Optical Properties of Self‐Assembled Cellulose Nanocrystals Films Suspended at Planar–Symmetrical Interfaces

Hierarchically structured materials comprising rod‐like, chiral, nanoparticles are commonly encountered in nature as they can form assemblies with exceptional optical and mechanical characteristics. These include cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), which have a large potential for the fabrication of bioinspired materials mimicking those advanced properties. Fine‐tuning the optomechanical properties of assemblies obtained from CNCs hinges on the transformations from suspensions of liquid crystals to long‐range order in the dry state. So far, associated transitions have been studied using trivial interfaces such as planar substrates. Such transitions are explored as they evolve onto meshed supports. The meshed substrate offers a complex topology, as is encountered in nature, for the formation of CNCs films. The CNCs self‐assembly occurs under confinement and support of the framework bounding the mesh openings. This leads to coexisting suspended and supported nanoparticle layers exhibiting nematic and/or chiral nematic order. Optical microscopy combined with crossed polarizers indicate that the formation of the suspended films occurs via intermediate gelation or kinetic arrest of CNCs across the mesh's open areas. The formation of self‐standing, ultrathin films of CNCs with tunable optical properties, such as selective reflections in the visible range (structural color), is demonstrated by using the presented simple and scalable approach.     

Mg-Nd-Y-Zr合金的无熔剂保护制备工艺研究

以金属镁、金属钕、镁钇中间合金和镁锆中间合金为原料,进行Mg-Nd-Y-Zr合金的无熔剂制备工艺的研究。通过考察熔炼温度、熔炼时间、合金液静置时间以及浇铸温度等工艺参数对合金收率、合金元素收率以及合金元素偏析程度等技术指标的影响,结合对合金铸态组织结构的研究,确定Mg-Nd-Y-Zr合金的均质纯净化制备工艺条件为:熔炼温度770℃、熔炼时间150 min、物料加入速率50 g/min、保护气中SF6体积分数0.1%、合金液静置时间60 min以及浇铸温度740℃。该工艺条件下,合金收率大于96%,合金元素偏析程度为±(0.05~0.15)%(质量分数),合金元素含量偏差±(0.03~0.10)%(质量分数),合金内部无氧化缺陷,无杂质元素的引入富集。合金中的典型强化相为Mg41Nd5、Mg12Nd及Mg2Y相,呈网状分布,钕和钇元素对合金具有弥散强化作用;锆元素在合金中具有晶粒细化和铁杂质去除的双重作用。     

Novel 3D‐Printed Hybrid Auxetic Mechanical Metamaterial with Chirality‐Induced Sequential Cell Opening Mechanisms

New hybrid auxetic chiral mechanical metamaterial are designed and fabricated via multi‐material 3D printing. Due to the chirality‐induced rotation, the material have unique sequential cell‐opening mechanisms. Mechanical experiments on the 3D printed prototypes and systematic FE simulations show that the effective stiffness, the Poisson's ratio and the cell‐opening mechanisms of the new design can be tuned in a very wide range by tailoring two non‐dimensional parameters: the cell size ratio and stiffness ratio of component materials. As example applications, sequential particle release mechanisms and color changing mechanisms of the new designs are also systematically explored. The present new design concepts can be used to develop new multi‐functional smart composites, sensors and/or actuators which are responsive to external load and/or environmental conditions for applications in drug delivery and color changing for camouflage.

     

Wrapping effect of secondary phases on the grains: increased corrosion resistance of Mg–Al alloys

The discrete secondary phases usually cause severe galvanic corrosion, thereby resulting in rapid degradation for Mg–Al alloys in orthopaedics application. In this study, CaO was introduced into Mg–Al–Zn (AZ61) alloy via selective laser melting (SLM) to ameliorate the characterisations of the secondary phases, with an aim to improve its corrosion behaviour. Results revealed that CaO reacted with Mg and Al in Mg–Al alloys during SLM, suppressing the formation of coarse Mg₁₇Al₁₂ phase and promoting the formation of (Mg, Al)₂Ca phase. Meanwhile, the rapid solidification during SLM promoted the homogeneous precipitation of the second phase. As a result, inert (Mg, Al)₂Ca phase homogeneously wrapped the Mg grains, which effectively protected them from the invasion of corrosion solution. Thus, the degradation rate was remarkably reduced from 0.073 to 0.031?mg?cm^–2?h^–1. Furthermore, AZ61-9CaO exhibited good cytocompatibility. This work suggested that AZ61-9CaO was promising candidates for orthopaedics implants.     

Effect of Powder Processing and Sintering Conditions on the Microstructural,Thermal, and Mechanical Properties of Reticulated Zinc Oxide Ceramic Foams

Ceramic foams are made of zinc oxide using different amounts of Sb₂O₃ and Bi₂O₃ as sintering aids. The effect of a ball milling processing of the starting powders and the sintering temperature on the microstructure and the properties of the ZnO foams is investigated. The focus is set on the evolution of the secondary phases formed within the microstructure of ZnO. A determining effect is identified in the amount of an Al₂O₃ impurity which is introduced by abrasion of the milling vessels during ball milling. Alumina is partially dissolved in a spinel α–Zn₇Sb₂O₁₂ secondary phase which is stabilized by a reduction of the unit cell volume. Remaining Al₂O₃ is incorporated into zinc oxide under formation of a defect wurtzite phase. The phase evolution is a complex function of the content of sintering aids, the Al₂O₃ impurity level and the sintering temperature. The shrinkage during sintering and the porosity evolution are correlated to the phase composition within the ZnO material. The thermal conductivity and the compressive strength of the foams are determined, normalized with respect to their porosity, and correlated to the microstructure and phase composition of the ZnO strut material.     

Thermal Expansion of Hybrid Chiral Mechanical Metamaterial with Patterned Bi-Strips

Hybrid chiral mechanical metamaterials with center squares connecting by bi-layer strips (bi-strips) with patterned interfaces are designed and fabricated via multimaterial 3D printing. Due to the thermal mismatch between the bi-strips and the chirality-induced rotation, the designs will undergo either thermal expansion or shrinkage under constant temperature increase, resulting in widely tuned overall thermal expansion coefficients (CTEs) for the chiral mechanical metamaterials. Analytical models of both the bi-strips with arbitrary dissimilar interface morphology and the chiral designs under temperature change are developed to predict the curvature of the bi-strips and the overall CTEs of the chiral designs. Two design regions with opposite trends are observed and explored. The models are verified via systematic finite element (FE) simulations and experiments on 3D-printed specimens. This investigation enlarges the design space of chiral mechanical metamaterials for achieving desired CTEs in a wide range.     

手征球体电磁散射研究

在建立手征单球平面波电磁散射几何模型的基础上,通过对小球内外各区场量的广义复球矢量波函数表示,利用边值技术和有关数值方法,详细推导了该模型的归一化双静截面的计算公式,从而为实验测量提供了必要的理论依据。     

用模糊集合理论识别电力系统振荡中的短路的研究

本文通过对电力系统振荡和短路所呈出的不同特征的分析,从故障特征入手,利用模糊集合理论来识别振荡过程中发生的短路,对于振荡中的三相短路的识别,本文提出一种基于振荡中心电压的波形跟踪识别方法,对于振荡中的不对称故障的识别,本文选取模变换中的Ｃｌａｒｋ变换作为数学工具,与对称分子量变换相结合,构造了Ｉα／Ｉβ判据,Ｉａ－Ｉβ与序分量组合判据,文章给出了相应的模糊数学模型,并经大量的仿真试验,获得良好的仿     

基于突变微粒群算法的图像融合技术

文中利用突变微粒群算法进行图像融合;将图像融合问题转化为优化问题,通过使目标函数(平均梯度)最大以求得好的融合效果;并以离散平稳小波变换代替传统的离散小波变换,以克服离散小波变换缺乏平移不变性的缺点;先对源图像进行离散平稳小波分解,细节部分利用能量系数矩阵进行融合;对于近似部分,利用突变微粒群算法求出最优权值对近似部分进行加权融合;实验结果表明,该方法的融合效果优于传统的融合算法。