• 접착 및 계면
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.44-52
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• 2002

Composite materials are created by combining two or more component to achieve desired properties which could not be obtained with the separate components. The use of reinforcing fillers, which can reduce material costs and improve certain properties, is increasing in thermoplastic polymer composites. Currently, various inorganic fillers such as talc, mica, clay, glass fiber and calcium carbonate are being incorporated into thermoplastic composites. Nevertheless, lignocellulose fibers have drawn attention due to their abundant availability, low cost and renewable nature. In recent, interest has grown in composites made from lignocellulose fiber in thermoplastic polymer matrices, particularly for low cost/high volume applications. In addition to high specific properties, lignocellulose fibers offer a number of benefits for lignocellulose fiber/thermoplastic polymer composites. These include low hardness, which minimize abrasion of the equipment during processing, relatively low density, biodegradability, and low cost on a unit-volume basis. In spite of the advantage mentioned above, the use of lignocellulose fibers in thermoplastic polymer composites has been plagued by difficulties in obtaining good dispersion and strong interfacial adhesion because lignocellulose fiber is hydrophilic and thermoplastic polymer is hydrophobic. The application of lignocellulose fibers as reinforcements in composite materials requires, just as for glass-fiber reinforced composites, a strong adhesion between the fiber and the matrix regardless of whether a traditional polymer matrix, a biodegradable polymer matrix or cement is used. Further this article gives a survey about physical and chemical treatment methods which improve the fiber matrix adhesion, their results and effects on the physical properties of composites. Coupling agents in lignocellulose fiber and polymer composites play a very important role in improving the compatibility and adhesion between polar lignocellulose fiber and non-polar polymeric matrices. In this article, we also review various kinds of coupling agent and interfacial mechanism or phenomena between lignocellulose fiber and thermoplastic polymer.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2022

Dietary fiber is considered a feed ingredient with high nutritional value in the broiler feed industry. Pine chips contain a large amount of dietary fiber and require some modification for use as broiler feed. In this study, pine chips were subjected to steam explosion under different severity factor (Ro) conditions to improve the chemical and physical properties of dietary fiber. The highest water-holding capacity, oil-holding capacity, and swelling capacity were found for Ro 4.0, followed by Ro4.5 and 3.5. The optimal condition for the steam explosion was determined to be Ro 4.0 (reaction temperature of 210℃, and reaction time of 6.0 min). Under these conditions, the water-holding capacity, oil-holding capacity, and swelling capacity of steam-exploded pine chips were 8.3 g/g, 6.5 g/g, and 5.0 mL/g, respectively. This study may contribute to the application of lignocellulose and related products in the broiler feed industry.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.436-447
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• 2022

Lignocellulose nanofibrils (LCNFs) were prepared using a two-step deep eutectic solvent (DES) and enzymatic pretreatment followed by mechanical defibrillation, and we examined the effects of enzymatic pretreatment conditions on different characteristics of the LCNFs thus obtained. The LCNFs yielded using the two-step DES pretreatment (Enz-LCNF) exhibited a well-defibrillated entangled web-like structure with an average fiber diameter ranging from 15.7 to 20.4 nm. Furthermore, we found that the average diameter and filtration time of the Enz-LCNFs decreased with an increase in enzyme concentration and enzymatic treatment time, whereas we detected a concomitant reduction in the tensile strength of the Enz-LCNF sheets. The Enz-LCNFs were characterized by a typical cellulose I structure, thereby indicating that the enzymatic treatment causes very little damage to the crystalline form.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.288-296
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 분무건조 조건 및 계면활성제 첨가에 따른 리그노셀룰로오스 나노피브릴(lignocellulose nanofibril, LCNF)의 분무건조 수율 및 건조 LCNF의 형태학적 특성, 치수분포 및 수재분산성을 조사하였다. 원료로는 약 70-300 nm 직경을 지니는 섬유상의 LCNF를 사용하였으며, 분무건조 LCNF는 rod형 파티클의 형태학적 특성을 보였다. $140^{\circ}C$ 온도조건에서의 분무건조 수율이 가장 높았으며, 분무건조 LCNF의 입자크기 또한 가장 작았다. LCNF 현탁액의 농도가 감소할수록 또한 송풍량이 증가할수록 분무건조 수율 및 입자크기가 증가하였다. 또한, 계면활성제의 첨가로 건조 수율을 향상시킬 수 있었으며, 첨가 비율이 증가할수록 평균입자크기가 감소하였다. 건조 LCNF의 입자 크기가 감소할수록, 물에서의 재분산성이 향상되었으며, 수현탁액의 여수시간이 증가하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.730-739
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• 2015

본 연구는 셀룰로오스 나노섬유를 닥나무 인피섬유 시트의 제조시 첨가하여, 닥나무 인피섬유 시트의 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 형태학적 및 화학적 성질이 다른 5종류의 셀룰로오스 나노섬유, 즉 리그노셀룰로오스 나노섬유 (lignocellulose nanofiber, LCNF), 홀로셀룰로오스 나노섬유(holocellulose nanofiber, HCNF), 알칼리처리 홀로셀룰로오스 나노섬유(alkali-treated HCNF, AT-HCNF), TEMPO-산화 나노섬유(TEMPO-oxidated nanofiber, TEMPO-NF), 셀룰로오스 나노크리스탈(cellulose nanocrystal, CNC)을 제조하였으며, 각 나노섬유의 종류 및 첨가량이 닥나무 인피섬유시트 제조시의 여수시간 및 시트의 투기도, 평활도, 인장강도 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 여수시간은 모든 나노섬유에 있어서 첨가량이 증가함으로서 길어졌으며, 5%의 첨가량에서 HCNF가 가장 여수시간이 길었다. 또한, 셀룰로오스 나노섬유 첨가량이 증가할수록 시트의 평활도, 인장강도 특성이 향상되었으며, 특히 0.1%의 극히 적은양의 나노섬유 첨가로도 비인장강도 및 탄성계수가 크게 향상되는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 특성 향상은 닥나무 인피섬유 간에 교차적으로 적층되어 있는 셀룰로오스 나노섬유의 충전 효과에 기인하는 것을 전자현미경 사진을 통해 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 고온증기 및 오존 전처리로 제조된 리그노셀룰로오스 나노섬유의 탈리그닌 처리가 나노섬유 및 나노종이의 특성에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 형태학적 특성 관찰 결과, 탈리그닌 처리에 의해 평균 직경 35 nm 이하의 균일한 섬유가 얻어졌다. 또한 탈리그닌 처리는 리그노셀룰로오스 나노섬유의 비표면적을 크게 향상시켰으며, 특히 오존 전처리의 경우는 탈리그닌 처리에 의해 무처리에 비하여 1.5배 증가하였다. 나노종이 제조 과정 중의 여수시간 또한 탈리그닌 처리에 의해 크게 증가하여, 고온증기 전처리의 경우는 탈리그닌 처리에 의해 무처리와 비교하여 5.4배 증가하였다. 탈리그닌 처리는 나노종이의 백색도를 향상시켰으며, 고온증기 전처리의 경우는 탈리그닌 전과 비교하여 색상차가 41.9로 매우 높게 나타났다. 나노종이의 인장강도, 탄성율 및 신장율도 탈리그닌에 의하여 크게 향상되었으며, 고온증기 전처리 후의 탈리그닌에 의한 나노종이의 인장강도가 142 MPa로 가장 높게 나타났다.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.56-64
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• 2014

The applicability of oil palm EFB(Empty Fiber Bunch) to the papermaking process as a functional organic filler was investigated in this study. Since the EFB has similar chemical composition to the lignocellulose materials such as wood fiber, the fines of EFB was applied to the handsheet paper as an alternative to wood powder which were used as an organic filler to improve water removal efficiency and bulk. The experiments showed that the EFB fines resulted in the higher water removal efficiency at the wet pressing process and leaded to the higher bulk than those of wood powder. In case of 10 % addition of organic filler, the strength properties were not significantly changed. Those results suggested that the EFB could be used as a new organic filler for improving water removal efficiency and bulk property.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권12호
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• pp.1669-1679
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• 2015

The quest to broaden the narrow range of feed ingredients available to pig producers has prompted research on the use of low cost, unconventional feedstuffs, which are typically fibrous and abundant. Maize cobs, a by-product of a major cereal grown worldwide, have potential to be used as a pig feed ingredient. Presently, maize cobs are either dumped or burnt for fuel. The major challenge in using maize cobs in pig diets is their lignocellulosic nature (45% to 55% cellulose, 25% to 35% hemicellulose, and 20% to 30% lignin) which is resistant to pigs' digestive enzymes. The high fiber in maize cobs (930 g neutral detergent fiber/kg dry matter [DM]; 573 g acid detergent fiber/kg DM) increases rate of passage and sequestration of nutrients in the fiber reducing their digestion. However, grinding, heating and fermentation can modify the structure of the fibrous components in the maize cobs and improve their utilization. Pigs can also extract up to 25% of energy maintenance requirements from fermentation products. In addition, dietary fiber improves pig intestinal health by promoting the growth of lactic acid bacteria, which suppress proliferation of pathogenic bacteria in the intestines. This paper reviews maize cob composition and the effect on digestibility of nutrients, intestinal microflora and growth performance and proposes the use of ensiling using exogenous enzymes to enhance utilization in diets of pigs.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.98-103
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• 2015

The reduction of the energy consumption in papermaking process become more important issue because of the regulation of green house gas (GHG) emission. Since more than half of energy for papermaking process is consumed during drying process, the increase of the drying efficiency would be very important solution for saving energy and reduction of GHG emission. The improvement of drying efficiency could be very difficult for the liner board mill because the liner board are usually made of recycled paper, OCC (old corrugated container). The short fiber and fines originated the OCC lead to compact sheet structure and delay the water flow out during wet pressing process and drying process. The application of lignocellulose spacer could provide more loose wet sheet structure and result in the higher drainage rate and the improved drying efficiency. In this study, the effects of the application of lignocellulose spacer to the liner board mill were evaluated based on the mill trial. In order to overcome the common disadvantage of the spacer, the loss of strength properties, the spacer was pretreated with amphoteric polyelectrolyte during mill trial. The results showed the application of pretreated spacer improved the drying efficiency by reducing steam consumption. And the loss in the strength properties by the spacer could be supplemented by the pretreatment.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.32-40
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• 2020

While the utilization of wood as a raw material in related industries has been increasing with the population increasing, the availability of wood from natural forests has continued to decline. An alternative to this situation is the manufacture of particleboard from non-wood lignocellulose materials through the modification of sandwich particleboard (SPb) using bamboo strands as reinforcement. In this study, strandsof belangke bamboo (Gigantochloa pruriens W) and tali bamboo (Gigantochloa apus) were utilized. The non-wood particles included sugar palm fibers, cornstalk, and sugarcane bagasse. The board was made in a three-layer composition of the face, back, and core in a ratio of 1: 2: 1. The binder used was 8% isocyanate resin. The sheet was pressed at a temperature of 160℃ for 5 min under a pressure of 3.0 N/㎟. Testing included physical and mechanical properties based on the JIS A 5908 (2003) standard, while acoustic testing was based on ISO 11654 (1997) standards. The results showed that using bamboo strands as reinforcement has an effect on the mechanical and physical properties of SPb. Almost all the types of boards met the JIS A 5908 (2003) standards, with the exception of thickness swelling (TS) and internal bond (IB) parameters. Based on the thickness swelling parameter, the C-type board exhibited the best properties. Overall, the B-type board thatused a belangke bamboo strand for the surface and sugarcane bagasse as the core underwent the best treatment. Based on the acoustical parameter, boards using a tali bamboo strand for the surface and sugar palm fiber as the core (E-type board) exhibited good sound absorption properties.