Lab of Application on Smart Material
( LASM )
Laboratory overview
The “Lab of Application on Smart Material” is organized with a research group in the
Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation (PMPI), School of
Engineering Science (SES), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).
It was established in 2005 when the leading professor Feng fixed his research interest
on …..
Research
Smart actuators
(1) Torsional actuator ( link: movie….. )
(2) Multi-tube actuator ( link: movie….. )
Application of smart actuators
(1) Piezoelectric impact motor with fiber shaped torsional actuator ( link: movie….. )
(2) Piezoelectric motor with bulk cylinder shaped torsional actuator ( link: movie….. )
(3) Piezoelectric ultrasonic motor with multi-tube actuator ( link: movie….. )
(4) Piezoelectric pump with multi-tube actuator ( link: movie….. )
(5) Optical scanning mirror with fiber actuator ( link: movie….. )
Energy harvesting
(1) Maximum mechanical energy harvesting strategy for a piezoelectric element
(2) Wind energy harvesting device with reed and resonant cavity ( link: movie….. )
(3) Structure to improve energy efficiency of piezoelectric material ( link: movie….. )
Other projects
(1) The influence of preamplifiers on the piezoelectric sensor's dynamic property
(2) Switched capacitor charge pump
(3) Radiator heightens power density of piezoelectric transformers
Publications
Year 2011
C.L. Pan, Z.H. Feng, W.W. Shao and Y.T. Ma, Coupled Torsional and Longitudinal
Vibrations of Piezoelectric Fiber Actuator with Helical Electrodes, IEEE Trans.
Ultrason. Ferroelectr. Freq. Control, (in press) (pdf link)
C.L. Pan, Y.T. Ma, J. Yin, F.R. Kong and Z.H. Feng, Miniature orthogonal optical
scanning mirror excited by torsional piezoelectric fiber actuator, Sens. Actuators, A,
165 (2011) 329–337 (pdf link)
Q. Zhang, C.L. Pan, Y.T. Ma, F.R. Kong and Z.H. Feng, Piezoelectric Rotary Motor
Based on Active Bulk Torsional Element With Grooved Helical Electrodes,
IEEE/ASME Trans. Mechatron., 10.1109/TMECH.2010.2099129 (pdf link)
Year 2010
Q. Zhang, A. Agbossou, Z.H. Feng and M. Cosnier, Solar micro-energy harvesting
based on thermoelectric and latent heat effects. Part II: Experimental analysis, Sens.
Actuators, A, 163 (2010) 284–290 (pdf link)
W.W. Shao, Z.H. Feng, J.W. Xu, C.L. Pan and Y.B. Liu, Radiator heightens power
density of piezoelectric transformers, Electron. Lett, 46 (2010) 1662-U127 (pdf link)
L. Huang, Y.T. Ma, Z.H. Feng and F.R. Kong, Switched capacitor charge pump
reduces hysteresis of piezoelectric actuators over a large frequency range, Rev. Sci.
Instrum., 81 (2010) 094701 (pdf link)
J.W. Xu, W.W. Shao, F.R. Kong and Z.H. Feng, Right-angle piezoelectric cantilever
with improved energy harvesting efficiency, Appl. Phys. Lett., 96 (2010) 152904 (pdf
link)
J. Jun, F.R. Kong, L.G. He, Q.C. Guan and Z.H. Feng, Piezoelectric
Wind-Energy-Harvesting Device with Reed and Resonant Cavity, J. Appl. Phys., Part
1, 49 (2010) 050204 (pdf link)
Y.T. Ma, F.R. Kong, C.L. Pan, Q. Zhang and Z.H. Feng, Miniature tubular centrifugal
piezoelectric pump utilizing wobbling motion, Sens. Actuators, A, 157 (2010)
322–327 (pdf link)
Year 2009
Y.T. Ma, C.L. Pan, Q. Zhang, F.R. Kong and Z.H. Feng, Two-Phase Piezoelectric
Motor Using a Multiple-Tube Structure Actuator, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Part 1, 48 (2009)
096501 (pdf link)
Y.T. Ma, Z.H. Feng, C.L. Pan and F.R. Kong, Static and dynamic analysis of a
four-tube piezoelectric actuator, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 80 (2009) 065101 (pdf link)
W.X. Han, Q. Zhang, Y.T. Ma, C.L. Pan and Z.H. Feng, An impact rotary motor based
on a fiber torsional piezoelectric actuator, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 80 (2009) 014701 (pdf
link)
Year 2008
C.L. Pan, Y.T. Ma, Y.B. Liu, Q. Zhang and Z.H. Feng, Torsional displacement of
piezoelectric fiber actuators with helical electrodes, Sens. Actuators, A, 148 (2008)
250–258 (pdf link)
C.L. Pan, Z.H. Feng, Y.T. Ma and Y.B. Liu, Small torsional piezoelectric fiber
actuators with helical electrodes, Appl. Phys. Lett., 92 (2008) 012923 (pdf link)
Year 2007
W.Q. Liu, Z.H. Feng, J. He and R.B. Liu, Maximum mechanical energy harvesting
strategy for a piezoelement, Smart Mater. Struct. 16 (2007) 2130–2136 (pdf link)
W.Q. Liu, Z.H. Feng, R.B. Liu and J. Zhang, The influence of preamplifiers on the
piezoelectric sensor’s dynamic property, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 78 (2007) 125107 (pdf
link)
Staffs
Professor
Zhihua Feng
fff@ustc.edu.cn
Zhihua Feng was born in 1964. He received his BE, ME and PhD degrees in Precision
Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in
1987, 1990, and 2005, respectively. He is now an Associate Professor at the
Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, USTC. His
research interests include smart actuators and sensors, energy harvesting, power
electronics, and robotics.
Professor
Fanrang Kong
kongfr@ustc.edu.cn
Fanrang Kong was born in 1951. He received his BE from Tsinghua University in
1978, ME from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1983 and PhD
degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1990, respectively.
Since 1998, he has been a Professor in the Department of Precision Machinery and
Precision Instrumentation of USTC. His research interests include smart-material
actuators, status monitoring and faults diagnosis.
Lecturer
Yongbin Liu
lyb@ustc.edu.cn
Yongbin Liu received his ME degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University
of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in 2004. Since 2005, he has served as a
Mechanical Engineer in the Department of Precision Machinery and Precision
Instrumentation, USTC. His research interests include smart-material actuators and
status monitoring and faults diagnosis.
PhD students
Yuting Ma
Weiwei Shao
Liangguo He
Qi Zhang
mayuting@mail.ustc.edu.cn
shaowei@mail.ustc.edu.cn
lghe@mail.ustc.edu.cn
whichsta@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Master students
Qingchun Guan
Liang Huang
Jing Yin
Jiawen Xu
Liansheng Zhang
qchguan@mail.ustc.edu.cn
huangliang3001@126.com
yyinjing@126.com
ghostxu@mail.ustc.edu.cn
zhsen49@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Graduated
Chengliang Pan
Jun Ji
Zhiqiang Lu
Weiqun Liu
shinepcl@mail.ustc.edu.cn
jju@mail.ustc.edu.cn
luzhiq@mail.ustc.edu.cn
len@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Contact us
Address:
Room 312, 2nd Floor, 3rd Building of Mechanics, West Campus of University of
Science and Technology of China, Huang Shan Road, He Fei city, An Hui province,
P.R. China
Telephone:
+86 (0)551 3607894
Fax:
+86 (0)551 3607894
Google map address:
West Campus of University of Science and Technology of China
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Links
Review of Scientific Instruments:
http://rsi.aip.org/
Applied Physics Letters:
http://apl.aip.org/
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical:
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/504103/description#
description
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics:
http://jjap.jsap.jp/
Smart Materials and Structures:
http://iopscience.iop.org/0964-1726/
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics:
http://www.ieee-asme-mechatronics.org/
IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control
http://www.ieee-uffc.org/main/publications/tr/
Electronic letters
http://scitation.aip.org/EL
Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
http://jim.sagepub.com/