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Preparation and Characterization of α-alumina Hollow Fiber Membrane (알루미나 중공사막 제조 및 특성 분석)

  • Che, Jin Woong;Lee, Hong Joo;Park, Jung Hoon
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.212-219
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    • 2016
  • The alumina hollow fiber membranes were prepared by spinning and sintering a polymer solution containing suspended alumina powders. For determine pore structure of hollow fiber membranes formed by different solvent-nonsolvent interaction rate, dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), dimethylacetamide (DMAc), triethylphosphite (TEP) were prepared in dope solution by solvent, polyethersulfone (PESf) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) were used as a polymer binder and additive. The pore structure of hollow fiber membranes was characterized using scanning electron microscope (SEM). The alumina hollow fiber membranes prepared by DMSO, DMAc were had the asymmetric structure mixed sponge-like and finger-like morphology, while TEP solvent were had single sponge-like structure. The prepared hollow fiber membranes were analyzed gas permeation and mechanical strength experiment also. The hollow fiber membrane having single sponge-like structure was had high gas permeation performance. On the contrary to this, more finger-like morphology was less gas permeation performance.

Advanced 'green' composites

  • Netravali, Anil N.;Huang, Xiaosong;Mizuta, Kazuhiro
    • Advanced Composite Materials
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.269-282
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    • 2007
  • Fully biodegradable high strength composites or 'advanced green composites' were fabricated using yearly renewable soy protein based resins and high strength liquid crystalline cellulose fibers. For comparison, E-glass and aramid ($Kevlar^{(R)}$) fiber reinforced composites were also prepared using the same modified soy protein resins. The modification of soy protein included forming an interpenetrating network-like (IPN-like) resin with mechanical properties comparable to commonly used epoxy resins. The IPN-like soy protein based resin was further reinforced using nano-clay and microfibrillated cellulose. Fiber/resin interfacial shear strength was characterized using microbond method. Tensile and flexural properties of the composites were characterized as per ASTM standards. A comparison of the tensile and flexural properties of the high strength composites made using the three fibers is presented. The results suggest that these green composites have excellent mechanical properties and can be considered for use in primary structural applications. Although significant additional research is needed in this area, it is clear that advanced green composites will some day replace today's advanced composites made using petroleum based fibers and resins. At the end of their life, the fully sustainable 'advanced green composites' can be easily disposed of or composted without harming the environment, in fact, helping it.

Role of flgA for Flagellar Biosynthesis and Biofilm Formation of Campylobacter jejuni NCTC11168

  • Kim, Joo-Sung;Park, Changwon;Kim, Yun-Ji
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.25 no.11
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    • pp.1871-1879
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    • 2015
  • The complex roles of flagella in the pathogenesis of Campylobacter jejuni, a major cause of worldwide foodborne diarrheal disease, are important. Compared with the wild-type, an insertional mutation of the flgA gene (cj0769c) demonstrated significant decrease in the biofilm formation of C. jejuni NCTC11168 on major food contact surfaces, such as polystyrene, stainless steel, and borosilicate glass. The flgA mutant was completely devoid of flagella and non-motile whereas the wild-type displayed the full-length flagella and motility. In addition, the biofilm formation of the wild-type was inversely dependent on the viscosity of the media. These results support that flagellar-mediated motility plays a significant role in the biofilm formation of C. jejuni NCTC11168. Moreover, our adhesion assay suggests that it plays an important role during biofilm maturation after initial attachment. Furthermore, C. jejuni NCTC11168 wild-type formed biofilm with a net-like structure of extracellular fiber-like material, but such a structure was significantly reduced in the biofilm of the flgA mutant. It supports that the extracellular fiber-like material may play a significant role in the biofilm formation of C. jejuni. This study demonstrated that flgA is essential for flagellar biosynthesis and motility, and plays a significant role in the biofilm formation of C. jejuni NCTC11168.

A Study the Development of Ultra High Performance Concrete using Liquid Metal Fiber (Liquid Metal Fiber를 이용한 초고성능콘크리트의 개발에 관한 기초연구)

  • Ko, Kwan-Ho;Kwak, Min-Saeg;Ahn, Jung-Hyun;Kim, Wha-Jung
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.241-242
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    • 2009
  • This study showsUltra high performance concrete with steel fiber to obtain the high ductillity. the results of high strength concrete specimences with existing steel fiber and liquid metal fiber were compared with them of plain high strength mortal through bending test. The result that the ductility of high strength concrete with liquid metal fiber was superior to that with bundrex steel fiber was found through toughness test mathod like ASTM C 1018, JSCE-SF4.

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Syntheses of Rayon-like Polyester (Rayon-like 폴리에스터의 합성(合成))

  • Ahn, Young-Moo;Park, Young-Gi
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.155-164
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    • 2007
  • Viscose rayon has advantages such as vivid luster, good dyeability, low static electricity, good absorbance and good spinnability but also has flaws such as easy crease and decrease of physical properties when it gets wetting, and it requires dry cleaning. Therefore in order to synthesize the polymer to solve the problems of rayon while keeping the advantages of it, this study made the high specific gravity polyester for ultra drape property and high contraction polyester for rayon-like fiber having volume, soft and warm sense. The polyester with high specific gravity, 1.47 was made by adding 7 wt% of $BaSO_4$ as additive. High contraction polyester was made by copolymerization by using IPA 5 mole% to increase the amorphous region as comonomer and also using Newpol BPE-20(NPE) 1.5 wt% not to decrease the properties.

An Experimental Study on the Development of Hybrid Discontinuous Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composite (하이브리드형 단섬유보강 시멘트복합재료의 개발에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • 김영덕;조봉석;김재환;김용로;윤현도;김무한
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.57-60
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    • 2003
  • Generally, normal concrete has the disadvantages of low tensile strength, low ductility and volume instability. To improve its performance, fiber reinforced cimentitious composite(FRCC) have been development. These composites are composed of cement, sand, water, a small amount of admixtures, and an optimal amount of fiber like synthetic fiber and steel fiber. This research investigates influence of sand, hybrid fiber and fiber volume fraction, and reports the test results of mechanical properties, fracture behavior and failure pattern of the FRCC. Our experiment was observed that sand mixed FRCC has lower compressive strength and higher bending strength than no sand mixed FRCC, and more steel fiber mixed FRCC has higher compressive strength and bending strength. Hybrid FRCC of steel and polypropylene had superior properties than FRCC of polypropylene only in same fiber volume fraction.

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An Experimental Study on the Engineering Properties of HPFRCC According to Kinds, Shapes and Volume Fraction of Fibers (섬유의 종류, 형상 및 치환율에 따른 HPFRCC의 공학적 특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • 김영덕;조봉석;김재환;김규용;최경렬;김무한
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.59-62
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    • 2003
  • Kinds, shapes and fraction ratios of fibers have influence on properties of HPFRCC(High-Performance Fiver Reinforced Cementitious Concrete ) like bending strength, strain capacity and fracture toughness. For example, hydrophilic fibers have different chemical bond strength from hydrophobic fibers, fiber shapes influence on fiber pull-out and rupture, and fiber volume fraction influence on bending strength. In this study, to estimate influences of kinds, shapes and fraction ratios of fibers, we make HFRCC with 3 kind of fiber in various volume fraction of fiber and compare cracking, bending strength and fracture toughness. As the results, bending strength of HPFRCC was increased as fiber volume fraction was Increase and fiber tensile strength was increase, and strain capacity and fracture toughness of HFRCC was higher in fiber pull-out fracture than in fiber rupture fracture. And HFRCC showing pseudo strain hardening has higher fiber reinforce efficiency than others.

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Bacteriophage-like Particles Induced by Mitomycin C in Bacillus circulans F-2 (Mitomycin C에 의해 유도되는 Bacillus cirulans F-2의 Bacteriophage-like 입자)

  • 김철호;권석태;이대실;타니구치하지메
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.221-226
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    • 1990
  • To detect prophages and bacterioeins, twenty strains of Bacillus circulans were treated with mitomycin C. The resulted lysates were subjected to electron microscopy, and also examined for killing and plaque-forming activities. Fifteen strains showed killing activity on two or more strains of Bacillue circulans. Killing agents were centrifuged in linear 5 to 20% sucrose gradient, and studied with electron microscopy which revealed the presence of particles.They looked morphologically like phage tail of 190 nm long with fiber (FA9, FA5) or without fiber (FA1, FA6), T even phage-like particle with a head of 50 nm in diameter and a tail of 140 nm long (FA7), or T7 phage-like particle with a head of 70 nm in diameter and a tail of 20 nm long (FA17). The killing agent of FA17 showed phage-forming activity on several strains different from killing sensitive strains of Bacillus circulans.

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