• Macromolecular Research
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.127-134
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• 2002

Microporous polypropylene hollow fiber membrane was fabricated from isotactic polypropylene-soybean oil system by melt spinning process. Addition of nucleating agent accelerated the crystallization rate and elevated the crystallization temperature. Nucleating agent increased the number of nuclei and spherulites, which offered more inter-spherulitic amorphous sites for stretching. Benzoic acid, adipic acid, and dibenzylidene sorbitol were selected as nucleating agents, and their characteristics and effects were investigated by thermal and optical analyses. Spherulite growth and micropore formation characteristics were correlated with the kind of nucleating agent. Benzoic acid and adipic acid showed the remarkable nucleating effect, while dibenzylidene sorbitol was less effective than those. Nucleating agents also helped the sample have uniform microporous structure. Increase of nucleating agent composition enhanced the nucleation effect to some extent. Nucleating agents played very important roles in enhancing the membrane porosity and water flux.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.169-176
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• 2015

Iron nanoparticles were made by using the modified coprecipitation technique. Usually the characteristics of synthesised particles depend upon the process parameters such as the ratio of the iron ions, the pH of the solution, the molar concentration of base used, type of reactants and temperature. A modified coprecipitation method was adopted in this study. A magnetic stirrer was used for mixing and the morphology and nature of particles were observed after synthesis. Nanoparticles were characterised through XRD. Obtained nanoparticles showed the formation of magnetite and maghemite under citric acid and oxalic acid as stabilisers respectively. The size of nanoparticle was greatly affected by the use of different types of stabilisers. Results show that citric acid greatly reduced the obtained particle size. Particle size as small as 13 nm was obtained in this study. The effects of different kinds of nucleating agents were also observed and two different types of nucleating agents were used i.e. potassium hydroxide (KOH) and copper chloride ($CuCl_2$). Results show that the use of nucleating agent in general pushes the growth phase of nanoparticles towards the end of coprecipitation reaction. The particles obtained after addition of nucleating agent were greater in size than particles obtained by not utilising any nucleating agent. These particles have found widespread use in medical sciences, energy conservation and electronic sensing technology.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제58권2호
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• pp.65-69
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• 2023

To reduce the weight of the engineering plastic Nylon 6 resin, two high-temperature foaming agents, p-toluenesulfonyl semicarbazide (PTSS) and 5-phenyltetrazole (5-PT) (0-10 phr), were added and foamed without other additives. We investigated the effects of the foaming agent type and content on the foam density (g/cm³) and percent weight reduction rate of the Nylon 6 foam, and 5-PT exhibited better foaming performance than PTSS. In the case of 5-PT, the weight reduction rate was above 36% when the blowing agent content was 1.5 phr or higher, indicating that 5-PT is an effective blowing agent for reducing the Nylon 6 foam weight. Additionally, we studied the effect of the nucleating agent Talc content (0-0.4 phr) on Nylon 6 foaming, and the nucleating agent Talc considerably reduced foaming.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.197-203
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• 2015

The colorization of $Zn_2SiO_4$ crystal glazes was investigated by adding nucleating seeds with various coloring agents. The addition of color fixing agents such as $Fe_2O_3$, $MnO_2$, and NiO with seeds caused changes in the colors of glazes. The crystallinity and crystal size were dependent on glaze composition and firing schedules. By controlling coloring agents and firing schedules, it was possible to create various colors and sizes of crystals in a zinc-based crystalline glaze.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.856-862
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• 2009

This study examined the effects of liquid and solid additives on the morphological, mechanical and thermal insulating properties of rigid polyurethane foams (PUFs). The PUFs synthesized with tetramethylsilane (TEMS) as a liquid-type additive showed a smaller average cell size and lower thermal conductivity than those with the aerosil 200 and clay 30B as solid-type additives. When TEMS was added, the average cell size of the PUF became more uniform and finer due to the reduced surface tension of the polymer solution, which increased the nucleation rate and number of bubbles produced and reduced cell size. The PUFs with TEMS showed the highest closed cell contents among the PUFs prepared using TEMS, aerosil 200 and clay 30B. This suggests that the insulation properties of PUF can be determined by both the size of the cell structure and the amount of closed cell contents in the system. The compression and flexural strengths of the PUF increased slightly when the aerosil 200, clay 30B and TEMS were added compared those of the neat PUF. The reaction profiles of the PUFs showed a similar gel and tack tree time with the reaction time among the PUFs synthesized with three different additives and neat PUF. This suggests that the nucleating additives used in this study do not affect the bubble growth of the chemical reaction, and the additives may act as nucleating agents during the formation of PUF. From the above results of the cell size, thermal conductivity, closed cell contents and reaction profile of the PUFs, liquid-type nucleating agent, such as TEMS, is more effective in decreasing the thermal conductivity of the PUF than solid-type nucleating agent, such as aerosil 200 and clay 30B.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.914-920
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 PLA(PolyLactic Acid)의 결정화도 및 결정구조에 대해 연구하였다. PLA는 옥수수 전분으로부터 추출한 Lactic acid로부터 얻어지는 친환경적인 열가소성 플라스틱으로 매립시 미생물에 의해 완전히 분해되는 소재로 각광받고 있지만 열 안정성이 낮고 낮은 결정화도로 인해 높은 기계적 물성이 요구되는 용도에는 부적합한 단점을 가지고 있다. 이 중에서도 낮은 결정화도와 느린 결정화 속도는 사출 성형 공정에서 Cycle time을 증가시키는 요인으로 다른 소재와의 경쟁에 매우 큰 단점으로 나타난다. 본 논문에서는 핵제 및 가소제의 종류와 함량에 따른 결정화도 및 결정화 속도의 변화를 연구함으로써 궁극적으로 사출 성형 공정에서 Cycle time을 개선하고자 하였다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.288-296
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• 1990

Parent glasses for the experiments were prepared to be ratio of Li2O : Al2O3 : SiO2=4.5 : 25 : 70.5 as basic components, and TiO2 and ZrO2 in the mixing ratio of 1 : 1 were added as the nucleating agents, whose contents were increased in each sample. DTA, XRD, SEM, IR were observed, and thermal expansion and transmissivities were measured for the crystallized samples under the controlled heat-treatments. The transformation temperatures and the dilatometric softening temperatures in thermal expansion curves, and also the exothermic peaks in differential thermo-analytical curves were shifted to lower temperature. The crystal phase deposited through the heat-treatment was identified as ${\beta}$-quartz solid solution with XRD and IR analysis. The crystalline phases in oopactified samples were ${\beta}$-spodumene coexiting with ${\beta}$-quartz solid solution. The samples having more than 3% nucleating agents were transparent. The crystallized grain sizes were ranged 0.05 to 0.1$\mu\textrm{m}$. The crystallized transparent samples were exceeded 85% in the transmissivity.

• Composites Research
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.126-131
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• 2023

기존의 상용 플라스틱으로 인한 환경 오염에 대한 우려가 높아지면서 대체 재료로서 생분해성 고분자에 대한 연구가 주목을 받고 있다. 본 연구는 생분해성 열가소성 수지인 폴리 젖산에 유기 핵제의 도입으로 물성 강화 및 100% 생분해 가능한 나노복합재 개발을 목표로 한다. 그에 따라 무기 핵제의 대체재로 친환경 소재인 셀룰로오스 나노섬유를 채택하였다. 폴리 젖산 내 셀룰로오스 나노섬유의 균일한 분산을 위해 동결 건조 방식으로 나노화된 섬유 형상을 유지시켰으며, 이축압출기로 1차 교반을 진행하고, 사출 성형을 통해 이중 교반된 물성 시험용 시편을 제작하였다. 보강된 결정성을 확인하기 위해 시차주사 열량분석법을 사용하였고 1 wt%의 셀룰로오스 나노섬유가 보강재 및 핵제로서 작용하여 냉결정화온도가 약 14℃ 가량 감소하며, 결정화되는 정도 또한 증가한 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 기존 생분해성 고분자의 무기 핵제를 유기 나노소재로 대체함으로써 100% 생분해 가능한 친환경 나노복합재 개발하여 강화된 물성의 플라스틱 소재 개발을 위한 친환경적 대안을 제시한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.5595-5600
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• 2012

본 논문은 poly(lactic acid)의 내열성을 향상시키기 위한 결정화 핵제의 검토 및 연구에 대한 것이다. 네 종류의 미세분말 핵제인 금속염 2,2'-methylene bis(4,6-di-tert-butylphenol) salt를 결정화 핵제로 사용하였다. 폴리머 컴파운드의 열적 및 기계적 특성은 DSC, HDT, UTM을 통해 측정하였다. 이 연구의 결과로서, 컴파운드 한 폴리머 샘플들의 내열특성은 핵제의 함량 증가와 미세분말 일수록 선형적으로 증가 하였다. 그 중에서MPZ2의 함량이 2 wt%일때 가장 높은 내열특성을 나타내었으며, PL98Z2 컴파운드의 열변형 온도는 $116^{\circ}C$를 나타내었다 (ASTM D 648, 0.455MPa).

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.135-141
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• 1979

This study seeks to find optimum conditions for the heating schedule of the Diopside-Devitrite system, to find the amounts and the kinds of nucleus which effect the crystal growth and forming nucleus. Generally, crystallization in the glass depends on the number of nucleus growing in the internal system and the rate of crystal growth. In order to obtain homogeneous polystalline phae, Diopside as MgO source and $ZrO_2$.$P_2O_5$, $TiO_2$, NaF, $CaF_2$ as nucleating agents were added to the $Na_2O$.CaO.$6SiO_2$ glass. The results obtained were Summarized as follows. 1) Optimum Batch Composition of base glass is 76.82 wt.% $SiO_2$, 5.84 wt.% CaO, 4.54 wt.% MgO and 9.80 wt.% $Na_2O$. 2) Best heating schedule.140$0^{\circ}C$(Melting)coolinglongrightarrow95$0^{\circ}C$reheatinglongrightarrow$1100^{\circ}C$coolinglongrightarrowRoom Temp. 3) The optimum amounts of $ZrO_2$.$P_2O_5$, $TiO_2$ and $CaF_2$ are 3wt.% and that of NaF is 4 wt.% as a nucleating agents.