• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.202-214
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• 2015

Stimuli-responsive biomaterials that alter their function through sensing local molecular cues may enable technological advances in the fields of drug delivery, gene delivery, actuators, biosensors, and tissue engineering. In this research, pH-responsive hydrogel which is comprised of dimethylaminoethyl methacylate (DMAEMA) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) was synthesized for the effective delivery of doxorubicin (Dox) to breast cancer cells. Cancer and tumor tissues show a lower extracellular pH than normal tissues. DMAEMA/HEMA hydrogels showed significant sensitivity by small pH changes and each formulation of hydrogels was examined by scanning electron microscopy, mechanical test, equilibrium mass swelling, controlled Dox release, and cytotoxicity. High swelling ratios and Dox release were obtained at low pH buffer condition, low cross-linker concentration, and high content of DMAEMA. Dox release was accelerated to 67.3% at pH 5.5 for 6-h incubation at $37^{\circ}C$, while it was limited to 13.8% at pH7.4 at the same time and temperature. Cell toxicity results to breast cancer cells indicate that pH-responsive DMAEMA/HEMA hydrogels may be used as an efficient matrix for anti-cancer drug delivery with various transporting manners. Also, pH-responsive DMAEMA/HEMA hydrogels may be useful in therapeutic treatment which is required a triggered release at low pH range such as gene delivery, ischemia, and diabetic ketoacidosis.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2004

The preparation of responsive fibers from acrylic fibers is studied. Various responsive fibers, such as fibers which change their color on exposure to light or with change in temperature, have been developed and are used commercially However, the responsive material in these fibers are not the fiber itself but chemicals in microcapsules attached to the fibers by finishing, and few fibers exhibit responsive properties by itself. The partial hydrolysis of polyacrylonitrile fibers to obtain pH responsive fibers is presented in this paper. Partial hydrolysis was effected by control of the concentration of the sodium hydroxide used in the hydrolysis, hydrolysis temperature and time. The degree of hydrolysis was evaluated by nitrogen content of the hydrolyzed fibers and their response, change in length, to aqueous solutions of varying pH was studied by continually changing the pH. Significant changes in lengths with pH were observed and the gel transition behavior varied with the conditions of hydrolysis. The hysteresis of the length change was also studied to evaluate the possibilities of using hydrolyzed acrylic fibers as pH sensors.

• Carbon letters
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.173-177
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• 2012

A drug delivery system (DDS) was prepared with a temperature and pH-responsive hydrogel. Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/poly(acrylic acid) (PAAc)/poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm)/multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) nanocomposites were prepared by radical polymerization for the temperature and pH-responsive hydrogels. MWCNTs were employed to improve both the thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of the PVA/PAAc/PNIPAAm/MWCNT nanocomposite hydrogels. Various amounts of MWCNTs (0, 0.5, 1 and 3 wt%) were added to the nanocomposite hydrogels. PVA/PAAc/PNIPAAm/MWCNT nanocomposite hydrogels were characterized with a scanning electron microscope. The mechanical properties were measured with a universal testing machine. Swelling and releasing properties of nanocomposite hydrogels were investigated at various temperatures and pHs. Temperature and pH-responsive release behavior was found to be dependent on the content of MWCNTs in nanocomposite hydrogels.

• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2019

We discuss recent advances in Gd-based $T_1$-weighted MR contrast agents for the mapping of cellular pH. The pH plays a critical role in various biological processes. During the past two decades, several MR contrast agents of strategic importance for pH-mapping have been developed. Some of these agents shed light on the pH fluctuation in the tumor microenvironment. A pH-responsive self-assembled contrast agent facilitates the visualization of tumor size as small as $3mm^3$. Optimization of various parameters is crucial for the development of pH-responsive contrast agents. In due course, the new contrast agents may provide significant insight into pH fluctuations in the human body.

• 한국막학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국막학회 2004년도 Proceedings of the second conference of aseanian membrane society
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• pp.191-194
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• 2004

A novel type of intelligent microcapsule reactor system was prepared. The reactor can recognize pH change in the medea and control reaction rate by itself. For the reactor system, acrylic acid (AA), N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM), and glucose oxidase (GOD) were selected as a pH-responsive device, a gating device according and a reaction device, respectively. Poly(NIPAM-co-AA) (P-NIPAM-co-AA) are known to change its hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity due to pH change. They were integrated in a core-shell microcapsule space. GOD was loaded inside the core space and the pores in the outside shell layer were filled with P-NIPAM-co-AA linear grafted chains as pH-responsive gates by plasma graft filling polymerization method. When P-NIPAM-co-AA gates are hydrophilic at high pH value, this microcapsule permits glucose penetration into the core space and GOD reaction proceeds. However, when P-NIPAM-co-AA gates are hydrophobic at low pH value, this microcapsule forbids glucose penetration and GOD reaction will not occur. The accuracy of this concept was examined.

• 폴리머
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.421-426
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• 2008

pH감응형 P(MAA-co-EGMA) 수화젤을 분산 광중합을 이용하여 마이크로 크기의 미세입자로 합성하고 화장품 제형으로서의 응용 가능성을 평가하기 위하여 모델 탑재물질인 Rh-B와 화장품 분야에서 기능성 물질로 사용되는 ascorbic acid, adenosine, EGCG, arbutin을 이용하여 탑재 및 방출 거동을 조사하였다. Rh-B 탑재의 경우, pH 6.5인 수용액에서 이온화에 의한 P(MAA-co-EGMA) 수화젤의 음전하와 Rh-B의 양전하 사이의 정전기적 인력으로 인하여 가장 높은 탑재효율을 나타내었다. 그러나 화장품 기능성 물질들의 경우, pH 6.5 수용액에서 이온화된 P(MAA-co-EGMA) 수화젤의 음전하와 기능성 물질들이 나타내는 음전하 사이의 정전기적 반발력 때문에 상대적으로 낮은 탑재효율을 나타내었다. Rh-B를 사용한 방출실험 결과, p(MAA-co-EGMA) 수화젤 미세입자는 높은 pH에서는 다량의 Rh-B를 그리고 낮은 pH에서는 소량의 Rh-B를 방출하는 pH 감응성 방출거동을 나타내었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.1010-1018
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• 2008

In this report, we describe the use of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) immobilized on pH. responsive, cross-linked poly(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP) thin films, as a potential application for pH nanosensors. The methodology is based on the variation in surface plasmon resonance of immobilized AuNPs with changing the interparticle distances, caused by the swelling/deswelling of the pH responsive P4VP polymer films. The change in optical properties of the immobilized AuNPs in response to the pH of surrounding media was investigated by a simple yet powerful tool; UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. The swelling of the P4VP chains at pH 2 causes an increase in the interparticle distances of immobilized AUNPS ($\sim20nm$) and hence leads to a blue shift of 48 nm in their surface plasmon resonance band peak. On the other hand, when the surrounding media was altered from pH 2 to 10, a red shift of absorption maxima was observed. The changes were rapid, and the effect was reversible. This system could prove to be useful in fabricating nanosensors for detecting the pH or pH changes of surrounding aqueous medium.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.149-156
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• 1972

메타놀, N,N-디메칠포름아미드 및 아세토니트릴 속에서 유리전극의 pH 응답성을 여러가지 pH의 완충용액으로 시험한 바 전극을 물속에 보관하는 것보다 측정하고저 하는 용매속에 보관하는 것이 더 빨리 전위가 안정되었다. 같은 용매에서 용액의 염기성에 비례하여 응답속도가 느리고 강염기성 용액에서는 안정한 전위를 얻기 어려웠다. 산성용액에서의 pH 응답성은 보다 빠르나 같은 용액의 pH 측정에서도 전극의 사용한 이력에 따라 응답성과 측정치에 차이가 생겼다.

• 폴리머
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.94-98
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• 2011

생체 적합하고 온도 및 pH에 대한 민감성을 갖는 하이드로젤로서 Pluronic과 acrylic acid (AAc) 공단량체를 도입한 개질 PHEMA 가교젤을 광중합법을 사용하여 제조하고 그 팽윤거동을 조사하였다. 하이드로젤에 도입된 온도민감성 Pluronic의 영향 때문에 낮은 온도에서는 높은 팽윤거동을 보이다가 졸-젤 전이 이상의 온도에서 젤 수축이 일어나고 팽윤비의 감소가 나타났다. 한편 이온성의 AAc 공단량체의 도입과 함량 증가에 따라 하이브리드 젤의 팽윤비는 증가하였으며, 이들 구조가 갖는 일정 pH 영역에서 이온화 영향으로 pH에 민감한 팽윤거동을 나타내었다. 한편 SEM을 통해 하이드로젤의 다공성 모폴로지 변화를 관찰하였다.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.670-675
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• 2008

A series of pH and temperature-responsive (N,N-diethylacrylamide-co-methylacrylic acid) copolymers were synthesized by radical copolymerization and characterized by elemental analysis, Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) $^1H$, $^{13}C$ and LLS. The effects of salt and pH on the phase transition behaviors of the copolymers were investigated by uv. With increasing NaCl concentration, significant salt effects on their phase transition behaviors were observed. UV spectroscopic studies showed that the phase transition became faster with increasing NaCl concentration. In addition, the phase transition behaviors of copolymers were sensitive to pH. The pH and temperature sensitivity of these copolymers would make an interesting drug delivery system.