• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 교외지역 대기 에어로졸의 특성을 파악하기 위하여 지구온난화와 밀접한 관련이 있다고 알려진 블랙카본 농도를 측정하였고, 그 결과들을 기상 요소들과 비교하였다. 필터 기반 측정 장치인 MAAP (Multi Angle Absorption Photometer)를 이용하여 측정된 블랙카본 농도와 황사농도, 습도, 온도 및 풍속을 비교하였다. 블랙카본 농도는 4~5월에 높으며 6~9월에 낮은 경향을 보였다. 블랙카본 농도는 PM10(직경 $10{\mu}m$ 이하 입자상 물질) 농도 및 습도와는 비례관계를 보였으며 온도 및 풍속과는 반비례 관계를 보였다. 또한 디젤엔진에서 발생한 블랙카본의 직경 및 광흡수 계수 및 수농도를 측정하여 흡수 단면적을 도출 하였고 이를 통하여 교외 지역 블랙카본의 수준을 평가 할 수 있는 방법을 소개하였다.

• Spatial Information Research
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.11-22
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• 2011

이산화탄소의 배출량을 산정하는 방식은 주로 제련소, 화력발전소 등 제조공정에서 소비되는 에너지 통계에 의거하여 배출량을 추정하는 방식으로 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구는 지목이 토지이용패턴에 따라 다르게 배출되는 이산화탄소를 감시하기 위한 지표로 활용될 수 있는지를 평가하고자 수행되었다. 그리하여 사례 연구지역에서 이산화탄소 배출량을 측정하여 토지이용의 관점에서 지목별 변화 추세에 대한 평가가 이루어졌다. 정부통계에만 의존하는 간접추계 방식과 달리 지목 기반의 평가는 광역적인 이산화탄소 농도의 분포실태를 단시간에 제시하였다. 특히 대지 등 비자연적인 지목에서 높은 수치를 보여주었다. 반면, 임야 등 흡수원으로 특성을 지닌 지목은 전체적으로 배출원에 비해 낮은 수치를 보여주었다. 본 연구의 가장 큰 성과는 지목별 이산화탄소 배출량 변화 실태를 정량적으로 제시하고 있기 때문에 각종 개발사업의 계획단계부터 배출원과 흡수원을 지정하고 관리함에 있어 지목에 의거 도로 건설 등 저탄소 도시에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 개발사업을 규제하는 과정에서 온실가스 배출을 최소화하기 위한 지표로서 설득력을 지닌 근거자료로 지목의 가능성을 보여주었다. 본 연구의 가장 큰 성과는 "지목 기반의 이산화탄소 배출 감시"라는 새로운 개념을 제시하였다는 데 있을 것이다.

• Composites Research
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.34-38
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• 2011

탄소나노튜브가 발견된 이후로, 고분자 수지의 기계적, 전기적 물성을 증대시키는 보강재로서 많은 연구가 수행되어 왔다. 더 나아가, 탄소나뉴튜브를 탄소섬유복합재 (CFRP)의 기지가 되는 수지를 보강시키는 데 이용하는 연구도 최근 활발해지고 있는 추세이다. 단일벽탄소나노튜브가 각각 0.2 %, 0.5 %의 중량비로 에폭시 수지에 먼저 분산, 혼합되었다. 이 혼합액을 CFRP를 제작하는데 주로 쓰이는 방법 중 하나인 진공 수지 충전 공정법 (vacuum assisted resin transfer molding, VARTM)으로 탄소섬유 프리폼에 주입하는 방법과 습식 현장 적층법 (wet lay-up)의 두가지 다른 방법으로 복합재를 제작 하였다. 각각의 제작된 시편에 대하여, 층간전단강도 (interlaminar shear strength, ILSS)를 측정하여, 층간전단강도와 공정의 상관관계, 탄소나노튜브의 보강효과에 대하여 조사했다. 탄소나노튜브/에폭시 복합재의 경우 기계적 물성의 향상을 가져왔으나 이를 기지재로 사용한 탄소섬유복합재의 층간전단강도는 특히 VARTM 공정의 경우, 탄소나노튜브의 첨가에 따른 수지의 점도 증가로 인한 공정상의 문제로 기대만큼의 물성향상을 가져오지는 못한 것을 확인하였다.

• Carbon letters
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.184-190
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• 2007

Carbon Nano Tubes could be either metallic or semi-conducting in nature, depending on their diameter. Its photocatalytic behavior has given an impetus to use it as an anti-microbial agent. More than 95% Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria got killed when exposed to Carbon Nano Tubes for 30 minutes in presence of sunlight. Carbon Nano Tubes are supposed to have smooth surface on to which it accumulates positive charges when exposed to light. The surface that is non illuminated has negative charge. At the cellular level microorganisms produce negative charges on the cell membrane, Therefore damaging effect of multi walled carbon nano tubes (exposed to light) on the microorganisms is possible. In this paper, photo catalytic killing of microbes by multi walled carbon nano tubes is reported. Killing was due to damage in the cell membrane, as seen in SEM micrographs. Moreover biochemical analysis of membrane as well as total cellular proteins by SDS PAGE showed that there was denaturation of membrane proteins as well as total proteins of both the microbes studied. The killed microbes that showed a decrease in number of protein bands (i.e. due to breaking down of proteins) also showed an increase in level of free amino acids in microbes. This further confirmed that proteins got denatured or broken down into shorter units of amino acids. Increased level of free amino acids was recorded in both the microbes treated with multi walled carbon nano tubes and sunlight.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.407-416
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• 2008

Studies were conducted to determine the effects of temperature, solute potential and carbon source on the mycelial growth, sclerotia development, and apothecium production of an isolate of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Mycelial growth rate was greatest at $25^{\circ}C$ on potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium amended with up to 2% NaCl (${\psi}s{\leq}1.91\;MPa$) and thereafter, growth rate declined. The least number of sclerotia were produced at $20^{\circ}C$on both PDA and malt extract agar (MEA) amended with 8% NaCl (${\psi}s=6.62\;MPa$). With increasing temperature and decreasing solute potential the number and size of sclerotia were significantly reduced. The combined effect of temperature, solute potential and carbon source on sclerotia production were highly significant and had an impact on the development of the rind layer cells of sclerotia. These cells lacked a transparent cell wall which was surrounded by a compact melanized layer, and some of these cells appeared to be devoid of cell contents or were totally vacuolated. The survival of the sclerotia with increase in salinity and temperature appeared to affect melanization and the nature of the rind cells. The observations of this study re-enforces the need for an integrated disease management to control S. sclerotiorum.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.779-788
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• 2020

Multi-Walled Carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) coupled with Silicone Rubber (SR) can represent applicable strain sensors with accessible materials, which result in good stretchability and great sensitivity. Employing these materials and given the fact that the combination of these two has been addressed in few studies, this study is trying to represent a low-cost, durable and stretchable strain sensor that can perform excellently in a high number of repeated cycles. Great stability was observed during the cyclic test after 2000 cycles. Ultrahigh sensitivity (GF>1227) along with good extensibility (ε>120%) was observed while testing the sensor at different strain rates and the various number of cycles. Further investigation is dedicated to sensor performance in the detection of human body movements. Not only the sensor performance in detecting the small strains like the vibrations on the throat was tested, but also the larger strains as observed in extension/bending of the muscle joints like knee were monitored and recorded. Bearing in mind the applicability and low-cost features, this sensor may become promising in skin-mountable devices to detect the human body motions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.165-172
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• 2014

The distribution of basic nitrogen-containing compounds in three vacuum gas oils (VGOs) with different boiling ranges and their dewaxed oils from the lube base oil refining unit of a refinery were characterized by positive-ion electrospray ionization (ESI) Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS). It turned out that the composition of basic nitrogen compounds in the samples varied significantly in DBE and carbon number, and the dominant basic N-containing compounds in these oil samples were N1 class species. $N_1O_1$, $N_1O_2$, and $N_2$ class species with much lower relative abundance were also identified. The composition of basic nitrogen compounds in VGOs and dewaxed VGOs were correlated with increased boiling point and varied in DBE and carbon numbers. The comparison of the analytical results between VGOs and dewaxed VGOs indicated that more basic N-containing compounds in VGO with low carbon number and small molecular weight tend to be removed by solvent refining in lube base oil processing.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.67-78
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• 2016

Soil carbon(C) is an essential property for characterizing soil quality. Understanding spatial patterns of soil C is particularly limited for mountain areas. This study aims to predict the spatial pattern of soil C using terrain analysis in a steep mountainous area. Specifically, model performances and prediction uncertainties were investigated based on the number of resampling repetitions. Further, important predictors for soil C were also identified. Finally, the spatial distribution of uncertainty was analyzed. A total of 91 soil samples were collected via conditioned latin hypercube sampling and a digital soil C map was developed using support vector regression which is one of the powerful machine learning methods. Results showed that there were no distinct differences of model performances depending on the number of repetitions except for 10-fold cross validation. For soil C, elevation and surface curvature were selected as important predictors by recursive feature elimination. Soil C showed higher values in higher elevation and concave slopes. The spatial pattern of soil C might possibly reflect lateral movement of water and materials along the surface configuration of the study area. The higher values of uncertainty in higher elevation and concave slopes might be related to geomorphological characteristics of the research area and the sampling design. This study is believed to provide a better understanding of the relationship between geomorphology and soil C in the mountainous ecosystem.

• 센서학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.56-60
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• 2021

In this study, the relationship between the transmitted light intensity and full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) of a Fabry-Perot filter was investigated. The measured refractive indices and absorption coefficients of the fabricated thin films were applied to the Fabry-Perot filter via simulations using optical software. Although considerable research has been conducted on Fabry-Perot filters, this study focused on the usefulness of 4.26-㎛ infrared filtering in carbon dioxide detection. Optical analysis was performed considering the effects of the thickness, refractive indices, and number of thin films in a distributed Bragg reflector. Ultimately, a clear trade-off relationship was observed wherein the transmitted light intensity decreased as the number of multilayers increased; however, the FWHM was observed to be narrower.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.99-108
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• 2023

This study's goal is to investigate the effects of board size, the number of annual board meetings, the profitability of the company, and the audit Committee on the disclosure of climate change in Saudi companies listed on the stock exchange. It was conducted to evaluate affecting some factors on carbon emissions by the regression model. The study uses the content analysis method. Data was collected from the annual and sustainability reports, and the platform database Refinitiv, an LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group Company) for the period 2018 to 2021. The study sample is 51 companies. The study findings showed Saudi Arabia saw its first significant overall drop in CO2 emissions with a 22.61 MtCO2 decline (3.93%) in 2018. The study revealed a positive connection between the size of the director's board, and the disclosure of carbon emissions in Saudi firms listed on the stock market. While other factors are not related to the number of director's board meetings, the audit committee, and the profitability of the company on the disclosure of carbon emissions in the Saudi companies listed on the stock exchange.