The ultrasonic method is an alternative to the conventional route to produce structured carbon materials, offering the advantages of synthesis in a short period of time under room temperature. The main objective of this work is to synthesize a sulfonated mesoporous carbon catalyst from a phenolic resin composed of phloroglucinol and formaldehyde. The synthesis was performed by the soft-template method in an ultrasonic processor and the product was subsequently carbonized and sulfonated for application in the esterification model reaction. Functionalization with sulfuric acid of MCS5-6 h sample brought about a decrease in porosity but simultaneously resulted in the generation of functional groups of an acidic nature. The MCS5-6 h catalyst with a sulfonic density of 1.6 mmol g− 1, surface area of 402 m2 g− 1 and pore diameter of 10.6 nm maintained in mesoporous even after acid treatment. MCS5-6 h showed excellent activity in the esterification reaction with 95% oleic acid conversion. The recyclability of MCS5-6 h was satisfactory during five reaction cycles. The present work addressed a promising alternative for the synthesis of carbon catalysts using ultrasound irradiation, thus providing an alternative with a lower cost of time and energy for large-scale production.

Copper oxide thin films are deposited using an ultrasonic-assisted spray pyrolysis deposition (SPD) system. To investigate the effect of substrate temperature and incorporation of a chelating agent on the growth of copper oxide thin films, the structural and optical properites of the copper oxide thin films are analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emssion scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), and UV-Vis spectrophotometry. At a temperature of less than 350 ℃, threedimensional structures consisting of cube-shaped Cu2O are formed, while spherical small particles of the CuO phase are formed at a temperature higher than 400 ℃ due to a Volmer-Weber growth mode on the silicon substrate. As a chelating agent was added to the source solutions, two-dimensional Cu2O thin films are preferentially deposited at a temperature less than 300 ℃, and the CuO thin film is formed even at a temperature less than 350 ℃. Therefore the structure and crystalline phase of the copper oxide is shown to be controllable.

Li-incorporated ZnO thin films were deposited by using ultrasonic-assisted spray pyrolysis deposition (SPD) system. To investigate the effect of Li-incorporation on the performance of ZnO thin films, the structural, electrical, and optical properites of the ZnO thin films were analyzed by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emssion scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), Hall effect measurement, and UV-Vis spectrophotometry with variation of the Li concentraion in the ZnO sources. Without incorporation of Li element, the ZnO surface showed large spiral domains. As the Li content increases, the size of spiral domains decreased gradually, and finally formed mixed small grain and one-dimensional nanorod-like structures on the surface. This morphological evolution was explained based on an anti-surfactant effect of Li atoms on the ZnO growth surface. In addition, the Li-incorporation changed the optical and electrical properties of the ZnO thin films by modifying the crystalline defect structures by doping effects.

Large-size graphene samples are successfully prepared by combining ultrosonic assisted liquid phase exfoliation process with oxidation-deoxidation method. Different from previous works, we used an ultrasound-treated expanded graphite as the raw material and prepared the graphene via a facile oxidation-reduction reaction. Results of X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy confirm the crystal structure of the as-prepared graphene. Scanning electron microscopy images show that this kind of graphene has a large size (with a diameter over 100 μm), larger than the graphene from graphite powder and flake graphite prepared through single oxidation-deoxidation method. Transmission electron microscopy results also reveal the thin layers of the prepared graphene (number of layers ≤3). Furthermore, the importance of preprocessing the raw materials is also proven. Therefore, this method is an attractive way for preparing graphene with large size.

Hexagonal barium ferrite () nano-particles have been successfully fabricated by spraypylorysis process. precursor solutions were synthesized by self-assembly method. Diethyleneamine (DEA) surfactant was used to fabricate the micelle structure of Ba-DEA complex under various DEA concentrations. powders were synthesized with addition of Fe ions to Ba-DEA complex and then fabricated powders by spray-pyrolysis process at the temperature range of . The molar ratio of Ba/DEA and heat-treatment temperatures significantly affected the magnetic properties and morphology of powders. powders synthesized with Ba/DEA molar ratio of 1 and heat-treated at showed the coercive forces (iHc) of 4.2 kOe with average crystal size of about 100 nm.

The spherical particles of CeO2/SiO2 composite powder with narrow-size distribution and pure phase particles were synthesized by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis method from aqueous cerium sulfate solution. The resulting composite powder was characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmittance electron microscopy, in-vitro sun protect factor, and BET surface area analysis. The concentration of cerium sulfate was tested to vary the particle size from 3.40×10-3 to 1.02×10-2mol/cm3 to study concentration effect of starting material. The average particle size from the 3.40×10-3mol/cm3 concentration was found to be slightly smaller than that from the 1.02×10-2mol/cm3 concentration, because of the relation between the droplet size and the concentration of the starting material solution

최근 건축물의 노후화에 따라 리모델링이 증가하고 있다. 이에 구조물의 품질관리 중요성이 대두되어 구조물의 안전진단 및 상태평가에 대한 관심이 증가되고 있다. 노후건축물의 정확한 진단을 위해서 구조물의 결함을 사전에 평가할 수 있는 진단평가기법이 필요하다. 이와 더불어 재건축을 위한 안전진단 기준이 개선되어 구조안전성의 가중치가 증가함에 따라 보다 신속하고 신뢰성 높은 구조물의 안전진단기법에 대한 연구가 필요한 실정이다. 초음파속도법을 이용하여 압축강도를 추정하는 연구는 공시체를 기반으로 한 연구들이 주로 이루어져 왔으며 실제 건축물이나 콘크리트 구조부재를 대상으로 한 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 비파괴검사법 중 하나인 초음파속도법을 이용하여 철근콘크리트 수직 및 수평부재로 구성된 단층 규모의 구조물을 대상으로 초음파속도와 압축강도의 상관관계를 검증하여 압축강도를 추정하고자 하며, 또한 이를 바탕으로 현장 적용성을 검토하고자 하였다. 그 결과, 초음파속도법을 이용한 구조체의 압축강도 추정 평균 오차율은 28.7%로 현장 적용성을 확인하였다. 그러나 추정의 정확도를 높이기 위하여 복합 비파괴검사법을 이용한 신뢰도 높은 진단기법의 필요성을 확인하였다.

Recent earthquakes in Gyeong-ju and Po-hang have raised concerns about the safety of nuclear power plant structures. In particular, there is a demand for a technique for detecting and evaluating the deterioration that occurs in the concrete which is inaccessible after curing. In this paper, we propose a method for evaluating the reliability of concrete detection equipment using ultrasound, as the ultrasonic tomography technique has been attracting much attention with the detection technique of the inside of concrete.

In this study, experiments were conducted for the maintenance, repair and management. The compressive strength of recycled concrete was estimated by using the ultrasonic pulse velocity for performance evaluation and state evaluation of the structure. In order to improve reliability of the results, the algorithm was implemented by using the artificial neural networks.

In this study, ultrasonic detection device was applied to investigate connection part of concrete structure. Result of test, the internal void of connection part can be detected and it was possible to adopt the ultrasonic detection method to the maintenance of concrete structure.

When fresh concrete is exposed to extremely low temperature, the free water in the concrete transforms into ice, which causes decrease in compressive strength of concrete. For estimating the frost damage of the conrete structure, we use ultrasonic velocity method and estimate the compressive strength.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation of the ultrasonic velocity and the compressive strength according to the strength zone. According to results of the experiments, in the results of including early age compressive strength, correlation of compressive strength and ultrasonic velocity was high. It is determined that Ultrasonic velocity in the high strength section is not significantly affected by moisture.

By using non-destructive inspection equipment, ultrasonic and schmidt hammer, this research performed non-destructive inspection of underwater concrete for more efficient management in underwater concrete structures. And based on instrumented rebound hardness and ultrasonic pulse velocity, we developed the underwater concrete structures-strength estimation models using artificial neural network.