| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090022765 | COSMETIC PIGMENT COMPOSITION CONTAINING GOLD OR SILVER NANO-PARTICLES - The present invention relates to a cosmetic pigment composition exhibiting colors in the visible region, which comprises an effective amount of nanoparticles or a mixture of two or more nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of (a) gold nanoparticles exhibiting red color; (b) silver nanoparticles exhibiting yellow color; (c) gold-silver alloy nanoparticles exhibiting flame color; and (d) gold nanoparticles exhibiting blue color, and a color cosmetic composition and a color lotion comprising the pigment composition. According to the present invention, it is possible to prepare pigments exhibiting various colors in the visible region using gold or silver nanoparticles, and a cosmetic pigment composition which can exhibit various colors by mixing the pigments in various compositional ratios, in which precipitation or agglomeration of particles does not occur, and whose color can be maintained for a long time. Also, since the pigment of the present invention is not harmful to the human body unlike conventional metal pigments, and contains gold or silver that is beneficial to health, the pigment can be used in various applications as functional raw materials. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090215156 | Method for Fabricating Nanogap and Nanogap Sensor - The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a nanogap and a nanogap sensor, and to a nanogap and a nanogap sensor fabricated using the method. The present invention relates to a method of fabricating a nanogap and a nanogap sensor, which can be realized by an anisotropic etching using a semiconductor manufacturing process. According to the method of present invention, the nanogap and nanogap sensor can be simply and cheaply produced in large quantities. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090318376 | High Throughput Screening Method of Binding Inhibitor Between caspase3 and XIAP and Binding Inhibitor Screened Thereby - The present invention relates to a high throughput screening method of a binding inhibitor between caspase3 and xIAP and chromomycin screened using the same, and more specifically, the present invention provides a method for screening anticancer substance, the method comprising the steps of reacting caspase3 or xIAP and candidate inhibitors of the binding between caspase3 and xIAP on a biochip for detecting caspase3:xIAP interaction, and selecting a candidate substance inhibiting the binding of caspase3 to xIAP as an anticancer substance, and an anticancer agent inhibiting caspase3:xIAP binding, which is screened by the above method. According to present invention, it is possible to develop a target-oriented anticancer agent focused on xIAP and caspase3, apoptosis-related proteins and thus it can be applied to tailored medication and combination therapy. Moreover, glycoside antibiotic chromomycin, screened by the present invention has inhibitory activity of the binding between xIAP and caspase3 involved in apoptosis, so that it can be used as a therapeutic agent for myelogenous leukemia and solid tumors. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100040693 | SILICA CAPSULES HAVING NANO-HOLES OR NANO-PORES ON THEIR SURFACES AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention relates to silica capsules having nano-holes or nano-pores on the surface thereof, and preparation methods thereof. More specifically, relates to silica capsules having holes with a size ranging from a few nanometers (nm) to a few hundreds of nanometers (nm), on the surface thereof, multifunctional silica capsules containing magnetic nanoparticles and optical nanoparticles, and preparation methods thereof. According to the present invention, the silica capsules having holes on the surface thereof can be prepared by making an emulsion system using two fluids having different surface tensions, and selectively evaporating only one fluid of the two fluids during a process of forming a silica layer. In addition, the multifunctional silica capsules containing magnetic nanoparticles and optical nanoparticles can be prepared by loading various multifunctional nanoparticles into the two fluids. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100173430 | CYSTEINE-TAGGED STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN G VARIANT - The present invention relates to an N-terminal cysteine-tagged Streptococcal protein G variant. Since the variant binds in a directional manner to a surface of a biochip or a biosensor, the variant provides a biochip and a biosensor having an improved antibody-immobilizing capability, compared with an untagged protein G variant. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100203653 | Protein G-Oligonucleotide Conjugate - The present invention relates to a protein G conjugate, which is prepared by linking an N-terminal cysteine-tagged protein G variant with an oligonucleotide via a linker. The conjugate binds in a directional manner on the surface of a biochip and biosensor, thereby providing a biochip and biosensor having improved antibody immobilization ability. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100204444 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL PROTEIN SIMULTANEOUSLY DELIVERING ANTIBODIES AND NANOPARTICLES - The present invention relates to a polypeptide structure which can simultaneously deliver an antibody and a nanoparticle into cells, more specifically, to a polypeptide structure for intracellular delivery of an antibody and a nanoparticle, which comprises a nanoparticle-binding region, an antibody-binding region and a signaling capable of delivering substances into cells. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100228237 | GOLD NANOCAGES CONTAINING MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES - The present invention relates to gold nanocages containing magnetic nanoparticles and a preparation method thereof. More specifically, relates to hollow-type gold nanocage particles, which contain iron oxide nanoparticles having a magnetic property and have an optical property of strongly absorbing or scattering light in the near-infrared (NIR) region, as well as a preparation method thereof. Due to their optical property and magnetic property, the magnetic nanoparticle-containing gold nanocages can be used in various applications, including analysis in a turbid medium with light, cancer therapy or biomolecular manipulation using light, contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic hyperthermia treatment and drug delivery guide, etc. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100231914 | SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE SENSOR USING ROTATING MIRROR - Disclosed is a surface plasmon resonance sensor having a rotating mirror, including (a) an incident light source unit for oscillating a laser as incident light; (b) a polarizer for polarizing the incident light; (c) a rotating mirror having cylindrical or planar shapes for reflecting the polarized incident light to radiate disk-shaped light; (d) a light shielding film for allowing part of the disk-shaped light to pass therethrough and located adjacent to the central axis of the rotating mirror; (e) a cylinder lens for focusing the light passed through the light shielding film thereon; (f) a metal thin film for receiving the light focused on the cylinder lens to generate surface plasmon resonance; (g) a dielectric medium provided under the metal thin film; and (h) a detector for detecting the light reflected from the metal thin film. This surface plasmon resonance sensor can solve conventional interference problems of a laser being used as a light source to obtain an image for measurement of angle and two-dimensional reflected light intensity, including the deterioration of the quality of the image and the variation in the intensity of light source depending on the position of incidence. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100233094 | PERFLUOROCARBON NANO-EMULSION CONTAINING QUANTUM DOT NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a perfluorocarbon nanoemulsion containing quantum dot nanoparticles and a method for preparing the same, more specifically, relates to a method for preparing a multifunctional perfluorocarbon nanoemulsion which simultaneously shows the fluorine-based magnetic resonance properties of perfluorocarbon and the optical properties of quantum dot nanoparticles, the method comprising dispersing quantum dot nanoparticles, modified with a fluorine end group, in perfluorocarbon, and then adding an aqueous emulsifier solution containing lipid to the dispersion. The disclosed perfluorocarbon nanoemulsion containing quantum dot nanoparticles has excellent biocompatibility and simultaneously shows optical properties and magnetic resonance properties, and thus can be used as a contrast agent for multi-mode molecular imaging. Accordingly, the nanoemulsion can be used to study cell and small-animal molecular imaging in various fields, including biological and medical fields. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110020225 | POROUS POLYMER PARTICLES IMMOBILIZED WITH CHARGED MOLECULES AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention relates to porous polymer particles containing a charged molecule immobilized therein and a method for preparing the same. According to the disclosed invention, porous particles can be prepared using a biocompatible polymer and, at the same time, a charged molecule can be immobilized in the pores of the porous particles, such that various charged molecules can be loaded in the porous particles. In addition, various kinds of drugs or functional materials can be loaded into the porous particles of the present invention by electrostatic attraction and absorption or adsorption by a capillary phenomenon occurring due to porous properties. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110098197 | Method for Specific Covalent Coupling of Antibody Using a Photoactivable Protein G Variant - The present invention relates to a protein G variant comprising a mutated Fc binding domain, which is prepared by substituting cysteine for specific residues of the Fc-binding domain of protein G, and a method for preparing the same. Further, the present invention relates to a protein G variant comprising a cysteine mutated Fc binding domain that is site-selectively modified with a UV cross-linker. Further, the present invention relates to a method for UV cross-linking the protein G variant with antibody. The present invention relates to a protein G variant-antibody conjugate that is prepared by the above method. Further, the present invention provides a method for screening or analyzing antigens using the conjugate. Furthermore, the present invention provides a biochip or biosensor fabricated by linking the protein G variant to the surface of a solid support, and a method for fabricating the same. In addition, the present invention provides a method for immobilizing antibodies and analyzing antigens using the biochip or biosensor. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110110867 | MULTIMODAL IMAGING METHOD USING NANO-EMULSION COMPRISING OPTICAL NANO-PARTICLES AND PERFLUOROCARBONS - The present invention relates to a multimodal imaging method using a nano-emulsion comprising optical nano-particles and perfluorocarbons, and more particularly, to a method of obtaining multimodal images using a nano-emulsion consisted of perfluorocarbons for multispectral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nano-particles for multicolor fluorescent detection. In the multimodal imaging method, various multispectral MRI images and multicolor fluorescent rays can be obtained by varying the kind and combination of perfluorocarbons and the kind and combination of optical nano-particles, so that multiplexed analysis is possible. Accordingly, the multimodal imaging method can be applied to various fields, including biological and medical fields in which studies on cell molecular imaging has been conducted. | 05-12-2011 |