• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.136-140
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• 2018

In this study, research was conducted into the manufacture of thermally expandable microspheres for automotive underbody coatings and applications in industry. In particular, the relationship between heat resistance and the ratio of crosslinking agents and initiators in the manufacture of the thermally expandable microspheres was investigated. We focused on the results with various cross-linking agents; our aim was to make the walls of the microspheres thicker to solve the problem of reductions in size caused by shrinkage when the microspheres are heated to $T_m$ ($T_{max}$). We observed the sectional thickness and surface of the samples with thicker walls. The thick thermally expandable microspheres showed reduced shrinkage and excellent stability in spite of prolonged exposure to heat.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.169-179
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• 2012

One of the major limitations in the use of commercial aromatic polyamide thin film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membranes is to maintain high performance over a long period of operation, due to the sensitivity of polyamide (PA) skin layer to oxidizing agents, such as chlorine, even at very low concentrations in feed water. This article reports surface modification of a commercial TFC RO membrane (BW30-Dow Filmtec) by covering it with a thin film of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) crosslinked with glutaraldehyde (GA) to improve its resistance to chlorine. Crosslinking reaction was carried out at 25 and $40^{\circ}C$ by using PVA 1.0 wt.% solutions at different GA/PVA mass ratio, namely 0.0022, 0.0043 and 0.013. Water swelling measurements indicated a maximum crosslinking density for PVA films prepared at $40^{\circ}C$ and GA/PVA 0.0043. ATR-FTIR and TGA analysis confirmed the reaction between GA and PVA. SEM images of the original and modified membranes were used to evaluate the surface coating. Chlorine resistance of original and modified membranes was evaluated by exposing it to an oxidant solution (NaClO 300 mg/L, NaCl 2,000 mg/L, pH 9.5) and measuring water permeability and salt rejection during more than 100 h period. The surface modification effectively was demonstrated by increasing the chlorine resistance of PA commercial membrane from 1,000 ppm.h to more than 15.000 ppm.h.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.35-47
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• 2017

A comprehensive survey of the available literature showed that in the last few decades, there has been a growing interest in the use of thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs). TPVs are the second largest group of soft thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) after styrene-based block copolymers, and offer a wide range of potential and proven applications, including in mechanical rubber goods, under-the-hood applications in the automotive field, industrial hose applications, electrical applications, consumer goods, and soft touch applications. Over the last two decades, TPVs have shown a strong and steady market growth (~12% per year). Commercialized TPVs are commonly based on blends of ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber and polypropylene (PP), and to a lesser extent on combinations of butyl or nitrile rubber with PP. EPDM/PP TPVs are characterized by finely dispersed crosslinked EPDM rubber particles (particles size varying between 0.5 and $2.0{\mu}m$) distributed in a continuous thermoplastic PP matrix. If the rubber particles of such a blend are small enough and if they are vulcanized well enough, then the properties of the blend are generally improved. This review article introduces various topics and aspects relevant to EPDM/PP TPVs. The development of TPVs, the use of various types of crosslinking systems and co-agents as crosslinking agents for PP/EPDM blends, the morphology and rheology of TPVs, and their typical end-use applications are also reviewed.

• 멤브레인
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.235-239
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• 2006

본 연구는 poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)와 가교제 poly(strene sulfonic acid-co-maleic acid) (PSSA-MA)을 이용하여 제조된 막을 물/에탄올 계에 대한 투과증발 실험을 25, 35 및 45$^{\circ}C$에서 수행하였다. 가교제의 함량은 7, 9, 11 wt.%를 사용하였으며, 원액의 조성은 무게비로 물 50, 20, 10 및 공비점인 4.4%에 대하여 조사하였다. 일반적인 투과증발 결과와 마찬가지로 가교제 함량의 증가 및 조업온도 증가에 따라 투과도 및 선택도에 대한 대표적 경향을 보여 주었다. 물 : 에탄올 = 10 : 90 조성에서 그리고 $45^{\circ}C$에서 선택도 12003와 투과도 $58.92g/m^2{\cdot}hr$를 PSSA-MA 11 wt%의 막이 보여 주었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.459-463
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• 1999

The effects of the hindered and non-hindered water soluble long-chain disulfide bonds on the stability and cytotoxicity of the ricin A chain (RTA) immunotoxin were examined. The RTA immunotoxins were prepared with the Fab fragments of anti-common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen (CALLA) monoclonal antibody (Fab-RTA) using sulfosuccinimidyl-6-[(-methyl-(-2-pyridyldithio)toluamido]toluamido]hexanoate (S-LC-SMPT) and sulfosuccinimidyl-6-[3-(2-pyridyldithio-propionamido]hexanoate (S-LC-SPDP). The prepared Fab-RTA immunotoxins were evaluated for their conjugation yield, immunoreactivity, thermal and disulfide bond stability and cytotoxicity. The conjugation yield of the Fab-RTA immunotoxin from the water soluble long chain crosslinking agents, S-LC-SMPT and S-LC-SPDP, were comparable. Both Fab-RTA immunotoxins exhibited a similar immunoreactivity and thermal stability in aqueous solution. However, S-LC-SMPT -mediated Fab-RTA, sterically hindered, showed an enhanced disulfide bond stability in vitro over S-LC-SPDP mediated one. In the cytotoxicity against antigenic cell Daudi, the S-LC-SMPT -mediated RTA immunotoxin maintained a comparable cytotoxicity, compared with S-LC-SPDP mediated Fab-RTA immunotoxin.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.305-311
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• 2019

높은 함수율을 갖는 소프트렌즈를 제조하기 위하여 아크릴계 공중합체를 설계, 제조하였다. 공중합체용 모노머로 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate(HEMA)를 사용하였고 가교제로는 ethylene glycol dimethacrylate(EGDMA), glycerol dimethacrylate(GD) 혹은 glycerol 1,3-diglycerolate diacrylate(GDD)를 이용하여 렌즈를 제조하였다. 함수율 측정결과, 고함수율 렌즈는 기존의 36%에서 46%로 높게 나타났으며 접촉각도 38.6 에서 34.4 로 낮아져 표면 친수성이 높게 나타남을 확인하였다. 인장강도는 가교제의 친수성이 증가함에 따라 0.1MPa 에서 0.08 그리고 0.05 로 감소하였고 전자현미경으로 렌즈의 단면을 확인한 결과 상분리 현상은 나타나지 않았다. 광중합은 Real-time infrared(RTIR)로 측정하였는데 초기 중합 속도가 가교제에 따라 0.6 에서 0.9 로 나타났다.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2009

Polycarboxylics acids are used as crosslinking agents for cotton cellulose to produce durable finished press cotton fabric. It has been observed that the strength of the cotton fabric treated with polycarboxylic acids showed significant reduction as a result of the crosslinking process. The effect of acid-catalyzed depolymerization on the tear strength of cotton fabric is investigated by evaluating the cotton fabric treated by succinic acid, which does not crosslink cotton cellulose and form little ester on the cotton fabric. We find that the tear strength of cotton fabric treated with succinic acid decreases at elevated temperature due to acid-catalyzed depolymerization of cellulose. The magnitude of fabric strength reduction increases as the acid concentration increases. At a constant acid concentration, it increases as the curing temperature and time increases. It decreases as the pH of the acid solution increases. We also find that the dissociation constant of an acid also has a significant effect on the fabric strength reduction. The magnitude of fabric tear strength reduction increases as the acid dissociation constant decreases.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.303-310
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• 2000

가황천연고무를 제조할 때 가교제와 여러 첨가제의 배합비를 조절하여 그 배합비가 제품의 저온 회복력에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 가황천연고무를 200% 신장시킨 후 $-40^{\circ}C$에서 24시간 유지시켜 복원력을 관찰하였다. 일정한 범위에서 황의 함량이 높아질수록, 또한 충전제의 함량은 적을수록 저온회복율은 향상되었다. 가황촉진제, 가소제와 가황촉진조제 등은 일정함량에서 최고치를 나타내었다. 과산화물을 약간 침가하였을 때 저온회복율은 보다 향상되었으나 가황시간은 보다 길어졌다. 최대의 복원력은 85%를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.133-140
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• 1997

A system for studying oxidative hemolysis has been used by controling UV-irradiation and concentration of a novel molecular probe, N,N'-bis(2-hydroperoxy-2-methoxyethyl)-1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetra-carboxylic diimide (NP-III), which generates hydroxyl radical upon longer wavelength photoirradiation (> 350 nm). NP-III induces 25~30% of hemolysis at low concentration (50 $\mu$M) for 3h-irradiation of UVA. The simultaneous treatment of N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) with NP-IH completely hemotyzed erythrocytes under the same conditions as NP-III alone by both decreasing thiol group and increasing lipid peroxidation in erythrocyte membrane. However. thiol-reducing agents prevented the protein-crosslinking and lipid peroxidation on the NEM-synergistic hemolysis by partially scavenging hydroxyl radical and maintaining the thiol group of erythrocyte membrane in the reduced state. In addition, erythrocytes pretreated with 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethyl-6-hydroxychromane (PMC), vitamin E homologue was able to delay and decrease the lipid peroxidation when compared to cells pretreated with both NEM and PMC. We suggest that the presence of reduced thiols in inner membrane protein by GSH can prevent the protein-crosslinking and the lipid peroxidation, and eventually prevent the oxidative hemolysis of erythrocyte.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.483-490
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• 2005

A novel, polysaccharide-based, superabsorbent hydrogel was synthesized through crosslinking graft copolymerization of methacrylic acid (MAA) onto kappa-carrageenan ($_{k}C$), using ammonium persulfate (APS) as a free radical initiator in the presence of methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as a crosslinker. A proposed mechanism for $_{k}C$­g-polymethacrylic acid ($_{k}C$-g-PMAA) formation was suggested and the hydrogel structure was confirmed using FTIR spectroscopy. The effect of grafting variables, including MBA, MAA, and APS concentration, was systematically optimized to achieve a hydrogel with the maximum possible swelling capacity. The swelling kinetics in distilled water and various salt solutions were preliminarily investigated. Absorbency in aqueous salt solutions of lithium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, and aluminum chloride indicated that the swelling capacity decreased with increased ionic strength of the swelling medium. This behavior can be attributed to the charge screening effect for monovalent cations, as well as ionic crosslinking for multivalent cations. The swelling of super absorbing hydrogels was measured in solutions with pH ranging from 1 to 13. In addition, the pH reversibility and on-off switching behavior, at pH levels of 3.0 and 8.0, give the synthesized hydrogels great potential as an excellent candidate for the controlled delivery of bioactive agents.