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Electrochemical Studies on the Mechanism of the Fabrication of Ceramic Films by Hydrothermal-Electrochemical Technique

  • Zhibin Wu;Masahiro Yoshimura
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.20 no.8
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    • pp.869-874
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    • 1999
  • In this paper, electrochemical techniques are used to investigate hydrothermal-electrochemically formation of barium titanate (BT) ceramic films. For comparison, the electrochemical behaviors of anodic titanium oxide films formed in alkaline solution were also investigated both at room temperature and in hydrothermal condition at 150.0 ℃. Film structure and morphology were identified by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Titanium oxide films produced at different potentials exhibit different film morphology. The breakdown of titanium oxide films anodic growth on Ti electrode plays an important roles in the formation of BT films. BT films can grow on anodic oxide/metal substrate interface by short-circuit path, and the dissolution-precipitation processes on the ceramic film/solution interface control the film structure and morphology. Based upon the current experimental results and our previous work, extensively schematic proce-dures are proposed to model the mechanism of ceramic film formation by hydrothermal-electrochemical method.

Fluorescence and Laser Light Scattering Studies of Modified Poly(ethylene-co-methylacrylate0 Ionomers on the Formation of Stable Colloidal Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution

  • 여상인;우규환
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.19 no.10
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    • pp.1054-1059
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    • 1998
  • Fluorescence and dynamic light scattering measurements were applied to the study of formation and structure of aggregated colloidal particles in modified poly(ethylene-co-methylacrylate) ionomers in aqueous solution. Both 8-anillino-l-naphthalene-sulfonic acid (ANS) and pyrene were used as fluorescence probe to obtain the information on the structure of particle surface and inside, respectively. Three different ionomers used in this study started to aggregate at very dilute concentration, 3-8 x 10-6 g/mL. In this study, we demonstrate that the polyethylene ionomers can form stable nanoparticles. The hydrophobic core made of the polyethylene backbone chains is stabilized by the ionic groups on the particle surface. Such a formed stable nanoparticles have a relatively narrow size distribution with an average radius in the range of 27-48 nm, depending on the kind of ionic groups. Once the stable particles are formed, the particle size distributions were nearly constant. This study shows another way to prepare surfactant-free polyethylene nanoparticles.

Solution-State Structure of Native Coenzyme F430 by NMR Methods

  • 원호식;Karl D. Olson;박지석;Ralph S. Wolfe;Dennis R. Hare;Michael F. Summers
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.16 no.7
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    • pp.649-653
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    • 1995
  • Solution-state structure of native F430 was determined by using NMR methods and NMR-based distance geometry (DG) computations. Structures were generated with loose NOE-derived interproton distance restraints (2.0-2.5 Å, 2.0-3.5 Å and 2.0-4.5 Å for strong, medium, and weak NOE cross-peak intensities, respectively). 2D NOESY back-calculations of structures were subsequently carried out for establishing the consistence between experimental data and DG-model structures. The back-calculated 2D NOESY spectra of resulting DG structures were well consistent with experimental 2D NOESY spectra. Superposition of 20 independent structures with macrocyclic ring atoms and all atoms of F430 afforded pairwise root mean square deviations (RMSD) of 0.025-0.125 Å and 0.64-1.3 Å, respectively. The macrocyclic rings of structures are well converged to a unique conformation with saddle-shaped deformation whereas most of side chains are not converged. The average dihedral angle (N1-N2-N3-N4, 27.78±1.50°) of 20 DG-structures exhibits that the macrocyclic ring conformation is puckered as much as 12,13-diepimeric F430 (28.75±4.07°).

Graphical technique for the flutter analysis of flexible bridge

  • Lee, Tzen Chin;Go, Cheer Germ
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.41-49
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    • 1999
  • The flutter of a bridge is induced by self-excited force factors such as lift, drag and aerodynamic moment. These factors are associated with flutter derivatives in the analysis of wind engineering. The flutter derivatives are the function of structure configuration, wind velocity and response circular frequency. Therefore, the governing equations for the interaction between the wind and dynamic response of the structure are complicated and highly nonlinear. Herein, a numerical algorithm through graphical technique for the solution of wind at flutter is presented. It provides a concise approach to the solution of wind velocity at flutter.

Forced vibration analysis of a dam-reservoir interaction problem in frequency domain

  • Keivani, Amirhossein;Shooshtari, Ahmad;Sani, Ahmad Aftabi
    • Coupled systems mechanics
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.385-403
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, the forced vibration problem of an Euler-Bernoulli beam that is joined with a semi-infinite field of a compressible fluid is considered as a boundary value problem (BVP). This BVP includes two partial differential equations (PDE) and some boundary conditions (BC), which are introduced comprehensively. After that, the closed-form solution of this fluid-structure interaction problem is obtained in the frequency domain. Some mathematical techniques are utilized, and two unknown functions of the BVP, including the beam displacement at each section and the fluid dynamic pressure at all points, are attained. These functions are expressed as an infinite series and evaluated quantitatively for a real example in the results section. In addition, finite element analysis is carried out for comparison.

Feasibility study of improved particle swarm optimization in kriging metamodel based structural model updating

  • Qin, Shiqiang;Hu, Jia;Zhou, Yun-Lai;Zhang, Yazhou;Kang, Juntao
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.70 no.5
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    • pp.513-524
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    • 2019
  • This study proposed an improved particle swarm optimization (IPSO) method ensemble with kriging model for model updating. By introducing genetic algorithm (GA) and grouping strategy together with elite selection into standard particle optimization (PSO), the IPSO is obtained. Kriging metamodel serves for predicting the structural responses to avoid complex computation via finite element model. The combination of IPSO and kriging model shall provide more accurate searching results and obtain global optimal solution for model updating compared with the PSO, Simulate Annealing PSO (SimuAPSO), BreedPSO and PSOGA. A plane truss structure and ASCE Benchmark frame structure are adopted to verify the proposed approach. The results indicated that the hybrid of kriging model and IPSO could serve for model updating effectively and efficiently. The updating results further illustrated that IPSO can provide superior convergent solutions compared with PSO, SimuAPSO, BreedPSO and PSOGA.

In-cell nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for studying intermolecular interactions

  • Sugiki, Toshihiko;Lin, Yuxi;Lee, Young-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetic Resonance Society
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.33-39
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    • 2019
  • Studies on the interactions of proteins with partner molecules at the atomic resolution are essential for understanding the biological function of proteins in cells and for developing drug molecules. Solution NMR spectroscopy has shown remarkably useful capability for investigating properties on the weak to strong intermolecular interactions in both diluted and crowded solution such as cell lysates. Of note, the state-of-the-art in-cell NMR method has made it possible to obtain atomistic information on natures of intermolecular interactions between target proteins with partner molecules in living cells. In this mini-review, we comprehensively describe the several technological advances and developments in the in-cell NMR spectroscopy.

An Electron Microscopic Investigation of the Structure of Thin Film Tin Oxide Material

  • Jeon, Eok-Gui;Choy, Jin-Ho;Choi, Q.-won;Kim, Ha-Suck
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.304-308
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    • 1985
  • Morphological structure of tin oxide thin films was examined by transmission electron microscopy. TEM samples were prepared by chemical etching in hydrogen fluoride solution: firstly floating for 2-3 minutes in acid solution, then suspending on water found to be useful for the preparation of TEM samples. Electron micrographs showed the size of grains of the tin oxide crystal was dependent upon the temperature of the film preparation. Dopant concentration and heating time also influence the grain size. The resistivity of tin oxide material was explained by grain size and grain boundaries in a limited temperature and dopant concentration ranges.

Developing a new weir type using the smoothed particle hydrodynamic model

  • Kalajdzisalihovic, Haris;Milasinovic, Zoran;Harapin, Alen
    • Coupled systems mechanics
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.491-507
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    • 2021
  • The aim of this paper is to conduct a hydrodynamic analysis of fluid flow over different weir types using the analytical solution, the physical model taken from another article, and numericalsimulations through the Smoothed particle hydrodynamic method (SPH) using the compiled DualSPHysics source code. The paper covers the field of real fluid dynamics that includes a description of different proposed types of weirs in various flow regimes and the optimal solution for the most efficiency structure shape. A detailed presentation of the method, the structure and it's characteristics are included. Apart from the single stepped weir, two other weir types are proposed: a Divided type and a Downstream slopped type. All of them are modeled using the SPH method.

SIL VER-IMPREGNATED HAP-COATING ON ALUMINA SUBSTRATE FOR PREVENTION OF INFECTION

  • Kim, T.N.;Feng, Q.L.;Wu, J.;Kim, J.O.
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.6 no.S1
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    • pp.27-33
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    • 1997
  • Recently ion beam assistant deposition (IBAD) was successfully used to produce a dense ultra-adherent and pinhole-free hydroxyapatite (HAp) layer on alumina substrate. After that the HAp-coated alumina was immersed in 20ppm and 100ppm $AgNO_3$ solution at room temperature for 48 hours to carry out the ions exchange between $Ag^+\;and\;Ca^+$ in HAp. The obvious antimicrobial effect against E.Coli, P. Aeruginosa and S. Epidermidis was observed in the samples treated with 20ppm $AgNO_3$ Solution, In contrast to this the untreated samples did not show any bactericidal effect. Scanning electron microscope(SEM) study showed that Ag homogeneously distributed on the surface. X-ray diffraction (XRD) demonstrated that the surface structure in the samples without Ag was HAp whereas with Ag is HAp and AgCaP. It appears that silver ions exchange with calcium ions in HAp does not cause significant changes in the structure of HAp coatings.

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