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Synthesis and Lubricant Properties of Vegetable Oil based on Estolides (식물유 기반 에스토라이드 합성 및 윤활 특성)

  • Son, Jeong-Mae;Kim, Nam-Kyun;Shin, Jihoon;Chung, Kunwo;Yoon, Byung-Tae;Kim, Young-Wun
    • Tribology and Lubricants
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.195-204
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    • 2015
  • Several researches are focused on improving the value of fine chemicals based on biomass resources due to environmental and other concerns associated with the use of petroleum-based products. Therefore, the synthesis and application of estolides derived from plant-based waste oil materials and their application as lubricants and as processing oil for butyl rubber products have been studied. Four kinds of estolide were prepared with conversions of 71~92% over 24h using various vegetable oils, as determined by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. FT-IR spectroscopy determines the esterification of estolides using 2-ethylhexyl alcohol. The estolides have iodine values of 35~90, α-ester/α-acid ratios of 0.45~0.55, and total acid number of 114~134 mg KOH g–1. Four ball wear tests show that the wear scar diameters (WSDs) of estolides as base oil significantly decreased to 0.328~0.494 mm, compared to WSDs of 0.735 and 0.810 mm of WSD for 150N and Yubase 6, respectively, as general base oil. Thus, the estolides have better wear resistance and satisfying design objectives for the engineering of a variety of lubricant base oils.

Chinese Research Trends in Materials Science and the Korean Countermeasure (중국의 재료과학분야 연구현황과 우리의 대응방안)

  • Noh, Kyung Ran;Kil, Sang-Cheol;Nam, Soo Woo
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.23 no.12
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    • pp.745-756
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    • 2013
  • Recent rapid development of the Chinese economy based on science and technology is challenging Korean industries and economy. Since the driving force for this rapid development of China is known to be scientific technologies, the purpose of this research is to confirm the current status of Chinese scientific research in the field of "Materials Science and Engineering" and propose a strategy for competition with China. Even though there are numerous journals of "Materials Science and Engineering", the 10 most popular journals with high impact factors were selected to cover general materials, nano materials, bio materials, and electronic materials. It was found that the number of scientific papers written by Chinese scientists for the materials field in the 10 journals was slowly increasing from the year 2000 until 2005, but has been rapidly increasing since 2005. This research found that Chinese research activities in the traditional metallic materials and nano materials have tremendously increased to occupy around 30 % or more papers published in several major journals related with materials science and engineering. On the other hand, bio materials and electronic materials research has not been pursued so actively; however, very recently the number of publications in these fields is also beginning to increase. To compete with this tremendously growing Chinese scientific development, Korea should have a policy of "selection and concentration" in materials-related fields, including basic science in nano, bio, and electronic materials.

Black Box Video-sharing Systems for Accident Analysis in the Vehicle Environment (차량환경에서의 사후 처리를 위한 블랙박스 영상 공유 시스템)

  • Jang, Hyeon Dong;Choi, Hye Sun;Lee, Jeong Kyu;Park, Jong Hyuk
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2015.04a
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    • pp.218-220
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    • 2015
  • 블랙박스는 많은 운전자들이 사고 발생 시 사고 경위를 파악하는데 널리 쓰이고 있다. 하지만 블랙박스의 시야각과 용량의 한계로 인해 사고 경위 파악에 어려움을 겪는다. 본 논문에서는 이런 문제를 해결하기 위해 차량 간 블랙박스 영상을 공유하는 시스템을 소개하고자 한다. 이 시스템을 통해 사고 차량은 다각도에서의 사고 영상을 얻을 수 있어 사고 경위 분석에 도움이 된다. 또한 이 시스템을 확장하여 차량뿐만 아니라 주변 영상 촬영기기 (CCTV 등)와도 영상을 공유할 수 있다.

Anti-fibrotic Effects of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fermented Tenebrio molitor on TGF-β1-stimulated LX-2 Cells.

  • Lim, Hyeon-Ji;Park, In-Sun;Jung, Chan-Hun;Kim, Ji-Young
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2019.10a
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    • pp.70-70
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    • 2019
  • Hepatic fibrosis is a common chronic liver diseases, characterized by the excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM). Activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSC) is proliferative and fibrogenic and accumulating ECM. Transforming growth factor $(TGF)-{\beta}1$ is a critical mediator of HSC activation and ECM accumulation leading to fibrosis. Tenebrio molitor (TM), known as yellow mealworms, is reported in many countries as the nutritional value of foods. Our study has aims of finding liver function improvement effect of S. cerevisiae fermented Tenebrio molitor (SCTM) in vitro model. SCTM regulates $TGF-{\beta}1$ induced hepatic fibrosis via regulation of the $TGF-{\beta}1/Smad$ signaling. Also, we compared the components increased by yeast fermentation. It is possible to make a useful insect-derived alternative food in the improvement of hepatic liver disease.

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