• Assessment of Metal Diffusion Due to Stabilization of Vadose Zone Soil Through Groundwater Monitoring using Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films

  • Kyu-Young Shim1, Kwangjin Park2, Seungwoo Lee2, Jongmin choi2, Daeho Kim2, Jinsung An1,3*, and Kyoungphile Nam4

  • 1Department of Smart City Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan 15588, South Korea
    2Daeil Engineering & Construction CO., LTD., Seoul 06719, South Korea
    3Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan 15588, South Korea
    4Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea

  • Diffusive gradients in thin films 기반 지하수 모니터링을 통한 불포화대 토양 안정화에 따른 중금속 확산 여부 평가

  • 심규영1ㆍ박광진2ㆍ이승우2ㆍ최종민2ㆍ김대호2ㆍ안진성1,3*ㆍ남경필4

  • 1한양대학교 ERICA 스마트시티공학과
    2(주)대일이앤씨
    3한양대학교 ERICA 건설환경공학과
    4서울대학교 건설환경공학부

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This Article

  • 2025; 30(5): 22-29

    Published on Oct 31, 2025

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2025.30.5.022
  • Received on Aug 13, 2025
  • Revised on Aug 22, 2025
  • Accepted on Aug 27, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Jinsung An

  • 1Department of Smart City Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan 15588, South Korea
    3Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan 15588, South Korea

  • E-mail: jsan86@hanyang.ac.kr