Energy-Efficient Multi-Mode Clusters Maintenance(M^2CM) for Hierarchical Wireless Sensor Networks

How to energy-efficiently maintain the topology of wireless sensor networks(WSNs) is still a difficult problem because of their numerous nodes,highly dynamic nature,varied application scenarios and limited resources.An energy-efficient multi-mode clusters maintenance(M2CM) method is proposed based on localized and event-driven mechanism in this work,which is different from the conventional clusters maintenance model with always periodically re-clustered among the whole network style based on time-trigger for hierarchical WSNs.M2 CM can meet such demands of clusters maintenance as adaptive local maintenance for the damaged clusters according to its changes in time and space field.,the triggers of M2 CM include such events as nodes' residual energy being under the threshold,the load imbalance of cluster head,joining in or exiting from any cluster for new node or disable one,etc.Based on neighboring relationship of the damaged clusters,one can start a single cluster(inner-cluster) maintenance or clusters(inter-cluster) maintenance program to meet diverse demands in the topology management of hierarchical WSNs.The experiment results based on NS2 simulation show that the proposed method can significantly save energy used in maintaining a damaged network,effectively narrow down the influenced area of clusters maintenance,and increase transmitted data and prolong lifetime of network compared to the traditional schemes.

Low band-gap benzodithiophene-thienothiophenecopolymers: the effect of dual two-dimensional substitutions on optoelectronic properties

Two new conjugated copolymers,PBDT-T6-TTF and PBDT-T12-TTF,were derived from a novel 4-fluorobenzoyl thienothiophene(TTF).In addition,two types of benzodithiophene(BDT)units with 2,3-dihexylthienyl(T6)and 2,3-didodecylthienyl(T12)substituents,respectively,were successfully synthesized.The effect of the dual two-dimensional(2D)substitutions of the building blocks upon the optoelectronic properties of the polymers was investigated.Generally,the two polymers exhibited good solubility and broad absorption,showing similar optical band gaps of^1.53 e V.However,PBDT-T6-TTF with its shorter alkyl chain length possessed a larger extinction coefficient in thin solid film.The highest occupied molecular orbital(HOMO)level of PBDT-T6-TTF was located at–5.38 e V while that of PBDT-T12-TTF was at–5.51 e V.In space charge-limitedcurrent(SCLC)measurement,PBDT-T6-TTF and PBDT-T12-TTF displayed respective hole mobilities of 3.0×10–4 and1.6×10–5 cm2 V1 s1.In polymer solar cells,PBDT-T6-TTF and PBDT-T12-TTF showed respective power conversion efficiencies(PCEs)of 2.86%and 1.67%.When 1,8-diiodooctane(DIO)was used as the solvent additive,the PCE of PBDT-T6-TTF was remarkably elevated to 4.85%,but the use of DIO for the PBDT-T12-TTF-blend film resulted in a lower PCE of 0.91%.Atomic force microscopy(AFM)indicated that the superior efficiency of PBDT-T6-TTF with 3%DIO(v/v)should be related to the better continuous phase separation of the blend film.Nevertheless,the morphology of the PBDT-T12-TTF deteriorated when the 3%DIO(v/v)was added.Our results suggest that the alkyl-chain length on the 2D BDT units play an important role in determining the optoelectronic properties of dual 2D BDT-TT-based polymers.