• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.209-212
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• 2008

We developed a simple and effective purification method to obtain high-purity single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with low surface damage. The purification process consists of oxidization at $430^{\circ}C$ for 1 h in a furnace system of air atmosphere and homogenization in dilute hydrochloric acid solution for extremely short time. The role of homogenizer was examined during purification process in terms of purity and quality of purified SWCNTs. High-purity and low surface damage of SWCNT products was obtained using homogenizer which was operated at 8500 rpm for 10 min in the environment of 7 % HCI solution. From XRD spectra, we observed that metal catalysts were thoroughly removed. Raman spectra showed that the intensity values of crystallization ($I_{G}/I_{D}$) of purified SWCNTs were very similar with that of pristine SWCNTs. Moreover, the structure damage of purified SWCNTs was hard to find from electron microscopy. Consequently, homogenizing, which is a quick and simple manner, can be promising method for obtaining final SWCNTs with clearly high purity and crystallinity.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2011년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.43.2-43.2
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• 2011

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) are transparent in the visible and show conductivity comparable to copper, and are environmentally stable. SWCNT films have high flexibility, conductivity and transparency approaching that indium tin oxide (ITO), and can be prepared inexpensively without vacuum equipment. Transparent conducting Films (TCF) of SWCNTs has the potential to replace conventional transparent conducting oxides (TCO, e.g. ITO) in a wide variety of optoelectronic devices, energy conversion and photovoltaic industry. However, the sheet resistance of SWCNT films is still higher than ITO films. A decreased in the resistivity of SWCNT-TCFs would be beneficial for such an application. We fabricated SWCNT sheet with $KAuBr_4$ on PET substrate. Arc-discharge SWCNTs were dispersed in deionized water by adding sodum dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as surfactant and sonicated, followed by the centrifugation. The dispersed SWCNT was spray-coated on PET substrate and dried on a hotplate at $100^{\circ}C$. When the spray process was terminated, the TCF was immersed into deionized water to remove the surfactant and then it was dried on hotplate. The TCF film was then treated with AuBr4-, rinsed with deionized water and dried. The surface morphology of TCF was characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy. The sheet resistance and optical transmission properties of the TCF were measured with a four-point probe method and a UV-visible spectrometry, respectively. $HNO_3$ treated SWCNT films with Au nano-particles have the lowest 61 ${\Omega}$/< sheet resistance in the 80% transmittance. Sheet resistance was decreased due to the increase of the hole concentration at the washed SWCNT surface by p-type doping of $AuBr_4{^-}$.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2011년도 제41회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
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• pp.381-381
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• 2011

The influence of the water vapor on the growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) was investigated. SWCNTs were synthesized by catalytic chemical vapor deposition of acetylene over Fe-Mo/MgO catalyst with injection of water vapor. The morphologies and structures of the water-assisted SWCNTs were investigated according to the growth conditions such as water vapor concentrations, flow rate of the gas, furnace temperature, and growth time. Water-assisted SWCNTs exhibited large bundle morphological features with well-alignment of each CNT, while SWCNTs synthesized in the absence of water vapor showed entangled CNT with the random orientation. We also found that the diameter of the SWCNT bundle could be controlled by the growth condition. In our optimal growth condition, the product yield and the purity were 300 wt. % and 75%, which were 7.5 and 2.5 times higher than those of SWCNTs synthesized without water vapor, respectively. More detail discussion will be offered at the poster presentation.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.456-462
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• 2023

탄소나토튜브를 투명 전극에 활용하기 위한 필수요소인 정제과정없이 무정제 단일벽 탄소나노튜브(single-walled carbon nanotube, SWCNT)와 은나노와이어(silver nanowire) 분산액을 제조하여 폴리에틸렌 테레프탈레이트(polyethylene terephthalate, PET) 필름에 바 코팅을 이용하여 전기전도성 투명전극을 제조하였다. PET 기판 위에 SWCNT 및 은 나노와이어를 각각 포함하는 코팅층을 상호 교차시켜 적층함으로서 은나노와이어의 전기 전도도와 투과도를 극대화시키고 헤이즈 (haze)가 증가되는 단점을 극복하기 위해 SWCNT를 도입하였고, 무정제 SWCNT내에 존재하는 금속 촉매의 산화에 의해서 항온항습 테스트 후 저항이 급격하게 증가하는 문제를 은 나노와이어가 전기적 네트워크 형성에 기여하여 산화에 대한 안정성을 확보할 수 있었다. SWCNT함량이 0.025 wt% 인 분산액을 PET 기판에 먼저 코팅하고 그 위에 은 나노와이어의 함량이 0.05 wt%인 분산액을 코팅한 투명전극의 시트 저항은 47 Ω/□, 투과도는 96.72%, 헤이즈는 1.93% 로 전기적 광학적 특성이 우수하게 나왔고, 산화 안정성 평가를 위한 항온 항습 실험 후 시트 저항의 변화율이 6.4% 로 적게 나타나서 장기적 사용에 적합하다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 무정제 SWCNT 사용함으로 저비용, 친환경 하이브리드 투명전극을 상업적으로 활용 가능한 수준의 제품이 개발되었다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.465-466
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• 2006

A single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) has been studied as a material of Nano-Eletro-Mechanical-System (NEMS) device together with various nanowires. In order for oscillation of a multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) or a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) on plane surface, it needs suspension of a CNT across trench electrodes. So we propose fabrication method of a MWCNT resonator using dielectrophoresis and show successful results of suspeneded MWNT. Thin electrodes with large gaps could not suspend small diameter MWNT but thicker electrodes could. Thin MWNT could be suspended only when the electrode gap was reduced.

• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회 2005년도 춘계 국제심포지엄 및 학술대회
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• pp.91-96
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• 2005

A. Nebulized SWCNT dispersed as aggregates and nanotubes B. Aspiration causes transient oxidant stress, damage and inflammation, peaking by 7 days post-exposure C. Histology visualizes aggregates in the tirminal bronchials and proximal alveli with no visible material in distal alve oli D. Size of aggregates doesn't change with time E. Rapid fibrosis - begins in 7 days and progresses through 60 day post-exposure 1) Fibrosis in granulomatous lesions containing aggregates 2) Diffuse interstitial fibrosis in distal alveolar walls with no visible SWCNT F. Used silver enhancement of gold-labeled SWCNT 1) See aggregates in proximal alveoli and terminal bronchials 2) See nanoropes in walls of distal alveoli

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제62권3호
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• pp.238-245
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• 2024

젖산 전극은 환자의 건강상태와 스트레스 수준, 및 운동선수의 피로도를 실시간으로 모니터링하는 젖산 센서 또는 젖산 연료전지 전극으로 활용될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 젖산 산화효소, 카탈라아제, 미토콘드리아로 구성된 고성능 전극을 제작하고 전극의 표면분석 및 전기화학적 특성을 조사하였다. 단일벽 탄소나노튜브로 개질된 탄소종이(CPSWCNT)는 개질 전보다 전기 전도성이 크게 향상되었다. 젖산 산화효소, 카탈라아제, 그리고 미토콘드리아가 부착된 전극(CP-SWCNT-LOx-Cat-Mito)은 젖산 산화효소와 카탈라아제가 부착된 전극에 비하여 많은 전류를 생산하였다. 빌리루빈 산화효소(BOD)가 부착된 전극(CP-SWCNT-BOD)이 생산하는 환원전류량은 전해질의 산소 존재 유무에 따라 크게 영향을 받았다. CP-SWCNT-LOx-Cat-Mito (anode)와 CP-SWCNT-BOD (cathode)로 구성된 연료전지는 133 ㎂/cm²로 방전 시 0.2 V의 셀 전위를 유지하며 29 ㎼/cm²의 전력을 생산하였다. 본 연구결과는 미토콘드리아가 젖산 센서 및 연료전지 성능 향상에 필수적인 생체물질임을 시사한다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.417-417
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• 2009

Although a transparent conductive film (TCF) belongs to essential supporting materials for many device applications such as touch screens, flat panel displays, and sensors, a conventional transparent conductive material, indium-tin oxide (ITO), suffers from considerable drawback because the price of indium has soared since 2001. Despite a recent falloff, a demand of ITO is expected to increase sharply in the future due to the trend of flat panel display technologies toward flexible, paper-like features. There have been recently extensive studies to replace ITO with new materials, in particular, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) since CNTs possess excellent properties such as flexibility, electrical conductivity, optical transparency, mechanical strength, etc., which are prerequisite to TCFs. This study fabricated TCFs with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) produced by arc discharge. The SWCNTs were dispersed in water with a surfactant of sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (NaDDBS) under sonication. Carbon black and fullerene nanoparticles were added to the SWCNT-dispersed solution to enhance contact resistance between CNTs. TCFs were manufactured by a filtration and transfer method. TCFs added with carbon black and fullerene nanoparticles were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV-vis spectroscopy (optical transmittance), and four-point probe measurement (sheet resistance).

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2010년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.56-56
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• 2010

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have attracted much attention as a promising material for transparent conducting films (TCFs), due to their superior electrical conductivity, high mechanical strength, and complete flexibility as well as their one-dimensional morphological features of extremely high length-to-diameter ratios. This study investigated three kinds of SWCNTs with different purities: as-produced SWCNTs (AP-SWCNTs), thermally purified SWCNTs (TH-SWCNTs), thermally and acid purified SWCNTs (TA-SWCNTs). The purity of each SWCNT sample was assessed by considering absorption peaks in the semiconducting ($S_{22}$) and metallic ($M_{11}$) tubes with UV-Vis NIR spectroscopy and a metal content with thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The purity increased as proceeding the purification stages from the AP-SWCNTs through the thermal purification to the acid purification. The samples containing different contents of SWCNTs were dispersed in water using sodium dodecyl benzensulfate (SDBS). Aqueous suspensions of different purities of SWCNTs were prepared to have similar absorbances in UV-Vis absorption measurements so that one can make the TCFs possess similar optical transmittances irrespective of the SWCNT purity. Transparent conductive SWCNT networks were formed by spraying an SWCNT suspension onto a poly(ethyleneterephthalate) (PET) substrate. As expected, the TCFs fabricated with AP-SWCNTs showed very high sheet resistances. Interestingly, the TH-SWCNTs gave lower sheet resistances to the TFCs than the TA-SWCNTs although the latter was of higher purity in the SWCNT content than the former. The TA-SWCNTs would be shortened in length and be more bundled by the acid purification, relative to the TH-SWCNTs. For both purified (TH, TA) samples, the subsequent nitric acid ($HNO_3$) treatment greatly lowered the sheet resistances of the TCFs, but almost eliminated the difference of sheet resistances between them. This seems to be because the electrical conductivity increased not only due to further removal of surfactants but also due to p-type doping upon the acid treatment. The doping effect was likely to overwhelm the effect of surfactant removal. Although the nitric acid treatment resulted in the similar. electrical properties to the two samples, the TCFs of TH-SWCNTs showed much lower sheet resistances than those of the TA-SWCNTs prior to the acid treatment.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2020

Concrete is the most widely used substance in construction industry, so it's been required to improve its quality using new technologies. Nowadays, nanotechnology offers new frontiers for improving construction materials. In this paper, we study the stability analysis of the Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNT) reinforced concrete cylindrical shell embedded in elastic foundation using the Donnell cylindrical shell theory. In this regard, we propose a new explicit analytical formula of the critical buckling load which takes into account the distribution of SWCNT reinforcement through the thickness of the concrete shell using the U, X, O and V forms and the elastic foundation using Winkler and Pasternak models. The rule of mixture is used to calculate the effective properties of the reinforced concrete cylindrical shell. The influence of diverse parameters on the stability behavior of the reinforced concrete shell is also discussed.