The carbon nanofibers (CNFs) were synthesized through the catalytic decomposition of hydrocarbons in a quartz tube reactor. The CNFs prepared from C3H8 at 550℃ was selected as the purification sample due to the higher content of impurity than that prepared from other conditions. In this study, we carried out the purification of CNFs by oxidation in air or carbon dioxide after acid treatment, and investigated the influence of purification parameters such as kind of acid, concentration, oxidation time, and oxidation temperature on the structure of CNFs. The metal catalysts could be easily eliminated from the prepared CNFs by liquid phase purification with various acids and it was verified by ICP analysis, in which, for example, Ni content decreased from 2.51% to 0.18% with 8% nitric acid. However, the particulate carbon and heterogeneous fibers were not removed from the prepared CNFs by thermal oxidation in air and carbon dioxide. This result can be explained by that the direction of graphene sheet in CNFs is vertical to the fiber axis and the CNFs are oxidized at about the similar rate with the impurity carbon.

Electrostatic spinnings were performed with the solutions of PAN/DMF to be nanofiber webs. The diameter of the fibers ranged from 200 nm to 1000 nm depending on the PAN concentration and on the applied DC voltage. The nanofibers were oxidatively stabilized and subsequently carbonized up to 1000℃ with carbonization yield of 40%. The bulk electric conductivity of the carbonized web increased form 6.8×10-3S/cm to 1.96 S/cm while the carbonizaton temperature increased from 700℃ to 1000℃.

Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) is a thermal analysis technique that the mass of sample is measured by time and temperature changes. In this study, TGA was applied for estimating the proportion of Nylon-6,6 nanofibers in the cement paste as well as the decomposition temperature of Nylon-6,6 nanofibers. An electrospinning process was conducted for producing nanofibers and adding directly into the cement powder. The TGA results show that there was approximately 0.5 % of nanofibers in the composite pastes. Besides, the decomposition temperature of Nylon-6,6 nanofibers was clarified in the range of 300℃ to 410℃.

본 연구에서는 바이오셀룰로오스를 산화 촉매인 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidine-N-oxy radical (TEMPO)을 이용해 카복실기로 치환된 수분산 바이오셀룰로오스 미세섬유(TC)를 합성하였다. 합성된 수분산 바이오셀룰로오스는 수용액 및 에멀젼에서도 그 구조를 유지하였다. 피부 표면에 미세섬유 구조로 안착된 수분 산 바이오셀룰로오스는 바이오셀룰로오스의 고유의 물성인 물리적 강도, 수분 흡수능을 유지하였다. 모델 피부인 젤라틴 젤에 수분산 바이오셀룰로오스를 코팅 후 경도 측정 시, 바이오셀룰로오스 미세섬유가 피부 표면을 잡아주기 때문에 코팅하지 않았을 때에 비해 약 20% 증가하는 것을 확인하였다. 수분 흡수능을 측정하기 위해 돼지피부에 수분산 바이오셀룰로오스를 도포 후 접촉각을 측정하였을 때, 낮은 초기 접촉각을 가지면서도 시간에 따라 급격히 감소하는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 O/W 제형에서도 수분산 바이오셀룰로오스가 함유된 O/W 제형 에서 시간에 따른 접촉각이 감소하는 것을 확인하였다. TC에 대한 연구는 피부 위에서의 미세섬유의 기능에 대한 새로운 인식을 제공할 뿐만 아니라, fiber-cosmetics이라는 새로운 개념의 화장품 제형 연구의 초석이 될 것으로 기대된다.