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Characterization of Electrospun Nanofibers of Cellulose Nanowhisker/Polyvinyl Alcohol Composites

  • Cho, Mi-Jung;Park, Byung-Dae;Kadla, John F.
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.71-77
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    • 2012
  • Cellulose nanowhisker (CNW) isolated from hardwood bleached kraft pulp (HW-BKP) using sulfuric acid hydrolysis was suspended in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and electrospun into composites nanofibers. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed the CNW to be rod-like, approximately of $16.1{\pm}4.6$ nm wide and $194{\pm}61$ nm long, providing an aspect ratio of about 12, with a particle size distribution range of $662.2{\pm}301.2$ nm. Uniform and high quality CNW/PVA composite nanofibers were successfully manufactured by the electrospinning method. As the CNW loading increases, the viscosity of CNW/PVA solutions shows a minimum at 1% CNW level which subsequently results in the smallest diameter (193 nm) of electrospun nanofibers. The average diameter of the nanofibers increased up to 284 nm with increasing CNW loading. These results suggest that the electrospinning method provides a great potential of manufacturing consistent and reliable nanofibers from CNW/PVA solution for the formation of scaffolds with potentials in future application.

CNW 하부전극을 사용하여 제조된 염료감응형 태양전지의 특성분석

  • Jeong, Yong-Ho;Kim, Seong-Yun;Lee, Sang-Jun;Choe, Won-Seok;Im, Dong-Geon;Seo, Yeong-Ho;Choe, Eun-Chang;Hong, Byeong-Yu
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.453.2-453.2
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    • 2014
  • 그래핀을 수직으로 성장한 형태인 탄소나노월(Carbon nanowall; CNW)은 탄소를 바탕으로 하는 다른 나노물질에 비해 표면적이 상당히 넓은 물질로 전극에 활용하여 소자 성능향상을 기대 할 수 있다. 또한 탄소를 기반으로 하는 나노 구조물중에서 가장 높은 표면밀도를 가진다. CNW를 차세대 염료감응형 태양전지(Dye sensitised solar cells; DSSC)의 상대전극으로 사용한다면 기존대비 광변환 효율을 향상시킬 수 있어 새로운 상대전극으로 활용 가능하다. 또한 CNW는 다른 촉매 없이 직접성장이 가능함으로 불순물 제거공정이 필요하지 않고, 공정시간이 짧아 대량생산에 용의하다. 본 연구에서는 마이크로웨이브 PECVD 장비를 사용하고 메탄(CH4)을 반응가스로 사용하여 CNW 하부전극을 제조하였다. CNW 하부전극의 광 변환효율을 관찰하기위해서 합성시간을 변화를 주었다. 제조된 DSSC의 광 변환 효율을 측정하기 위해 Solar simulator 장비를 사용하여 제작된 cells의 효율을 측정하였다.

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Preparation and Characterization of Cellulose Nano-Whiskers Extracted from Microcrystalline Cellulose by Acid Hydrolysis (산 가수분해를 이용하여 microcrystalline cellulose로부터 추출 된 cellulose nano-whisker의 특성분석)

  • Jeong, Hae-Deuk;Yoon, Chang-Rok;Lee, Jong-Hyeok;Bang, Dae-Suk
    • Elastomers and Composites
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    • v.45 no.1
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    • pp.51-57
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    • 2010
  • Cellulose nanowhiskers (CNW) gamered increasing interest for their remarkable reinforcement of polymer composites. In this work, we were to produce cellulose whiskers from commercially available microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) by acid hydrolysis with sulfuric and hydrochloric acids. Electron microscopy found that each acid produced sililar cellulose crystals of diameters ranging from 20 to 30 nm and lengths ranging from 200 to 300 nm. Moreover, all samples showed remarkable flow birefringence through crossed polarization filters. Conductometric titration of CNW suspensions revealed that the sulfuric acid treated sample had a surface charge of between 140.00 mmol/kg and 197.78 mmol/kg due to sulfate groups, while that of the hydrochloric acid treated sample was undetectable. Thermogravimetric analysis showed that the thermal decomposition temperature and apparent activation energy (evaluated by Broido's method at different stages of thermal decomposition.) of H1-CNW - prepared by hydrolysis with hydrochloric acid - was higher than those of S1-CNW and S2-CNW - prepared by hydrolyzing MCC with sulfuric acid.

The Acquisition of Korean Number-Word Systems of Young Children (한국유아의 수단어 획득에 관한 연구)

  • Hong, Hae Kyung
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.5-23
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    • 1990
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the acquisition of number-word systems of young children. Specifically, the acquisition of Korean Number-Words(KNW) was compared with the acquisition of Chinese-derived Number-Words(CNW). The subjects included 120 children aged 2:5 to 5:11. The subjects oral counting using the two number word systems were audiotaped. Two coders transcribed the tapes. The data were analyzed by content analysis with descriptive statistics. The findings of this study showed that the acquisition of KNW began from around age two and the acquisition of CNW from around age three. From then, the acquisition of the two number-word systems was parallel. The acquisition of number-words began from the age of 2 years, increased slowly to the age of 4. and then increased rapidly after the age of 5. Although KNW were acquired earlier than CNW, at around the age of 5 years the acquisition of CNW surpassed the acquisition of KNW. The acquisition of number words consists of four developmental levels: Level I: beginning of acquisition of traditional KNW only Level II: beginning of acquisition of CNW with extension of KNW Level III: parallel extension of the two number-word systems Level IV: superior acquisition of CNW. The major error through all stages in the sequence of number words was the omission of one number-word. Younger children produced errors of omission of one, two or three number-words, whereas older children produced errors of nonstandard number-words and repetition.

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Growth Properties of Carbon Nanowall According to the Substrate Angle (기판 각도에 따른 탄소나노월의 성장 특성)

  • Kim, Sung Yun;Joung, Yeun-Ho;Han, Jae Chan;Choi, Won Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.26 no.9
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    • pp.686-689
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    • 2013
  • The carbon nanowall (CNW) is a carbon-based nanomaterials and it was constructed with vertical structure graphenes and it has the highest surface density among carbon-based nanostructures. In this study, we have checked the growth properties of CNW according to the substrate angle. Microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system was used to grow CNW on Si substrate with methane ($CH_4$) and hydrogen ($H_2$) gases. And, we have changed the substrate angle from $0^{\circ}$ to $90^{\circ}$ in steps of $30^{\circ}$. The planar and vertical conditions of the grown CNWs according to the substrate angle were characterized by a field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). In case of the growth angle increases, our experimental results showed that the length of the CNW was shortened and the content of carbon component was decreased.

Growth Properties of Carbon nanowall according to the Reaction Gas Ratio (반응가스 비율에 따른 탄소나노월의 성장특성)

  • Kim, Sung-Yun;Kang, Hyunil;Choi, Won Seok;Joung, Yeun-Ho;Lim, Yonnsik;Yoo, Youngsik;Hwang, Hyun Suk;Song, Woo-Chang
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.63 no.4
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    • pp.351-355
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    • 2014
  • Graphite electrodes are used for secondary batteries, fuel cells, and super capacitors. Research is underway to increased the reaction area of graphite electrodes used carbon nanotube (CNT) and porous carbon. CNT is limited to device utilization in order to used a metal catalyst by lack of surface area to improve. In contrast carbon nanowall (CNW) is chemically very stable. So this paper, microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system was used to grow carbon nanowall (CNW) on Si substrate with methane ($CH_4$) and hydrogen ($H_2$) gases. To find the growth properties of CNW according to the reaction gas ratio, we have changed the methane to hydrogen gas ratios (4:1, 2:1, 1:2, and 1:4). The vertical and surficial conditions of the grown CNW according to the gas ratios were characterized by a field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and Raman spectroscopy measurements showed structure variations.

Synthesis of Carbon Nanowalls by Microwave PECVD for Battery Electrode

  • Kim, Sung Yun;Shin, Seung Kwon;Kim, Hyungchul;Jung, Yeun-Ho;Kang, Hyunil;Choi, Won Seok;Kweon, Gi Back
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.198-200
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    • 2015
  • The microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system was used to grow a carbon nanowall (CNW) on a silicon (Si) substrate with hydrogen (H2) and methane (CH4) gases. To find the growth mechanism of CNW, we increased the growth time of CNW from 5 to 30 min. The vertical and surficial conditions of the grown CNWs according to growth time were characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) measurements showed that the CNWs consisted solely of carbon.

Motor noise removal for determining gait events over treadmill walking using wavelet filter

  • Yeom, Ho-Jun;Selgrade, Brian P.;Chang, Young-Hui;Kim, Jung-Lae
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.48-51
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    • 2012
  • The conventional method for filtering force plate data, low-pass filtering, does not always give accurate results when applied to force data from a custom-made, instrumented treadmill. Therefore, this study compares low-pass filtered data to the same data passed through a wavelet filter. We collected data with the treadmill running. However these include motor noise with ground reaction force at two force plates. We found that he proposed wavelet method eliminated motor noise to result in more accurate force plate data than the conventional low-pass filter, particularly at high speed motor operation. In this study we suggested the convolution wavelet (CNW) which was compared to that of a low-pass filter. The CNW showed better performance as compared to band-pass filtering particularly for low signal-to-noise ratios, and a lower computational load.

Growth and Resistance Properties of Carbon Nanowall According to the Variation of Reaction Gas (반응가스의 변화에 따른 탄소나노월의 성장 및 저항 특성)

  • Kim, Sung Yun;Lee, Sangjoon;Choi, Won Seok;Joung, Yeun-Ho;Lim, Dong-Gun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.217-220
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    • 2014
  • Graphite electrodes are used for secondary batteries, fuel cells, and super capacitors. Research is underway to increase the reaction area of graphite electrodes. In this study, we have investigated the growth properties of carbon nanowall (CNW) according to the ingredient of gas. Microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (MPECVD) system was used to grow CNW on Si substrate with a variety of the reaction gas. The planar and vertical growth conditions of the grown CNWs according to the ingredient of the gas were characterized by a field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The electrical characteristics of CNWs were analyzed using a 4-point probe.