• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.68-73
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• 2016

Silver nanoparticles were prepared by chemical reduction-protection method using 1-decanoic acid and tri-n-octylphosphine as surfactants, and using $NaBH_4$ as a reducing agent. The silver nanoparticles were also studied for their formation, structure, morphology and size using UV-Visible spectroscopy, XRD, TEM and SEM. Further the viscosity of the silver paste and the surface resistance of the silver metal film produced by screen coating onto a PET film were investigated. Well dispersed and quasispherical silver nanoparticles with the size of 10-200 nm were obtained under the optimal molar ratio of $NaBH_4/AgNO_3=1:5$. The surface resistance of silver metal film coated on the PET film made with the silver nanoparticles under the optimal molar ratio showed a minal value of $41{\mu}{\Omega}/cm^2$.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.66-70
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• 2006

Magnetite nanoparticles, which have been extensively used in many fields, were encapsulated with a natural polymer, chitosan, to improve their biocompatibility. We have synthesized magnetite $(Fe_3C_4)$ nanoparticles using chemical coprecipitation technique with sodium oleate as surfactant. Nanoparticle size can be varied from 1.2 to 7.4nm by controlling the sodium oleate concentration. Magnetite phase nanoparticles could be observed from X-ray diffraction. Magnetic colloid suspensions containing particles with sodium oleate and chitosan have been prepared. High magnetic property chitosan-microsphere particles were prepared from oleate-coated magnetite suspension using spray method. The surftce, and tile morphology of the magnetic chitosan microsphere particles were characterized using optical microscope and scanning electron microscope. Magnetic hysteresis measurement were performed using a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer at room temperature to investigate the magnetic properties of the chitosan microspheres including magnetite nanoparticles. The SQUID measurements revealed superparamagnetism of nanoparticles.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.385-392
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• 2003

Biodegradable poly (L-lactide) (L-PLA) solution in methylene chloride was precipitated into microparticles by using supercritical carbon dioxide modified with polar cosolvents. The effects of the amount of polar cosolvents, solution concentration, temperature, and solution flow rate on the formation of microparticles were investigated. The mean particle size was found to increase with the increase of solution concentration and flow rate. It was also observed that the particle size not only increases but the size distribution also becomes less uniform as the temperature increases. The percent recovery of microparticles was found to be 30∼40% at all experimental conditions. The supercritical carbon dioxide modified with methanol and ethanol was employed to enhance the recovery, resulting in significant improvement up to about 80 and 70%, for methanol and ethanol, respectively. Furthermore, the mean diameter of L-PLA microparticles was found to be less than 1 $\mu\textrm{m}$ for both cosolvents.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.18-23
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• 2004

Superabsorbent poly(potassium acrylate-co-acrylamide)s were synthesized in particle form using inverse suspension polymerization technique. Mean diameter of the prepared polymer particles decreased from 300 to 50 $\mu\textrm{m}$ with increasing surfactant concentration. The dynamic and equilibrium swelling behaviors during water absorption and drying process were investigated by weight measurement. The swelling ratio of polymer particles in water changed according to not only polymer crosslinking density, but particle size, saline concentration of aqueous medium, and copolymer compositions. Water sorption amount was increased with decreasing particle size, crosslinking agent concentration, and ion concentration in bulk solution. Being different from the water sorption process, the drying process was not significantly affected by particle size, polymer composition, or crosslinking amount.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.393-400
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• 1996

The conducting polymer composites were prepared by imbibing the porous particle with an $FeCl_3$ oxidant solution, drying the imbibed porous particle, and imbibing again with pyrrole solution for polymerization to take place in the pore. The conductivity of the porous composite particles, was higher than that of nonporous particles. Also, the conductivity of composite was increased with increasing specific surface area and pore specific volume of the host porous particles since the degree of formation of conducting polymer in the pore increased.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.03a
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• pp.127-127
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• 2003

전자종이에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 전자잉크의 pigment 소재에 대한 연구가 최근 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 많은 재료 중 TiO$_2$는 비표면적이 크고 열적안정성 및 명암도가 뛰어나 전자잉크 재료로 많은 장점을 지닌다. TiO$_2$ 나노 입자를 전자종이에 적용할 경우 우수한 디스플레이 구현을 위해 높은 전기영동 특성 및 분산 안정성이 요구되어진다 이를 위해 표면 개질된 나노 크기의 루틸상 TiO$_2$ 입자의 제조 및 분산에 대한 최적의 공정조건에 대해 연구하였다. 10$0^{\circ}C$ 이하의 저온에서 가열하여 균일하게 침전시키는 저온균일침전법(HPPLT)으로 루틸 결정상의 TiO$_2$ 나노입자를 제조하였다. 제조된 TiO$_2$ 나노 입자와 용매의 비중을 맞추기 위해 비중이 낮은 투명성 polymer로 코팅을 한 후 비중병을 이용해 비중을 확인하였다. 그 후 copolymer block을 가지는 분산제를 TiO$_2$ 입자 기준 0.5-5wt% 범위에서 저유전율을 가지는 다양한 유기용매에 첨가하여 최적의 분산 및 전기영동 조건을 찾았다. 실험을 통한 분산안정성 및 전기영동 특성 평가를 위해 ζ-potential analyzer와 입도 분석기를 이용하였고 코팅된 입자의 표면상태는 FT-IR을 통해 측정하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.225-234
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• 1996

Needle-like $\alpha-Fe_{2}O_{3}$ particles as precursor for magnetic recording media were prepared directly from amorphous ferric hydroxide in the aqueous solution by hydrothermal reaction. Ellipsoidal or rectangular $\alpha-Fe_{2}O_{3}$ particles were formed in the range of pH 10.75~11.75. The length and acicularity of $\alpha-Fe_{2}O_{3}$ particles were decreased gradually with increasing of citric acid concentration. The formation of needle-like $\alpha-Fe_{2}O_{3}$ particles was inhibited above citric acid concentration of $1.5{\times}10^{-4}\;mol$. We can synthesize $\alpha-Fe_{2}O_{3}$ particles with the most superior acicularity at $140^{\circ}C$ and can not expect a good needle-like particles above $220^{\circ}C$.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.210-213
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• 2006

나노입자를 이용하여 치밀한 $Cu(In,\;Ga)Se_2$ 태양전지용 광흡수층을 제조하기 위해 먼저, 콜로이달 방법으로 합성된 20nm이하의 CIGS 나노입자를 저가의 스프레이 법을 이용하여 CIGS 막을 제조하였다. 제조된 CIGS막을 two-zone RTP (rapid temperature Process) 방법으로 Se 분위기 안에서 열처리를 행하였다. 입자의 치밀화를 위해 기판의 온도, Se 증발온도와 수송가스의 유량을 조절하여 CIGS 입자성장을 행하였다. 그러나, Se의 증발온도가 높을수록 CIGS와 MO 박막 사이에서 $MoSe_2$ 층이 형성되었다. 형성된 $MoSe_2$층의 부피 팽창으로 인해 하부의 유리기판과 Mo층 사이에서 peeling off 현상이 발생했다. 이러한 Peeling off현상을 억제하면서 CIGS 나노입자 성장을 하기 위해, Se 공급을 빨리 할 수 있도록 Se의 증기압을 높였으며, 최적조건에서 급속 열처리 공정을 통해 CIGS 나노입자 성장과 치밀화를 위한 소결거동을 관찰하였다.

• Ceramist
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.69-73
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• 2009

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.56 no.1
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• pp.102-107
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• 2012

Hollow ITO powders were prepared by using polystyrene powders as a template. The specific gravity of the prepared hollow ITO powders was less than half compared with that of normal ITO spheres. As a result, the mismatch between the specific gravity of ITO and that of polymer solution was reduced. When the prepared hollow ITO powders and the polymer solutions are mixed, some portion of the hollow particles were collapsed and generated lots of small fragments. Thousands of the broken fragments from hollow ITO powders caused the increased contact area between particles and finally resulted in the higher electrical conductivity for the coating solution made of the prepared hollow ITO powders and the polymer solution.