• 센서학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.127-133
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• 2006

Recent studies demonstrated the ability of carbon nanotube (CNT) to promote electron transfer reactions of important compounds and to impart higher stability onto electrochemical sensors. CNT-based sensors measured by hydroxyl radical concentration or pH value suggest great promise for biosensors. This paper describes a new method for fabricating a very simple and inexpensive pH sensor compose of single walled-carbon nanotubes (SW-CNTs) using an ultra-precision spray. CNT-based sensor shows pH sensitivity in buffer solution at different pH range. Our experimental results show the sensor responses to pH buffer solution and the conductance of depends on the pH values. These results support application possibility of SW-CNTs based pH sensor for mass production.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.488-493
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• 2009

Thin films of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) with various thicknesses were fabricated, and their optical and electrical properties were investigated. The SWNTs of various thicknesses were directly coated in the arc-discharge chamber during the synthesis and then thermally and chemically purified. The crystalline quality of the SWNTs was improved by the purification processes as determined by Raman spectroscopy measurements. The resistance of the film is the lowest for the chemically purified SWNTs. The resistance vs. thickness measurements reveal the percolation thickness of the SWNT film to be $\sim$50 nm. Optical absorption coefficient due to Beer-Lambert is estimated to be $7.1{\times}10^{-2}nm^{-1}$. The film thickness for 80% transparency is about 32 nm, and the sheet resistance is 242$\Omega$/sq. The authors also confirmed the relation between electrical conductance and optical conductance with very good reliability by measuring the resistance and transparency measurements.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.253-258
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• 2008

A simple method to deposit carbon nanotube films uniformly on large area substrates using an arc discharge method is reported in this paper. The arc discharge method was modified to deposit carbon nanotube films in situ on the substrates. The substrates were scanned several times over the arcing point for a uniform film thickness. Deposition was carried out under variable dc bias conditions at 600 torr of $H_2$ gas. The thickness uniformity of the single-wall carbon nanotube films as characterized by a four-point probe was within 30% deviation. The morphology and crystal quality of the single-wall carbon nanotube film were also characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2008년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.9
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• pp.153-153
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• 2008

Practical application of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) qualified as a promising material has been limited by either poor dispersion or their insolubility in aqueous or organic media due to formation of bundling by relatively high surface energy. Thus, major attention to overcome this issue has been paid at surface modification of CNTs by functionalization, but this introduces defects to the sidewall of CNTs, consequently perturbing the inherent electronic and optical properties. Therefore, using surfactants is a general approach to disperse SWCNTs with lower damages by which bundled nanotubes could be dispersed up to the level of individuals or small bundles. Here, we have investigated various surfactants for their efficiency in dissolving purified SWCNTs produced by arc discharge in deionized water. To compare the surfactants respectively, we have determined the least amount of each surfactant to suspend the nanotubes under optimized experimental conditions(CNT amount, sonication power, and centrifugation speed, etc.) set on the basis of the most common surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS) and discussed the qualitative and quantitative characterization of SWCNT dispersions by UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy. Quantitative aspect about nanotube dispersion was that in particular N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (NaDDBS) were found to be effective in dispersing individual tubes.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.357-363
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• 2019

We investigated a synthesis yield and diameter distribution of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with respect to the growth position in a horizontal chemical vapor deposition (CVD) chamber. Thin films and line-patterned Fe films (0.1 nm thickness) were prepared onto ST-cut quartz substrates as catalyst to compare the growth behavior. The line-patterned samples showed higher growth density and parallel alignment than those of the thin film catalyst samples. In addition, line density of the aligned SWNTs at central region of the chamber was 7.7 tubes/㎛ and increased to 13.9 tubes/㎛ at rear region of the CVD chamber. We expect that the enhanced amount of thermally decomposed feedstock gas may contribute to the growth yield enhancement at the rear region. In addition, the lamina flow in the chamber also contribute to the perfect alignment of the SWNTs based on the value of gas velocity, Reynold number, and Knudsen coefficient we employed.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.402-410
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• 2008

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were currently produced together with some contaminants such as a metallic catalyst, amorphous carbon, and graphitic nanoparticles, which should be sometimes purified for their applications. This study aimed to develop efficient, scalable purification processes but less harmful to SWCNTs. We designed three-step purification processes: acidic treatment, surface functionalization and soxhlet extraction, and heat treatment. During the soxhlet extraction using tetrahydrofuran, specifically, carbon impurities could be easily expelled through a glass thimble filter without any significant loss of CNTs. Finally, SWCNTs were left as a bulky paper on the filter through membrane filtration. Vertically aligned SWCNTs on one side of bulky paper were well developed in a speparation from the filter paper, which were formed by being sucked through the filter pores during the pressurized filtration. The bucky paper showed a very high peak current density of field emission up to $200\;mA/cm^2$ and uniform field emission images on phosphor, which seems very promising to be applied to vacuum microelectronics such as microwave power amplifiers and x-ray sources.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.347-353
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• 2014

We present a synthesis of single-walled carbon nanotubes(SWNTs) for enhancement of parallel-alignment and density using chemical vapor deposition with methane feed gas. As-purchased ST-cut quartz substrates were heat-treated and line-patterned by electron-beam lithography in order to grow SWNTs with parallel alignment. We investigated the effects of various synthesis parameters such as catalyst oxidation, reduction, and synthesis conditions in order to enhance both tube density and degree of parallel alignment. The condition of $1{\AA}$ of Fe catalyst film, atmospheric oxidation at $750^{\circ}C$ for 10 min, reduction under 400 Torr for 5 min, and growth at $865^{\circ}C$ under 300 Torr yields $33tubes/10{\mu}m$, which is the highest tube density with parallel alignment. Based on the results of atomic force microscope and Raman spectroscopy, it was found that SWNTs have diameter range of 0.8-2.0 nm. We believe that the present work would contribute to the development of SWNTs-based flexible functional devices.

• 공업화학
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.188-194
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 비파괴적 표면 기능기화 통하여 단일벽 탄소나노튜브(SWCNT) 탄소소재의 특성 변화를 최소화 시킬 수 있는 대면적화 공법을 제안하고, 대면적화 된 SWNT 전자 필름 상에 효소를 집적하여 효소와 SWCNT 전자 필름 간 효율적 전자 전달을 연구하였다. p-terphenyl-4,4"-dithiol, dithiothreitol와 SWCNT의 혼합을 통해 SWCNT 전자 필름의 균일도 및 전하 전달 능력을 향상시키고, 분광학적 분석 및 전기화학적 특성을 평가하여 SWCNT 전자 필름의 향상된 전기화학적 특성을 확인하였다. 전자 필름 상에 고분자 전해질 및 포도당 산화환원 효소를 layer-by-layer 기법으로 효율적으로 집적하여, 최종적으로 음전압 범위에서 구동이 가능한 포도당(glucose) 바이오센서를 구현하였다. 개발된 포도당 바이오센서는 효소와 SWCNT 전자 필름과의 높은 전하 전달 효율을 바탕으로 -0.45 vs. Ag/AgCl 음전압 범위에서 높은 산화환원 신호를 보였을 뿐 아니라 0~1 mM의 낮은 글루코스 농도 변화에서 약 98 ㎂/mM·cm²의 높은 감도를 보였다. 또한 음전압 구동을 통하여, 산화 반응을 일으킬 수 있는 4종의 방해물질(요산, 아스코르빅산, 도파민, 아세타아미노펜) 환경에서 4% 이하의 변화를 보여 높은 선택성을 보였다.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.113-121
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• 2019

SWCNT는 매우 뛰어난 역학적 성능을 가지고 있고. 이로 인해 각종 첨단 소재의 보강재료로서 각광받고 있다. 그러나 완전한 형태의 SWCNT는 소수성을 가지고 있고. 서로간에 Van der Waals 인력으로 결합되어 물에 분산이 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 SWCNT를 시멘트 복합체에 활용하기 위하여, 분산된 용액 형태로 제조하여 시멘트 복합체에 활용하고자 하였고, 이를 위한 계면활성제로 DOC 및 SDS를 선정하였다. 초음파 처리 및 초원심분리를 통해 제조된 SWCNT 수용액을 이용하여 시멘트 페이스트를 제조하여 이의 전단응력 vs. 전단변형률 관계를 확인하고, 이를 통해 소성점도 및 항복응력을 도출하였다. 본 연구의 결과에 따르면 SWCNT를 혼입하지 않은 DOC 및 SDS는 공기연행제와 유사한 유변학적 효과를 발휘하는 것으로 나타났다. DOC 2wt%를 이용해서 제조된 SWCNT 수용액으로 배합된 시멘트 페이스트는 플레인 시멘트 페이스트와 거의 유사한 유변학적 거동을 하는 것으로 나타났으나, SDS 1%를 이용해서 제조된 SWCNT 수용액으로 배합된 시멘트 페이스트는 플레인 시멘트 페이스트와 상이한 유변학적 거동을 하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.94-99
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• 2017

Single walled carbon nanotubes were mixed with various metal powders by mechanical ball milling and sintered by spark plasma sintering processes. Two compositional (0.1 and 1 vol%) of the single walled carbon nanotubes were dispersed onto the pure aluminum, 5052 aluminum alloy, pure titanium, Ti6Al4Vanadium alloy, pure copper, and stainless steel 316L. Each composite powders were spark plasma sintered at $600^{\circ}C$ and well synthesized regardless of the matrices. Vickers hardness of the composite materials was measured and they exhibited higher values regardless of the carbon nanotubes composition than those of the pure materials. Moreover, single walled carbon nanotubes reinforced copper matrix composites showed highest enhancement between the other metal matrices system. We believe that low energy mechanical ball milling and spark plasma sintering processes are useful tool for fabricating of the carbon nanotubes-reinforced various metal matrices composite materials. The single walled carbon nanotubes-reinforced various metal matrices composite materials could be used as an engineering parts in many kind of industrial fields such as aviation, transportation and electro technologies etc. However, detail strengthening mechanism should be carefully investigated.