RESONANCE RESPONSE OF ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS IN VERTICAL O SCILLATION SQUEEZE FLOW

The resonance effect of microcrystalline cellulose/castor oil electrorheological (ER) suspensions was studied in a compressed oscillatory squeeze flow under external electric fields. The resonance frequency first increases linearly with increasing external field, and then shift to high-field plateau. The amplitudes of resonance peak increase sharply with the applied fields in the range of 0.17-1.67kV/mm. The phase difference of the.reduced displacement relative to the excitation force inverses in the case of resonance. A viscoelasticity model of the ER suspensions, which offers both the equivalent stiffness and the viscous damping, should be responsible for the appearance of resonance. The influence of the electric field on the resonance frequency and the resonance hump is consistent qualitatively with the interpretation of our proposed model. Storage modulus G′ was presented for the purpose of investigating this influence.     

微晶纤维素电流变液在挤压流中的粘弹性

测量了微晶纤维素/蓖麻油悬浮体构成的电流变液在挤压流中的动态粘弹性.给出了平行于电 场方向的储能模量G′和损耗模量G″对电场和应变幅度的依赖关系.实验显示,当电场超过 临界电场后,随着应变幅度增加, 电流变液的粘弹性从线性变到非线性,电流变液出现了应 变导致的“类固体”和流体之间的转变过程. 还研究了应变幅度和振荡频率对电流变液粘弹性非线性的影响. 关键词： 电流变液 挤压流 粘弹性     

Adaptive optical properties of ER fluid incorporating composite particles

Electrorheological (ER) fluid is one of the popular materials used in smart materials and structures. The material properties of ER fluid can be changed markedly while an external electric field is imposed on ER fluid domain. In this paper, the optical properties of ER suspensions consisting of composite particles dispersed in silicone oil are investigated. Both dc and ac electric fields are utilized to be imposed on ER fluid. The transmissivity of light through ER fluid under various electric fields is detected and analyzed. It is shown that the transmissivity of light increases with the increasing electric field strength and time. The change of transmissivity is caused by the formation of particle chains. The higher the particle concentration, the faster the change occurs. When an ac electric field is applied, the transmissivity can be affected by the frequency of electric field.     

Propagation of terahertz waves in nonuniform plasma slab under "electromagnetic window"

The application of magnetic fields, electric fields, and the increase of the electromagnetic wave frequency are up-and-coming solutions for the blackout problem. Therefore, this study considers the influence of the external magnetic field on the electron flow and the effect of the external electric field on the electron density distribution, and uses the scattering matrix method (SMM) to perform theoretical calculations and analyze the transmission behavior of terahertz waves under different electron densities, magnetic field distributions, and collision frequencies. The results show that the external magnetic field can improve the transmission of terahertz waves at the low-frequency end. Magnetizing the plasma from the direction perpendicular to the incident path can optimize the right-hand polarized wave transmission. The external electric field can increase the transmittance to some extent, and the increase of the collision frequency can suppress the right-hand polarized wave cyclotron resonance caused by the external magnetic field. By adjusting these parameters, it is expected to alleviate the blackout phenomenon to a certain extent.     

An Exotic Phase Change in Dynamic Electrorheological Fluids

It is well known that constant or time-varying electric fields can induce phase changes in electrorheological(ER) fluids, from a liquid to semi-solid state, provided the field strength is larger than some critical value. We describe here an experimental and theoretical study considering yet a different class of phase changes, specifically those for an ER fluid in the presence of both shear flow and a time-varying electric field. We note that as the frequency of the field is decreased, the ER fluid will go from a liquid to an intermediate transition state, and eventually to a shear banding state. Our theoretical analysis further indicates that this phase change originates from competing effects of viscous and electrical forces. Ultimately, we conclude that it is possible to achieve various states and corresponding(desired)macroscopic properties of dynamic colloidal suspensions by adjusting the frequency of the externally applied electric field.     

Electrorheological effects in carbon, barium titanate, and nickel coated with barium titanate suspensions

Effects of the electric field on the rheology, electrorheological (ER) effects, are investigated on carbon, barium titanate (BaTiO₃) and BaTiO₃-coated nickel (BT-Ni) suspensions. Among some electroreological properties, electric field frequency dependence of the induced shear stress (yield stress) observed for three suspensions shows a contrasting behavior. With increase in the electric field frequency, the yield stress decreases above 100 Hz in the carbon suspension, monotonously increases in the BaTiO₃ suspension, and is almost constant in the BT-Ni suspension. The difference in the frequency dependence and magnitude of the yield stress is discussed on the basis of the magnitude and relaxation time of the interfacial polarization and the effect of the particle rotation under the shear flow.     

Phase behaviour of lyotropic liquid crystals in external fields and confinement

This mini-review discusses the influence of external fields on the phase behaviour of lyotropic colloidal liquid crystals. The liquid crystal phases reviewed, formed in suspensions of highly anisotropic particles ranging from rod- to board- to plate-like particles, include nematic, smectic and columnar phases. The external fields considered are the earth gravitational field and electric and magnetic fields. For electric and magnetic fields single particle alignment, collective reorientation behaviour of ordered phases and field-induced liquid crystal phase transitions are discussed. Additionally, liquid crystal phase behaviour in various confining geometries, e.g. slit-pore, circular and spherical confinement will be reviewed.     

电流变液的微波透射调控行为

依据外电场作用下电流变液结构由各向同性转变为各向异性及介电性能改变的实验事实,建立了微波穿透电流变液样品的理论模型,导出了微波透射率的基本表达形式.理论模拟显示:当电流变液的介电常量小于所处环境的介电常量时,透射率随电场的增加而增加;反之则减小.实验研究表明:电流变液的微波衰减(透射率)的变化可以通过电场来调控.分析认为在外加电场作用下,电流变液结构转变和介电性能的变化是导致微波透射率可调控的主要原因.     

Electrical field-driven ripening profiles of colloidal suspensions

Electrorheological(ER) fluid is a type of smart fluid whose shear yield stress relies on the external electrical field strength. The transition of ER fluid microstructure driven by the electrical field is the reason why viscosity changes.Experimentally, the transparent electrodes are used to investigate the column size distribution where an external electric field is applied to a colloidal suspension, i.e., ER fluid is increased. The coarsening profile of ER suspensions is strongly related to electrical field strength, but it is insensitive to particle size. In addition, in a low field range the shear stress corresponding to the mean column diameter is studied and they are found to satisfy a power law. However, this dependence is invalid when the field strength surpasses a threshold value.     

一维原子链局域等离激元的非线性激发

本文基于含时密度泛函理论, 研究了不同频率光脉冲场作用下一维钠原子链中电子的输运与等离激元共振之间的耦合规律. 在等离激元共振点附近约0.8 eV频率范围内的光脉冲场, 都可以激发体系的等离激元共振. 这些不同频率外场激发的等离激元共振强度大小在一个数量级. 外场频率越接近等离激元共振频率, 外场激起的等离激元振动的振幅越大. 对于线性原子链等离激元的非线性激发现象, 本文用经典谐振子模型给出了定性解释.     

Resonances of a hydrogen atom in strong parallel electric and magnetic fields using B-spline basis sets

The B-spline basis set plus complex scaling method is applied to the numerical calculation of the exact resonance parameters Er and Г/2 of a hydrogen atom in parallel electric and magnetic fields. The method can calculate the ground and higher excited resonances accurately and efficiently. The resonance parameters with accuracies of 10^-9 - 10^-12 for hydrogen atom in parallel fields with different field strengths and symmetries are presented and compared with previous ones. Extension to the calculation of Rydberg atom in crossed electric and magnetic fields and of atomic double excited states in external electric fields is discussed.     

Resonances of a hydrogen atom in strong parallel electric and magnetic fields using B-spline basis sets

The B-spline basis set plus complex scaling method is applied to the numerical calculation of the exact resonance parameters $E_r}$ and $\Ga/2$ of a hydrogen atom in parallel electric and magnetic fields. The method can calculate the ground and higher excited resonances accurately and efficiently. The resonance parameters with accuracies of $10^{-9}-10^{-12}$ for hydrogen atom in parallel fields with different field strengths and symmetries are presented and compared with previous ones. Extension to the calculation of Rydberg atom in crossed electric and magnetic fields and of atomic double excited states in external electric fields is discussed.     

Electric-field-induced polarization of the layer of condensed ions on cylindrical colloids

In concentrated suspensions of charged colloids, interactions between colloids can be induced by an external electric field through the polarization of charge distributions (within the diffusive double layer and the layer of condensed ions) and/or electro-osmotic flow. In case of rod-like colloids, these field-induced inter-colloidal interactions have recently been shown to lead to anomalous orientation perpendicular to the external field, and to phase/state transitions and dynamical states, depending on the field amplitude and frequency of the external field. As a first step towards a (semi-) quantitative understanding of these phenomena, we present a linear-response analysis of the frequency-dependent polarization of the layer of condensed ions on a single, long and thin cylindrical colloid. The in-phase and out-phase response functions for the charge distribution and the electric potential are calculated for arbitrary orientation of the cylindrical colloid. The frequency-dependent degree of alignment, which is proportional to the electric-field-induced birefringence, is calculated as well, and compared to experiments on dilute fd virus suspensions.     

Influence of layer-to-layer electric and magnetic interactions on a magnetoelectric coefficient at high frequencies

We analyze the influence of electric and magnetic interconnection between the components of a magnetoelectric on its magnetoelectric coefficient at high frequency of the external electric and magnetic field. We interpret the obtained results on the basis of the existence in such structures of probing electromagnetic fields. It is shown that allowing for electric and magnetic field capture through the mechanical subsystem leads to a decrease in the magnetoelectric coefficient.     

Frequency shift and anomalous resistivity of turbulent plasmas in external electric and magnetic fields

Accounting for the modified orbits of plasma particles due to constant external electric and magnetic fields, a general expression for the velocity space diffusion tensor of a turbulent plasma is derived. The nonlinear frequency shift and the anomalous resistivity in the presence of external fields are calculated. It is shown that the effect of a strong external electric field on the frequency shift is to reduce its magnitude. Furthermore, the dependence of the anomalous resistivity on the external magnetic field is obtained.     

Radiation of the Point Source from an Anisotropic Plasma Cylinder

We obtain and analyze an analytical solution to the problem of electromagnetic-wave radiation of the point electric dipole from an anisotropic plasma cylinder to free space. Two cases of the dipole orientation are considered, where the electric dipole is directed along and across a horizontal magnetic field whose direction does not coincide with the axes of a cylindrical coordinate system. We analyze how the conditions and characteristics of the resonance influence of the anisotropic plasma cylinder depend on the strength of the magnetic field and its direction with respect to the dipole moment of the source. Comparative analysis of the resonance influence of the plasma cylinder with horizontal and axial external magnetic fields is performed.     

外电场下L-茶氨酸分子的结构特征与光谱性质

L-茶氨酸(N-乙基-L-谷氨酰胺)是一类具有降压、抗氧化的非蛋白氨基酸,研究外场下它的结构和光谱特征有助于人们更好地认识L-茶氨酸分子的性质.基于密度泛函理论,利用B3LYP方法,在6-311g(d,p)基组水平上对L-茶氨酸分子进行几何构型优化,在此基础上计算L-茶氨酸分子在不同外电场下(0～0.0125 a.u.)的分子各键长与振动频率,得到对应的红外光谱.同时,在相同的基组下采用含时密度泛函方法(TD-DFT)计算外电场对分子的激发态、前线轨道和能隙的影响.结果表明:分子结构及其紫外、红外光谱都随外电场强度发生变化.随外电场的增加,伸缩振动频率红移,弯曲振动频率蓝移;最高占据轨道的能量(E_(HOMO))与最低空轨道的能量(E_(LUMO))发生改变,前线轨道能隙先小幅增加后随电场减小,分子活性先减小后增强;紫外吸收光谱先蓝移后红移.本研究对L-茶氨酸分子的检测、合成及其生物活性的研究可提供理论依据.     

电声子系统磁电现象的量子理论

本文利用量子场论方法,统一地研究了电声子系统的交流磁阻、霍耳效应与迴旋共振现象。获得了与磁场强度H和外电场频率ω有关的弛豫时间、有效质量及迴旋共振线型的严格表达式。在我们的结果中,特别考虑了电子间库仑作用的集体效应、磁场引起的电子轨道运动量子化效应及交变电场的影响。     

电流变液的旋光与椭偏光行为

本文研究了电流变液(ER流体)的旋光行为及椭偏光行为.激光束垂直于电场方向,利用HeNe激光器对SiO₂、Si₃N₄和硅油组成的ER流体进行测量.发现电流变液样品存在旋光现象,且对于同一种浓度的ER流体,随着电场强度的增大,旋光角度增大.在同一电场强度下,旋光角度随着浓度的增大而增大.当浓度大于某一值c₀时,旋光角度开始减小,在不同电场强度下,透过电流变液的椭圆偏振光性质不发生改变,且随着电场强度的增大,透射光强度随之增大.电流变液的旋光行为及椭偏光行为起因于在电场作用下ER流体由各向同性的液体转变为各向异性的液体.     

外电场下二氧化硫的分子结构及其特性

以6-311++g(3d, p)为基组, 采用B3P86方法研究了不同外电场(-0.04-0.04 a.u.)对SO₂分子基态的几何参数、电荷分布、能量、电偶极距、最高占据轨道(HOMO)能级、最低占据轨道(LUMO)能级及能隙的影响, 在优化构型的基础上, 采用含时密度泛函(TD-B3P86)方法研究了SO₂分子在外电场作用下前9个激发态的激发能、跃迁波长和振子强度. 研究表明: SO₂的几何参数与电场强度大小及方向均有明显的依赖关系. 电场由-0.04 a.u. 变化至0.04 a.u.时, 体系的总能量先增加后减小; 偶极矩先减小后增加; HOMO能级一直减小; LUMO能级先增加后减小; 能隙先增加后减小. 激发态的激发能、跃迁波长和振子强度与电场关联均较为复杂, 说明SO₂的激发特性易受外电场影响.