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무기소재 첨가에 따른 멀칭용지의 기능성 변화 (Change in the Functional Properties of Mulching Paper by the Addition of Inorganic Materials)

  • 성용주;정웅기;이지영
    • 펄프종이기술
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    • 제45권6호
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    • pp.64-71
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    • 2013
  • The biodegradable mulching paper could be applied for the environmental friendly agriculture as an alternative to the current vinyl mulching. In order to increase the usability of the mulching paper, the effects of the addition of various inorganic materials on the functionality of the mulching paper were evaluated in terms of practical benefits. The blend of carbonized rice husk powder and perlite resulted in the higher value in the air permeability of the mulching paper, which would be important for the health of plant root. The heat conservative of the mulching paper could be improved by adding the bottom ash or the fly ash because of the pore structure of the ashes. The pH of acidic soil could be neutralized by using the mulching paper containing paper-mill sludge ash or fly ash. The various results showed the addition of the inorganic materials could improve the functional properties of the mulching paper.

Cell Growing Behavior on the Electrospun PVA/GE nanofibermats.

  • Linh, Nguyen Thuy Ba;Nguyen, Thi-Hiep;Song, Ho-Yeon;Yang, Hun-Mo;Min, Young-Ki;Lee, Byong-Taek
    • 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국재료학회 2009년도 추계학술발표대회
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    • pp.41.2-41.2
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    • 2009
  • Electrospinning of Polyvinylalcohol (PVA), Gelatin (GE), and PVA/GE blend solutions in acetic acid were investigated to fabricate biodegradable for tissue engineering. The morphology of the electrospun nanofibers was investigated with a field emission scanning electron microscope. The fibers have average diameters in the range 50-150 nm. The miscibility of PVA/GE blend fibers was examined by differential scanning calorimetry.The PVA and GE were immiscible in the as-spun nanofibrous structure. X-ray diffraction (XRD) determined the crystallinity of the membrane and tensile strength for evaluation physical properties. An in vitro study of PVA/GE blend nanofibers was conducted. To assay the cytocompatibility and cell behavior on the PVA/GE blend nanofibrous scaffolds, cell attachment and spreading of fibroblasts seeded on the scaffolds were studied. Our results indicate that thePVA/GE blend nanofibrous matrix, particularly the one that contained 20% PVA and 80% GE could be a good candidate for tissue engineering scaffolds, because it has an excellent cell attachment and spreading for fibroblast cell.

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Screening of Agricultural and Food Processing Waste Materials as New Sources for Biodegradable Food Packaging Application

  • Wang, Long-Feng;Reddy, Jeevan Prasad;Rhim, Jong-Whan
    • 한국포장학회지
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    • 제20권1호
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    • pp.7-15
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    • 2014
  • Agar-based composite films were prepared with variety of food processing and agricultural processing waste materials in order to screen natural lingo-cellulosic resources for the value-added utilization of the under-utilized materials. The effect of these waste materials (10 wt% based on agar) on mechanical properties, moisture content (MC), water vapor permeability (WVP), water absorption behavior of biocomposite films were investigated. Biocomposite films prepared with various fibers resulted in significant increase or decrease in color and percent transmittance. The MC, WVP, and surface hydrophobicity of biocomposite films increased significantly by incorporation of fibers, while the water uptake ratio and solubility of the film decreased. SEM images of biocomposite film showed better adhesion between the fiber and agar polymer. Among the tested cellulosic waste materials, rice wine waste, onion and garlic fibers were promising for the value-added utilization as a reinforcing material for the preparation of biocomposite food packaging films.

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Characterizations of nano-zinc doped hydroxyapatite to use as bone tissue engineering

  • Abdel-Ghany, Basma E.;Abdel-Hady, Bothaina M.;El-Kady, Abeer M.;Beheiry, Hanan H.;Guirguis, Osiris W.
    • Advances in materials Research
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    • 제4권4호
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    • pp.193-205
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    • 2015
  • Contamination by bacterial strands is a major problem after bone replacement surgeries, so there is a great need to develop low cost biocompatible antibacterial bioactive scaffolds to be used in bone tissue engineering. For this purpose, nano-zinc doped hydroxyapatite with different zinc-concentrations (5, 10 and 15 mol%) was successfully prepared by the wet chemical precipitation method. The prepared powders were used to form porous scaffolds containing biodegradable Ca-cross-linked alginate (5%) in order to enhance the properties of alginate scaffolds. The scaffolds were prepared using the freeze-gelation method. The prepared powders were tested by X-ray diffraction; transmission electron microscope and Fourier transform infrared analyses, while the prepared scaffolds were investigated by Fourier transform infrared analyses, thermogravimetric analyses and measurement of the antibacterial properties. Best results were obtained from scaffold containing 15% mol zinc-doped hydroxyapatite powders and 5% alginate concentration with ratio of 70:30.

In vitro methods to study the vascularization of natural and synthetic biomedical polymers

  • Kirkpatrick C. James;Fuchs Sabine;Motta Antonella;Santos Marina;Hermanns M. Iris;Unger Ronald E.;Reis Rui;Migliaresi Claudio
    • 한국고분자학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국고분자학회 2006년도 IUPAC International Symposium on Advanced Polymers for Emerging Technologies
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    • pp.46-47
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    • 2006
  • Vascularization is essential for success in regenerative medicine. We have developed in vitro models to study how human microvascular endothelial cells (EC) and endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) colonize polymer scaffolds and express the endothelial phenotype, including angiogenesis. Examples are given of supportive growth and differeniation of EC on microfibre meshes of the silk protein fibroin and blends of starch with poly(epsilon-caprolactone), phenotypic markers being studied at both protein and mRNA level. Experimental models are also shown and concepts discussed to investigate how the stem cell niche, including that responsible for vascularization could be targeted, for example, by using engineered biodegradable polymer nanoparticles.

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고분자량 교대배열 폴리비닐알코올/고분자량 혼성배열 폴리비닐알코올 블렌드 용액의 유변학적 특성 (Rheological Properties of High Molecular Weight (HMW) Syndiotactic poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/HMW Atactic PVA Blend Solutions)

  • Yeum, Jeong-Hyun;Ji, Byung-Chul;Lyoo, Won-Seok
    • 한국섬유공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국섬유공학회 2003년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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    • pp.74-75
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    • 2003
  • Recently, people are gradually concerned about environmental issue, bionics, environmental-friendly or biocompatible materials. Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) is suitable for these materials, because it is typically water-soluble polymer that have linear-flexible chains, a material of no toxicity for human, and biodegradable polymer[1]. One of the most effective factors that dominate the properties of PVAs is tacticity. (omitted)

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Effect of Grain Size and Replacement Ratio on the Plastic Properties of Precipitated Calcium Carbonate Using Limestone as Raw Material

  • Baek, Chul Seoung;Cho, Kye Hong;Ahn, Ji-Whan
    • 한국세라믹학회지
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    • 제51권2호
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    • pp.127-131
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    • 2014
  • Precipitated calcium carbonate(PCC) inorganic fillers for plastic offera higher replacement ratio with improved mechanical properties than any other inorganic fillers. Due to its secure economic feasibility, its fields of application areexpanding. For optimized PCC grain size and polymer replacement ratio, it is good to maintain at least $0.035{\mu}m$ grains and keep double the grain size of distance between particles, depending on the molecular weight and volume replacement rate of the polymer. PCC has unique characteristics, ie, with smaller grain size, dispersibility decreases, and if grain size is not homogenous, polymer cracking occurs. The maximum replacement ratio of PCC is approximately 30%, but in the range of 10 - 15% it produces the highest mechanical strength. When mixed with a biodegradable plastic like starch, it also improves initial environmental degradability.

뼈 충진재용 생분해성 다공질 Calcium Phosphate 세라믹스의 제조 (Preparation of Biodegradable Porous Calcium Phosphate Ceramics for Bone Fillers)

  • 이중환;김석영
    • 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한의용생체공학회 1996년도 춘계학술대회
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    • pp.130-132
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    • 1996
  • It is well known when porous calcium phosphate ceramics are used as a bone graft substitute, new tissues or blood vessels are grown into the porous implant due to their excellent biocompatibility. In this study, the ${\beta}$-crystalline form of calcium metaphosphate, $Ca(PO_{3})_{2}$ is prepared by the controlled thermolysis of monocalcium phosphate, $Ca(H_{2}PO_{4})_{2}$. The diameter of cylindrical pores formed during cooling was controlled by a holding time at the melting point of a monocalcium phosphate and by the change of a recrystallization temperature, to obtained the most appropriate size (about $200{\mu}m$) of pores. It was observed that the increasing holding time at the melting point of monocalcium phosphate results in the decreases of pore sizes.

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Experimental investigation on thermal behavior, sound absorption, and flammability of natural fibre polymer composites

  • Ravi Kumar, B.;Hariharan, S.S.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • 제76권5호
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    • pp.613-618
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    • 2020
  • Exhausting oil resources and increasing pollution around the world are forcing researchers to look for new, renewable, biodegradable materials to lead sustainable development. The use of fiber reinforced composites based on natural fibres has increasingly begun as prospective materials for various engineering applications in the automotive, rail, construction and aerospace industries. The natural fiber chosen to make the composite material is plant-based fibre, e.g. jute fibre, and hemp fibre. Thermosetting polymer based Epoxy (LY556) was utilized as matrix material and The composites were produced using hand lay-up technique. The fabricated composites were tested for acoustic testing, thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) and flammability testing to asses sound absorption, thermal decomposition and fire resistivity of the structures. Hemp fibre composites have shown improved thermal stability over Jute fibre composites. However, the fire resistance characteristics of jute fibre composites are better as compared to hemp fibre composites. The sound absorption coefficient of composites was found to enhance with the increase of frequency.

생분해성 멀칭필름을 이용한 고구마 재배 (Bio-Degradable Plastic Mulching in Sweetpotato Cultivation)

  • 이준설;정광호;김학신;김정주;송연상;방진기
    • 한국작물학회지
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    • 제54권2호
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    • pp.135-142
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    • 2009
  • 고구마 멀칭재배에서 생분해성 플라스틱 피복재 이용 가능성을 검토하고자 시험을 수행 한 결과 다음과 같다. 1. 필름의 물성은, 생분해성인 PBSA와 PLC + Starch는 일반멀칭재료인 LDPE 에 비하여 인장강도는 $2{\sim}27$% 상승하였으나 신율은 $2{\sim}22$% 낮았고, 인열강도도 $2{\sim}6$%가 낮았다. 2. 피복기간에 따른 인장강도의 변화는 생분해성 필름의 경우 피복 후 $60{\sim}70$%일 동안 급격히 감소하다가 그 후 완만한 감소를 보였고 제조 원료별로는 PLC + Starch가 PBSA에 비하여 변화율이 낮았다. 3. 신율의 변화는 피복 후 $60{\sim}70$%일 동안 매우 급격히 감소하다가 그 후 완만한 감소를 보였다. 제조 원료별로는 PLC + Starch와 PBSA 제품간의 뚜렷한 차이는 보이지 않았으나 15 ${\mu}m$ PBSA의 경우 $60{\sim}70$%일이 지나면서 급격한 물성저하를 보였다. 4. 생분해성 필름에 대한 용출시험에서는 중금속들이 아주 작거나 검출되지 않았고, 국내 환경마크협회가 정하는 생분해성 수지 제품에 대한 유해물질 함량기준을 충족하였다. 5. 멀칭재료간의 윌별 지온차이는, 6월 하순${\sim}$7월 중순에는 PLC + starch > PBSA > LDPE > None 순으로 온도가 높아지는 경향을 보이다가 7월 하순${\sim}$9월 하순에는 LDPE > PLC + starch > PBSA > None 순으로 온도가 높아졌다. 6. 고구마 멀칭재배 후 분해양상은, 생분해성 필름 PBSA(EA, EB, EC)과 PLC + Starch(DD, DE, DF)는 고구마 삽식 후 60일이 지나면서 분해되기 시작하였고, 수확기인 120일이 지나서는 95%이상이 분해되었다. 7. 피복재별 괴근 수량은 PBSA는 3,070 kg/10a, PLC + Starch은 3,093 kg/10a, LDPE는 2,946 kg/10a으로 멀칭재료간에 뚜렷한 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 이상을 종합하여 볼 때 고구마 재배에서 생분해성인 PBSA와 PLC + Starch와 같은 필름을 사용한다면, 필름의 물성, 분해도, 환경친화성, 수확작업의 간편성 등을 고려해볼 때 실제 농업현장에서 이용 가치가 매우 높을 것으로 생각된다.