• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.529-535
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• 2020

The present study investigated the photodegradation of synthetic organic dye; violet-3B, without and with the addition of C-N-codoped TiO₂ catalyst using a visible halogen-lamp as a light source. The catalyst was synthesized by using a peroxo sol-gel method with free-organic solvent. The effects of initial dye concentration, catalyst dosage, and pH solution on the photodegradation of violet-3B were examined. The efficiency of the photodegradation process for violet-3B dye was higher at neutral to less acidic pH. The kinetics reaction rate of photodegradation of violet-3B dye with the addition of C-N-codoped TiO₂ followed pseudo-first order kinetics represented by the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model, and increasing the initial concentration of dyes decreased rate constants of photodegradation. Photodegradation of 5 mg L^-1 violet-3B dye achieved 96% color removal within 240 min of irradiation in the presence of C-N-codoped TiO₂ catalyst, and approximately 44% TOC was removed as a result of the mineralization.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.187-193
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• 2010

The effects of molecular weight (MW) and concentration on the rheological properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) solutions in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) were investigated at $30^{\circ}C$. Ubbelohde viscometer and rotational rheometer were employed for dilute and concentrated regime, respectively. In the dilute regime, the Mark-Houwink exponent ($\alpha$) of the solutions determined from three different MWs proved 0.73. The critical concentration (C*), in which the entanglement and overlap of polymer molecules began to take place, decreased with increasing the MW of PVA. Huggins constant ($K_H$) values ranged from 0.33 to 0.45 over the MW examined. In the log-log plot of $\eta_{sp}$ versus [$\eta$]C, the PVA with higher degree of polymerization (DP) gave a greater slope exhibiting the inflection point in the vicinity of C*. In the dynamic viscosity ($\eta'$) curve, the PVA solutions of DP 1700 presented Newtonian fluid behavior over most of the frequency range examined. However, the lower Newtonian flow region reduced with increasing the DP. As the PVA concentration increased, $\eta'$ was increased and the onset shear rate for pseudoplasticity was decreased. In the Cole-Cole plot, PVA solutions showed almost a single master curve in a slope of ca. 1.65 regardless of the DP. However, the increase of the concentration from 8 to 12 wt% for PVA solutions of DP 5000 decreased the slope from 1.73 to 1.57. In the tan $\delta$ curve, the onset frequency for sol-gel transition was shifted from 154 to 92 rad/s with increasing the DP from 3300 to 5000 and from 192 to 46 rad/s with increasing the concentration from 8 to 12 wt%. In addition, longer relaxation time ($\lambda$) was observed with increasing the DP and concentration.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.53-58
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• 2013

Superhydrophobic $SiO_2$ layers with a micro-nano hierarchical surface structure were prepared. $SiO_2$ layers deposited via an electrospray method combined with a sol-gel chemical route were rough on the microscale. Au particles were decorated on the surface of the microscale-rough $SiO_2$ layers by use of the photo-reduction process with different intensities ($0.11-1.9mW/cm^2$) and illumination times (60-240 sec) of ultraviolet light. With the aid of nanoscale Au nanoparticles, this consequently resulted in a micro-nano hierarchical surface structure. Subsequent fluorination treatment with a solution containing trichloro(1H,2H,2H,2H-perfluorooctyl)silane fluorinated the hierarchical $SiO_2$ layers. The change in surface roughness factor was in good agreement with that observed for the water contact angle, where the surface roughness factor developed as a measure needed to evaluate the degree of surface roughness. The resulting $SiO_2$ layers revealed excellent repellency toward various liquid droplets with different surface tensions ranging from 46 to 72.3 mN/m. Especially, the micro-nano hierarchical surface created at an illumination intensity of $0.11mW/cm^2$ and illumination time of 60 sec showed the largest water contact angle of $170^{\circ}$. Based on the Cassie-Baxter and Young-Dupre equations, the surface fraction and work of adhesion for the micronano hierarchical $SiO_2$ layers were evaluated. The work of adhesion was estimated to be less than $3{\times}10^{-3}N/m$ for all the liquid droplets. This exceptionally small work of adhesion is likely to be responsible for the strong repellency of the liquids to the micro-nano hierarchical $SiO_2$ layers.

• 폴리머
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.573-579
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• 2014

탄소나노튜브(CNT), 불소계 아크릴레이트 2,2,2-trifluoroethylmethacrylate(3FMA) 및 유-무기 조성비와 같은 합성조건을 달리하여 제조된 자외선 경화형 유-무기 하이브리드 코팅 막의 표면특성 및 내오존성에 대해 연구하였다. 코팅 막은 금속 알콕사이드 전구체인 tetraethoxysilane(TEOS)와 실란 커플링제인 methacryloyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTMS)로 구성된 유-무기 혼성 용액에 탄소나노튜브 및 3FMA와 자외선 경화를 위한 유기물을 첨가하여 제조된 코팅제를 자외선 경화시켜 제조하였다. 제조된 코팅 막의 내오존성 및 기재와의 접착력은 TEOS, 3FMA 및 CNT의 함량에 크게 영향을 받는다는 것을 확인하였다. 특히, 탄소나노튜브가 첨가된 코팅 막은 우수한 내오존성 및 접착력 뿐만 아니라 높은 표면경도를 나타내었다. TEOS의 경우, 함량이 증가할수록 표면경도 및 내오존성은 향상되었지만, 기재와의 접착력은 감소되었다. 불소아크릴레이트 3FMA의 경우, 함량이 증가할수록 내오존성은 향상되었지만 표면경도는 감소하였다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.408-415
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• 2009

졸-겔 방법을 사용하여 Fe-ACF/$TiO_2$ 복합체 광촉매를 제조하였다. 여러 가지 철 전구체를 사용하여 세가지 Fe-ACF/$TiO_2$ 복합체를 제조하고 BET, SEM, XRD 및 EDX를 사용하여 특성화 하였다. UV 조사에서 Rh.B 용액의 분해에 의거하여 Fe-ACF/$TiO_2$ 복합체의 광촉매 특성을 파악 하였다. 실험 결과로부터, Fe-ACF/$TiO_2$ 복합체는 ACF/$TiO_2$ 복합체 보다 Rh.B의 제거 효과가 더 우수함을 나타내었다. 또한 여러 가지 Fe 전구체 사용으로 인한 Fe 원소의 포토-펜톤 효과는 다르게 나타났다. $FeCl_3$을 사용하여 제조된 Fe-ACF/$TiO_2$ 복합체는 가장 우수한 포토-펜톤 효과를 나타내었고, pH 변화에 의존하여 Rh.B 용액 분해에 대하여 영향을 주었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.421-426
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• 2012

불소계 아크릴레이트 2,2,2-trifluoroethylmethacrylate을 사용한 자외선 경화형 유-무기 하이브리드 코팅 막에 있어서 무기물 및 사용되는 유기 단량체의 종류 및 조성이 내 오존성 및 표면 특성에 미치는 영향에 대해 연구하였다. 코팅액은 금속 알콕사이드인 tetraethoxysilane(TEOS)와 실란 커플링제인 methacryloyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane(MPTMS)로 구성된 유-무기 혼성 용액에 2,2,2-trifluoroethylmethacrylate와 자외선 경화를 위한 유기물을 첨가하여 제조되었다. 코팅막은 코팅액을 기재위에 바 코팅 한 후 자외선 경화를 통해 제조되었다. 제조된 코팅 막의 내 오존성은 TEOS의 함량이 증가할수록 내 오존성과 표면경도는 향상되었다. 또한, 불소 함량이 증가할수록 내 오존성은 향상되었지만 표면 경도는 다소 떨어졌다. 우레탄 아크릴레이트를 첨가한 코팅 막은 높은 연필경도를 나타내었다. 코팅 막의 투과도는 TEOS와 2,2,2-trifluoroethylmethacrylate의 함량에 큰 영향을 받지 않았다. 더욱이, 코팅 막은 90% 이상의 높은 투과도를 나타내었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.163-170
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• 2016

고분자 필름의 친수성을 향상시키기 위하여 우수한 친수성을 보이는 코팅 용액을 졸-겔법으로 합성하였다. 코팅 용액은 입자 직경이 15 nm 크기의 콜로이드 실리카에 다양한 실란커플링제인 아미노실란, 에폭시실란과 아크릴실란을 각각 반응시켜 제조하였다. 콜로이드 실리카에 아미노실란을 첨가한 코팅 용액은 바로 겔화가 진행되어 코팅 용액을 제조할 수 없었다. 반면에 에폭시실란을 첨가한 코팅 용액은 실란커플링제/콜로이드 실리카의 질량분율(R값)이 0.10~0.15에서 접촉각 $10{\sim}15^{\circ}$의 우수한 친수성을 나타내었다. 또한 아크릴실란을 첨가한 코팅 용액은 R값이 0.03~0.07에서 $5{\sim}10^{\circ}$의 접촉각을 나타내어 아미노실란과 에폭시실란을 사용했을 때 보다 우수한 친수성을 나타내었다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.277.1-277.1
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• 2013

Molecular diagnostics consists of three processes, which are a sample pretreatment, a nucleic acid amplification, and an amplicon detection. Among three components, sample pretreatment is an important process in that it can increase the limit of detection by purifying nucleic acid in biological sample from contaminants that may interfere with the downstream genetic analysis such as nucleic acid amplification and detection. To achieve point-of-care virus detection system, the sample pretreatment process needs to be simple, rapid, and automatic. However, the commercial RNA extraction kits such as Rneasy (Qiagen) or MagnaPure (Roche) kit are highly labor-intensive and time-consuming due to numerous manual steps, and so it is not adequate for the on-site sample preparation. Herein, we have developed a rotary microfluidic system to extract and purify the RNA without necessity of external mechanical syringe pumps to allow flow control using microfluidic technology. We designed three reservoirs for sample, washing buffer, and elution buffer which were connected with different dimensional microfluidic channels. By controlling RPM, we could dispense a RNA sample solution, a washing buffer, and an elution buffer successively, so that the RNA was captured in the sol-gel solid phase, purified, and eluted in the downstream. Such a novel rotary sample preparation system eliminates some complicated hardwares and human intervention providing the opportunity to construct a fully integrated genetic analysis microsystem.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2010

Titanium dioxide ($TiO_2$) particles deposited on different quantitative Fe-treated carbon nanotube (CNT) composites with high photocatalytic activity of visible light were prepared by a modified sol-gel method using TNB as a titanium source. The composites were characterized by BET, XRD, SEM, TEM and EDX, which showed that the BET surface area was related to the adsorption capacity for each composite. From TEM images, surface and structural characterization of for the CNT surface had been carried out. The XRD results showed that the Fe-ACF/$TiO_2$ composite mostly contained an anatase structure with a Fe-mediated compound. EDX results showed the presence of C, O, and Ti with Fe peaks in the Fe-CNT/$TiO_2$ composites. The photocatalytic activity of the composites was examined by degradation of methylene blue (MB) in aqueous solution under visible light, which was found to depend on the amount of CNT. The highest photocatalytic activity among the different composites was related to the optimal content of CNT in the Fe-CNT/$TiO_2$ composites. In particular, the photocatalytic activity of the Fe-CNT/$TiO_2$ composites under visible light was better than that of the CNT/$TiO_2$ composites due to the introduction of Fe particles.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.385-391
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• 2019

In the present study, vanadium oxide($V_2O_5$) films for electrochromic(EC) application are fabricated using sol-gel spin coating method. In order to optimize the EC performance of the $V_2O_5$ films, we adjust the amounts of polyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP) added to the solution at 0, 5, 10, and 15 wt%. Due to the effect of added PVP on the $V_2O_5$ films, the obtained films show increases of film thickness and crystallinity. Compared to other samples, optimum weight percent(10 wt%) of PVP led to superior EC performance with transmittance modulation(45.43 %), responding speeds(6.0 s at colored state and 6.2 s at bleached state), and coloration efficiency($29.8cm^2/C$). This performance improvement can be mainly attributed to the enhanced electrical conductivity and electrochemical activity due to the increased crystallinity and thickness of the $V_2O_5$ films. Therefore, $V_2O_5$ films fabricated with optimized amount of PVP can be a promising EC material for high-performance EC devices.