In composites, outstanding properties of two materials can be combined. In particular, metal–matrix composites (MMCs) can combine the properties of a high-strength ductile metallic matrix with special properties of embedded ceramic particles. This hybrid can be used to create a functional material. However, during consolidation, the thermal load of most common MMC-processing routes is an obstacle for such functionalization, because the unique properties of the ceramic phases most likely degrade. Mechanical alloying, in this case, by high-pressure torsion (HPT), can overcome this challenge. Herein, the attempt to obtain smart materials through HPT processing is aimed. For that purpose, Cu-MMCs are produced from mixed powders with and (BTO) with the challenge to incorporate their functional phase. BTO can provide a sensing ability for internal stress and can provide a fatigue lifetime by a retarded crack growth. The amount of the stabilized phase is evaluated by X-ray diffraction. Cu–BTO–MMCs exhibit a local piezoelectric effect when strained, shown by in situ scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy. Cu––MMCs feature a retarded fatigue crack initiation and an earlier crack closure during fatigue crack growth due to the volume expansion once transforms. 相似文献
Atomic-scale precision control of magnetic interactions facilitates a synthetic spin order useful for spintronics, including advanced memory and quantum logic devices. Conventional modulation of synthetic spin order has been limited to metallic heterostructures that exploit Ruderman–Kittel–Kasuya–Yosida interaction through a nonmagnetic metallic spacer; however, they face issues arising from Joule heating and/or electric breakdown. The practical realization and observation of a synthetic spin order across a nonmagnetic insulating spacer will lead to the development of spin-related devices with a completely different concept. Herein, the atomic-scale modulation of the synthetic spiral spin order in oxide superlattices composed of ferromagnetic metal and nonmagnetic insulator layers is reported. The atomically controlled superlattice exhibits an oscillatory magnetic behavior, representing the existence of a spiral spin structure. Depth-sensitive polarized neutron reflectometry evidences modulated spiral spin structures as a function of the nonmagnetic insulator layer thickness. Atomic-scale customization of the spin state can move the field one step further to actual spintronic applications. 相似文献
This paper addresses the problem of regulating the output voltage of a DC‐DC buck‐boost converter feeding a constant power load, which is a problem of current practical interest. Designing a stabilising controller is theoretically challenging because its average model is a bilinear second order system that, due to the presence of the constant power load, is non‐minimum phase with respect to both states. Moreover, to design a high‐performance controller, the knowledge of the extracted load power, which is difficult to measure in industrial applications, is required. In this paper, an adaptive interconnection and damping assignment passivity‐based control—that incorporates the immersion and invariance parameter estimator for the load power—is proposed to solve the problem. Some detailed simulations are provided to validate the transient behaviour of the proposed controller and compare it with the performance of a classical PD scheme. 相似文献
Software and Systems Modeling - Modern physical protection systems integrate a number of security systems (including procedures, equipments, and personnel) into a single interface to ensure an... 相似文献
Objective: To improve the pharmaceutical behavior of the oral antidiabetic agent gliclazide through the synthesis of multicomponent crystals with tromethamine.
Methods: Multicomponent crystals were prepared by solvent evaporation method, kneading, and combining mechanical and thermal activation. DSC, FT-IR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, SEM-EDS, and SSNMR were used to investigate their formation. Measurements of solubility and dissolution rate were carried out for the pharmaceutical characterization.
Results: The formation of multicomponent crystals of gliclazide and tromethamine was confirmed by all the techniques. In particular, FT-IR and NMR measurements revealed that the interaction between drug and coformer leads to significant changes of the hydrogen bond scheme, and that almost all the functional groups of the two molecules are involved. The dissolution profile of the new phase is significantly better than that of both pure gliclazide and of the reference commercial product Diabrezide®.
Conclusions: The new system shows an improved pharmaceutical behavior and could be formulated in a dosage form to obtain a rapid and complete release of the drug available for absorption. 相似文献
Topotactic phase transitions induced by changes in the oxygen vacancy concentration can largely alter the physical properties of complex oxides, including electronic and magnetic phases, while maintaining the structural integrity of the crystal lattice. An oxygen-vacancy-induced topotactic phase transition from perovskite (PV) to brownmillerite (BM) is achieved in epitaxial La0.6Sr0.4CoO3−δ (LSCO) thin films. Two novel intermediate states with different oxygen content are identified by X-ray diffraction, which involves a single-phase reduced PV state and a mixed state of co-existing PV and BM. The combination of depth-sensitive polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR) and Rutherford backscattering (RBS) allows a quantitative determination of magnetization and the mean oxygen content in all states, revealing a continuous transition from La0.6Sr0.4CoO2.97 to La0.6Sr0.4CoO2.5. BM formation is observed for an LSCO layer with an oxygen content of 2.67, while the magnetic and electronic transition already occurs for a layer with a higher oxygen content of 2.77 (and above) and in the absence of a BM signature. These results demonstrate that the physics of electronic metal-to-insulator transition (MIT), magnetic ferromagnet-to-non-ferromagnet transition (FM-to-non-FM), and structural PV-to-BM phase transition should be considered within the framework of separate but interrelated processes. 相似文献
Oil extraction from seeds of purple viper's bugloss (Echium plantagineum) was carried out using different solvents (chloroform:methanol, n-hexane, ethanol, 2-propanol and ethyl acetate) at room temperature and also using Randall extraction. Extraction yields were calculated and oils were analyzed in terms of fatty acid profiles and distribution among lipid classes, total polyphenol content, oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) and phytosterol content. No considerable differences were found on fatty acid profiles and distribution in oils regardless of the solvent and temperature used for the extraction. However, ethanol combined with Randall extraction (85 °C for 1 hour) offered the best results in terms of total polyphenol content (20.9 mg GAE/100 g oil), ORAC (468.0 μmol TE/100 g oil), and phytosterol amount (437.2 mg identified phytosterols/100 g oil) among all assayed extraction methods. A higher extraction temperature led to significantly higher concentrations of bioactive compounds and ORAC values in the oil when ethanol or 2-propanol were used as extracting solvent, but that was not the case using n-hexane except for the concentrations of β-sitosterol and stigmasterol, which were significantly higher using Randall extraction than room temperature extraction with n-hexane. Ethanol is classified as a “green solvent,” and it could be considered a suitable option to produce oil from E. plantagineum seeds with a higher antioxidant capacity and bioactive compound concentration than the current commercial oil, which is usually extracted with n-hexane. 相似文献