A high sensitivity titration calorimeter using pyroelectric sensor

A new sensitive isothermal titration microcalorimeter using polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) as detector has been developed. Heat pulses of less than 0.4 μJ can be detected and the baseline noise level (p-p) is 40 nW. The calorimeter is constructed with one reaction cell (0.7 ml) insulated by several radiation shields inside a vacuum chamber. The performance of the instrument was examined by measuring the heat of protonation of Tris with HCl. The enthalpy of reaction was found to be ?49±1 kJ·mol^?1, in good agreement with the reported value of ?47.5 kJ·mol^?1.     

Fourier transform infrared studies of alternate acid-amine Langmuir-Blodgett films with pyroelectric properties

FTIR-RAIRS and ATR techniques are shown to provide a powerful means of investigating the molecular behaviour responsible for the pyroelectric properties of organic monolayer assemblies on silicon and aluminised glass. Spectral changes, associated with either proton transfer or head group rearrangement, are well correlated with the level of pyroelectric response for two different devices. The technique promises to be extremely important for the elucidation of the microscopic properties of molecular electronic devices.     

Heterogeneous freezing on pyroelectric poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) thin films

Active deicing of technical surfaces, such as for wind turbines and heat exchangers, currently requires the usage of heat or chemicals. Passive coating strategies that postpone the freezing of covering water would be beneficial in order to save costs and energy. One hypothesis is that pyroelectric active materials can achieve this because of the surface charges generated on these materials when they are subject to a temperature change. High-quality poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) thin films with a high crystallinity, prefererd edge-on orientation, low surface roughness, and comprised of the β-analogous ferroelectric phase were deposited by spin-coating. Freezing experiments with a cooling rate of 1 K min⁻¹ were made on P(VDF-TrFE) coatings in order to separate the effect of different parameters such as the poling direction, film thickness, used solvent, deposition process, underlying substrate, and annealing temperature on the achievable supercooling. The topography and the underlying substrate significantly changed the distribution of freezing temperatures of water droplets in contact with these thin films. In contrast, no significant effect of the thickness, morphology, or pyroelectric effect of the as-prepared domain-state on the freezing temperatures was found.     

基于液晶调制器调制的实时测温系统

分析了一种基于基尔霍夫定律的钽酸锂(LiTaO3)热释电探测器作为接收元件的实时测温系统中,机械式调制盘对测量精度影响,提出了改变机械式调制盘对测量精度的影响的方法;介绍了液晶调制器的结构、对辐射调制的原理以及在使用过程中的优点。设计了利用液晶调制器替代机械调制器的钽酸锂热释电实时测温系统。结果表明,利用液晶调制器改进后的测温系统在给定的温度范围中,测量精度均有明显的改善,符合测量要求。     

超薄LiTaO3晶片的键合减薄技术

在制造红外热释电探测器阵列过程中，需要利用超薄钽酸锂(LiTaO₃)晶片作为红外热释电探测器件的敏感层。通常LiTaO₃晶片的厚度远厚于红外热释电探测器件要求的厚度，所以需要采用键合减薄技术对LiTaO₃晶片进行加工处理。键合减薄技术主要包括：苯并环丁烯（BCB）键合、铣磨、抛光、加热剥离、刻蚀BCB。加工后得到面积为10mm×10mm、厚度为25μm的超薄单晶LiTaO₃薄膜，晶片厚度、表面粗糙度和面形精度比较理想。测得了LT晶片减薄后的热释电系数为1.6×10^-4Cm^-2K^-1。得到的单晶LiTaO₃薄膜满足红外热释电探测器敏感层的要求。     

A theoretical study of some problems on low-noise pyroelectric detector-amplifier systems

The configurations of the coupling network, which can effectively aecrease the effect of the noise sources within the amplifier on the equivalent input noise of the whole pyroelectric detector-amplifier system, are studied. The influences of feedback upon the noise properties of the basic amplifiers are analyzed. The procedures of designing low-noise pyroelectric detector-amplifier systems are followed.     

Optically driven actuators using poly(vinylidene difluoride)

Optically driven actuators have a feature of a non-contact method supplied by light energy. A new method is proposed with three poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF) cantilevers as the legs and a polymer film as the body. The PVDF cantilevers are coated with silver on one surface. When one side of the cantilever is irradiated by a laser beam, an electric field is produced along a cross-section of the cantilever by the pyroelectric effect and a mechanical displacement occurs by the piezoelectric effect. Its response time and its generated force are measured experimentally. Two types of optically driven actuators using PVDF film are proposed to move using different characteristics.     

Non-uniformity correction algorithm for IRFPA based on motion controllable micro-scanning and perimeter diaphragm strips

Non-uniformity correction is the key issue for the image quality improvement of infrared focal panel array (IRFPA) imaging. A non-uniformity correction (NUC) algorithm for IRFPA based on motion controllable micro-scanning platform and perimeter diaphragm strips is presented. We initially execute one-point calibration to the perimeter detectors, then based on controllable motion of adjacent frames, a special algebraic algorithm is proposed to transport the calibration of the perimeter detectors to those interior un-corrected ones. In this way, the bias parameter of the whole field of view (FOV) is calculated. The algorithm can be easily combined with sub-pixel imaging, thereby improving the quality of thermal imaging system (image spatial resolution and uniformity). All calculations are algebraic, with a low computation load. The algorithm can realize adaptive one point calibration without covering the central FOV rapidly. Experiments on simulated infrared data demonstrate that this algorithm requires only dozens of frames to obtain high quality corrections.     

一种实用化实时测温系统的优化设计

基于基尔霍夫定律，利用半导体激光器及钽酸锂热释电探测器设计了一种实用化的实时测温系统。依照测温系统各主要技术指标(温度分辨力、温度的标准偏差及测温范围)与各主要技术参量(激光光源的能量、波长、放大器的带宽及光学系统的相对孔径等)之间的关系，对实时测温系统的各主要参量(激光光源的能量、光学系统的相对孔径及放大器的带宽)进行了优化设计。实验表明，在测温范围673～1473K内，温度测量的不确定度优于0．3％，分辨力优于0．4K，均符合设计要求。     

基于系统非线性的红外焦平面非均匀性校正

采用系统非线性描述和分析方法,从基于红外参考辐射源的校正算法原理入手,提出了一种新的红外焦平面非均匀性校正方法.该算法将每个探测器单元视为一个非线性系统,因此,该算法原理既对基于红外参考辐射源的非均匀性校正算法成立,对基于场景的校正算法在一定条件下也有效,能够适应非均匀性随时间和环境改变而发生缓慢变化的情形,是一种自适应算法.