Recently, activated carbon derived from different agricultural by-products or bio-waste is receiving a great deal of attention due to its low or zero cost and environmental friendliness. In this work, flowers obtained from Borassus flabellifer (BFL) is used as a carbon source and potassium hydroxide (KOH) as activation precursor to produce activated carbon with high specific surface area and predominant micropore. The obtained carbon material was activated at 650 °C. The as-prepared sample had a specific surface area of 930.3 m2/ g and pore size distribution of 1.96 nm. The carbon material exhibited high electrochemical performance with a specific capacitance of 247 F/g at 0.5 A/g in 1 M H2SO4 electrolyte and an excellent cycling stability of 94% after 2500 cycles. A specific energy of 101.1 Wh/kg and a specific power of 4500 kW/kg were obtained. Based on the electrochemical properties exhibited by BFL, it could be used as an excellent electrode material for supercapacitor applications.

Cost-effective and sustainable high-performance supercapacitor material was successfully prepared from cellulosic waste (Sapindus trifoliatus nut shells) biomass-derived activated carbon (CBAC) by physical activation method. The CBAC displays nanofiber morphology, high specific surface area (786 m2/ g), large pore volume (0.212 cm3 g− 1) which are evaluated using FESEM, BET and possessed excellent electrochemical behavior analyzed through various electrochemical methods. Moreover, the assembled symmetric CBAC//CBAC device exhibits high specific capacitance of 240.8 F g− 1 with current density of 0.2 A g− 1 and it is maintained to 65.6 F g− 1 at high current density of 2.0 A g− 1. In addition, the symmetric device delivers an excellent specific energy maximum of over 30 Wh kg− 1 at 400 W kg− 1 of specific power and excellent cycling stability in long term over 5000 cycles. The operation of the device was tested by light-emitting diode. Hence, CBAC-based materials pave way for developing large-scale, low-cost materials for energy storage device applications.

생체 내 변화에서 효소는 중요한 촉매이다. 효소의 안정성과 재사용성은 촉매 과정에서 중요한 요소이다. 적합한 기질에 효소 고정화는 특정 미세환경의 조성을 통해 효소 활동성을 높인다. 다양한 종류의 분리막이 각각의 생체적합성과 막 표면의 친수성/소수성 조절 용이도에 따라 기질로 사용되었다. 본 논문에서는 셀룰로스, 폴리아크릴로니트릴(PAN), 폴리디메 틸실록산(PDMS), 폴리비닐리덴플루오라이드(PVDF), 폴리에테르설폰(PES) 고분자 분리막이 소개되고 토의되었다. 고정화 효소를 이용한 유기오염물의 생물적 분해는 제약 회사 및 섬유 회사 등에서 발생하는 오염물질을 친환경적으로 감소할 수 있는 방법이다. 효소 고정화 생물반응기(EMBR)로 기름의 가수분해를 제어할 수 있고 이를 통해 탄소 배출량 감소 및 환경오염을 줄일 수 있다. EMBR로 만들 수 있는 바이오에탄올과 바이오디젤은 화석 연료의 대체제이다.

Recently, air pollution from fossil fuels is at a serious level, and the IMO proposes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 70% by 2050, and controls greenhouse gas emissions by applying the energy efficiency disign index(EEDI) to each ship type. In this study, the marine fuel oil viscosity of MGO, MDO, HFO and CGO according to the temperature change was compared and measured and the difference was analyzed. As a result, the viscosity of CGO was 3.32mPa·s, which was almost similar to MGO(3.40mPa·s) and MDO(3.51mPa·s) so it was judged that it could be used as a marine fuel, and it was found that there was a significant difference with HFO at P<0.01 there was.

Most recently, graphene-related composite-modified electrode surfaces are been widely employed to improve surface interactions and electron transfer kinetics. Hydrothermally prepared strontium pyro niobate (SPN) and reduced graphene oxide/ strontium pyro niobate (RGOSPN) nanostructures reveal excellent morphology. X-ray diffraction analysis of SPN and RGOSPN agree with standard data. Thermogravimetry–differential scanning calorimetry analyses show that RGOSPN has higher thermal stability than SPN. In addition, from the polarization–electric field (P–E) loop measurements, the estimated value of remnant polarization (Pr) and coercive electric field (Ec) of SPN are 0.039 μC cm−2 and − 2.90 kV cm−1 and that of RGOSPN nanocomposite are 0.0139 μC cm−2 and − 2.04 kV cm−1. Cyclic voltammetry measurements show that RGOSPN nanocomposite manifests the possibility of electrochemical reversibility beyond long cycles without change in performance. The redox cycle reveal that RGOSPN can be used as part of a composite electrode for hybrid capacitors dynamic conditions. Moreover, the specific capacitance of SPN and RGOSPN was calculated using galvanostatic charge–discharge (GCD) technique. The observed energy density of 9.1 W h kg−1 in RGOSPN is higher when compared with previous reported values.

Carbon lives along with us in our daily life and has a vital role to play. It is present in the air and within all living organisms. Due to its handheld advantage in nano-properties that are utilized in many applications, carbon substrates came under limelight during the recent decades. Carbon substrates are most widely used in cancer detection, catalysis, bio-sensing, adsorption, drug delivery, carbon capture, hydrogen storage, and energy. Alongside, composite materials with carbon as an additive are also developing rapidly in applications like infrastructures, automobile, health care, consumer goods, etc. which became an integral chunk of our life. In this paper different types of carbon substrates and its applications, properties of the substrates were reviewed. The applications and methods of synthesis of carbon substrates are also dealt with a broad perspective.

Research on Graphene and its importance in the field of energy conversion and storage devices such as fuel cells, batteries, supercapacitors and solar cells has gained momentum recently. It is studied to be the most suitable electrode material for enhanced performance of supercapacitors in terms of charge–discharge cycles, specific capacitance, high power and energy densities and so on, specifically due to its high conductivity and large theoretical surface area. Unfortunately, it posits lot of challenges due to its irreversible stacking between the individual sheets resulting in the decrease in the Specific Surface Area (SSA) compared to the theoretically reported values. Numerous studies have been carried out to prevent this stacking in order to increase the surface area, thereby being a more suitable material for the manufacture of electrodes for supercapacitors as its capacitance greatly depends on the electrode material. To solve this problem, the conversion of two-dimensional graphene sheets to three-dimensional crumpled graphene structure has been verified to be the most effective approach. The study of crumpled graphene has been one of the recent trends in the field of energy storage applications in consumer electronics and hybrid vehicles as the process of crumpling can be controlled to suit the prospective device applications.

Several studies investigating the behavior and environmental distribution of rare earth elements (REEs) have been reviewed to determine the geochemical processes that may affect their concentrations and fractionation patterns in groundwater and whether these elements can be used as tracers for groundwater-rock interactions and groundwater flow paths in small catchments. Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), equipped with an ultrasonic nebulizer and active-film multiplier detector, is routinely used as an analytical technique to measure REEs in groundwater, facilitating the analysis of dissolved REE geochemistry. This review focuses on the distribution of REEs in groundwater and their application as tracers for groundwater geochemistry. Our review of existing literature suggests that REEs in ice cores can be used as effective tracers for atmospheric particles, aiding the identification of source regions.

새롭게 부상하는 CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)/Cas (CRISPR-associated protein) 9 유전자 편집 기술은 장기 이식(organ transplantation)과 같은 생의학 연구(biomedical research)와 동물 산업에 대한 전통적인 접근 방식을 빠르게 변화시키고 있다. 돼지 생식 및 호흡기 증후군 바이러스(porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus; PRRSV)와 전염성 위장염 바이러스 (transmissible gastroenteritis coronavirus; TGEV)는 돼지 산업에 막대한 경제적 손실을 초래하는 치명적인 바이러스이다. 바이러스의 숙주 수용체 단백질 CD163과 pAPN에 대한 이중 유전자 녹아웃(double knock-out; DKO) 돼지는 PRRSV와 TEGV에 내성을 나타내었으며, 정상(wild-type; WT) 돼지와 비교할 때 성장과 생식 특성의 차이가 없었다. 이러한 결과는 경제 동물 돼지에 CRISPR-Cas9 매개 유전자 편집 기술을 적용하여 바이러스 저항성 유전자 변형에 의한 품종 개량이 달성될 수 있다는 것을 보여주며, 질병 저항성 돼지 생산을 위한 육종 시작점을 제공한다. 종간 배반포 보완(interspecies blastocyst complementation)은 이종 만능 줄기세포 유도체(xenogenic pluripotent stem cell derivatives)의 장기 특이적 생산(organ-specific enrichment)을 가능하게 한다. CRISPR-Cas9 매개 접합자 유전자 편집(CRISPR-Cas9-mediated zygote gene editing)을 이용하여 췌장 생성(pancreatogenesis), 신장 생성(nephrogenesis), 간 생성(hepatogenesis) 및 혈관 생성(vasculogenesis)이 불가능 생쥐 숙주를 만들었으며, 이러한 숙주와 배반포 보완 플랫폼을 결합하여 키메라를 만들었다. 또한 돼지와 소 같은 유제류(ungulate)의 섬유아세포(fibroblasts)를 이용하여 CRISPR-Cas9 매개 유전자 편집과 체세포 핵 치환(somatic cell nuclear transfer) 과정을 거쳐 복제 배아(genome-edited cloned embryos) 를 생산하였다. 복제 배아의 1차 배양 섬유아세포(primary cultured fibroblasts)를 재복제하여 배반포 보완을 위한 숙주 배아로 이용하였다. CRISPR-Cas9 유전자 편집 기술과 종간 배반포 보완 플랫폼 전략의 조합은 유전자 변형 돼지를 생산하는 데 유용하다. 본 논문에서는 CRISPR/Cas9 유전자 편집 기술과 배반포 보완 플랫폼, 질병 저항성(disease resistance) 돼지, 이종장기이식(xenotransplantation) 목적의 키메라 생산을 소개하고자 한다.

Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes (VACNTs)-coated flexible aluminium (Al) foil is studied as an electrode for supercapacitor applications. VACNTs are grown on Al foil inside thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) reactor. 20 nm thick layer of Fe is used as a catalyst while Ar, H2 and C2H2 are used as precursor gases. The effect of growth temperature on the structure of CNTs is studied by varying the temperature of CVD reactor from 550 °C to 625 °C. Better alignment of VACNTs arrays on Al foil is recorded at 600 °C growth temperature in comparison to other processing temperatures. Cyclic voltammetry results shows that VACNTs-coated Al foil has a specific capacitance of ~ 3.01 F/g at a scan rate of 50 mV/s. The direct growth of VACNT array results in better contact with Al foil and thus low ESR values observed in impedance spectroscopy analysis. This leads to a fast charge–discharge cycle as well as a very high value of power density (187.79 kW/ kg) suitable for high power applications. Moreover, wettability study shows that the fabricated VACNT electrode has a contact angle of more than 152° which signifies that it is a superhydrophobic surface and hence shows lower specific capacitance in comparison to reported values for VACNT array. Therefore, it is necessary to develop suitable post-processing strategies to make VACNTs hydrophilic to realize their full potential in supercapacitor applications.

The reaction between Li2CO3 and Cl2 was investigated to verify its occurrence during a carbon-anode-based oxide reduction (OR) process. The reaction temperature was identified as a key factor that determines the reaction rate and maximum conversion ratio. It was found that the reaction should be conducted at or above 500℃ to convert more than 90% of the Li2CO3 to LiCl. Experiments conducted at various total flow rate (Q) / initial sample weight (W i) ratios revealed that the reaction rate was controlled by the Cl2 mass transfer under the experimental conditions adopted in this work. A linear increase in the progress of reaction with an increase in Cl2 partial pressure (pCl2) was observed in the pCl2 region of 2.03–10.1 kPa for a constant Q of 100 mL∙min−1 and W i of 1.00 g. The results of this study indicate that the reaction between Li2CO3 and Cl2 is fast at 650℃ and the reaction is feasible during the OR process.

가상 현실은 몰입감과 존재감을 극대화시킬 수 있다는 장점이 있어 비디오 게임, 교육, 치료 목적을 가진 다양한 콘텐츠에 널리 활용되고 있다. 또한 GearVR, DayDream, Occulus Quest 2 등의 HMD 등이 개발됨에 따라 가상 현실은 널리 보급되었다. 그러나 이러한 장비들을 사용하면 사용자가 실제 물리적인 세계를 볼 수 없다는 단점이 있어 실제 물체와 충돌하거나 넘어지는 위험한 상황에 빠질 수 있다. 만약 사용자가 시스 루 HMD를 사용하면 실제 물리적인 세계를 볼 수 있으므로 물체를 피할 수 있고 이러한 위험을 피할 수 있 는데 이러한 시스루 HMD는 광학 기반 방식이나 비디오 기반 방식으로 분류된다. 이러한 광학 기반 HMD는 렌즈를 통과하는 물리적 물체들을 볼 수 있지만 비용 문제가 있으며 비디오 기반 HMD는 비용과 카메라의 원본 이미지에 다양한 가상 효과를 추가할 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 본 논문은 이러한 장점들을 활용하여 저 렴한 비용으로 게임에 활용될 수 있도록 개발된 시스루 HMD를 설명하였으며 해당 HMD를 활용하는 게임 을 설명하였다. 본 논문을 통하여 개발된 비디오 시스루 HMD를 통해 더 많은 사용자가 저렴한 비용으로 혼합 현실 기반 게임을 즐길 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

With the development of technology, innovations are taking place in the education field, with smart device-based Chinese educational applications drawing attention. This study examines the current status of Chinese educational applications in Korea, China, and the U.S., and explores possible directions to design effective applications for Korean young learners. A total of 179 applications from three countries were investigated and classified based on educational application criteria. Among them, the top five applications were selected from each country using ratings and reviews. Each application was then evaluated and analyzed according to the evaluation criteria. The results demonstrated that applications from the U.S. were the highest scoring overall and highest in terms of content, with applications from China highest in terms of function. The result also presented three common problems, which are limited types of applications, the absence of camera function utilization, and the lack of learning activities to experience Chinese culture. This study recommends further discussions on Chinese educational applications with the broadened scope of application types and target learners.

포스트바이오틱스(postbiotics)는 프로바이오틱스(probiotics)가 발효과정 중 생산하는 유용한 대사산물과 미생물의 구성성분을 포 함하는 개념이다. 포스트바이오틱스는 기존 프로바이오틱스 소재가 갖는 안전성(safety), 기능성(function), 안정성(stability)의 한계를 극복할 수 있는 새로운 대안 소재로 주목받고 있다. 사균화 처리과정으로, 특정 대사물질의 복합물 형태로 제조되고 있기에 기존 생균제보다 가공, 포장, 유통, 섭취가 용이하다. 면역력이 낮은 환자나 건강 취약 계층의 소비자들도 안전하게 섭취할 수 있는 것도 장점이다. 뿐만 아니라, 체내에서 면역 조절, 감염 방지, 지질 및 콜레스테롤 대사, 항산화 기능을 보이고 있어, 앞으로 건강기능 식품 우수 소재로 활용될 가능성은 더 커질 것이다. 다만, 대부분의 연구들이 아직은 세포실험과 동물시험인 단계이기에 실제 인체적용 시험을 마친 소재들은 적은 편이다. 향후 꾸준한 연구성과를 바탕으로 다양한 기능을 가진 포스트바이오틱스 소재와 제품들이 개발된다면 건강기능식품 산업에 새로운 성장동력이 될 것으로 예상 된다.

This study produces electroconductive polycaprolactone (PCL)-based film with different amounts of graphene (G) through electrospinning, and the characteristics of the produced G/PCL composites are investigated. The G/PCL results are analyzed by comparing them with those obtained using pure PCL electrospun film as a control. The morphology of electrospun material is analyzed through scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Mechanical and electrical properties are also evaluated. Composites containing 1% graphene have the highest elongation rate, and 5% samples have the highest strength and elasticity. Graphene contents > 25% show electro-conductivity, which level improves with increase of graphene content. Biological characteristics of G/PCL composites are assessed through behavioral analysis of neural cell attachment and proliferation. Cell experiments reveal that compositions < 50% show slightly reduced cell viability. Moreover, graphene combinations facilitated cell proliferation compared to pure PCL. These results confirm that a 25 % G/PCL composition is best for application to systems that introduce external stimuli such as electric fields and electrodes to lead to synergistic efficiency of tissue regeneration.