Advanced Materials Research Vols. 311-313

Abstract: μTAS is aimed at applying the operation of biochemical analysis on microchips, and its advantages have drawn great attention. This paper demonstrates a different approach to realize the capture of single cells [1]. By exerting electrode on the bottom or the top of fluid piping, it can produce the non-uniform electric field required by dielectrophoresis device. As for the application, it mainly lies in three aspects: electroporation of monoplast, dynamic fostering of monoplast array, and cell graphical techniques [2].

Abstract: This paper reports the effects of varying magnetic field strength on CrN films, deposited by a magnetic sputtering process. The strength of magnetic field in unbalanced magnetic sputtering processes is controlled by adjusting the gap distance between the magnet set and the target surface (GDMT). An improvement in overall intensity, at low GDMT, was observed by adjustable magnetic field distributions. In the chamber, it was readily noticeable that varying the magnetic field strength has an influence on the CrN structures. In experiments, at low GDMT, a high hardness value and lower wear rate become visible in the CrN films. In addition, the CrN films formed have a smooth surface with a dense tiny structure and display preferential orientation in the Cr2N(111) and Cr2N(002) planes, whereas CrN films prepared at higher GDMT exhibit more roughness and the CrN (200) plane is evident. Furthermore, the Cr2N (111) (002) plane possessed better tribological properties than that of the CrN(200) plane, where the wear scars show little failures on the coating surface.

Abstract: Mg₁₇Al₁₂and rare earth improved Mg₁₇Al₁₂La_0.45 alloys were prepared by resistance melting method. The hydrogen sorption properties of the alloys with and without ball-milling process were investigated with the help of PCT measurements. The phase compositions of the experimental alloys were determined through powder X-Ray diffraction. It is found that the introduction of La and the high energy ball-milling technique could remarkably improve the hydrogen sorption capability of Mg₁₇Al₁₂. For Mg₁₇Al₁₂La_0.45 alloy, the hydrogen absorption starts at 473K and the hydridying rate increases at each temperature (573K, 523K, 473K) after high energy ball-milling process. The hydrogen desorption capacity of this alloy is 4wt% at 573K. XRD shows that there are two phases Mg₁₇Al₁₂ and Al₂La_0.15Mg_0.85 after melting and Al₂La_0.15Mg_0.85 phase always exists during hydrogen sorption cycles of Mg₁₇Al₁₂La_0.45.

Abstract: Allan variance based spline fit method is designed to determine some key technical specification of fiber optic gyroscope including random walk coefficient, bias stability, rate ramp, quantum noise, rate random walk, and so on. LabView based visualization data collection program is developed to sample the output digital data of KVH E•Core 2000 fiber optic gyroscope. The test results show that the method is good for improving the specification determination accuracy, and can simplify the test flow as well.

Abstract: Ni-P alloy electrode was prepared by electroless plating on the Cu-Zn substrate. The surface morphology and textural properties of electrode were characterized by Scanning electron microscope(SEM), Energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS) and X-ray diffraction(XRD). The performance of Ni-P alloy electrode was tested by cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.The results of cyclic voltammetry showed that: At room temperature, Ni-P alloy electrode had significant catalytic effect on the electrocatalytic oxidation of ethanol in alkaline solution. Results of chronoamperometry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy further confirmed the catalytic effect of Ni-P alloy electrode on the electrochemical oxidation of ethanol.

Abstract: La(OH)₃ coated amorphous nickel hydroxide was prepared by chemical coprecipitation method. The microstructure, surface morphology and chemical composition of the prepared sample were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). Electrochemical performances of the sample were characterized by cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and charge/discharge measurements. The results demonstrated that the coating of La(OH)3 dramatically decreased electron transfer resistance and increased oxygen evolution potential of amorphous nickel hydroxide. Moreover, the high-temperature performance of amorphous nickel hydroxide was significantly improved after the coating of La(OH)₃.

Abstract: Based on the tool of the ANSYS Workbench software, the modeling of three-dimensional Entity, meshing and dealing of loads and constraints has been done on the pipelayer’boom. According to the finite element analysis of pipelayer’boom in three basic conditions by the parameter of width, height and thickness, the material consumption of making boom is significantly reduced. All this is done in the premise of ensuring the safety of pipelayer’ boom with the objective of minimizing the quality by the finite element optimization. And the results will be the theoretical basis of the design and improvement of Pipelayer’ boom.

Abstract: Amorphous MgNi+x%B(x=0,2,5,10) hydrogen storage alloys have been prepared by mechanical alloying (MA) and tested as hydrogen storage electrodes. The addition of boron can promote the MgNi alloy to form amorphous phase, increase the atom ratio of Ni/Mg at the alloy powders’ surface, and improve the thermal stability of MgNi alloy. The discharge capacity, the high rate dischargeability (HRD) and the exchange current density of the alloy electrodes all increased first, and then decreased with increasing the addition of boron. The maximum discharge capacity, the HRD400 and the exchange current density of the alloy with 5%B were 411.6mAh/g, 58.3% and 293.5mA/g respectively, which were 21.8%, 40.0% and 351.5% higher respectively, comparing with that of no boron addition. The electrochemical cycle stability of the alloy electrodes increased with increasing boron additions, and compared with no boron addition, the cycle capacity retention rate S₂₀ of the alloy with 10%B increased 64.2%.

Abstract: The design of complex mechanical and electrical products has to achieve various objectives and satisfy various constraints. In many cases, there are trade-off relationships between these objectives, and thus it is difficult to optimize these objectives simultaneously. This invokes the need of the multiobjective optimization to achieve these objectives collectively. In this paper, multiple objectives for complex mechanical and electrical products are optimized, simultaneously using an improved multiobjective evolutionary algorithm: ISPEA2. The results showed that ISPEA2 could generate uniformly a pareto optimal set in the design space and has better robustness and convergence than SPEA2 and NSGA-II.

Abstract: Silicon solar cell is well known as one of the cleanest and most potential renewable resources. As the major photovoltaic (PV) material in PV industry, multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) grown by directional solidification has recently attracted increasing attention because of its low production cost, low pollution and high throughput. Deeper understanding of the physic and optic properties, and preparation methods of the materials will lead to improved device design. This paper briefly presents basic directional solidification theory of multi-crystalline silicon, and reviews recent development of solar-grade multi-crystalline silicon. The directional solidification preparation techniques of high-quality solar-grade multi-crystalline silicon are detailed introduced and summarized. Furthermore, the existing problems and further development direction of directionally solidified multi-crystalline silicon for solar cell are discussed.