• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.314-324
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• 1996

Scanning probe microscopes (SPMs) such as the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) and the atomic force microscope (AFM) were used for surface modification tools at the nanometer scale. Material surfaces, i. e., titanium, hydrogen-terminated silicon and trimethylsilyl organosilane monolayer on silicon, were locally oxidized with the best lateral spatial resolution of 20nm. The principle behind this proximal probe oxidation method is scanning probe anodization, that is, the SPM tip-sample junction connected through a water column acting as a minute electrochemical cell. An SPM-nanolithogrphy process was demonstrated using the organosilane monolayer as a resist. Area-selective chemical modifications, i. e., etching, electroless plating with gold, monolayer deposition and immobilization of latex nanoparticles; were achieved in nano-scale resolution. The area-selectivity was based on the differences in chemical properties between the SPM-modified and unmodified regions.

• Journal of Ceramic Processing Research
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.499-503
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• 2018

In this paper, cobalt embedded in nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon nanotubes (CoNSTs) were synthesized for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts. The CoNSTs were prepared through a facile heat treatment method without any templates. Different amounts of the metal salt were employed to examine the physicochemical and electrochemical properties of the CoNSTs. The CoNSTs showed the bamboo-like tube morphology with the encased Co nanoparticles in the tubes. Through the x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, the catalysts exhibited different chemical states of the nitrogen and sulfur species. As a result, the CoNST performed high activity toward the ORR in an acidic condition with the onset potential of 0.863 V (vs. reversible hydrogen electrode). It was clearly demonstrated from the electrochemical characterizations that the quality of the nitrogen and sulfur species significantly influences the ORR activity rather than the total amount of the dopants.

• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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• 제67권
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• pp.199-209
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• 2018

Polyethersulfone (PES)/sulfonated $TiO_2$ ($STiO_2$) nanoparticles (NPs) UF blended membranes were fabricated with different loadings of $STiO_2$. The modified membranes exhibited significant improvement in surface roughness, porosity, and pore size when compared to the PES membrane. The $P-STiO_2$ 1 and $P-TiO_2$ 1 blended membranes exhibited higher water flux, approximately 102.4% and 62.6%, respectively, compared to PES. SPP-$STiO_2$ and $P-STiO_2$ showed lower Rir fouling resistance than the $P-TiO_2$ blended membrane. Overall, the $STiO_2$-blended membranes provide high hydrophilicity permeability, anti-fouling performance, and improved BSA rejection attributed to the hydrogen bonding force and more electrostatic repulsion properties of $STiO_2$.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.230-237
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• 2007

알칼리 수열합성법에 의해 높은 비표면적을 갖는 티타니아 나노튜브(TiNT)를 합성하였다. 가시광용 광촉매로서의 응용성을 조사하기 위해 CdS 나노입자와 조성(r=TiNT/(CdS+TiNT))을 바꿔가며 일련의 무기 복합필름을 제조하였다. 또한 비교를 위해 티타니아 나노튜브 대신 티타니아 나노입자와 CdS로 구성된 복합체를 역시 제조하였다. 합성된 티타니아 나노튜브는 $200^{\circ}C$ 이상의 소결온도에서 부분적으로 튜브 구조의 붕괴가 시작되었지만, CdS와의 복합체는 $450^{\circ}C$ 까지도 비교적 안정한 구조를 유지하였다. (CdS+TiNT)복합필름은 티타니아 나노입자 복합계와 비교할 때 가시광 흡수 측면에서는 유사한 정도를 나타내었지만, 수소생산 활성과 광전류 발생은 오히려 훨씬 낮은 값을 나타내었다. 결과적으로, 티타니아 나노튜브는 그의 높은 비표면적에도 불구하고 자기들끼리의 응집성이 강하여 CdS와의 전기적 상호작용이 약하며, 특히 얇은 튜브벽 두께(${\sim}3nm$)와 낮은 결정성에 기인하는 약한 광전류 특성은 이의 광촉매로서의 응용성을 상당히 제한하는 요소로 나타났다.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2011년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.27.1-27.1
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• 2011

The recent extensive research of one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures such as nanowires (NWs) and nanotubes (NTs) has been the driving force to fabricate new kinds of nanoscale devices in electronics, optics and bioengineering. We attempt to produce silicon oxide nanowires (SiOxNWs) in a simple way without complicate deposition process, gaseous Si containing precursors, or starting material of $SiO_2$. Nickel (Ni) nanoparticles (NPs) were applied on Si wafer and thermally treated in a furnace. The temperature in the furnace was kept in the ranges between 900 and $1,100^{\circ}C$ and a mixture of nitrogen ($N_2$) and hydrogen ($H_2$) flowed through the furnace. The SiOxNWs had widths ranging from 100 to 200 nm with length extending up to ~10 ${\mu}m$ and their structure was amorphous. Ni NPs were acted as catalysts. Since there were no other Si materials introduced into the furnace, the Si wafer was the only Si sources for the growth of SiOxNWs. When the Si wafer with deposition of Ni NPs was heated, the liquid Ni-Si alloy droplets were formed. The droplets as the nucleation sites induce an initiation of the growth of SiOxNWs and absorb oxygen easily. As the droplets became supersaturated, the SiOxNWs were grown, by the reaction between Si and O and continuously dissolving Si and O onto NPs. Photoluminescence (PL) showed that blue emission spectrum was centered at the wavelength of 450 nm (2.76 eV). The details of growth mechanism of SiOxNWs and the effect of Ni NPs on the formation of SiOxNWs will be presented.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.73-81
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• 2013

The present work has been devoted to the catalytic reduction of $N_2O$ by $H_2$ with $Pt/SiO_2$ catalysts at very low temperatures, such as $110^{\circ}C$, and their nanoparticle sizes have been determined by using $H_2-N_2O$ titration, X-ray diffraction(XRD) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy(HRTEM) measurements. A sample of 1.72% $Pt/SiO_2$, which had been prepared by an ion exchange method, consisted of almost atomic levels of Pt nanoparticles with 1.16 nm that are very consistent with the HRTEM measurements, while a $Pt/SiO_2$ catalyst possessing the same Pt amount via an incipient wetness technique did 13.5 nm particles as determined by the XRD measurements. These two catalysts showed a noticeable difference in the on-stream $deN_2O$ activity maintenance profiles at $110^{\circ}C$. This discrepancy was associated with the nanoparticle sizes, i.e., the $Pt/SiO_2$ catalyst with the smaller particle size was much more active for the $N_2O$ reduction. When repeated measurements of the $N_2O$ reduction with the 1.16 nm Pt catalyst at $110^{\circ}C$ were allowed, the catalyst deactivation occurred, depending somewhat on regeneration excursions.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.627-632
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• 2010

In this paper the effect of the structure, particle size, morphology of nanofibers and nanoparticles for the electrochemical characteristics of $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$ was investigated. The $H_2Ti_2O_5{\cdot}H_2O$ synthesized in hydrothermal treatment from a NaOH treatment on $TiO_2$ by ion exchange processing with HCl solutions. After the $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$ nanofibers synthesized in hydrothermal treatment of $H_2Ti_2O_5{\cdot}H_2O$ and $LiOH{\cdot}H_2O$. The hydrogen titanate precursor prepared by ion exchange processing with 0.1~0.3M HCl solutions and the final products calcined at $350^{\circ}C{\sim}400^{\circ}C$. The $Li_4Ti_5O_{12}$ nanofibers showed well reversibility during the insertion and extraction of Li, good cycle performance, high capacity and low electrochemical reaction resistance than nanoparticles. also c-rate exhibited a discharge capacity of 172 mAh/g at 0.2C and 115mAh/g at 5C, which is the 77%, 67% of that obtained in the process charged, discharged at 0.2C.

• 폴리머
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.412-416
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• 2006

$FeCl_3$와 $Na_2SO_3,\;NH_4OH$에 의해 제조된 나노 자철광은 강자성체로 화학 흡착에 의해 형성된 표면의 수산기에 의해 표면전하가 변하는 특성이 있다. 본 연구는 이런 나노 자철광을 함유한 poly(acrylic acid) (PAAc) 수화젤의 물성에 대하여 연구하였다. 나노 자철광의 특성은 XRD, AFM, FTIR로 측정하였다. 나노 자철광 표면의 제타전위는 pH 변화에 의해 큰 영향을 받았으며, pH 4 이하에서는 높은(+)전위를 나타내었으며, 등전점은 pH 7에서 확인되었다. pH 4 이하에서 나노 자철광 콜로이드를 PAAc 수화젤에 함유시키면, 강력한 수소결합이 형성되어 젤의 인장강도는 증가하고, 신율 및 팽윤비는 감소하여 기계적인 물성이 증가하였다. 나노 자철광의 함량에 비례하여 나노 자철광을 함유한 PAAc 수화젤의 자기이력은 증가하였다.

• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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• 제68권
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• pp.325-334
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• 2018

Lactose is a reducing disaccharide consisting of two different monosaccharides such as galactose and glucose. The hydrogenation of lactose to lactitol is a formidable challenge because it is a complex process and several side products are formed. In this work, we synthesized Ru-Ni bimetallic nanohybrids as efficient catalysts for selective lactose hydrogenation to give selective lactitol. Ru-Ni bimetallic nanohybrids with $Ru-NiO_x$ (x = 1, 5, and 10 wt%) are prepared by impregnating Ru and Ni salts precursors with $TiO_2$ used as support material. Ru-Ni bimetallic nanohybrids (represented as $5Ru-5NiO/TiO_2$) catalyst is found to exhibit the remarkably high selectivity of lactitol (99.4%) and turnover frequency i.e. ($374h^{-1}$). In contrast, monometallic $Ru/TiO_2$ catalyst shows poor performance with ($TOF=251h^{-1}$). The detailed characterizations confirmed a strong interaction between Ru and NiO species, demonstrating a synergistic effect on the improvement on lactitol selectivity. The impregnation-reduction method for the preparation of bimetallic $Ru-NiO/TiO_2$ catalyst promoted Ru nanoparticles dispersed on NiO and intensified the interaction between Ru and NiO species. $Ru-NiO/TiO_2$ efficiently catalyzed the hydrogenation of lactose to lactitol with high yield/selectivity at almost complete conversion of lactose at $120^{\circ}C$ and 55 bar of hydrogen ($H_2$) pressure. Moreover, $Ru-NiO/TiO_2$ catalyst could also be easily recovered and reused up to four runs without notable change in original activity.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.24-27
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• 2008

Polyol법을 이용하여 $MnFe_2O_4$ 나노입자를 제조하고, X-선 회절기(XRD)와 진동시료형 자화율 측정기(VSM)를 이용하여 결정학적 및 거시적인 자기적 특성을 분석하였고, 뫼스바우어($M\"{o}ssbauer$) 분광실험을 통하여 $MnFe_2O_4$ 물질의 초미세 상호작용에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 고분해능 투과형 전자 현미경(High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope; HRTEM)을 이용하여 입자의 크기를 분석한 결과, 대부분의 입자크기가 $6{\sim}8$ nm 정도의 분포를 가지는 매우 균일한 입자로 형성되었음을 확인할 수 있었다. X-선 회절실험의 분석 결과, $a_0=8.418{\pm}0.001{\AA}$의 격자상수를 가지는 입방정형의 스피넬 구조로써 그 공간군이 Fd3m 임을 확인하였다. 상온에서의 VSM 측정결과 강한 초상자성 거동을 보였고, 뫼스바우어 분석결과로 상온에서 초상자성 영향에 따른 요동현상이 나타남을 관측할 수 있었다. 4.2K에서는 6개의 공명흡수선이 2 set으로 존재하고 초미세 자기장 값($H_{hf}$)이 A-site의 경우 498 kOe, B-site의 경우 521 kOe 로 분석되었다.