• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.55 no.6
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• pp.661-669
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• 2022

The need for miniaturization, high efficiency, and green energy resources as an energy storage device through the development of various electronic device has emerged. Accordingly, nanomaterials with excellent electrochemical properties, such as graphene and graphene hybrids, are attracting attention as promising materials. In particular, in the electric vehicle industry, cost reduction of secondary batteries is a key factor that can determine the spread of related industries, and it is most important to analyze R&D trends for battery material technology and respond to future technological development directions. Therefore, in this study, we tried to suggest a direction for R&D activities in the future by analyzing patent trends for graphene anode material technology for secondary batteries and deriving implications. As a result, in the case of anode material technology, the proportion of foreigners in the US and European patent markets was higher than in the Korean and Japanese patent markets, which means that the US and European marketability is high. In addition, Japanese applicants are filing high-level applications not only in the Japanese patent market but also in other countries suggests that Japan is leading the technology in this field. Lastly, the proportion of research institutes in the patent market of Korea and the US remains high compared to that of Japan and Europe, indicating that the commercialization of technology is still slow in those countries. Therefore research institutes and companies in Korea will have to establish their own strategies for developing and securing materials using the results of patent trends in major countries and major companies analyzed in this study.

• Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.130-137
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• 2023

This study analyzed the effect of mixing order on the flowability, compressive strength, and flexural strength of cement composites reinforced with polyvinyl alcohol(PVA) fibers and multi-walled carbon nanotubes(MWCNTs). The experimental results showed that the addition of CNTs significantly reduced the flowability, and the flowability was considerably affected by the mixing order when CNTs were added. The compressive strength was most effectively improved when water and CNTs solution were mixed first before adding PVA fibers, and the flexural strength was highest when water and CNTs solution were mixed with PVA fibers after dry mixing. However, there was no clear correlation between the flexural toughness and the mixing order. In addition, scanning electron microscopy(SEM) image analysis was conducted to analyze the microstructure. The SEM images showed that CNTs were randomly dispersed through the specimens and contributed to the strength improvement, but the effect of the mixing order was not clearly observed. The main results of this study are expected to be useful for evaluations of workability and material performance of PVA fiber-reinforced cement composites with CNTs.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.35-42
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• 2023

Recently, electronic devices with bendable electronic devices based on flexible substrates are being sold, and therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the possibility of flexible substrates of conductive transparent tapes. As a transparent electrode, carbon nanotube (CNT) was formed by the coating method developed by the research team, and samples coated up to 5 times were fabricated. The surface resistance and transmittance of the substrate were measured, and both resistance and transmittance decreased as the number of CNT coatings increased. After the tape was detached from the glass, the surface resistance slightly increased in all samples, and the transmittance increased by about 10% in all measured wavelength ranges because the glass was removed. Next, the tape coated with CNT twice was used to a bending test 20,000 times under the condition of a radius of curvature of 2 mm. The electrical and optical properties before and after bending did not change, which means that there was no change in CNT properties due to bending.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.201-207
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• 2020

In this study, various types of porous beams were designed and analyzed to examine the relationship between the behavior of a porous beam and certain nonlocal parameters. The nonlocal parameters were defined as functions of the conditions of defects in the porous material. Finite element analysis was conducted on the beams under typical boundary and loading conditions. Beams with stiffeners having the same dimensions as the defects in the porous beams were also analyzed. The deformation tendency of these beams was determined and described in terms of the nonlocal parameters. The deformation of a porous beam was linearly proportional to the square of the diameters of the defects, whereas that of a beam with a stiffener was linearly proportional to the cube of the diameter of the stiffener. Furthermore, for a stiffened beam with axial loading, the results derived from a 3D solid element and those under 2D plane stress conditions were different.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.212-212
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• 2016

2차원 탄소나노재료인 그래핀은 우수한 물성으로 인하여 광범위한 분야로 응용이 가능할 것으로 예상되어 많은 주목을 받아왔다. 이러한 그래핀의 응용가능성을 실현시키기 위해서는 보다 손쉽고 신뢰할 수 있는 합성방법의 개발이 필요한 실정이다. 그래핀의 합성 방법들로 흑연을 물리적 및 화학적으로 박리하거나, 특정 결정표면 위에 방향성 성장의 흑연화를 통한 합성, 그리고 열화학기상증착법(Thermal chemical vapor deposition; T-CVD) 등의 합성방법들이 제기되었다. 이중 T-CVD법은 대면적으로 두께의 균일성이 높은 그래핀을 합성하기 위한 가장 적합한 방법으로 알려져 있다. 그러나 일반적으로 T-CVD공정은 원료 가스인 탄화수소가스를 효율적으로 분해하기 위하여 $1000^{\circ}C$부근의 온공정이 요구되며, 이는 산업적인 응용의 측면에서 그래핀의 접근성을 제한한다. 따라서 대면적으로 고품질의 그래핀을 저온합성 할 수 있는 공정의 개발은 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는, 플라즈마를 이용하여 원료가스를 효율적으로 분해함으로써 그래핀의 저온합성을 도모하였다. 퀄츠 튜브로 구성된 수평형 합성장치는 플라즈마 방전영역과 T-CVD 영역으로 구분되며, 방전되는 유도결합 플라즈마는 원료가스를 효율적으로 분해하는 역할을 한다. 합성을 위한 기판과 원료가스로는 각각 전자빔 증착법을 통하여 300nm 두께의 니켈 박막이 증착된 실리콘 웨이퍼와 메탄가스를 이용하였다. 저온합성공정의 변수로는 인가전력과 합성시간으로 설정하였으며, 공정변수의 영향을 확인함으로써 그래핀의 저온합성 메커니즘을 고찰하였다. 연구결과, 인가전력이 증가되고 합성시간이 길어짐에 따라 원료가스의 분해효율과 공급되는 탄소원자의 반응시간이 보장되어 그래핀의 합성온도가 저하가능함을 확인하였으며, $400^{\circ}C$에서 다층 그래핀이 합성됨을 확인하였다. 또한 플라즈마 변수의 보다 정밀한 제어를 통해 합성온도의 저온화와 그래핀의 결정성 향상이 가능할 것으로 예상된다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.7
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• pp.4388-4397
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to research the property change of acrylic resins depending on the induced-beam change and research the improved physical property of dry-heat and microwave-cured dental place acrylic resin in order to develop the acrylic resins with the optimum characteristic. As a result of observing flexural rigidity, hardness and color difference, the dry-heat-cured specimens of Vertex RS and Paladent 20 showed ideal property at 5, 15, and 25 kGy irradiation. The microwave-cured specimens of Vertex RS and Paladent 20 showed ideal property at 5 kGy irradiation. The correlation analysis showed a positive correlation among ARD, flexural rigidity (0 418), E coefficient (0.675) and Barcol hardness (0 588). The radiation cure technology is helpful for relieving the contamination caused by the manufacture of polymer composite. It can significantly contribute to the fusion of ultra violet cure technology and nano technology and the improvement of mechanical property without giving effect to the workability of polymer.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.238.1-238.1
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• 2015

2차원 탄소나노재료인 그래핀은 본연의 우수한 물성으로 인하여 전자소자, 에너지 저장매체, 유연성 전도막 등 다양한 분야로의 응용가능성이 제기되었다. 그러나 실제적인 응용을 위해서는 그래핀의 구조적인 결함을 최소화하며, 특성을 자유로이 제어하거나 향상시키는 공정의 개발이 필요하다. 일반적으로 화학적 도핑은 그래핀의 전기적 특성을 제어하는 효율적인 방법으로 알려져 있다. 화학적 도핑의 방법으로는 그래핀을 특정 가스 분위기에서 고온 열처리하거나 활성종들이 존재하는 플라즈마에 노출시킴으로써, 그래핀을 구성하는 탄소원자를 이종원자로 치환하거나 표면에 흡착시켜 기능화 된 그래핀을 얻는 방법 등이 제시되었다. 특히 플라즈마를 이용한 도핑방법은 저온에서 단시간의 처리로 효율적인 도핑이 가능하고, 인가전력, 처리시간 등의 플라즈마 변수를 변경하여 도핑정도를 수월하게 제어할 수 있다는 장점을 가지고 있다. 그러나 플라즈마 내에 존재하는 극성을 띄는 다양한 활성종들로 인하여 그래핀에 구조적인 결함을 형성하여 오히려 특성이 저하될 수 있어 이를 고려한 플라즈마 공정조건의 설정이 필수적이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 플라즈마에 노출된 그래핀의 Raman 특성을 고찰함으로써 화학적 도핑과 구조적인 결함의 경계를 확립하고 구조결함의 형성을 최소화한 효율적인 도핑조건을 도출하였다. 고품질 그래핀은 물리적 박리법을 이용하여 300 nm 두께의 실리콘 산화막이 존재하는 실리콘 웨이퍼 위에 제작하였으며, 평행 평판형 직류 플라즈마 장치를 이용하여 전극의 위치, 인가전력, 처리시간을 변수로 암모니아(NH3) 플라즈마를 방전하여 그래핀의 Raman 특성변화를 관찰하였다. 그래핀의 구조적 결함 및 도핑은 라만 스펙트럼의 D, G, D', 2D밴드의 강도비와 G밴드의 위치와 반치폭(Full width at half maximum; FWHM)의 변화를 통해 확인하였다. 그 결과, 인가전력과 처리시간이 증가함에 따라 그래핀의 도핑레벨이 증가되고, 이후에는 도핑효과가 없어지고 결함의 정도가 상승하는 천이구역이 존재하며, 이를 넘어서는 너무 높은 인가적력의 처리는 그래핀에 결함을 형성하여 구조적인 붕괴를 야기함을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.45 no.8
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• pp.477-481
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• 2008

$Eu^{2+}$ and $Dy^{3+}$ co-doped strontium aluminate, $SrAl_2O_4$ long phosphorescent phoshor was fabricated and its photoluminescence was characterized. The phosphor, $SrAl_2O_4:Eu^{2+},Dy^{3+}$ was synthesized by a coprecipitation in which metal salts of $Sr(NO_3)_2$, $Al(NO_3)_3{\cdot}9H_2O$, were dissolved in $(NH_4)_2CO_3$ solution with adding $Eu(NO_3)_3{\cdot}5H_2O$ and $Dy(NO_3)_3{\cdot}5H_2O$ as a activator and co-activator, respectively. The coprecipitated products were separated from solution, washed, and dried in a vacuum dry oven. The dried powders were then mixed with 3 wt% $B_2O_3$ as a flux and heated at $800{\sim}1400^{\circ}C$ for 3 h under the reducing ambient atmosphere of 95%Ar+$5%H_2$ gases. For the synthesized $SrAl_2O_4:Eu^{2+},Dy^{3+}$, properties of photoluminescence such as emission, excitation and decay time were examined. The emission intensity increased as the annealing temperature increased and showed a maximum peak intensity at 510 nm with a broad band from $400{\sim}650\;nm$. Monitored at 520 nm, the excitation spectrum showed a maximum peak intensity at $315{\sim}320\;nm$ wavelength with a broad band from $200{\sim}500\;nm$ wavelength. The decay time of $SrAl_2O_4:Eu^{2+},Dy^{3+}$ increased as the annealing temperature increased.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.41 no.11
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• pp.743-748
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• 2017

For diseases that are difficult to detect by conventional imaging techniques, the development of a diagnostic method that allows sensors to be inserted into the human body to aid the diagnosis of local spots of the target tissue, is highly desirable. In particular, it is extremely difficult to determine whether vulnerable plaque can later develop into atherosclerosis using only imaging techniques. However, vulnerable plaques are expected to have slightly different mechanical properties than healthy tissue. In this study, we aim to develop a piezoelectric cantilever-type sensor that can be inserted into the human body and can detect the local mechanical properties of the target tissue. A piezoelectric polymer composite based on $BaTiO_3$ nanoparticles was optimized for fabrication of a piezoelectric cantilever. Next, a micro-cone tip was fabricated at the end of the piezoelectric cantilever by thermal drawing. Finally, stiffness of biological tissue samples was measured with the piezoelectric cantilever sensor for verifying its functionality.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.40-46
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• 2015

Microcapsules containing the suspension of conducting materials such as carbon nanotube (CNT) or polyaniline (PANI) were prepared by in-situ polymerization of melamine and formaldehyde. Stable microcapsules were prepared and the mean diameter of the observed microcapsules was in the range of $10-20{\mu}m$. The surface morphology and chemical structure of microcapsules were investigated using optical microscope (OM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The thermal properties of samples were investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The conductivity of ruptured microcapsule containing the suspension of CNTs or PANIs in tetrachloroethylene and Isopar-G was measured. As the amount of CNTs and PANIs in the core of microcapsules increased, the measured current increased. Conductivity measurement results suggest that poly (melamine-formaldehyde) based core-shell microcapsules could be applied to self-healing electronic materials systems, where CNTs or PANIs bridge a broken circuit upon release.