Chameleonlike metashells in microfluidics: A passive approach to adaptive responses

Heat energy can transfer via convection, conduction, and radiation. Based on convection and conduction in microfluidics, people have designed and fabricated many novel devices. However, almost none of them has adaptivity, thus restricting practical applications under different conditions. To solve this problem, here we propose a passive approach to adaptive responses. That is,we consider the thermal convection-conduction process in microfluidic structures where Darcy’s law and Fourier’s law are both valid. By carefully designing two key parameters(i.e., tensorial thermal conductivity and tensorial permeability) of a metashell,we theoretically reveal that its effective properties(i.e., effective thermal conductivity and effective permeability) can adaptively change according to the inside object, thus yielding the "chameleonlike metashell". Further, this metashell is passive since it requires no prior knowledge of the inside object. We also report that the chameleonlike behavior can occur for anisotropic inside objects, nonuniform external fields, or even complex shapes. All theoretical analyses agree well with finite-element simulations.The chameleonlike metashell can act as an intelligent metamaterial in microfluidics for its adaptive responses, and it can also benefit other physical fields where convection plays a role, such as mass diffusion.     

Temperature and pH dual‐sensitive polyaspartamide derivatives for antitumor drug delivery

The pH‐sensitive tertiary amino groups were introduced to synthesize temperature and pH dual‐sensitive degradable polyaspartamide derivatives (phe/DEAE‐g‐PHPA) containing pendant aromatic structures and ionizable tertiary amino groups. The thermo/pH‐responsive behavior of phe/DEAE‐g‐PHPA polymer can be tuned by adjusting the graft copolymer composition. Due to the pH sensitivity of the phe/DEAE‐g‐PHPA‐g‐mPEG polymer with hydrophilic long PEG chain, the micelles and the anticancer drug‐loaded micelles were prepared by a quick pH‐changing method without using toxic organic solvent. The obtained polymeric micelles, paclitaxel‐loaded micelles and doxorubicin‐loaded micelles were stable under physiological conditions. Both the drug‐loaded micelles showed much faster release at pH 5 than at pH 7.4. The doxorubicin‐loaded micelles showed obvious and better anticancer activity against both HepG2 and HeLa cells than free doxorubicin. Thus these nontoxic, dual thermo‐ and pH‐sensitive phe/DEAE‐g‐PHPA‐g‐mPEG micelles may be a promising anticancer drug delivery system. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2016 , 54, 879–888     

Characterization of Food Packaging Films with Blackcurrant Fruit Waste as a Source of Antioxidant and Color Sensing Intelligent Material

Chitosan and pectin films were enriched with blackcurrant pomace powder (10 and 20% (w/w)), as bio-based material, to minimize food production losses and to increase the functional properties of produced films aimed at food coatings and wrappers. Water vapor permeability of active films increased up to 25%, moisture content for 27% in pectin-based ones, but water solubility was not significantly modified. Mechanical properties (tensile strength, elongation at break and Young’s modulus) were mainly decreased due to the residual insoluble particles present in blackcurrant waste. FTIR analysis showed no significant changes between the film samples. The degradation temperatures, determined by DSC, were reduced by 18 °C for chitosan-based samples and of 32 °C lower for the pectin-based samples with blackcurrant powder, indicating a disturbance in polymer stability. The antioxidant activity of active films was increased up to 30-fold. Lightness and redness of dry films significantly changed depending on the polymer type. Significant color changes, especially in chitosan film formulations, were observed after exposure to different pH buffers. This effect is further explored in formulations that were used as color change indicators for intelligent biopackaging.     

压电智能板结构的H∞振动控制

研究了压电智能板结构的H∞振动控制问题。先采用4节点矩形弯曲薄板单元(含12个位移自由度,2个电自由度)的有限元模型,利用Ham ilton原理得到了智能板结构的运动微分方程,然后综合运用模态截断法、最小实现法和平衡降阶法,对压电智能板结构的系统状态方程进行了降阶处理,得到了可观可控且低阶的近似状态方程,针对该降阶后的系统,利用H∞控制理论求解出能抑制干扰的动态输出反馈控制器,并将该控制器作用到降阶处理前的原系统中,从而能实现原系统抗干扰的振动控制。最后,以智能悬臂薄板结构为例,讨论了降阶过程中出现的一些问题和结论,并求出了相应的动态输出反馈控制器。仿真结果表明,文中的方法可实现压电智能板结构对干扰的抑制。     

基于现场总线的高隔离度可调直流电源嵌入式控制器设计

模块级联是用于绝缘实验所需的高性能对称双极型矩形波脉冲电源的一种方法,为实现级联,需要有能够协调工作的高隔离度直流电源。设计出嵌入到各电源的板级嵌入式控制器BEC,使各BEC作为从节点利用RS485接口和ModBus协议与嵌入式主控制器EHC构成一个主从式现场总线网络,并在主节点EHC的控制下协调工作。利用BEC内的STM32F103C8处理器产生隔离DC-DC桥的互补PWM控制信号和高隔离输出电压,并进行电流和输出电压的隔离检测。由基于电流切换的变参数增量式数字PI算法来确定脉冲宽度值,产生Buck调压电路的闭环PWM控制信号,实现输出电压的调压和稳压控制。实验结果表明该嵌入式控制器能够满足级联式对称双极型矩形波脉冲电源对高隔离度可调直流电源的需要。     

山区智能视觉火情高空图像搜集系统的设计与实现

介绍了一种针对山区多样性突发火情事件中基于智能视觉的高空图像搜集系统,采用以ST意法半导体公司的STM32F107VCT6为处理核心的开发平台,地面控制平台通过高空无人机的高速照相机对目标区域火情图像数据进行搜集,并将图像数据带回到地面控制平台的PC处理器上进行综合分析。地面控制平台根据智能视觉信息采集模块采集的山区遥感图像的均值作为初始背景,并对背景图像进行实时更新,利用光谱特征与距离算法获取差分图像,并进行图像处理,从而获取山区发生火情区域的图像分析数据,以实现对山区森林突发火情事件的及时监测,在火情发生初始阶段就能扑灭。本文对山区智能视觉火情高空搜集系统的实现原理、核心硬件设计、系统软件设计等分别进行了研究,并通过系统实验进行了验证,测试结果表明,该系统在对山区的高空图像搜集实验中,对不同颜色物体的分别识别率为100%,对火灾与地形地貌的识别率为95.55%和81.12%,非常适用于各种山区环境下的智能视觉监控系统。     

统计数据采样算法

将集中式控制系统常用的结构二层结构改进为智能化的三层结构的设计方案,即传感器、智能巡检仪和上位机。上位机既可以直接读取传感器的数据也可读取智能巡检仪的数据。此方案较好地解决了二层结构所出现的问题,并且也适合交大规模的其它类型的控制系统。这种设计方案存在当规模时上位机采集数据出现丢失现象。本文提出了利用数据库的历史数据及控制曲线的线性特征的数据采集算法,较好地解决了数据丢失的问题。并以温控系统为例仿真了在较大规模控制环境下的试验结果。     

智能弹药的实时仿真可视化系统设计

针对仿真可视化系统开发时间长、开发费用高的问题,提出了一种利用Unity3D引擎进行实时仿真可视化系统开发的模块式设计方法。首先,对武器仿真可视化系统进行了分析,提出了智能弹药实时仿真可视化系统的五大模块;然后,通过在3ds Max下建立智能弹药模型和Unity3D下的二次开发,构建了智能弹药仿真可视化系统的仿真环境,以C#为编程工具,设计了仿真驱动、串口数据通讯和仿真输出模块;最终,实现了智能弹药实时仿真可视化系统。实验证明,该系统可以有效地在监视器上实时显示出智能弹药的飞行姿态、飞行参数和飞行轨迹。     

分区式最小二乘法模式识别研究

提供了一种改进的关于智能板结构受载位置的模式识别方法．在设置有限个应变传感器和进行有限点加载的实验基础上，通过分区式最小二乘法，可对板上任意点受载的位置进行识别     

运动控制的数字随动系统

介绍了采用数字随动系统解决模拟伺服回路的设计技术，即选用智能化运动控制处理器用于无刷或有刷直流电动机控制。这种技术具有实时采集，操作简单，可靠性高，精度高等优点，在导航系统、雷达系统、火炮系统、汽车等领域具有广阔的发展前景。