In this study, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)/graphene oxide (GO) nanocomposite films containing various content of GO were prepared using solution casting method. The effect of GO content on Young’s modulus and dispersion of GO in PHBV matrix was investigated. Also, the thermomechanical properties, oxygen transmission rates and hydrolytic degradation of PHBV/GO nanocomposite films were studied. The addition of GO into PHBV improves the Young’s modulus and decreases thermal expansion coefficient. The improvement can be mainly attributed to good dispersion of GO and interfacial interactions between PHBV and GO. Furthermore, PHBV/GO nanocomposite films show good oxygen barrier properties. PHBV/GO nanocomposites show lower hydrolytic degradation rates with increasing content of GO.

To control degradation rate of biodegradable poly(lactide)s (PLA), the stereochemical PLAs with different ratios of d-lactide and l-lactide units were synthesized by the ring open polymerization and the their degradation kinetics were measured by a Langmuir film balance. The alkaline (pH=11) degradation of poly(l-lactide) (l-PLA) monolayer showed the faster rate at a surface pressure of 4 mN/m in the ranges from to 0 to 7 mN/m. However, the enzymatic degradation of l-PLA with Proteinase K did not occur until 4 mN/m. Above a constant surface pressure of 4 mN/m, the degradation rate was increased with a constant surface pressure. These behaviors might be attributed to the difference in the contacted area with degradation medium: alkaline ions need small contact area with l-PLA while enzymes require much bigger one to be activated due to different medium sizes. The stereochmical PLA monolayers showed that the alkaline degradation was increased with their optical impurities while the enzymatic one was inversed. These results could be explained by the decrease of crystallinity with the optical impurity and the inactivity of enzyme to d-LA unit.

The work on the eutropication of Youngsan river was conducted from Jul. 1997 to Jun. 1998. The value of water temperature in the study area varied from 4℃ to 32℃ with an annual mean of 17.5℃. DO varied from 4.0㎎/ℓ to 13.5㎎/ℓ with an annual mean 10.2 ㎎/ℓ. BOD varied from 0.8㎎/ℓ to 6.4㎎/ℓ with an annual mean 3.1㎎/ℓ. COD varied from 4.6㎎/ℓ to 9.0㎎/ℓ with an annual mean 6.38㎎/ℓ. Nitrate varied from 1.58㎎/ℓ to 6.77㎎/ℓ with an annual mean of 3.475㎎/ℓ. Total-nitrogen varied from 2.14㎎/ℓ to 8.38㎎/ℓ with an annual mean of 5.083㎎/ℓ. Total-phosphate varied from 0.035㎎/ℓ to 0.588㎎/ℓ with an annual mean of 0.128㎎/ℓ. Chl.a varied from 1.8㎍/ℓ to 75.0㎍/ℓ with an annual mean of 19.55㎍/ℓ. The euthrophic state index of Carlson^16) were showed 61.8(TP) and 71(SD) value