• 한국재료학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.321-327
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• 2012

The production of functional activated carbon materials starting from inexpensive natural precursors using environmentally friendly and economically effective processes has attracted much attention in the areas of material science and technology. In particular, the use of plant biomass to produce functional carbonaceous materials has attracted a great deal of attention in various aspects. In this study the preparation of activated carbon has been attempted from rice husks via a chemical activation-assisted microwave system. The rice husks were milled via attrition milling with aluminum balls, and then carbonized under purified $N_2$. The operational parameters including the activation agents, chemical impregnation weight ratio of the calcined rice husk to KOH (1:1, 1:2 and 1:4), microwave power heating within irradiation time (3-5 min), and the second activation process on the adsorption capability were investigated. Experimental results were investigated using XRD, FT-IR, and SEM. It was found that the BET surface area of activated carbons irrespective of the activation agent resulted in surface area. The activated carbons prepared by microwave heating with an activation process have higher surface area and larger average pore size than those prepared by activation without microwave heating when the ratio with KOH solution was the same. The activation time using microwave heating and the chemical impregnation ratio with KOH solution were varied to determine the optimal method for obtaining high surface area activated carbon (1505 $m^2$/g).

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1997년도 하계학술대회 논문집 C
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• pp.1630-1632
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• 1997

We have investigated activation phenomena of implanted ions on silicon wafers using microwave(2.45GHz). It is found that the higher concentration of impurities makes the better activation effects by microwave annealing. We have exposed poly-Si TFTs by microwave in order to anneal and improved the device performance. Microwave activates source/drain ions and lowers the contact resistance so that the current of the poly-Si TFTs increases. In addition, the leakage current of hydrogen passivated poly-Si TFTs is decreased after microwave annealing, due to the diffusion of hydrogen ions and curing the defects in the poly-Si active channel.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.269-275
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• 1998

The purpose of this study was to determine the thermal inactivation of Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella typhimurium and E. coli O111 in liquid cultures treated with microwave energy. Furthermore, this study was to introduce new methodologies for studying nonthermal microwave effects on microorganisms, using controlled microwave energy and specially designed apparatuses. For the automatic temperature control during microwave heating, the real time data acquisition and computation system is designed with BASIC routine. The automatic temperature control system used in the experiments perform relatively stable control at the experiment temperature of 45, 50, 55 60$^{\circ}C$ and 65$^{\circ}C$ for 30 minutes. The effects of microwave heating on liquid cultures was compared with that of conventional heating, still reduces effectively the number of pathogenic bacteria in liquid cultures. While no particular differences between microwave heating and conventional heating was observed in the activation of E. coli at 45$^{\circ}C$ test, the activation of Sal. enteritidis and Sal. typhimurium was slightly reduced during the microwave treatments.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보디스플레이학회 2002년도 International Meeting on Information Display
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• pp.177-180
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• 2002

Microwave has been utilized for low-temperature crystallization of amorphous Si films. Microwave annealing lowered the crystallization temperature and shortened the annealing time. The combination of Ni and microwave applications on a-Si films further enhanced the crystallization. The enhancement was due to both reduced nucleation activation energy and growth activation energy.

• Carbon letters
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.205-209
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• 2002

In the reaction of gas-solid phases, the microwave energy plays a role as a catalyst, because it causes friction between adjacent molecules and enables an unique characteristics of interior heating of the materials. When the dipole gases are adsorbed inside of the pore of carbon materials, the gases are decomposed by the microwave energy and reacted with the carbon atoms. Using this principle, we could make the activated carbon from coconut shell within 20 minute, and this residence time for activation is about 1/16 of rotary kiln. The BET surface area of activated carbon made by microwave is about $1,100m^2/g$ similar to conventional method of rotary kiln. In this study, the power of microwave generator was 400~1000W, and the gas for activation was steam mainly.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.237-246
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• 2018

Purpose: This study (a) investigated the effect of microwave power intensity and sample thickness on microwave drying characteristics of radish strips, and (b) determined the best-fit drying model for describing experimental drying data, effective moisture diffusivity ($D_{eff}$), and activation energy ($E_a$) for all drying conditions. Methods: A domestic microwave oven was modified for microwave drying and equipped with a small fan installed on the left upper side for removing water vapor during the drying process. Radishes were cut into two fixed-size strip shapes (6 and 9 mm in thickness). For drying experiments, the applied microwave power intensities ranged from 180 to 630 W at intervals of 90 W. Six drying models were evaluated to delineate the experimental drying curves of both radish strip samples. The effective moisture diffusivity ($D_{eff}$) was determined from Fick's diffusion method, and the Arrhenius equation was applied to calculate the activation energy ($E_a$). Results: The drying time was profoundly decreased as the microwave power intensity was increased regardless of the thickness of the radish strips; however, the drying rate of thicker strips was faster than that of the thinner strips up to a certain moisture content of the strip samples. The majority of the applied drying models were suitable to describe the drying characteristics of the radish strips for all drying conditions. Among the drying models, based on the model indices, the best model was the Page model. The range of estimated $D_{eff}$ for both strip samples was from $2.907{\times}10^{-9}$ to $1.215{\times}10^{-8}m^2/s$. $E_a$ for the 6- and 9-mm strips was 3.537 and 3.179 W/g, respectively. Conclusions: The microwave drying characteristics varied depending on the microwave power intensity and the thickness of the strips. In order to produce high-quality dried radish strips, the microwave power intensity should be lower than 180 W.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.285-291
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• 2005

다양한 추출공정에 의하여 제조된 노루궁뎅이버섯의 열수 및 50% 에탄올 추출분획이 대식세포의 활성화에 미치는 효과를 마우스의 대식세포주인 RAW264.7 세포를 사용하여 측정하였다. 실험 결과, NO 생산능은 2시간 열수추출한 분획과 60 W에서 50% 에탄올로 3분간 microwave로 추출한 분획이 높았고, 활성산소종(ROS)에 대한 소거활성은 2시간 또는 3시간 열수추출한 분획과 60W에서 50% 에탄올로 3분간 microwave로 추출한 분획 및 0.5% HCl로 추출한 분획에서 높게 나타났다. 50% 에탄올 추출에 있어서 60W, 80W 및 120W에서 3분간 microwave로 추출한 분획들이 RAW264.7 세포의 Candida albicans에 대한 포식활성을 크게 유도한다는 사실을 알았다. 특히 50% 에탄올을 용매로 사용하여 60W에서 3분간 microwave로 추출한 분획은 NO 생산, ROS 소거 및 C. albicans에 대한 포식활성의 전반적인 대식세포의 활성화를 유도하였다. 이 사실은 노루궁뎅이버섯에 있어서 60 W에서 3분간 microwave에 의한 50% 에탄올 추출조건이 함유된 다당류가 관련된 대식세포 활성화 성분의 농화에 유용하게 사용될 수 있음을 보여주었고, 단백다당류가 활성성분으로서 관련되었을 가능성을 시사하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.1773-1776
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• 2011

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.683-690
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• 2005

왕겨를 마이크로파로 탄화하고 그의 탄화속도를 기존의 열적 탄화에 의한 탄화속도와 비교하였다. 왕겨를 $300{\sim}600^{\circ}C$에서 각각 30분 동안 열적 탄화하고 그의 탄화속도를 분석한 결과 탄화온도가 증가할수록 질량감소 및 탄화도(C/H 몰비)가 현저히 증가했지만 왕겨에 마이크로파를 조사하면 입사전력과 조사시간이 증가해도 탄화가 일어나지 않았다. 그러나 $600^{\circ}C$에서 30분 동안 탄화시켜 C/H 몰비가 3.0 이상인 탄화왕겨 6 wt％를 왕겨에 혼합시키고 마이크로파를 조사한 결과 탄화가 잘 되었고 그의 속도식은 마이크로파 입사전력 및 조사시간에 의존하였으며 열적 탄화와 마찬가지로 Arrhenius 식으로 잘 표현되었다. 이때 마이크로파 탄화로 얻어진 활성화에너지는 열적 탄화에 비하여 크게 낮은 반면에 반응속도상수는 훨씬 컸다. 이는 마이크로파 흡수촉진 매체, 즉 촉매적 개시제(initiator)로 사용된 탄화왕겨에 대한 마이크로파 에너지의 내부 부피가열 특성에 기인한 것으로 판단된다. 마이크로파 흡수특성에 대한 왕겨의 회분과 탄화왕겨의 탄화도 및 혼합비율에 대한 영향을 검토하였다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.416-423
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• 2012

Using time domain reflectometry, the complex dielectric spectra between 10 MHz to 20 GHz has been measured in the whole composition range at 10, 20, 30 and $40^{\circ}C$ for the binary mixtures of ethylene glycol and dimethyl sulfoxide. For all the mixtures, only one dielectric loss peak was observed in this frequency range. The relaxation in these mixtures can be described by a single relaxation time using the Debye model. A systematic variation is observed in dielectric constant (${\varepsilon}_0$) and relaxation time (${\tau}$). The excess permittivity (${\varepsilon}^E$), excess inverse relaxation time $(1/{\tau})^E$, Kirkwood correlation factor (g) and thermodynamic parameters viz. enthalpy of activation (${\Delta}H$) and Gibbs free energy of activation (${\Delta}G$) have been determined, to confirm the formation of hydrogen bonded homogeneous and heterogeneous cooperative domains, the dynamics of solute - solute interaction and the hindrance to molecular rotation in the hydrogen bonded glass forming ethylene glycol - dimethyl sulphoxide system.