• Membrane Journal
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.57-65
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• 2022

Recently, computer simulation research has been rapidly increasing due to the development of computer and software technology. In particular, various computational simulation results related to polymers, which were previously limited by problems of the number of atoms and model size, are being published. In this study, a study was conducted to analyze the mechanical properties, one of the important properties for using a polymer material as a membrane, using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. To this end, polyethylene (PE) and polystyrene (PS), which are commercial polymer materials with widely reported related properties, were selected as polymer models and the tensile properties of each polymer were compared through the difference in main chain length. Through the density, radius of gyration, and scattering analysis, it was found that the model produced in this study was in good agreement with the mechanical property trends obtained in the actual experiment. It is expected to enable the prediction of mechanical properties of various polymer materials for membrane fabrication.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.164-175
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• 2022

In this work, sulfonated poly (ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) composite membranes including strontium zirconate (SrZrO₃) were fabricated by the electrospinning method. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic analysis and X-ray diffraction analysis were used to identify the chemical structure and the crystallinity of SrZrO₃ and electrospun composite membranes. The thermal stability of the pure SPEEK and SPEEK/SrZrO₃ electrospun composite membranes were investigated by using thermogravimetric analysis. The physicochemical properties and proton conductivity were enhanced with the addition of different weight ratio of SrZrO₃ nanofiller (2, 4 and 6 wt%) in SPEEK polymer. The optimized SPEEK/SrZrO₃-4 electrospun membrane containing 4 wt% of SrZrO₃ showed a high proton conductivity compared to other electrospun SPEEK/SrZrO₃ composite membranes. The results indicate that electrospun composite membranes incorporating these perovskite nanofillers should be explored as potential candidates for use in proton exchange membrane fuel cells.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.60-64
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• 2011

High sensitivity IR image sensors require materials characteristics with temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) and IR range absorption. In this study, the metal-dielectric thermo sensitive films (MDTF) based on $(SiO_2)_x-(Ti)_y$ composition were deposited on substrates of germanium and glass by thermal evaporator. The $SiO_2$ : Ti mixture was made from the ratio of 9 : 1, 8 : 2, 7 : 3, 6 : 4, respectively. $(SiO_2)_x-(Ti)_y$ mixture powder was loaded on tungsten boat in evaporator and was 15.5 cm from the substrate. Resistance of $(SiO_2)_x-(Ti)_y$ in the range of 273~333K were measured as a function of temperature. Temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) was calculated by the resistance variation. Under the various mixture ratios condition, it is possible to obtain $SiO_2$-Ti layers with resistance from units kilo-ohm to hundreds kilo-ohm. Finally, our results showed that Temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) of these films varies from -1.4 to $-2.6%K^{-1}$.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.283-291
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• 2022

Hydrogen energy has received much attention as a solution to the supply of renewable energy and to respond to climate change. Hydrogen is the most suitable candidate of storing unused electric power in a large-capacity long cycle. Among the technologies for producing hydrogen, water electrolysis is known as an eco-friendly hydrogen production technology that produces hydrogen without carbon dioxide generation by water splitting reaction. Membranes in water electrolysis system physically separate the anode and the cathode, but also prevent mixing of generated hydrogen and oxygen gases and facilitate ion transfer to complete circuit. In particular, the key to next-generation anion exchange membrane that can compensate for the shortcomings of conventional water electrolysis technologies is to develop high performance anion exchange membrane. Many studies are conducted to have high ion conductivity and excellent durability in an alkaline environment simultaneously, and various materials are being searched. In this review, we will discuss the research trends and points to move forward by looking at the research on anion exchange membranes based on commercial polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene-co-butylene)-b-polystyrene (SEBS) block copolymers.

• Composites Research
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.30-37
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• 2005

In this paper, geometrically non-linear finite element analyses were performed to study the mechanical behavior of the material system of the envelope of stratospheric airships. The microstructure of the load-bearing plain weave layer was identified and modeled. The Updated Lagrangian formulation was employed to consider the geometric non-linearity as well as the induced structural non-linearity for the fiber tows. The stress-strain behavior was predicted and the effective elastic modulus was calculated by numerical experiments. It was found the non-linear stress-strain curves were largely different from those by linear analysis. And non-linear elastic moduli were much higher than linear elastic moduli. The difference was more distinguishable when the tow waviness ratio was smaller.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.101-106
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• 1981

Osmotically sensitive fungal protoplasts were liberated from the mycelium of several kinds of molds by mixed enzyme system of cellulase from Trichoderma viride $TO_4$ and chitinase from the culture filtrate of Streptomyces sp. 115-5. Relatively higher number of protoplast were released from young mycelium of Zygomycetes strains than Ascomycetes strains by using 10 mM phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) and 0.6 M NaCl as osmotic stabilizer. Protoplasts were released through ruptures in the wall, initially at the apices, but later also from old party of the hyphae.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2018.06a
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• pp.94-94
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• 2018

무인자동차 및 전기자동차 등 전장부품 및 메인보드에서의 오염 방지와 전자파에 의한 신호 간섭 현상에 따른 기기의 오작동을 방지하고자 MWCNT의 clustering 및 tangling현상을 활용하여 self cleaning 기능을 갖는 super hydrophobic 표면과 high aspect ratio에 의한 percolation 현상을 활용하여 전자파 차폐를 위한 낮은 표면저항을 만족하는 복합 재료로 구성된 코팅에 관하여 연구하였다. 이를 위해 isopropyl alcohol(IPA)을 용매로 산처리 한 MWCNT와 무기바인더, 불소계 실란을 첨가하여 초음파 분산을 함으로써 코팅액을 제조하였다. 이를 full cone nozzle type, 흡상식 스프레이 조건으로 알루미늄 시편위에 스프레이 코팅 후 열경화 하여 접촉각측정기로 측정 결과 $160^{\circ}$이상의 초발수 표면과 Low Resistivity Meter로 표면저항을 측정한 결과 $10^3{\Omega}/cm^2$ 이하의 낮은 코팅막을 구현하였으며 내구성 실험을 위한 항온항습 장비로 $80^{\circ}C$의 내열테스트 및 80%와 $80^{\circ}C$조건하에서의 내습테스트 결과 표면에 이상 없음을 확인하였고 열전도율 측정을 위해 밀도 측정 결과 $2.68g/cm^3$, 비열 측정 결과 $0.85J/g^{\circ}C$가 열확산율 측정결과 $88.64mm^2/s$가 측정 되었으며 밀도, 비열, 열확산율을 곱한 값인 $201.9W/m{\cdot}K$의 열전도를 갖는 코팅막을 구현하였다.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.161-169
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• 2000

In the case of photocatalytic hydrogen production from water, the performance-property relationships of CdS-TiO2 film type composite catalysts were investigated. To control the physical properties of the primary particles, the mixture of CdS and TiO2 nano-sols prepared by the sol-gel method at room temperature was hydrothermally treated at 240oC for 12hr. The film electrodes were prepared by the casting method. The photocurrents measured by a photoelectrochemical method and the hydrogen production rates measured by a photochemical method were closely dependent on the physical properties such as crystalline form, primary particle size and CdS/TiO2 mole ratio, and these varied in the range of 1.2~2.6 mA/cm2 and $1.0{\sim}1.6{\times}10-3mol/hr$, respectively.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.5
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• pp.453-460
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• 2015

Since the Fukushima nuclear accident, several researchers are extensively studying the effect of torsion on the piping systems In nuclear power plants. Piping installations in power plants with a circumferential crack can be operated under combined loading conditions such as bending and torsion. ASME Code provides flaw evaluations for fully plastic fractures using limit load criteria for the structural integrity of the cracked pipes. According to the recent version of Code, combined loadings are provided only for the membrane and bending. Even though actual operating conditions have torsion loading, the methodology for evaluating torsion load is not established. This paper provides the results of limit load analyses by using finite element models for circumferentially cracked pipes under pure bending, pure torsion, and combined bending and torsion with tension. Theoretical limit load solutions based on net-section fully plastic criteria are suggested and verified with the results of finite element analyses.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.279-293
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• 2004

The analysis of linear static and free vibration problems of isotropic and laminated composite plates and shells is performed by the improved 9-node shell element with the new strain displacement relationship. In that relationship, the effect of new additional terms between the bending strain and displacement has been investigated in the warping problem. Natural co ordinate based strains, stresses and constitutive equations are used. The assumed natural strain method is used to alleviate both membrane and shear locking behavior from the element. The Lanczos method is employed in the calculation of the eigenvalues of laminated composite structures and the Gauss integration rule is adopted to evaluate the mass matrix. The numerical examples are compared with the analytical solutions to validate the current formulation and the results presented could be useful for the understanding of the behaviour of laminates under free vibration conditions.