Hydrophobic ionic liquid-in-polymer composites for ultrafast,linear response and highly sensitive humidity sensing

Traditional ionic liquids are sensitive to humidity but with long response time and nonlinear response.Pure liquid-state ionic liquids are usually hard for dehydration which have ultralong response time for humidity sensing.The immobilization of ionic liquids provide a possible way for high performance humidity sensing.Hydrophobic materials and structures also promised faster response in humidity sensing,because of easier desorption of water.In this work,we prepared flexible humidity sensitive composites based on hydrophobic ionic liquid and polymer.The combination of hydrophobic ionic liquid with hydrophobic polymer realized linear response,high sensitivity with low hysteresis to humidity.By adjusting the ratio of ionic liquid,not only the impedance but also the hydrophobicity of composite could be modulated,which had a significant influence on the humidity sensing performance.The morphology and microstructure of the material also affected its interaction with water molecules.Due to the diverse processing methods of polymer,highly transparent film fabricated by spinning-coating and nanofibrous membrane fabricated by electrospinning could be prepared and exhibited different response time,which could be used for different application scenarios.Especially,the fibrous membrane made with electrospinning method showed an ultrafast response and could distinguish up to 120 Hz humidity change,due to its fibrous structure with high specific surface area.The humidity sensors with ultrafast,linear response and high sensitivity showed potential applications in human respiratory monitoring and flexible non-contact switch.To better show the multifunction of ionic liquid-polymer composite,as a proof of concept,we fabricated an integrated humidity sensitive color change device by utilizing lower ionic liquid content composite for sensing in the humidity sensing module and higher ionic liquid content composite as the electrolyte in the electrochromic module.

Observer-based robust control for a class of sampled-data systems with model uncertainty and external disturbance

This paper studies the issue of observer-based feedback stabilisation for a class of linear sampleddatasystems with model uncertainty and external disturbance. First, for a sampled-data systemwith external disturbance, a sampled-data observer is designed to estimate the system state.Subsequently, a robust H∞ controller based on the observer is developed. For a continuous samplinginterval, the gain matrices of both observer and controller change exponentially. Second,using the state coordinate transformations with an exponential rate, a unified dynamics is constructedby augmenting the state estimation error and the closed-loop system state as a newstate. Next, the sufficient conditions ensuring the asymptotical stability of the closed-loop systemare given by the Lyapunov–Krasovskii method and linear matrix inequality (LMI) technique.Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by a helicopter model.

Controllable preparation and microwave absorption properties of shape anisotropic Fe_(3)O_(4) nanobelts

To substantially prevent electromagnetic threatens,microwave absorbing materials(MAMs)are required to eliminate surplus electromagnetic waves.As a typical MAM,Fe_(3)O_(4) particles with complex permittivity and permeability have been widely applied due to the coexistence of magnetic loss and dielectric loss.However,the necessary high mass fraction significantly limited its applications,thus Fe_(3)O_(4) nanostructures have been extensively investigated to overcome this problem.In this work,uniform Fe_(3)O_(4) nanobelts were prepared by electrospinning and two-step thermal treatment.By controlling the composition and viscosity of the electrospinning precursor solution,Fe_(3)O_(4) nanobelts with tunable lateral sizes(200 nme1 mm)were obtained.The samples with low content(only 16.7 wt%)Fe_(3)O_(4) exhibited wide maximum effective absorbing bandwidths(EAB)over 3 GHz,and Fe_(3)O_(4) nanobelts with smaller lateral sizes showed a maximum EAB of 4.93 GHz.Meanwhile,Fe_(3)O_(4) nanobelts with smaller lateral sizes presented superior reflection loss properties,the lowest reflection loss reached-53.93 dB at 10.10 GHz,while the maximum EAB was up to 2.98 GHz.The excellent microwave reflection loss of Fe_(3)O_(4) nanobelts was contributed to the enhanced synergistic effect of magnetic loss,dielectric loss,and impedance matching,originated from the hierarchically cross-linked networks and shape anisotropies.This study could broaden the practical applications of magnetic absorbers,and provided an approach for the development of shape anisotropic magnetic materials.

Analysis of Vibration and Noise of Induction Motor Equipped with Concentric Single-Double-Layer Star-Delta Winding

Compared with changing the structure of a motor that has been manufactured,changing the type of stator winding is an economical and time-saving method to reduce the vibration and noise.Thus,a concentric single-double-layer star-delta(CSDLSD)winding for an induction motor is described in this paper with the aim of reducing the noise of the motor.By planning the turns relationship between the two parts of the winding,the harmonic component of the air-gap magnetic field can be decreased.Besides this,through adjusting the turns ratio in each slot of concentric winding per phase respectively,the waveform of the air-gap magnetic field becomes closer to a sinusoidal type.Three motors equipped with the CSDLSD winding and another two types of stator winding were analyzed.The theoretical analysis and the two-dimensional finite element method(2D-FEM)were combined to study the relationship between the harmonics of the air-gap magnetic field and the stator winding.Finally,a 2D fast Fourier transformation(2D-FFT)method was used to obtain the time-frequency spectrum of the air-gap flux density and electromagnetic excitation force,and compared with a natural vibration wave.The noise distribution was obtained using the harmonic response.The results of the theoretical analysis,2D-FEM,2D-FFT,and harmonic response corroborate each other such that the motor applying CSDLSD winding could reduce both the vibration and noise.