• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.444-450
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• 2011

A high molecular weight natural sodium alginate (HMWSAs) was depolymerized by hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$) with ultrasonic irradiation. The effects of the reaction conditions such as reaction temperature, reaction time, hydrogen peroxide concentration and ultrasonic irradiation time on the molecular weights and the end groups of the depolymerized alginates were investigated. It was revealed that depolymerization occurred through the breakage of 1,4-glycosidic bonds of sodium alginate and the formation of formate groups on the main chain under certain conditions. The changes in molecular weight were monitored by GPC-MALS. The molecular weight of 2 wt% alginate solution decreased from 450 to 15.9 kDa for 0.5 hrs at 50 $^{\circ}C$ under an appropriate ultrasonic irradiation. The PDI(polydispersity index)s of the alginate depolymerized in this study were considerably narrow in comparison with those obtained from the other chemical degradation method. The PDIs were in the range of 1.5~2.5 in any reaction conditions employed in this study.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.42-46
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• 2003

This research was carried out for searching the treatment conditions of organic acid and heating to prepare oligomers from the carrageenan. The applied treatments were autoclaving, micraowaving, and ultrasonicating with acetate, citrate, lactate, malate, and succinate. Among several physical depolymerization methods, auo-claving treatment was the most effective for hydrolyzing the carrageenan to low molecular compounds such as oligosaccharides. Citrate or malate was the most effective catalyst in hydrolyzing carrageenan to some oligo-saccharides among 5~7 different organic acids. An acceptable autoclaving condition for hydrolyzing carrageenan to oligosaccharides was to treat for 120 min at 110~12$0^{\circ}C$. The maximum depolymerization ratio produced by autoclaving was about 23.0%. The depolymerized carrageenan prepared by autoclaving at 12$0^{\circ}C$ had oligo-saccharides of 5~7 species.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.164-171
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• 2010

Recently, the waste of Polycarbonate(PC) is increase with the increase in demand of a polycarbonate. It is concerned with producing a new material and diol monomer, bishydroxyethyl ether of bisphenol A(BHE-BPA) through depolymerization of the polycarbonate waste at recycling. BHE-BPA can be used as a good raw material for the synthesis of polycarbonate type polyurethane. PC particles were depolymerized with base-catalyst NaOH, solvent EG, and ethylene carbonate(EC) was formed during the PC depolymerziation. EC was added to promote the conversion from bispenol-A to BHE-BPA. The characteristics of depolymeraion of polycarbonate as well as conversion of bispenol-A to BHE-BPA were investigated. BHE-BPA yield of 92% was obtained at temperature $220^{\circ}C$, 10% catalyst/PC mole ratio, 20 mmol of EC. BHE-BPA purity of better than 99% was achieved by crystallization of BHE-BPA.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 2003

This study was carried out to prepare the depolymerized alginates by physical treatment processing with organic acids. The applied physical treatment methods were autoclaving, microwaving, and ultrasonicating, Among several physical depolymerization methods, autoclaving treatment was the most effective for hydrolyzing the alginate to low molecular compounds such as oligosaccharides. Citrate was most effective catalyst in hydrolyzing alginate to some oligosaccharides among organic acids. An acceptable autoclaving conditions for hydrolyzing alginate to oligosaccharides were to treat at $110^{\circ}C$ for 90 min and $120^{\circ}C$ for 60 min, respectively. The maximum depolymerization percentage produced by autoclaving was $56.8\%$. The depolymerized alginates prepared by autoclaving at $110^{\circ}C\;and\;120^{\circ}C$ has oligosaccharides of $3\~4 $and $7\~8$ species, respectively. The optimum condition for alginate oligosaccarides was autoclaving treatment with $0.5\%$ citrate solution at $120^{\circ}C$ for 90 min.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.103-110
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• 2001

Resource recovery and recycling of materials and products, including polyurethanes is viewed as a necessity in today's society. Most urethane polymers are made from a polyol and a diisocyanate. these and be chemicals such as water, diamines or diols that react with isocyanate groups and add to the polymer backbone. The problems of recycling polyurethane wastes has major technological, economic and ecological significance because polyurethane itself is relatively expensive and its disposal whether by burning is also costly. In general, the recycling methods for polyurethane could be classified as mechanical, chemical and feedstock. In the chemical recycling method, there are hydrolysis, glycolysis, pyrolysis and aminolysis. This study, the work was carried out glycolysis using sonication ant catalyzed reaction. Different kinds of recycled polyols were produced by current method(glycolysis), catalyzed reaction and sonication as decomposers and the chemical properties were analyzed. The reaction results in the formation of polyester urethane diols, the OH value which is determined by the quantity of diol used for the glycolysis conditions. The glycolysis rates by sonication for the various glycols, increased as fallows: PPG

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.40-46
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• 1973

The afterpolymerization of nylon 6 was carried out in three different reaction conditions, nitrogen flow, sealing and evacuation. The viscosity and reduced weight of polymer were increased by increasing the reaction time and temperature, and viscosity of polymers at constant reaction temperature was decreased as the following order: nitrogen flow >sealing >evacuation. The activation energy of afterpolymerization was 10.5 kcal/mole.

• Electrical & Electronic Materials
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.461-466
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• 1997

In this paper, we developed the new non-rubbing liquid crystal (LC) alignment techniques in the cell with slanted non-polarized ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation on polyimide (PI) film. It is shown that the uniform alignment for nematic (N) LC is obtained by using slanted non-polarized UV light irradiation on PI surface. We successfully obtained that the pretilt angle of NLC is generated about 3.3 degree in the cell with slanted non-polarized UV light irradiation with 70 degree on PI surface, for the first time. It is considered that the pretilt angle generation in NLC is attributed to interaction between the LC molecular and the PI, which is broken the polymer by slanted non-polarized UV irradiation. Therefore, we concluded that the uniform LC alignment is attributed to anisotropic dispersion force due to photo depolymerization with slanted non-polarized UV light irradiation on PI surface.

• Proceedings of the KSAR Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.199-199
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• 2004

This study was conducted to investigate cytoskeleton alterations during vitrified (Open Pulled Straw method) porcine immature oocytes, to utilize Taxol/sup TM/ (polymerization of tubulin molecules) and Cytochalasin B (CB, depolymerization of actin filaments) during vitrification to stabilize microtubule and microfilaments (MT and MF), and to determine in vitro maturation, fertilization and development of cytoskeletal-stabilized and vitrified porcine immature oocytes. (omitted)

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.783-788
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• 2007

An advantage to the extrusion of raw potatoes is a reduction in the energy input required to process potato products; however, the effects of extrusion on the properties of raw potato have not been studied. The purposes of this study were to develop a workable extrusion process for raw potato and to study the effects of extrusion conditions on the pasting properties of extruded potato products. The peak viscosity, final viscosity, pasting temperature, water solubility index, and water absorption index of pressed and pressed-dried potato extrudates decreased as die exit temperature increased, whereas they did not change as screw speed increased. The peak viscosity, final viscosity, and water solubility of steam-cooked potato products decreased with extrusion processing; however, they did not change with increasing die exit temperature and screw speed. Potato products with different degrees of depolymerization of extruded potato starch, depending on die exit temperature, were produced from raw potatoes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.116-119
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• 1997

We investigated new type non-robbing liquid crystal (LC) alignment techniques in the cell with slanted non-polarized ultraviolet (UV) irradiation on polyimide (Pl) film. It is shown that the uniform alignment for nematic (N) LC is obtained by using slanted non-polarized UV irradiation on Pl surface. We successfully obtained that the pretilt ang1e of NLC is generated about 3 degree in the LC cells by using slanted non-polarized UV irradiation with 70 degree on Pl surface. We consider that the pretilt angle generation for NLC is attributed to interaction between the LC molecular and the PI surface. We conclude that the uniform LC alignment is attributed to anisotropic dispersion force effect due to photo depolymerization of polymer on Pl surface.