• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권11호
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• pp.4084-4094
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• 2022

The Advanced Fuels Campaign Fission Accelerated Steady-state Test (FAST) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) completed its first irradiation cycle within the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR). The test focused on the irradiation of alloy fuel forms for use in sodium fast reactors. The first cycle of FAST testing was completed and four rodlets were removed for the initial post irradiation examination (PIE). The rodlet design and irradiation conditions were evaluated using Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) for as-run power history and COMSOL for temperature analysis. These rodlets include a set of low burnups (~2.5 % fissions per initial metal atoms [%FIMA]), control rodlets, and a helium-bonded annular rodlet (4.7 %FIMA). Nondestructive PIE has been completed and includes visual inspection, neutron radiography and gamma scanning of the FAST capsules and rodlets. Radiography confirmed the integrity of the experiments, revealed that the annulus in the annular fuel was filled at a modest burnup (4.7 %FIMA), and indicated potential slumping of the cooler rodlets at lower burnup. Precision gamma scanning indicated mostly usual fission product behavior, except for cesium in the He-bonded annular fuel. Future destructive PIE will be necessary to fully interpret the effects of accelerated irradiation on U-Zr metallic fuel behavior.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제52권
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• pp.7.1-7.6
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• 2022

The process of encapsulating cobalt nanoparticles using a graphene layer is mainly direct pyrolysis. The encapsulation structure of hybrids prepared in this way improves the catalyst stability, which greatly reduces the leaching of non-metals and prevents metal nanoparticles from growing beyond a certain size. In this study, cobalt particles surrounded by graphene layers were formed by increasing the temperature in a transmission electron microscope, and they were analyzed using scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). Synthesized cobalt hydroxide nanosheets were used to obtain cobalt particles using an in-situ heating holder inside a TEM column. The cobalt nanoparticles are surrounded by layers of graphene, and the number of layers increases as the temperature increases. The interlayer spacing of the graphene layers was also investigated using atomic imaging. The success achieved in the encapsulation of metallic nanoparticles in graphene layers paves the way for the design of highly active and reusable heterogeneous catalysts for more challenging molecules.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제50권12호
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• pp.829-838
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 다양한 형상의 우주 물체와 우주 구조물 사이의 충돌 각도를 고려한 초고속 충돌(Hypervelocity impact) 시뮬레이션 연구를 수행하였다. 비선형 구조 동역학 전산 해석 프로그램인 LS-DYNA의 완화 입자 유동법(Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, SPH)을 사용하여 초고속 충돌 현상을 묘사하였으며, 금속 재료의 비선형 거동을 구현하기 위하여 Mie-Grüneisen의 상태 방정식과 Johnson-Cook의 재료 모델을 사용하였다. 구, 정육면체, 원기둥 및 원뿔 형상의 다양한 형상의 우주 물체를 이용하였으며, 우주 구조물은 알루미늄 평판(200 mm×200 mm×2 mm)으로 모델링되었다. 우주 물체가 우주 구조물 대비 4.119 km/s의 상대 속도로 충돌하는 시뮬레이션을 수행하여 동일 질량을 갖는 다양한 형상의 우주 물체와 우주 구조물 사이의 0°, 30° 및 45°의 충돌 각도를 고려하였을 시 초고속 충돌에 의하여 발생되는 파편운(debris cloud) 형상을 분석하였다. 동일한 운동 에너지를 갖는 우주 물체는 형상의 차이로 인해 모두 다른 파편운이 형성되었다. 더불어 충돌 각도의 증가에 따라 파편운의 크기가 줄어드는 경향을 확인하였다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2013년도 제45회 하계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.97-97
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• 2013

Recently, Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 (CZTSS), which is one of the In- and Ga- free absorber materials, has been attracted considerable attention as a new candidate for use as an absorber material in thin film solar cells. The CZTSS-based absorber material has outstanding characteristics such as band gap energy of 1.0 eV to 1.5 eV, high absorption coefficient on the order of 104 cm-1, and high theoretical conversion efficiency of 32.2% in thin film solar cells. Despite these promising characteristics, research into CZTSS based thin film solar cells is still incomprehensive and related reports are quite few compared to those for CIGS thin film solar cells, which show high efficiency of over 20%. I will briefly overview the recent technological development of CZTSS thin film solar cells and then introduce our research results mainly related to sputter based process. CZTSS thin film solar cells are prepared by sulfurization of stacked both metallic and sulfide precursors. Sulfurization process was performed in both furnace annealing system and rapid thermal processing system using S powder as well as 5% diluted H2S gas source at various annealing temperatures ranging from $520^{\circ}C$ to $580^{\circ}C$. Structural, optical, microstructural, and electrical properties of absorber layers were characterized using XRD, SEM, TEM, UV-Vis spectroscopy, Hall-measurement, TRPL, etc. The effects of processing parameters, such as composition ratio, sulfurization pressure, and sulfurization temperature on the properties of CZTSS absorber layers will be discussed in detail. CZTSS thin film solar cell fabricated using metallic precursors shows maximum cell efficiency of 6.9% with Jsc of 25.2 mA/cm2, Voc of 469 mV, and fill factor of 59.1% and CZTS thin film solar cell using sulfide precursors shows that of 4.5% with Jsc of 19.8 mA/cm2, Voc of 492 mV, and fill factor of 46.2%. In addition, other research activities in our lab related to the formation of CZTS absorber layers using solution based processes such as electro-deposition, chemical solution deposition, nano-particle formation will be introduced briefly.

• 한국광물학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.17-28
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• 2015

구리 슬래그에 대한 광물학적 및 화학적 특성을 연구하기 위하여 광학현미경, SEM/EDS, EPMA, AAS 및 XRD분석을 수행하였다. 또한 이 슬래그가 Cu의 잠재적인 금속자원로서의 가능성이 있는지 조사하기 위하여 황산 용출-실험을 수행하였다. 슬래그에는 철감람석, 크롬철석, 반동석과 황동석이 포함되어 있는 것을 확인하였다. 침상의 철감람석과 뼈대구조의 자형 크롬철석이 주로 슬래그를 형성하고 있으며 많은 양의 반동석과 황동석이 포함되어 있었다. 슬래그에 Fe와 Cu가 각각 18.37%와 0.93%로 함유되었다. 황산 용출-실험을 수행한 결과, 용출액의 농도와 용출온도가 증가할수록, 입도가 감소할수록 Cu와 Fe 용출률은 증가하였다. 본 실험조건하에서는 Cu와 Fe가 최적으로 용출되는 조건은 32 mesh에서, 2.0 M의 황산농도에서 그리고 용출온도 $60^{\circ}C$에서였다. 따라서 향후, 용출규모를 증가시킨다면 슬래그는 구리의 잠재적 대체금속자원이 될 것으로 예상된다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제8권9호
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• pp.837-842
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• 1998

ULSI급 소자의 집적도가 높아짐에 따라 공정의 신뢰도 및 수율 향상을 위한 세정 방법에 대한 관심이 더욱 높아지고 있다. 그중 가장 관심을 집중시키는 분야는 구리나 철과 같은 금속불순물의 제거에 관한 것이다. 본 연구에서는 금속 불순물 중 실제 공정에서 잘 오염되는 것으로 알려진 구리와 철 불순물을 인위적으로 오염시킨 후 $\textrm{H}_2\textrm{O}_2$와 HF의 혼합용액과 UV/$\textrm{O}_3$과 HF처리의 조합을 이용한 세정 방법을 이용하여 금속불순물을 제거하였다. 세정후 제정효과는 TXRF를 이용하여 측정하였고 Si 기판의 표면 거칠기를 AFM을 이용하여 측정하였다. 또한 금속 불순물의 흡착형태와 흡착기구 등을 SEM을 이용해 관찰하였고 AES를 이용하여 화학적 성분 분석을 실시하였다. 실험 결과 인위적 오염 후 구리의 오염도는 $\textrm{10}^{14}$ atoms/$\textrm{cm}^2$이었으며 각각의 세정을 통하여 $\textrm{10}^{10}$ atoms/$\textrm{cm}^2$으로 감소되었으며 반복된 세정으로 더욱 우수한 세정효과와 표면 거칠기의 개선 효과를 얻을 수 있었다. 구리는 박막의 형태가 아닌 구형의 입자 형태로 화학적 흡착에 의해 오염되는 것으로 관찰되었다. 철의 경우는 오염도가 $\textrm{10}^{13}$ atoms/$\textrm{cm}^2$ 이며 세정효과는 구리의 경우와 유사한 결과를 보여주었다. 철 불순물은 물리적 흡착에 의해 Si 표면에 오염되는 것으로 보이며 역시 구형의 입자형태로 표면에 흡착하는 것으로 관찰되었다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.414-423
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• 1998

Metal fume fever has been known as an occupational disease is induced by intense inhalation of fresh metal fume with a particle size smaller than $0.5{\mu}m\;to\;1{\mu}m$. The fumes originate from heating metals beyond their boiling point, as happens, for example, in welding operations. Oxidation usually accompanies this process. In most cases, this syndrome is due to exposure to zinc oxide fumes; however, other metals like copper, magnesium, cadmium, manganese, and antimony are also reported to produce such reactions. Authors report a case of metal fume fever suspected to be associated with copper fume inhalation. The patient was a 42-year-old male and was a smoker. He conducted inert gas tungsten arc welding on copper-coated materials without safety precautions such as a protective mask and adequate ventilation. Immediately after work, he felt metallic taste in his mouth. A few hours after welding, he developed headache, chilling sensation, and chest discomfort. He also complained of myalgia, arthralgia, feverish sensation, thirst, and general weakness. Symptoms worsened after repeated copper welding on the next day and subsided gradually following two weeks. Laboratory examination showed a transient increase of neutrophil count, eosinophilia, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and positive C-reactive proteinemia. Blood and urine copper level was also increased compared to his wife. Before this episode, he experienced above complaints several times after welding with copper materials but welding of other metals did not produce any symptoms. It was suggested that copper fume would have induced metal fume fever in this case. Further investigations are needed to clarify their pathogenic mechanisms.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.231-241
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• 1995

It is well known that hydroxyapatite [$Ca_{10}(PO_4)_6(OH)_2$] have an exchangeability for various heavy metal ions in aqueous solution. To evalute the feasibility of employing the synthetic hydroxyapatites as an eliminatable exchanger for environmentally noxious caions in waste water, the adsorption properties, the removal capacities and the selectivity of the apatites for various cations were investigated in more detailed. The heavy metal cations have been exchanged in calcium part of hydroxyapatite. The order of the degree of amount exchanged of the investigated cations is $Pb^{2+}>Cd^{2+}>Zn^{2+}>Ba^{2+}$. The molar ratios between released $Cd^{2+}$ ions and remeved divalent metal cations in the reacted solution with hydroxyapatite are roughly close to an integer 1.0, suggesting that an ion-exchange reaction could have played a major role in the removal of heavy metals rather then an adsorption effect. The exchangeability of the hydroxyapatite powder of Ca/P molar ratio 1.67, which have specipic surface area of $104.5m^2g^{-1}$, appeared to be better then $237.6{\mu}g$ per g for $Pb^{2+}$ ions. The removal capacity of the heavy metal ions varies directly as particle size of hydroxyapatites. All evidences obtained indicate that the synthesized hydroxyapatite powders by precipitation reaction method can be employed as an effective cation exchanger for eliminating noxious ions in waste water even in some improvemental.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.384-390
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• 2016

Tri-isotropic (TRISO) coatings on zirconia surrogate beads are deposited using a fluidized-bed vapor deposition (FB-CVD) method. The silicon carbide layer is particularly important among the coated layers because it acts as a miniature pressure vessel and a diffusion barrier to gaseous and metallic fission products in the TRISO-coated particles. In this study, we obtain a nearly stoichiometric composition in the SiC layer coated at $1400^{\circ}C$, $1500^{\circ}C$, and $1400^{\circ}C$ with 20 vol.% methyltrichlorosilane (MTS), However, the composition of the SiC layer coated at $1300-1350^{\circ}C$ shows a difference from the stoichiometric ratio (1:1). The density decreases remarkably with decreasing SiC deposition temperature because of the nanosized pores. The high density of the SiC layer (${\geq}3.19g/cm^2$) easily obtained at $1500^{\circ}C$ and $1400^{\circ}C$ with 20 vol.% MTS did not change at an annealing temperature of $1900^{\circ}C$, simulating the reactor operating temperature. The evaluation of the mechanical properties is limited because of the inaccurate values of hardness and Young's modulus measured by the nano-indentation method.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권16호
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• pp.6773-6779
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• 2014

Background: Nanotechnology opens new applications in many fields including medicine. Among all metallic nanoparticles, silver nanoparticles (silver NPS) have proved to be the most effective against a large variety of organisms including toxic cyanobacteria. Materials and Methods: Silver NPs were biosynthesized in vivo with different alga species namely, Spirulina piatensis, Chlorella vulgaris and Scenedesmus oh/iquus following two scenarios. First: by suspending a thoroughly washed algae biomass in 1 mM aqueous $AgN0_3$ solution. Second: by culturing them individually in culture media containing the same concentration of $AgN0_3$. Silver NPs were characterized using UV-Vis spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive analysis (EDX) and Fourier transform infra-red (FfIR) spectroscopy. The biosynthesized silver NPs were tested for cytotoxic activity against a cancer promoter cyanobacteruim Microcystis aeruginosa, considering effects on cell viability and chlorophyll content. Results: The surface plasmon band indicated the biosynthesis of silver NPs at ~400 nm. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed that the silver NPs had a mean average size below 100 nm. Energy-dispersive analysis X-ray (EDX) spectra confirmed the presence of silver element. FfIR spectral analyses suggested that proteins and or polysaccharides may be responsible for the biosynthesis of silver NPs and (-COO-) of carboxylate ions is responsible for stabilizing them. The toxic potentialities ofthe biosynthesized silver NPs against the cancer promoter cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa showed high reduction in viable cells count and the total chlorophyll content. Conclusions: The potential activity of the biosynthesized silver NPs from the studied algae species against Microcystis aernginosa cells is expected to be mainly mediated by the release of silver ions (Ag+) from the particle surface and bioactive compounds as indicated by FfIR analysis.