Cellulose tosylate(CT) was prepared by reaction of cellulose with p- toluenesulfonylchloride in DMAc/LiCl homogeneous system. In order to study a reversible photoisomerization of disperse red 1(DR-1) attached on natural polymer, cellulose tosylate containing DR-1(DR-1/CT adduct) was prepared at 110℃ in DMAc, and the changes of UV/Vis spectra of its solutions and thick film were investigated by alternate irradiation technique. Form the UV/Vis spectra of DR-1/CT adduct dissolved in cosolvents, such as DMAc, DMAc/THF, DMAc/benzene, and DMAc/chloroform and irradiated with 360 nm and 450 nm ligths, we found out changes of UV/Vis spectra were reversible in all solvents systems and we found out changes of UV/Vis spectra were reversible at thick film, also.

In order to study a reversible photoisomerization of disperse red l(DR 1) attached on natural polymers, cellulose acetate containing DR l(DR 1/CA adduct) was prepared, and the changes of UV/VIS spectra of its solution(benzene, DMAc). thick film, and LB film were investigated by alternate irradiation with two different wave length lights. DR 1/CA adduct was prepared through tosylation of partially hydrolyzed cellulose acetate followed by reaction with DR 1 at 100℃ in pyridine. From the UV/VIS spectra of DR 1/CA adduct dissolved in DMAc solvent including phosphoglyceride before and after irradiation at 360nm and 45Onm, we found out the changes of UV/VIS spectra were reversible. In addition, the change of UV/VIS spectra of this adduct solution was strongly depended on the sorts of solvents and temperature. As the temperature was increased, UV/VIS spectra of this adduct solution in DMF showed blue shift. These results provided this solution could be applied to a temperature sensor. In the thick film case, we also obtained similar results with solution case. LB monolayer and trilayer from DR 1/CA adduct was obtained by scattering the solution including phosphoglyceride on water surface at the surface pressure of 8mN/m. After irradiation on that LB monolayer and trilayer, the reversible photoisomerization was also detected. From these results we concluded DR 1/CA adduct was suitable for the application to data storage and optical switch, etc.

We have cloned the Bacillus cellulyticus K-12 avicelase(Avi, E.G.3.2.1.4) gene(ace A) in E. coli. This was accompanied by using the vector pT7T3U19 and Hind Ⅲ -HindⅢ libraries of Bacillus cellulyticus K-12 chromosomal inserts created in E. coli. The libraries were screened for the expression of avicelase by monitoring the immunoreaction of the anti-avicelase(immunoscreening). Positive clones(Ac-3, Ac-5, and Ac-7) contained the identical 3.5kb HindⅢ fragment as determined by restriction mapping and Southern hybridization, and expressed avicelase efficiently and constituvely using its own promoter in the heterologous host. From the immunoblotting analysis, a polypeptide which showed a CMCase activity with an Mr of 54000 was detected.

셀룰로오스 아세테이트(CA) 소재로 역삼투막을 제조하여 각종 제막조건에 의한 막성능에 미치는 영향인자를 조사하였다. 제막 용액조성으로 CA, formamide, acetone과 2-methoxyethanol을 사용하여 평판형 막을 만들고, 투과유속 및 배제율을 측정하였다. 특성 측정 인자로서 고분자 농도, 증발시간, 열처리 온도 및 처리 시간, 조작압력, 공급액의 농도 등을 변화시켜 막에 대한 영향을 연구하였다. 또한 제조된 막을 사용하여 역삼투 모델식에 적용하여 각각의 파라메타를 계산하였다.

In this study, a biodegradation model of based on molecular cellulose was established. It is a mathematical, kinetic model, assuming that two major enzymes randomly break glycosidic bonds of cellulose molecules, and calculates the number of molecules by applying the corresponding probability and degradation reaction coefficients. Model calculations considered enzyme dose, cellulose chain length, and reaction rate constant ratio. Degradation increased almost by two folds with increase of temperature (5℃→25℃). The change of degradation was not significant over the higher temperatures. As temperature increased, the degradation rate of the molecules increased along with higher production of shorter chain molecules. As the reaction rates of the two enzymes were comparative the degree of degradation for any combinations of enzyme application was not affected much. Enzyme dose was also tested through experiment. While enzyme dose ranged from 1 mg/L to 10 mg/L, the gap between real data and model calculations was trivial. However, at higher dose of those enzymes (>15 mg/L), the experimental result showed the lower concentrations of reductive sugar than the corresponding model calculation did. We determined that the optimal enzyme dose for maximum generation of reductive sugar was 10 mg/L.

Production of Bacterial Cellulose (BC) by Gluconacetobacter sp. A5 was studied in shaken culture using different cost-effective carbon sources and its structural and mechanical properties were evaluated. Glycerol showed the highest level (7.26 g/l) of BC production, which was about three times higher than the yield in glucose medium. BC production depended not only on the decrease in pH, but also on the ability of Gluconacetobacter sp. A5 to synthesize glucose from different carbon sources and then polymerize it into BC. All BC produced from different carbon sources exhibited a three-dimensional reticulated structure consisting of ultrafine cellulose fibriles. Carbon sources did not significantly change the microfibrile structure of the resulting BC. BC produced from glucose medium had the lowest water-holding capacity, while BC from molasses medium had the highest. XRD data revealed that all BC were cellulose type І, the same as typical native cellulose. The crystalline strength of BC produced in glucose medium was the highest, and that in molasses medium was the lowest. Our results suggest that glycerol could be a potential low-cost substrate for BC production, leading to the reduction in the production cost, and also to produce BC with different mechanical properties by selecting appropriate carbon source.

바이오가스의 고질화 공정에서는 필수적으로 메탄의 손실이 발생하게 된다. 특히 기체분리막을 이용한 바이오가 고질화는 타 공정에 비해 경제적이라는 장점이 있지만 메탄 손실율이 높은 편이다. 메탄 손실율이 줄이기 위해서는 고선택도의 분리막 모듈이 요구된다. 분리막을 이용한 바이오가스 고질화 공정에서 메탄손실율이 높은 이유는 CO2에 의한 가소화(Plasticization)으로 CH4의 투과도가 증가하기 때문이다. Cellulose계열의 고분자는 CO2 가소화에 대한 영향이 적기 때문에 CA(Cellulose Acetate)를 사용하여 고선택도의 분리막 개발이 가능하다. 따라서, 투과도가 높은 막을 개발하기 위해 도프용액의 농도와 에어갭(Evaporation time)을 변화시키면서, CA의 두께와 기공을 조절하여, 고선택도의 CA 분리막을 제막하였다. 비용매 유도상 분리법(NIPS, nonsolvent induced phase separation)을 이용하여 제막하였다. 실험에 사용된 Eastman사의 CA를 더 이상 정제하지 않고 그대로 사용하였으며, 도프용액은 다성계로 중합체(polymer), 용매(solvent), 비용제(nonsolvent)를 혼합하여 분리막을 방사하였다. CA의 함량이 증가할수록 active layer 층이 두꺼워지므로 분리막의 선택도가 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 하지만, CA함량이 증가할수록 support layer의 다공층이 줄어들게 되고 active layer층이 두꺼워지므로 투과도도 함께 줄어들게 된다. CA 21wt%에서의 메탄의 투과도와 선택도는 1.3 GPU 및 33.0이였으며, CA 25wt%에서의 메탄 투과도와 선택도는 0.1 GPU 및 43.6으로 고선택도 분리막을 제막하였다.

국제연합식량농업기구(FAO, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization)의 보고서에 따르면 21세기 전 세계의 인구는 2050년 약 90억에 달할 것으로 예측되며, 이러한 인구팽창으로 인한 식량부족 및 사료공급의 문제는 생산 시 야기되는 자원고갈 및 환경영향에 대한 우려와 함께 전 세계의 큰 관심사로 화두되었다. 이렇듯 현대사회가 직면한 복합적인 문제점을 해결하기 위해 전 세계적으로 새로운 미래자원에 대한 탐색이 이루어졌으며, 곤충이 하나의 유망자원으로서 새롭게 각광받기 시작하였다. 특히 목질을 섭식하는 흰개미의 경우 난분해성 물질인 리그닌과 셀룰로오스의 분해능력으로 인해 해외에서는 이미 오래전부터 흰개미의 장내 미생물을 이용하여 목질계 바이오매스로부터 바이오에탄올을 생산하는 방법에 대해 연구가 진행되어왔다. 하지만 국내에서는 흰개미를 목조 문화재를 가해하는 해충으로 분류하여 흰개미의 방제에 초점을 맞추어 연구가 많이 진행되어왔을 뿐 유용자원으로서의 흰개미의 잠재성에 대한 관심과 연구가 미흡한 실정이다. 또한, 흰개미는 우수한 단백질 공급원으로서 일부 국가에서는 식용 및 사료로서 활용하고 있지만 이에 따른 환경영향 및 효율에 관한 연구 역시 미흡하다. 따라서 본 연구는 국내에 분포하는 일본흰개미(Reticulitermes speratus kyushuensis Morimoto)를 대상으로 흰개미가 주로 섭식하는 폐목재를 먹이로 주어 사육하였을 때, 생산되는 식용과 사료의 온실가스 발생량(LCA, Life cycle assessment)과 질소의 순환효율(ROI, Return on Investment)을 정량화하여 환경적･경제적 이점을 도출하고자 하였다.정량화된 온실가스 발생량과 질소의 순환효율은 식용으로 활용할 경우 기존의 단백질원인 한우, 양돈, 육계, 대두와 비교하고, 사료의 경우 대두박과 비교하였다. 그 결과 흰개미를 식용과 사료로 이용할 경우 온실가스 발생량 측면에서 비교적 높은 값을 나타내었으며, 질소의 순환효율에서는 상대적으로 우수한 결과를 나타내었다. 미래 유망자원으로서 보다 다양한 곤충에 대한 탐색이 이루어질 필요성이 있으며, 곤충활용에 따른 환경적⋅경제적 이점의 정량화는 향후 곤충산업의 발전방향을 제시하고 활성화하는데 이바지할 수 있을 것으로 예상한다.

국제연합식량농업기구(FAO, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization)의 보고서에 따르면 21세기 전 세계의 인구는 2050년 약 90억에 달할 것으로 예측되며, 이러한 인구팽창으로 인한 식량부족 및 사료공급의 문제는 생산 시 야기되는 탄소, 질소의 손실로 인한 자원고갈 및 환경영향에 대한 우려와 함께 전 세계의 큰 관심사로 화두되었다. 또한, 대두, 유채, 팜을 이용한 식물성 바이오오일의 생산은 식량작물을 에너지작물로 활용함에 따라 개발도상국의 식량부족 문제를 심화시키는 악효과를 야기했다. 이렇듯 현대사회가 직면한 복합적인 문제점을 해결하기 위해 전 세계적으로 새로운 미래자원에 대한 탐색이 이루어졌으며, 곤충이 하나의 유망자원으로서 새롭게 각광받기 시작하였다. 다양한 곤충 중 흰개미의 경우, 분류계통상 고등 및 하등 흰개미로 분류되는데 종류에 따라 섭식대상이 다양하며 소화기작에서도 약간의 차이를 보인다. 특히 목질을 섭식하는 흰개미는 난분해성 물질인 리그닌과 셀룰로오스의 분해능력으로 인해 해외에서는 이미 오래전부터 흰개미의 장내 미생물을 이용하여 목질계 바이오매스로부터 바이오에탄올을 생산하는 방법에 대해 연구가 진행되어왔다. 하지만 국내에서는 흰개미를 목조 문화재를 가해하는 해충으로 분류하여 흰개미의 방제에 초점을 맞추어 연구가 많이 진행되어왔을 뿐 유용자원으로서의 흰개미의 잠재성에 대한 관심과 연구가 미흡한 실정이다. 또한, 흰개미는 우수한 단백질 공급원으로서 일부 국가에서는 식용 및 사료로서 활용을 하고 있지만 이에 따른 환경영향 및 효율에 관한 연구 역시 미흡하다. 따라서 본 연구는 국내에 분포하는 흰개미 중 일본흰개미(Reticulitermes speratus kyushuensis Morimoto)를 대상으로 흰개미가 주로 섭식하는 폐목재를 먹이로 주어 사육하였을 때, 생산되는 오일과 식용의 온실가스 발생량과 탄소와 질소의 순환효율을 정량화하여 흰개미를 산업용으로서 활용하는 것에 대한 타당성과 전체 탄소와 질소의 물질흐름에 있어서 환경적･경제적 이점을 정량화하고자 하였다.

The innovation in this study is the complexation of Erianthus fibers (Erianthus arudinaceus) with compatibilizer inPP by extrusion, to produce a material with an improvement in mechanical properties. The aim is to provide a general-purpose material from biomass that does not compete with food as an alternate material from the petroleum base.Erianthus is a cellulose resource crop which is a source of bio fuel, is inedible, highly productive and promising energyresource, there has been little report on its use as a material. It also is a cellulose resource crop with a high productivityas a fiber reinforcement material with low environmental load. Development of Erianthus fiber reinforced polypropylene(PP) composite material was reviewed. Erianthus fiber was pulverized and the powder was sorted by sieve size, whichwas put through the process of complexation with polypropylene using a twin-screw extruder. The mechanicalcharacteristics of the obtained composite material were evaluated by conducting a tensile strength test and a bendingtest. As a result of using the classified fiber as the filler, it is found that the difference in the surface area of the fiberhas a great effect on the mechanical properties and the thermal decomposition properties. It is found to be sufficientlyfeasible to make Erianthus function as a polypropylene fiber reinforcement element by controlling the size of Erianthusfiber.

In this study, microcrystalline cellulose, which is a cell wall polysaccharide commonly contained in sea algae (brown algae, red algae and green algae), is used in substitution for cellulose and is hydrolyzed with seven enzymes available in the market. The seven enzymes selected are Viscozyme® L, Celluclast® 1.5 L, Saczyme, Novozym® 33095, Fungamyl® 800 L, Driselase® Basidiomycetes sp., and Alginate Lyase. To maximize the production of the reducing sugar by hydrolysis with each enzyme, we optimized the quantity of enzymes, reaction time, pH, and reaction temperature as four independent variables, and the reducing sugar production rate as a dependent variable, utilizing response surface methodology (RSM) to optimize the enzyme hydrolysis reaction conditions. Among the tested enzymes, the production rate of reducing sugar by Celluclast® 1.5 L was the highest. Hence, the predicted optimum conditions (8.5 % enzyme, reaction time 27.6 h, pH 4.1 and reaction temperature 44.1oC) were directly applied to Laminaria japonica and proved the predicted optimum conditions with experiments. Under the optimum conditions, the sugar yield of 137.6 mg/g-Laminaria japonica (experimental value) was obtained.

Electron beam-induced grafting polymerization was employed to prepare Acrylic acid-grafted bacterial cellulose (BC-g-AAc). BC-g-AAc as an adsorbent was applied to remove heavy metals (e.g., As, Pb, and Cd). This study examined followings; morphological change of surface, adsorptive behavior of BC-g-AAc, and interpretation of adsorptive kinetics. Specific surface areas of BC and BC-g-AAc were 0.9527 m2 g-1 for BC and 0.2272 m2 g-1 for BC-g-AAc, respectively as measured by BET nitrogen adsorption, revealing the morphological change of the surface of BC-g-AAc. Batch adsorption test was performed to investigate adsorptive behavior of BC-g-AAc in aqueous solution. The amounts of Pb and Cd adsorbed on BC-g-AAc were 69 mg g-1 and 56 mg g-1, respectively. However, As was not adsorbed on BC-g-AAc due to its neutral nature. Both the Benaissa model and the Kurniawan model were applied in the study to interpret adsorptive kinetics. From the value of correction coefficient (R2), adsorptive kinetics of Pb and Cd were subjected to Kurniawan model referred to pseudo-second-order. Taken together, the results of this study show that BC-g-AAc has potential as a heavy metal (eg., Pb, Cd)-adsorbent made of an environmentally friendly material.

Bacterial cellulose (BC) has played important role as new functional material for food industry and industrial products based on its unique properties. The interest in BC from static cultures has increased steadily in recent years because of its potential for use in medicine and cosmetics. In this study, we investigated culture condition for BC production by Acetobacter sp. F15 in static culture. The strain F15, which was isolated from decayed fruit, was selected on the basis of BC thickness. The optimal medium compositions for BC production were glucose 7%, soytone 12%, K2HPO4 0.2%, NaH2PO4ㆍ2H2O 0.2%, lactic acid 0.05% and ethanol 0.3%, respectively. The strain F15 was able to produce BC at 26℃-36℃ with a maximum at 32 ℃. BC production occurred at pH 4.5-8 with a maximum at pH 6.5. Under these conditions, a maximum BC thickness of 12.15 mm was achieved after 9 days of cultivation; this value was about 2.3-fold higher than the thickness in basic medium. Scanning electron micrographs showed that BC from the optimal medium was more compact than plant cellulose and was reticulated structure consisting of ultrafine cellulose fibrils. BC from the optimal medium was found to be of cellulose type I, the same as typical native cellulose.

The objective of this study is to manufacture an efficient activated carbon fiber (ACF) assemblies filter. Cellulose acetate and phenolic resin were dissolved in acetone and coated on a 2 cm-long and 2 cm-wide stainless steel mesh. Various concentrations of cellulose acetate and phenolic resin in acetone solution were examined for the extent of coating on the stainless steel mesh using a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA), a surface area analyzer (BET) and a microscope. As a result, the best quality of coating on the stainless steel mesh was obtained with 2 wt,% cellulose acetate and 10 wt,% phenolic resin in acetone solution. The ACF filter was also impregnated with ZnCl2, KOH, H3PO4 and Na2CO3, respectively to enhance its adsorption capacity. Iodine number increased by impregnating with the chemical compound in the following order: KOH > ZnCl2> Na2CO3> H3PO4. Iodine numbers for the ACF filters impregnated with ZnCl2 (ACFz) and KOH (ACFK) were found to be 972 ~ 1,117 mg/g and 987 ~ 1,183 mg/g respectively.

Acid hydrolysis of cellulose using hydrothermal reaction was conducted to maximize reducing sugar concentration and the response surface methodology (RSM) was applied to study the effects of independent variables, such as reaction temperature (116 ~ 184oC), reaction time (12 ~ 28 min) and hydrochloric acid concentration (HCl, 0.0159 ~ 0.1841 N) on reducing sugar concentration and production yield from the cellulose. With the optimum conditions of the acid-catalyzed hydrothermal hydrolysis, the reducing sugar (RS) was obtained as 369.14 mg-RS/g-cellulose in 172.77oC of the reaction temperature, 28.41 min of the reaction time and 0.067 N of the hydrochloric acid concentration. The glucose (Glu) was obtained as 281.94 mg-Glu/g-cellulose in 154.70oC of the reaction temperature, 11.59 min of the reaction time and 0.184 N of the hydrochloric acid concentration.

In order to develop bacterial cellulose (BC) with antimicrobial activity against pathogenic microorganisms, silver and chitosan were incorporated into BC, respectively. Experiment results showed that antimicrobial activity against pathogenic microorganisms was improved with increasing silver concentration. Chitosan also showed a direct proportion between its concentration and antimicrobial activity. These results suggest that antimicrobial effects of BC using silver and chitosan are well proven to be effective. We also tested the stainability of BC with natural colorant for the application of food industry. Stainability of BC was enhanced with increasing natural colorant concentration. Decolorization of BC stained was observed by dipping it into distilled water with one hour-intervals. As a result, there was no significant difference. Combination of natural colorant-stainability and antibiosis of BC is expected to be useful in making colored antibiotic BC in various industrial application areas, considering its antimicrobial activity, high stainability and low decolorization tendency.

ESR spectroscopy에 의한 방사선 조사 건조향신료의 조사여부의 정확한 판별에 필요한 기초자료를 얻고자 방사선 조사 유래의 cellulose radical에 대한 parameter를 분석하였다. 건조향신료 분말 4종(고추, 마늘, 양파, 후추)에 대하여 0, 1, 5, 10 kGy의 감마선을 조사한 후 ESR signal을 분석하였다. 방사선 조사된 4종의 건조향신료는 모두 방사선 조사 유래의 triplet signal인 cellulo

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