| 초록 |
Natural fiber has been actively investigating in order to use for the reinforcement of biocomposite, absorbent, functional fiber, carbon fiber precursor, etc. because of their environmental friendly properties. The purpose of this study is to prepare and characterize the natural fiber based-catalytic support. Especially the surface morphology of catalytic support prepared from the heat treated natural fiber with different temperatures was observed by AFM (atomic force microscopy) on a nanometer scale. The natural fiber was immobilized on stubs with adhesive tabs for imaging using the AFM. All images were obtained using the true non contact mode with silicon cantilever under atmospheric conditions. Root mean square roughness (RMS) and surface area data were obtained by analyzing topography images. As a result, RMS and surface area of natural fiber based catalytic support were increased than natural fiber before treatments. |
