• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.108-114
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• 2007

The lyotropic behaviors to form the structure of distearoylphosphatidylcholine (DSPC)-based liquid crystal (LC) hydrated by only propylene glycol (PG) without water were examined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffractions (XRD), polarized microscope (PM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). By increasing the amount of PG instead of water, it showed the phase transition to be gradually changed from anisotropic structures to other structures more close to isotropic ones and their appearance to be changed from solid-like states to liquid-like ones with more fluidity. Below 50% w/w PG, the mixtures of DSPC and PG resulted in no direct observation of LC structure through PM because they were very close to solid-states. From 55% w/w to 90% w/w of PG, the dense lamella crystalline structures were observed through PM, and their thickness and area decreased as the content of PG increased. Measured by DSC with heating process, the main phase transition from α -lamella phase to isotropic phase appeared from 52.89 °C to 47.41 °C to show linearly decreasing behaviors because PG affects the hydrophobic region of DSPC-based lamella phase. The repeating distance of the lamella phase and the interlayer distance between bilayers were calculated with XRDs and the average number of bilayers related to the thickness in LC structure was approximately estimated by combining with TEM results. The WAXS and DSC measurements showed that all of PG molecules contributed to swelling both the lipid layer in the edge region of lamella phase close to phosphate groups and the interlayer between bilayers below 90% w/w of PG. The phase and thermal behaviors were found to depend on the amount of PG used by means of dissolving DSPC as a phospholipid and rearranging its structure. Instead of water, the inducement of PG as a polar solvent in solid-lamella phase is discussed in terms of the swelling effect of PG for DSPC-based lamella membrane.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference
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• 1987.11a
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• pp.39-46
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• 1987

액정(liquid crystal)은 고체 결정과 등방성 액체의 사이에서 발견되는 중간형태의 물질상태이다. 액정은 일반 유체와 같이 흐를뿐만 아니라 고체가 갖는 이방성 특징을 동시에 갖는다. 액정의 점도는 일반적으로 10-100 Cp 이며 점도가 낮은 기계류 윤활유에 해당한다. 이방성의 특징은 분자들의 긴 간격의 배열에 기인되며 광학적 birefringence로 쉽게 나타나진다. 액정은 세가지 형태로 나누어진다. Thermotropic 액정은 순수화합물이나 균질한 혼합물에서 관찰되는데 온도의 변화에 따라 상이 벼노하한다. 일반적으로 이 액정은 nematic, cholestric, 그리고 smectic 상으로 구분되며 Fig.2에 나타나 있다. Lyotropic 액정은 비누와 같은 amphiphilic분자들이 물과같은 적당한 용매에 용해할 때 나타난다. 이 액정은 Thermotropic 액정과 달리 농도가 상을 결정하는 주요한 변수이다. Polymer 용액은 액정배열을 가지며 Polymeric 액정이라고 불린다. 지금까지 액정에 관해 알려진 지식은 thermotrpic 액정에 관한 것이며 여기서는 이 액정에 관해서만 기술한다.

• Carbon letters
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.223-232
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• 2015

This review presents current progress in the preparation methods of liquid crystalline nano-carbon materials and the liquid crystalline spinning method for producing nano-carbon fibers. In particular, we focus on the fabrication of liquid crystalline carbon nanotubes by spinning from superacids, and the continuous production of macroscopic fiber from liquid crystalline graphene oxide.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 1987.06b
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• pp.12-12
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• 1987

To improve the fibrillation phenomenon and processibili to of poly(p-phenyleneterephthalamide) (PPD-T) , a P/E copolyamide was prepared by introducing 4,4'-ethylene dianiline (EDA) into rigid chain backbone. The effects of semi-flexible segment on the liquid crystalline properties were investigated. The EDA, used as a comonomer, was prepared by catalylitic reduction of p,p'-dinitrophenyl , obtained by oxidative coupling of p,p'-dinitrotoluene. Various high molecular weight PIE copolyamides were prepared by low temperature solution polycondensation of terephthaloyl chloride (TPC) with various mixtures of p-phenylene diamine (PPD) and EOA. The PfE copolyamides were completely dissolved in 100% svlfuric acid, and the phase transition of P/E copolyamide-sulfuric acid systems was examined in teams of concentration and temperature. Over the chemical compositions, PIE=911, 812, and 713, solutions of anisotropic single phase were acquired. In particular, the two mixing ratios, 911 and 812, gave a good anisotropic spinning dope.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.516-521
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• 1992

Hydroxypropyl chitin (HPCH) was prepared by reacting chitin with propylene oxide. HPCH showed the improved solubility in several organic solvents compared with chitin. It showed the remarkable solubility in formic acid. Form the results of polarized microscopic observatoin of HPCH solution in formic acid, finger-print pattern was observed in concentrations over 30 wt% solution. Since no typical thermogram was observed in DSC scan, the HPCH showed a lyotropic cholestric liquid crystallinity.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.411-413
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• 1991

The effects of electrolyte on the critical micelle concentration (cmc) and bromide counterion binding in the micelles of cetylpyridinium bromide (CPB) have been investigated by UV spectroscopy and conductance measurements. Salts used in this study decreased cmc in the order $Cl^-\;<\;Br^-\;<\;NO3^-$ (which parallels the lyotropic series for the inorganic anions) and the effects on cmc followed the equation proposed by Shinoda: log cmc = A - B log (cmc + [NaX]). In the equation, constant B represents the counterion binding to the micelles at cmc and for the micelle of CPB at $25^{\circ}C$, B=80.76%. The association constant for the binding of counterions to long chain cations within micelles was also derived from the cmc values and counterion binding constant to the micelles.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.89-96
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• 1994

The ether-type chitin derivatives were synthesized by reacting chitin with chloropropane, propylene oxide and chloropropane diol to form propyl chitin(PPC), hydroxypropyl chitin(HPC) and dihydroxypropyl chitin(DHPC). These derivatives formed a lyotropic cholesteric liquid crystallinity in concentrations over 30 wt% solution in formic acid (99%). Cast films from liquid crystalline solutions were degraded by lysozyme in pseudo-extra cellular tluid(PECF)solutions, at pH 1.2, pH 6.7 and pH 8.2. Three ether-type chitin derivatives rapidly degraded within the first week, and showed a decreased mechanical strength in neutral pH range. Dihydroxypropyl chitin showed the best biodegradation among these derivatives.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.16-22
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• 2007

Recently, mesoporous metallic materials are becoming more and more important in various applications like catalysts, electrochemical detectors, batteries, and fuel cells because of their high surface area. Among the various methods for manufacturing mesoporous structure, surfactant templating method followed by electroplating has been tried in this study. A mesoporous metallic film was prepared by electrodeposition from electroplating solution mixed with surfactant template. Nonionic type lyotropic liquid crystalline surfactant, Brij56, and nickel acetate based solution were selected as a template material and electroplating solution, respectively. To determine the content of surfactant forming a hexagonal column structure, the phase diagram of electroplating solution and surfactant mixture has been exploited by polarized optical microscopy equipped with heating and cooling stage. Nickel films were electroplated on Cu foil by stepwise potential input method to alleviate the concentration polarization occurred during the electroplating process. TEM and XRD analyses were performed to characterize the size and shape of mesostructures in manufactured nickel films, and electrochemical characterization was also carried out using cyclic voltammetry.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.115-118
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• 2005

Structure analysis of model polymeric micelles, both for non-asosciative and associative cases is done by small angle neutron scattering method. Aggregation number of the hydrophobic cores and the lyotropic ordering transitions of aqueous solutions of poly(ethylene glycol)(PEG) (6 K or 10 K g/mol) end-capped with perfluoroalkyl groups $(-(CH_2)_2C_OnF_{2n+1}$ (n =6,8, or 10) are characterized. Aggregation number is mainly determined by the hydrophobe end group only, and is insensitive to polymer concentration or temperature. Also, there is no difference between non-associative micelles and associative micelles in terms of aggregation number. The model systems order into a BCC structure with increasing concentration.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.246-251
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• 1997

The phase behavior of sucrose monopalmitate/alkanol/water ternary system was investigated. According to compositions of three components ranging from micellar(or inverse micellar) solution up to various lyotropic liquid crystalline(LC) phase, each texture of the separated phases was identified by crossed polarizers equipped with a camera whose stage was connected to a thermostatic circulator. As the carbon atom number in alkanol of the polar oily substance increases, patterns of the various LC phases were also observed hexanol