• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2012년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.97.1-97.1
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• 2012

Porous ceramics are widely used for applications such as catalysis supports, gas distributors and filters such as DPF. For these purpose, it is important to have proper porosity controlling pore structure while maintaining mechanical and thermal properties. In this work, we have prepared the porous ceramic structures made of reaction bonded silicon nitride with hierarchical pore structures. Uni-directionally aligned pore channels, which are mostly filled with ${\beta}$-Si3N4 whiskers, were achieved by an ice-templating method. The structures of the pore channels and the walls are controllable by the processing conditions, such as solid concentration, freezing rate of the slurry, and additives. We have investigated and characterized the influences of the conditions on the microstructures and the properties, such as porosity, pore size distribution, lamellar thickness, wavelength, and orientations. The compressive strength test and flow test was performed to determine the structural integrity and air permeability.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.189-194
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• 2016

We report a facile method for preparing KIT-1 mesoporous silicates with two different macroporous structures by dual templating. As a template for macropores, polystyrene (PS) beads are assembled into uniform three dimensional arrays by ice templating, i.e., by growing ice crystals during the freezing process of the particle suspension. Then, the polymeric templates are directly introduced into the precursor-gel solution with cationic surfactants for templating the mesopores, which is followed by hydrothermal crystallization and calcination. Later, by burning out the PS beads and the surfactants, KIT-1 mesoporous silicates with macropores are produced in a powder form. The macroporous structures of the silicates can be controlled by changing the amount of EDTANa4 salt under the same templating conditions using the PS beads and inverse-opal or hollow structures can be obtained. This strategy to prepare mesoporous powders with controllable macrostructures is potentially useful for various applications especially those dealing with bulky molecules such as, catalysis, separation, drug carriers and environmental adsorbents.

• Carbon letters
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• 제18권
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• pp.24-29
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• 2016

High pollutant-loading capacities (up to 319 times its own weight) are achieved by three-dimensional (3D) macroporous, slightly reduced graphene oxide (srGO) sorbents, which are prepared through ice-templating and consecutive thermal reduction. The reduction of the srGO is readily controlled by heating time under a mild condition (at 1 10⁻² Torr and 200℃). The saturated sorption capacity of the hydrophilic srGO sorbent (thermally reduced for 1 h) could not be improved further even though the samples were reduced for 10 h to achieve the hydrophobic surface. The large meso- and macroporosity of the srGO sorbent, which is achieved by removing the residual water and the hydroxyl groups, is crucial for achieving the enhanced capacity. In particular, a systematic study on absorption parameters indicates that the open porosity of the 3D srGO sorbents significantly contributes to the physical loading of oils and organic solvents on the hydrophilic surface. Therefore, this study provides insight into the absorption behavior of highly macroporous graphene-based macrostructures and hence paves the way to development of promising next-generation sorbents for removal of oils and organic solvent pollutants.

• 폴리머
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.151-156
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 디메틸실록산과 벤젠으로 구성된 단량체 용액에 방향성 결정화를 두 차례 진행하여 새로운 기공 구조를 제작하였다. 우선 첫 번째 용매의 방향성 결정화를 통해 벌집 형태의 기공 구조를 제작하였다. 상기 용액을 다시 담지한 뒤, 다시 방향성 결정화를 진행하게 되면 벌집 형태의 기공 구조 내에 또 다른 기공 구조가 혼재되어 있는 새로운 구조를 얻을 수 있었다. 반복된 방향성 결정화로 제조된 다공성 소재는, 한번의 방향성 결정화로 제조된 소재보다 압입탄성계수와 압입경도가 높았으며, 높은 농도의 용액으로 두 번째 방향성 결정화가 진행된 경우에 최대 증가치(압입탄성계수: 2140% 증가, 압입경도: 2330% 증가)를 얻을 수 있었다. 반면, 두 번째 방향성 결정화가 진행된 경우, 첫 번째 방향성 결정화만 진행된 경우보다 기공률과 접촉각은 감소하였으며, 높은 농도의 용액으로 두 번째 방향성 결정화가 진행된 경우 이들 물성의 최대 감소(기공률: 21% 감소, 접촉각: 36% 감소)를 관찰할 수 있었다.