GdFeCo／TbFeCo磁超分辨磁光记录薄膜研究

用磁控溅射法制备了GdFeCo／TbFeCo交换耦合两层薄膜，利用不同温度的克尔磁滞回线和VSM磁滞回线研究了读出层（GdFeCo）变温磁化方向变化过程．结果表明，随温度升高读出层从平面磁化转变为垂直磁化，交换耦合两层薄膜具有中心孔探测磁超分辨的基本性能．转变过程主要受饱和磁化强度（Ms）的影响，在GdFeCo的补偿温度附近，读出层的磁化强度较小，退磁场能也较小，在交换耦合的作用下，使读出层（GdFeCo）的磁化方向发生转变．磁化方向的转变在75℃～125℃的温度范围内变化较快．

Papel dos receptores β-adrenérgicos no reparo cutâneo de lesões crônicas em camundongos: modelo não invasivo de lesão por isquemia e reperfusão

Os receptores β1- e β2-adrenérgicos estão presentes em inúmeras células que participam do processo de reparo como fibroblastos, queratinócitos, células inflamatórias e células endoteliais. Diversos trabalhos demonstram que estes receptores modulam o processo de reparo tecidual. Entretanto, nenhum trabalho demonstrou se o bloqueio destes receptores compromete o reparo de úlceras de pressão. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o efeito do bloqueio dos receptores β1- e β2-adrenérgicos no reparo de úlceras de pressão em camundongos, para isto utilizamos um modelo não invasivo de lesão por isquemia e reperfusão. No presente estudo, utilizamos animais que foram tratados por gavagem com propranolol (um antagonista não seletivo dos receptores β1- e β2-adrenérgicos). A administração do antagonista teve início um dia antes do início dos ciclos de isquemia e reperfusão e se manteve diariamente até a eutanásia. Para desenvolver a úlcera de pressão, um par de magnetos foi aplicado no dorso dos animais previamente depilado. O período de permanência do magneto é caracterizado como período de isquemia, enquanto sua retirada é caracterizada como período de reperfusão. Os ciclos de isquemia e reperfusão foram repetidos duas vezes, e ao final do último ciclo, duas úlceras circulares foram criadas no dorso dos animais. Os animais foram mortos 3, 7, 14 e 21 dias após a lesão. Após o último ciclo de isquemia, o fluxo sanguíneo da área comprimida foi nulo, 7 horas após a compressão o fluxo sanguíneo estava elevado, com níveis superiores ao da pele normal. Após 24 e 48 horas, o fluxo sanguíneo estava reduzido e abaixo dos níveis da pele normal. O bloqueio dos receptores β1- e β2-adrenérgicos aumentou os níveis de peróxidos lipídicos 3 dias após a lesão, comprometeu a migração dos queratinócitos, levando a um aumento da proliferação epitelial, resultando em uma re-epitelização atrasada. O retardo na formação da neo-epiderme induzido pelo bloqueio destes receptores prejudicou a remoção do tecido necrótico. O bloqueio dos receptores β1- e β2-adrenérgicos aumentou o número de células inflamatórias (neutrófilos e macrófagos), os níveis proteicos de elastase neutrofílica 3 dias após a lesão e reduziu os níveis proteicos de MCP-1 3 dias após a lesão e os níveis proteicos de MMP-12 7 dias após a lesão. O bloqueio dos receptores β1- e β2-adrenérgicos aumentou a proliferação celular e apoptose no tecido conjuntivo 7 dias após a lesão e aumentou a densidade de vasos sanguíneos 14 e 21 dias após a lesão. O bloqueio dos receptores β1- e β2-adrenérgicos retardou a diferenciação miofibroblástica e reduziu os níveis proteicos de TGF-β 1/2/3 3 dias após a lesão e a contração da lesão. Vinte e um dias após a lesão, o bloqueio dos receptores β1- e β2-adrenérgicos aumentou a espessura da neo-epiderme e a expressão de tenascina-C em fibroblastos e reduziu a deposição de colágeno. Em conclusão, o bloqueio dos receptores β1- e β2-adrenérgicos atrasa o reparo tecidual em úlceras de pressão.

Axial stiffness of journal bearings in zero-field and field-cooled modes

Superconducting journal bearings have been investigated for use in flywheel systems. We report on the zero-field cooled and field-cooled stiffness of these bearings. They are made up of radial magnet rings with alternating polarities, a pole pitch of 11 mm and a surface field of 0.1 T. Field-cooled stiffness of the journal bearings increased four times over the zero-field-cooled stiffness. © 2005 IEEE.

Modeling and electrical measurement of transport AC loss in HTS-based superconducting coils for electric machines

AC loss can be a significant problem for any applications that utilize or produce an AC current or magnetic field, such as an electric machine. The authors are currently investigating the electromagnetic properties of high temperature superconductors with a particular focus on the AC loss in coils made from YBCO superconductors. In this paper, a 2D finite element model based on the H formulation is introduced. The model is then used to calculate the transport AC loss using both a bulk approximation and modeling the individual turns in a racetrack-shaped coil. The coil model is based on the superconducting stator coils used in the University of Cambridge EPEC Superconductivity Group's superconducting permanent magnet synchronous motor design. The transport AC loss of a stator coil is measured using an electrical method based on inductive compensation using a variable mutual inductance. The simulated results are compared with the experimental results, verifying the validity of the model, and ways to improve the accuracy of the model are discussed. © 2010 IEEE.

Pulsed field magnetization of a high temperature superconducting motor

As we known, the high temperature (77 K) superconducting (HTS) motor is considered as a competitive electrical machine by more and more people. There have been various of designs for HTS motor in the world. However, most of them focus on HTS tapes rather than bulks. Therefore, in order to investigate possibility of HTS bulks on motor application, a HTS magnet synchronous motor which has 75 pieces of YBCO bulks surface mounted on the rotor has been designed and developed in Cambridge University. After pulsed field magnetization (PFM) process, the rotor can trap a 4 poles magnetic field of 375 mT. The magnetized rotor can provide a maximum torque of 49.5 Nm and a maximum power of 7.8 kW at 1500 rpm. © 2010 IEEE.

A novel design of Thermally Actuated Magnetization Flux pump for high temperature superconducting bulks

High temperature superconductors, such as melt-processed YBCO bulks, have great advantages on trapping strong magnetic fields in liquid nitrogen. To enable them to function well, there are some traditional ways of magnetizing them, in which the YBCO bulks are magnetized instantly under a very strong source of magnetic field. These ways would consume great amounts of power to make the superconductors trap as much field as possible. Thermally Actuated Magnetization (TAM) Flux pump has been proved a perfect substitution for these expensive methods by using a relatively small magnet as the source. In this way, the field is developed gradually over many pulses. Unlike conventional flux pumping ways, the TAM does not drive the superconductor normal during the process of magnetization. In former experiments for the flux pump, some fundamental tests were done. In this paper, the experiment system is advanced to a new level with better temperature control to the thermal waves moving in the Gadolinium and with less air gap for the flux lines sweeping through the superconductor. This experiment system F leads to a stronger accumulation of the magnetic field trapped in the YBCO bulk. We also tried different ways of sending the thermal waves and found out that the pumping effect is closely related to the power of the heaters and the on and off time. © 2010 IEEE.

Methods of patterning magnetic fields using bulk superconductors

High Temperature superconductors are able to carry very high current densities, and thereby sustain very high magnetic fields. There are many projects which use the first property and these have concentrated on power generation, transmission and utilization, however there are relatively few which are currently exploiting the ability to sustain high magnetic fields. There are two main reasons for this: high field wound magnets can and have been made from both BSCCO and YBCO but currently their cost is much higher than the alternative provided by low Tc materials such as Nb3Sn and NbTi. An alternative form of the material is the bulk form which can be magnetized to high fields and using flux pumping this can be done in situ. This paper explores some of the applications of bulk superconductors and describes methods of producing field patterns using the highly uniform magnetic fields required for MRI and accelerator magnets as the frame of reference. The patterns are not limited to uniform fields and it is entirely possible to produce a field varying sinusoidally in space such as would be required for a motor or a generator. The scheme described in this paper describes a dipole magnet such as is found in an accelerator magnet. The tunnel is 30 × 50 × 1000 mm and we achieve a uniformity of better than 200 ppm over the 1000 mm length and better than 1 ppm over the central 500 mm region. The paper presents results for both the overall uniformity and the integrated uniformity which is 302 ppm over the 1000 mm length. © 2010 IEEE.

Fiber laser processing of amorphous rare earth NeFeB magnetic materials

Since the exchange coupling theory was proposed by Kneller and Hawig in 1991 there has been a significant effort within the magnetic materials community to enhance the performance of rare earth magnets by utilising nano-composite meta-materials. Inclusions of magnetically soft iron smaller than approximately 10 nm in diameter are exchange coupled to a surrounding magnetically hard Nd2Fe14B matrix and provide an enhanced saturisation magnetisation without reducing coercivity. For such a fine nanostructure to be produced, close control over the thermal history of the material is needed. A processing route which provides this is laser annealing from an amorphous alloy precursor. In the current work, relationships between laser parameters, thermal histories of laser processed amorphous stoichiometric NdFeB ribbons and the magnetic properties of the resulting nanocrystalline products have been determined with a view to applying the process to thick film nanocomposite magnet production.

A controller for a miniature intra-aortic ventricular assist device.

Two control algorithms have been developed for a minimally invasive axial-flow ventricular assist device (VAD) for placement in the descending aorta. The purpose of the device is to offload the left ventricle and to augment lower body perfusion in patients with moderate congestive heart failure. The VAD consists of an intra-aortic impeller with a built-in permanent magnet rotor and an extra-aortic stator. The control algorithms, which use pressure readings upstream and downstream of the VAD to determine the pump status, have been tested in a mock circulatory system under two conditions, namely with or without afterload sensitivity. The results give an insight into controller design for an intra-aortic blood pump working in series with the heart.

Design method of an innovative motor for an intra-aortic ventricular assist device

A permanent-magnet motor has been designed for an innovative axial-flow ventricular assist device (VAD), to be placed in the descending aorta, intended to offload the left ventricle and augment renal perfusion in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). For this application, an intra-aortic impeller with a built-in permanent magnet rotor is driven by an extraaortic stator working in synchronism with the natural heart. To meet this need, a two-dimensional analytical model has been developed in the MATLAB environment to estimate machine parameters; finite element analysis (FEA) has been used to refine the results. A prototype blood pump equipped with an innovative motor designed from the procedure above has been tested in a mock loop representing the human circulatory system. The performance of VAD incorporating the motor is presented. © 2009 IEEE.

Force ripple compensation in a tubular linear generator for marine renewable generation

Tubular permanent magnet linear generators are a promising generator technology for use in marine renewables. One aspect of their design relates to the conditions necessary for achieving a smooth thrust response from the generator, free from cogging and periodic variations due to spatial harmonics of the flux cutting the generator coils. This paper presents an experimental and finite element study of the sources of thrust ripple in a prototype linear generator for marine generation. A simple self-commutated control scheme is shown, which uses linear Hall-effect sensors and look-up-table based feed-forward compensation to derive the excitation currents required to drive the machine with constant force. Details of the controller's FPGA based implementation are given, including its strategy for detecting sensor failure. © 2011 IEEE.

Design methodology of HTS bulk machine for direct-driven wind generation

This paper introduces the design methodology of HTS bulk generator for direct-driven wind turbine. The trap field capability of HTS bulks offer the potential of maintaining similar or even higher magnetic loading level without the iron circuit in the generator. This so-called air-cored design can reduce the weight and increase the power outing per volume of the machine. The detailed design method of the air-cored HTS bulk machine is presented; 3D modeling is applied to consider the total trapped field of bulk arrays; a case study is performed to demonstrate the advantages of air-cored HTS bulk machine over conventional permanent magnet machine. Our results show that the air-cored HTS bulk machine has the potential to maintain the same magnetic loading level as that of the conventional permanent magnet machine. More importantly, it can reduce the total machine weight by 30%. © 2002-2011 IEEE.

Numerical analysis of thermally actuated magnets for magnetization of superconductors

Superconductors, such as YBCO bulks, have extremely high potential magnetic flux densities, comparing to rare earth magnets. Therefore, the magnetization of superconductors has attracted broad attention and contribution from both academic research and industry. In this paper, a novel technique is proposed to magnetize superconductors. Unusually, instead of using high magnetic fields and pulses, repeatedly magnetic waves with strength of as low as rare earth magnets are applied. These magnetic waves, generated by thermally controlling a Gadolinium (Gd) bulk with a rare earth magnet underneath, travel over the flat surface of a YBCO bulk and get trapped little by little. Thus, a very small magnetic field can be used to build up a very large magnetic field. In this paper, the modelling results of thermally actuated magnetic waves are presented showing how to transfer sequentially applied thermal pulses into magnetic waves. The experiment results of the magnetization of YBCO bulk are also presented to demonstrate how superconductors are progressively magnetized by small magnetic field © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Magnetization of bulk superconductors using thermally actuated magnetic waves

A novel technique is proposed to magnetize bulk superconductors, which has the potential to build up strong superconducting magnets. Instead of conventionally using strong magnetic pulses, periodical magnetic waves with strength as low as that of rare-earth magnets are applied. These magnetic waves travel from the periphery to the center of a bulk superconductor and become trapped little by little. In this way, bulk superconductors can gradually be magnetized. To generate these magnetic waves, a thermally actuated magnet was developed, which is constructed by a heating/cooling switch system, a rare-earth bulk magnet, and a Gadolinium (Gd) bulk. The heating/cooling switch system controls the temperature of the Gd bulk, which, along with the rare-earth magnet underneath, can transform thermal signals into magnetic waves. The modeling results of the thermally actuated magnet show that periodical magnetic waves can effectively be generated by applying heating and cooling pulses in turn. A YBCO bulk was tested in liquid nitrogen under the magnetic waves, and a notable accumulation of magnetic flux density was observed. © 2006 IEEE.

Control and operation of a high temperature superconducting synchronous motor

We have built a four-pole high temperature superconducting (HTS) permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) in our lab. At this stage, the HTS PMSM uses two 2G HTS racetrack coils, which are YBCO wires, type 344 from AMSC, and four conventional copper coils as stator windings. 75 YBCO bulks are mounted on the surface of the rotor. After the pulsed field magnetization system had been developed and tested in our lab in 2011, the rotor can trap a four-pole magnetic field. This makes HTS bulks possible for motor application, other than HTS coils. The HTS PMSM can successfully run at a low speed of around 150 rpm for an initial test. This paper states theoretical and practical works on the HTS PMSM's operation including HTS motor drive development and its application. © 2002-2011 IEEE.