Wearable sensors with highly flexible and sensitive characteristics have attracted research interests in the promising field of electronic skin, health monitoring, and soft robotics. However, the developing of high-performance piezoresistive sensor is full of challenges due to the expensive equipment and complex procedures. Herein, we fabricate a reduced graphene oxide/ polyurethane composite sponge (GPCS) pressure sensor combining with dual-templates. The polyurethane (PU) sponge provides an elastic structure as solid template. Meanwhile, air bubbles as gas template are used to uniformly disperse graphene oxide (GO) sheets. The burst of air bubbles in the process of thermal treatment makes GO coating on the surface of PU skeleton, avoiding the aggregation of reduced graphene oxide. Therefore, the GPCS exhibits excellent compressibility and uniform coating structure. As a result, it also possesses high sensitivity (Gauge Factor = 3.00 in the range of 0–10% strain), fast response time (35 ms), and excellent cyclic piezoresistive stability (5000 loading–unloading cycles) when applied in the pressure sensor field. Moreover, the flexible wearable stress–strain sensor assembled by the GPCS can be easily adhered on the surface of human skin and precisely detect human movements such as elbow bending and finger bending. Such low-cost procedure and excellent sensing performance enable GPCS sensor to demonstrate tremendous application potential in the field of advanced wearable devices.

화석연료로부터 기인한 환경오염에 대한 대응과 더불어 신재생에너지 공급의무화제도의 시행은 재생연료유 등 신재생에너지의 활용도를 증대시켰다. 부생연료유(2호)와 정제연료유(감압)는 국내 법령으로 엄격히 규제되고 있으며, 부생연료유(2호)를 혼합한 정제연료유(감압)의 물성변화를 시험하였다. 부생연료유(2호)를 1 : 1로 혼합한 정제연료유(감압)의 물성분석 결과, 국내 폐기물관리법에서 규정하고 있는 품질기준을 만족하였다. 다만, 연료와 관련한 추가항목 시험결과에서 높은 방향족 함량을 나타내었다. 연료내 높은 방향족 함량은 사용기기의 고무류 파손이나 연소 시 그을음, 매연 등이 발생할 가능성이 높을 것으로 보인다.

Non processed onion (Allium cepa L.) powder or onion powder processed with β-cyclodextrin+1% calcium chloride+1% soluble starch solution was added to the diet of 16 week old Wistar and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) for 5 weeks. 36 SHR and Wistar rats were randomly divided into 3 diet groups, each of six. They were named control, NPO (non processed onion), PO (processed onion). The rats of the control group were fed diet without onion powder. To NPO and PO groups were added 5% of non processed onion and processed onion, respectively. Body weight gain, food efficiency ratio (FER), blood pressure, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) activity and Na excretion of urine and feces were analyzed. The processed onion and non processed onion diet reduced body weight gain without affeting the total food intake in Wistar rats (p〈0.05). The body weight gain was lowest in Wistar rats fed with a diet with processed onion powder. The rats fed with diet containing PO or NPO had lower blood systolic blood pressure in SHR (p〈0.05). The effect of onion powder on decreasing the blood pressure was not significant in Wistar rats. The ACE activity in lung was lowered in the SHR fed with either PO or NPO (p〈0.05) compared to those fed with control diet. The urinary Na excretion was significantly lower in SHR than Wistar rats. The effects of PO and NPO on increasing the urinary and fecal excretion of Na were significant (p〈0.05). These results suggest that onion processed with β-cyclodextrin+1%+1% calcium chloride+1% soluble starch solution to reduce volatile flavor, browning and caking preserves an antihypertensive effect of non processed onion.

저온 감압 조건에서 얻어진 천년초 추출액의 여러 특성을 살펴보고, 이 추출액을 보습제로 활용한 에센스 화장품을 제조하였다. 천년초 추출액은 다른 보습제인 글리세린, 히알루론산 1% 용액에 비해 표면장력(25mN/m)과 접촉각(8 °)이 매우 낮은 값으로 나타났다. 또한 점도도 낮고 끈적임이 거의 없는 특성을 보였다. 천년초 저온감압 추출액은 별도의 계면활성제 첨가 없이도 물에 적은 양의 오일을 유화시킬 수 있었다. 다른 보습제와 달리, 화장품 에센스에서 천년초 추출액의 함량이 높을수록 제형의 끈적임과 점도는 감소하는 결과가 나타났다. 이러한 결과들로부터 천년초 저온 감압 추출액이 수분감과 함께 끈적임이 적은 사용감을 부여하는 천연 보습제로 활용이 가능함을 알 수 있었다.