• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.125-130
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• 2014

This study used transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to investigate the micro-morphological features of two formaldehyde to urea (F/U) mole ratio liquid urea-formaldehyde (UF) resins with three hardener levels as a function of the curing time. The micro-morphological features of the liquid UF resins were characterized after different curing times. As a result, the TEM examination revealed the presence of globular/nodular structures in both liquid UF resins, while spherical particles were only visible in the low F/U mole ratio resins. The high F/U mole ratio liquid UF resins also showed extensive particle coalescence after adding the hardener, along with the appearance of complex filamentous networks. When the resins were cured with a higher amount of hardener and longer curing time, the spherical particles disappeared. For the low mole UF resins, the particles tended to coalesce with a higher amount of hardener and longer curing time, although discrete spherical particles were still observed in some regions. This is the first report on the distinct features of the crystal structures in low F/U mole ratio UF resins cured with 5% hardener and after 0.5 h of curing time. In conclusion, the present results indicate that the crystal structures of low F/U mole ratio UF resins are formed during the curing process.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제68권5호
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• pp.537-547
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• 2018

This research presents the effect of anisotropy of the hollow disc mode under Brazilian test using PFC3D. The Brazilian tensile strength test was performed on the hollow disc specimens containing the bedding layers and then these specimens were numerically modeled by using the two dimensional discrete element code (PFC3D) to calibrate this computer code for the simulation of the cracks propagation and cracks coalescence in the anisotropic bedded rocks. The thickness of each layer within the specimens varied as 5 mm, 10 mm and 20 mm and the layers angles were changed as $0^{\circ}$, $25^{\circ}$, $50^{\circ}$, $75^{\circ}$ and $90^{\circ}$. The diameter of internal hole was taken as 15 mm and the loading rate during the testing process kept as 0.016 mm/s. It has been shown that for layers angles below $25^{\circ}$ the tensile cracks produce in between the layers and extend toward the model boundary till interact and break the specimen. The failure process of the specimen may enhance as the layer angle increases so that the Brazilian tensile strength reaches to its minimum value when the bedding layers is between $50^{\circ}$ and $75^{\circ}$ but its value reaches to maximum at a layer angle of $90^{\circ}$. The number of tensile cracks decreases as the layers thickness increases and with increasing the layers angle, less layer mobilize in the failure process.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.6-10
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• 2017

This study investigates the main growth mechanism of InP during InP/ZnS reaction of quantum dots (QDs). The size of the InP core, considering a synthesis time of 1-30 min, increased from the initial 2.56 nm to 3.97 nm. As a result of applying the proposed particle growth model, the migration mechanism, with time index 7, was found to be the main reaction. In addition, after the removal of unreacted In and P precursors from bath, further InP growth (of up to 4.19 nm (5%)), was observed when ZnS was added. The full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the synthesized InP/ZnS quantum dots was found to be relatively uniform, measuring about 59 nm. However, kinetic growth mechanism provides limited information for InP / ZnS core shell QDs, because the surface state of InP changes with reaction time. Further study is necessary, in order to clearly determine the kinetic growth mechanism of InP / ZnS core shell QDs.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.131-136
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• 2011

A kinetic study has been made for the growth of nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) particles to a continuous thin film on silicon substrate in a microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition reactor. Parameters of deposition have been microwave power of 1.2 kW, the chamber pressure of 110 Torr, and the Ar/$CH_4$ ratio of 200/2 sccm. The deposition has been carried out at temperatures in the range of $400\sim700^{\circ}C$ for the times of 0.5~16 h. It has been revealed that a continuous diamond film evolves from the growth and coalescence of diamond crystallites (or particles), which have been heterogeneously nucleated at the previously scratched sites. The diamond particles grow following an $h^2$ = k't relationship, where h is the height of particles, k' is the particle growth rate constant, and t is the deposition time. The k' values at the different deposition temperatures satisfy an Arrhenius equation with the apparent activation energy of 4.37 kcal/mol or 0.19 eV/ atom. The rate limiting step should be the diffusion of carbon species over the Si substrate surface. The growth of diamond film thickness (H) shows an H = kt relationship with deposition time, t. The film growth rate constant, k, values at the different deposition temperatures show another Arrhenius-type expression with the apparent activation energy of 3.89 kcal/mol or 0.17 eV/atom. In this case, the rate limiting step might be the incorporation reaction of carbon species from the plasma on the film surface.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.74-79
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• 2017

본 하이브리드 노즐은 국부 지점에 집중적으로 분사하기 위해 소화 약제 주위로 워터미스트를 분사하여 커튼과 같이 약제를 가두어 목표 지점에 살포함으로써 소화 성능이 제고 된다. 본 연구에서는 수치해석 연구를 통해 노즐 기단 각 및 워터미스트 노즐 분사 압력이 하이브리드 노즐 성능에 미치는 영향을 워터미스트 및 소화 약제 액적의 평균 분포 반경을 기반으로 정량적으로 비교 분석 하였다. 워터미스트 노즐 실험 결과를 이용하여 수치해서 기법의 타당성을 검증하였으며, 유동장 내 액적 간 충돌, 병합 및 깨짐 등의 거동을 고려하기 위해 정상상태 2-way interaction Discrete Particle Modeling (DPM) 해석을 수행하였다. 분사 압력이 30 bar에서 60 bar로 증가함에 따라 워터미스트 액적의 평균 분포 반경은 약 40 % 감소하는 반면에 소화 약제의 평균 액적 분포 반경은 약 21 % 감소하였다. 또한 기단 각이 $30^{\circ}$에서 $60^{\circ}$로 2배 증가하였을 때 소화 약제의 평균 분포 반경은 약 24 % 증가하였다. 결과적으로 하이브리드 노즐은 워터미스트를 분사를 통해 내부에 분사된 소화 약제를 국부지점 집중적으로 분사하는 데 목적이 있으므로 소화 약제 액적의 평균 분포 반경을 고려하여 워터미스트 분사 압력과 기단 각의 설계가 중요할 것으로 판단된다.