• Carbon letters
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• 제19권
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• pp.23-31
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• 2016

Carbon rich fly ash was recently reported to have compositions that are ideal for use as a precursor and catalyst for carbon nanotube growth. This fly ash powder is mostly composed of pure carbon, predominantly present as sp². In this work, the effect of sonication time on the morphology and structural properties of carbon rich fly ash particles is reported. The obtained results show that ultrasound treatment is an effective tool for producing ultrafine particles/fragments with higher porosity, which might be suitable for the adsorption of gasses. Moreover, carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) of this fly ash were produced in parallel using the ball milling technique, and were evaluated as reinforcements for epoxy based composites. These CNPs have almost spherical shapes with particle sizes of around 30 nm. They were found to have strong C=O carbonyl group bonds, which might be generated during the ball milling process. The tensile testing results of a fly ash CNP reinforced epoxy composite showed significant improvements in the mechanical properties, mainly in the stiffness of the polymer. The stiffness value was increased by around 23% of that of neat epoxy. These CNPs with chemically active groups might also be useful for other applications.

• 폴리머
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.353-359
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 고강도 초음파를 이용하여 분자량이 다른 poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)를 증류수에 분산시켜 초음파 가진(加振) 시간이 PEO의 성질에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 고강도 초음파는 PEO 수용액 상에서 동공 형성 및 파괴를 일으켜서 PEO 거대 라디칼을 형성하였으며 이로인하여 PEO 자체의 유변학적 성질, 화학 구조 그리고 용융 거동이 현저하게 변화되었다. 초음파 가진에 의하여 PEO의 용융 점도는 감소되었고, 물과 PEO 사슬에서 비롯된 여러 종류의 라디칼들의 상호 작용으로 말미암아 새로운 말단기들이 생성되었다. 아울러 분자량에 따라 상이한 용융 거동을 나타내었는데, 상대적으로 분자량이 큰 경우에는 가진되지 않은 PEO에 비하여 결정화 속도가 느려지고 용융 피크의 강도가 감소되는 특성을 나타내었다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.198-202
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• 2006

Cadmium selenide (CdSe) nanoparticles with the diameter of about 3.4nm have been synthesized from the mixed aqueous solution of distilled water and diethanolamine at room temperature. The cadmium chloride ($CdCl_2$), sodium selenosulfate ($Na_2SeSO_3$) were used as the cadmium and selenium source, respectively. The properties of CdSe nanoparticles were characterized by using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and UV-Vis measurements. CdSe nanoparticles were analyzed to be cubic phase with the absorption excition peaks between 540 and 600 nm. CdSe nanoparticles also showed red-shifted excition peaks with increasing the sonication time. This paper mainly presents the sonication effects on the formation of CdSe nanoparticles prepared from the mixed aqueous solution of distilled water and diethanolamine.

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.91-97
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• 2015

PURPOSE: In this study investigated the thermal effect in tissue mimicking phantom by the material of the ultrasonic transducer in low intensity sonication. METHODS: The material of the ultrasonic transducer was made of ceramic, stainless steel, aluminum. Korea Testing Laboratory was measured of the three kinds of materials the total output of the ultrasonic transducer. Each material was measured core temperature and the actual output depending on the type of transducer. Agarose tissue mimicking phantom and silicone tissue mimicking phantom was made. Transducers made of three kinds of materials were emitted in the phantom. It is shown as a graph about time and temperature and the surface temperature rising speed and deep temperature rise rate was investigated. RESULTS: Ceramic transducers were highest output. Higher than the stainless steel transducer, aluminum had the lowest total output. Deep temperature was the highest in the ceramic transducer, and the surface temperature was the highest in the stainless steel transducer. Thermal images of ceramic transducer showed that a valid output is formed deeper wider than the metal. CONCLUSION: Ceramic transducer is confirmed the excellence than the metal transducer in deep thermal effect and the actual output of the ultrasound.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.150-156
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• 2001

Polystyrenes(PS) were grafted onto polypropylene(PP) in the PP solution by ultrasonic irradiation-initiated polymerization of styrene. The resulting products consisted of mixtures of homopolymers and PP-PS copolymer because of the homopolymerization of styrene itself and copolymerization with PP. The dependency of the designated polymerization on sonication times was investigated to monitor the evolution lion of the copolymerization. Formation of the PP-PS copolymer was confirmed by FTIR analysis of the reaction products after a proper separation procedure of free PS and PP-PS copolymer. It was found that the tendency for the formation of PP-PS copolymer was closely related with the phase behavior of the PP/styrene mixture which was also influenced by sonication time. In order to verify the effectiveness of the PP-PS copolymer as a compatibilizer for PP/PS blend, melt mixing of PP/PS/PP-PS was performed in a batch mixer. During the mixing, the average torque was higher for the blend containing PP-PS copolymer influencing compatibilization. In accordance with the results from FRIR analysis and torque measurement, the PS domain size remarkably decreased in the PP/PS/PP-PS blend.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2014

이 연구에서는 multi-walled CNT 보강 시멘트 복합체의 효과적인 압축강도 향상을 위하여 섬유 분산을 위한 초음파처리 정도, 계면활성제의 사용량, 실리카퓸 치환율 등을 실험변수로 하여, 그 영향을 실험적으로 살펴보았다. 초음파 처리 시간에 따른 CNT 분산성 변화는 광학현미경을 통해 확인하였으며, CNT 시멘트 복합체의 압축강도가 초음파 처리 정도에 따라 향상됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 계면활성제로 사용된 고성능감수제 사용량의 영향은 SP/CNT비가 4~6일 때 강도향상 효과가 가장 좋은 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 실리카퓸 치환율에 따른 압축강도의 변화에서는 실리카퓸을 10 % 치환했을 때 강도에 대한 CNT 보강효과가 가장 큰 것으로 나타났다. CNT 보강 시멘트 복합체의 미세구조 분석도 함께 실시하였는데, XRD와 SEM 분석 결과에서는 CNT 혼입으로 인한 수화생성물 및 미세구조의 변화는 거의 없는 것으로 나타났으며, MIP 분석을 통해서는 공극률 감소와 함께, $10{\mu}m$ 및 100 nm 크기 전후의 공극분포가 줄어드는 대신 수 십 나노미터 크기의 작은 공극들의 분포가 증가함을 확인하였다. 이를 통해 CNT의 혼입에 따른 압축강도 증가는 화학적 영향보다는 물리적 영향이 큰 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.990-996
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• 2006

Ci-ELISA를 이용하여 여러 가지 물리적 처리(초고압, 가압가열, 초음파 및 microwave 처리)에 의한 새우 allergen 및 allergenicity의 변화를 살펴본 결과는 다음과 같다. 초고압 처리에 의해 새우의 allergenicity는 압력이 400 MPa까지 증가함에 따라 새우 allergen과 mAb, 환자혈청과의 결합력이 감소하였으며, 특히 400 MPa로 압력 처리했을 때 mAb와 새우 allergen과의 결합력이 50% 이하로 감소하였다. 새우 allergy의 allergenicity 변화를 알아보기 위해 5, 10, 30, 60분간 초음파 처리한 결과는 5, 10, 30분간 초음파 처리 시 처리시간이 길어짐에 따라 새우 allergen과 mAb와의 결합력이 감소하였으며 특히 60분간 처리한 경우에 있어서는 결합력이 60% 이하로 감소하였다. 가압 가열 처리$(121^{\circ}C,\;1.4\;kg/cm^2)$와 microwave 처리(2,450 MHz)에 의한 새우 allergy의 allgergenicity 변화를 살펴본 결과 처리시간이 증가하여도 새우 allergen과 mAb와의 결합력이 크게 감소하지 않았다. 즉 20분간 microwave 처리 시 85% 이상의 높은 결합력을 보였으며 60분간 가압 가열처리에 의해서는 70% 이상의 결합력을 보였다.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.73-78
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• 2010

Hydrogels are thought to be a promising delivery carrier for protein drugs because of their favorable aqueous environment compared with nano/micro-particles of hydrophobic polymer such as PLGA. In this study, nano-sized hydrogels (nanogels) were fabricated using inverse-miniemulsion polymerization method. The mean size of nanogels in range of 90-160nm and affected by the preparation parameters such as sonication time and concentration of monomer. While longer sonication time and lower concentration of acrylamide monomer showed a tendency to produce smaller nanogels and to have lower lysozyme activity, variation of bis-methylene acrylamide concentration made no difference. Although both longer soncaton time and lower acrylamide concentration increased in vitro release rate, acrylamide concentration was more effectively affected to the control of protein release rate, which indicated that the release rate of protein from nanogels affected by not only their size but also internal structure. In conclusion, nanogels prepared by inverse-miniemulsion can be a useful carrier for application of protein drug, because of simple process, minimum contact of organic solvent and high protein activity.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.73-85
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 액상에서 EGBE, DGBE, DBM, TGME의 효율적인 분석을 위해 이용되던 액상추출법을 대신할 수 있는 방법으로 GC/FID를 이용한 SPME법 실험 연구를 진행하였다. 그리고 실험계획법(DOE)을 사용하여 EGBE를 포함한 디젤첨가제 미량분석의 최적조건을 설명하였다. 실험은 통계분석결과 뿐만 아니라 요인 수의 최적화에 따른 중심합성설계에 의한 완전요인 설계법을 사용하였다. 반응표면분석은 추출 효율이 주 영향인 염농도, 흡착 온도, 흡착 시간과 sonication 시간에 따른 2차 다항식에 의해 설명될 수 있음을 보여주었다. 실험계획법(DOE)을 사용하는 것은 액상 시료에서 디젤첨가제의 정량분석을 개선하는 자료분석법이 될 것이다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.181-189
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• 2015

In recent years, the use of both nano- and micro-sized lanthanum has been increasing in the production of optical glasses, batteries, alloys, etc. However, a hazard assessment has not been performed to determine the degree of toxicity of lanthanum. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify the toxicity of both nano- and micro-sized lanthanum oxide in cultured cells and rats. After identifying the size and the morphology of lanthanum oxides, the toxicity of two different sized lanthanum oxides was compared in cultured RAW264.7 cells and A549 cells. The toxicity of the lanthanum oxides was also analyzed using rats. The half maximal inhibitory concentrations of micro-$La_2O_3$ in the RAW264.7 cells, with and without sonication, were 17.3 and 12.7 times higher than those of nano-$La_2O_3$, respectively. Similar to the RAW264.7 cells, the toxicity of nano-$La_2O_3$ was stronger than that of micro-$La_2O_3$ in the A549 cells. We found that nano-$La_2O_3$ was absorbed in the lungs more and was eliminated more slowly than micro-$La_2O_3$. At a dosage that did not affect the body weight, numbers of leukocytes, and concentrations of lactate dehydrogenase and albumin in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids, the weight of the lungs increased. Inflammatory effects on BAL decreased over time, but lung weight increased and the proteinosis of the lung became severe over time. The effects of particle size on the toxicity of lanthanum oxides in rats were less than in the cultured cells. In conclusion, smaller lanthanum oxides were more toxic in the cultured cells, and sonication decreased their size and increased their toxicity. The smaller-sized lanthanum was absorbed more into the lungs and caused more toxicity in the lungs. The histopathological symptoms caused by lanthanum oxide in the lungs did not go away and continued to worsen until 13 weeks after the initial exposure.