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Improved Calibration for the Analysis of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater Using Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

  • Pellinen, Jukka;Lepisto, Riikka-Juulia;Savolainen, Santeri
    • Mass Spectrometry Letters
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.77-80
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    • 2018
  • The focus of this paper is to present techniques to overcome certain difficulties in quantitative analysis with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS). The method is based on conventional solid-phase extraction, followed by reversed-phase ultra high performance liquid chromatography of the extract, and mass spectrometric analysis. The target compounds included atenolol, atrazine, caffeine, carbamazepine, diclofenac, estrone, ibuprofen, naproxen, simazine, sucralose, sulfamethoxazole, and triclosan. The matrix effects caused by high concentrations of organic compounds in wastewater are especially significant in electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy. Internal-standard calibration with isotopically labeled standards corrects the results for many matrix effects, but some peculiarities were observed. The problems encountered in quantitation of carbamazepine and triclosan, due to nonlinear calibration were solved by changing the internal standard and using a narrower mass window. With simazine, the use of a quadratic calibration curve was the best solution.

Spectroscopic Investigation of cis-2,4-Difluorophenol Cation by Mass-analyzed Threshold Ionization Spectroscopy

  • Shivatare, Vidya;Tzeng, Wen Bih
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.815-820
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    • 2014
  • We applied the two-color resonant two-photon ionization and mass-analyzed threshold ionization techniques to record the vibronic and cation spectra of 2,4-difluorophenol. As supported by our theoretical calculations, only the cis form of 2,4-difluorophenol involves in the two-photon photoexcitation and pulsed field ionization processes. The band origin of the $S_1{\leftarrow}S_0$ electronic transition of cis-2,4-difluorophenol appears at 35 647 ${\pm}2cm^{-1}$ and the adiabatic ionization energy is determined to be 70 $030{\pm}5cm^{-1}$, respectively. Most of the observed active vibrations in the electronically excited $S_1$ and cationic ground $D_0$ states mainly involve in-plane ring deformation vibrations. Comparing these data of cis-2,4-difluorophenol with those of phenol, cis-2-fluorophenol, and 4-fluorophenol, we found that there is an additivity rule associated with the energy shift resulting from the additional fluorine substitution.

High resolution Infrared spectroscopy of Planetary Nebula with IGRINS

  • Yu, Young Sam
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.93.2-93.2
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    • 2014
  • Planetary nebulae (PN) are the last stages of evolution of intermediate mass (1-8 Msolar) stars. Their shapes are thought to result from interactions between the present-day, fast (emerging white dwarf) and previously ejected, slow (red giant) stellar winds. The observation of young, bright PN, NGC7027 and BD+30 3639, was made on July 7, 2014 using the 2.7m Harlan J. Smith telescope at the McDonald Observatory. IGRINS with high spatial (0.27") and high spectral ($7.5km\;s^{-1}$) resolution will provide more nebular lines and excitation/abundances to constrain the morphology and kinematics of the Nebula and the PDRs. Combined with other archival data (X-ray, 2MASS, WISE, Spitzer, Herschel) for PN, high-resolution IR spectroscopy will yield insight into poorly understood aspects of PN morphologies and the late stages of binary star evolution.

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Gaseous Changes during Discharge ant Thermal Treatment in Plasma Display Panel (PDP)

  • Hwang, Ji-Hee;Yang, Seung-Jean;Jun, Moon-Gue;Kim, Young-Chai
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.07b
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    • pp.1199-1202
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    • 2005
  • Inside of working PDP, there exist highly reactive conditions in the gap between two glass panels. MgO film and phosphor have been investigated as a function of discharge, also phosphor and sealing frits have been investigated as a function of temperature. Changes of impurity generation of MgO, phosphor and sealing fits were measured by using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and quadropole mass spectroscopy (XPS) and quadropole mass spectrometer (QMS). Impurities such as CO, $CO_2$, OH and $H_2O$ were increased during discharge and heating treatment. Gaseous impurities such as carbon compounds and water deteriorated the characteristics of PDP operation during of lifetime. So metal is used to remove the impurities of phosphor and sealing frits during hearting, the result that the quantity of the impurities such as carbon monoxide and water was reduced.

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Characterization of Nitrogen Gas Crossover in PEM Fuel Cell Stacks (고분자 연료전지 스택에서 질소 크로스오버 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Baik, Kyung-Don;Kim, Min-Soo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.207-214
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    • 2009
  • Crossover of nitrogen from cathode to anode is inevitable in typical membranes used in PEM fuel cells. This crossovered nitrogen normally accumulates in the hydrogen recirculation system at anode side channels. Excessive buildup of nitrogen in the anode side lowers the relative hydrogen concentration and finally affects the performance of fuel cell stack. So it is very important to analysis the nitrogen gas crossover at various operating conditions. In this study, characterization of nitrogen gas crossover in PEM fuel cell stack was investigated. The mass spectroscopy (MS) has been applied to measure the amount of the crossovered nitrogen gas at the anode exit. Results show that nitrogen gas crossover rate was affected by current density, anode and cathode stoichiometric ratio and operating pressure. Current density, anode stoichiometric ratio and anode operating pressure do not affect nitrogen crossover rate but anode exit concentration of nitrogen. Cathode pressure and stoichiometric ratio largely affect the nitrogen crossover rate.

Characterization of Nitrogen Gas Crossover in PEM Fuel Cell Stacks (고분자 연료전지 스택에서 질소 크로스오버 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Baik, Kyung-Don;Kim, Min-Soo
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2008.11b
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    • pp.2227-2230
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    • 2008
  • Crossover of nitrogen from cathode to anode is inevitable in typical membranes used in PEM fuel cells. This crossovered nitrogen accumulates in anode recirculation system and excessive buildup of nitrogen in the recirculating anode gas lowers the hydrogen concentration and finally affects the performance of fuel cell stacks. In this study, characterization of nitrogen gas crossover was investigated in PEM fuel cell stacks. The mass spectroscopy (MS) has been applied to measure the amount of the crossovered nitrogen at the exit of anode. Results show that anode and cathode stoichiometric number ($SR_c$) have a big effect of nitrogen crossover.

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Damage Profile of HDPE Polymer using Laser-Induced Plasma

  • Tawfik, Walid;Farooq, W. Aslam;Alahmed, Z.A.
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.50-54
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    • 2014
  • In this paper we studied the laser-induced crater depth, mass, and emission spectra of laser-ablated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) polymer using the laser-induced plasma spectroscopy (LIPS) technique. This study was performed using a Nd:YAG laser with 100 mJ energy and 7 ns pulse width, focused normal to the surface of the sample. The nanoscale change in ablated depth versus number of laser pulses was studied. By using scanning electron microscope (SEM) images, the crater depth and ablated mass were estimated. The LIPS spectral intensities were observed for major and minor elements with depth. The comparison between the LIPS results and SEM images showed that LIPS could be used to estimate the crater depth, which is of interest for some applications such as thin-film lithography measurements and online measurements of thickness in film deposition techniques.

Etch characteristics of ITO(Indium Tin Oxide)using ${SF_6}/{O_2}$-gas ECR(Electron Cyclotron Resonance) plasmas (ECR을 이용한 ${SF_6}/{O_2}$ 가스 플라즈마에 의한 ITO의 식각 특성연구)

  • 권광호;강승열;김곤호;염근영
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.13 no.7
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    • pp.563-567
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    • 2000
  • We presented the etch results of indium-tin oxide thin films by using SF$_{6}$/O$_2$gas electron cyclotron resonance plasma and conducted X-ray phtoelectron spectroscopy and quadrupole mass spectrometer analyses for the etch characteristics. The etch rate of the films was greatly dependent on that of oxygen which was the major constituent element of the films. The oxygen was removed by the forms like $O_2$or SOF$_2$. We examined the ratio of atomic content of O and In and the change of this ratio was related to the removal rate of InF$_{x}$ and the S-metal bonding.ing.

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Interfacial Charge and Mass Transfer at Graphene-SiO2 Substrates: Raman Spectroscopic Studies

  • Ryu, Sun-Min
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.115.1-115.1
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    • 2014
  • Atom-thick 2-dimensional materials such as graphene, h-BN and MoS2 hold substantial potential for applications in future molecular-scale integrated electronics, transparent conducting membranes, nanocomposites, etc. From a fundamental point of view, 2-dim crystal-solid substrates can also serve as a unique system to study various physicochemical phenomena occurring at low dimensions or interfaces. In this talk, I will present our recent Raman spectroscopy studies on the surface science problems of graphene: interfacial charge transfer, molecular diffusion in confined space and structural deformation.

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