Editorial:Mechanics of intelligent materials and structures

Recently, intelligent or smart materials and structures have been received more and more attention due to their distinguished multi-field coupling properties and wide applications in aerospace, automobiles, civil structures, medical devices, information storage, energy harvesting and so on. It is of academic challenge to fully understand the complex multi-field coupling behaviors of various smart materials and structures, and of engineering sig- nificance to enhance the performance and reliability of these materials and structures in industrial applications. The papers in the special topic of Mechanics of Intelligent Materials and Structures focus on the understanding of the electromechanical, magneto-elastic, and magneto-rheological coupling behav- iors and properties of smart materials and structures for applications in vibration control, resonators, and various functional devices.

The personal protective equipment(PPE)based on individual combat:A systematic review and trend analysis

With the development of ordnance technology,the survival and safety of individual combatants in hightech warfare are under serious threat,and the Personal Protective Equipment(PPE),as an important guarantee to reduce casualties and maintain military combat effectiveness,is widely developed.This paper systematically reviewed various PPE based on individual combat through literature research and comprehensive discussion,and introduced in detail the latest application progress of PPE in terms of material and technology from three aspects:individual integrated protection system,traditional protection equipment,and intelligent protection equipment,respectively,and discussed in depth the functional improvement and optimization status brought by advanced technology for PPE,focusing on the achievements of individual equipment technology application.Finally,the problems and technical bottlenecks in the development of PPE were analyzed and summarized,and the development trend of PPE were pointed out.The results of the review will provide a forward-looking reference for the current development of individual PPE,and are important guidance for the design and technological innovation of advanced equipment based on the future technological battlefield.

New innovations in pavement materials and engineering:A review on pavement engineering research 2021

Sustainable and resilient pavement infrastructure is critical for current economic and environmental challenges.In the past 10 years,the pavement infrastructure strongly supports the rapid development of the global social economy.New theories,new methods,new technologies and new materials related to pavement engineering are emerging.Deterioration of pavement infrastructure is a typical multi-physics problem.Because of actual coupled behaviors of traffic and environmental conditions,predictions of pavement service life become more and more complicated and require a deep knowledge of pavement material analysis.In order to summarize the current and determine the future research of pavement engineering,Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering(English Edition)has launched a review paper on the topic of"New innovations in pavement materials and engineering:A review on pavement engineering research 2021".Based on the joint-effort of 43 scholars from 24 well-known universities in highway engineering,this review paper systematically analyzes the research status and future development direction of 5 major fields of pavement engineering in the world.The content includes asphalt binder performance and modeling,mixture performance and modeling of pavement materials,multi-scale mechanics,green and sustainable pavement,and intelligent pavement.Overall,this review paper is able to provide references and insights for researchers and engineers in the field of pavement engineering.

Damage Detection of Composite Material Intelligent Structure with a New Photoelectric System

A kind of photoelectric system that is suitable to measuring and to testing the damage of the composite material intelligent structure was presented. It can measure the degree of damage of the composite intelligent structure and it also can tell us the damage position in the structure. This system consists of two parts ： software and hardware. Experiments of the damage detection and the analysis of the composite material structure with the photoelectric system were performed, and a series of damage detection experiments was conducted. The results prove that the performance of the system is well and the effects of the measure and test are evident. Through all the experiments, the damage detection technology and test system are approved to be real-time, effective and reliable in the damage detection of the composite intelligent structure.

Smart epidermal electrophysiological electrodes:Materials,structures,and algorithms

Epidermal electrophysiological monitoring has garnered significant attention for its potential in medical diagnosis and healthcare,particularly in continuous signal recording.However,simultaneously satisfying skin compliance,mechanical properties,environmental adaptation,and biocompatibility to avoid signal attenuation and motion artifacts is challenging,and accurate physiological feature extraction necessitates effective signal-processing algorithms.This review presents the latest advancements in smart electrodes for epidermal electrophysiological monitoring,focusing on materials,structures,and algorithms.First,smart materials incorporating self-adhesion,self-healing,and self-sensing functions offer promising solutions for long-term monitoring.Second,smart meso-structures,together with micro/nanostructures endowed the electrodes with self-adaption and multifunctionality.Third,intelligent algorithms give smart electrodes a“soul,”facilitating faster and more-accurate identification of required information via automatic processing of collected electrical signals.Finally,the existing challenges and future opportunities for developing smart electrodes are discussed.Recognized as a crucial direction for next-generation epidermal electrodes,intelligence holds the potential for extensive,effective,and transformative applications in the future.

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS BASED GEARS MATERIAL SELECTION HYBRID INTELLIGENT SYSTEM

An artificial neural networks(ANNs) based gear material selection hybrid intelligent system is established by analyzing the individual advantages and weakness of expert system (ES) and ANNs and the applications in material select of them. The system mainly consists of tow parts: ES and ANNs. By being trained with much data samples, the back propagation (BP) ANN gets the knowledge of gear materials selection, and is able to inference according to user input. The system realizes the complementing of ANNs and ES. Using this system, engineers without materials selection experience can conveniently deal with gear materials selection.

Intelligent Molding Proceeding of Composites and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems for Composite Materials

The technology of Intelligent cure operation is set forth according to developing tedency of smart material and structure. Intelligent-system-based tool was developed in order to operate the autoclave cure of a fiber reinforced thermosetting matrix composite laminate in an optimal manner.The objective function is comforts for minimizing the total cure time,uniforming the temperature distribution,controling exothermal and minimizing the process-induced residual stresses in the laminate.Data is analyzed on-line to determine the trends in real-time.The results from application of this overall strategy for the curing of composites are presented.

Research progress of cholesteric liquid crystals with broadband reflection characteristics in application of intelligent optical modulation materials

Cholesteric liquid crystals（CLCs） have recently sparked an enormous amount of interest in the development of soft matter materials due to their unique ability to self-organize into a helical supra-molecular architecture and their excellent selective reflection of light based on the Bragg relationship.Nowadays,by the virtue of building the self-organized nanostructures with pitch gradient or non-uniform pitch distribution,extensive work has already been performed to obtain CLC films with a broad reflection band.Based on authors＇ many years＇ research experience,this critical review systematically summarizes the physical and optical background of the CLCs with broadband reflection characteristics,methods to obtain broadband reflection of CLCs,as well as the application in the field of intelligent optical modulation materials.Combined with the research status and the advantages in the field,the important basic and applied scientific problems in the research direction are also introduced.

Study of Detecting Impact Damage for Composite Material Based on Intelligent Sensor

A system of impact damage detection for composite material structures by using an intelligent sensor embedded in composite material is described. In the course of signal processing, wavelet transform has the exceptional property of temporal frequency localization, whereas Kohonen artificial neural networks have excellent characteristics of self-learning and fault-tolerance. By combining the merits of abstracting time-frequency domain eigenvalues and improving the ratio of signal to noise in this system, impact damage in composite material can be properly recognized.

Materials Science-Technology and Intelligent Engineering

This paper analyses the peculiar acting mechanism of artificial neural network (ANN) tech, and explores the great immediate significence for the intelligent sci-tech (IST) to research and develop the nano-tech.

Biodegradable materials for bone defect repair

Compared with non-degradable materials,biodegradable biomaterials play an increasingly important role in the repairing of severe bone defects,and have attracted extensive attention from researchers.In the treatment of bone defects,scaffolds made of biodegradable materials can provide a crawling bridge for new bone tissue in the gap and a platform for cells and growth factors to play a physiological role,which will eventually be degraded and absorbed in the body and be replaced by the new bone tissue.Traditional biodegradable materials include polymers,ceramics and metals,which have been used in bone defect repairing for many years.Although these materials have more or fewer shortcomings,they are still the cornerstone of our development of a new generation of degradable materials.With the rapid development of modern science and technology,in the 21 st century,more and more kinds of new biodegradable materials emerge in endlessly,such as new intelligent micro-nano materials and cell-based products.At the same time,there are many new fabrication technologies of improving biodegradable materials,such as modular fabrication,3 D and 4 D printing,interface reinforcement and nanotechnology.This review will introduce various kinds of biodegradable materials commonly used in bone defect repairing,especially the newly emerging materials and their fabrication technology in recent years,and look forward to the future research direction,hoping to provide researchers in the field with some inspiration and reference.

高分子材料智能制造技术专业新形态教材开发策略的研究与实践

职业教育“三教”改革正在往纵深推进,新形态教材是“三教”改革的物化成果。本文深入分析了新形态教材开发的意义,总结了新形态教材“三性一度”的内涵特征,并结合高分子材料智能制造技术专业教材开发实践提出了新形态教材“四融合”开发策略,为职业教育新形态教材开发提供思路与参考。

生物材料促进角膜碱烧伤修复的作用机制和应用途径

背景:在角膜碱烧伤治疗中,传统治疗方法存在多种局限,尤其在控制炎症、预防新生血管形成和抑制角膜瘢痕化方面表现不佳。天然材料、合成材料或复合材料为治疗提供了多元化的选择,然而生物材料促进角膜碱烧伤修复的相关机制尚未形成系统深入的认识。目的:对目前生物材料促进角膜碱烧伤修复的国内外研究进行梳理,综述生物材料修复角膜碱烧伤的机制及其应用途径。方法:第一作者以“角膜,碱烧伤,羊膜,透明质酸,胶原,壳聚糖,高分子材料”“Amniotic membrane,Hyaluronic acid,Collagen,Chitosan,Polymer,Cornea,Alkali burn”为关键词在Pub Med、Web of Science、中国知网和万方文献数据库内检索,根据纳入标准和排除标准,最终纳入符合要求的76篇文献进行综述。结果与结论:(1)在角膜碱烧伤修复领域,羊膜、透明质酸、胶原、壳聚糖和可降解高分子材料等生物材料被广泛研究和应用,这些生物材料各有其特点和优缺点,在不同方面都有所突出。(2)首先,羊膜因含丰富的生物活性因子而被认为是最有前景的生物材料之一,其生物相容性良好,并且能够调节角膜炎症反应,但是存在供体短缺和易感染疾病的问题。(3)透明质酸具有良好的保湿性和生物相容性,并且能够提高角膜细胞的生存率和增加角膜透明度。(4)胶原具有良好的生物相容性和支架结构,能够促进角膜细胞的黏附和增殖,促进角膜组织结构的重建。(5)壳聚糖具有良好的生物相容性和可降解性,可作为载体用于药物递送和细胞移植。(6)可降解高分子材料具有较好的降解可控性,可为角膜碱烧伤的修复提供良好的支持和递送平台,但其稳定性和生物相容性仍需进一步研究。(7)综合来看,目前还没有一种生物材料能够完全解决角膜碱烧伤的修复问题,每种生物材料都有其特定的适用场景和局限性。(8)未来的研究方向应该是通过进一步改进生物材料的性能和结构,探索更有效的组合应用方式,以及深入了解生物材料与角膜组织的相互作用机制,以提高角膜碱烧伤的治疗效果和患者的生活质量。

我国中小学数字教材审定的现实困境与机制建设路向

当前,大数据、区块链和人工智能等新技术正在创新并引领数字教材形态的变革,也为数字教材的推广应用带来诸多新的风险与挑战。从多学科、多领域视角审视智能时代我国中小学数字教材的发展,发现教材审定的现实困境包括:数字内容的无限扩展性、数字空间的互动生成性、数字侵权审查的滞后性及教育用户的数据安全性。未来,我国中小学数字教材审定的机制建设路向应从支撑平台体系、组织保障体系、标准建设体系和政策保障体系入手,以法律法规和国家相关标准为引领,以数智技术应用和资源平台建设为抓手,着力完善与数字教材发展相适应的审查标准及相关法律实施细则,切实提升数字教材审定的法治化、规范化和技术化水平,致力于构建智能精准、敏捷高效、人机协同、开放透明、共治共益、公平包容的审定框架体系,以回应我国高质量教材体系建设的实践创新需求。

新型功能材料在藻毒素萃取中的应用进展

藻毒素为有害藻类所产生的次级代谢产物,具有毒性强、种类多和生物蓄积性等特点,对人类健康、水产养殖业以及水生生态系统都会造成严重的威胁,已成为当前全球范围的研究热点。由于藻毒素在样品中的含量很低、样品基质复杂等因素,在仪器分析前进行有效的样品前处理不可或缺。高效的样品前处理技术不但能够减小或去除样品基质对分析的干扰,而且可以实现目标物的富集,增加分析方法的灵敏度与准确性。近年来,固相萃取(SPE)、固相微萃取(SPME)、磁性固相萃取(MSPE)、分散固相萃取(DSPE)、吸管尖端固相萃取(PT-SPE)等样品前处理技术已在藻毒素分离分析领域广受关注。这些前处理技术性能的好坏主要取决于萃取材料的特性。由于藻毒素的理化特性各不相同,在分子尺寸、亲疏水性、电荷等性质上差异较大,合理设计并制备适合藻毒素萃取的材料十分必要。最佳的萃取材料必须实现对藻毒素的可逆吸附,并且最好具有多孔结构和高的比表面积,从而能够提供高的回收率和与藻毒素良好的界面接触。此外,萃取材料还应该在样品溶液、洗脱溶剂、工作pH范围内具有良好的化学稳定性,否则萃取材料可能会溶解或丢失其官能团。本文综述了近十几年来国内外关于藻毒素分析检测研究的主要代表性文献,对新型功能材料在藻毒素萃取过程中的应用进行了梳理归纳,并对其发展前景予以展望。

2D materials for intelligent devices

Neuromorphic intelligent hardware technologies have undergone rapid advancement during the past decade,with the goal of building intelligent devices and systems capable of overcoming challenges associated with conventional hardware.Realization of neuromorphic intelligent hardware depends on major advances in materials science,condensed matter physics,device physics and engineering.As a revolutionary discovery,two-dimensional(2D)materials with atomically-thin thickness and exceptionally high tunability introduce a new physical paradigm and show great promise in the development of intelligent devices.Here,we give prominence to three categories of tunable properties(i.e.,charge carrier,band structure,lattice structure)that are inherent for 2D materials and review their superiorities in constructing intelligent devices particularly in electronics and optoelectronics.Furthermore,we provide insight into how the unique physical mechanisms emerging in 2D materials offer a fertile ground for the design of diverse intelligence devices.

Design,modeling,and control of morphing aircraft:A review

A morphing aircraft can adapt its configuration to suit different types of tasks,which is also an important requirement of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles(UAV).The successful development of an unmanned morphing aircraft involves three steps that determine its ability and intelligent:configuration design,dynamic modeling and flight control.This study conducts a comprehensive survey of morphing aircraft.First,the methods to design the configuration of a morphing aircraft are presented and analyzed.Then,the nonlinear dynamic characteristics and aerodynamic interference caused by a morphing wing are described.Subsequently,the dynamic modeling and flight control methods for solving the flight control problems are summarized with respect to these features.Finally,the general as well as special challenges ahead of the development of intelligent morphing aircraft are discussed.The findings can provide a theoretical and technical reference for designing future morphing aircraft or morphing-wing UAVs.

Conceptual Issues in the Qualification of Intelligent Buildings

The reality of global warming must have been settled by now while the incidence of same has in very recent times adopted unprecedented dimensions. The global community continues to look for ways to combat the impact of climate change and technology is looked upon to deliver the innovations that would ensure a better tomorrow today. Rapid advancement of Information Technology (IT), is now transforming the way we create and interact with the built environment with the notion of Intelligent Buildings (IBs) underscoring its main features. However, these IBs utilize systems that require energy, and fossil fuels are currently the world’s primary energy sources;they can also irreparably harm the environment, exacerbating climate change. What then is the true essence of IBs? This paper, through review of existing literature, attempts to explore some issues associated with the conceptualization of IBs, highlighting how they are similar with other notional options that deliver the same benefits but without the needed IT systems or the energy required in running them. It also discusses the need to focus on less energy demanding and management approaches at design or occupancy of buildings as a way to reduce the demand and thus consumption of fossil fuels across the world.

Nanofabrication in Polymer Solutions

This review covers recent advances in fabrication of nanomaterials in polymer solutions with emphasis on using the self assembled amphiphilic block copolymers in solution to fabricate organic/inorganic composites with nanoscale modifications. The phase behavior of block copolymers in water and the use of templates to form ordered nanostructures are reviewed in detail. Modern physical techniques for nanoscale characterization are also introduced. The authors suggested that this approach should provide new routes to create materials with interesting morphologies for many different applications.