{"title":"A novel nanosilica-reinforced waterborne UV-curable material","authors":"Tong Zhang, Wen-jian Wu, Yuping Mu","doi":"10.1117/12.838653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.838653","url":null,"abstract":"A novel multifunctional UV-curable waterborne polyurethane-acrylate(WPUA) was synthesized with isophorone diisocyanate(IPDI), polycaprolactone diols(PCL), dimethylol propionic acid(DMPA) and pentaerythritol triacrylate (PETA). The chain structure of the WPUA was identified by 1H NMR spectrum. After that, the nanosilica modified with KH570 was dispersed in WPUA, and the effects were studied with dispersion and cast films. It was found that the viscosity of the hybrid emulsion was increased, and the water resistance, abrasion resistance and mechanical properties were improved with the addition and increasing amount of silica, to provide the WPUA/SiO2 hybrid materials with excellent performance and more expansive prospects.","PeriodicalId":339588,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114977768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effective thermo-mechanical properties and shape memory effect of CNT/SMP composites","authors":"Qingsheng Yang, Xia Liu, F. Leng","doi":"10.1117/12.845410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.845410","url":null,"abstract":"Shape memory polymer (SMP) has been applied in many fields as intelligent sensors and actuators. In order to improve the mechanical properties and recovery force of SMP, the addition of minor amounts of carbon nanotubes (CNT) into SMP has attracted wide attention. A micromechanical model and thermo-mechanical properties of CNT/SMP composites were studied in this paper. The thermo-mechanical constitutive relation of intellectual composites with isotropic and transversely isotropic CNT was obtained. Moreover, the shape memory effect of CNT/SMP composites and the effect of temperature and the volume fraction of CNT were discussed. The work shows that CNT/SMP composites exhibit excellent macroscopic thermo-mechanical properties and shape memory effect, while both of them can be affected remarkably by temperature and the microstructure parameters.","PeriodicalId":339588,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering","volume":"324 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122710866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prewarning of the China National Aquatics Center using Johnson transformation based statistical process control","authors":"Deyi Zhang, Y. Bao, Hui Li, J. Ou","doi":"10.1117/12.838356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.838356","url":null,"abstract":"Structural health monitoring (SHM) is regarded as an effective technique for structural damage diagnosis, safety and integrity assessment and service life evaluation. SHM techniques based on vibration modal parameters are ineffective for space structure health maintenance and the statistical process control (SPC) technique is a simple and effective tool to monitor the operational process of structures. Therefore, employing strain measurements from optical fiber Bragg grating (OFBG) sensors, the Johnson transformation based SPC is proposed to monitor structural health state and some unexpected excitements on line in this paper. The large and complicated space structure-the China National Aquatics Center is employed as an example to verify the proposed method in both numerical and experimental aspects. It is found that the Johnson transformation can effectively improve the quality of SPC for SHM process, and it can clearly and effectively monitor structural health state and detect the unexpected external load happened in structures.","PeriodicalId":339588,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122857373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joo-Hyung Kim, Gyu-young Yun, Jung-Hwan Kim, Jaehwan Kim
{"title":"Piezoelectric paper speaker using a regenerated cellulose film","authors":"Joo-Hyung Kim, Gyu-young Yun, Jung-Hwan Kim, Jaehwan Kim","doi":"10.1117/12.840169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.840169","url":null,"abstract":"Acoustic performance of regenerated cellulose electroactive paper (EAPap) as a thin flexible film speaker was investigated. The enhancement of piezoelectric properties was obtained by a simple mechanical stretching process. As a prototype of flexible paper speaker, the sound pressure level (SPL) of cellulose EAPap film was evaluated as a function of distance, speaker size and geometry. It was revealed that the higher acoustic output from a small rectangular shape in low frequency range, while circular one seems to be better than that of all rectangular type speakers in audible frequencies.","PeriodicalId":339588,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125374705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Norhayati Abu Bakar, A. Ali Umar, M. Mat Salleh, M. Yahaya, B. Yeop Majlis
{"title":"Highly red luminescence properties from ternary ZnCdTe quantum dots","authors":"Norhayati Abu Bakar, A. Ali Umar, M. Mat Salleh, M. Yahaya, B. Yeop Majlis","doi":"10.1117/12.839808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.839808","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports the synthesis of ternary ZnCdTe quantum dots (QD) system with highly luminescent in the red region. The ternary QD system was prepared by quick injection of trioctylphosphine telluride (TOPTe) into a reactor that contains a hot mixed cadmium and zinc precursors, trioctylphosphine oxide and oleic acid at temperature of as low as 300°C. After the injection of TOPTe, the reaction was left undisturbed for a period of time to facilitate the growth of QDs and then quenched the reaction at a certain period of time. Photoluminescence analysis found that the ZnCdTe QDs exhibited highly luminescent properties with the quantum yield was calculated as high as ca. 60%. The emission wavelength was found to be in the range of 640 to 675 nm. It was also found that the QDs showed a relatively narrow spectral width, namely ca. 28 nm, reflecting a narrow quantum dots size distribution. Owing to their interesting photoluminescence properties, the ternary ZnCdTe QDs should find an extensive used in light-emitting diode, solar cell, laser and biolabelling.","PeriodicalId":339588,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering","volume":"7493 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129854670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on magneto-mechanical coupling model for giant magnetostrictive actuator","authors":"Guoping Li, Tongpeng Han, Lu-lin Wang","doi":"10.1117/12.837490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.837490","url":null,"abstract":"Based on analysis of the motion law of giant magnetostrictive material magnetic domain under magnetic field, a hysteresis model based on magnetization for giant magnetostrictive actuator is established. The model incorporates operating conditions of the actuator and fully considers nonlinear and hysteresis characteristics of the material. It includes two sub-models: magnetostriction and magnetization. The relationship between the strain λ and the magnetization M is illustrated in the magnetostriction model. The magnetization model describes the relationships amongst the effective field Heff , the anhysteretic magnetization Man , the reversible magnetization Mrev , the irreversible magnetization Mirr and the total magnetization M . The full set of parameters was estimated through a least square fit with experimental data. The model is proved to be able to accurate describe the relation between the input current I and the output strain λ by analyzing the experimental result.","PeriodicalId":339588,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128033993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synthesis and photochromic property of nanosized amino acid polyoxometalate compounds","authors":"D. Sun, Ji-Lin Zhang, Huijuan Ren, Z. Cui","doi":"10.1117/12.834997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.834997","url":null,"abstract":"A series of novel nanosized amino acid-polyoxometalate compounds were successfully synthesized using a low temperature solid-state chemical reaction method. Their compositions, structures, morphologies, photochromic properties were characterized by ICP-AES/MS, TG/DTA, FTIR, XRD, SEM and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS), respectively. The elemental analysis results showed that the compounds ((HThr)7PMo12O42•4H2O, (HTyr)7PMo12O42·5H2O, (HSer)7PMo12O42•5H2O and (HGlu)7PMo12O42•4H2O) were obtained. The analyses of the TG/DTA, XRD and FTIR confirmed that the four compounds are new phases different from the corresponding reactants and they are composed of the polyoxometalate anions and the corresponding protonated amino acids, respectively. Observation of the SEM revealed that the particle shape (e.g. (HThr)7PMo12O42·4H2O nanoplates, (HTyr)7PMo12O42•5H2O nanorods, (HSer)7PMo12O42•5H2O and (HGlu)7PMo12O42•4H2O nanoparticles) depended strongly on the structures of amino acids. This implied that the amino acids can play a structural template agent role in synthesis of the Silverton-type polyoxometalate compounds. After irradiated with ultraviolet light, these samples all exhibited photochromism. Their photochromic mechanism may be explained based on Yamase's photochromic model. These photochromic compounds could be applied to the field of photosensitive materials.","PeriodicalId":339588,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering","volume":"7493 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131118611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shouhua Sun, Liwu Liu, Zhen Zhang, Kai Yu, Yanju Liu, J. Leng
{"title":"Electromechanical stability domain of dielectric elastomer film actuators","authors":"Shouhua Sun, Liwu Liu, Zhen Zhang, Kai Yu, Yanju Liu, J. Leng","doi":"10.1117/12.845413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.845413","url":null,"abstract":"The dielectric elastomer film will encounter electrical breaking-down frequently in its working state due to the coupling effect of electric field and mechanical force field. Referring to the electromechanical coupling system stability theory of dielectric elastomer proposed by Suo and Zhao, the electromechanical stability analysis of dielectric elastomer has been investigated. The free energy function of dielectric elastomer can be represented by the principle of superposition based on Suo's theory. Unstable domain of electromechanical coupling system of Neo-Hookean type silicone was analyzed by R. Díaz-Calleja et al. In the current work, the elastic strain energy function with two material constants was used to analyze the stable domain of electromechanical coupling system of Mooney-Rivlin type silicone, and the results seem to support R. Díaz-Calleja's theory. These results provide useful guidelines for the design and fabrication of actuators based on dielectric elastomer.","PeriodicalId":339588,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121261923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaoyan Wang, Yanxue Tang, Xiyun He, P. Qiu, Qizhuang He, Zifei Peng, D. Sun
{"title":"Optical behavior of Pr3+-doped barium titanate-calcium titanate material prepared by sol-gel method","authors":"Xiaoyan Wang, Yanxue Tang, Xiyun He, P. Qiu, Qizhuang He, Zifei Peng, D. Sun","doi":"10.1117/12.843046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.843046","url":null,"abstract":"Photoluminescence performances of Pr-doped alkaline-earth titanates (Ba,Ca)TiO3 (with rich barium) prepared by a solgel technique are investigated at room temperature. A relatively strong red luminescence is observed in (Ba0.80Ca0.20)TiO3 material when Pr-BaTiO3 material does not exhibit obvious red luminescence. The phenomenon is discussed with respect to the substitute of Ca and the two-photon luminescence effect. The red luminescence is enhanced by a fast thermal treatment. The wavelength range of luminescence near red and infrared light is broadened by the same process as well. These behaviors are ascribed to the randomization of distribution of Ca and Ba at A site in ABO3 perovskite structure. The experimental results provide not only a possible way to develop new materials with pastel visual impression, but also a potential technique to modify photoluminescence properties that can be controlled by external fields because the microscopic structure of BaTiO3, such as electric domains, can be changed by electric field, temperature, and so on.","PeriodicalId":339588,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126401188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Baltopoulos, E. Fiamegkou, A. Vavouliotis, P. Karapappas, N. Athanasopoulos, I. Fotiou, V. Kostopoulos, P. D. Maagt, T. Rohr
{"title":"Multifunctional properties of multi-wall carbon nanotubes/cyanate-ester nanocomposites and CFRPs","authors":"A. Baltopoulos, E. Fiamegkou, A. Vavouliotis, P. Karapappas, N. Athanasopoulos, I. Fotiou, V. Kostopoulos, P. D. Maagt, T. Rohr","doi":"10.1117/12.845657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.845657","url":null,"abstract":"The incorporation of multi-wall carbon nanotubes at weight fractions of 0.5% wt. and 1% wt. in a PRIMASET cyanate ester system (PT-30) was examined. The thermo-mechanical and electrical properties of the developed nanopolymers were investigated and were compared with the neat matrix properties. A preparation method was developed for the incorporation of the fillers in the resin system. The phenomenon of re-agglomeration of nanotubes took place in the first stages of curing schedule but nevertheless according to the SEM images a good dispersion was generally achieved. DSC, DMA, TGA and thermal conductivity tests were performed for the thermal characterization. For the electrical characterization, AC and DC measurements took place. No significant change in the glass transition temperature (Tg), thermal conductivity and mass loss values was observed in comparison with the neat resin systems. However, in both cases the improvement of electrical conductivity was about nine orders of magnitude, indicating that percolation had been achieved. The elastic modulus in bending was examined and a slight increase was observed in direct comparison with the neat resin. Finally, the developed doped nanopolymer was used as matrix for the CFRPs manufacturing. A full manufacturing protocol was developed in order to overcome the challenging issues concerning the cyanate esters' handling and manufacturing processes. Moreover AC and DC measurements were performed along with thermal conductivity measurements and TMA. The produced modified composites were tested for short beam strength.","PeriodicalId":339588,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127453775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}