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Convective heat transfer characteristics of diamond nanofluid produced by matrix synthetic method (매트릭스합성 분산법에 의해 제조된 다이아몬드 나노유체의 대류열전달 특성)

  • Son, Kwun;Lee, Jung-Seok;Park, Tae-Hee;Park, Kweon-Ha
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.9-15
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    • 2013
  • The effective use and management of energy resources has been issued to solve the global warming problem and petrolium price increase. To improve the energy efficiency of a heat exchanger, a new countermeasure is required and the heat transfer research of nano-fluids as a new working fluid is needed. This study was carried out with increasing the Reynolds number and the vol% of nano-fluids in the inlet temperature of $25^{\circ}C$ and $50^{\circ}C$. As the result, the higher the entrance temperature is, the higher the convective heat transfer coefficient is.

An Experimental Study on Nozzle Spray Characteristics for the Design of Heat Exchangers of a Nano-Silver HVAC System (은나노 공조시스템의 열교환기 설계를 위한 노즐의 분무특성 실험)

  • Heo, Ju-Yeong;Kang, Byung-Ha
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.03b
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    • pp.534-537
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    • 2008
  • Growing attention has been given to sterilizing and antibacterial effects of nano-silver, recently. Nano-silver solution can be applied to the heat exchanger in an air conditioner to prevent bad smell or bacteria. The present study is directed at the nozzle spray characteristics over a heat exchanger. This problem is of particular interest in the design of a nano-silver HVAC system. The effects of nozzle position and flow rate on the spray area over a horizontal surface have been investigated for various nozzles. The results obtained indicate that spray area is increased as the height of spray position is increased or mass flow rate is increased. The wetted area over a practical heat exchanger is also studied at a given nozzle height. It is found that the wetted area is gradually increased with an increase in the flow rate. However, the effect of flow rate on the wetted area is a little affected by flow rate in the range of too much flow rate. It is also found that the wetted area is decreased as the inclination angle of a heat exchanger is increased.

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Electrochemical Characteristics of Dental Implant in the Various Simulated Body Fluid and Artificial Saliva (다양한 유사체액과 인공타액에서 치과용 임플란트의 전기화학적 특성)

  • Kim, T.H.;Park, G.H.;Son, M.K.;Kim, W.G.;Jang, S.H.;Choe, H.C.
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.41 no.5
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    • pp.226-231
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    • 2008
  • Titanium and its alloy have been widely used in dental implant and orthopedic prostheses. Electrochemical characteristics of dental implant in the various simulated body fluids have been researched by using electrochemical methods. Ti-6Al-4V alloy implant was used for corrosion test in 0.9% NaCl, artificial saliva and simulated body fluids. The surface morphology was observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The electrochemical stability was investigated using potentiosat (EG&G Co, 263A). The corrosion surface was observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). From the results of potentiodynamic test in various solution, the current density of implant tested in SBF and AS solution was lower than that of implant tested in 0.9% NaCl solution. From the results of passive film stability test, the variation of current density at constant 250 mV showed the consistent with time in the case of implant tested in SBF and AS solution, whereas, the current density at constant 250mV in the case of implant tested in 0.9% NaCl solution showed higher compared to SBF and AS solution as time increased. From the results of cyclic potentiodynamic test, the pitting potential and |$E_{pit}\;-\;E_{corr}$| of implant tested in SBF and AS solution were higher than those of implant tested in 0.9% NaCl solution.

Microchips and their Significance in Isolation of Circulating Tumor Cells and Monitoring of Cancers

  • Sahmani, Mehdi;Vatanmakanian, Mousa;Goudarzi, Mehdi;Mobarra, Naser;Azad, Mehdi
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.879-894
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    • 2016
  • In micro-fluid systems, fluids are injected into extremely narrow polymer channels in small amounts such as micro-, nano-, or pico-liter scales. These channels themselves are embedded on tiny chips. Various specialized structures in the chips including pumps, valves, and channels allow the chips to accept different types of fluids to be entered the channel and along with flowing through the channels, exert their effects in the framework of different reactions. The chips are generally crystal, silicon, or elastomer in texture. These highly organized structures are equipped with discharging channels through which products as well as wastes of the reactions are secreted out. A particular advantage regarding the use of fluids in micro-scales over macro-scales lies in the fact that these fluids are much better processed in the chips when they applied as micro-scales. When the laboratory is miniaturized as a microchip and solutions are injected on a micro-scale, this combination makes a specialized construction referred to as "lab-on-chip". Taken together, micro-fluids are among the novel technologies which further than declining the costs; enhancing the test repeatability, sensitivity, accuracy, and speed; are emerged as widespread technology in laboratory diagnosis. They can be utilized for monitoring a wide spectrum of biological disorders including different types of cancers. When these microchips are used for cancer monitoring, circulatory tumor cells play a fundamental role.

Electrorhelological Properties of Monodispersed Submicron-sized Hollow Polyaniline Adipate Suspension

  • Sung, Bo-Hyun;Choi, Ung-Su
    • KSTLE International Journal
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.28-32
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    • 2005
  • The electrorheoloRical (ER) fluids are composed of a colloidal dispersion of polarizable particles in insulating oil, and it's the rheological property changes by the applied electric field. These changed are reversible and occur fast within a fewmilliseconds. The ER properties of the ER fluid such as increment of viscosity and yield stress come from the particle chain structure induced by electric fleld. When formulating the ER fluid for a speciflc application, some requirement must besatisfled, which are high yield stress under electric field, rapid response, and dispersion stability. While this characteristic makes valuable ER fluids in valious industrial applications, their lung term and quiescent application has been limited because ofproblems with particle sedimentation. In an effort to overcome sedimentation problem of ER fluids, the anhydrous ER materials of monodispersed hollow polyaniline (PANI) and adipate derivative respectively with submicron-sized suspension providing wide operating temperature range and other advantage were synthesized in a four-step procedure. The ER fluidswere characterized by FT-lR, TGA, DLS, SEM, and TEM. Stability of the suspensions was examined by an UV spectroscopy.The rheological and electrical properties of the suspension were investigated Couette-type rheometer with a high voltagegenerator, current density, and conductivity. And the behavior of ER suspensions was observed by a video camera attached toan optical microscope under 3kV/mm. The suspensions showed good ER properties, durability, and particle dispersion.

Improvement of Transmittance and Surface Integrity of Glass Mold for light-hardening polymer Using MR Polishing (HR polishing에 의한 광경화성수지 성형용 글래스 몰드의 투과율 및 표면품위 향상)

  • Lee, J.W.;Kim, D.W.;Cho, M.W.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.78-83
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    • 2009
  • In general, Light-hardening polymer was used UV nanoimprint technology. A light-hardening polymer was had the problem of poor hardness, durability. In order to overcome the problem of polymer, inter change optical glass. However glass is very manufacture and a lowering of standars transmittance. In order to glass recover was necessary polishing process. The process is magnetorheological fluids polishing. MR polishing has been developed as a new precision finishing technique to obtain a fine surface. Hence, Magnetorheological fluids has been used for micro polishing to get micro parts. This polishing process guarantees high polishing quality by controlling the fluid density electrically. The applied material in experiments is fused silica glass. Fused silica glass is widely used in the optical field because of high degree of purity. For MR polishing experiments, MR fluid was composed with DI-water, carbonyl iron and nano slurry ceria. The wheel speed and electric current were chosen as the variables for analyzing the characteristics of MR polishing process. Outstanding surface roughness of Ra=1.58nm was obtained on the fused silica glass specimen. And originally glass transmittance was recover on the fused silica glass.

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Supercritical Fluids and Preparation of Porous Materials (초임계 유체 및 다공성 소재 제조 기술)

  • Lee, Jun-Young;An, Joon-Hyun;Kim, Jung-Hyun
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.169-179
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    • 2005
  • Porous materials are useful in a wide range of applications including bio/electronic products. The preparation and processing of these materials are mainly progressed by using an organic solvent, which gives rise to air pollution by its emissions. Alternatively, supercritical fluids are well suited to the production of functional porous materials due to a number of specific physical, chemical, and toxicological advantages. In this review, we will introduce the preparation and processing techniques for the formation of the nano/macro pore structure and their morphology, which can be controled by using supercritical fluids.

Atomic Force Microscopy: a Powerful Tool for Biological Engineering on the Micro/Nano Scale

  • Lovitt, R.W.;Wright, C.J.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Applied Microbiology Conference
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    • 2004.06a
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    • pp.187-193
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    • 2004
  • This paper covers the basic principles of the AFM and how these systems may be used to image biological materials and measure particle-surface interactions in process environments. e.g. visualize molecules and structure on surfaces in aqueous environments, measure forces of interaction of proteins and DNA, biosurface and cells. Examples of work include applications biological spore control agents control systems, process materials selection for example appropriate filters for biological processing, mechanical properties and bio-surface engineering.

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Toxicity of Two Different Sized Lanthanum Oxides in Cultured Cells and Sprague-Dawley Rats

  • Lim, Cheol-Hong
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.181-189
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    • 2015
  • In recent years, the use of both nano- and micro-sized lanthanum has been increasing in the production of optical glasses, batteries, alloys, etc. However, a hazard assessment has not been performed to determine the degree of toxicity of lanthanum. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to identify the toxicity of both nano- and micro-sized lanthanum oxide in cultured cells and rats. After identifying the size and the morphology of lanthanum oxides, the toxicity of two different sized lanthanum oxides was compared in cultured RAW264.7 cells and A549 cells. The toxicity of the lanthanum oxides was also analyzed using rats. The half maximal inhibitory concentrations of micro-$La_2O_3$ in the RAW264.7 cells, with and without sonication, were 17.3 and 12.7 times higher than those of nano-$La_2O_3$, respectively. Similar to the RAW264.7 cells, the toxicity of nano-$La_2O_3$ was stronger than that of micro-$La_2O_3$ in the A549 cells. We found that nano-$La_2O_3$ was absorbed in the lungs more and was eliminated more slowly than micro-$La_2O_3$. At a dosage that did not affect the body weight, numbers of leukocytes, and concentrations of lactate dehydrogenase and albumin in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids, the weight of the lungs increased. Inflammatory effects on BAL decreased over time, but lung weight increased and the proteinosis of the lung became severe over time. The effects of particle size on the toxicity of lanthanum oxides in rats were less than in the cultured cells. In conclusion, smaller lanthanum oxides were more toxic in the cultured cells, and sonication decreased their size and increased their toxicity. The smaller-sized lanthanum was absorbed more into the lungs and caused more toxicity in the lungs. The histopathological symptoms caused by lanthanum oxide in the lungs did not go away and continued to worsen until 13 weeks after the initial exposure.