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At T6 state, Al–Zn–Mg–Cu aluminum matrix composites reinforced with Al2O3 particles generated in situ were subjected to high pulsed magnetic fields at different magnetic induction intensities (B = 2, 3 and 4 T). The results show that the dislocation densities in the treated samples increased with increasing B, and the magnetoplastic effect was determined to be the primary cause. The effect of the magnetic field is believed to alter the spin state of free electrons between dislocations and obstacles from the singlet state (associated with high bonding energy) to the triplet state (low bonding energy). The maximum ultimate tensile strength of 532 MPa was obtained at B = 4 T with 30 pulses, which was 20.7% higher than that of the initial sample, primarily because of dislocation strengthening. At B = 2 T, the elongation was at its maximum of 9.3%, representing an increase of 12% compared with the initial sample, while the associated ultimate tensile strength (447 MPa) was still higher than that of the untreated sample (440 MPa). The relationship between mechanical properties and microstructure was analyzed, and the improved properties observed in this work are explained by the transition of the electron spin state and the piling up of dislocations.

Currently, electric vehicle technology is becoming more and more mature. Although the anti-lock braking system (ABS) has been commonly applied, most electric vehicles (EVs) still use traditional hydraulic-based disc braking, which has the drawbacks that vehicle wheels are is easy to skid in the rainy day, and easy to be abraded during emergency brake. As a novel method of braking, regenerative braking has the advantages of compact structure, sensitive response, reliability and controllable braking distance. In this research task, a regenerative driving and braking control system for EVs with satisfactory braking performance is proposed. When braking, a motor is converted into a generator-the acquired energy can be used to generate reverse magnetic braking torque with fast response. On this basis, an anti-lock braking controller is realize. A PID controller is also designed to drive the motor and a fuzzy slip ratio controller is designed and used to obtain the optimal slip ratio. Finally, real-world experiments are conducted to verify the proposed method.

Higher plants play the most important role in keeping a stable environment on the earth, which regulate global circumstances in many ways in terms of different levels (molecular, individual, community, and so on), but the nature of the mechanism is gene expression and control temporally and spatially at the molecular level. In persistently changing environment, there are many adverse stress conditions such as cold, drought, salinity and UV-B (280-320 mm), which influence plant growth and crop production greatly. Plants differ from animals in many aspects, but the important may be that plants are more easily influenced by environment than animals. Plants have a series of fine mechanisms for responding to environmental changes, which has been established during their long-period evolution and artificial domestication. These mechanisms are involved in many aspects of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, genetics, development, evolution and molecular biology, in which the adaptive machinery related to molecular biology is the most important. The elucidation of it will extremely and purposefully promote the sustainable utilization of plant resources and make the best use of its current potential under different scales. This molecular mechanism at least include environmental signal recognition (input), signal transduction (many cascade biochemical reactions are involved in this process), signal output, signal responses and phenotype realization, which is a multi-dimensional network system and contain many levels of gene expression and regulation. We will focus on the molecular adaptive machinery of higher plant plasticity under abiotic stresses.

In order to explore the dependence of plasticity of metallic material on a high magnetic field, the effects of the different magnetic induction intensities ( H = 0 T, 0.5 T, 1 T, 3 T, and 5 T) and pulses number (N = 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50) on tensile strength (σ b) and elongation (δ) of 2024 aluminum alloy are investigated in the synchronous presences of a high magnetic field and external stress. The results show that the magnetic field exerts apparent and positive effects on the tensile properties of the alloy. Especially under the optimized condition of H * = 1 T and N* = 30, the σ b and δ are 410 MPa and 17% that are enhanced by 9.3% and 30.8% respectively in comparison to those of the untreated sample. The synchronous increases of tensile properties are attributed to the magneto-plasticity effect on a quantum scale. That is, the magnetic field will accelerate the state conversion of radical pair generated between the dislocation and obstacles from singlet to the triplet state. The bonding energy between them is meanwhile lowered and the moving flexibility of dislocations will be enhanced. At H * = 1 T and N* = 30, the dislocation density is enhanced by 1.28 times. The relevant minimum grain size is 266.1 nm, which is reduced by 35.2%. The grain refining is attributed to the dislocation accumulation and subsequent dynamic recrystallization. The (211) and (220) peak intensities are weakened. It is deduced that together with the recrystallization, the fine grains will transfer towards the slip plane and contribute to the slipping deformation.