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Abstract Three kinds of nano-concrete, i.e., 2.0% nano-SiO2 doped, 2.0% nano-CaCO3 doped and 1.0% nano-SiO2-1.0% nano-CaCO3 co-doped concretes (NS, NC, NSC) were prepared for a study on static property and dynamic property under different strain rates (50–130 s−1) using HYY series hydraulic servo test system and Φ100 mm split Hopkinson pressure bar test system, and a comparison with plain concrete (PC) as well. The results have shown that under static load, as compared with PC, NC has both strength and elastic modulus increased obviously, while NS has strength decreased and elastic modulus increased, and under dynamic load, there is an obvious strain rate effect for the dynamic compressive strength, impact toughness, energy dissipation and impact failure mode of concrete. Under the same strain rate, the dynamic compressive strength, peak strain, impact toughness and energy dissipation of NC are significantly increased, while its dynamic elastic modulus is decreased. Compared with PC, NS has dynamic compressive strength, peak strain, impact toughness and energy dissipation decreased, and dynamic elastic modulus increased, NC has static and dynamic mechanical properties improved, NS has static and dynamic mechanical properties weakened, and NSC is between PC and NC in static and dynamic mechanical properties, but generally improved. Doped with nano-CaCO3, NC has compactness improved, weak areas reduced, and pore size distribution optimized, while doped with nano-SiO2, NS has obvious internal weak areas, with pore structure degraded.

In order to improve the microwave deicing efficiency of airport road surface concrete, the method of incorporating carbon fiber materials of different doping amounts and lengths into concrete is proposed. The test method is optimized by using a fiber-optic temperature sensor and a self-developed open microwave deicing vehicle, and the effect of the coupling effect of different carbon fiber doping and length on the microwave deicing efficiency of concrete is studied. The results of the study show that the appropriate amount of carbon fiber blended into the concrete can significantly improve the microwave deicing efficiency, and the reasonable use of carbon fiber-modified concrete can achieve the purpose of efficient deicing of the airport road surface. By analyzing the temperature rise curve, temperature rise rate curve, deicing effect, and infrared thermography of the microwave deicing process, combined with the “heat generation-heat dissipation” theory, the microwave deicing is divided into four stages: concrete wave absorption, water layer formation, ice thinning, and ice breaking and ice melting. In the process of microwave deicing of concrete, changing the length of carbon fiber and the amount of doping will have a greater impact on the rate of temperature rise and deicing range, but the shape of deicing remains basically the same, mainly spindle-shaped. When the length of carbon fiber is short, it is not conducive to the absorption of microwave by concrete, and with the increase of fiber length and doping amount, the wave absorption performance of carbon fiber-modified concrete on the airport road surface is gradually improved; when the fiber length is 0.6 cm and the fiber doping amount is 2‰, the wave absorption performance is the best, and the deicing rate is 1.82 times of ordinary concrete, and the deicing area is 1.2 times of ordinary concrete.

The formula describing the relationship between the dielectric constant of a composite and the dielectric constants or volume rates of its components is called a dielectric model. The establishment of a cement concrete dielectric model is the basic and key technique for applying electromagnetic wave technology to concrete structure quality testing and internal damage detection. To construct the dielectric model of carbon nanofiber reinforced concrete, the carbon nanofiber reinforced concrete was measured by the transmission and reflection method for dielectric constant ε, and ε,, in the frequency range of 1.7~2.6 GHz as the fiber content was 0, 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3% and 0.5%. Meanwhile, concrete was considered as a composite material composed of three phases, matrix (mortar), coarse aggregate (limestone gravel) and air, and the dielectric constants and volume rates of each component phase were tested. The Brown model, CRIM (Complex Refractive Index Model) model and Looyenga model commonly used in composite materials were modified based on the experimental data, suitable dielectric models of carbon nanofiber reinforced concrete were constructed, and a reliability check and error analysis of the modified models were carried out. The results showed that the goodness of fit between the calculated curves based on the three modified models and the measured curves was very high, the accuracy and applicability were very strong and the variation rule for the dielectric constant of carbon nanofiber concrete with the frequency of electromagnetic wave could be described accurately. For ε, and ε,,, the error between the dielectric constant calculated by the three modified models and the corresponding measured values was very small. For the dielectric constant ε,, the average error was maintained below 1.2%, and the minimum error was only 0.35%; for the dielectric constant ε,,, the average error was maintained below 3.55%.

In this paper, we demonstrate an active switching of extremely high Q-factor Fano resonances using vanadium oxide (VO2)-implanted THz asymmetric double C-shaped metamaterial (MM) structures. The simulation results indicate the highly temperature-sensitive nature of the double Fano resonances that can be switched at very low external thermal pumping (68 °C), which is only slightly higher than room temperature. We employ the surface current and electric field distributions of the structure to analyze the physical mechanism of the observed switching behavior in the thermally excited Fano MMs. More importantly, by optimizing the asymmetric parameter (offset length), the linewidth of the Fano resonance can reach only 0.015 THz and the Q-factor is as high as 98, which is one order of magnitude higher than that of the traditional MMs. The findings of this work would enable a thermally-induced high-Q Fano resonance MMs for ultra-sensitive sensors, modulators, low threshold switching in metadevices.

Estrogen-related receptor alpha can significantly affect cell metabolism and play key regulatory roles in healthy and diseased organisms. ERRα is also related to the onset and progression of various cancer types. ERRα is primarily expressed in metabolically active tissues and regulates the transcription of metabolic genes in such tissues. It coordinates metabolism and energy demand, affects osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and chondrocytes, promotes muscle regeneration, participates in angiogenesis, and regulates cell aging. In this study, the literature related to the identification of ERRα in skeletal, muscular, and vascular systems was reviewed to further elucidate this receptor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]