• Macromolecular Research
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• v.16 no.8
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• pp.686-694
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• 2008

We studied the molecular shapes and structural characteristics of a 33-armed, star polystyrene (PS-33A) and two $3^{rd}$-generation, dendrimer-like, star-branched poly(methyl methacrylate)s with different architectures (pMMA-G3a and PMMA-3Gb) and 32 end-branches under good solvent and theta ($\Theta$) solvent conditions by using synchrotron small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The SAXS analyses were used to determine the structural details of the star PS and dendrimer-like, star-branched PMMA polymers. PS-33A had a fuzzy-spherical shape, whereas PMMA-G3a and PMMA-G3b had fuzzy-ellipsoidal shapes of similar size, despite their different chemical architectures. The star PS polymer's arms were more extended than those of linear polystyrene. Furthermore, the branches of the dendrimer-like, star-branched polymers were more extended than those of the star PS polymer, despite having almost the same number of branches as PS-33A. The differences between the internal chain structures of these materials was attributed to their different chemical architectures.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.1637-1642
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• 2013

We carried out the melt copolymerization reactions of 1,2-bis(diethylamino)tetramethyldisilane with several aryldiols such as, 4,4'-biphenol, 4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol, 9H-fluoren-9,9-dimethanol, and 4,4'-(9-fluorenylidene) bis(2-phenoxyethanol) to afford poly[oxy(arylene)oxy(tetramethyldisilylene)]s containing fluorescent aromatic chromophore groups in the polymer main chain: poly[oxy(4,4'-biphenylene)oxy(tetramethyldisilylene)], poly[oxy{(4,4'-isopropylidene) diphenylene}oxy(tetramethyldisilylene)], poly[oxy(9H-fluorene-9,9-dimethylene) oxy(tetramethyldisilylene)], and poly[oxy{4,4'-(9-fluorenylidene)bis(2-phenoxyethylene)}oxy(tetramethyldisilnylene)]. These prepared materials are soluble in common organic solvents such as $CHCl_3$ and THF. The obtained polymers were characterized by several spectroscopic methods such as $^1H$, $^{13}C$, and $^{29}Si$ NMR. Further, FTIR spectra of all the polymers exhibited characteristic Si-O stretching frequencies at 1014-1087 $cm^{-1}$. These polymeric materials in THF showed strong maximum absorption peaks at 268-281 nm, strong maximum excitation peaks at 263-291 nm, and strong maximum fluorescence emission bands at 314-362 nm due to the presence of tetramethyldisilylene and several arylene chromophores in the polymer main chain. TGA thermograms indicated that most of the polymers were stable up to $200^{\circ}C$ with a weight loss of 3-16% in nitrogen.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.259-269
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• 2002

Polymers are emerging as new alternative materials for optical communication devices. We developed two types of polymer-based devices for optical communications. One type is for ultra high-speed signal processing that uses nonlinear optical (NLO) polymers in such devices as electro-optic (EO) Mach-Z${\ddot{e}} $ hnder (MZ) modulators and EO 2${\times}$2 switches. The other is for WDM optical communications that use low-loss optical polymers in such devices as 1${\times}$2, 2${\times}$2, 4-arrayed 2${\times}$2 digital optical switches (DOSs) and 16${\times}$16 arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) routers. For these devices, we synthesized a polyetherimide-disperse red 1 (PEI-DR1) side chain NLO polymer and a low-loss optical polymer known as fluorinated polyaryleneethers (FPAE). This paper presents the details of our development of these polymeric photonic devices considering all aspects from materials to packaging.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.63-64
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• 2003

As a part of a research on the development of polymeric textile finishing agents, polymerization of low molecular weight copolymers containing maleic anhydride residues have been studied. In order to obtain low molecular weight poly(maleic anhydride-co-vinyl acetate) copolymers, the feed ratio of the two monomers and the concentrations of initiator and chain transfer agent were varied in the copolymerization. The copolymers were characterized using GPC, NMR, FTIR, DSC, and TGA. Copolymers with molecular weights in the range 2,150 to 6,630 have been prepared and characterized. The hydrolysis of the anhydride groups of the copolymer in water is also discussed.

• Journal of the Korean Graphic Arts Communication Society
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.1-12
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• 1995

Polymeric mesogens having a regularly alternating rigid-flexible repeating structure in the main-chain polymer exhibit distinct even-odd oscillation in their thermodynamic quantities with respect to the number of methylene units in the spacer. The even-odd oscillation depends on the number of methylene groups in the spacer the entropy change at the NI(nematic-isotropic) phase transition becomes less distinct when the linking group is replaced by the carbonate. In our previous work, we have suggested that the characteristics arise from the geometrical arrangement of the linkage. In this work, we have prepared a series of carbonate-type monomer and dimer liquid crystals. The thermodynamic behaviors at the NI phase transition have been compared with those previous reported for the ether- or ester-type liquid crystals. For the dimer series, the orientational order parameter of the mesogenic core was determined by using H-NMR technique. The origin of the difference observed among linking groups was found to the geometrical characteristics of chemical structure.

• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.11 no.10
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• pp.1-5
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• 1998

Complex dynamic relaxation processes of mechanical as well as dielectric character in polymeric anelastic solids are closely related through the movement of molecular chain segment in morphological structure, and the morphology can easily be modified by the treatments such as mechanical drawing or irradiation, those of which result, in turn, the complicated change on the appearance of the observed complex relaxation peak. In order to extract any meaningful understanding from the modified appearance of the peak, the relaxation peak must be resolved into the sum of the dynamic single relaxation peaks, each of which can be characterized respectively by three factors such as activation energy, magnitude of peak height and peak point temperature on the temperature dependent characteristics.

• Macromolecular Research
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.527-532
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• 2007

Polymer hydrogel has attracted considerable interest as a soft material which is finding expanding applications in pharmaceutics and various biomedical fields. In this work, modified PNVP hydrogels were synthesized by crosslinking polymerization of NVP monomer in the presence of PEG macromer with a methoxy end. The effect of the tethered PEG chain on the properties of the hydrogel was investigated in terms of its swelling capacity, compression gel strength, and the morphology of the resulting hydrogels. These PEG-modified PNVP hydrogels possessed good biocompatibility and a decreased protein (fibrinogen) adsorption, thereby indicating their potential as novel drug delivery matrices and scaffold for tissue engineering.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.293-304
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• 1999

Refinements of classical theories for entangled or crosslinked polymeric systems have led to incommensurable models for rubber networks and polymer melts, contrary to experimental evidence, which suggests a great deal of similarity. Uniaxial elongation and compression data of linear and branched polymer melts as well as of crosslinked rubbers were analyzed with respect to their nonlinear strain measure. This was found to be the result of two contributions: (1) affine orientation of network strands, and (2) isotropic strand extension. Network strand extension is caused by an increasing restriction of lateral movement of polymer chains due to deformation, and is modelled by a molecular stress function which in the tube concept of Doi and Edwards is the inverse of the relative tube diameter. Up to moderate strains, $f^2$ is found to be linear in the average stretch for melts as well as for rubbers, which corresponds to a constant tube volume. At large strains, rubbers show maximum extensibility, while melts show maximum molecular tension. This maximum value of the molecular stress function governs the ultimate magnitude of the strain-hardening effect of linear and long-chain branched polymer melts in extensional flows.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.30-32
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• 2014

3D printing technology polymeric material or plastic and metallic powder to suit the drafting of additive manufacturing would gradually products soars. 3D printing technologyapplication of a wide variety of industrial sectors. 3D printing technology enables raw materials consumption is less, the supply chain are shorter depending on the load and reduce the use of fossil fuels.Emergence of 3D printing technology so called the third industrial revolution in ICT market, quickly spread worldwide.In the future, 3D printing technology is simply beyond bio-technology, Nano-engineering, the manufacture of the product, incorporating a variety of technologies to improve the quality of life of human beings have played an important role will be.

• Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.70-83
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• 1996

자외선 차단제는 화장품 원료 중 주요 자극원의 하나이다. 그러나 자오선 차단제를 고분자로 만들 경우 피부에 도포 되었을 때 경피흡수가 불가능 하여 피부 자극 문제를 해결할 수 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 PVBC와 alkylhydroxycinnamate를 반응시켜 고분자 자외선 차단제를 합성하였다, PVBC는 benzylic chloride를 가지고 있는 고분자로서 이 작용기는 친핵성 치환반응이 용이하므로 side chain modification이 가능하다. PVBC와 alkyl hydroxycinnamate의 반응에서 반응성은 alkyl hydroxycinnamate의 크기와 반응에 첨가된 촉매의 종류에 영향을 받는다. 효율이 낮은 촉매를 사용할 경우에는 alkyl hydroxycinnamate의 크기가 작을수록 반응수율이 높았으며, 높은 효율을 갖는 촉매를 사용할 경우에는 alkyl hydroxycinnamate의 종류에 관계없이 반응수율은 100%였다. 실험에 사용한 PVBC는 평균 분자량이 55,000이었으며, 고분자의 구조와 분자량은 NMR과 GPC로 확인하였다. 고분자 자외선 차단제의 자외선 흡수 능력은 OMC에 비해 65 - 94% 였으며, caprylic/capric triglyceride에 좋은 용해도를 보여주었다.