• Macromolecular Research
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.241-249
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• 2003

A molecular-thermodynamic model to describe the salt-induced protein precipitation is developed based on the perturbation theory. We employed the modified perturbed hard-sphere-chain (PHSC) equation of state for copolymer mixtures to take into account the pre-aggregation effect among protein particles. Hypothetical pressure-composition diagrams are computed with various size differences and salt concentrations. The precipitation behaviors are also studied for various types of pre-aggregation effect for the given systems.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.1449-1454
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• 2003

A new equation has been derived on the basis of ${\delta}G^o$ = -RT lnK, linear behavior of the enthalpy of micellization with temperature, and the Gibbs-Helmholtz relation. It describes correctly the dependence of critical micelle concentration $(X_{CMC})$ on temperature and has yielded excellent fitting results for various surfactant systems. The new equation results in the linear behavior of the entropy of micellization with temperature and accounts for the compensation phenomena observed for the micellization in aqueous solutions, along with the linear dependence of the enthalpy of micellization on temperature. These results imply that the new equation of $X_{CMC}(T)$ accounts for the temperature dependence of CMC correctly.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.1009-1014
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• 2001

In aqueous mixtures of cationic OTAC (octadecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride) and anionic ADS (ammonium dodecyl sulfate) surfactants, mixed micelles were formed at low (< 0.2 wt %) total surfactant concentrations. For these mixtures mixed micelliza tion and interaction of surfactant molecules were examined. Mixed critical micelle concentration (CMC), thermodynamic potentials of micellization, and minimum area per surfactant molecule at the interface were obtained from surface tensiometry and electrical conductometry. The mixed micellar compositions and the estimation of interacting forces were determined on the basis of a regular solution model. The CMCs were reduced, although not substantial, and synergistic behavior of the ADS and OTAC in the mixed micelles was observed. The CMC reductions in this anionic/cationic system were comparable to those in nonionic/anionic surfactant systems. The interaction parameter $\beta$ of the regular solution model was estimated to be -5 and this negative value of $\beta$ indicated an overall attractive force in the mixed state.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.97-104
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• 1987

본 논문에서는 순수한 액체상태의 온수 단위 질량을 대상으로 동력발생에서부 터 열펌프 까지의 가능한 응용을 고려하여 온도에 따른 최적 사용방법과 최대성능 발 휘시의 용량산정을 통하여 온수의 최적능력을 확인하고자 한다. 단 본 연구의 결과 는 순수히 열역하적인 것으로 경제적 관점에서 본다면 다소 다른 견해가 있을 수 있겠 으나 열역학적 및 경제적 관점 사이의 관계 및 제2법칙의 역할의 중요성은 이미 여러 논문에서 충분히 거론된 것으로서 여기서 언급하지 않는다.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2012년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.55.2-55.2
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• 2012

Intensive theoretical and experimental studies have been carried out at Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) on controlling the bio absorbing rate of the Mg alloys with high mechanical strength through tailoring of electrochemical potential. Key technology for retarding the corrosion of the Mg alloys is to equalize the corrosion potentials of the constituent phases in the alloys, which prevented the formation of Galvanic circuit between the constituent phases resulting in remarkable reduction of corrosion rate. By thermodynamic consideration, the possible phases of a given alloy system were identified and their work functions, which are related to their corrosion potentials, were calculated by the first principle calculation. The designed alloys, of which the constituent phases have similar work function, were fabricated by clean melting and extrusion system. The newly developed Mg alloys named as KISTUI-MG showed much lower corrosion rate as well as higher strength than previously developed Mg alloys. Biocompatibility and feasibility of the Mg alloys as orthopedic implant materials were evaluated by in vitro cell viability test, in vitro degradation test of mechanical strength during bio-corrosion, in vivo implantation and continuous observation of the implant during in vivo absorbing procedures. Moreover, the cells attached on the Mg alloys was observed using cryo-FIB (focused ion beam) system without the distortion of cell morphology and its organ through the removal of drying steps essential for the preparation of normal SEM/TEM samples. Our Mg alloys showed excellent biocompatibility satisfying the regulations required for biomedical application without evident hydrogen evolution when it implanted into the muscle, inter spine disk, as well as condyle bone of rat and well contact interface with bone tissue when it was implanted into rat condyle.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.857-868
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• 2005

This paper deals with the accumulated damage in concrete structures due to the cyclic freeze-thaw as an environmental load. The cyclic ice body nucleation and growth processes in porous systems are affected by the thermo-physical and mass transport properties, and gradients of temperature and chemical potentials. Furthermore, the diffusivity of deicing chemicals shows significantly higher value under cyclic freeze-thaw conditions. Consequently, the disintegration of concrete structures is aggravated at marine environments, higher altitudes, and northern areas. However, the properties of cyclic freeze-thaw with crack growth and diffusion of chloride ion effects are hard to be identified in tests, and there has been no analytic model for the combined degradations. The main objective is to determine the driving force and evaluate the reduced strength and stiffness by freeze-thaw. For the development of computational model of those coupled deterioration, micro-pore structure characterization, pore pressure based on the thermodynamic equilibrium, time and temperature dependent super-cooling with or without deicing salts, nonlinear-fracture constitutive relation for the evaluation of internal damage, and the effect of entrained air pores (EA) has been modeled numerically. As a result, the amount of ice volume with temperature dependent surface tensions, freezing pressure and resulting deformations, and cycle and temperature dependent pore volume has been calculated and compared with available test results. The developed computational program can be combined with DuCOM, which can calculate the early aged strength, heat of hydration, micro-pore volume, shrinkage, transportation of free water in concrete. Therefore, the developed model can be applied to evaluate those various practical degradation cases as well.

• Coupled systems mechanics
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.315-327
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• 2016

Undergoing large volumetric changes upon incremental environmental stimulation, hydrogels are interesting materials which hold immense potentials for utilization in a wide array of applications in diverse industries. Owing to the large magnitudes of deformation it undergoes, swelling induced instability is a commonly observed sight in all types of gels. In this work, we investigate the instability of photo-thermal sensitive hydrogels, produced by impregnating light absorbing nano-particles into the polymer network of a temperature sensitive hydrogel, such as PNIPAM. Earlier works have shown that by using lights of different intensities, these hydrogels follow different swelling trends. We investigate the possibility of utilizing this fact for remote switching applications. The analysis is built on a thermodynamic framework of inhomogeneous large deformation of hydrogels and implemented via commercial finite element software, ABAQUS. Various examples of swelling induced instabilities, and its corresponding dependence on light intensity, will be investigated. We show that the instabilities that arise have their morphologies dependent on the light intensity.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.863-866
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• 2011

The electrode reaction of $Eu^{3+}$ in a LiCl-KCl eutectic melt has been re-examined using cyclic voltammetry (CV). In this work, for the first time, the kinetic details of a $Eu^{3+}/Eu^{2+}$ redox system have been completely elucidated, along with the thermodynamic property, through a curve fitting applied to experimental CV data, which were obtained in a wide scan rate range of 0.5 to 10 V/s. The simulated results showed an excellent fit to all experimental CV data simultaneously, even though the curve fittings were performed within a large dynamic range of initial transfer coefficient values, formal potentials, and standard rate constants. As a result, a proper formal potential, transfer coefficient, and standard rate constant for the $Eu^{3+}/Eu^{2+}$ redox system were successfully extracted using the CV curve fitting.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.497-505
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• 1990

The function exp$(x^2)$erfc(x), which is often encountered in studies of electrode kinetics, is evaluated to an extended precision with 32 significant decimal digits in order to find theoretical relationships used in derivative polarography/voltammetry for a chemically-coupled electrode process. Computations with a lower precision are not successful. Evaluation of the function is accomplished by using three types of expansions for the function. Best ranges of arguments are selected for each equation for particular precisions for efficiencies. The method is successfully applied to calculate higher-order derivatives of the current-potential curves in all potential ranges for a reversible electron transfer reaction coupled with a prior chemical equilibrium (i.e., a CE type process). Various parameters that characterize the peak asymmetry (such as ratios of peak-heights, ratios of half-peak-widths, and separations in peak-potentials) are analyzed to find how kinetic and thermodynamic parameters influence shapes of the derivatives. The results from the CE process is compared with those from an EC process in which a reversible electron transfer is coupled with a follow-up homogeneous chemical reaction. The two processes exibit quite contrasting differences for values of the parameters.

• 센서학회지
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.319-326
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• 1998

연속 기체흐름계에서 감지막으로 $Na_2CO_3$와 $MCO_3$ ($M=Cs_2,K_2,Li_2,Ca$)를 입힌 $Na^+$ 이온 전해질 센서가 $CO_2$ 가스를 감지할 때 anode반응을 도출하였다. 흔히 사용되는 전기화학 센서에 대해 일반적으로 알려진 전체 전극반응인 $MCO_3=MO+CO_2$ 반응은 위의 $Na^+$이온 전해질 센서에는 적합한 반응이 아니었다. 따라서 anode 반응은 전체cell 내의 ionic balance를 유지하기 위해 전해질과 감지막 계면에 이온교환반응을 첨가시킴으로써 도출할 수 있었으며 anode반응은 $Na_2CO_3$ 및 감지막의 금속($M^{++}$) 이온이 포함된 산화물이 참가하는 반응임을 알 수 있었다. 이와 같이 도출된 전극반응으로부터 구한 EMF와 일시 기체흐름계에서의 출력 EMF와의 차이를 아울러 검토하였다. 이러한 출력에서의 차이는 $CO_2$와 $O_2$의 분압과 분위기가스와 전극물질과의 비가역반응에 기인됨을 알았다.