Wall 물질로 저분자량 polyethylene(LMPE)과 urea-formaldehyde 수지를 이용하여 일반적 인 저분자 페로몬과 유사한 특성과 구조를 갖는 모델 화합물로서 citral, n-octanol, 그리고 쌀바구미, 옥수수바구미의 집합 페로몬 활성을 갖는 $({pm})-5-hydroxy-4-methyl-heptan-3-one$을 microencapsulation하였다. Microencapsulation된 형태는 작은 입자형태의 분말상이었으며, LMPE를 wall물질로 사용한 것 보다는 urea-formaldehyde수지를 사용한 경우가 더 우수한 형태의 polymer를 얻었다. 또한 core 물질의 slow release 효과를 용매 추출법과 headspace 방법으로 측정한 결과 n-octanol과 citral은 40일 이상 그리고 5-hydroxy-4-methyl-heptan-3-one은 15일 이상 지속 효과를 보였다. 그리고 slow release되는 방식은 LMPE보다 urea-formal-dehyde 수지가 상대적으로 초기 감소 경향이 완만하며 core 물질을 일정양씩 더 지속적으로 휘발시켰다.
As the model compounds, citral and n-octanol which possess similar characteristics and structures of low molecular weight insect pheromones and $({pm})-5-hydroxy-4-methyl-heptan-3-one$ which shows the aggregation pheromones activity of the rice weevil and the maize weevil were microencapsulated with low molecular weight polyethylene(LMPE) and urea-formaldehyde resin as wall materials. The core materials were microencapsulated as small particles in LMPE and urea-formaldehyde resin polymers and the microencapsulated polymers were white powders. And the polymer made from urea-formaldehyde resin was better than that from LMPE as wall material. The slow releasing effect and the releasing patten of the microencapsulated core materials were examined by solvent extraction method and headspace sampling method. Citral and n-octanol and $({pm})-5-hydroxy-4-methyl-heptan-3-one$ were release more than 40 days and 15 days, respectively. The releasing pattern of urea-formaldehyde resin microcapsules showed rather smooth decrease than that of LMPE and was maintained at steady level longer.
