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Photocatalytic Activity of $TiO_2$ Powder with an Oxygen Deficiency in the Visible-Light Region (산소 결함형 $TiO_2$ 분말의 가시광에 대한 광촉매 활성)

  • Yang, Chun-Hoe
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2007
  • It prepared the $TiO_2$ powder which has photo-catalytic activity in the visible-light by the wet process with titanium oxysulfate. The titanium $dioxide(TiO_2)$ by the wet process creates a new absorption band in the visible light region, and is expected to create photocatalytic activity in this region. Anatase $TiO_2$ powder which has photocatalytic activity in the visible light region, is treated using microwave and radio-frequency(RF) plasma. But, the $TiO_2$ powder for the visible light region, which also can be easily produced by wet process. The wet process $TiO_2$ absorbed visible light between 400nm and 600nm, and showed a high activity in this region, as measured by the oxidation removal of aceton from the gas phase. The AH-380 sample appears the yellow color to be strong, the catalytic activity in the visible ray was excellent in comparison with the plasma-treated $TiO_2$. The AH-380 $TiO_2$ powder, which can be easily produced on a large scale, is expected to have higher efficiency in utilizing solar energy than the plasma-treated $TiO_2$ powder.

Photopodegradation efficiency of visible light cured dental resin composites with novel photosensitizers (가시광선 중합형 복합수지용 광증감제의 분해율 비교)

  • Sun, Gum-Ju
    • Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.291-297
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    • 2011
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to know the availability of three photosensitizers, CQ, PD, DA, as a photosensitizer of dental resin composite. We want to know abortion band around visible light region for the using potential possibility as a photosensitizer for visible light cured dental composite resin. And I studied to know the relative photodecomposition ratio of three photosensitizers with or without photoinitiator, DAEM. Methods: The photodecomposition of three photosensitizers were studied by UV absorption spectroscopy in ethanol and determined by same instrument with irradiation time for relative photodecomposition. In order to study the effect of amine on photodecomposition was added the DAEM in the photosensitizer solution and the relative rate was measured by the same procedure with aove mentioned. Results: The all of three photosensitizers are absorbed around visible light region. The relative rate of decrease in absorbance incereased in the order: CQ < BD < PD. The effect of DAEM on the photodecomposition of the photosensitizers was appeared different results without DAEM. The photodecomposition rate of PD and DA decreased somewhat with the addition of amine, while that of CQ increased. The rtealtive photodecomposition rate increased in the oprder: BD ${\leq}$ CQ < PD with the addition of amine, but the differnce was not significant. Conclusion: PD and DA like CQ gives to the possibility of use as a photosensitizer for visible light cured dental composite resin by absorption around visible light region and photodecomposition in the maximum absorption wavelength. And it is showed that PD and DA are not effective decomposed with amine initiator, DAEM but CQ decomposed with DAEM effectively. This result may be due to a different mechanism operating for the decomposition of photosensitizers in the presence of amine.

A Study on the Effect on UV Exposure in Coastal Buildings (연안건축물의 자외선 노출에 따른 안전성 연구)

  • Kim, Taehwan;Uh, Jesun
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.195-205
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: The ultraviolet reflectance and transmittance of coastal building materials are one of the important factors of ultraviolet radiation in and out of coastal building. In this research, the ultraviolet spectral reflectance of many kinds of building materials was measured. Also, the relationships with the lightness, roughness, and chromaticity, which are surface characteristics, were reviewed and suggested. Method: In this study, according to the CIE classification, the ultraviolet region was defined as short-wavelength region UV-C(10nm~280nm), medium-wavelength region UV-B (280-315 nm), and long-wavelength region UV-A (315-400nm), and the visible light region was defined as (400nm~780nm). Spectrophotometer was used to continuously measure the reflectance from the ultraviolet region to the visible light region. Results: From the measurement results, the ultraviolet reflectance on Wood was shown to be about Visible 55-68%, UV-A* 7-12%, and UV-B 4-5%. Wall tiles are about Visible18-40%, UV-A* 8-20%, and UV-B* 7-8%. That on concrete was shown to be about Visible 37%, UV-A* 28%, and UV-B*19%. Conclusion: The ultraviolet reflectance can be estimated by visible reflectance. Also, it is important to select a variety of materials according to the application when blocking UV.

User-steered balloon: Application to Thigh Muscle Segmentation of Visible Human (사용자 조정 풍선 : Visible Human의 다리 근육 분할의 적용)

  • Lee, Jeong-Ho;Kim, Dong-Sung;Kang, Heung-Sik
    • Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.266-274
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    • 2000
  • Medical image segmentation, which is essential in diagnosis and 3D reconstruction, is performed manually in most applications to produce accurate results. However, manual segmentation requires lots of time to segment, and is difficult even for the same operator to reproduce the same segmentation results for a region. To overcome such limitations, we propose a convenient and accurate semiautomatic segmentation method. The proposed method initially receives several control points of an ROI(Region of Interest Region) from a human operator, and then finds a boundary composed of a minimum cost path connecting the control points, which is the Live-wire method. Next, the boundary is modified to overcome limitations of the Live-wire, such as a zig-zag boundary and erosion of an ROI. Finally, the region is segmented by SRG(Seeded Region Growing), where the modified boundary acts as a blockage to prevent leakage. The proposed User-steered balloon method can overcome not only the limitations of the Live-wire but also the leakage problem of the SRG. Segmentation results of thigh muscles of the Visible Human are presented.

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Photocatalyst Effect of Polyester Fabrics Treated with Visible-light Responsive Photocatalyst

  • Choi, Sei Young
    • Elastomers and Composites
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    • v.51 no.1
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    • pp.31-37
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    • 2016
  • In this study, we studied the photocatalytic functionality such as deodorant, antibacterial, antistatic of polyester fabrics treated with visible-light responsive photocatalyst. According to UV/visible spectrometry result, the UV-visible peak of visible-light responsive photocatalyst was found to be red shift at 420 nm sensitive in the visible light region. Also, the deodorizing and antimicrobial performance were shown to be retained more than 99% both before washing and even after 25 times washing. According to washing durability of polyester fabrics treated with visible-light responsive photocatalyst, the reduction effects for gas such as ammonia, trimethylamine, formaldehyde and toluene after 25 times washing appeared to be retained as much as before washing. At both before washing and after 25 times washing, antistatic property showed frictional voltage of approximately 250V.

A Study on the Reduction of VOCs Generated from Vehicle Interior Parts and Materials Using Visible-light Responsive Photocatalyst (가시광촉매를 이용한 자동차 내장재로부터 발생하는 VOCs의 저감연구)

  • Choi, Sei-Young;Yang, Seung-Gi
    • Elastomers and Composites
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    • v.48 no.3
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    • pp.209-215
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    • 2013
  • On this study, visible-light responsive photocatalyst prepared by sol-gel method was evaluated the effect of the reduction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) occurred in vehicle interior and its property was examined. According to UV/visible result, visible-light responsive photocatalyst was found that the UV-visible peak is red shift at 420nm, is sensitive in the visible light region. With vehicle interior parts and materials coated visible-light responsive photocatalyst, VOCs was measured by GC/MS. Measuring the VOCs generated from vehicle interior parts and materials, the reduction of VOCs was confirmed.

Analysis of suppressed thermal conductivity using multiple nanoparticle layers (다중층 나노구조체를 통한 열차단 특성 제어)

  • Tae Ho Noh;Ee Le Shim
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.56 no.4
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    • pp.233-242
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    • 2023
  • In recent years, energy-management studies in buildings have proven useful for energy savings. Typically, during heating and cooling, the energy from a given building is lost through its windows. Generally, to block the entry of ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) rays, thin films of deposited metals or metal oxides are used, and the blocking of UV and IR rays by these thin films depends on the materials deposited on them. Therefore, by controlling the thicknesses and densities of the thin films, improving the transmittance of visible light and the blocking of heat rays such as UV and IR may be possible. Such improvements can be realized not only by changing the two-dimensional thin films but also by altering the zero-dimensional (0-D) nanostructures deposited on the films. In this study, 0-D nanoparticles were synthesized using a sol -gel procedure. The synthesized nanoparticles were deposited as deep coatings on polymer and glass substrates. Through spectral analysis in the UV-visible (vis) region, thin-film layers of deposited zinc oxide nanoparticles blocked >95 % of UV rays. For high transmittance in the visible-light region and low transmittance in the IR and UV regions, hybrid multiple layers of silica nanoparticles, zinc oxide particles, and fluorine-doped tin oxide nanoparticles were formed on glass and polymer substrates. Spectrophotometry in the UV-vis-near-IR regions revealed that the substrates prevented heat loss well. The glass and polymer substrates achieved transmittance values of 80 % in the visible-light region, 50 % to 60 % in the IR region, and 90 % in the UV region.

Radiographic evaluation of the course and visibility of the mandibular canal

  • Jung, Yun-Hoa;Cho, Bong-Hae
    • Imaging Science in Dentistry
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.273-278
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: This study was performed to investigate the course of the mandibular canal on panoramic radiography and the visibility of this canal on both panoramic radiography and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). Materials and Methods: The study consisted of panoramic radiographs and CBCT images from 262 patients. The course of the mandibular canal, as seen in panoramic radiographs, was classified into four types: linear, elliptical, spoon-shaped, and turning curves. The visibility of this canal from the first to the third molar region was evaluated by visually determining whether the mandibular canal was clearly visible, probably visible, or invisible. The visibihlity of the canal on panoramic radiographs was compared with that on CBCT images. Results: Elliptical curves were most frequently observed along the course of the mandibular canal. The percentage of clearly visible mandibular canals was the highest among the spoon-shaped curves and the lowest among the linear curves. On panoramic radiographs, invisible mandibular canals were found in 22.7% of the examined sites in the first molar region, 11.8% in the second molar region, and 1.3% in the third molar region. On CBCT cross-sectional images, the mandibular canal was invisible in 8.2% of the examined sites in the first molar region, 5.7% in the second molar region, and 0.2% in the third molar region. Conclusion: The visibility of this canal was lower in the first molar region than in the third molar region. The mandibular canal presented better visibility on CBCT images than on panoramic radiographs.

Two-dimensional model simulation for reflectance of single crystalline silicon solar cell (단결정 실리콘 태양전지 2차원 모델의 반사율 시뮬레이션)

  • Lee, Sang-Hun;Kang, Gi-Hwan;Yu, Gwon-Jong;Ahn, Hyung-Keun;Han, Deuk-Young
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2012.03a
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    • pp.237-242
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    • 2012
  • At present, crystalline solar cells take up a significant percentage of the solar industry. The ways of increasing the efficiency of crystalline solar cell are texturing and AR(Anti-Reflection) coating, and the purpose of these technologies is to increase the amount of available light on the solar cell by reducing the reflectivity. The reflectance of crystalline silicon solar cell combined with such technologies will be able to predict using the proposed simulation in this paper. The simulation algorithm was made using MATLAB, and it is a combination of the theories of reflection in textured wafer and in anti-reflection coated wafer. The simulation results were divided into three wavelength band and were compared with actual reflectance measured by a spectrometer. The wavelength band from 300 to 380 was named ultraviolet region and the wavelength band from 380 to 780 is named visible region. Finally, the wavelength band from 780 to 1200 named infrared region. When compared with measured reflection data, the simulation results had a small error from 0.4 to 0.5[%] in visible region. The error occurred in the rest two regions is larger than visible region. The extreme error occurred the infrared region is due to internal reflection effect, but in the ultraviolet region, the rationale on reduction phenomenon of reflectance occurred in small range did not proved. If these problem will be solve, this simulation will have high reliability more than now and be able to predict the reflectance of solar cells.

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Hydrothermal Growth and Characteristics of ZnO Nanorods on R-plane Sapphire Substrates

  • Kim, Min-Su;Kim, So-A-Ram;Nam, Gi-Ung;Park, Hyeong-Gil;Yun, Hyeon-Sik;Im, Jae-Yeong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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    • 2012.05a
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    • pp.236-237
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    • 2012
  • ZnO nanorods were grown on R-plane sapphire substrates with the seed layers annealed at different temperature. The effects of annealing temperature for the seed layers on the properties of the ZnO nanorods were investigated by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV-visible spectroscopy, and photoluminescence. For the as-prepared seed layers, the ZnO nanorods and the ZnO nanosheets were observed. Only the ZnO nanorods were grown as the annealing temperature was above $700^{\circ}C$. The optical transmittance in the UV region was almost zero while that in the visible region was gradually increased as the annealing temperature increased to $700^{\circ}C$. The optical band gap of the ZnO nanorods was increased as the annealing temperature increased to $700^{\circ}C$. In the visible region, the refractive index was decreased with increasing the wavelength, and the extinction coefficient was decreased as the annealing temperature increased to $700^{\circ}C$. The non-linear exciton radiative life time of the FX emission peak was established by cubic equation. The values of Varshni's empirical equation fitting parameters were ${\alpha}=4{\times}10^{-3}eV/K$, ${\beta}=1{\times}10^4K$, and $E_g(0)=3.335eV$ and the activation energy was found to be about 94.6 meV.

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