Jabbari H¹, M Gholamhosseini¹, M Naeemi², A Nasiri³

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.87, pp. 133-142, 2018, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2018.87.133

Abstract Two experiments were performed in 2011-2012 to investigate the response of three oilseed rape cultivars to drought stress, grown under two climate conditions in Iran (cold and hot climates). The experiments were conducted using a randomized complete-block design arranged in split-plot with three replicates. The irrigation treatments (FI: full irrigation; WIF: withholding irrigation at flowering stage, and WIS: withholding irrigation at the silique formation stage until physiological maturity) were allocated to main plots, whereas subplots consisted of the oilseed rape cultivars: early maturating (GKH2005), relatively late maturing (Opera) and late maturing (Okapi). Drought caused a significant reduction in seed number,… More >

Wenqi Zhang¹, Yunqing Gu^1,*, Jiegang Mou¹

FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.14, No.4, pp. 243-258, 2018, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2018.03836

Abstract It is of great significance for the production of micro robots and new sensors to develop actuators with “muscle” properties. As a kind of electroactive polymers (EAPs), IPMC (ionic polymer-metal composite) can exhibit significant deformation for very low electrical excitation. These composites, known as the “artificial muscle”, can be regarded as intelligent bionic materials. With regard to the mechanism of deformation of IPMC, a large number of experimental studies have proved that the variety of electrodes and water contents relating to IPMC have great influence on its electro-mechanical and mechanical properties. Recent research results about IPMC were summarized here to… More >