• KSBB Journal
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.114-118
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• 1999

In order to use a polysaccharide, curdlan, as a concrete admixture, we first developed a pilot-scale fermentation process for the mass production of curdlan. We also examined the rheological properties of curdlan, and tested how well the curdlan obtained in this work increased the segregational resistance of the cement slurry. Fermentation was performed in a 300-liter fermenter equipped with 3 disk-turbine impellers. Since curdlan production is stimulated under nitrogen-limiting conditions, the culture pH was shifted from the optimal pH for cell growth (pH 7.0) to the optimal pH for curdlan production (pH 5.5) at the onset of ammonium exhaustion. We obtained a curdlan production of 65 g/L in 120 hr batch cultivation of Agrobacterium species. The insoluble curdlan at the final stage of fermentation was readily harvested by centrifugation together with the cells. The freeze-dried sample contained 78% (w/w) of curdlan. The solubility and viscosity of the curdlan increased with the increase of the solution pH, which enhances the viscosity of concrete since the pH of concrete is extremely high (pH 13.0). Test results of the curdlan as a concrete admixture with cement slurry demonstrated that it prohibits the leakage of water. In conclusion, this work certifies and enlarges curdlan's industrial potential as a concrete admixture.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.288-294
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• 2005

Flavonoid compounds show several biological activities and generally exist in the forms of glycones linking sugar moiety to main structure. Flavonoid glycones such as naringin and hesperidin in korean citrus peel are slower absorbed and consequently less active than their aglycone, naringenin and hesperetin, respectively. Therefare to increase the content of flavonoid aglycone in korean citrus peel, we used commercial carbohydrate-hydrolysing enzymes, AMG 300 L, Pectinex 100 L, and Viscozyme for transforming flavonoid glycones to aglycones. Optimal conditions of enzyme reaction were pH 5.0-7.0, $5\%$ enzyme, and 24-48 hrs. The content of naringenin and hesperetin as flavonoid aglycones in untreated citrus peel is $100\~200\;ng/g$ of dried citrus peel. In case of enzyme-treated citrus peel the content of naringenin and hesperetin increased to $1,539\∼6,674\;ng/g\;and\;1,974\∼8,906\;ng/g$ of dried citrus peel, respectively. Finally the content of flavonoid aglycones could be extracted to 10-80 times. Now enzyme-treated citrus peel may be applied to use for functional food because of its higher flavonoid aglycones as more active compounds.

• Journal of Conservation Science
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.121-130
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• 2017

The currently used wax agents for preserving outdoor metal structures, despite their advantages, have disadvantages such as low endurance and reliability. These wax agents are easily damaged by acid rain, dust, moisture in the air, yellow dust, and air pollutants, resulting in corrosion within a short period after the initial conservation treatment. In addition, aged wax can also exhibit changes in the color or gloss, and also give a sense of difference in the surface. Given these existing problems, it is necessary to develop improved materials for metal preservation. Therefore, this study analyzed the characteristics and applications of the existing wax coating agents in order to identify their disadvantages and to develop a better material for metal preservation. In this regard, this study developed a perilla oil based compound wax and conducted experiments to test its endurance. The new compound wax agent was exposed to outdoor and acid rain conditions: it showed four times and 1.5 times the endurance of the existing wax agents in outdoor and acid rain conditions, respectively. In addition, the new agent seems to be more durable and protective as evidenced by the chromaticity, polish maintenance, and contact angle results. Further, although it is 1.3-1.8 times thicker than the existing agents, the new agent shows a more even surface. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the new compound wax agent based on perilla oil is a better alternative to the existing was coating agents.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.603-611
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• 2020

A porous material which can contain liquid perfume was manufactured by adding 1~4 wt% of polysiloxane into a composite containing 20 ㎛ Ag powder and 30 wt% of 53 ㎛ salt, sintering for 60 min at 750℃, and melting salt selectively. The changes in pore, hardness, and microstructure were confirmed according to the polysiloxane content both before and after sintering. The manufactured silver liquid container was formed with open pores both before and after sintering, and the container shrunk by 2~7 % in both perpendicular and parallel directions after sintering. Vickers hardness was increased after sintering and was doubled when 2 wt% of polysiloxane was added. In case of the microstructure, the surface condition of the silver liquid container became darker according to the polysiloxane content, and the pore size was decreased from 50 ㎛ to under 10 ㎛. The composition distribution result revealed an even distribution when 2 wt% of polysiloxane was added but uneven distribution when over 3 wt% of polysiloxane was added due to decreased hardness by cluster. Therefore, the addition of an appropriate amount of 2 wt% polysiloxane reinforced the porous silver with open pores to offer application for jewelry usage.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.59-65
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• 2015

Recycling of vulcanized rubber products is a serious problem in the world. A quantity of generated waste tires becomes much more and more because of increasing demands on automobiles, resulted in the cause of serious secondary pollution by sulfur component that is crosslinked to incineration or landfill. In addition, crosslinked surfur is used to interfere with the binding of the raw material rubber. In this study, we analyzed the degree of devulcanization by the chemical devulcanization. Devulcanization ratio of the samples were systematically analysed by variables such as time and temperature. In addition, the effect of swelling method as a pre-treatment process was also measured. A rubber specimen was deepened in a organic 2-buthanol solutions during various times of 1 ~ 5 hrs at 100, 150, $200^{\circ}C$ respectively, then to calculate the crosslink density and the number average molecular weight by using a parallel expansion process, which showed devulcanization degree of analyzed samples quantitatively. Also, the mechanical properties were measured with the samples prepared by using a hot press.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.55-70
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• 2018

Recently, as shared transportation services has expanded, integrated mobility services that link personal transportation and public transportation are paid attention. To do this, it is necessary to analyze trip mode chaining behavior. This study analyzed the characteristics of the trip mode chaining behavior using the 2010 travel diary survey in Seoul, and analyzed factors to affect mode choice of trip chaining through the multinomial logit model. The transportation means were classified into passenger cars, city buses, intercity buses, railways, taxis, and others, and 25 trip mode chaining types were identified. Among them, the trip share connected between city bus and railways was the highest. It was also found that the trip mode chaining occurred mainly at commuting and in the morning and afternoon peak. According to the model results, the mode choice of trip chaining is significantly influenced by individual attributes (sex and age), household attributes (car ownership and income), trip attributes (trip purpose, trip time and trip length), and arrival area attributes (number of subway lines and bus lines, ratio of commercial area, land use mix and central region).

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Esthetic Dentistry
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.98-108
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• 2016

In recent days, perhaps the biggest driver in new material development is the desire to improve restorations esthetics compared to the traditional metal substructure based ceramics or all-ceramic restorations. Each material type performs differently regarding strength, toughness, effectiveness of machining and the final preparation of the material prior to placement. For example, glass ceramics are typically weaker materials which limits its use to single-unit restorations. On the other hand, zirconia has a high fracture toughness which enables multi-unit restorations. This material requires a long time sintering procedure which excludes its use for fast chair side production. Hybrid ceramic material developed for CAD/CAM system is contained improved nano ceramic elements. This new material, called a Resin Nano Hybrid Ceramic is unique in durability of function and aesthetic base compositions. The new nano-hybrid ceramic material is not a composite resin. It is also not a pure ceramic. The material is a mixture of both and consists of nano-ceramic fillers. Like a composite, the material is not brittle and is fracture resistant. Like a glass ceramic, the material has excellent polish retention for lasting esthetics. The material is easily machined by chair side or in a dental lab side, could be an useful restorative option.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.121-133
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• 2014

Block copolymers including ABA triblock architectures are useful as thermoplastic elastomers and toughened plastics depending on the relative glassy and rubbery content. These materials can be blended with other polymers and utilized as additives, toughening agents, and compatibilizers. Most of commercially available block copolymers are derived from petroleum. Renewable alternatives are attractive considering the finite supply of fossil resources on earth and the overall economic and environmental expenses involved in the recovery and use of oil. Furthermore, tomorrow's sustainable materials are demanding the design and implementation with programmed end-of-life. The present review focuses on the preparation and evaluation of new classes of renewable ABA triblock copolymers and also emphasizes on the use of carbohydrate-derived poly(lactide) or plant-based poly(olefins) having a high glass transition temperature and/or high melting temperature for the hard phase in addition to the use of bio-based amorphous hydrocarbon polymers with a low glass transition temperature for the soft components. The combination of multiple controlled polymerizations has proven to be a powerful approach. Precision-controlled synthesis of these hybrid macromolecules has led to the development of new elastomers and tough plastics offering renewability, biodegradability, and high performance.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.11-17
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• 2013

With high social demands for the diverse utilizations of forest lands, the illegal forest land use changes have increased. We studied change detection technique to detect changes in forest land use using an object-oriented segmentation of RED bands differencing in multi-temporal aerial photographs. The new object-oriented segmentation method consists of the 5 steps, "Image Composite - Segmentation - Reshaping - Noise Remover - Change Detection". The method enabled extraction of deforested objects by selecting a suitable threshold to determine whether the objects was divided or merged, based on the relations between the objects, spectral characteristics and contextual information from multi-temporal aerial photographs. The results found that the object-oriented segmentation method detected 12% of changes in forest land use, with 96% of the average detection accuracy compared by visual interpretation. Therefore this research showed that the spatial data by the object-oriented segmentation method can be complementary to the one by a visual interpretation method, and proved the possibility of automatically detecting and extracting changes in forest land use from multi-temporal aerial photographs.

• Food Industry
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• s.181
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• pp.38-67
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• 2004

예로부터 인간은 단맛에 강한 욕구를 가지고 있었다. 따라서 설탕, 포도당, 과당 등 단맛이 강한 감미료를 선호하여 왔고, 현재까지도 식품 제조시 가장 널리 사용되고 있다. 그러나 최근에는 국민의 건강에 대한 관심이 고조 되고 설탕으로 대표되는 전통적인 일반 감미료의 충치, 비만, 당뇨병 유발 등의 부정적인 측면이 부각되고 있을 뿐만 아니라, 식품에 대한 건강 기능성이 강조되면서 기능성 감미료가 주목 받고 있다. 특히 고도의 경제성장 및 국민 소득의 향상에 따라 차별화된 기능성 감미료의 생산을 요구하는 실정이다. 이와 관련하여, 현재 식품 산업계에서는 올리고당류, 당알콜류, 고감미 감미료류 등에 많은 관심을 가지고 연구 개발에 집중하고 있다. 올리고당류의 대표적인 제품은 프락토올리고당, 갈락토올리고당, 이소말토올리고당 등이다. 현재 올리고단 시장은 성숙기로서 성장속도가 둔화되고 있으나, 최근 American Association of Cereal Chemists(AACC)등 세계적인 협회에서 수용성 식이섬유를 다당류, 올리고당, 리그닌 등을 포함하여 새롭게 정의하였고 이에 따라 해외에서는 프락토올리고당을 중심으로 수용성 식이섬유로 용도 사용이 가능하게 되었을 뿐만 아니라, 식이섬유로 표기도 가능하게 되어 수요가 증가할 것으로 예상된다. 국내에서는 아직 올리고당을 식이섬유로 사용하지는 못하고 있으나, 식품 공전 개정을 통해 식이섬유로 표기 가능하도록 수정될 전망이다. 당알콜류는 솔비톨 및 자일리톨이 주류를 이루고 있다. 솔비톨은 시장에 가장 먼저 소개된 당알콜류인데 저가여서 그동안 가장 큰 시장을 형성하고 있었으나 최근 3년 동안 자일리톨껌이 최대의 히트 상품이 되면서 자일리톨이 급성장하였다. 그 외에는 만니톨, 에리스리톨, 말티톨, 이소말트 등이 있다. 최근에는 말티톨을 중심으로 다양한 응용 연구 및 이소말트 및 에리스리톨 등을 생산 판매하고 있는 다국적 기업의 판촉 활동 등으로 당알콜류 시장의 새로운 변화가 예상된다. 고감미 감미료류는 스테비오사이드와 아스파탐이 주류를 이루고 있었지만, 최근 아세설팜 K 및 수크랄로스가 잇따라 식품으로써 사용 허가를 받으면서 시장이 재편되고 있다. 하지만, 해외에 비하여 국내의 고감미 감미료 시장은 매우 작고 성장률도 낮은 편인데 그 이유로는 국민 정서상 천연이 아닌 합성에 대한 부정적 인식과 맛에 대한 거부감 때문인 것으로 생각된다. 이와 관련하여 최근에는 다양한 감미질 및 Multi sweetener system 연구를 통해 설탕과 유사한 맛을 내는 혼합 기술 개발에 관한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 따라서 향후에는 해외의 선진국과 같이 고감미 감미료 시장도 점차적으로 확대될 것으로 예상된다. 기타 대체 감미료로는 타가토스, 트레할로스, 아라비노스 등이 있다. 이중에서 특히 해외에서 크게 기대를 모으고 있는 타가토스는 최근 국내 인증을 받아 시장 진출을 준비 중에 있다. 아라비노스는 양질의 감미를 갖는 천연 펜토오스인데 연구용 시약 이외에는 지금까지 거의 이용되지 않았다. 그러나 최근 아라비노스가 설탕의 소화흡수를 선택적으로 억제한다는 흥미 있는 결과가 임상 및 동물실험에서 확인되어 향후 제품으로써 개발을 기대할 수 있게 되었다. 이들 감미료는 기존 설탕이 가지는 문제점을 많은 부분 극복할 것으로 여겨지며, 이로 인해 수요는 점차 증가할 것으로 생각되며, 높은 경제적 부가 가치를 창출할 것으로 예상되어 진다. 생산 기술 적인 측면에서 건강 지향적 천연소재 감미료에 대한 선호가 날로 증가하는 추세에 따라 기존에 주로 사용되었던 화학합성법보다는 천연 이미지의 생물공학적인 방법에 의한 감미료 생산이 각광을 받을 것으로 예상된다. 생물공학적인 방법을 감미료 소재 개발에 응용하게 되면, 기존에 사용되었던 화학합성법 등이 가지는 환경적인 문제, 반응 부산물 생성에 따른 분리, 정제에서의 비용증가 등의 문제점을 해결할 수 있을 것으로 여겨지며, 고정화 방법의 도입 등을 통해 생산성 향상을 도모할 수 있다. 본 장에서는 감미료 소재 개발에 건강 지향적 국민 정서를 반영하고, 국내외 감미료 시장의 흐름을 파악하여 당류 산업의 발전적인 변화에 대처하고자 하였으며, 이를 통해 당류산업의 고부가가치 첨단산업으로서의 육성방안을 논의하고자 하였다.