• 폴리머
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.512-518
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• 2006

양친성 블록공중합체는 생분해성 고분자인 poly((R)-3-hydroxybutyrie acid), PHB와 친수성 고분자인 poly(ethylene glycol), PEG를 이용하여 제조되었다. 미생물에 의해 생산된 분자량이 수십만인 PHB는 약물전달용 재료로 적합하지 않으므로 산 촉매 가수분해를 통해 분자량이 $3000{\sim}30000$을 가지도록 조절되었다. 공중합체를 수용액에 넣으면, 고분자들은 자기 조립에 의해 친수성인 PEG가 소수성인 PHB를 감싸는 형태의 고분자 미셀을 형성한다. 형성된 고분자 미셀은 생분해성과 생체적합성을 가지면서 생체 내에서 낮은 독성과 환자 친화적인 특성을 가지므로 약물 전달체로의 이용이 가능하다. 양친성 블록 공중합체는 PHB에 PEG를 도입한 것으로 에스테르교환(transesterification) 반응을 통해 유도되었다. PEG는 친수성 블록의 형성과 반응성을 향상시키기 위해 말단의 작용기를 개질한 후 사용되었다. 양친성 블록 공중합체 형성에 대한 열적 특성과 화학적 구조 분석은 DSC, FTIR, $^1H-NMR$을 사용하여 알아보았다. 임계 미셀 농도(critical micelle concentration, CMC)는 고분자 미셀이 형성되는 시점으로 형광 분광기를 사용하여 분석한 결과 $5{\times}10^{-5}g/L$ 부근에서 측정되었다. 수용액 상의 고분자 미셀은 냉동 건조 후, 분말형태의 나노입자를 얻었다. 고분자 미셀의 크기는 dynamic light scattering으로 측정한 결과 약 130 nm 정도로 나타났다. 또한 atomic force microscopy 측정을 통해 크기가 약 130 nm 정도인 구형 입자를 확인하였다. 나노입자가 형성된 고분자 미셀은 소수성 약물을 담지하여 수동적 표적지향형 약물 전달용 수송체로 이용이 가능할 것이다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.1809-1814
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• 2006

The L-Valinate anion coordinating zinc complex, [$Zn(val)_2(H-2O)$], was isolated and structurally characterized by single crystal X-ray crystallography. The crystal possess orthorhombic symmetry with a space group $P2_12_12_1$, Z = 4, and a = 7.4279(2)$\AA$, b = 9.4342(2)$\AA$, c =20.5862(7)$\AA$ respectively. The compound features a penta-coordinate zinc ion in which the two valine anion molecules are directly coordinating the central zinc metal ion via their N (amine) and O (carboxylate) atoms, and an additional coordination to zinc is made by water molecule (solvent) to form a distorted square pyramidal structure. In addition, further synthesis of the valine capped ZnS:Mn nanocrystal from the reaction of [$Zn(val)_2(H-2O)$] precursor with $Na_2S$ and 1.95 weight % of $Mn^{2+}$ dopant is described. Obtained valine capped nanocrystal was water dispersible and was optically characterized by UV-vis and solution PL spectroscopy. The solution PL spectrum for the valine capped ZnS:Mn nanocrystal showed an excitation peak at 280 nm and a very narrow emission peak at 558 nm respectively. The measured and calculated PL efficiency of the nanocrystal in water was 15.8%. The obtained powders were characterized by XRD, HR-TEM, and EDXS analyses. The particle size of the nanocrystal was also measured via a TEM image. The measured average particle size was 3.3 nm.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.557-562
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 편백 오일을 함유한 고분자 알지네이트(HMWSA)/저분자 알지네이트(LMWSA)의 각 조성비를 달리하여 알지네이트 함량에 따라 비드를 제조하였으며 고분자알지네이트/저분자알지네이트 함량에 따른 알지네이트 비드의 직경과 모폴로지 및 방출특성을 관찰하였다. 고분자 알지네이트(HMWSA)와 저분자 알지네이트(LMWSA)비드 제조 시 교반속도와 농도의 변화에 따른 지름변화 및 표면 특성 등을 광학현미경으로 이용하여 확인하였다. 또한 피톤치드/알지네이트 비드에서 편백 오일 방출 거동에 대해서는 UV/Vis. spectrometer를 사용하여 그 특성을 조사하였다. 본 실험에서 제조된 피톤치드/알지네이트 비드의 평균 입자 크기는 교반 속도가 증가하면서 그 크기가 작아짐을 알 수 있었고, 가교제 역할을 하는 $CaCl_2$ 용액의 농도가 증가할수록 비드의 크기가 작아짐을 확인 할 수 있었다. 피톤치드/알지네이트 비드의 표면 모폴로지 확인 결과에서 저분자 알지네이트의 함량이 증가할수록 부드러운 표면이 거칠게 변화하는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. 이러한 결과들은 피톤치드/알지네이트 비드 표면에서 친수성그룹들이 증가했으며, 또한 피톤치드/알지네이트에서 피톤치드 오일 방출속도가 증가되었기 때문이다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.172-177
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• 2002

We previously reported that cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitory peptides (designated $P_{28}$ and $P_{10})$ have anti-atherogenic effects in hypercholesterolemic rabbits (Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1998) 1391, 133-144). To further investigate those effects, we studied rabbit plasma that was collected after 30 h of a $P_{28}$ or $P_{10}$ injection. We found that there is a strong correlation between the in vivo CETP inhibition effects and alterations of lipoprotein particle size distribution in rabbit plasma, as determined on an agarose gel electrophoresis and gel filtration column chromatography. In vivo effects of the peptide were observed again in C57BL/6 mice that expressed simian CETP. The $P_{28}$ or $P_{10}$ peptide ($7\;{\mu}g/g$ of body weight) that was dissolved in saline was injected subcutaneously into the mice. The $P_{28}$ injection caused the partial inhibition of plasma CETP activity up to 50%, decreasing the total plasma cholesterol concentration by 30%, and increasing the ratio of HD/total-cholesterol concentration by 150% in the CETP-transgenic (tg) mice. The CETP inhibition by the $P_{28}$ or $P_{10}$ made alterations that modulated the size re-distribution of the lipoproteins in the blood stream. Particle size of the very low (VLDL) and low density lipoproteins (LDL) from the peptide-injected group was highly decreased compared to the saline-injected group (determined on the gel filtration column chromatography). In contrast, The HDL particle size of the $P_{28}$-injected group increased compared to the control group (saline-injected). The expression level of the CETP mRNA of the $P_{28}$-injected CETP-tg mouse appeared lower than the saline-injected CETP-tg mouse. These results suggest that the injection of the CETP inhibitory peptide could affect the CETP expression level in the liver by influencing lipoprotein metabolism.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.1-11
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• 1998

열 수축 쉬-트용 점착제의 접착성, 내한성 및 유동성을 향상시키기 위해 점착제를 구성하는 각 성분들의 종류 및 함량에 따른 물성을 평가하였다. 본 연구에서는 베이스 폴리머로서 내후성이 우수한 부틸고무를 선정하여 실험을 진행하였다. 점착부여제는 석유계 수지가 로진보다 우수한 접착력을 나타내었으며, 함량이 감소함에 따라 유동성이 저하됨을 알 수 있었다. 폴리부텐은 저 분자량보다 고 분자량의 물성이 우수하였다. 카본블랙의 경우 입자경이 클수록 물성 향상에 유리하였다. 탄산칼슘을 중량제로서 혼입할 경우 카본블랙과 함께 혼합시키는 경우가 바람직하였다.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.135-140
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• 2004

Morphological and rheological properties of the poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and polystyrene (PS) blends were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and advanced rheometric expansion system (ARES). From the SEM results, the PMMA-PS blends showed dispersed morphology and the particle size of the dispersed phase was quite small (0.1~0.6 $\mu\textrm{m}$ compared with other immiscible polymer blends. Values of the interfacial tension of the PMMA-PS blend were obtained from the Choi-Schowalter and the Palierne emulsion models using the storage modulus of the PMMA and PS, and found to be 1.0 and 2.0 mN/m, respectively. The interfacial tension between the PMMA and PS was also calculated from the Flory-Huggins polymer-polymer interaction parameter ($\chi$) and found to be from 0.98 to 1.86 mN/m depending on the molecular weight and composition. Comparing the values of the interfacial tension from the Flory-Huggins polymer-polymer interaction parameter and the values measured by oscillatory rheometer, it is suggested that the interfacial tension of the PMMA-PS blend obtained from the polymer-polymer interaction parameter are in good agreement with the values obtained by rheological measurements.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.337-348
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• 2001

This article gives an overview of a recently developed channel system, frit-inlet asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation (FI-AFlFFF), which can be applied for the separation of nanoparticles, proteins, and water soluble polymers. A conventiona l asymmetrical flow FFF channel has been modified into a frit-inlet asymmetrical type by introducing a small inlet frit near the injection point and the system operation of the FI-AFlFFF channel can be made with a great convenience. Since sample components injected into the FI-AFlFFF channel are hydrodynamically relaxed, sample injection and separation processes proceed without interruption of the migration flow. Therefore in FI-AFlFFF, there is no requirement for a valve operation to switch the direction of the migration flow that is normally achieved during the focusing/relaxation process in a conventional asymmetrical channel. In this report, principles of the hydrodynamic relaxation in FI-AFlFFF channel are described with equations to predict the retention time and to calculate the complicated flow variations in the developed channel. The retention and resolving power of FI-AFlFFF system are demonstrated with standard nanospheres and protreins. An attempt to elucidate the capability of FI-AFlFFF system for the separation and size characterization of nanoparticles is made with a fumed silica particle sample. In FI-AFlFFF, field programming can be easily applied to improve separation speed and resolution for a highly retaining component (very large MW) by using flow circulation method. Programmed FI-AFlFFF separations are demonstrated with polystyrene sulfonate standards and pululans and the dynamic separation range of molecular weight is successfully expanded.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.159-166
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• 2020

In this study, the performance and antifouling properties of polysulfone (PSf) and polyvinylidene fluoride/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVDF/PVP) membranes in a membrane bioreactor (MBR) were investigated. The membranes were prepared via phase inversion method, and then characterized by a set of analyses including contact angle, porosity and water flux and applied in a lab-scale MBR system. Soluble microbial product (SMP), extracellular polymeric substance (EPS), FTIR, gel permission chromatography (GPC) and particle size distribution (PSD) analyses were also carried out for MBR system. The results showed that the MBR with PSf membrane had higher hydrophobic organic compounds which resulted in formation of larger flocs in MBR. However, in this MBR had high compressibility coefficient of cake layer was higher (n=0.91) compared to MBR with PVDF/PVP membrane (n=0.8); hence, the fouling was more profound. GPC analysis revealed that compounds with molecular weight lower than 2 kDa are more formed on PSf membrane more than PVDF/PVP membrane. The results of FTIR analysis confirmed the presence of polysaccharide and protein compounds on the cake layer of both membranes which was in good agreement with EPS analysis. In addition, the results showed that their concentration was higher for the cake on PSf membrane.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.241-247
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• 2001

Aqueous urethane dispersion resin begins to assume commercial importance due to increasing environmental awareness of VOC in coating industry. Moreover there have been strong industrial needs for the development of reactive-type polyurethane flame retardant coatings. In this study, chlorinated polyester polyols were synthesized by two step polycondensation reaction using mono chloroacetic acid, adipic acid, trimethylol propane, and 1,4-butanediol. In the next step polyurethane dispersion was prepared using these chlorinated polyester polyols and isophorone diisocyanate with dimethylol propionic acid(DMPA) and trimethylamine. The structure of chlorinated polyol was characterized by GPC, FT-IR and NMR. Particle size and its distribution were examined in terms of various dispersion parameters including molecular weight and composition of polyol, amount of DMPA, and NCO/OH ratio, etc. The effect of chlorinated polyols on flammability was also evaluated.

• 한국식물병리학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.229-239
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• 1998

Antibodies were raised against fusion proteins of the N-terminus and a region containing the GDNQ (Gly-Asp-Asn-Gln) polymerase motif of the L (polymerase) protein of sonchus yellow net virus (SYNV). Immunoblot analyses using these antibodies revealed the presence of the L protein in purified SYNV preparations and in nuclear extracts from infected tobacco. The serological analyses and detection in a polyacrylamide gels suggested that the L protein is present in at least a 20 fold lower abundance than the G, N, M1 and M2 proteins, and has size corresponding to a molecular weight of over 200 kDa as predicted from nucleotide sequence data. Electron microscopy with gold-labelled antibodies was used to localize the N, M2, and G proteins of SYNV in thin sections of infected tissue. When sections of SYNV-infected tissue were treated with antisera against total SYNV proteins and N protein, gold label could be detected in both the viroplasms and in virus particles. With the anti-M2 protein antiserum, the gold label was strongly localized in the viroplasms but only limited labelling of the virus particle sonly. Limited labelling of the L protein was observed in the viroplasms and the virus particles, presumably because of the low abundance of L protein in the tissues.