• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권11호
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• pp.1617-1626
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• 2013

The Bacterial community structure and its complexity of the enrichment culture during the isolation and screening of imidacloprid-degrading strain were studied using denaturating gradient gel electrophoresis analysis. The dominant bacteria in the original tea rhizosphere soil were uncultured bacteria, Rhizobium sp., Sinorhizobium, Ochrobactrum sp., Alcaligenes, Bacillus sp., Bacterium, Klebsiella sp., and Ensifer adhaerens. The bacterial community structure was altered extensively and its complexity reduced during the enrichment process, and four culturable bacteria, Ochrobactrum sp., Rhizobium sp., Geobacillus stearothermophilus, and Alcaligenes faecalis, remained in the final enrichment. Only one indigenous strain, BCL-1, with imidacloprid-degrading potential, was isolated from the sixth enrichment culture. This isolate was a gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium and identified as the genus Ochrobactrum based on its morphological, physiological, and biochemical properties and its 16S rRNA gene sequence. The degradation test showed that approximately 67.67% of the imidacloprid (50 mg/l) was degraded within 48 h by strain BCL-1. The optimum conditions for degradation were a pH of 8 and $30^{\circ}C$. The simulation of imidacloprid bioremediation by strain BCL-1 in soil demonstrated that the best performance in situ (tea soil) resulted in the degradation of 92.44% of the imidacloprid (100 mg/g) within 20 days, which was better than those observed in the ex situ simulations that were 64.66% (cabbage soil), 41.15% (potato soil), and 54.15% (tomato soil).

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.849-862
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• 2017

With growing interests in using bacterial biopolymers in geotechnical practices, identifying mechanical properties of soft gel-like biopolymers is important in predicting their efficacy in soil modification and treatment. As one of the promising candidates, dextran was found to be produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides. The model bacteria utilize sucrose as working material and synthesize both soluble and insoluble dextran which forms a complex and inhomogeneous polymer network. However, the traditional rheometer has a limitation to capture in situ properties of inherently porous and inhomogeneous biopolymers. Therefore, we used the particle tracking microrheology to characterize the material properties of the dextran polymer. TEM images revealed a range of pore size mostly less than $20{\mu}m$, showing large pores > $2{\mu}m$ and small pores within the solid matrix whose sizes are less than $1{\mu}m$. Microrheology data showed two distinct regimes in the bacterial dextran, purely viscous pore region of soluble dextran and viscoelastic region of the solid part of insoluble dextran matrix. Diffusive beads represented the soluble dextran dissolved in an aqueous phase, of which viscosity was three times higher than the growth medium viscosity. The local properties of the insoluble dextran were extracted from the results of the minimally moving beads embedded in the dextran matrix or trapped in small pores. At high frequency (${\omega}>0.2Hz$), the insoluble dextran showed the elastic behavior with the storage modulus of ~0.1 Pa. As frequency decreased, the insoluble dextran matrix exhibited the viscoelastic behavior with the decreasing storage modulus in the range of ${\sim}0.1-10^{-3}Pa$ and the increasing loss modulus in the range of ${\sim}10^{-4}-1\;Pa$. The obtained results provide a compilation of frequency-dependent rheological or viscoelastic properties of soft gel-like porous biopolymers at the particular conditions where soil bacteria produce bacterial biopolymers in subsurface.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.301-321
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• 2019

본 논문에서는 강관다단 그라우팅에 적용하는 속경성 실링재 개발에 관한 실험적 내용을 다루었다. 강관다단 그라우팅 공법에서 실링재는 본 주입재의 주입시 역류를 방지하기 위해 주입하며 주입 후 일정시간이 지난 다음 겔화 상태에서 본 주입재를 주입해야 한다. 그러나 주입된 실링재가 겔 상태가 되기 이전 유동성이 있을 경우 본 주입재와 함께 혼합됨은 물론, 주입재의 역류가 발생되어 원지반으로 주입이 곤란하며, 반대로 너무 시간이 지나 겔화단계를 넘어 고결되었을 경우 본 주입재가 지반내로 주입되지 못하는 경우가 발생된다. 실링재의 유동성이 없어져 겔화 상태로까지 걸리는 시간에 따라 강관다단 그라우팅의 공사시간이 결정되며, 이는 전체 터널의 공사기간과 밀접한 관련이 있어 중요한 요소 중에 하나이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 실링재 본연의 역할과 기능을 할 수 있을 뿐 아니라 공사기간을 단축시킬 수 있도록 실링재의 겔화시간을 단축시킬 수 있는 칼슘알루미네이트 재료를 개발하였고, 실링재 겔화 여부를 판단하는 방법에 대해 제시하고, 아울러 실링재의 겔 상태에서 블리딩율에 대해서도 각 품질기준과 시험방법에 대해 제안하였다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.735-739
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• 1999

본 연구에서는 sol-gel법으로 제조된 $PbTiO_3$ (PT) 단층박막내의 실시간 응력과 두께 수축거동, 그리고 다층박막의 미세경도를 온도의 함수로 측정하여 열처리에 따른 PT박막내의 물리화학적 변화를 설명하였다. 단층박막은 상온에서 $220^{\circ}C$까지 급격한 수축을 보였으며 총수축량의 83%가 이 온도구간에서 일어났다. as-spun된 박막 내에는 이미 75MPa의 인장응력이 존재하였으며 13$0^{\circ}C$부터 뚜렷이 증가하여 $250^{\circ}C$에서 147MPa의 최대 인장응력을 나타냈다. 인장응력의 급격한 감소가 일어나는 $370^{\circ}C$부터는 본격적으로 치밀화된 PT박막과 Si 기판과의 열팽창계수 차이가 주로 박막내의 응력을 결정하며, 이것은 다층박막의 미세경도가 $300^{\circ}C$ 이후에서 급격히 증가하는 사실로도 뒷받침된다. 한편 다층박막에서 단층박막과 달리 $550^{\circ}C$까지 열처리후 Perovskite 상이 많이 생성되었으며 이는 박막 두께의 증가에 따른 homogenous 핵생성 site의 증가 때문이라고 생각된다

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.247-252
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• 2008

Lithium gel electrolytes based on a mixed polymer matrix consisting of poly(vinylidenefluoride-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) and cyanoresin type M (CRM) were prepared using an in situ blending process. The CRM used in this study was a copolymer of cyanoethyl pullulan and cyanoethyl poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) with a mole ratio of 1:1. The mixed plasticizer was ethylene carbonate (EC) and propylene carbonate (PC) with a volume ratio of 1:1. In this study, the presence of PVDF in the electrolytes helps to form a dimensionally stable film over a broad composition range, and decreases the viscosity. In addition, it provides better rheological properties that are suitable for the extrusion of thin films. However, the presence of HFP has a positive effect on generating an amorphous domain in a crystalline PVDF structure. The ionic conductivity of the polymer electrolytes was investigated in the range 298-333 K. The introduction of CRM into the PVDF-HFP/$LiPF_6$, complex produced a PVDF-HFP/CRM/$LiPF_6$ complex with a higher ionic conductivity and improved thermal stability and dynamic mechanical properties than a simple PVDF-HFP/$LiPF_6$, complex.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.543-554
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• 2019

İzmir Bay reserves high amount of residual alluvial deposits generated by Meles River at its stream mouth. These carried sediments with high water content and low bearing capacity are unsuitable in terms of engineering purposes. In-situ soil stabilization with deep soil mixing method is considered to improve properties of soil in this location. This method is widely used especially over Scandinavia, Japan and North America. Basically, the method covers mixing appropriate binder into the soil to improve soil profile according to the engineering needs. For this purpose, soil samples were initially provided from the site, classification tests were performed and optimum ratios of lime and cement binders were determined. Following, specimens representing the in-situ soil conditions were prepared and cured to be able to determine their engineering properties. Unconfined compression tests and vane shear tests were applied to evaluate the stabilization performance of binders on samples with different curing periods. Scanning electron microscope was used to observe time-dependent bonding progress of binders in order to validate the results. Utilization of 4% lime and 4% cement mixture for the long-term performance and 8% lime and 8% cement mixture for short term performance were suggested for the stabilization of Meles Delta soils. Development of CSH and CAH in a gel form as well as CSH crystals were clearly observed on SEM images of treated specimens.

• 폴리머
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.391-396
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• 2004

기존의 에폭시/실리카 나노복합재료의 제조 방법에서 나타나는 문제점인 경화 반응 중의 휘발성 부산물 생성에 의한 미세기공 형성 및 치수 불안전성 등을 극복하고자 Si-N 전구체를 사용한 새로운 방법을 제안하고자 한다. 실리카 전구체로 부산물이 형성되지 않는 메틸트리페닐실란 (MTPS)을 합성하고 이를 이용하여 솔-젤 반응과 에폭시 경화 반응이 병행되는 동시 복합화 반응을 통하여 무기상의 고른 분산상태를 지닌 에폭시/실리카 나노복합재료를 제조하였으며, 이로부터 뛰어난 투명성뿐 아니라 기계적 물성과 열적특성에서 탁월한 물성의 증가를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.708-712
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• 2009

ITO films were achieved by sintering at $500{\sim}550{^{\circ}C}$. This was possible by inducing a seeding effect on an ITO sol by producing crystalline ITO nanoparticles in situ during heat treatment. Two kinds of ITO sols (named ITO-A and ITO-B) were prepared at 2.0 wt% from indium acetate and tin(IV) chloride in different mixed solvents. The ITO-A sol showed a high degree of crystallinity of ITO without any detectable Sn$O_2$ on XRD at $350{^{\circ}C}$/1 h, but the ITO-B sol showed a small amount of Sn$O_2$ even after annealing at $600{^{\circ}C}$/1 h. The 10 wt% ITO-A//ITO-B showed the sheet resistance of 3600$\Omega$/□, while the ITO-B sol alone showed 5200 $\Omega$/□ by sintering at $550{^{\circ}C}$ for 30 min. Processing parameters were studied by TG/DSC, XRD, SEM, sheet resistance, and visible transmittance.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 2015

During the liquefaction of hydrogen, the ortho hydrogen is converted into the para form with heat release that evaporates the liquefied hydrogen into the gaseous one backwards. The ortho-para conversion catalysts are usually used during liquefaction to avoid such boil-off. In order to compare and analyze the performance of the ortho-para hydrogen conversion catalysts, in-situ FT-IR device was designed and manufactured to measure the para hydrogen conversion rate in real-time. $LaFeO_3$ and $La_{0.7}Sr_{0.3}Cu_{0.3}Fe_{0.7}O_3$ perovskite catalysts were prepared by the citrate sol-gel method and their spin conversion characteristics from ortho to para hydrogen were investigated by in-situ FTIR spectroscopy at 17K. It was found that the spin conversion was affected by surface area, particle size, and crystallite size of the catalysts. Thus, the $La_{0.7}Sr_{0.3}Cu_{0.3}Fe_{0.7}O_3$ perovskite catalyst that had higher surface area, higher crystallite size, and smaller particle size than $LaFeO_3$ showed the better spin conversion property of 32.3% at 17K in 120min interaction with the perovskite catalysts.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.527-546
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• 2016

This paper discusses improvements of compressibility, permeability, static and liquefaction strengths of in-situ soils by grouting. Both field testing and laboratory evaluation of the on-site samples were conducted. The improvement of soils was influenced by two main factors, i.e., the grout materials and the injection mechanisms introduced by the field grouting. On-site grout mapping revealed the major mechanism was fracturing accompanied with some permeation at deeper zones of sandy soils, where long-gel time suspension grout and solution grout were applied. The study found the compressibility and swelling potential of CL soils at a 0.5 m distance to grout hole could be reduced by 25% and 50%, respectively, due to the grouting. The effect on hydraulic conductivity of the CL soils appeared insignificant. The grouting slightly improved the cohesion of the CL soils by 10~15 kPa, and the friction angle appeared unaffected. The grouting had also improved the cohesion of the on-site SM soils by 10~90 kPa, while influences on the friction angle of soils were uncertain. Liquefaction resistances could be enhanced for the sandy soils within a 2~3 m extent to the grout hole. Average improvements of 40% and 20% on the liquefaction resistance were achievable for the sandy soils for earthquake magnitudes of 6 and ${\geq}7.5$, respectively, by the grouting.