京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第22240号 / 理博第4554号 / 新制||理||1654(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院理学研究科物理学・宇宙物理学専攻 / (主査)准教授 松田 和博, 教授 田中 耕一郎, 教授 佐々 真一 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

<div>Plasma treatment of polymers has been a rapidly growing area of research due to its broad applications, homogenous and repeatable surface properties, low cost, and environmental friendliness when compared to alternative techniques. Only recently have significant developments been made in the application of atmospheric pressure plasma in polymer surface treatment. The use of atmospheric pressure plasma enables further reductions in cost and mechanical complexity. Of particular interest in this work is the application of atmospheric pressure plasma for the isolated modification of the inner surfaces of small diameter polymer tubing to improve the wetting and adhesion characteristics compared to untreated polymer.</div><div>This work focuses on the development, characterization, and implementation of an atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma apparatus for the treatment of the inner surface of polymer tubes. The iterative process of the development of this system is detailed, with two finalized designs established and defined. These two designs are then applied to low density polyethylene (LDPE) tubing of 0.38 mm inner diameter (ID), and characteristics for surface morphology and wettability are analyzed.</div><div>Investigation of the relationship between plasma power and treatment time with morphology characteristics of protrusion density and size and surface roughness parameter, R_a is presented. Treatment times of 5, 10, 15, 30 and 45 minutes are performed on tubing samples at a power level of 35 mW. From 5 to 15 minutes, protusion density increases rapidly, from n_p=4*10^4- 10^7 protrusions/(mm^2 ), and small variation in protrusion size, with 0.1< A_p<0.2 μm^2. At treatment times of 30 and 45 minutes, coalescence of protrusions was observed, resulting in a decrease in protrusion density, down to n≈4*10^4 protrusions/(mm^2 ), and substantial increases in mean protrusion size, up to A_P=5-9 μm^2. Plasma powers of 9, 12, 16, 25, 35, and 45 mW were also investigated, at a treatment time of 15 minutes. As power level was increased, protrusion density was observed to increase, with an inverse relationship with mean protrusion size. Protrusion density was observed to increase from n_p=2*10^5-10^7 protrusions/(mm^2 ), with diminishing increases in density observed between power levels of 35 and 45 mW. Protrusion mean size was observed to decrease from A_p= .25-0.025 μm^2, with similar diminishing reductions observed at 35 and 45 mW. Surface roughness, R_a, was observed to vary from .01-0.3 μm, or ISO roughness grades N1 to N5, in the treated samples.</div><div>Wettability characteristics were measured and characterized relative to plasma power and linear feed rate. Wettability was measured by measurement of contact angles of the meniscus formed from water introduced into the tubing volume by capillary action. On all samples treated, a duality of mechanisms for surface wetting were observed. After initial treatment, samples were observed to have a lower contact angle, indicating higher wettability, but after 12 hours samples were observed to have reduced wetting characteristics, indicating a transient mechanism for surface wetting in addition to permanent effects induced my surface morphology. Samples were treated at plasma powers of 7, 10, 15, 20, and 40 mW. At all power levels, initial contact angle was generally consistent, with 20^o< θ_0<30^o. Permanent wetting features measured on these samples indicated almost complete reversing of wettability at 7 and 10 mW, with θ_SS measured at ~75^o, comparable to the average measurement of an untreated sample of ~80^o. Conversely, at higher powers of 15, 20 and 40 mW, significant retention of wettability was observed, with 45^o<θ_SS<55^o for those samples.</div><div><br></div>

A plasma arc erosion process can be used to create metal and metal oxide particles in the ultra-fine size range (<70 µm). An electric arc is struck between two metallic electrodes, submerged in water, melting the surface of the electrodes. When the arc collapses a high energy pressure wave strikes the molten surface of the electrode. When the pressure wave strikes the molten metal, small metallic particles are created from the molten metal and are immediately cooled in the water. Previous research developed a process that used a constant current power supply and electrode motion to create ultra-fine particles. This research improves upon previous research by using a pulsed power supply similar to those used in Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM). The pulsed power supply eliminates the need for electrode motion and improves the rate of particle production, provides control over size of the particles created, and reduces the amount of energy needed to produce the particles. The new process improves the maximum particle production rate from 3.6 g/hr to 14 g/hr, provides a method to control the mean diameter of the particles produced, and reduces the amount of energy needed from 200 kWh/kg(previous constant current process) to 10.6 kWh/kg(using the pulsed power supply).

In der vorliegenden Dissertationsschrift wird ein thermo-elektro-mechanisches Modell zur Simulation des Verhaltens von dielektrischen Elastomeraktoren vorgestellt. Zur Beschreibung der elektrischen und thermischen Eigenschaften werden lineare Modelle verwendet. Ein isotropes viskohyperelastisches mechanisches Materialmodell wird auf Grundlage der Hyperelastizität nach Ogden und der Beschreibung viskosen Verhaltens mittels Prony-Reihen eingesetzt. Die elektromechanische Kopplung ist durch die elektrostatische Anziehungskraft geladener Elektroden begründet. Die verlustbehafteten Prozesse der elektromechanischen Energieumwandlung bzw. des Ladungstransports führen zu einer Verlustleistung, welche in Wärme umgewandelt wird. Auf diese Weise wird eine unidirektionale Kopplung zwischen dem elektromechanischen und dem thermischen Feld erreicht. Die entsprechenden Materialparameter wurden der Literatur entnommen oder von Daten experimenteller Untersuchungen abgeleitet, welche am Institut für Elektromechanische Konstruktion (EMK) der Technischen Universität Darmstadt durchgeführt wurden. Mittels der Finite-Elemente-Methode wurde das thermo-elektro-mechanischen Modell zur Simulation zweier Testgeometrien verwendet. Dabei wurde eine gute qualitative Übereinstimmungen zwischen den Ergebnissen der numerisch Simulation und den experimentellen Beobachtungen des EMK erreicht. Die Ursachen quantitativer Differenzen zwischen den experimentell ermittelten und den numerisch berechneten Temperaturen werden untersucht und diskutiert. Abgeleitet aus den Ergebnissen der numerischen Untersuchungen werden abschließend Vorschläge zu einer Verringerung der dissipationsbedingten Erwärmung unterbreitet. Diese Vorschläge sind durch konstruktive, beispielsweise geometrische oder materielle, Eigenschaften von DE-Aktoren begründet, oder können aufgrund der aktiven Anregung getroffen werden.

Efficient oil production and refining processes require the precise measurement of water content in oil (i.e., water-cut) which is extracted out of a production well as a byproduct. Traditional water-cut (WC) laboratory measurements are precise, but are incapable of providing real-time information, while recently reported in-line WC sensors (both in research and industry) are usually incapable of sensing the full WC range (0 – 100 %), are bulky, expensive and non-scalable for the variety of pipe sizes used in the oil industry. This work presents a novel implementation of a planar microwave T-resonator for fully non-intrusive in situ WC sensing over the full range of operation, i.e., 0 – 100 %. As opposed to non-planar resonators, the choice of a planar resonator has enabled its direct implementation on the pipe surface using low cost fabrication methods. WC sensors make use of series resonance introduced by a λ/4 open shunt stub placed in the middle of a microstrip line. The detection mechanism is based on the measurement of the T-resonator’s resonance frequency, which varies with the relative percentage of oil and water (due to the difference in their dielectric properties). In order to implement the planar T-resonator based sensor on the curved surface of the pipe, a novel approach of utilizing two ground planes is proposed in this work. The innovative use of dual ground planes makes this sensor scalable to a wide range of pipe sizes present in the oil industry. The design and optimization of this sensor was performed in an electromagnetic Finite Element Method (FEM) solver, i.e., High Frequency Structural Simulator (HFSS) and the dielectric properties of oil, water and their emulsions of different WCs used in the simulation model were measured using a SPEAG-dielectric assessment kit (DAK-12). The simulation results were validated through characterization of fabricated prototypes. Initial rapid prototyping was completed using copper tape, after which a novel reusable 3D-printed mask based fabrication was also successfully implemented, which would resemble screen printing if it were to be implemented in 3D. In order to verify the design’s applicability for the actual scenario of oil wells, where an oil/water mixture is flowing through the pipes, a basic flow loop was constructed in the IMPACT laboratory at KAUST. The dynamic measurements in the flow loop showed that the WC sensor design is also equally applicable for flowing mixtures. The proposed design is capable of sensing the WC with a fine resolution due to its wide sensing range, in the 80 – 190 MHz frequency band. The experimental results for these low cost and conformal WC sensors are promising, and further characterization and optimization of these sensors according to oil field conditions will enable their widespread use in the oil industry.

This diploma thesis is focused on studying of the effect of the dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) on eucaryotic microorganisms. Plasma sterilization is considered to be an alternative method to conventional sterilization processes. Contrary to standard decontamination methods it doesn´t stress exposed material by heat, pressure and chemicals. Plasma acts on eucaryotic and procaryotic systems by means of synergy of three inactivation mechanisms. They are various reactive species, UV radiation and heat. The Aspergillus niger has been chosen as a bio-indicator enabling to evaluate the effect of plasma assisted microbial inactivation. Plasma was generated in dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) at atmospheric pressure. Nitrogen and argon were used as working gases, paper and PET foil were used as carrying media. The influence of various working conditions on the sterilization effect was studied. Namely it was the influence of plasma exposition time, plasma power density, the type of operating gas and type of supporting medium. The effect of UV radiation in combination with temperature, temperature and direct plasma were studied separately. According to our results the efficiency of DBD increases with plasma power density, resp. plasma exposition time. When comparing sterilization efficiency of nitrogen and argon operating at the same conditions, the higher sterilization effect was observed in argon. The influence of the carrying medium on sterilization effectiveness was proved. It was caused by the different structure of surface. It was found out, that in our experimental setup the active species are probably the main inactivation mechanism. The influence of temperature on inactivation of microorganisms was negligible. The combination of UV radiation and temperature reached the decontamination level about 2 orders. The discharge parameters were studied by means of optical emmision spectroscopy. Scanning electron microscopy enabled to evaluate possible damage of exposed materials through DBD.

This master's thesis focuses on composite systems based on varnish combined with different filler ratios of micronized mica. The aim is to analyse impact of the filler on dielectric properties of the varnish, i.e. relative permittivity and loss factor as functions of frequency as well as charging and discharging currents as functions of time. Dielectric mixture formulas are applied on relative permittivity values. Calculated and measured values are compared.

This work deals with measurement capacity and dissipation factor of capacitor with real dielectric in frequency range 20 Hz to 30 MHz. Liquid and solid dielectrics are measured by LCR instruments and by test fixtures, both from company Agilent. Relative permittivity and loss number are calculated for different instruments settings. The general aim is to specify the influence of parameters as frequency, voltage, integration time and thickness of material on the uncertainties of primary and secondary quantities for measurement.

This thesis is about measuring charger and discharger properties of dielectrics materials in time domain and transformation of acquired characteristics to the frequency domain. For transformation between time and frequency domain are used Fourier transform and Haman approximation. The result is frequency dependent on loss number. Part of this work is about comparison of these methods in theoretical and practical applications on the basis of accuracy, speed and performance.

This article describes some methods of measuring complex permitivity in milimeter – wave band, their characteristics, anvatages and disadvantages. Discused are here the reasons for their use in the construction of work place. On the basis these reasons is chosen the best method for practical measurement. That is cavity resonant method. Article contain description of designed measurement system. Whitch is verified by computer simulating of developed model in HFSS Ansoft. Text contain also result of simulations and execute computing of comlex permittivity and tangent loss. In Conclusion is desribed results of practical permittivity measure with realized measurement system.