• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.369-374
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• 2017

The curtailment of production cost is important for the mass production of biosensors. Since horseradish peroxidase, which is a key material of enzyme electrodes for hydrogen peroxide analysis is rather expensive, this has been a limiting factor for fabricating carbon paste based enzyme electrodes. In this paper, the acacia leaf tissue as a zymogen easily obtainable in our living environment was used as an alternative to horseradish peroxidase for developing a hydrogen peroxide sensor and the electrochemical properties were evaluated. Ten or more electrochemical parameters alongside the other experimental results acquired by the potentiostatic method demonstrated that our enzyme electrodes can be used for the quantitative analysis of hydrogen peroxide. This also indicates that acacia leaves can take the place of the marketed peroxidase.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.271-279
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• 1999

A new enzyme electrode was developed by co-mobilization of chicken small intestinal tissue and ferrocene in a carbon paste for the determination of hydrogen peroxide, and its electrochemical properties are evaluated. The electrode showed the response time(t100%) as short as 3 set, the detection limit of 5.0${\times}$10-5 M,and a good selectivity for the possible interferents tested. The electrode also offered a good linearity in calibration, a higher biocatalytic stability and a larger responding signal as compared with the other animal or plant tissue based sensors.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.235-243
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• 1996

A carbon paste electrode were chemically modified using ${\alpha}$-cyclodextrin. Characteristics of chemically modified carbon paste electrodes were studied on the basis of the inclusion complex formation of ${\alpha}$-cyclodextrin and p-nitrophenol in solution. Cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry were used to monitor the efficiency of the chemical modification. When the ${\alpha}$-cyclodextrin and carbon powder ratio of 2 : 1 in weight were used, the reduction peak current of p-nitrophenol was decreased almost completely, whereas those of o-nitrophenol and hydroquinone were not changed much. This result is due to the large difference in the inclusion complex formation constants of p-nitrophenol and the other probes with ${\alpha}$-cyclodextrin. Taking advantage of this difference, we can determine the concentration of o-nitrophenol even in the presence of p-nitrophenol.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.59 no.2
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• pp.159-164
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• 2021

As the attachable-type wearable devices have received considerable interests, the need for the development of high-performance electrode materials of fabric or textiles type is emerging. In this study, we demonstrated the electrochemical property of CNT fibers electrode as a flexible electrode material and its non-enzymatic glucose sensing performance. Surface morphology of CNT fibers was observed by SEM. And the electrochemical characteristics were investigated by cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and chronoamperometry. The CNT fibers based sensor exhibited improved sensing performances such as high sensitivity, a wide linear range, and low detection limit due to improved electrochemical properties such as low capacitive current, good electrochemical activity by efficient direct electron transfer between the redox species and the electrode interface. Therefore, this study is expected to be used as a basic research for the development of high performance flexible electrode materials based on CNT fibers.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.532-532
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• 2012

탄소 나노튜브(carbon nanotube, CNT)를 사용하여 AC 구동 방식의 organic light emitting devices (OLED)를 만들었다. 이 소자는 ITO가 코팅된 유리 위에 유전체 층, 유기 발광층 그리고 맨 위의 금속 전극 층으로 총 3개의 층으로 구성되어있다. 유전물질로써는 cyanoethyl pullulan (CRS)를 N,N dimethylformamide (DMF) 용매에 녹여 ITO층 위에 코팅하였고, 유기발광 물질로 poly[2-methoxy-5-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MEH-PPV)를 chloroform (CF)에 녹여 유전체 층 위에 코팅하였다. CNT를 MEH-PPV와 섞어서 유기발광 혼합물을 만들고 난 후, 유전체층 위에 코팅하였다. 마지막으로 알류미늄 전극을 시료 위에 코팅하였다. 소자에서 사용한 MEH-PPV에 의해 나오는 붉은색 발광을 확인 한 결과, CNT를 사용한 OLED 소자가 CNT를 사용하지 않는 소자보다 brightness가 좋았고, 전류도 더 작게 흘렀다. CNT의 농도에 따라 brightness의 변화는 경향을 나타냈다. CNT에 의한 percolation 효과 때문에 이러한 OLED 시료의 성능 향상이 이루어졌음을 입증하는 실험결과를 발표에서 설명할 예정이다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.07a
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• pp.59-60
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• 2013

슈퍼캐패시터(Super Capacitor) 또는 울트라 캐패시터(Ultra Capacitor) 등으로 불리우는 전기 이중층 캐패시터(EDLC, Electric Double Layer Capacitor)는 기존 콘덴서보다 월등한 용량 특성을 가지며, 전극과 전해질의 화학반응을 이용하던 이차전지들과 달리 주로 계면반응을 사용한 축전원리를 이용하여 높은 출력밀도와 충방전 효율, 무제한에 가까운 사이클 특성을 가지고 있다. 또한 전류변화에 안정적이어서 기존의 이차전지와는 달리 보호회로를 생략할 수 있기 때문에 단순한 회로 구성이 가능하고 전극활물질로서 탄소재를 사용하여 환경 친화적인 특성을 가진 차세대 에너지저장장치라고 할 수 있다. 특히 50만 사이클이라는 우수한 수명특성으로 인해 기존의 이차전지가 사용되기 어려운 다양한 분야에 적용이 늘어가고 있는 추세에 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2000.02a
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• pp.94-94
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• 2000

증류수(Distilled Water)와 메탄올(CH3OH)의 혼합용액을 전기분해하여 Si 기판위에 다이아몬드상 카본을 증찰하였다. Si 기판은 HF(16%) 용액으로 산화막을 제거하고, 전이금속 Co, Ni 박막을 증착시킨 후 전기 분해 장치의 전극 (-)단자에 연결하였다. (+)단자에는 순도 99%의 탄소 전극을 사용하였다. 기존의 에탄올, 에틸렌 글리콜(H2O-HOCH2CH2OH), 메탄올등의 전해질에 1000V 이상의 고전압을 인가하는 방법대신 메탄올과 증류수, 그리고 암모니아수(NH4OH)의 비를 달리하는 혼합액을 전해질로 사용하였다. 그결과 낮은 전압 (800V 이하)과 낮은 온도(6$0^{\circ}C$ 미만)에서도 다이아몬드상 카본을 증착할 수 있었다. 증착한 시료와 용액은 XRD, SEM, FT-IR 등을 이용하여 분석하였다.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.684-689
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• 2021

In this paper, we develop a cost effective and disposable voltammetric sensing platform involving screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE) modified with the nanocomposites composed of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, polyelectrolyte, and tyrosinase for bisphenol A. This is known as an endocrine disruptor which is also related to chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular and female reproductive diseases, precocious puberty, and infertility. A negatively charged oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) wrapped with a positively charged polyelectrolyte, e.g., polydiallyldimethylammonium, was first wrapped with a negatively charged tyrosinae layer via electrostatic interaction and assembled onto oxygen plasma treated SPCE. The nanocomposite modified SPCE was then immersed into different concentrations of bisphenol A for a given time where the tyrosinase reacted with OH group in the bisphenol A to produce the product, 4,4'-isopropylidenebis(1,2-benzoquinone). Cyclic and differential pulse voltammetries at the potential of -0.08 V vs. Ag/AgCl was employed and peak current changes responsible to the reduction of 4,4'-isopropylidenebis(1,2-benzoquinone) were measured which linearly increased with respect to the bisphenol A concentration. In addition, the SPCE based sensor showed excellent selectivity toward an interferent agent, bisphenol S, which has a very similar structure. Finally, the sensor was applied to the analysis of bisphenol A present in an environmental sample solution prepared in our laboratory.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.527-534
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• 2015

This study offers a novel method for improving the physical contact between the anode and fuel in a direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC): a direct generation of carbon in a porous Ni anode through the thermal decomposition of gaseous hydrocarbons. Three kinds of alkane hydrocarbons with different carbon numbers (CH4, C2H6, and C3H8) are tested. From electron microscope observations of the carbon particles generated from each hydrocarbon, we confirm that more carbon spheres (CS), carbon nanotubes (CNT), and carbon nanofibers (CNF) were identified with increasing carbon number. Raman scattering results revealed that the carbon samples became less crystalline and more flexible with increasing carbon number. DCFC performance was measured at $700^{\circ}C$ with the anode fueled by the same mass of each carbon sample. One-dimensional carbon fuels of CNT and CNF more actively produced and had power densities 148 and 210 times higher than that of the CS, respectively. This difference is partly attributed to the findings that the less-crystalline CNT and CNF have much lower charge transfer resistances than the CS.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.38 no.7
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• pp.601-605
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• 2014

Porous conductors are known to demonstrate excellent electrical, mechanical, and chemical resistance. These porous conductors demonstrated potential applications in various fields such as electrodes for supercapacitors, flexible heaters, catalytic electrodes, and sorbents. In this study, we described a pressure sensitive device using conductive and porous sponges. With an extremely simple "dipping and drying" process using a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) solution, we produced conductive sponges with sheet resistance of < $30k{\Omega}/sq$. These carbon nanotube sponges can be deformed into any shape elastically and repeatedly compressed to large strains without collapse. The pressure sensors developed from these sponges demonstrated high resistance change under pressure of up to a half of their initial resistance.