Nanoparticles of iron oxides have been prepared by the levitational gas condensation (LGC) method, and their structural and magnetic properties were studied by XRD, TEM and Mossbauer spectroscopy. Fe clusters were evaporated from a surface of the levitated liquid Fe droplet and then condensed into nanoparticles of iron oxide with particle size of 14 to 30 nm in a chamber filled with mixtures of Ar and gases. It was found that the phase transition from both - and -Fe to , which was evaluated from the results of Mossbauer spectra, strongly depended on the flow rate. As a result, - was synthesized under the flow rate of 0.1(Vmin)0.15, whereas was synthesized under the , flow rate of 0.15(Vmin)0.2.

Silver nitrate (AgNO3) powder was mixed into a reformed pitch precursor. Then, the silver-containing pitch was melt spun to form round and "C" shape fibers. A wire mesh was inserted prior to the nozzle to improve the spinnability of the silvercontaining precursor pitch. Silver particles in the carbon fibers (CFs) were detected by XRD and TEM. These tests showed that silver particles were uniformly distributed and the total amount of silver remained constant during stabilization and carbonization. Next, the silver-containing CFs were activated by steam diluted in nitrogen gas. Silver particles accelerated the activation rate, but the specific surface areas of the silver-containing ACFs were similar to those of non-silver containing ACFs at the same burn-off levels. The specific surface area of the C-shaped activated carbon fibers was larger than that of the round activated carbon fibers. The likely reason is that the surface area of a C-shaped CF is about two times larger than that of a round CF when equivalent cross-sectional areas are compared. A small amount of silver particles in the periphery of the CFs was removed during the activation, but the remainder of silver was stayed within the ACFs.

양액재배용 배지의 국산화필요성과 양액재배에 이용된 폐암면 슬래브(PURS)를 재활용한 배지의 개발을 위하여 PURS 입자와 밤나무 파쇄 입자(CW)를 혼합한 배지에서 고추 플러그묘를 재배하여 배지로써의 효과를 알아보고자 본 실험을 수행하였다. 1 차 실험은 소독한 PURS 입자와 파쇄기로 파쇄한 후 6개월 동안 후숙한 뒤 2.8mm 또는 5.6mm 체로 친 CW를 100:0, 75:25, 50:30, 25:75, 또는 0:100 비율 (%, v/v)로 조합한 혼합배지에 고추묘의 생육을 조사하였다. 그리고 2차 실험은 소독한 PURS에 4 mm CW, 4 mm 소나무 파쇄 입자(PW), 코이어, 피트모스 그리고 펄라이트(소립)를 조합하여 20 가지로 조합한 혼합배지에서 실험식물의 생육을 조사하였다. 고추묘의 생육을 조사한 결과 1차 실험에서는 CW의 크기에 따른 생육은 유의적인 차이가 없었고, 대조구와 100% PURS 처리구에서 생육이 좋았다. 2차 실험에서는 PURS 100%나 이것에 피트모스, 코이어, 또는 펄라이트를 혼합한 구에서 대조구보다 양호한 생육을 보였다. 반대로 PURS와 피트모스나 코이어의 혼합비율이 낮고 CW의 혼합비율이 높아질수록 생육이 좋지 않았다. PURS 100% 처리구나 PURS에 코이어를 혼합했을 경우보다 피트모스를 혼합했을 경우가 더 양호했고, 목재입자의 경우는 피트모스보다 코이어를 혼합했을 경우가 더 좋은 결과를 보였다.

There are at least three effects of the non-thermal particle bombardment on the solar atmosphere: (1) non-thermal ionization and excitation; (2) proton-hydrogen charge exchange; (3) impact line polarization. Due to the non-thermal ionization and excitation effects of electron bombardments in flares, Hα line is widely broadened and shows a strong central reversal. Significant enhancements at the line wings of Lyα and Lyβ are also predicted. In the case of proton bombardment, less strong broadening and no large central reversal are expected. However, due to proton-hydrogen charge exchange, the enhancements at the red wings of Lyα and especially of Lyβ lines at the early impulsive phase of flares are significant. Electron beam can also in some cases generates visible and UV continuum emission in white-light flares. However, at the onset phase, a negative 'black' flare may appear in several seconds, due to the increase of the H- opacity. The impact polarization of atomic lines can provide complementary information on the energetic particles, the energy transport and deposit in the solar chromosphere. New results of spectropolarimetric analysis for the major flare on July 23, 2002 are also given in the paper.

The core-shell latex particles were prepared by sequential emulsion polymerization of alkyl methacrylate and styrene(ST) by using an water-soluble initiator(APS) after preparing monomer pre-emulsion in the presence of an anionic surfactant(SDBS). In organic/organic core-shell polymerization, the pre-emulsion method, which minimized required quantity of sulfactant, has been used to increase the conversion rate and the stability of core-shell latex particles as well as to reduce the formation of secondary particle that cause problems of soap-free emulsion during shell polymerization. We used several methods to observe the core-shell structure. The core-shell structure was studied by measuring pH change during hydrolysis by NaOH, glass transition temperature(Tg) by differential scanning calorimeter(DSC), morphology of latex by transmission electron microscope(TEM) and change of particle size and distribution by a particle analyzer.

Nanoparticles of with a mean particle size of 4-30 nm have been prepared by a pulsed wire evaporation method, and its structural and magnetic properties were studied by SQUID magnetometer and Mossbauer spectroscopy. From the main peak intensity of XRD and absorption rate of Mossbauer spectrum, the amounts of and in as-prepared sample are about 70% and 30%, respectively. The coercivity (53 Oe) and the saturation magnetization (14 emu/g) are about 20% of those of the bulk . The low value of coercivity and saturation magnetization indicate that the phase nearly shows the spin glass-like behavior. Analysis of the set of Mossbauer spectrum indicates a distribution of magnetic hyperfine fields due to the particle size distribution yielding 20 nm of average particle size. The magnetic hyperfine parameters are consistent with values reported of bulk and . A quadrupole line on the center of spectrum represents of superparamagnetic phase of with a mean particle size of 7 nm or below.

멤브레인 여과 실험에서 얻어진 데이터 처리에 간단한 수치해석을 적용하여 삼투압(osmotic pressure) 과 구배확산계수(gradient diffusion coefficient)를 도출하는 새로운 방법론을 제시하였다. 삼투압과 구배확산계수는 이론 및 실험적으로 쉽게 구할 수 없는 물리적 특성치로서 멤브레인 여과의 특성 규명에 중요하다. 모델 라텍스 콜로이드의 여과시간에 따른 투과플럭스(permeate flux) 값과 이에 대한 수치적분과 수치미분 데이터로부터 분산된 입자농도의 함수인 삼투압 관계식을 구했다. 이로부터 계산된 열역학적 계수(thermodynamic coefficient)는 입자농도가 증가할수록 감소하는 거동을 보였고, 여기에 기존에 제시되어 있는 수력학적 계수(hydrodynamic coefficient)를 도입하여 구배확산계수를 산출하였다. 아울러, 본 연구에서 계산된 입자농도에 따른 구배확산계수의 결과와 동일한 멤브레인과 라텍스 콜로이드의 여과에 대해서 기존에 통계역학적 시뮬레이션으로 예측한 결과를 비교하였다.

Rarefied cosmic plasmas generally do not achieve thermodynamic equilibria, and a natural consequence of this is the presence of a significant population of charged particles with energies well above those of the bulk population. These are exemplified by the galactic cosmic rays, but the importance of these high energy populations extends well beyond that context. I review here some of the basic issues associated with the propagation and acceleration of cosmic rays, especially in the context of collisionless plasma shocks.

Micelle formation and adsorption at the Ti02 interface of a series of polystyrene-polythylene oxide(PS-PEO) block copolymer in aqueous solution was studied using fluorescence probing and small-angle X-ray methods. Further, the stability of aqueous Ti02 dispersion in the presence of copolymer was investigated by microelectrophoresis, optical density and sedimentation measurements. The dissolution of pyrene as fluorescent probe in aqueous surfactant solution leads to a slow decrease of the I1/I3 ratio, as the copolymer concentration increase; I1 and I3 are respectively the intensities of the first and third vibrionic peaks in the pyrene fluorescence emission. The behaviour was due to the characteristics of the copolymers and/or to the copolymer association efficiency in water. Moreover, the adsorption at the plateau level increases with decreasing PEO until chain length. The zeta potential of TiO2 particles decreases with increasing copolymer concentration and reaches a plateau value. Finally, stabilization using block copolymers was more effective with samples having higher weight fractions of PS block.