Benefits of phytoremediation amended with DC electric field. Application to soils contaminated with heavy metals

Chemosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 229 ◽  
pp. 481-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Cameselle ◽  
Susana Gouveia ◽  
Santiago Urréjola
Author(s):  
А.И. Грачев

In the paper the concept of conductive particle rotation in DC electric field with including the Lorentz force providing generation of electric dipole moment of the particle is for the first time discussed. Some models of the torque transfer to spherical and cylindrical particles based on of the Hall effect at usual geometry and with additional electric field application and also in the case of implementation of the photoelectromagnetic effect are presented.


Author(s):  
N. Yamamoto ◽  
K. Yagi ◽  
G. Honjo

A technique of in-situ application of a dc electric field on a specimen in an electron microscope has been developed to directly observe dynamic phenomena due to the electric field. In the present technique a thickness of a specimen is so thin that a very high electric field can be applied; a few volt of the potential difference across the specimen of the order of 1000 Å thick gives a field as high as 105 V/cm. An additional field application electrode was incorporated not only in a specimen heating holder but also in a liquid helium cooling stage which had been constructed in our 1aboratory. Thus, the experiments could be performed in a wide temperature range of 13-1000K. Fig.la schematically depicts a specimen holder installed in the cooling stage. The detailed arrangement around a specimen is shown in Fig.1b. An electric potential is applied between electrodes of thin A1 films vacuum deposited on the both faces of the specimen.


Author(s):  
Sam Goljahi ◽  
David Pisani ◽  
John Gallagher ◽  
Christopher S. Lynch

Ceramic PZT with a controlled crack was subjected to combined four point bending and longitudinal electric field loading to determine the fracture toughness (KIC) as a function of electric field. Application of a positive DC electric field (in the polarization direction) during mechanical loading was observed to reduce the critical stress intensity factor and application of a negative electric field increased the critical stress intensity factor.


2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (28n29) ◽  
pp. 4782-4789 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOMAS BELZA ◽  
VLADIMIR PAVLINEK ◽  
IVO KURITKA ◽  
PETR SAHA ◽  
OTAKAR QUADRAT

In this study, electrorheological (ER) behaviour of silica nanocomposite suspensions treated with urea and N , N – dimethylformamide (DMF) in DC electric field has been investigated. While the ER effect of the neat silica itself was very low, the modification of silica nanoparticles improved compatibility of the solid and liquid phase and increased considerably ER activity of the system. In contrast to maximum possible concentration about 5 wt.% of neat silica due to particle aggregation 20 wt.% suspension of treated particles with low field-off viscosity could be prepared. The dielectric measurements showed that with increasing amount of urea deposited on the silica particles both the difference between the limit values of the relative permittivities and the relaxation frequency increased. This indicates a great influence of both particle polarizability and the rate of rearrangement of the ER structure in the electric field on the ER intensity. After DMF addition the changes in dielectric properties reflected the higher ER activity. At higher particle loading (25 wt.%) mutual particle interaction increased and field-off viscosity steeply rose. The comparison of the behavior of 20 and 25 wt.% suspensions of modified particles showed that even if high yield stress at higher particle content under electric field application sets in, its relative increase indicating the ER efficiency due to high field-off value may be much lower than at lower suspension loading.


2012 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshihiro Hirai ◽  
Mohammad Ali ◽  
Takafumi Ogiwara ◽  
Daijiro Tsurumi ◽  
Keiichi Yamamoto ◽  
...  

Poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) has been found to be actuated by applying dc electric field, accompanying colossal strain on the anode surface, particularly when plasticized with large amount of plasticizer [1]. We call the plasticized PVC as PVC gel for convenience in this paper. The deformation has been explained only phenomenologically. However, impedance spectroscopy revealed recently the some fundamental mechanism of the actuation, that is, the deformation depends on the dielectric nature of the materials. The colossal increase of dielectric constant was induced in the gel in the low frequency range. The dependency is strongly depends on the nature of the plasticizer and its content. The phenomena observed as electrical actuation of the PVC gels were (1) Creep deformation on the anode surface, (2) Creep induced bending motion, (3) Tacking to the anode, (4) Contractile deformation, and (5) Vibrational motion by dc electric field application. Creep deformation and the excellent transparency of the gel can be utilized for focus controllable lens. Tacking force can be applied various in combination with bending deformation. Bending actuator has been successfully applied micro-finger actuator and passed for hundreds thousands times continuous operation. In this paper, we will introduce not only the various features of the actuation, but also will get into the some detailed mechanism of the deformation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-510
Author(s):  
Yuichi Murakami ◽  
Takunao Sato ◽  
Yuma Goto ◽  
Yuji Muramoto

Author(s):  
I. V. Kubasov ◽  
A. V. Popov ◽  
A. S. Bykov ◽  
A. A. Temirov ◽  
A. M. Kislyuk ◽  
...  

Bidomain single crystals of lithium niobate (LiNbO3) and lithium tantalate (LiTaO3) are promising material for usage as actuators, mechanoelectrical transducers and sensors working in a wide temperature range. It is necessary to take into account anisotropy of properties of crystalline material when such devices are designed. Inthis study we investigated deformations of bidomain round shapedY+ 128°-cut wafers of lithium niobate in an external electric field. Dependencies of piezoelectric coefficients on rotation angles were calculated for lithium niobate and lithium tantalate and plotted for the crystal cuts which are used for bidomain ferroelectric structure formation. In experiment, we utilized external heating method and long-time annealing with lithium out-diffusion method in order to create round bidomain lithium niobate wafers. In order to obtain dependencies of the bidomain crystals’ movements on the rotation angle with central fastening and external electric field application optical microscopy was used. We also modeled a shape of the deformed bidomain wafer with a suggestion that the edge movement depends on the radial distance to the fastening point quadratically. In conclusion, bidomainY+ 128°-cut lithium niobate wafer exhibits saddle-like deformation when DC electric field is applied.


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