Relaxation-Induced Significant Room-Temperature Dielectric Pulsing Effects

Thermo-responsive dielectric materials are in urgent demand owing to the rapid development of smart electronic/electrical systems. Although different types and structures of thermally responsive dielectric materials have been continuously reported, their dielectric response behaviors all originate from thermodynamic phase transitions. Herein, it is demonstrated that structural relaxation in poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), a non-thermodynamic phase transition, can induce a significant thermal dielectric pulse at room temperature. The dielectric pulse strength of up to 6.3 × 10⁵ at 20 Hz, with a dielectric pulsing temperature of 24 °C, is achieved from polyethylene glycol (PEG)-PVDF coaxial nanofibrous films (PVDF@PEG), fabricated via a continuous blow spinning method. Moreover, the films exhibit excellent flexibility, adjustable strength and toughness, switchable hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity, and effective thermal management capability. The relaxation-induced dielectric pulsing effect, outstanding multifunctionality, and simple preparation combine to promote further scalability and prospects of PVDF@PEG. In particular, the work contributes to the discovery of the relaxation-induced dielectric response mechanism, which provides a new strategy for the generation of thermo-responsive dielectric materials.     

Phase-Separated Polyzwitterionic Hydrogels with Tunable Sponge-Like Structures for Stable Solar Steam Generation

Solar steam generation (SSG) through hydrogel-based evaporators has shown great promise for freshwater production. However, developing hydrogel-based evaporators with stable SSG performance in high-salinity brines remains challenging. Herein, phase-separated polyzwitterionic hydrogel-based evaporators are presented with sponge-like structures comprising interconnected pores for stable SSG performance, which are fabricated by photopolymerization of sulfobetaine methacrylate (SBMA) in water-dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) mixed solvents. It is shown that driven by competitive adsorption, the structures of the resulting poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) (PSBMA) hydrogels can be readily tuned by the volume ratio of DMSO to achieve phase separation. The optimized phase-separated PSBMA hydrogels, combining the unique anti-polyelectrolyte effects of polyzwitterionic hydrogels, demonstrate a rapid water transport capability in brines. After introducing photothermal polypyrrole particles on the surface of the phase-separated PSBMA hydrogel evaporators, a stable water evaporation rate of ≈2.024 kg m⁻² h⁻¹ and high solar-to-vapor efficiency of ≈97.5% in a 3.5 wt.% brine are obtained under simulated solar light irradiation (1.0 kW m⁻²). Surprisingly, the evaporation rates remain stable even under high-intensity solar irradiation (2.0 kW m⁻²). It is anticipated that the polyzwitterionic hydrogel evaporators with sponge-like porous structures will contribute to developing SSG technology for high-salinity seawater applications.     

Vapor Phase Dealloying Derived Nanoporous Co@CoO/RuO2 Composites for Efficient and Durable Oxygen Evolution Reaction (Adv. Funct. Mater. 17/2023)

The development of low-cost and effective oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts to expedite the slow kinetics of water splitting is crucial for increasing the efficiency of energy conversion from electricity to hydrogen fuel. Herein, 3D bicontinuous nanoporous Co@CoO/RuO₂ composites with tunable sizes and chemical compositions are fabricated by introducing vapor phase dealloying of cobalt-based alloys. The influence of physical parameters on the formation of nanoporous Co substrates with various feature ligament sizes is systematically investigated. The CoO/RuO₂ shell is constructed by integrating a thin layer of RuO₂ on the inner surface of nanoporous Co, where the CoO interlayer is formed by annealing oxidization. The composite catalyst delivers an ultralow overpotential of 198 mV at 10 mA cm⁻², Tafel slope of 57.1 mV dec⁻¹, and long-term stability of 50 h. The superior OER activity and fast reaction kinetics are attributed to charge transfer through the coupling of Co O Ru bonds at the interface and the excellent nanopore connectivity, while the durability originates from the highly stable CoO/RuO₂ interface.     

Deterministic Polymorphic Engineering of MoTe2 for Photonic and Optoelectronic Applications

Developing selective and coherent polymorphic crystals at the nanoscale offers a novel strategy for designing integrated architectures for photonic and optoelectronic applications such as metasurfaces, optical gratings, photodetectors, and image sensors. Here, a direct optical writing approach is demonstrated to deterministically create polymorphic 2D materials by locally inducing metallic 1T′-MoTe₂ on the semiconducting 2H-MoTe₂ host layer. In the polymorphic-engineered MoTe₂, 2H- and 1T′- crystalline phases exhibit strong optical contrast from near-infrared to telecom-band ranges (1–1.5 µm), due to the change in the band structure and increase in surface roughness. Sevenfold enhancement of third harmonic generation intensity is realized with conversion efficiency (susceptibility) of ≈1.7 × 10⁻⁷ (1.1 × 10⁻¹⁹ m² V⁻²) and ≈1.7 × 10⁻⁸ (0.3 × 10⁻¹⁹ m² V⁻²) for 1T′ and 2H-MoTe₂, respectively at telecom-band ultrafast pump laser. Lastly, based on polymorphic engineering on MoTe₂, a Schottky photodiode with a high photoresponsivity of 90 AW⁻¹ is demonstrated. This study proposes facile polymorphic engineered structures that will greatly benefit realizing integrated photonics and optoelectronic circuits.     

结合全局上下文与融合注意力的干涉相位去噪

目的 干涉相位去噪是合成孔径雷达干涉测量（interferometric synthetic aperture radar,InSAR）技术中的关键环节,其效果对测量精度具有重要影响。针对现有的干涉相位去噪方法大多关注局部特征以及在特征提取方面的局限性,同时为了平衡去噪和结构保持两者之间的关系,提出了一种结合全局上下文与融合注意力的相位去噪网络GCFA-PDNet(global context and fused attention phase denoising network)。方法 将干涉相位分离为实部和虚部依次输入到网络,先从噪声相位中提取浅层特征,再将其映射到由全局上下文提取模块和融合注意力模块组成的特征增强模块,最后通过全局残差学习生成去噪图像。全局上下文提取模块能提取全局上下文信息,具有非局部方法的优势;融合注意力模块既强调关键特征,又能高效提取隐藏在复杂背景中的噪声信息。结果 所提出的方法与对比方法中性能最优者相比,在模拟数据结果的平均峰值信噪比（peak signal to noise ratio, PSNR）和结构相似性（structural similarity,...     

基于QuaDRiGa的无人机非平稳信道模型

为了解决无人机信道模型非平稳参数空时不连续的问题,提出了一种支持三维运动及姿态旋转的无人机非平稳几何随机模型,用于描述和模拟无人机对地多输入多输出通信信道的真实特性。该模型借鉴QuaDRiGa中的“准确定性”思想,基于收发端拓扑关系更新时变信道参数,考虑路径生灭概率改进信道功率计算方法,引入姿态相位矩阵描述无人机姿态旋转,以实现无人机非平稳信道参数的平滑演进。数值仿真结果表明,本文提出模型能够保证功率和角度等参数的平滑演进,输出信道的自相关函数具有非平稳性且受无人机姿态影响显著,可用于无人机通信系统设计和算法优化等领域。     

基于DDPG的柔性伺服系统级联陷波器设计

针对柔性伺服系统的多频谐振抑制问题,提出一种基于DDPG的级联陷波器参数整定方法。以系统速度环开环bode图及陷波器bode图预处理结果作为训练数据,并以相位裕度作为奖励函数训练神经网络,实现所设计的伺服系统级联陷波器深度及宽度参数优化训练。搭建了三质量柔性伺服系统实验平台,并开展了多频谐振抑制实验,实验结果表明所提出的参数选择方法能够 找到具有最大相位裕度的陷波器参数,并有效地抑制系统多频谐振。     

基于误差校正的高精度三维测量系统

基于投影仪的结构光三维测量系统已得到了广泛的应用,但由于投影仪与相机的非线性特点,使用现有相位恢复算法得到的相位值具有一定的误差,影响了三维测量的精度。提出了一种基于二次型误差校正的高精度相位恢复算法。通过对标准平板进行相位恢复,分析其误差分布特征;用二次多项式对该误差进行逼近,得到误差的分布规律;根据求出的二次型误差模型对投影仪结构光系统得到的初始相位值进行修正,得到了高精度的相位恢复结果。实验表明,该算法比现有算法具有更高的相位恢复和三维测量精度。     

基于石墨烯超表面天线的太赫兹动态相位调控及波束扫描

太赫兹波频段介于毫米波和红外光之间,具有诸多优异特性,太赫兹天线更是太赫兹通信、雷达和成像等应用系统中的核心元器件。然而,目前报道的太赫兹天线均无法满足较大动态范围的相位扫描、高效率辐射和大偏转角度的需求。该文设计了 3 种石墨烯太赫兹天线,最小尺寸为 5 μm,并对其辐射效率和相位调控特性进行研究,进而提出具有双共振模式的石墨烯-金属太赫兹超表面天线,缓解了传统的基于单共振模式的相位动态调控范围和辐射效率之间的矛盾,实现了 0～360°的动态相位调控,且辐射效率高于 20%。该研究采用微加工工艺进行样品加工,通过改变栅极电压,在实验上获得了 1.03 THz 的太赫兹动态相位调控,反射率高于 23%,与仿真结果基本吻合。在此基础上,该文基于连续相位编码设计了石墨烯超表面相控阵天线,理论上实现了太赫兹波束在－25°～25°范围内的实时波束偏转。该文为解决超表面相控阵天线的相位动态调控范围小、辐射效率低等难题提供了新的研究思路。     

考虑电网阻抗耦合的模块化多电平换流器交直流侧阻抗通用计算方法

以模块化多电平换流器(modular multilevel converter,MMC)为技术路线的柔性直流输电技术在风电接入、电网异步互联等领域迅速发展。MMC的阻抗建模是分析柔性直流输电系统振荡起源的重要依据。文中分析MMC在交、直流侧激励下的谐波传递机制,建立一种适用于交、直流侧阻抗计算的通用方法。对一次系统频域建模关联了MMC所连接的交、直流侧网络阻抗,并考虑包含解耦双同步参考坐标系锁相环及负序内环控制在内的全部控制模块。通过求解线性方程组对MMC阻抗进行计算,并在PSCAD/EMTDC环境中对双端背靠背MMC系统在多种工况下1～5kHz频段内进行扫频,验证该方法的准确性,并详细分析网络阻抗耦合、控制链路延时、功率等级、负序内环和外环控制等因素对MMC阻抗的影响。