• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.537-538
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• 2006

Split and recombine type reaction module was made by electrical discharge machining. The reaction module has special features to well mix the two reactants which have high flow ratio or high concentrations difference. It could be achieved by deviding one flow equally by two and inserting second flow in between. The mixing performance was measured by a parallel competing reaction with iodide-iodate system. The result shows that the developed three inlets micromixer has better mixing efficiency than comercialized Y type micromixer.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2003년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.121-125
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• 2003

Micromixer plays an important role in Bio-MEMS or ${\mu}-TAS$. Mixing is generally generated by turbulence and interdiffusion of two fluids. Because of low Reynolds number(Re << 2000) in ${\mu}-channel$, it is difficult to generate turbulence, so mixing mainly depends on interdiffusion. Thus long channel distance is required to mix two different fluids. To reduce the channel length required for mixing, we propose the a new active ${\mu}-mixer$ that two fluids are effectively mixed in ${\mu}-channel$ by the ultrasonic wave which is generated by PZT. The ultrasonic wave is radiated into a chamber in the cross-section directional direction to interface with the two fluids. The two fluids are positioned one on top of the other. Mixing state is measured by the changing of color due to the reaction of NaOH and phenolphtalein.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.42-48
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• 2022

The shortage of available freshwater is a major global issue worldwide and an increasing demand for clean water requires efficient water purification strategies. Here we describe a method to drastically increase the efficiency of a microreactor for photocatalytic water purification. To find out how the shape of the catalyst affects water purification, nanostructured catalysts of different structures, such as dense film, nanorod, and nanohelix, are prepared and their water purification characteristics are analyzed. Compared to the flat catalyst, the nanostructured catalyst showed a distinct ability in its pollutant degradation, but the detailed structural variation does not significantly affect the water purification. To further increase efficiency, we apply a micromixer to nanorod-based microreactor, which allows even enhanced mass transfer. This enables the solution of the water purification problem and greatly contributes to the industries where the efficiency of photocatalytic activity has attracted extensive interest.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.214-221
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• 2012

Recently, the biochip which is a prime representation of NT, IT, BT, as an example of convergence technology, has been frequently mentioned. With the recent rapid advance in biotechnology, these compact devices, such as lab-on-a-chip or u-TAS, have been developed, and more research is needed. These compact devices typically use the micro-channel in order to shed or detach and mix a variety of materials. Specially, in micro-fluidic systems, a mixer is necessary to produce a mixture because only laminar flow occurs at a low-Reynolds number. To solve this problem, HVM a micromixer that induces a horizontal and vertical multi-mixing flow motion, is proposed. The mixing performance was analyzed and verified by optimizing the shape through the CFD analysis and evaluating the structural analysis and the soundness with material properties that are obtained through the basic experiment.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.389-390
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• 2009

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제60권2호
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• pp.300-307
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• 2022

매우 짧은 펄스 폭의 X선 자유전자 레이저(XFEL)를 이용한 시간 분해능 연속 펨토초 결정학(time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography, TR-SFX)기법에서 반응 물질과 생체분자 결정 샘플간의 혼합률(mixing rate)과 결정 샘플과 X선 레이저 간의 충돌률(hit rate)은 생체분자의 시분해 구조 변화에 대한 정확한 이미지 획득 및 효율적인 샘플소비와 같은 TR-SFX의 분석 성능을 결정짓는 핵심인자이다. 본 연구에서는 극초단 내 일어나는 생체분자의 시분해 구조 변화 해석을 위해 초고속 믹싱 기능을 가짐과 동시에 공압 기반의 주문형 액적 젯팅이 가능한 두 가지 다른 방식의 샘플 전달시스템을 고안하였다. 한 방식은 이중 노즐을 통해 토출된 액적의 고속 충돌에 유발된 관성 믹싱을 기반으로 하고 있으며, 다른 방식은 마이크로믹서가 내장된 공압 젯팅을 기반으로 하고 있다. 먼저, 이중 노즐을 통해 토출된 액적의 충돌에 대한 동적 거동 및 액적 내부 관성 유동에 대한 믹싱에 대한 실험 및 수치해석적 연구를 수행하였다. 다음으로 마이크로믹서가 내장된 공압 젯팅 시스템의 성능을 유사한 방법을 통해 평가하였다. 본 연구에서 개발한 샘플 전달시스템은 질환을 유발하는 특정 단백질들의 기작을 규명하거나, 항체 의약품과 신약 후보 물질 탐색하는 데 있어 필수적인 3차원 생체 분자 구조분석 연구에 매우 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.667-672
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• 2006

Agglutination is one of the most commonly employed reactions in clinical diagnosis. In this paper, we have designed and fabricated nickel mold insert for injection molding of a microfluidic lab-on-a-chip for the purpose of the efficient detection of agglutination. In the presented microfluidic lab-on-a-chip, two inlets for sample blood and reagent, flow guiding microchannels, improved serpentine laminating micromixer(ISLM) and reaction microwells are fully integrated. The ISLM, recently developed by our group, can highly improve mixing of the sample blood and reagent in the microchannel, thereby enhancing reaction of agglutinogens and agglutinins. The reaction microwell was designed to contain large volume of about $25{\mu}l$ of the mixture of sample blood and reagent. The result of agglutination in the reaction microwell could be determined by means of the level of the light transmission. To achieve the cost-effectiveness, the microfluidic lab-on-a-chip was realized by the injection molding of COC(cyclic olefin copolymer) and thermal bonding of two injection molded COC substrates. To define microfeatures in the microfluidic lab-on-a-chip precisely, the nickel mold inserts of lab-on-a-chip for the injection molding were fabricated by combining the UV photolithography with a negative photoresist SU-8 and the nickel electroplating process. The microfluidic lab-on-a-chip developed in this study could be applied to various clinical diagnosis based on agglutination.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2009년 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.93-96
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• 2009

In the cathode channel of a PEM fuel cell, the local concentration of oxygen near the gas diffusion layer (GDL) decreases in streamwise direction due to chemical reactions, which degrades the efficiency of the oxygen consumption and overall fuel cell efficiency. We numerically studied the influence of the swirling flow generated by a slanted groove mixer (SGM) on the concentration distribution of oxygen. We found that the swirling flow can increase the concentration of oxygen near the GDL, and subsequently improves the oxygen consumption rate.

• 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국가시화정보학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.99-102
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• 2005

This study was conducted for obtaining the optimized data to build the mixer or micro fluid device as measuring the three dimensions flow field in micro mixer. To acquire the rapid diffusion on the region of low Reynolds (Re < 100), the staggered herringbone mixer using chaotic advection was selected in this case. At first, by conducting the numerical analytical virtual experiment using CFD-ACE+, three dimensions flow field in the micro mixer was estimated As this flow field was proven using defocusing particle tracing method, the behavior of micro flow with three dimensional aspects could be analyzed. Numerical analysis and flow pattern in the micro mixer by experimental verification made to be able to analyze the chaotic advection. These can be important sources for building more optimized form. Verifying the information of three dimensional flow structure, these information can be used as the data for developing and improving the $\mu$ -TAS.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2008년도 학술대회
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• pp.204-207
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• 2008

Stochastic molecular dynamics simulation is a variation of standard molecular dynamics simulation that basically omits water molecules. The omission of water molecules, occupying a majority of space, enables flow simulation at microscale. This study reports our stochastic molecular dynamics simulation of particles diffusing in rectangular microchannels. We interestingly found that diffusion patterns in channels with a very small aspect ratio differ by dimensions. We will also discuss the future direction of our research toward a more realistic simulation of micromixing.