Won Seok Lyoo

표면이 매끄럽고 돌기가 있는 2가지 HDPE 지오멤브레인 덤벨형 시료에 두께 10% 간격으로 10∼90% 깊이의 노치를 가하여 실험에 사용하였다. ISO 10722에 의거하여 부가하중 횟수를 변화시켜 시공시 손상의 실내 모사시험을 HDPE 지오브레인에 실시하였으며, 부가하중 횟수가 시공시 손상에 미치는 영향을 비교하였다. 항복응력과 변형률은 노치 깊이가 커짐에 따라 감소하였다. 손상된 그리고 노치를 가한 지오멤브레인을 응력균열시험에 사용하였으며, 50±1 ℃에서 pH 4와 12 용액에 침지시켜 항복응력 변화에 따른 응력균열저항성을 NCTL 시험을 통하여 고찰하였다. 인장강도의 35% 이상에서 지오멤브레인은 응력균열에 취약함을 나타냈으며, 손상을 받은 그리고 노치를 가한 지오멤브레인 모두 같은 경향을 나타내었다. 특별히 노치를 가한 지오멤브레인의 경우 각각의 응력균열 시험조건에서 시공에 의해 손상된 지오멤브레인보다 낮은 강도를 나타내었다.

To enhance durability of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/iodine polarizing film under humid and warm atmospheres and to identify the effects of syndiotacticity on the polarizing efficiency (PE) and durability of PVA/iodine complex film, we prepared three high molecular weight (PVA)s with similar number‐average degree of polymerization (P_n) of 4000 and with different syndiotactic diad (s‐diad) contents of 53, 56, and 59%, respectively. It was found that syndiotacticity of PVA had a significant influence on the durability of PVA/iodine complex film in warm and humidity conditions (relative humidity of 80% and temperature of 50°C). That is, both desorption of iodine in PVA/iodine film and transmittance of film decreased with increasing syndiotacticity of PVA. In the case of PE, the values of over 99% were obtained at each optimum conditions. The change of PE (durability) of PVA/iodine complex films having P_n of 4000 and s‐diad contents of 56 and 59%, respectively, in warm and humidity conditions was almost zero, whereas those of PVA/iodine film with s‐diad content of 53% and with (P_n)s of 1700 and 4000 were about 60% and 50%, respectively, under same conditions. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010

High‐molecular‐weight poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)/sodium alginate (SA)/ silver nanocomposite was successfully prepared via electrospinning technique. Water‐based colloidal silver in a PVA/SA blend solution was directly mixing without any chemical and structural modifications into PVA/SA matrix to form an organic‐metallic nanocomposite. The effect of the addition of silver colloidal solution on the PVA/SA/silver nanocomposite was investigated through a series of experiments varying molecular weight of PVA and electrospinning processing parameters such as concentration of PVA solution, PVA/SA blend ratio, applied voltage, and tip‐to‐collector distance. In the case of PVA with number‐average degree of polymerization of 1700, by increasing the amount of SA in spinning solution, the morphology was changed from fine uniform fiber to beaded fiber or bead‐on‐string fiber structure. Increase of the amount of silver colloidal solution resulted in higher charge density on the surface of ejected jet during spinning, thus more electric charges carried by the electrospinning jet. As the charge density increased, the diameter of the nanocomposites became smaller. Transmission electron microscopy images showed that the dense silver nanoparticles were well separately dispersed in PVA/SA matrix. Energy‐disperse X‐ray analysis indicated that carbon, oxygen, natrium, and silver were the principle element of PVA/SA/silver nanocomposite. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 47: 1916–1926, 2009

To enhance the thermal stability of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) fiber, the fiber was prepared from the gel spinning of high molecular weight (HMW) PVA by using dimethyl sulfoxide/water (8/2, v/v) as a solvent, accompanied with the cross‐link by boric acid (B‐PVA). In addition, the structure and properties of the B‐PVA fiber were compared with those of the HMW PVA fiber obtained by using the same spinning system without cross‐linking (NB‐PVA). Through a series of experiments, it turned out that cross‐linking actualized by an optimum amount of boric acid (0.3 wt % based on PVA) and zone drawing caused significant changes in the properties of HMW PVA gel fiber. That is, cross‐linking increased thermal degradation temperatures at each degradation step and amounts of final residues, resulting in improving thermal properties of the PVA fiber. On the contrary, it was found that in the case of the B‐PVA fiber, some broadening of the original PVA unit cell occurred, which was identified by the peak shift to lower angle in X‐ray diffractogram. The tensile strength and Young's modulus of B‐PVA fiber with draw ratio of 15 are 23.1 and 308.3 g/d, respectively. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2009