Papers by Author: Xing Cheng Zhang

Abstract: A new organometallic palladium coordinated liquid crystal that was written by PdS6 had been synthesized by chelating reaction of the tetrachloropalladate (PdCl₄^2-) and the star-like liquid crystal (S6) containing four hexyloxyazobenzene mesogens in its periphery. The structure and liquid crystallinity (LC) of PdS6 were characterized by infrared absorption spectroscopy (IR), ultraviolet absorption spectra (UV), nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), elemental analysis (EA), polarizing optical microscope (POM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The phase behavior of PdS6 was Cr155N230I205N160Cr, its melting point and clearing temperature were higher than those of the free azo ligand S6, its mesophase range wass broader than S6’s. It will be used as a new type photoelectric functional material in the future.

Abstract: This paper presents a new approach to build prototypes of Wireless Sensor Network rapidly based on virtual instruments technology. There are two different methods introduced in this paper. One of the two methods uses WSN (short for Wireless Sensor Network) Node and WSN Gateway manufactured by NI (short for National Instruments). The other method adopts Compact RIO (short for Reconfigurable Input and Output) and GPRS (short for General Packet Radio Service) module. Though they are two different methods, they have the same structure. Both of the two methods adopt DAQ (short for data acquisition) card and sensors to acquire specified data. The DAQ card and sensors compose a node which can sense and process data. Different nodes form a local area WSN. Nodes within a local area WSN communicate with each other via ZigBee or other means of communication. The local area WSN can access the Internet via a WSN Gateway or GPRS module. Modular hardware and graphic programming language LabVIEW (short for Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Engineering Workbench) are adopted in this proposed approach.

Abstract: This paper presented an integrated measurement platform for piezoelectric transformer based on virtual instruments. Programmable signal generator was adopted to stimulate the piezoelectric transformer. Then an USB oscilloscope was used to acquire the response signal. We could get the results by analyzing the experimental data. The measurement accuracy and efficiency were greatly improved in the virtual instruments platform compared with the conventional measurement method. It was of great significance to the scientific research. Section I pointed out the problems in conventional piezoelectric transformer parameters measurement method and gave a solution of using virtual instruments technology to solve these problems. Section II described the hardware design of the measurement system. Section III described the software design of the virtual instruments measurement system. Conventional measurement methods and virtual instruments measurement method were compared in section IV.

Abstract: This paper presented an innovative approach to implement physics experiment by remote measurement system. In the experiment of magnetic field distribution in the solenoid, a two channel programmable current source was adopted, one channel of the programmable current source was used to incentive the solenoid to produce magnetic field and the other was used for the Hall probe to generate Hall voltage. The Hall probe was controlled by a step motor to different positions of the solenoid. The Hall voltage and the position curve were obtained by the measurement system showed the magnetic field distribution of the solenoid. The entire experiment was done via the internet to realize the remote experiment.

Abstract: A new organometallic palladium coordinated liquid crystal that is written by PdS4 has been synthesized by chelating reaction of the tetrachloropalladate (PdCl42-) and the star-like liquid crystal (S4) containing four butoxyazobenzene mesogens in its periphery. The structure and liquid crystallinity (LC) of PdS4 were characterized by infrared absorption spectroscopy (IR), ultraviolet absorption spectra (UV), nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), elemental analysis (EA), polarizing optical microscope (POM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The phase behavior of PdS4 is Cr167N232I200N170Cr, its melting point and clearing temperature are higher than those of the free azo ligand S4, its mesophase range is broader than S4’s. It will be used as a new type photoelectric functional material in the future.

Abstract: In this paper, the intercalation of methyl-red (MR) into Mg/Al (ratio=2:1) layered double hydroxide (LDH) was carried out using reconstruction method to obtain MRLDH nanocomposite material. Its chemical composition, crystal structure and appearance were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, TEM, TG-DTA and element analysis. It has been found that the MRLDH still keeps the typical lamellar structure, and the guest MR has inserted into the layers of the host LDH. The MRLDH’s disassembly temperature is higher more than 70°C than that of guest molecule MR, so it can be used as a new dye with high thermal stability.