pores and microcracks. The models account for intermolecular interactions involving the nano-scale calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) constituents of hydration products, and consider the effects of capillary pores as well as the microcracks within the hydrated cement paste and at the interfacial transition zone (ITZ). Cement mortar was modeled as a three-phase material composed of hydrated cement paste, fine aggregates and ITZ. The Hashin's bound model was used to predict the elastic modulus of mortar as a three-phase composite. Theoretical evaluation of fracture toughness indicated that the frictional pullout of fine aggregates makes major contribution to the fracture energy of cement mortar. Linear fracture mechanics principles were used to model the tensile strength of mortar. The predictions of theoretical models compared reasonably with empirical values.

• 한국분말야금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국분말야금학회 2006년도 Extended Abstracts of 2006 POWDER METALLURGY World Congress Part2
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• pp.1082-1083
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• 2006

Carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforced hydroxyapatite (HAp) composites were fabricated by using the spark plasma sintering process with surfactant modified CNT and HAp nano powder. Without the dependency on sintering temperature, the main crystal phase existed with the HAp phase although a few contents of ${\beta}-TCP$ (Tri calcium phosphate) phase were detected. The maximum fracture toughness, $(1.27\;MPa.m^{1/2})$ was obtained in the sample sintered at $1100^{\circ}C$ and on the fracture surface a typical intergranular fracture mode, as well as the pull-out pmhenomenon of CNT, was observed.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.305-317
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• 2016

Porous materials such as concrete could be subjected to aggressive ions transport. Durability of cement paste is extremely depended on water and ions penetration into its interior sections. These ions transport could lead different damages depending on reactivity of ions, their concentrations and diffusion coefficients. In this paper, chloride diffusion process in cement hydrates is simulated at atomistic scale using molecular dynamics. Most important phase of cement hydrates is calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H). Tobermorite, one of the most famous crystal analogues of C-S-H, is used as substrate in the simulation model. To conduct simulation, a nanopore is considered in the middle of simulation cell to place water molecules and aggressive ions. Different chloride salts are considered in models to find out which one is better for calculation of the transport properties. Diffusion coefficients of water molecules and chloride ions are calculated and validated with existing analytical and experimental works. There are relatively good agreements among simulation outputs and experimental results.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.460-466
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• 2002

티타늄 임플란트의 표면을 열산화법을 이용하여 티타늄의 표면 위에 생체활성을 갖는 $TiO_2$ 박막을 생성시켜 다양한 의료분야의 응용 가능성을 검토하였다. 시판되고 있는 순수한 티타늄 디스크를 세척 공정을 거친 후, 공기와 아르곤 분위기에서 500, 550, 600, 650, 700${\circ}C$의 온도로 10분간 각각 열산화 처리를 실시하였다. 열처리된 시편의 인산칼슘 결정의 형성 능력을 시험하기 위하여 36.5${\circ}C$의 Eagle's minimum essential medium 용액에서 15일 동안 침적시험을 행하였다. 침적하기 전과 후의 시편의 표면 형상과 표면 조성을 Field Emission-Scanning Electron Microscopy(FE-SEM)와 Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry(EDS)로 각각 분석하였다. In vitro 시험에서 미세한 $TiO_2$ 결정이 생성된 박막의 표면에는 탄소가 함유된 인산칼슘 결정이 생성됨을 확인하였다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.454-458
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 패각에서 유래하는 칼슘의 이용가치를 높이고자 분쇄한 패각 칼슘을 입자 크기별로 제조하여 이온화율과 흡수율을 조사하였다. 패각 칼슘분말 현탁액을 알코올 중에서 비중차이별로 분리하고 입자 크기를 측정하여 4개의 시료군으로 나누었다; NC(일반 패각 칼슘), C-1(1,000 rpm 상등액), C-2(2,000 rpm 상등액), C-3(3,000 rpm 상등액). 이들의 입자 크기는 각각 $2,280.3{\pm}64nm$, $521.3{\pm}83.3nm$, $313.9{\pm}29.5nm$, $280{\pm}3.4nm$를 보였다. 각 칼슘군들을 대상으로 이온화 정도를 측정한 결과 C-3군이 오차범위내에서 다른 군들에 비해 이온화율이 다소 증가했다. In vitro 상에서 dialysis 막을 이용한 나노칼슘의 투과율을 측정한 결과 나노칼슘의 입자 크기가 작을수록 막 투과성이 증대됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 한편 rat의 내장주머니 막(intestinal sac)을 이용하여 장내 환경별 나노칼슘의 투과율을 측정한 결과 C-3군을 제외한 모든 군에서 십이지장(pH 4.2)과 공장(pH 6.2) 환경보다는 회장(pH 7.2)에서의 나노칼슘의 장투과율이 비교적 높게 나타난 반면 C-3군에서는 십이지장 환경에서의 투과율이 다소 높았다. 특히 십이지장 환경에서의 샘플 간 투과율을 비교할 때 C-2와 C-3군이 가장 높은 투과율을 보였고 NC 칼슘이 가장 낮은 투과율을 나타내어 입자 크기가 작을수록 장 투과율이 증가함을 확인할 수 있었다. 위의 결과를 종합해볼 때, 패각에서 유래하는 칼슘을 적절한 가공처리를 거쳐 나노칼슘으로 만들면 칼슘의 이온화율과 장내흡수율을 향상시킬 수 있는 것으로 사료된다.

• 폴리머
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.382-387
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 탄산칼슘($CaCO_3$)의 폴리프로필렌에 분산과 탄산칼슘 입자의 크기가 폴리프로필렌의 결정성에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. 무기물로 충전된 고분자복합재료는 일반적으로 취성(brittleness)의 문제를 가지고 있으며, 이러한 문제는 주로 무기물입자의 크기와 분산에 의해서 영향을 받는다. 따라서 탄산칼슘의 분산성을 향상시키기 위한 방법으로 sodium lignosulfonate(SLS)의 함량을 달리하면서 탄산칼슘을 전처리하고 이에 따른 분산효과를 고찰하였다. 그 결과 3 wt%의 SLS로 처리된 탄산칼슘은 미처리 탄산칼슘에 비해 우수한 분산성을 보였으며, 열분석에서도 빠른 결정형성능을 보였다. 이러한 결정형성능은 탄산칼슘 입자의 크기에 의해서도 영향을 받았으며, 입자의 크기가 커지면 용융과 결정화 과정에서의 엔탈피 출입이 줄어드는 것으로 관찰되었다. 이러한 결과들은 무기물 고분자복합재료의 취성을 해결할 수 있는 단서를 제공한다고 할 수 있겠다.