Active Micro-Nano-Collaborative Bioelectronic Device for Advanced Electrophysiological Recording

The development of precise and sensitive electrophysiological recording platforms holds the utmost importance for research in the fields of cardiology and neuroscience.In recent years,active micro/nano-bioelectronic devices have undergone significant advancements,thereby facilitating the study of electrophysiology.The distinctive configuration and exceptional functionality of these active micro-nano-collaborative bioelectronic devices offer the potential for the recording of high-fidelity action potential signals on a large scale.In this paper,we review three-dimensional active nano-transistors and planar active micro-transistors in terms of their applications in electroexcitable cells,focusing on the evaluation of the effects of active micro/nano-bioelectronic devices on electrophysiological signals.Looking forward to the possibilities,challenges,and wide prospects of active micro-nano-devices,we expect to advance their progress to satisfy the demands of theoretical investigations and medical implementations within the domains of cardiology and neuroscience research.

A Simplified Numerical Simulation Method Considering Active Devices for Opto-Electronic Mixed Modules

A simplified simulation method based on the FDTD technique that can handle active devices is proposed. This method well suits the electrical crosstalk analysis of multi-channel integrated, opto-electronic mixed modules. We apply this method to an 8-channel integrated super-compact high-sensitivity optical module. The results show good agreement between simulations and measurements.

Enhancement of electroluminescent properties of organic optoelectronic integrated device by doping phosphorescent dye

Organic optoelectronic integrated devices（OIDs） with ultraviolet（UV） photodetectivity and different color emitting were constructed by using a thermally activated delayed fluorescence（TADF） material 4, 5-bis（carbazol-9-yl）-1, 2-dicyanobenzene（2 CzPN） as host. The OIDs doping with typical red phosphorescent dye [tris（1-phenylisoquinoline）iridium（Ⅲ）, Ir（piq）3], orange phosphorescent dye {bis[2-（4-tertbutylphenyl）benzothiazolato-N,C-（2＇）]iridium（acetylacetonate）,（tbt）2 Ir（acac）}, and blue phosphorescent dye [bis（2, 4-di-fluorophenylpyridinato）-tetrakis（1-pyrazolyl）borate iridium（Ⅲ）, FIr6] were investigated and compared. The（tbt）2 Ir（acac）-doped orange device showed better performance than those of red and blue devices, which was ascribed to more effective energy transfer. Meanwhile, at a low dopant concentration of 3 wt.%, the（tbt）2 Ir（acac）-doped OIDs showed the maximum luminance, current efficiency, power efficiency of 70786 cd/m^2, 39.55 cd/A, and 23.92 lm/W, respectively, and a decent detectivity of 1.07 × 10^11 Jones at a bias of -2 V under the UV-350 nm illumination. This work may arouse widespread interest in constructing high efficiency and luminance OIDs based on doping phosphorescent dye.

LoRa Backscatter Network Efficient Data Transmission Using RF Source Range Control

Networks based on backscatter communication provide wireless data transmission in the absence of a power source.A backscatter device receives a radio frequency(RF)source and creates a backscattered signal that delivers data;this enables new services in battery-less domains with massive Internet-of-Things(IoT)devices.Connectivity is highly energy-efficient in the context of massive IoT applications.Outdoors,long-range(LoRa)backscattering facilitates large IoT services.A backscatter network guarantees timeslot-and contention-based transmission.Timeslot-based transmission ensures data transmission,but is not scalable to different numbers of transmission devices.If contention-based transmission is used,collisions are unavoidable.To reduce collisions and increase transmission efficiency,the number of devices transmitting data must be controlled.To control device activation,the RF source range can be modulated by adjusting the RF source power during LoRa backscatter.This reduces the number of transmitting devices,and thus collisions and retransmission,thereby improving transmission efficiency.We performed extensive simulations to evaluate the performance of our method.

Manipulation of Terahertz Radiation Using Vanadium Dioxide

Vanadium dioxide （VO2） is a phase transition material which undergoes a reversible metal-insulator transition （MIT） when triggered by thermal, photo, electrical, and even stress. The huge conduction change of VO2 renders it a promising material for terahertz （THz） manipulation. In this paper, some interesting works concerning the growth and characteristics of the VO2 film are selectively reviewed. A switching of THz radiation by photo-driven VO2 film is demonstrated. Experiments indicate an ultrafast optical switching to THz transmission within 8 picoseconds, and a switching ratio reaches to over 80%during a wide frequency range from 0.3 THz to 2.5 THz.

Design and Experiment on Environment Friendly Type of Production Equipment of Organic Fertilizer by Chicken Manure

In accordance with current problems such as odor pollution,long production period,consumption of a large amount of manpower and so on existing in chicken manure fermentation ,an environment friendly type of chicken manure fermentation device is designed. The key parameters of the equipment are resonance activated tube and fermenting cellar. Resonance activated tube makes the activated water,which could improve obvi- ously the biodegradation rate of chicken manure. The aerator could provide enough oxygen to microbes,and the agitator could make oxygen evenly distributed across the chicken manure in fermenting cellar. The test shows that this equipment is high-efficiency,and only takes 7 days to make the chicken manure achieve the decomposed requirement. The organic matter content of composted chicken manure is 91.2%,C/N ratio is 18.8, MPN is 0.04, mortality of ascarid egg is 99.6% ,concentrations of NH3 and H2 S are 4.20 and 1.58 mg/m3, furthermore ,there is no offensive smell in the fermenting cellar. Therefore,the study can provide a pollution-free, high-efficiency, manpower saving fermentation equipment for organic fertilizer production by chicken manure in agriculture area.

Polarization-sensitive and active controllable electromagnetically induced transparency in U-shaped terahertz metamaterials

Electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT)phenomenon is observed in simple metamaterial which consists of concentric double U-shaped resonators(USRs).The numerical and theoretical analysis reveals that EIT arises from the bright-bright mode coupling.The transmission spectra at different polarization angle of incident light shows that EIT transparency window is polarization sensitive.More interestingly,Fano resonance appears in the transmission spectrum at certain polarization angles.The sharp and asymmetric Fano lineshape is high valuable for sensing.The performance of sensor is investigated and the sensitivity is high up to 327 GHz/RIU.Furthermore,active control of EIT window is realized by incorporating photosensitive silicon.The proposed USR structure is simple and compact,which may find significant applications in tunable integrated devices such as biosensor,filters,and THz modulators.

Investigation progress on key photonic integration for application in optical communication network

Proceeding from the consideration of the demands from the functional architecture of high speed, high capacity optical communication network, this paper points out that photonic integrated devices, including high speed response laser source, narrow band response photodetector high speed wavelength converter, dense wavelength multi/demultiplexer, low loss high speed response photo-switch and multi-beam coupler are the key components in the system. The investigation progress in the laboratory will be introduced.

Reconfigurable intelligent surface assisted grant-free massive access

Massive machine-type communications(mMTC)is envisioned to be one of the pivotal scenarios in the fifth-generation(5G)wireless communication,where the explosively emerging Internet-of-Things(IoT)applications have triggered the demand for services with low-latency and high-reliability.To this end,grant-free random access paradigm has been proposed as a promising enabler in simplifying the connection procedure and significantly reducing access latency.In this paper,we propose to leverage the burgeoning reconfigurable intelligent surface(RIS)for grant-free massive access working at millimeter-wave(mmWave)frequency to further boost access reliability.By attaching independently controllable phase shifts,reconfiguring,and refracting the propagation of incident electromagnetic waves,the deployed RISs could provide additional diversity gain and enhance the access channel conditions.On this basis,to address the challenging active device detection(ADD)and channel estimation(CE)problem,we develop a joint-ADDCE(JADDCE)method by resorting to the existing approximate message passing(AMP)algorithm with expectation maximization(EM)to extract the structured common sparsity in traffic behaviors and cascaded channel matrices.Finally,simulations are carried out to demonstrate the superiority of our proposed scheme.

Control strategies for aircraft airframe noise reduction

With the development of low-noise aircraft engine, airframe noise now represents a major noise source during the commercial aircraft＇s approach to landing phase. Noise control efforts have therefore been extensively focused on the airframe noise problems in order to further reduce aircraft overall noise. In this review, various control methods explored in the last decades for noise reduction on airframe components including high-lift devices and landing gears are summarized. We introduce recent major achievements in airframe noise reduction with passive control methods such as fairings, deceleration plates, splitter plates, acoustic liners, slat cove cover and side-edge replacements, and then discuss the potential and control mechanism of some promising active flow control strategies for airframe noise reduction, such as plasma technique and air blowing/suction devices. Based on the knowledge gained throughout the extensively noise control testing, a few design concepts on the landing gear, high-lift devices and whole aircraft are provided for advanced aircraft low-noise design. Finally, discussions and suggestions are given for future research on airframe noise reduction.