• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.584-594
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• 2014

To increase of surface hydrophilicity of polymeric thin films is an important approaching technique for introduction of self-cleaning and/or antifogging properties on the surfaces of those films. In general, hydrophilic surface can be produced by coating non ionic surfactants or by increasing surface energy. Various non-ionic surfactants, such as Tween, Span, and PEG-PPG block copolymers were selected for our experiments, because they are cheap and well soluble in toluene system as well as they contain several reactive hydroxy fuctional groups with coupling agents. Blending conditions influence the PET film surface hydrophilicities. However, the introduction of only these surfactants on the surface of PET films did not show the high durability of hydrophilic properties after washing with water. To improve the durability two types of coupling agents such as epoxide and diisocyanate were adopted. Contact angle of water on hydrophilically coated PET film surface with 6 wt% of isophrone diisocyanate(IPDI) containing coating solution was reached to $8.7^{\circ}$, which was an indirect evidence for very high surface hydrophilicity. A light(500 nm of wavelength) transmittance value of coated PET film was changed only from 87% to 85% with keeping a good transparent property. This film can be usable for self-cleaning film industries.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.383-389
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• 2023

A high-performance forward osmosis (FO) membrane was prepared using polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA) hydrogel as a support layer. Through the UV-induced polymerization and subsequent phase separation of PEGDA, the crosslinked, hydrophilic, and porous PEGDA suppor layer was obtained. To achieve high FO flux and salt selectivity using the fabricated PEGDA support, a selective layer was synthesized via the toluene-assisted interfacial polymerization (TIP), in which toluene is used as an organic solvent. The prepared PEGDA-based FO membrane showed higher FO water flux and lower salt selectivity compared with commercial HTI membranes using 1.0 M NaCl draw solution and DI water feed solution. We propose the strategy to fabricate high-performance FO membranes utilizing supports formed with new hydrophilic materials and fabrication processes.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.60-67
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• 2017

Recently, the economic, social and environmental significance of the water industry is increasing significantly due to rapid global urbanization, population growth, and imbalance in demand and supply of water resulted by climate change. The type of these water industries are all different and they can be distinguished by the kinds of membranes used. Mainly, polymer materials that have excellent physical and chemical stability are used, but recently various methods of assigning hydrophilicity have been introduced due to their hydrophobic properties. In this study, hydrophilic polymers of four types were introduced into a commercially available hollow support to assign hydrophilicity. Furthermore, the morphology of the coated hollow support through FE-SEM was confirmed as well. Also the contact angle was measured to examine the degree of hydrophilicity of the coated hollow support with each polymer. Finally,.effect of different time on water permeability as well as the relationship between water permeability and hydrophilic polymers were investigated. As a result, the coating with 1 wt% of pluronic has good hydrophilicity degree, and shows the excellent water permeability without blocking the pore of the hollow fiber. Therefore, it can be concluded that the hydrophilic coating using pluronic polymer is most suitable as the water treatment.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.321-326
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• 1994

The water-soluble polyphosphazene possessing ether side groups was exposed to ${\gamma}-rays$ to prepare hydrogens with good water-swellability. The physical strength of these hydrogels could be controlled by irradiation dose of ${\gamma}-rays$. Trypsin and water-soluble polyphosphazene were irradiated together by ${\gamma}-rays$ for entrapment of enzymes into hydrogel networks. The activities of immobilized trypsin were examined spectrophotometrically after the reaction with N-${\alpha}$-benzoyl-1-arginine-p-nitroanilide in phosphate buffer. The immobilized trypsin was found to have good activity yield and suability after at least 500 hours.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.65 no.5
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• pp.320-326
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• 2021

This study investigated the effect of the structure of the crosslinking agent used in contact lens polymerization on the physical properties and drug dissolution of contact lenses.es Contact lenses were manufactured using 0.3% and 3% of 4 types of crosslinking agents, respectively, and ofloxacin was used as the drug. Contact lenses using hydrophilic crosslinking agents improved water contents and wettability, and the more hydrophilic functional groups, the greater the effect. Contact lenses with a high concentration of crosslinking agent had a low concentration of eluted drug and a longer release time. The cross-linking agent structure of contact lenses had an effect on improving the performance of contact lenses and controlling drug release.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.261-262
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• 2011

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.71-79
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• 2023

In this study, we employed anionic, cationic, and nonionic surfactants for the hydrophilization of porous substrates used in the fabrication of pore-filling membranes. We investigated the extent of hydrophilization based on the type of surfactant, its concentration, and immersion time. Furthermore, we used the hydrophilized substrates to produce pore-filling anion exchange membranes and compared their ion conductivity to determine the optimal hydrophilization conditions. For the ionic surfactants used in this study, we observed that hydrophilization progressed rapidly from the beginning of immersion when the applied concentration was 3.0 wt%, compared to lower concentrations (0.05, 0.5, and 1.0 wt%). In contrast, for the relatively larger molecular weight non-ionic surfactants, smooth hydrophilization was not observed. There was no apparent correlation between the degree of hydrophilization and the ion conductivity of the anion exchange membrane. This discrepancy suggests that an excessive hydrophilization process during the treatment of porous substrates leads to excessive adsorption of the surfactant on the sparse surfaces of the porous substrate, resulting in a significant reduction in porosity and subsequently decreasing the content of polymer electrolyte capable of ion exchange, thereby greatly increasing the electrical resistance of the membrane.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1994.10a
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• pp.64-65
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• 1994

근래 환경 문제의 중요성이 크게 대두되면서 여러 제조 공정에서 방출되는 폐수등을 처리하는데 필요한 내구성이나, 내미생물성, 내약품성이 우수한 분리막 재료에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 내구성이 우수한 역삼투막 재료를 얻기 위한 방법의 하나로 엔지니어링 플라스틱을 친수화시키는 방법이 개발되어 왔다. 특히 PPO (poly(2-6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide))로 만들어진 분리막은 내산화성이 우수하고 내구성이 뛰어나다고 알려져왔고 본 연구에서는 PPO에 carboxyl기를 도입하여 친수성을 부여하고, 상전이법을 이용하여 얇은 표피층이 선택성을 높이고 다공성 구조가 표피층을 지지하도록 만든 비대칭성 구조의 분리막을 제조하고 그 투과특성을 살펴보았다.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.930-934
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• 1998

The modified poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) was synthesized by copolymerizing dimethyl terephthalate with ethylene glycol, polyethyleneglycol, and dodecylbenzene sulfonate as a surfactant. After characterization of viscosity, color, and contant angle, hydrophilic characteristics of the modified PET depending on additives was discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.167-168
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• 2003

Dimethyl-2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate(2,6-NDC)와 ethylene glycol(EG)로부터 유도되는 폴리에틸렌 나프탈레이트(PEN)는 폴리에틸렌 테레프탈레이트(PET)보다 열적 및 기계적 특성이 우수한 열가소성 고분자이며[1-2], 폴리에틸렌 글리콜(PEG)은 diol기를 함유한 친수성 고분자로서 의약품 및 기타 가공제로 널리 쓰이는 물질이다. 이미 PET는 이러한 PEC를 PET 합성과정에서 공단량체로 사용해 공중합시킴으로서 친수성을 갖는 PET로 개질하고자 하는 연구[3-4]가 다수 보고되어 왔으나, PEN의 경유는 아직 이에 관한 연구보고가 없는 실정이다. (중략)