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The effect of nano-Zinc oxide on the self-cleaning properties of cotton fabrics for textile application

  • Panutumrong, Praripatsaya;Metanawin, Tanapak;Metanawin, Siripan;O-Charoen, Narongchai
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.13-20
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    • 2015
  • The self-cleaning properties of nano-zinc oxide on cotton fabrics have been investigated. The cotton fabric has been prepared by pad-dry method. The nano-zinc oxide was encapsulated in the polystyrene particle by mini-emulsion process prior used. The loading amount of zinc oxide particles into the mini-emulsion were various from 1% wt to 40%wt. The particles sizes of ZnO-encapsulated polystyrene mini-emulsion were determined using dynamic light scattering. It was showed that the particle size of the mini-emulsion was in the range of 124-205 nm. The topography and morphology of ZnO-encapsulated polystyrene which coated on cotton fabrics was observed using scanning electron microscopy. The crystal structure of ZnO-coated on cotton fabrics was explored by X-ray diffraction spectroscopy. The photocatalytic activities of zinc oxide were present through the self-cleaning properties. The presents of the zinc oxide on cotton fabrics significantly showed the improving of the self-cleaning properties under UV radiation.

Working Experiences of Cleaning Workers (건물 청소노동자의 노동 경험)

  • Kim, Soyeon;Kim, Youngmi
    • Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.183-193
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe cleaning workers' working experiences in Korea. Methods: The data were collected in two focus-group interviews with 9 cleaning workers. The phenomenological analytic method suggested by Colaizzi was used to analyze the data. Results: Five theme clusters and thirteen themes emerged from the analysis. The first theme clusters, 'Dead-end choice' included Limits of elderly women workers, Financial difficulties, Lowered self-esteem. The second theme clusters, 'Facing with discriminatory working environments' included Fear and unfair working conditions. The third theme clusters, 'Potential health problems' included Physical overload, Repeated exposure to hazardous substances and Emotional labor. The fourth theme clusters, 'Excluded from protection of the law' included Gloomy reality and Sexual harassment. The fifth theme clusters, 'Desire to get out of social isolation' included Efforts to maintain the status, Desire to live confidently and Desire to change social recognition. Conclusion: The findings of the study provide understanding on cleaning workers' working experiences to explain by their vision and language and should ensure proper working conditions and environment to live a better life.

Atmospheric Plasma Treatment on Copper for Organic Cleaning in Copper Electroplating Process: Towards Microelectronic Packaging Industry

  • Hong, Sei-Hwan;Choi, Woo-Young;Park, Jae-Hyun;Hong, Sang-Jeen
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.71-74
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    • 2009
  • Electroplated Cu is a cost efficient metallization method in microelectronic packaging applications. Typically in 3-D chip staking technology, utilizing through silicon via (TSV), electroplated Cu metallization is inevitable for the throughput as well as reducing the cost of ownership (COO).To achieve a comparable film quality to sputtering or CVD, a pre-cleaning process as well as plating process is crucial. In this research, atmospheric plasma is employed to reduce the usage of chemicals, such as trichloroethylene (TCE) and sodium hydroxide (NaHO), by substituting the chemical assisted organic cleaning process with plasma surface treatment for Cu electroplating. By employing atmospheric plasma treatment, marginally acceptable electroplating and cleaning results are achieved without the use of hazardous chemicals. The experimental results show that the substitution of the chemical process with plasma treatment is plausible from an environmentally friendly aspect. In addition, plasma treatment on immersion Sn/Cu was also performed to find out the solderability of plasma treated Sn/Cu for practical industrial applications.

Enhanced Self-Cleaning Performance of Ag-F-Codoped TiO2/SiO2 Thin Films

  • Kim, Byeong-Min;Kim, Jung-Sik
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.28 no.11
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    • pp.620-626
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    • 2018
  • Highly self-cleaning thin films of $TiO_2-SiO_2$ co-doped with Ag and F are prepared by the sol-gel method. The asprepared thin films consist of bottom $SiO_2$ and top $TiO_2$ layers which are modified by doping with F, Ag and F-Ag elements. XRD analysis confirms that the prepared thin film is a crystalline anatase phase. UV-vis spectra show that the light absorption of $Ag-F-TiO_2/SiO_2$ thin films is tuned in the visible region. The self-cleaning properties of the prepared films are evaluated by a water contact angle measurement under UV light irradiation. The photocatalytic performances of the thin films are studied using methylene blue dye under both UV and visible light irradiation. The $Ag-F-TiO_2/SiO_2$ thin films exhibit higher photocatalytic activity under both UV and visible light compared with other samples of pure $TiO_2$, Ag-doped $TiO_2$, and F-doped $TiO_2$ films.

Evaluation of Cleanness and Physical Properties of W/O Microemulsion (W/O Microemulsion 세정제의 물성 및 세정성 평가)

  • Lee, Myung Jin;Han, Ji Won;Lee, Ho Yeol;Han, Sang Won;Bae, Jae Heum;Park, Byeong Deog
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.769-777
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    • 2002
  • Using four components - nonionic surfactants, water, hydrocarbon oil and an alcohol as cosurfactant, 12 types of cleaning agents were prepared, and their physical properties such as surface tension, viscosity, electroconductivity and phase stability were measured. As the formulated cleaning agents have low surface tensions(30.5-31.1 dyne/cm) and low viscosities (1.6-7.2 c.p.), they are satisfied with the general physical properties of water-in-oil(W/O) microemulsions for their industrial use. They showed a tendency that their temperature range for stable one-phase microemulsion decreased in accordance with the increase of alcohol/surfactant(A/S) ratio in the formulations. However, the temperature range of one-phase microemulsion was much more affected by hydrophilic lipophillic balance(HLB) value of the nonionic surfactant which increased its temperature range and it increased in accordance with the higher HLB value in the formulations. And the maximum content of water which can keep stable one-phase W/O microemulsion was measured at each sample. In addition, their temperature range for stable one-phase microemulsion was also measured. It was confirmed that the selection of surfactant type was very important for formulating a cleaning agent, since the W/O microemulsion system with the nonionic surfactant of the lower HLB value showed better cleaning efficacy that of the higher HLB value for abietic acid as a soil, which was used for preparing a rosin-type flux. In the formulated cleaning agents with the increase of A/S ratio in the formulations, however, there was no significant difference in cleaning efficacy. It was investigated that the differences of their cleaning efficacy was affected by the change of the condition of temperature and sonicating frequency as important factors in the industrial cleaning. That is, the higher, their cleaning temperature and the lower, their sonicating frequency, the more increased, their cleaning efficacy. Furthermore, using optical instruments like UV/Visable Spectrophotometer and FT-IR Spectrometer, their cleaning efficacy for abietic acid was measured. The removal of soil from the contaminated rinse water was measured by gravity separation method in the rinse bath. As a result, the cleaning agent system having the nonionic surfactant of HLB value 6.4 showed over 85% water-oil separation efficacy at over $25^{\circ}C$. Therefore, it was demonstrated in this work that the formulating cleaning agents were very effective for cleaning and economical in the possible introduction of water recycling system.

A study on Cleaning Efficiency by Navigational Methods of a Cleaning Robot (청소 로봇의 주행 기법에 따른 청소 효율성에 관한 연구)

  • Woo, Beomjun;Woo, Young Woon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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    • 2013.01a
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    • pp.17-18
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    • 2013
  • 이 논문에서는 저비용 고효율 청소 로봇을 구현하기 위한 효율적 주행 기법을 발굴하기 위하여 다양한 주행 기법들을 제안하고, 시뮬레이션 도구를 이용하여 실험한 후 그 결과를 비교, 분석하였다. 이 논문에서 저비용이라는 것은 전방에 하나의 근접 센서만을 갖는 단순한 구조의 청소 로봇을 의미하며, 이전 주행 경로나 장애물에 대한 영상 정보 등은 물론 좌우 상태에 대한 정보없이 진행 경로 상에 장애물의 존재 여부만으로 청소를 수행할 수 있는 청소 로봇을 의미한다. 이 논문에서 제안한 여러 주행기법들을 비교 분석한 결과, 바둑판식 주행 기법의 패턴에 주행 중 진행 방향을 0.05의 확률로 좌우 90도 방향으로 랜덤 변경하는 주행 기법이 가장 효율적인 주행 기법임을 확인할 수 있었다.

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A Study on the Historical Characters and Textile Conservation of Mrs. Lee, Dan-ha's Wonsam (외제 이단하 부인 대예복(원삼)에 대한 연구)

  • Bai, Sang Kyoung
    • Journal of Conservation Science
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    • v.5 no.2 s.6
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    • pp.15-24
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    • 1996
  • Th)s study was carried out of the historical characters and textile coservations for Mrs. Danha Lee's Wonsam. As the textile material was silk, dry cleaning method was suggested. The solvents for dry cleaning were n-hexane, n-decane, and benzene. During the second cleaning process, the dry soap(HI-TECH, 120:1, volume ratio) was added to the mixed solvents. The reaction's temparature was $20^{\circ}C$, and the reaction's time was 30 minuutes. It seemed to be a gift for hot from the Royal Family because of the attachment of pheonlx hungbae. This wonsam was decorated symmetrically by gold weaving yarn, the basic fabric was green silk satin with glorius letters and floral patterns. It was made on the 17th C and the oldest thing among them.

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Nanoparticle Cleaning of AMLCD Backplane

  • Oh, J.H.;Kang, D.H.;Choi, M.H.;Kim, S.H.;Choo, B.K.;Hur, J.H.;Jang, J.;Kim, I.H.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.1425-1428
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    • 2006
  • We have proposed a novel cleaning technology with organic nanoparticles for high-performance TFT array. The surface of the TFT layer becomes more hydrophilic after cleaning by the nanoparticles. This is concluded from the comparison of contact angles for the samples cleaned by various methods. It is found that the drain currents in the subthreshold and off-state regions are less than those for the TFTs cleaned with conventional method.

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Study on the elimination of agricultural chemicals using shower type ultrasonic cleaner (샤워형 초음파 장치를 이용한 농약 제거 효율에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Sheung-In;Hur, Woong;Kim, Jung-Kuk
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.905-909
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    • 2003
  • This paper describes a shower type ultrasonic cleaning system using particle acceleration, developed for better effectiveness in washing out agricultural chemicals from fruits or vegetables, compared to the existing bath type ultrasonic cleaning system. The shower type system consists of a signal generator, a transducer, and a spouting nozzle, mainly. The system has been tested based on the method recommended by Korea Food and Drug Administration. It is found that shower type system shows better performance and cost-effectiveness than the bath type system that is commercially available .

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The Formation and Control of the Biofilm in Dairy Industry: A Review (유가공 산업에서의 바이오필름 형성과 제어관리: 총설)

  • Chung, Yong Hwa;Chung, Dae Hak;Baick, Seung Chun
    • Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.139-151
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    • 2015
  • Biofilms are aggregates of microorganisms present in a self-produced matrix of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) adhered to a surface. Formation of a biofilm in the environment on farms and in dairy plants comprises several stages: attachment, growth (development), and detachment. Generally, biofilms are harmful to humans and need to be controlled. Stainless steel (SS) surfaces that are untreated or are scratched comprise substrata that are especially vulnerable to biofilm formation; therefore, SS surfaces should be polished and sanitized. Various approaches are available for the destruction of biofilms; cleaning-in-place (CIP) is the method mainly used in dairy plants. Further study on optimum detergents, cleaning conditions, and methods for this purpose is needed.

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