Orientadores: Ernesto Ruppert Filho, Carlos Alberto Baldan / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-13T08:37:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Freitas_RafaelCassiolatode_M.pdf: 4732668 bytes, checksum: 0819e8d6aca546a3c44b407acd86b0a9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: O crescimento da demanda de energia elétrica nos centros urbanos e industriais tem levado à necessidade de expansão dos sistemas de energia elétrica o que tem causado aumento nos níveis de curto-circuito, atingindo o limite da capacidade dos sistemas de proteção existentes exigindo sua substituição por outros de maior capacidade. Nessa situação nem sempre a recapacitação dos sistemas de proteção resolve o problema sendo necessário duplicar circuitos. Para postergar investimentos ou para funcionar na rede juntamente com o disjuntor ou ainda, para proteger os circuitos existentes quando conectados a geradores distribuídos, os limitadores de corrente instalados em série com os disjuntores atuais permitem limitar a corrente de falta, principalmente nos primeiros 100ms até a atuação do sistema de proteção. Dentre os diversos tipos de dispositivos limitadores de corrente elétrica existentes no mercado e também ainda em pesquisa atualmente, os construídos a partir de materiais supercondutores possuem a vantagem de proporcionar limitação de corrente elétrica praticamente instantânea causando mínima interferência no funcionamento normal dos sistemas de energia elétrica. Neste trabalho foram estudadas diversas configurações de limitadores de corrente elétrica utilizando fitas de materiais cerâmicos supercondutores de alta temperatura crítica (HTS), de modo especial os limitadores resistivos em forma de bobinas helicoidais enroladas com fita supercondutora BSCCO. Foi desenvolvida metodologia para o cálculo eletromagnético, projeto, construção e ensaio das bobinas supercondutoras do limitador de corrente, bem como se procurou caracterizar eletricamente a fita HTS sob influência de campo magnético externo com o objetivo de determinar as condições de corrente elétrica e de campo magnético sobre ela aplicado para a transição do estado supercondutor para o estado condutor normal do material ("quench"). Ao final do trabalho foram construídos e ensaiados dois protótipos limitadores de corrente elétrica supercondutores mostrando que, apesar da fita HTS de BSCCO ainda não possuir características adequadas para aplicação em limitadores de corrente, com a esperada evolução destes materiais já existe disponível a técnica para projetá-los e construí-los. / Abstract: The growth in demand of electric energy in urban and industrial centers has lead to the need of expansion of the electrical systems which has caused increase in short circuit levels, reaching the limit capacity of the existing protection systems requiring its replacement by others of greater capacity. In these situations the upgrade of protection systems does not always solve the problem being necessary the circuit's duplication. To postpone investments, to operate together in the electrical system with the circuit breakers or even to protect the existing circuits when connected to distributed generators, fault current limiters should be installed in series with the circuit breakers allowing to limit fault currents, specially in the first 100m until the protection system is triggered. Among the many different types of fault current limiter devices existing in the market and which are under development, the ones made of superconducting materials have the advantage of providing practically instantaneous fault current limitation causing minimum interference in the normal operation of the electrical systems. In this work many configurations of electric fault current limiters were studied using superconducting ceramic materials of high transition temperature (HTS), specially the resistive superconducting fault current limiters in form of helical coils with BSCCO superconducting tapes. The methodology for the electromagnetic calculation, project, construction and tests of the superconducting coils of the fault current limiter was carried out along with the HTS tape characterization under external magnetic field influence in order to determine the conditions of electric current and magnetic field for the transition from superconducting state to normal conducting state (quench). At the end of this work two fault current limiters were built and tested showing that, although BSCCO HTS tapes yet do not have good characteristics for fault current limiters application, when these materials which tend to be developed reach applicability level, the technique to design and built them is already available. / Mestrado / Energia Eletrica / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

Orientador: Carlos Lenz Cesar / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T02:36:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Neves_AntonioAlvaroRanha_D.pdf: 9709693 bytes, checksum: 0a918ae7eeaa5895a391c7465942bdd2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: A pinça óptica é um instrumento capaz de manipular e aprisionar partículas dielétricas por meio da pressão de radiação. Suas aplicações nas ciências da vida e biofísica cresceram exponencialmente após a demonstração de que ela permitia manter vivos microorganismos capturados por longos tempos. Informações obtidas destes experimentos requerem um transdutor de força, para o qual se utiliza o deslocamento de uma microesfera capturada. Estamos portanto trabalhando no limite dos regimes de óptica geométrica e Rayleigh, que geralmente são utilizados para simplificar a força óptica. Até hoje não existe consenso entre as teorias das forças, para um regime de tamanho arbitrário, nas pinças ópticas nem para sistemas de alta simetria como microesferas, muito menos em geometrias mais complicadas. Uma das maiores dificuldades encontradas nesse aspecto é a ausência de boas medidas experimentais das forças ópticas, independentes de modelos. Por isso grande parte do trabalho dessa tese foi o desenvolvimento de um sistema de medidas de forças ópticas utilizando pinças duplas para obtenção de toda uma curva da força em função do deslocamento tridimensional da partícula capturada, e não apenas os valores da força em posições fixas. A segunda grande contribuição vem da descrição teórica da força óptica. A grande dificuldade nesse aspecto é a descrição de um feixe incidente de grande abertura numérica e sua decomposição em ondas parciais. É nesse contexto que se encaixa esse trabalho de tese. Acreditamos ter dado uma contribuição extremamente valiosa resolvendo de forma analítica e exata o problema da decomposição de um feixe convergente em ondas parciais relativas a qualquer origem do sistema de coordenadas em três dimensões. / Abstract: The optical tweezers is an instrument capable of manipulating and trapping dielectric particles through the radiation pressure. Their applications in the life sciences and biophysics increased exponentially after it has been demonstrated that it allowed to microorganisms to be maintained alive trapped for long times. Information obtained from these experiments requires a force transducer, for which the displacement of the captured micro sphere is used. We are therefore working in the limit of the geometrical optics and Rayleigh regime, which are usually used to simplify the optical force. Until today consensus fails to exist among the theories of forces for optical tweezers, of an arbitrary size regime, neither for systems of high symmetry as micro spheres, much less in more complicated geometries. One of the greatest difficulties encountered in this aspect is the absence of good experimental measurements of optical forces, independent of models. Therefore great part of this thesis was the development of a system capable of measuring optical forces using a double tweezers setup to obtain an entire curve of the force as a function of the three-dimensional displacement of the trapped particle, and not just the values of the force for fixed positions. The next grand contribution comes from the theoretical description of the optical force. The large difficulty in this aspect is the description of incident beams of great numerical aperture and its decomposition in partial waves. It is in this context that this thesis fits in. We believed to have given an extremely valuable contribution, solving in an analytical and exact way the problem of the decomposition of a convergent beam partial waves relative the any origin of the three dimensional coordinate system. / Doutorado / Física / Doutor em Ciências

Orientadores: Carlos Amilcar Parada, Helder José Ceragioli / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T15:58:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ferreira_PriscilaAmaral_M.pdf: 1496649 bytes, checksum: a3c769ea7d0b4a3fe45913f836d3615c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Nanopartículas são estruturas com dimensões nanométricas que vem demonstrando um potencial para várias aplicações, inclusive na área biológica. De acordo com o seu processo de síntese e crescimento estas partículas podem possuir propriedades magnéticas com maior ou menor magnitude. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar se a administração no espaço sub-aracnóide da medula espinal, de nanopartículas magnéticas altera o limiar de resposta a estímulos mecânicos aplicados em patas de ratos. As nanopartículas de carbono (nanotubos ou nanofibras) foram caracterizadas através do espectro de Raman e o seu comportamento magnético caracterizado pelo ferromagnetismo foi avaliado através da curva de histerese. As nanopartículas foram administradas via intratecal em ratos Wistar machos levemente anestesiados com Isoflorano. A resposta comportamental ao estímulo mecânico foi avaliada por um analgesímetro eletrônico (Von Frey eletrônico) que mede o limiar mecânico de retirada da pata (nocicepção mecânica). As nanopartículas foram classificadas de acordo com o comportamento magnético em: alto magnetismo e baixo magnetismo. A administração de nanopartículas (5, 20 ou 80 ?g) com alto magnetismo, mas não com baixo magnetismo, diminuiu o limiar mecânico de retirada da pata, quando comparada com a administração do seu solvente propilenoglicol (20?L). A diminuição do limiar mecânico foi observada nos tempos de 15, 30 e 60 minutos após a administração de 20?g de nanopartículas com alto magnetismo, sendo que após este período as respostas retornaram aos seus limiares basais. Por outro lado, a administração intraplantar das nanopartículas não alterou o limiar mecânico quando comparados com as respostas basais. Portanto, a administração na medula espinal, mas não no tecido periférico, de nanopartículas com alto magnetismo diminuiu o limiar mecânico. Em conclusão, os dados deste trabalho sugerem que a transmissão neuronal na medula espinal envolve uma atividade eletromagnética / Abstract: Nanoparticles are structures with nanometer dimensions that are emerging to various applications, including that one involved in biological area. According to their synthesis and growth techniques these particles can have magnetic properties with greater or lesser magnitude. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the magnetic nanoparticles administration in the subarachnoid space of the spinal cord induces changes in the mechanical nociceptive threshold in rats hind-paw. The carbon nanoparticles (nanotubes or nanofibers) were characterized by Raman spectrum and their magnetic characterized by the ferromagnetism behavior was evaluated by the hysteresis curve. The nanoparticles were intrathecally administered in Wistar rats lightly anesthetized with Isoflorano. The behavioral response to mechanical stimulation was assessed by an electronic analgesimeter (electronic Von Frey) that measures the withdrawal mechanical threshold (mechanical nociception). The nanoparticles were classified according to their magnetic behavior in: high magnetism and low magnetism. The administration (5, 20 or 80 ?g) of high magnetism nanoparticles, but not of low magnetism nanoparticles, decreased the mechanical withdrawal threshold of the hind-paw, when compared with the administration of propylene glycol (20 ?L). Decreasing in mechanical withdrawal threshold was observed at 15, 30 and 60 minutes after administration of 20?g of high magnetism nanoparticles. After this period, the mechanical withdrawal thresholds returned to their normal baseline. In contrast, intraplantar administration of the nanoparticles did not alter the mechanical withdrawal threshold. Therefore, administration of high magnetic nanoparticles in the spinal cord, but not in peripheral tissue, decreases the mechanical withdrawal threshold. In conclusion, our data suggest that neuronal transmission in the spinal cord involves an electromagnetic activity / Mestrado / Fisiologia / Mestre em Biologia Funcional e Molecular

I denna studie undersöks elevers förförståelse inom elektromagnetism innan undervisning om detta i kursen Fysik 2 på gymnasiets Naturvetenskapliga och Tekniska program. Syftet med studien är att öka den kvalitativa kunskapen om denna elevgrupps förförståelse för att därigenom kunna möta den med lämplig undervisning inom det elektromagnetiska området. Datainsamlingen har skett med en skriftlig enkät med flervalsfrågor som undersöker elevers begreppsliga förståelse för elektromagnetiska fenomen. Enkäten har sedan följts upp med elevintervjuer kring frågorna för att ytterligare kartlägga hur elever uppfattar elektromagnetiska fenomen. Enkätfrågorna är baserade på erkända test som används i hela världen. Studien visar att de alternativa uppfattningar om elektromagnetism som finns beskrivna i litteraturen även förekommer i elevgruppen och resultaten tyder på att de alternativa uppfattningarna är vanligare än vetenskapligt grundad förståelse. elevgruppen har ett vardagstänkande kring elektromagnetiska fenomen som utgår från magneters attraktion och repulsion - samt att de förenklat kan beskriva kompassens funktion. elevgruppens förförståelse i detta skede inte bara består av vardagstänkande enligt ovan utan även är tydligt präglad av tidigare fysikundervisning (främst kursen Fysik 1). eleverna i resonemangen om elektromagnetism visar mycket skiftande förmåga att applicera denna förförståelse korrekt på elektromagnetiska fenomen - och denna förmåga skiljer inte bara mellan individer utan även mellan olika sammanhang och de beskrivningssätt och representationer som används för att presentera problem och fenomen i dessa sammanhang. Insamlade data har bearbetats i en fenomenografisk analys av elevintervjuerna. Resultatet av den analysen är en beskrivning av elevernas förförståelse där tre kvalitativa nivåer föreslås. Exempel ur studiens elevintervjuer på de tre nivåerna av förförståelse redovisas. Med hjälp av nivåerna beskrivs hur förförståelsen i ökande grad präglas av ett vetenskapligt tänkande baserat på en förståelse av andra delar av fysiken och hur denna förståelse på olika sätt och med varierande korrekthet appliceras på elektromagnetiska fenomen och problemställningar.

This study sets out to evaluate the use of geophysical methods for delineating buried stream channels, which can act as zones of preferential flow within a less hydraulically conductive aquifer. This information is important for gaining an understanding of flow dynamics of alluvial systems. The most reliable method of delineating the dimensions of aquifers is by drilling, which is an expensive proposition and is best preceded by a preliminary geophysical study to help define target zones for a drilling program. The study area is located adjacent to the Coerney River in the Sundays River Valley. Geologically it consists of approximately 5 metres of alluvial fines, covering 3 metres of coarse cobbles and boulders, all underlain by alternating siltstone and sandstone beds of indeterminate thickness. Throughout the area the water is very shallow at approximately 2 metres depth and the groundwater tends to be very saline. An air photo study revealed an old oxbow channel that had been covered over by subsequent agricultural land use. The geophysical methods available for the study were portable seismic refraction, electrical resistivity and electromagnetics. Preliminary field tests clearly showed that seismics did not produce valid results. The methods of electrical resistivity and electromagnetics produced good data and were subjected to further assessment. A grid was surveyed over the study area and both geophysical methods were applied at regularly spaced stations. Soil samples were taken over the same survey grid and analyzed for electrical conductivity in a soils laboratory. The results were compared to the geophysical data in an attempt to quantify the relationship between geophysical response and soil salinity. The data from the electromagnetic survey showed areas of low electrical conductivity which was a possible indication of zones of preferential groundwater flow. A transect of boreholes was drilled over selected electrical conductivity lows and successfully intersected the buried stream channel. A comparison of the borehole logs with the layered earth models from the Vertical Electrical Soundings indicated that the electrical resistivity method was not responding to the features of the buried stream channel and the cobblestone layer. This proved the electromagnetic method to be more valuable for this particular study

The rapid development of second generation (2G) high temperature superconducting (HTS) wires in the last decade has made it possible to wind high quality 2G HTS coils. These 2G HTS coils show promise for future applications such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) magnets, electrical machines, magnetic levitation trains, energy storage, etc. 2G HTS coils can be operated using either dc current or ac current. Several important issues have yet to be resolved, such as how to properly magnetise an HTS coil under dc conditions, or how to minimise losses under ac conditions. These problems should be carefully studied before the 2G HTS coils can be widely applied in scientific and industrial applications. This thesis focuses on emerging HTS flux pump technology for HTS coils operating in a dc environment. HTS flux pump technology applies a travelling magnetic wave to fully magnetise an HTS coil, which is both efficient and economical, and has in recent years been proven feasible. However, the underlying physics of this technology are so far poorly understood. In order to study the influence of a travelling magnetic wave on HTS films such as YBa2Cu3O7-δ, two types of circular-type magnetic flux pump (CTMFP) devices were proposed and built. These novel devices generate an annular-shape travelling magnetic wave. The first type was the original CTMFP magnet, which produces the longest wavelength of travelling wave. The second type was the updated CTMFP magnet, which can produce a shorter wavelength of travelling wave (1/2 of the original CTMFP magnet in the six phase connection and 1/4 in the three phase connection). A 2 inch diameter round shape YBCO thin film (200 nm thick of the YBCO layer) and a 46 mm× 46 mm square shape YBCO tape (1.0 µm thick of the YBCO layer, with a hole of Φ26 mm in the centre) were tested. When using a round shape YBCO thin film and the original CTMFP magnet, it was found that the travelling wave tends to decrease the existing critical magnetic gradient inside the YBCO film. The experiment was repeated under different conditions, such as zero-field cooling (ZFC), field cooling (FC), delta-shape trapped field, etc. A simulation based on the H-formulation using FEM software revealed that, after application of the travelling wave, the current density distribution inside the round shape YBCO sample was disturbed, becoming much lower than its critical current density JC. This discovery is interesting because the Bean model suggests that the current density inside a type-II superconductor should be equal to either +JC or - JC (the critical state model). It was found that a round shape YBCO sample follows the Bean model prediction for the homogeneous oscillating field (homogeneous in space), which suggests that the travelling wave is more efficient for transporting the magnetic flux inside YBCO film, compared to a homogeneous oscillating field. An updated CTMFP magnet was designed and built to investigate the influence of the degree of field inhomogeneity on the change of an existing critical magnetic gradient. The results were compared between the six phase connection (1/2 wavelength of the original CTMFP magnet) and the three phase connection (1/4 wavelength of the original CTMFP magnet). It was found that with a travelling wave of consistent amplitude, by shortening the wavelength, the change of magnetic gradient is made stronger. The result supports the assumption that the field inhomogeneity in space may have an important influence on the magnetisation of a YBCO sample. Additionally, in the case of a three phase connection (1/4 wavelength), by reversing the direction of the travelling wave, a different magnetisation profile was obtained, which suggests that the experiment may have detected a macroscopic “magnetic coupling” phenomenon. However, this result needs further study before it can be confirmed. The square shape YBCO sample was tested by applying a travelling wave in a dc background field under FC conditions. The square shape YBCO sample has a centre hole (Φ26 mm), which is closest to the condition of an HTS coil (single layer instead of multi-layer). However, in the experiment there was no clear change of magnetic flux inside the superconducting loop after application of the travelling wave. This might be attributed to the fact that, the field inhomogeneity is not strong enough to cause flux migration in the experiments, and the YBCO layer is relatively thicker which increases the difficulties. Moreover, the width of the superconducting region is relatively small (10 mm), in order to help magnetic flux migrate into the superconducting loop, the field inhomogeneity must be strong enough in the superconducting region, which increases the technical difficulties. However, this might be able to be accomplished by increase the amplitude of the travelling waves. Some experiments will be carried out in the future. The experimental findings in this thesis can not only aid in understanding the mechanism of HTS flux pump technology for an HTS coil, but also can help in understanding ac loss from a coil exposed to a travelling wave. As was suggested by the experimental results, the magnetisation of the YBCO film due to the travelling wave is very different from the magnetisation induced by a homogeneous oscillating field. Under operational conditions, such as inside an HTS motor, the HTS coils experience a travelling wave rather than a homogeneous oscillating field. This thesis discusses the difference in resultant ac loss from a travelling wave and a homogeneous oscillating field of the same amplitude. It was found that, for the round shape YBCO sample, the ac loss from a travelling wave is about 1/3 of the loss from a homogeneous oscillating field. The regions in which the ac loss occurred are also different between a travelling wave and a homogeneous oscillating field. These results suggest that the travelling wave cannot be equated to a homogeneous oscillating field when calculating ac loss. In conclusion, this thesis studies two novel experimental devices, built to study the magnetisation of YBCO films under the influence of a travelling wave. Several novel electromagnetic behaviours were observed in the YBCO films under the influence of a travelling wave, which may help improve understanding of HTS flux pump technology for an HTS coil, and the ac loss induced by a travelling wave.

Orientador: Luiz Carlos Kretly / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T13:36:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva_MauricioWeberBenjoda_D.pdf: 10953654 bytes, checksum: 6b4d1b6000f187a807b5cec8ba653713 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Neste trabalho, as diferentes propriedades de superfícies seletivas em frequência, FSS - Frequency Selective Surfaces, são analisadas. As FSS são estruturas planares com células periódicas e podem ser classificadas como uma classe de metamateriais. Para tanto, o mecanismo de trabalho dessas estruturas foi extensivamente estudado, e um método próprio, baseado no modelo de circuito equivalente em conjunto com simulações de onda completa foi proposto. A ferramenta desenvolvida é útil para uma análise preliminar rápida de FSS, a qual foi utilizada para criar uma base de dados de elementos conhecidos na literatura. Diferente dos modelos de análise clássicos, a modelagem analítica proposta, que é uma das principais contribuições do trabalho, usa um simples algoritmo para aproximar a resposta de superfícies seletivas em frequência com geometrias arbitrárias, para incidências normal e oblíqua e para substratos com quaisquer espessuras. Nesse sentido, após a simulação eletromagnética da estrutura, é possível computar a resposta de uma FSS com diferentes parâmetros sem o consumo de tempo das simulações de onda completa. O modelo usa as características peculiares de superfícies de alta impedância, HIS - High Impedance Surface, que dentro de determina faixa comporta-se como condutor magnético perfeito, PMC - Perfect Magnetic Conductor, enquanto no restante da banda tem comportamento de um condutor elétrico perfeito, PEC - Perfect Electric Conductor, para sintetizar absorvedores finos e planares de micro-ondas. As estruturas, compostas de superfície seletiva em frequência resistivas sobre um substrato dielétrico aterrado, são projetadas visando aplicação em diferentes faixas de frequência de absorção e diferentes larguras de banda. Na faixa de 5,5 GHz, objetivou-se satisfazer as especificações dos sistemas WIMAX, WLAN, com os padrões IEEE 802.11a, bem como sistemas de radar, enquanto sinais de outras faixas podem trafegar com atenuação mínima ou nula. Para a faixa mais elevada, projetou-se uma estrutura que oferece absorção sobre a faixa de frequências de 10 GHz a 18 GHz, que pode ser empregada visando aplicações na banda-X e banda-Ku. O método de modelagem para a FSS e para os absorvedores propostos foi validado fisicamente através de montagens experimentais e instrumentação, especialmente desenvolvidas para estas estruturas. Os protótipos dos absorvedores fabricados são extremamente finos e foram medidos por meio de setups de medida em campo aberto e em câmara anecóica. As estruturas projetadas mostraram excelente desempenho para as faixas medidas, mantendo refletividade tipicamente abaixo de -10 dB ao longo de toda a banda. A metodologia desenvolvida nesta pesquisa pode ser ampliada para diferentes faixas de frequências, larguras de banda e aplicações / Abstract: In this work, the different properties of frequency selective surfaces - FSS are analyzed. Frequency selective surfaces are planar structures with periodic cells and can be classified as a kind of metamaterials. To this end, the working mechanism of these structures has been extensively studied, and a proper method based on the equivalent circuit model in conjunction with full-wave simulations was proposed. The developed tool is useful for a fast preliminary analysis of FSS, which was used to create a database of known elements presented in the literature. Unlike of classical analysis model, the proposed analytical modeling, which is one of the main thesis contributions, uses a simple algorithm for approximate the response of frequency selective surfaces with arbitrary shape, for normal and oblique incidence and for substrates with all thicknesses. In this sense, after the electromagnetic simulation of the structure, it is possible to compute the response of an FSS with different parameters without the time consuming full-wave simulations. The model uses the unique characteristics of High-Impedance Surfaces - HIS, which for certain frequency range, behaves as Perfect Magnetic Conductor - PMC, while outside this band behaves as a Perfect Electric Conductor - PEC, for synthesizing thin planar microwave absorbers. The structures, comprising resistive frequency selective surfaces over a grounded dielectric substrate, are designed aiming different absorption frequency bands and different bandwidths. In the 5.5 GHz frequency range, the aim was to satisfy the specifications of WiMAX, WLAN systems, in view of the IEEE 802.11a standards, as well as radar systems, while signals from other bands can travel across with zero or minimal attenuation. To the highest range, the designed structure provides absorption over 10 GHz to 18 GHz frequency range, and can be applied to the X- and Ku- band. The modeling method for the FSS and the proposed absorbers was physically validated through experimental setups and instrumentation, especially developed for these structures. The prototype of the fabricated absorbers are extremely thin and were characterized by using free space and anechoic chamber measurement setups. The designed structures showed excellent performance for measurements ranges, with reflectivity typically below -10 dB over the entire band. The methodology developed in this research can be extended to different frequency bands, bandwidth and applications / Doutorado / Eletrônica, Microeletrônica e Optoeletrônica / Doutor em Engenharia Elétrica

Sensores com material magnetoelástico vêm sendo desenvolvidos pois possibilitam medidas sem contato de fios (wireless). Apresentam variação da frequência de ressonância (redução) quando submetidos a um carregamento de massa. Podem ser empregados para detecção e determinação de grandezas físicas através de instrumentação remota que vem se tornando cada vez mais importante. As grandezas podem ser desde a quantificação de pH até a detecção da presença de microrganismos. Neste trabalho descrevemos um sistema de detecção rápida e wireless de grandezas físicas como pH e a presença de microorganismos. São utilizados como substrato tiras de material magnetoelástico amorfo Metglas 2826MB3. O material foi cortado em tamanhos de 30 mm x 6 mm e 5 mm x 1 mm, através de uma serra de micro corte, sendo parte destas logo em seguida foram revestidas com finas camadas de Cr e Au através de sputtering. Foi desenvolvido um dispositivo portátil com a função de análise de frequência de ressonância das fitas magnetoelásticas. Este dispositivo pode operar completamente de forma autônomo ou em conjunto com computador. Ele é composto de um central de processamento, circuitos auxiliares e interface de entrada e saída de dados. A operação do dispositivo portátil está em expor o material magnetoelástico (transdutor/sensor) a um campo magnético variável com o tempo, que por sua vez responde com uma onda elástica longitudinal que é detectada de forma magnética. Foram realizados ensaios com o transdutor (superfície livre) e também após a aplicação de camadas sensíveis ao pH e bem como a captura de microrganismo. Para os sensores detectores de pH foram utilizadas tiras do transdutor revestidas com Cr e Au sendo nestas aplicada uma camada de cistamina (CYS) para gerar aderência do polímero de pH sintetizado a partir de monómeros de ácido acrílico e acrilato de isooctilo. O sensor de pH foi exposto a uma faixa de pH (1,5 a 7,5) sendo analisado através do dispositivo portátil e comparado com analisador de rede Agilent E5061B. As medidas da frequência de ressonância do sensor de pH apresentaram uma variação de 70 Hz/pH para sensores 30 mm x 5 mm e para sensores de 5 mm x 1 mm foi de 1000 Hz/pH. Também foram realizadas medidas com o transdutor funcionalizado com Poli- L-Lisina para captura de S. cerevisiae. Com a aderência da S. cerevisiae à superfície do sensor, houve uma redução da frequência de ressonância em 531 Hz, que concorda quantitativamente com valores calculados para este carregamento de massa. / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, FAPERGS / Sensors with magnetoelastic materials are being developed for possible wireless measurements. They show variation of the resonance frequency (decrease) when subjected to a loading mass. May be employed for detection and determination of physical quantities via remote instrumentation that is becoming increasingly important. These quantities could be the pH of a solution or the detection of the presence of microorganisms. In this work, we describe a rapid and wireless detection system for physical quantities such as pH and the presence of microorganisms. We used as substrates strips of amorphous magnetoelastic material Metglas 2826MB3. The material was cut into strips with sizes of 30 mm x 6 mm and 5 mm x 1 mm, using a micro-dicing saw. Part of these were coated with thin layers of Cr and Au through sputtering. We developed a portable electronic device with the function of determining the resonance frequency of the magnetoelastic strips. This device can operate completely standalone or in conjunction with a computer. It is composed of a central processing, auxiliary circuits and input and output interface of data. The portable device produces a variable magnetic field, which in turn produces a longitudinal elastic wave which is detected magnetically. Tests were carried out with the bare transducer as well as after the application of pH-sensitive layers or material for the capture of microorganisms. For pH sensors we used transducer strips coated with Cr and Au and then applied a layer of cystamine (CYS) to promote adherence to the copolymer of acrylic acid and iso-octyl acrylate. The pH sensor was exposed to a range of pH (1.5 to 7.5) and was measured using the portable device and compared with results from an Agilent E5061B Network Analyzer. The measurements of the resonance frequency of the pH sensor showed a 70 Hz/pH variation for strips of 30 mm x 6 mm and 1000 Hz/pH for strips measuring 5 mm x 1 mm. Measurements were also carried out with the transducer functionalized using poly-l-lysine to capture S. cerevisiae. With the adherence of S. cerevisiae on the sensor surface, there was a reduction of the resonance frequency 531 Hz, which agrees quantitatively with values calculated for mass loading.

The design of smart, interactive, computational, and electronic textiles involves working with unknown variables that expand the tangible dimensions of textiles. Non-visual concepts such as electromagnetic fields, electrical current, computational code, and the temporal attributes of materials that exhibit dynamic qualities require that textile designers be able to perceive and manipulate domains of the textile that extend beyond its conventional forms of expression. Through these qualities, the textile becomes an interface to otherwise imperceptible phenomena of electromagnetism and thereby opens up to new textile design expressions. However, to do so requires a shift in the understanding of how fundamental textile concepts such as material, form, and expression interrelate to affect the expressive domain of the textile itself. This research aims to describe the material attributes, characteristics, and expressions of electromagnetic phenomena as explored through experimental research methods and suggests ways in which electromagnetic phenomena can be worked with as a design material for smart textiles. Further, it seeks to expand upon conventional design variables of textiles to include its electromagnetic domain. The experiments presented in this thesis suggest a framework for working with magnetic, dielectric, and conductive materials through textile techniques of weaving and knitting. The experiments point to the interrelationship between the textile material, structure, and form, identifying this triad as the key influencers that determine how textile expressions can embrace electromagnetic phenomena. The results of the experimental work are methods that show accessible ways for textile designers to visualize and perceive electromagnetic fields in textiles, such as sensing the impressions of textile structures on the magnetic field using a method of scanned-surface imaging; perceiving electromagnetic fields using textile antennas and spatial exploration, resulting in sonic expression; and kinetic textile behaviours at the yarn level through magnetic interactions. Furthermore, the design possibilities of the materials, methods and tools suggested in this thesis are demonstrated through examples of interactive artefacts, e.g., in the form of ambient energy harvesting forest mobiles and radio-frequency (RF) body extensions. The results suggest the variety of electromagnetic textile expressions that can be created when methods and tools to perceive and manipulate electromagnetic phenomena in textiles are consciously utilized.

There is ongoing controversy about the possibility of adverse biological effects from environmental exposures to electric and magnetic fields. These fields are produced by all electrical equipment and appliances including electrical transmission lines. The objective of this environmental science study was to investigate the possible effects of a high voltage transmission line on domestic sheep (Ovis aries L,), a species that can often be found near such lines. The study was primarily designed to determine whether a specific effect of electric and magnetic fields found in laboratory animals also occurs in livestock under natural environmental conditions. The effect is the ability of fields, at levels found in the environment, to significantly depress the normally high nocturnal concentrations of the pineal hormone melatonin. Melatonin mediates the reproductive response to changes in photoperiod in seasonal breeders such as sheep. Factors which modify the production of nocturnal melatonin in sheep can have important effects on the timing of seasonal reproduction including the onset of puberty in this species. Ten female Suffolk lambs were penned for 10 months directly beneath a 500-kV transmission line near Estacada, Oregon. Ten other lambs of the same type were penned in a control area away from the transmission line where electric and magnetic fields were at ambient levels. Serum melatonin was analyzed by radioimmunoassay (RIA) from 6618 blood samples collected at 0.5 to 3-hour intervals over eight 48-hour periods. Serum progesterone was analyzed by RIA from blood samples collected twice weekly beginning when the lambs were 23 weeks old. This hormone was used to measure the onset of puberty. Serum cortisol was also assayed by RIA from the blood samples collected during the 48-hour samples. This was done to assess whether exposure to the transmission line produced stress in the growing lambs. Other supplemental biological data collected included body weight gain, wool growth, and behavior. An extensive study was conducted by engineers from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to measure electric and magnetic fields and noise to which the lambs were exposed. This was accomplished by installing permanent monitors near both the control and line pens. Results showed that lambs in both the control and line groups had the typical pattern of melatonin secretion consisting of low daytime and high nighttime serum concentrations. There were no statistically significant differences between groups in melatonin levels, or in the phase or duration of the nighttime melatonin elevation. Age at puberty and number of reproductive cycles also did not differ between groups. Serum cortisol showed a circadian rhythm with highest concentrations during the day. Cortisol concentrations also seemed to reflect effects of known stressors on livestock, e.g., weaning, introduction to new housing, and vehicle transport. There were, however, no differences in cortisol concentrations between groups. Statistical analyses on other biological parameters revealed no differences between groups for body weight gain, wool growth, or behavior. The electrical monitoring program verified that the line group lambs were exposed to electric and magnetic fields at levels typical of those found beneath commercial 500-kV transmission lines. In summary, the large effect of electric and magnetic fields on melatonin concentrations reported in laboratory animals was not observed in this study of sheep.