• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2006년도 PARALLEL CFD 2006
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• pp.145-148
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• 2006

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.831-835
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• 2008

We present a continuous electrical cell lysis chip, using a DC bias voltage to generate the focused high electric field for cell lysis as well as the electroosmotic flow for cell transport. The previous cell lysis chips apply an AC voltage between micro-gap electrodes for cell lysis and use pumps or valves for cell transport. The present DC chip generates high electrical field by reducing the width of the channel between a DC electrode pair, while the previous AC chips reducing the gap between an AC electrode pair. The present chip performs continuous cell pumping without using additional flow source, while the previous chips need additional pumps or valves for the discontinuous cell loading and unloading in the lysis chambers. The experimental study features an orifice whose width and length is 20 times narrower and 175 times shorter than the width and length of a microchannel. With an operational voltage of 50 V, the present chip generates high electric field strength of 1.2 kV/cm at the orifice to disrupt cells with 100% lysis rate of Red Blood Cells and low electric field strength of 60 V/cm at the microchannel to generate an electroosmotic flow of $30{\mu}m/s{\pm}9{\mu}m/s$. In conclusion, the present chip is capable of continuous self-pumping cell lysis at a low voltage; thus, it is suitable for a sample pretreatment component of a micro total analysis system or lab-on-a-chip.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.491-497
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• 2004

We investigated some important factors which affect the transdermal flux of ketoprofen, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent, as a first step to provide some basic knowledge for the development of a iontophoretic transdermal patch system. Factors such as current density, polarity, buffer (HEPES) and electrolyte concentration and pH were studied using hairless mouse skin. The effect of poly(L-lysin), which is known to affect the electro-osmotic flow through skin, on flux was also studied. Passive flux was about $20\;{\mu}g/cm^2hr$ at pH 4.0, but was negligible at pH 7.4 where all ketoprofen molecules dissolved are ionized (ketoprofen pKa=5.94). At pH 4.0, application of anodal current increased the flux further above the passive level, however anodal flux at pH 7.4 was much smaller than passive flux at pH 4.0. The application of cathodal current at pH 4.0 increased the average flux to $30-40\;{\mu}g/cm^2hr$, depending on the current density applied. At pH 7.4, cathodal flux was only about $5\;{\mu}g/cm^2hr$. Decrease in buffer and electrolyte concentration increased this cathodal flux about 10 fold. However decrease in HEPES buffer concentration 100 fold did not affect the flux. Anodal flux of acetaminophen was much larger than cathodal flux, indicating that electroosmotic flow can be playing an important role in the flux. Poly(L-lysin) increased the cathodal flux at pH 7.4. These results provide some important insights into the mechanism of transdermal flux of ketoprofen and the role of electroosmotic flow.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.1528-1533
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• 2004

A numerical investigation is made of transient evolutionary prcocess of electroosmotic flow in a two-dimensional microchannel connected to a reservoir. The channel height is very small so that two electric double layers forming on the charged surfaces are overlapped. Transient transports of ions in the electrolyte solution are computed by integrating the Nernst-Planck equation together with the Poisson equation for electric potential. The numerical results illustrate that there are two distinct transient phases. The physical mechanisms and relevant time scales for the transient evolution are described.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2002년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.593-596
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• 2002

This study examined the feasibility of Electrokinetic-Fenton process for remediation of contaminated kaolinite by phenanthrene. The test using 7% H$_2$O$_2$as anode purging solution indicated the higher electrical current and electroosmotic flow than the test using 3.5% H$_2$O$_2$. And distribution in the soil of H$_2$O$_2$concentration showed the higher value of the former than the latter. Furthermore, the test using 7% H$_2$O$_2$and 0.01N H$_2$SO$_4$was the highest electrical current and electroosmotic flow and H$_2$O$_2$was effectively introduced to the cathode region. As it turned out, the treatment effect of phenanthrene was improved in compare with the other tests.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.86-92
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• 2009

Nowadays, the development of microfluidic chip [i.e. biochip, micro-total analysis system ($\mu$-TAS) and LOC (lab-on-a-chip)] becomes more active, and the microchannels to deliver fluid by pressure or electroosmotic forces tend to be more complex like electronic circuits or networks. For a simple network of channels, we may calculate the pressure and the flow rate easily by using suitable formula. However, for complex network it is not handy to obtain such information with that simple way. For this reason, Graphic User Interface (GUI) program which can rapidly give required information should be necessary for microchip designers. In this paper, we present a GUI program developed in our laboratory and the simple theoretical formula used in the program. We applied our program to simple case and could get results compared well with other numerical results. Further, we applied our program to several complex cases and obtained reasonable results.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.330-333
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• 2003

Recently electrokinetic process is known to be a promising remediation technology for the contaminated soils with heavy metals, radionuclides, organic matters, and so on. The contaminants in electrokinetic technology are removed mainly by three mechanisms; electroosmosis, electromigration, and electrophoresis. When direct current is introduced between two electrodes planted in soil, a large amount of hydrogen ions is formed and moves from anode to cathode with the other cations contained in electrolyte. The water flow caused by tile movement of cations is called as electroosmosis. Especially for non-ionic pollutants, the electroosmotic flow(EOF) is the most important removal mechanism among them and transports contaminants from anode to cathode along the water flow. In this study, characteristics of electroosmotic flow was investigated according to the resistance state of soil. The decrease, maintenance, and increase of soil resistance could be obtained by controlling ions in soil. When the resistance of soil was decreasing or maintained, the EOF is proportional to electric current and voltage, respectively and when the resistance was increasing, the EOF is proportional to only electric current not voltage.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2004

Three kinds of toxic heavy metals, such as lead, copper, and cadmium, existing abundantly in contaminated soils were selected to investigate pH change, electroosmotic flow, and the removal rate in the application of electrokinetic process. In the change of pHs, they reached to about 12 and 2 at each cathodic and anodic region, respectively, and maintained for reaction being proceeded. Electroosmotic flow rates were not influenced by the kind of metal species but by electropotential gradient. On the soils contaminated by each metal, the removal rate of Cd was the fastest among three as in the order of Cd>Pb>Cu. While on the soils contaminated by mixed metal species, Cu was the fastest. Metal species transported by electrokinetic processes were distributed in between 0.9 and 1.0 of normalized region. In the case of soils contaminated by one kind of metal. the relative concentrations of Pb and Cd estimated in between normalized region 0.9 and 1.0 were 5.2 and 5.7, respectively.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.85-94
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• 2002

본 연구의 목적은 토양입자에 대한 전기화학적 특성을 평가함으로써 동전기 기술을 실제 현장에서 적용시, 오염물을 효과적으로 제거하기 위한 최적 운전방법이나 인자를 도출하는 것이다. 토양입자의 제타포텐셜을 토양용액의 pH와 계면활성제의 농도에 대하여 측정하여 전기삼투압적 흐름방향 및 흐름율과의 관계를 분석하였다. 동전기 실험동안, 전기삼투압 투과율($k_e$), 전기전도도($\delta_e$) 및 전압분포에 대한 측정을 실시하였다. Kaolinite의 PZC는 4.2정도로 측정되었으며 pH가 증가할수록 제타포텐셜 감은 점점 음의 값이 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 주입된 계면활성제 또한 토양 표면의 전기화학적 특성에 영향을 주어 제타포텐셜 값을 변화시키는 결과를 나타내었다. 동전기 실험이 진행되는 동안, 토양시료의 대부분에 걸쳐 낮은 pH값을 나타내었으며 이로 인하여 용액과 전기적 흐름이 낮아지는 결과를 초래하였다. 또한, 전압 분포도 시간에 따라 변화하여 용액과 전기적 흐름 특성에 영향을 주었다. 결과적으로, 낮은 pH에 의한 토양의 제타포텐셜 값의 변화와 구간별로 다른 전압차분포로 인하여 용액과 전기적 흐름이 영향을 받는다는 결과를 본 연구로부터 얻었다. 효과적인 동전기 공정의 적용을 위하여 인위적인 토양 용액의 pH 조절이나 토양의 전기적 특성을 변화시키는 물질 등을 동시에 주입함으로써 오염물을 제거하는 용매의 흐름이 계속적으로 높게 유지되도록 하는 방안이 필요하다.

• 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가시화정보학회 2007년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.51-54
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• 2007

The induced-charge electroosmosis (ICEO) is a kind of electroosmotic flow which is generated by the electrical charge induced by an externally-applied electric field. That kind of electrokinetic phenomenon provides a nonmechanical technique to handle microscale flows and particles. In this work, we report that the ICEO-like flow is observed around two kinds of circular-cylindrical rod submerged in a dielectric liquid. The conductivity of the solution is varied by adding a surfactant. The flow field is visualized by the PIV method, and average flow speed shows a remarkable dependence on electrical input frequency. Interestingly, the characteristics of the flow are quite different from the conventional ICEO with respect to the flow direction and the locations of center of vortices.