Structure of the Solid Ink-sticks

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Abstract

Traditional solid ink-sticks have been mainly used for calligraphy and oriental painting in East Asian countries. The ink-sticks used to be made from soot (or carbon black) and animal glue using their own family recipes at each country. We investigated the physical structure of the ink-sticks from micron to nanometer using ultra small angle neutron scattering (USANS) and SANS together. Differences in the structures of the ink-sticks collected from different countries will be discussed. *The authors, JIL {\&} MHK acknowledge support in part by the KIST (2V01331 {\&} 2V01344).

Authors

  • Jung-Il Lee

    • Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

  • Keun Hwa Chae

    • Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

  • Jong Han Song

    • Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

  • Yeonhee Lee

    • Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

  • Jae Pyung Ahn

    • Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

  • Kyung Tae Hong

    • Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

  • Man-Ho Kim

    • Materials Science \& Technology Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
    • Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

  • Andrew Jackson

    • NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Dept of Mater. Sci. \& Eng. Univ. of Maryland, College Park