• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.477-480
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• 2007

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.368-373
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• 2015

Porous alumina ceramics with two different pore sizes were fabricated using hollow microspheres as the pore-forming agent. The relative density, total porosity, and microstructure of the obtained alumina ceramics were studied. It was found that the total porosity of sintered samples with different amounts of hollow microsphere content, from 2.0 to 4.0 wt%, was 69.3-75.6%. The interconnected and spherical cell morphology was obtained with 3.0 wt% hollow microsphere content. The resulting ceramics consist of a hierarchical structure with large-sized cells, and small-sized pores in the cell walls. Moreover, the compressive strength of the sintered samples varied from 8.3-11.5 MPa, corresponding to hollow microsphere contents of 2.0-4.0 wt%.

• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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• 제68권
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• pp.416-424
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• 2018

Oil spill and oily wastewater have now become a serious threat to the freshwater and marine environments. Porous materials with super-hydrophobicity and super-oleophilicity are good candidates for the oil adsorption and oil/water separation. Here, flexible hybrid nanofibrous membrane (FHNM) containing $SiO_2$/polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) microspheres was prepared by simultaneous electrospinning and electrospraying. The obtained FHNM combined the flexibility of the nanofiber mat and super-hydrophobicity of the microspheres, which could not be achieved by either only electrospinning or only electrospraying. It was found that when the weight ratio between the $SiO_2$ and PVDF reached a critical value, the $SiO_2$ nanoparticles were present on the PVDF microsphere surface, significantly improving the surface roughness and hence the contact angle of the FHNM. Compared with the pure electrospun PVDF nanofiber mat, most of the FHNMs have a higher oil adsorption capacity. The FHNM could separate the oil with water quickly under the gravity and displayed a high efficiency and good reusability for the oil/water separation. More importantly, the FHNM could not only separate the oil with the pure water but also the corrosive solution including the salt, acid and alkali solution.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.109-114
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• 2016

용매열합성법과 하소 과정으로 이루어진 두 단계 공정을 통해 단분산된 마이크로 크기의 구형 $ZnGa_2O_4$ 입자를 합성하였다. 합성된 3차원 구조의 구형 $ZnGa_2O_4$ 입자는 핵 생성과정에서 발생된 $ZnGa_2O_4$ 핵들이 자기 조립에 의해 형성된다. 이렇게 3차원 구조의 입자를 형성하는 원리인 '핵 성성'과 '자기 조립' 과정은 계면활성제인 PEG(polyethylene glycol)의 영향을 받는다. 그 이유는 계면활성제인 PEG의 농도가 임계응집농도(critical aggregation concentration)를 결정짓기 때문이다. 그리고 $ZnGa_2O_4$ 단상 합성을 위해 원료인 zinc acetate의 양을 조절했으며, 최적의 하소 조건을 결정하고자 TG-DTA를 통해 열적 거동을 확인했다. 또한 열처리 전 모체와 $900^{\circ}C$에서 1시간의 열처리 과정을 거친 산화물을 구성하는 작용기의 변화를 규명하기 위해 FT-IR을 측정하였다.