Patents by Inventor Jeung-Ku Kang

Jeung-Ku Kang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110152393
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for synthesis of micro-porous triple-bond based polymer networks using acetylene gas. According to the disclosed methods for synthesis of micro-porous triple-bond based polymer networks, acetylene gas interconnects building units having iodine and/or bromine functional groups by coupling reactions to provide micro-porous triple-bond based polymer networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Jeung-Ku KANG, Jung-Hoon CHOI, Kyung-Min CHOI, Hyung-Joon JEON, Yoon-Jeong CHOI, Yeob LEE
  • Publication number: 20110110848
    Abstract: Disclosed is a titanate nanostructure, especially, represented by a chemical formula of AaBbTixOy wherein A and B are alkaline metals and 0?a?9, 0?b?9, 1?a+b?18, 1?x?10 and 2?y?20 with a, b, x and y each being an integer. A method for using the titanate nanostructure as a hydrogen storage medium is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jeung-Ku Kang, Jung-Woo Lee, Kyu-Sung Han, Yeob Lee, Dong-Ki Lee
  • Patent number: 7897131
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a transition metal-carbon nanotube hybrid material using nitrogen as a medium. The present invention is characterized in that nitrogen-added carbon nanotube is grown in the presence of metal catalyst particles by reacting an hydrocarbon gas with a nitrogen gas by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and a transition metal-carbon nanotube hybrid material where a transition metal is uniformly attached to the entire carbon nanotube structure in which nitrogen with a great chemical reactivity is added as heterogeneous elements is chemically manufactured. Therefore, the present invention does not use an acid treatment required to attach transition-metal atoms to the carbon-nanotube, a surface treating process using a surfactant and the like and an inhibitor for preventing the coagulation of the transition metal so that a simplification of the process is obtained and the method is an environment-friendly method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jeung-Ku Kang, Seong-Ho Yang, Hyun-Seok Kim, Kyu-Sung Han, Se-Yun Kim, Jung-Woo Lee, Weon-Ho Shin, Jun-Hyeon Bae
  • Publication number: 20110038780
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparation of a nickel-carbonitride sphere, which includes preparing a melamine-formaldehyde resin, adding a nickel salt and a surfactant to the melamine-formaldehyde resin to prepare a nickel-melamine resin mixture, and conducting spray pyrolysis for the mixture to produce nickel-containing powder including nickel-carbonitride spheres. In addition, this method may further include thermal treatment of the nickel-containing powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: JEUNG-KU KANG, Se-Yun Kim, Jun-Ho Kwon, Seung-Jun Heo
  • Publication number: 20110034328
    Abstract: Disclosed are a double metal-carbon nanotube hybrid catalyst comprising at least two of transition metals selected from a group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Re, Os, Ir and Pt which are distributed in the catalyst. The double metal-carbon nanotube hybrid catalyst contains at least two different transition metals with high catalytic activity and may generate hydrogen from an aqueous ammonia-borane (NH3BH3) solution at a high speed and a method for preparation of a double metal-carbon nanotube hybrid catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Jeung-Ku Kang, Weon-Ho Shin, Hyung-Mo Jeong, Yoon-Jeong Choi
  • Publication number: 20110009258
    Abstract: Disclosed is a titanate nanostructure, especially, represented by a chemical formula of NaKTi3O7. A method for preparation of a titanate nanostructure is also provided. The method includes mixing titanium dioxide powder with an alkaline solution to prepare a titanium dioxide solution; and carrying out hydrothermal synthesis of the prepared titanium dioxide solution at a temperature of 120° C. to 180° C. for 12 to 72 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jeung-Ku Kang, Jung-Woo Lee, Kyu-Sung Han, Yeob Lee, Dong-Ki Lee
  • Patent number: 7850940
    Abstract: The present application provides a C1-xNx nanotube with pores having nano-sized diameter ranging from 5 to 10 ?, where x ranges from 0.001 to 0.2, and a method for controlling the size and quantity of pores in said nanotube by reacting hydrocarbon gas, nitrogen gas, and oxygen gas or hydrogen gas together in the presence of metal catalyst and by controlling the concentration of nitrogen gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Korea Advance Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jeung-Ku Kang, Jai-Young Lee, Hyun-Seok Kim, Seong-Ho Yang, Kyu-Sung Han, Se-Yun Kim, Jung-Woo Lee, Weon-Ho Sin
  • Publication number: 20100311852
    Abstract: Disclosed is a preparing method for melamine-formaldehyde spheres (MFSs). The preparing method for MFS according to the present invention comprises mixing melamine in an aqueous formaldehyde solution and heating the solution to prepare a melamine-formaldehyde resin; admixing the melamine-formaldehyde resin with a surfactant, agitating the mixture, and centrifuging the mixture to prepare a solid powder; and washing the solid powder with an aqueous ethanol solution and drying the wetted solid powder to obtain the melamine-formaldehyde sphere. Regulating agitation speed of a mixture may control a size of the melamine-formaldehyde sphere. The preparing method for MFS according to the present invention may further comprise carbonizing the melamine-formaldehyde sphere after obtaining the melamine-formaldehyde sphere. Controlling a temperature for carbonization may control an amount of pores contained in the melamine-formaldehyde sphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: JEUNG-KU KANG, SE-YUN KIM, JUNG-HOON CHOI, JUN-HO KWON
  • Publication number: 20100310789
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparation of a hybrid comprising magnetite nanoparticles and carbon nitride nanotubes, comprising: preparing carbon nitride nanotubes by plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD); dissolving the prepared carbon nitride nanotubes in triethyleneglycol to form solution and adding Fe (acetylacetonate)3 to the solution to obtain a mixture; and heating and cooling the mixture to form a hybrid comprising magnetite nanoparticles and carbon nitride nanotubes, in which the carbon nitride nanotubes are doped with magnetite nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jeung-Ku Kang, Jung-Woo Lee, Ravindranath Viswan, Yoon-Jeong Choi, Yeob Lee, Se-Yun Kim
  • Publication number: 20100239494
    Abstract: The present inventions are a method for production of hydrogen which decomposes water into hydrogen by oxidation of metals only when the metals are exposed to the water, while preventing oxidation of pure metal nanoparticles using block copolymers and, in addition, hydrogen produced by the method described above. The method of the present invention has advantages of improved convenience and simplicity, achieves a preferable approach for hydrogen storage because the metal nanoparticles enclosed by the block copolymer have the ease of delivery and reaction thereof. Additionally, the method of the present invention only using water and the metal is considered eco-friendly and useful in industrial energy applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Jeung-Ku Kang, Weon-Ho Shin, Jun-Hyeon Bae, Jung-Hoon Choi, Cheol-Ock Song, Kyung-Min Choi
  • Publication number: 20100044630
    Abstract: TiO2-xNx (0.01?x?0.2) nanotubes and a method for preparing the same are disclosed. More particularly, TiO2-xNx (0.01?x?0.2) nanotubes doped with nitrogen atoms by treating TiO2 nanotubes through nitrogen plasma to partially substitute oxygen portion of TiO2 nanotube with nitrogen, and a method for preparing the same are disclosed. The TiO2-xNx (0.01?x?0.2) nanotube of the present invention is prepared by doping nitrogen on a TiO2 nanotube to control an electronic structure and reduce a band gap of the TiO2 nanotube, so that the prepared TiO2-xNx (0.01?x?0.2) nanotube exhibits improved conductivity and extended light absorption range from a UV ray area up to a visible light area, thus having more enhanced applicable performance in optical and/or electrochemical aspects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jeung-Ku Kang, Kyu-Sung Han, Jung-Woo Lee, Yong-Mook Kang
  • Publication number: 20100022384
    Abstract: Disclosed are partially deactivated metal catalysts useful for modifying structures of nanomaterials. The present invention is also directed to a method for preparing the partially deactivated metal catalysts, which comprises patterning a substrate with micelles containing iron nanoparticles, removing the micelles from the patterned substrate to deposit the iron nanoparticles thereon, nitriding the iron nanoparticles using a nitrogen plasma, and exposing the nitrided iron nanoparticles to a mixture of ethanol and nitric acid to remove iron from the surface of the nitrided nanoparticles. The iron nitride metal catalyst with a nano-size according to the present invention comprises a core that includes deactivated iron nitride and an active shell surrounding the core. Thus, when preparing a carbon nanotube, the metal catalyst can be effectively used to control the number of walls formed in the carbon nanotube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jeung Ku Kang, Kyung Min Choi, Jung Hoon Choi, Saji Augustine, Weon HO Shin, Seong Ho Yang
  • Publication number: 20100015031
    Abstract: Disclosed are carbon nitride (C1-xNx) nanotubes with nano-sized pores on their stems, their preparation method and control method of size and quantity of pores thereof. The present invention further has an object of providing the C1-xNx nanotube with pores having the size of not more than 1 nm over structure of the nanotube and a method for preparing the same. Another object of the present invention is to provide the control method of the size and quantity of pores with size of not more than 1 nm in the preparation of the C1-xNx nanotube with the pores over structure of the nanotube. The present invention can produce the C1-xNx nanotube with nano-sized pores by reacting hydrocarbon gas and nitrogen gas through plasma CVD in the presence of metal catalyst particles, wherein x ranges from 0.001 to 0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jeung-Ku Kang, Jai-Young Lee, Hyun-Seok Kim, Seong-Ho Yang, Kyu-Sung Han, Se-Yun Kim, Jung-Woo Lee, Weon-Ho Sin
  • Publication number: 20090194736
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of doping nanosized nickel (Ni) on the surface of carbon nanotubes to improve the hydrogen storage capacity of the carbon nanotubes. The method comprises: sonicating carbon nanotube samples produced by vapor deposition, in sulfuric acid solution, followed by filtration to remove a metal catalyst from the carbon nanotube samples; and doping the carbon nanotube samples in liquid phase solution, followed by drying and reduction, so as to dope nanosized nickel on the surface of the carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Jai-Young Lee, Jeung-Ku Kang, Hyun-Seok Kim, Kyu-Sung Han, Min-Sang Song, Ho Lee, Jin-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 7563425
    Abstract: Disclosed are carbon nitride (C1-xNx) nanotubes with nano-sized pores on their stems, their preparation method and control method of size and quantity of pores thereof. The present invention further has an object of providing the C1-xNx nanotube with pores having the size of not more than 1 nm over structure of the nanotube and a method for preparing the same. Another object of the present invention is to provide the control method of the size and quantity of pores with size of not more than 1 nm in the preparation of the C1-xNx nanotube with the pores over structure of the nanotube. The present invention can produce the C1-xNx nanotube with nano-sized pores by reacting hydrocarbon gas and nitrogen gas through plasma CVD in the presence of metal catalyst particles, wherein x ranges from 0.001 to 0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jeung-Ku Kang, Jai-Young Lee, Hyun-Seok Kim, Seong-Ho Yang, Kyu-Sung Han, Se-Yun Kim, Jung-Woo Lee, Weon-Ho Sin
  • Publication number: 20090155163
    Abstract: Disclosed are transition metal-carbon nanotube hybrid catalysts in which a transition metal having high catalytic activity is uniformly distributed on surface of a carbon nanotube containing nitrogen so as to maximize a surface area of the catalyst exhibiting catalytic activity, a method for preparation thereof, and a method for generation of hydrogen from an alkaline medium using the prepared catalyst. The transition metal-carbon nanotube hybrid catalyst containing N2 according to the present invention is effectively used in a variety of industrial applications utilizing hydrogen energy such as a hydrogen storage systems for fuel cells, fuel storage systems for hydrogen fuel vehicles, electric vehicles and/or as energy sources for electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Korea Advanced Instiute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jeung Ku KANG, Seong Ho Yang, Weon Ho Shin, Jun Hyeon Bae
  • Publication number: 20090098402
    Abstract: Disclosed are a nanocrater catalyst in metal nanoparticles with a nanocrater form of hole structure in center of the catalyst which is useful for manufacturing nano-sized materials and/or articles with desired structure and characteristics, a preparation method thereof including a plasma etching and chemical etching process (“PTCE process”), and nano-sized materials and/or articles manufactured by using the nanocrater catalyst in metal nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Jeung-Ku Kang, Augustine Saji, Jung-Woo Lee, Weon-Ho Shin, Kyu-Sung Han, Jung-Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20090004091
    Abstract: Disclosed are carbon nitride (C1-xNx) nanotubes with nano-sized pores on their stems, their preparation method and control method of size and quantity of pores thereof. The present invention further has an object of providing the C1-xNx nanotube with pores having the size of not more than 1 nm over structure of the nanotube and a method for preparing the same. Another object of the present invention is to provide the control method of the size and quantity of pores with size of not more than 1 nm in the preparation of the C1-xNx nanotube with the pores over structure of the nanotube. The present invention can produce the C1-xNx nanotube with nano-sized pores by reacting hydrocarbon gas and nitrogen gas through plasma CVD in the presence of metal catalyst particles, wherein x ranges from 0.001 to 0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jeung-Ku Kang, Jai-Young Lee, Hyun-Seok Kim, Seong-Ho Yang, Kyu-Sung Han, Se-Yun Kim, Jung-Woo Lee, Weon-Ho Sin
  • Publication number: 20080102015
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a transition metal-carbon nanotube hybrid material using nitrogen as a medium. The present invention is characterized in that nitrogen-added carbon nanotube is grown in the presence of metal catalyst particles by reacting an hydrocarbon gas with a nitrogen gas by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and a transition metal-carbon nanotube hybrid material where a transition metal is uniformly attached to the entire carbon nanotube structure in which nitrogen with a great chemical reactivity is added as heterogeneous elements is chemically manufactured. Therefore, the present invention does not use an acid treatment required to attach transition-metal atoms to the carbon-nanotube, a surface treating process using a surfactant and the like and an inhibitor for preventing the coagulation of the transition metal so that a simplification of the process is obtained and the method is an environment-friendly method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Jeung-Ku Kang, Seong-Ho Yang, Hyun-Seok Kim, Kyu-Sung Han, Se-Yun Kim, Jung-Woo Lee, Weon-Ho Shin, Jun-Hyeon Bae