TY - JOUR A1 - Burdin, Dmitrii A. A1 - Ekonomov, Nikolai A. A1 - Chashin, Dmitri V. A1 - Fetisov, Leonid Y. A1 - Fetisov, Yuri K. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Temperature Dependence of the Resonant Magnetoelectric Effect in Layered Heterostructures JF - Materials N2 - The dependence of the resonant direct magnetoelectric effect on temperature is studied experimentally in planar composite structures. Samples of rectangular shapes with dimensions of 5 mm x 20 mm employed ferromagnetic layers of either an amorphous (metallic glass) alloy or nickel with a thickness of 20-200 m and piezoelectric layers of single crystalline langatate material or lead zirconate titanate piezoelectric ceramics with a thickness of 500 m. The temperature of the samples was varied in a range between 120 and 390 K by blowing a gaseous nitrogen stream around them. It is shown that the effective characteristics of the magnetoelectric effectsuch as the mechanical resonance frequency f(r), the quality factor Q and the magnitude of the magnetoelectric coefficient (E) at the resonance frequencyare contingent on temperature. The interrelations between the temperature changes of the characteristics of the magnetoelectric effect and the temperature variations of the following material parametersYoung's modulus Y, the acoustic quality factor of individual layers, the dielectric constant epsilon, the piezoelectric modulus d of the piezoelectric layer as well as the piezomagnetic coefficients ((n)) of the ferromagnetic layerare established. The effect of temperature on the characteristics of the nonlinear magnetoelectric effect is observed for the first time. The results can be useful for designing magnetoelectric heterostructures with specified temperature characteristics, in particular, for the development of thermally stabilized magnetoelectric devices. KW - acoustic quality factor KW - composite structure KW - linear KW - magnetoelectric effect KW - magnetoelectric heterostructure KW - magnetostriction KW - nonlinear KW - piezoelectric KW - temperature dependence Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:898-opus4-32185 N1 - corresponding author: Mikhail Shamonin VL - 10 IS - 10 PB - MDPI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fuhrmann, Thomas A1 - Mandl, Roland A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Analysis of learning improvement on changing lab course from single experiments to projects JF - International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education N2 - During recent years, there has been a trend to replace traditional lab courses by project-based learning activities. However, there is currently little scientific evidence for educational improvements through such changes. Some years ago, a lab course on electrical measurements in our bachelor Electrical Engineering and Information Technology was modified from single experiments to projects. This change led to a significant increase in the necessary manpower and lab costs. To justify these higher efforts, it is important to investigate if the learning success increased. We carried out the surveys and collected the statistical data from the students who attended this course. In order to see if the students appreciated this lab course and if there was an objective increase of the students' knowledge, these results were evaluated. Evaluation of the grades in the lecture and lab courses shows that the increase of the students' theoretical and practical knowledge is statistically significant. KW - Electrical engineering education KW - project-based learning KW - student experiments Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0020720915583863 VL - 52 IS - 4 SP - 287 EP - 297 PB - SAGE ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mayer, Matthias A1 - Rabindranath, Raman A1 - Börner, Juliane A1 - Hörner, Eva A1 - Bentz, Alexander A1 - Salgado, Josefina A1 - Han, Hong A1 - Böse, Holger A1 - Probst, Jörn A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Monkman, Gareth J. A1 - Schlunck, Günther T1 - Ultra-Soft PDMS-Based Magnetoactive Elastomers as Dynamic Cell Culture Substrata JF - PLoS ONE N2 - Mechanical cues such as extracellular matrix stiffness and movement have a major impact on cell differentiation and function. To replicate these biological features in vitro, soft substrata with tunable elasticity and the possibility for controlled surface translocation are desirable. Here we report on the use of ultra-soft (Young’s modulus <100 kPa) PDMS-based magnetoactive elastomers (MAE) as suitable cell culture substrata. Soft non-viscous PDMS (<18 kPa) is produced using a modified extended crosslinker. MAEs are generated by embedding magnetic microparticles into a soft PDMS matrix. Both substrata yield an elasticity-dependent (14 vs. 100 kPa) modulation of α-smooth muscle actin expression in primary human fibroblasts. To allow for static or dynamic control of MAE material properties, we devise low magnetic field (≈40 mT) stimulation systems compatible with cell-culture environments. Magnetic field-instigated stiffening (14 to 200 kPa) of soft MAE enhances the spreading of primary human fibroblasts and decreases PAX-7 transcription in human mesenchymal stem cells. Pulsatile MAE movements are generated using oscillating magnetic fields and are well tolerated by adherent human fibroblasts. This MAE system provides spatial and temporal control of substratum material characteristics and permits novel designs when used as dynamic cell culture substrata or cell culture-coated actuator in tissue engineering applications or biomedical devices. Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076196 VL - 8 IS - 10 PB - PLOS ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Forster, Eva A1 - Mayer, Matthias A1 - Rabindranath, Raman A1 - Böse, Holger A1 - Schlunck, Günther A1 - Monkman, Gareth J. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Patterning of ultrasoft, agglutinative magnetorheological elastomers JF - Journal of applied polymer science N2 - A low-cost wax-cast molding technique for structuring ultrasoft (Young’s modulus ≤ 40 kPa), agglutinative magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) material is presented. MRE structures ranging from a few millimeters down to the micrometer range with highly reproducible results are possible. Semitransparent MREs are also fabricated and their surfaces modified accordingly. This method opens new possibilities for MREs in biomedical engineering and microfluidic applications. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013 Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/app.38500 VL - 128 IS - 4 SP - 2508 EP - 2515 PB - Wiley CY - New York, NY ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kriegl, Raphael A1 - Krenkel, Lars A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Preservation of wetting ridges using field-induced plasticity of magnetoactive elastomers JF - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science N2 - Hypothesis. The presence of a wetting ridge is crucial for many wetting phenomena on soft substrates. Conventional experimental observations of a wetting ridge require permanent presence of a droplet. The magnetic field-induced plasticity effect (FIPE) of soft magnetoative elastomers (MAEs) allows one to overcome this limitation. Depositing a droplet onto an MAE surface and applying a magnetic field fixes the wetting ridge in place due to the FIPE. The droplet can be removed to investigate the ridge with ease using conventional optical methods. Experiments. The wetting ridge is observed on MAEs with different shear moduli and different material thicknesses by confocal laser scanning microscopy (LSM). The preservation quality of the ridge is analyzed for several values of magnetic field from 10 mT to 270 mT. To verify the plausibilty of results obtained, the measured shape is compared to a theoretical model by Style & Dufresne. Findings. Upon removal of the sessile droplet, the deformation remains embossed onto the MAE surface as long as the magnetic field remains applied. The height of the ridge peak on soft samples (effective shear modulus kPa) is close to the theoretical prediction for a magnetic flux density of 50 mT. The magnitude of the external magnetic field magnifies the height of the wetting ridge. KW - Wetting ridge KW - Droplet KW - Magnetoactive elastomer KW - Magnetorheological elastomer KW - Field-induced plasticity KW - Confocal laser scanning microscopy Y1 - 2025 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.12.132 SN - 0021-9797 N1 - Corresponding author der OTH Regensburg: Raphael Kriegl VL - 683 SP - 1019 EP - 1027 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stadler, Dominik A1 - Hofmann, Matthias J. A1 - Motschmann, Hubert A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Automotived system for measuring the surface dilational modulus of liquid-air interfaces JF - Measurement Science and Technology N2 - The surface dilational modulus is a crucial parameter for describing the rheological properties of aqueous surfactant solutions. These properties are important for many technological processes. The present paper describes a fully automated instrument based on the oscillating bubble technique. It works in the frequency range from 1 Hz to 500 Hz, where surfactant exchange dynamics governs the relaxation process. The originality of instrument design is the consistent combination of modern measurement technologies with advanced imaging and signal processing algorithms. Key steps on the way to reliable and precise measurements are the excitation of harmonic oscillation of the bubble, phase sensitive evaluation of the pressure response, adjustment and maintenance of the bubble shape to half sphere geometry for compensation of thermal drifts, contour tracing of the bubbles video images, removal of noise and artefacts within the image for improving the reliability of the measurement, and, in particular, a complex trigger scheme for the measurement of the oscillation amplitude, which may vary with frequency as a result of resonances. The corresponding automation and programming tasks are described in detail. Various programming strategies, such as the use of MATLAB® software and native C++ code are discussed. An advance in the measurement technique is demonstrated by a fully automated measurement. The instrument has the potential to mature into a standard technique in the fields of colloid and interface chemistry and provides a significant extension of the frequency range to established competing techniques and state-of-the-art devices based on the same measurement principle. KW - automated measurements KW - DILATATIONAL PROPERTIES KW - dilational modulus KW - graphical user interfaces KW - image processing KW - MEDIUM FREQUENCY-RANGE KW - OSCILLATING BUBBLE TECHNIQUE KW - RHEOLOGY KW - signal processing KW - STABILITY KW - surface rheology KW - TENSIOMETRY Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/27/6/065301 VL - 27 IS - 6 PB - IOP Science ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Shamonina, Ekaterina A1 - Kalinin, V. A1 - Solymar, L. T1 - Resonant frequencies of a split-ring resonator: Analytical solutions and numerical simulations JF - Microwave and optical technology letters N2 - A set of differential equations describing the current andvoltage distribution in a split-ring resonator is derived and solved ana-lytically. The resonant frequencies may be obtained from the solution of a characteristic equation. An approximate solution for the lowest reso-nant frequency agrees with that obtained by heuristic arguments. The analytical results are supported by numerical simulations KW - metamaterial KW - split-ring resonator KW - resonant frequencies KW - equivalent distributed circuit KW - characteristic equation Y1 - 2004 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.20567 VL - 44 IS - 2 SP - 133 EP - 136 PB - Wiley ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Snarskii, Andrei A. A1 - Kalita, Viktor M. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Renormalization of the critical exponent for the shear modulus of magnetoactive elastomers JF - Scientific Reports N2 - It is shown that the critical exponent for the effective shear modulus of a composite medium where a compliant polymer matrix is filled with ferromagnetic particles may significantly depend on the external magnetic field. The physical consequence of this dependence is the critical behavior of the relative magnetorheological effect. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22333-6 N1 - Corresponding author: Mikhail Shamonin VL - 8 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Nature ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dillinger, Andrea Elisabeth A1 - Mayer, Matthias A1 - Schneider, Magdalena A1 - Weber, Gregor R. A1 - Goeppner, Corinna A1 - Tamm, Ernst R. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Monkman, Gareth J. A1 - Fuchshofer, Rudolf T1 - Reactive changes in optic nerve astrocytes are mediated by CTGF, TGF beta 2 and increasing substratum stiffness JF - Investigative ophthalmology & visual science N2 - Purpose: Patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) show a stiffer peripapillary sclera, reactive astrocytes and a remodeled lamina cribrosa (LC). The changes are thought to be mediated by TGFβ2 and its downstream mediator CTGF. Recently we developed a murine glaucoma model by overexpressing CTGF in the anterior eye (βb1CTGF). In this study we investigated the glial lamina region of βb1CTGF mice, and the changes of astrocytes in response to CTGF and TGFβ2 as well as increasing substratum stiffness. Methods: Tangential sections of the glial LC of 2-month-old βb1CTGF mice and their wild-type littermates (WT) were stained with phalloidin and antibodies against GFAP, CTGF and fibronectin (FN). Murine optic nerve (ON) astrocytes from CD1 mice were isolated, cultured and characterized by GFAP staining. The astrocytes were treated with TGFβ2 (1ng/ml) and CTGF (50ng/ml and 100ng/ml). In addition, the cells were seeded on PDMS substrata with different stiffness (10, 30 and 60 kPa). Treated cells were analyzed by Western blotting, real-time RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. Wound healing assays were performed to analyze migration rate following growth factor treatment. Results: βb1CTGF mice showed a massive increase in CTGF and GFAP in the glial LC when compared with WT mice. Moreover, an increase in FN staining and phalloidin-labeled actin was observed in the peripapillary sclera. Murine ON astrocytes reacted on increased substrate stiffness by increasing the synthesis of GFAP, vimentin and CTGF. Treatment of the cells with TGFβ2 and CTGF led to an enhanced migration rate. In addition, treatment resulted in an increased expression and synthesis of ECM proteins, including FN, tropoelastin, collagen type I and III. The in vitro findings correlated with those seen in the glaucoma mouse model. Conclusions: We conclude that changes in the ECM of LC and peripapillary sclera alter their biomechanical properties and thereby induce reactive changes in resident astrocytes. The reactive changes induced by higher stiffness of their surrounding ECM give rise to a self-amplifying process that includes increased TGFβ2/CTGF signaling and leads to synthesis of ECM and cytoskeletal proteins, a process that in turn augments the stiffness at the optic nerve head (ONH). Such a scenario may finally result in a vicious circle as the causative mechanism for ONH deformation in POAG. Y1 - 2015 VL - 56 IS - 7 PB - ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Snarskii, Andrei A. A1 - Zhenirovskyy, M. I. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - The effective properties of macroscopically nonuniform ferromagnetic composites: Theory and numerical experiment JF - Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics N2 - Various theoretical models (self-consistent field, local linearization, and percolation theory methods and an analytic solution of the linear problem for an ordered medium) for calculating the magnetostatic properties of two-phase composites containing one ferromagnetic phase were considered. The concentration and field dependences of the effective magnetic permeability were found. A method for determining the coercive force and remanent magnetization as functions of the ferromagnetic phase concentration was suggested. Numerical experiments were performed for composites with a periodic distribution of circular inclusions. The results were compared with the analytically calculated effective magnetic permeability. KW - Numerical Experiment KW - Remanent Magnetization KW - Field Dependence KW - Coercive Force KW - Magnetic Permeability Y1 - 2003 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1545385 VL - 96 SP - 66 EP - 77 PB - Springer ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sorokin, Vladislav V. A1 - Stepanov, Gennady V. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Monkman, Gareth J. A1 - Khokhlov, Alexei R. A1 - Kramarenko, Elena Yu T1 - Hysteresis of the viscoelastic properties and the normal force in magnetically and mechanically soft magnetoactive elastomers: Effects of filler composition, strain amplitude and magnetic field JF - Polymer N2 - Hysteresis in dynamic modulus, loss factor and normal forces of magnetoactive elastomers (MAEs) comprising various proportions of small (3-5 mu m) and large (50-60 mu m) ferromagnetic particles are experimentally studied using dynamic torsion performed at a fixed oscillation frequency in varying DC magnetic fields. It is shown that hysteresis is a characteristic feature of MAEs observed both under increasing/decreasing magnetic field strength and increasing/decreasing strain amplitude. This hysteresis is attributed to the specific rearrangement of the magnetic filler network under simultaneously applied magnetic field and shear deformation. Rheological properties of the magnetic filler network formed in the magnetic field and, therefore, the rheological properties of MAEs depend strongly on the filler composition and the magnetic field magnitude. Larger magnetic particles and higher magnetic fields provide stronger magnetic networks. Both factors result in the extension of the linear viscoelastic regime to larger strain amplitudes and lead to higher values of shear storage and loss moduli. It is found that the hysteresis width maximises at an intermediate magnetic field where it is attributed to the balance between elastic and magnetic particle interactions. This is apparently where the most significant restructuring of the magnetic network occurs. The hysteresis width decreases with increasing fraction of large particles in the magnetic filler. The loss factor grows significantly when the magnetic network is physically broken by large strains gamma > 1%. A huge (more than one order of magnitude) increase of normal force at maximum magnetic field strengths is observed. It is predicted that any physical quantity depending on the internal structuring of the magnetic filler should demonstrate hysteresis either with a changing magnetic field and constant deformation amplitude or under variable deformation in a constant magnetic field. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KW - BEHAVIOR KW - COMPRESSION KW - Dynamic modulus KW - GELS KW - hysteresis KW - Magnetorheological elastomers KW - magnetostriction KW - MODULUS KW - PARTICLES KW - POLYMER COMPOSITES KW - shear Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2015.08.040 VL - 76 SP - 191 EP - 202 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Filippov, O. A1 - Ringhofer, K. H. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Shamonina, Ekaterina A1 - Kamshilin, A. A. A1 - Nippolainen, E. A1 - Sturman, B. I. T1 - Polarization properties of light-induced scattering in Bi12TiO20 crystals: theory and experiment for diagonal geometry JF - Journal of the Optical Society of America B N2 - Illumination of ac-biased photorefractive Bi12TiO20 crystals with a coherent light beam results in the development of strong nonlinear scattering. Theoretically and experimentally we investigate the angular and polarization characteristics of the scattered light for the diagonal ([1̲1̲1]) optical configuration and different polarization states of the pump. A satisfactory understanding of the observed scattering properties is achieved for most of the cases investigated. Y1 - 2003 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.20.000677 VL - 20 IS - 4 SP - 677 EP - 684 PB - Optica Publishing Group ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Filippov, O. A1 - Ringhofer, K. H. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Shamonina, Ekaterina A1 - Kamshilin, A. A. A1 - Nippolainen, E. A1 - Sturman, B. I. T1 - Polarization properties of light-induced scattering in Bi_12TiO_20 crystals BT - theory and experiment for diagonal geometry JF - Journal of the Optical Society of America B N2 - Illumination of ac-biased photorefractive Bi12TiO20 crystals with a coherent light beam results in the development of strong nonlinear scattering. Theoretically and experimentally we investigate the angular and polarization characteristics of the scattered light for the diagonal ([1̲1̲1]) optical configuration and different polarization states of the pump. A satisfactory understanding of the observed scattering properties is achieved for most of the cases investigated. Y1 - 2003 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.20.000677 VL - 20 IS - 4 PB - Optica Publishing Group ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kriegl, Raphael A1 - Kovalev, Alexander A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Gorb, Stanislav T1 - Tunable contact angle hysteresis on compliant magnetoactive elastomers JF - Extreme Mechanics Letters N2 - It is shown that the advancing (ACA) and receding (RCA) contact angles of water on extremely soft (shear modulus of the order of 10 kPa) magnetoactive elastomer (MAE) films significantly depend on the applied magnetic field. The difference between these angles, known as the contact angle hysteresis, is examined. The roles of the filler concentration and material softness are elaborated. The highest change in the contact angle hysteresis (CAH) from 34° in the absence of magnetic field to 76° in a magnetic field of 0.4 T is achieved for the softest sample with the lowest mass fraction of iron particles (70 wt%). The dependence of the CAH on magnetization history (“magnetic hysteresis”) is observed. This magnetic hysteresis is clearly pronounced for the ACA and has little effect on the RCA. Magnetic field-induced changes of the surface roughness exhibit qualitatively the same hysteresis behavior with regard to the external magnetic field as the ACA. The results are promising for the development of smart surfaces for applications where the dynamic wetting has to be controlled. KW - Magnetoactive elastomers KW - Dynamic wetting KW - Magnetic hysteresis KW - Contact angle hysteresis Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2023.102049 SN - 2352-4316 VL - 63 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Radkovskaya, Anna A. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Stevens, Chris J. A1 - Faulkner, Grahame A1 - Edwards, David J. A1 - Shamonina, Ekaterina A1 - Solymar, L. T1 - Resonant frequencies of a combination of split rings: Experimental, analytical and numerical study JF - Microwave and Optical Technoly Letters N2 - The resonant frequencies of five different ring resonators are measured with the aid of a network analyser within the frequency range of about 1.5 to 2.8 GHz. The resonant frequencies for those configurations are also determined from numerical calculations using the commercially available MICRO-STRIPES package. The experimental and numerical results are shown to be very close to each other. Analytical results from various authors, available for three of the configurations, are also compared with the experimental results; one of them leads to a large discrepancy, but the other analytical approximations are shown to be not too far off. Y1 - 2005 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.21021 VL - 46 IS - 5 SP - 473 EP - 476 PB - Wiley ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dechant, Eduard A1 - Fedulov, Feodor A1 - Fetisov, Leonid Y. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Bandwidth Widening of Piezoelectric Cantilever Beam Arrays by Mass-Tip Tuning for Low-Frequency Vibration Energy Harvesting JF - Applied Science N2 - Wireless sensor networks usually rely on internal permanent or rechargeable batteries as a power supply, causing high maintenance efforts. An alternative solution is to supply the entire system by harvesting the ambient energy, for example, by transducing ambient vibrations into electric energy by virtue of the piezoelectric effect. The purpose of this paper is to present a simple engineering approach for the bandwidth optimization of vibration energy harvesting systems comprising multiple piezoelectric cantilevers (PECs). The frequency tuning of a particular cantilever is achieved by changing the tip mass. It is shown that the bandwidth enhancement by mass tuning is limited and requires several PECs with close resonance frequencies. At a fixed frequency detuning between subsequent PECs, the achievable bandwidth shows a saturation behavior as a function of the number of cantilevers used. Since the resonance frequency of each PEC is different, the output voltages at a particular excitation frequency have different amplitudes and phases. A simple power-transfer circuit where several PECs with an individual full wave bridge rectifier are connected in parallel allows one to extract the electrical power close to the theoretical maximum excluding the diode losses. The experiments performed on two- and three-PEC arrays show reasonable agreement with simulations and demonstrate that this power-transfer circuit additionally influences the frequency dependence of the harvested electrical power. KW - array KW - BAND-PASS FILTERS KW - bandwidth KW - BIMORPH KW - Optimization KW - OUTPUT KW - PERFORMANCE KW - piezoelectric cantilever KW - POWER KW - vibration energy harvesting Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/app7121324 N1 - Corresponding Author: Mikhail Shamonin VL - 7 IS - 12 PB - MDPI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kreitmeier, Florian A1 - Chashin, Dmitri V. A1 - Fetisov, Yuri K. A1 - Fetisov, Leonid Y. A1 - Schulz, Irene A1 - Monkman, Gareth J. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Nonlinear Magnetoelectric Response of Planar Ferromagnetic-Piezoelectric Structures to Sub-Millisecond Magnetic Pulses JF - Sensors N2 - The magnetoelectric response of bi- and symmetric trilayer composite structures to pulsed magnetic fields is experimentally investigated in detail. The structures comprise layers of commercially available piezoelectric (lead zirconate titanate) and magnetostrictive (permendur or nickel) materials. The magnetic-field pulses have the form of a half-wave sine function with duration of 450 µs and amplitudes ranging from 500 Oe to 38 kOe. The time dependence of the resulting voltage is presented and explained by theoretical estimations. Appearance of voltage oscillations with frequencies much larger than the reciprocal pulse length is observed for sufficiently large amplitudes (~1-10 kOe) of the magnetic-field pulse. The origin of these oscillations is the excitation of bending and planar acoustic oscillations in the structures. Dependencies of the magnetoelectric voltage coefficient on the excitation frequency and the applied magnetic field are calculated by digital signal processing and compared with those obtained by the method of harmonic field modulation. The results are of interest for developing magnetoelectric sensors of pulsed magnetic fields as well as for rapid characterization of magnetoelectric composite structures. Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/s121114821 N1 - Corresponding author: Mikhail Shamonin VL - 12 IS - 11 SP - 14821 EP - 14837 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Apelsmeier, Andreas A1 - Gleixner, Ramona A1 - Mayer, Matthias A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Schmauss, Bernhard T1 - Intensity referencing in an extrinsic optical fiber temperature sensor JF - Procedia Engineering N2 - Optical fiber sensors based on intensity measurement require some form of intensity referencing to avoid errors arising from parasitic losses. Known techniques of referencing such as balanced bridge, divided beam systems or two-wavelength referencing are not suitable for low-cost applications since they use relatively complicated optical components such as multiple LED sources, couplers, filters etc. In this work a novel method of referencing in an extrinsic optical fiber sensor system utilizing temperature dependence of absorption edge in a semiconductor crystal is described. The sensor system comprises a single LED source and no optical fiber junctions. The emission spectrum of an LED depends on its temperature. The reference is provided by controlling the temperature of an LED source and transmission measurements with different emission spectra. The entire process is controlled by a microprocessor unit. Performance of a sensor system is investigated and it is shown that the losses in connectors may be compensated for. KW - Extrinsic optical fiber sensor KW - Intensity referencing KW - Temperature measurement KW - Absorption edge KW - Semiconductor KW - Hot-spot measurement Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2010.09.301 VL - 5 SP - 1095 EP - 1098 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Snarskii, Andrei A. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Zhenirovskyy, M. I. A1 - Trautner, Ralph T1 - Effect of disorder on the conductivity of two-phase strongly inhomogeneous highly filled composites JF - Theoretical and Mathematical Physics N2 - The effect of the “stir” of a structure (small deviations from strict periodicity) on effective conductivity is considered. For determinate and random deviations, concentration and field dependences of the effective conductivity are found. Numerical experiments with determinate deviations are carried out for the cases of linear (with respect to the field) inclusions embedded in both a linear and nonlinear matrix. The numerical results are compared with the effective conductivity calculated analytically. KW - Small Deviation KW - Numerical Experiment KW - Field Dependence KW - Effective Conductivity KW - Random Deviation Y1 - 2005 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1854818 VL - 50 SP - 11 EP - 18 PB - Springer ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Radkovskaya, Anna A. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Stevens, Chris J. A1 - Faulkner, Grahame A1 - Edwards, David J. A1 - Shamonina, Ekaterina A1 - Solymar, L. T1 - An experimental study of the properties of magnetoinductive waves in the presence of retardation JF - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials N2 - Magnetoinductive (MI) waves owe their existence to the magnetic coupling between metamaterial elements. First experiments confirming the existence of MI waves were carried out on capacitively loaded loops and Swiss Rolls about three orders of magnitude smaller than the operating wavelengths (5–15 m) so that the radiation effects did not play any significant role. In the present paper MI waves are studied experimentally on various types of split ring resonators of about 1 cm diameter operating in the microwave region between 1 and 2 GHz. Our results prove that retardation has a significant effect upon the propagation of MI waves. Y1 - 2006 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.73.224406 VL - 300 IS - 1 SP - 29 EP - 32 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Snarskii, Andrei A. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Yuskevich, Pavel T1 - Effect of magnetic-field-induced restructuring on the elastic properties of magnetoactive elastomers JF - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials N2 - Composite materials where magnetic micrometer-sized particles are embedded into a compliant polymer matrix are known as magnetorheological (or magnetoactive) elastomers (MAEs). They are distinguished by huge variations in their physical properties, when in a magnetic field, which is commonly attributed to the restructuring of the filler. The process of the magnetic-field-induced restructuring in a magnetorheological elastomer is interpreted as progression towards percolation. Such a physical model was previously used to explain the dependence of the magnetic permeability and dielectric permittivity of MAEs on the magnetic field strength. Based on this hypothesis, the magnetorheological effect in MAEs is considered theoretically. The theoretical approach is built upon a self-consistent effective-medium theory for the elastic properties, extended to the variable (field dependent) percolation threshold. The proposed model allows one to describe the large variations (over several orders of magnitude) of the effective elastic moduli of these composite materials, known as the giant magnetorheological (MR) and field-stiffening effects. The existence of a giant magnetic Poisson effect is predicted. The relation of the proposed model to the existing theories of the MR effect in MAEs is discussed. The results can be useful for applications of MAEs in magnetic-field-controlled vibration dampers and isolators. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2020.167392 IS - 517, January PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Snarskii, Andrei A. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Yuskevich, Pavel T1 - Effective medium theory for the elastic properties of composite materials with various percolation thresholds JF - Materials N2 - It is discussed that the classical effective medium theory for the elastic properties of random heterogeneous materials is not congruous with the effective medium theory for the electrical conductivity. In particular, when describing the elastic and electro-conductive properties of a strongly inhomogeneous two-phase composite material, the steep rise of effective parameters occurs at different concentrations. To achieve the logical concordance between the cross-property relations, a modification of the effective medium theory of the elastic properties is introduced. It is shown that the qualitative conclusions of the theory do not change, while a possibility of describing a broader class of composite materials with various percolation thresholds arises. It is determined under what conditions there is an elasticity theory analogue of the Dykhne formula for the effective conductivity. The theoretical results are supported by known experiments and show improvement over the existing approach. The introduction of the theory with the variable percolation threshold paves the way for describing the magnetorheological properties of magnetoactive elastomers. A similar approach has been recently used for the description of magneto-dielectric and magnetic properties. KW - elastic properties KW - effective medium approximation KW - self-consistent KW - random heterogeneous medium KW - two-phase composite material KW - percolation threshold Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13051243 VL - 13 IS - 5 SP - 1 EP - 19 PB - MPDI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kahl, Matthias A1 - Krause, Veronika A1 - Hackenberg, Rudolf A1 - Ul Haq, Anwar A1 - Horn, Anton A1 - Jacobsen, Hans-Arno A1 - Kriechbaumer, Thomas A1 - Petzenhauser, Michael A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Udalzow, Anton T1 - Measurement system and dataset for in-depth analysis of appliance energy consumption in industrial environment JF - tm - Technisches Messen N2 - To support a rational and efficient use of electrical energy in residential and industrial environments, Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) provides several techniques to identify state and power consumption profiles of connected appliances. Design requirements for such systems include a low hardware and installations costs for residential, reliability and high-availability for industrial purposes, while keeping invasive interventions into the electrical infrastructure to a minimum. This work introduces a reference hardware setup that allows an in depth analysis of electrical energy consumption in industrial environments. To identify appliances and their consumption profile, appropriate identification algorithms are developed by the NILM community. To enable an evaluation of these algorithms on industrial appliances, we introduce the Laboratory-measured IndustriaL Appliance Characteristics (LILAC) dataset: 1302 measurements from one, two, and three concurrently running appliances of 15 appliance types, measured with the introduced testbed. To allow in-depth appliance consumption analysis, measurements were carried out with a sampling rate of 50 kHz and 16-bit amplitude resolution for voltage and current signals. We show in experiments that signal signatures, contained in the measurement data, allows one to distinguish the single measured electrical appliances with a baseline machine learning approach of nearly 100% accuracy. KW - appliance monitoring KW - DAQ KW - NILM Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1515/teme-2018-0038 VL - 86 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - De Gruyter ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kostrov, Sergei A. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Stepanov, Gennady V. A1 - Kramarenko, Elena Yu T1 - Magnetodielectric Response of Soft Magnetoactive Elastomers: Effects of Filler Concentration and Measurement Frequency JF - International Journal of Molecular Sciences N2 - The magnetodielectric response of magnetoactive elastomers (MAEs) in its dependence on filler concentration, magnetic field, and test frequency is studied experimentally. MAEs are synthesized on the basis of a silicone matrix filled with spherical carbonyl iron particles characterized by a mean diameter of 4.5 mu m. The concentration of the magnetic filler within composite materials is equal to 70, 75, and 80 mass%. The effective lossless permittivity epsilon as well as the dielectric loss tan grow significantly when the magnetic field increases. The permittivity increases and the dielectric loss decreases with increasing filler concentration. In the measurement frequency range between 1 kHz and 200 kHz, the frequency hardly affects the values of epsilon and tan in the absence of a magnetic field. However, both parameters decrease considerably with the growing frequency in a constant magnetic field. The more strongly the magnetic field is applied, the larger the change in permittivity and loss tangent at the same test frequency is observed. An equivalent circuit formulation qualitatively describes the main tendencies of the magnetodielectric response. KW - dielectric loss KW - magnetic filler KW - MAGNETIC-FIELD KW - magnetoactive elastomers KW - magnetodielectric effect KW - permittivity Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20092230 VL - 20 IS - 9 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kurzweil, Peter A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - State-of-Charge Monitoring by Impedance Spectroscopy during Long-Term Self-Discharge of Supercapacitors and Lithium-Ion Batteries JF - Batteries N2 - Frequency-dependent capacitance C(ω) is a rapid and reliable method for the determination of the state-of-charge (SoC) of electrochemical storage devices. The state-of-the-art of SoC monitoring using impedance spectroscopy is reviewed, and complemented by original 1.5-year long-term electrical impedance measurements of several commercially available supercapacitors. It is found that the kinetics of the self-discharge of supercapacitors comprises at least two characteristic time constants in the range of days and months. The curvature of the Nyquist curve at frequencies above 10 Hz (charge transfer resistance) depends on the available electric charge as well, but it is of little use for applications. Lithium-ion batteries demonstrate a linear correlation between voltage and capacitance as long as overcharge and deep discharge are avoided. KW - aging KW - capacitance KW - self-discharge KW - state-of-charge monitoring KW - supercapacitor Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries4030035 VL - 4 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - MPDI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baumer, Johannes A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Abstandsensorsystem basierend auf dem Prinzip der optischen Reflektion für Anwendungen im Bereich Weiße Ware: Intensitätsreferenzierung und Linearisierung des Ausgnagssignals JF - TM - Technisches Messen N2 - Ein auf optischer Reflektion basierendes Abstandssensorsystem für die „Weiße Ware“ wird hier vorgestellt. Die technische Lösung greift auf ein allseits bekanntes Intensitätsreferenzierungsprinzip – die optische Brücke – zurück. Der Einfluss der Umgebungstemperatur kann kompensiert werden. Störeffekte wie alterungsbedingte Drift der optischen Elemente oder Systemvariationen der Empfindlichkeit verursacht durch die Streuung der einzelnen Komponenten können erfolgreich gehandhabt werden. Ein Algorithmus zur Ausgangslinearisierung und dessen Optimierung in Hinblick auf einen kostengünstigen Mikrokontroller wird beschrieben. Zum Schluss wird ein Prototyp eines Fertigungsautomaten, der zur Herstellung dieses Sensors dient, und dessen grundlegende Funktion vorgestellt. A reflective optical sensor system for distance measurements in white-goods applications is presented. The technical solution implements a well-known intensity referencing principle - the optical bridge - in a low-cost design. The influence of the ambient temperature can be compensated for. The spurious effects such as slow output drift caused by aging of optical components or the variation of the system sensitivity due to the parameter spreading of system components can be successfully overcome as well. An algorithm for linearizing the system response is described and optimized for a low-cost microcontroller. Finally, a prototype of an assembly line, which is used for producing this sensor system, is described and its basic funcionallity is demonstrated. T2 - Optical-reflection-based distance sensor system for white-goods applications: intensity referencing and response linearization KW - Fertigungskonzept KW - Kompensation von Störeffekten KW - Kostengünstiger Abstandssensor KW - Liearisierung der Sensorantwort KW - optische Reflektion Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1515/teme-2014-1014 VL - 81 IS - 2 SP - 62 EP - 69 PB - de Gruyter ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stadler, Dominik A1 - Hofmann, Matthias J. A1 - Motschmann, Hubert A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Automated system for measuring the surface dilational modulus of liquid-air interfaces JF - Measurement Science and Technology N2 - The surface dilational modulus is a crucial parameter for describing the rheological properties of aqueous surfactant solutions. These properties are important for many technological processes. The present paper describes a fully automated instrument based on the oscillating bubble technique. It works in the frequency range from 1 Hz to 500 Hz, where surfactant exchange dynamics governs the relaxation process. The originality of instrument design is the consistent combination of modern measurement technologies with advanced imaging and signal processing algorithms. Key steps on the way to reliable and precise measurements are the excitation of harmonic oscillation of the bubble, phase sensitive evaluation of the pressure response, adjustment and maintenance of the bubble shape to half sphere geometry for compensation of thermal drifts, contour tracing of the bubbles video images, removal of noise and artefacts within the image for improving the reliability of the measurement, and, in particular, a complex trigger scheme for the measurement of the oscillation amplitude, which may vary with frequency as a result of resonances. The corresponding automation and programming tasks are described in detail. Various programming strategies, such as the use of MATLAB (R) software and native C++ code are discussed. An advance in the measurement technique is demonstrated by a fully automated measurement. The instrument has the potential to mature into a standard technique in the fields of colloid and interface chemistry and provides a significant extension of the frequency range to established competing techniques and state-of-the-art devices based on the same measurement principle. KW - automated measurements KW - dilational modulus KW - graphical user interfaces KW - Image processing KW - oscillating bubble technique KW - signal processing KW - STABILITY KW - surface rheology Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/27/6/065301 VL - 27 IS - 6 PB - IOP PUBLISHING ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Burdin, Dmitrii A. A1 - Chashin, Dmitri V. A1 - Ekonomov, Nikolai A. A1 - Fetisov, Leonid Y. A1 - Fetisov, Yuri K. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - DC magnetic field sensing based on the nonlinear magnetoelectric effect in magnetic heterostructures JF - Journal of physics D: Applied physics N2 - Recently, highly sensitive magnetic field sensors using the magnetoelectric effect in composite ferromagnetic-piezoelectric layered structures have been demonstrated. However, most of the proposed concepts are not useful for measuring dc magnetic fields, because the conductivity of piezoelectric layers results in a strong decline of the sensor's sensitivity at low frequencies. In this paper, a novel functional principle of magnetoelectric sensors for dc magnetic field measurements is described. The sensor employs the nonlinear effect of voltage harmonic generation in a composite magnetoelectric structure under the simultaneous influence of a strong imposed ac magnetic field and a weak dc magnetic field to be measured. This physical effect arises due to the nonlinear dependence of the magnetostriction in the ferromagnetic layer on the magnetic field. A sensor prototype comprising of a piezoelectric fibre transducer sandwiched between two layers of the amorphous ferromagnetic Metglas (R) alloy was fabricated. The specifications regarding the magnetic field range, frequency characteristics, and noise level were studied experimentally. The prototype showed the responsivity of 2.5 V mT(-1) and permitted the measurement of dc magnetic fields in the range of similar to 10 nT to about 0.4 mT. Although sensor operation is based on the nonlinear effect, the sensor response can be made linear with respect to the measured magnetic field in a broad dynamic range extending over 5 orders of magnitude. The underlying physics is explained through a simplified theory for the proposed sensor. The functionality, differences and advantages of the magnetoelectric sensor compare well with fluxgate magnetometers. The ways to enhance the sensor performance are considered. KW - composite KW - magnetic field sensors KW - magnetic heterostructures KW - magnetoelectric effect KW - nonlinear magnetostriction KW - Sensors KW - voltage harmonic generation Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/49/37/375002 VL - 49 IS - 37 PB - IOP Publishing ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kalita, Viktor M. A1 - Snarskii, Andrei A. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Zorinets, Denis T1 - Effect of single-particle magnetostriction on the shear modulus of compliant magnetoactive elastomers JF - Physical review E N2 - The influence of an external magnetic field on the static shear strain and the effective shear modulus of a magnetoactive elastomer (MAE) is studied theoretically in the framework of a recently introduced approach to the single-particle magnetostriction mechanism [V. M. Kalita et al., Phys. Rev. E 93, 062503 (2016)]. The planar problem of magnetostriction in an MAE with magnetically soft inclusions in the form of a thin disk (platelet) having the magnetic anisotropy in the plane of this disk is solved analytically. An external magnetic field acts with torques on magnetic filler particles, creates mechanical stresses in the vicinity of inclusions, induces shear strain, and increases the effective shear modulus of these composite materials. It is shown that the largest effect of the magnetic field on the effective shear modulus should be expected in MAEs with soft elastomer matrices, where the shear modulus of the matrix is less than the magnetic anisotropy constant of inclusions. It is derived that the effective shear modulus is nonlinearly dependent on the external magnetic field and approaches the saturation value in magnetic fields exceeding the field of particle anisotropy. It is shown that model calculations of the effective shear modulus correspond to a phenomenological definition of effective elastic moduli and magnetoelastic coupling constants. The obtained theoretical results compare well with known experimental data. Determination of effective elastic coefficients in MAEs and their dependence on magnetic field is discussed. The concentration dependence of the effective shear modulus at higher filler concentrations has been estimated using the method of Pade approximants, which predicts that both the absolute and relative changes of the magnetic-field-dependent effective shear modulus will significantly increase with the growing concentration of filler particles. KW - BEHAVIOR KW - composites KW - DEPENDENCE KW - FERROGELS KW - MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES KW - MICROSTRUCTURE KW - Polymer KW - PURE SHEAR KW - RHEOLOGY KW - SENSITIVE ELASTOMERS Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.95.032503 VL - 95 IS - 3 PB - American Physical Society ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sorokin, Vladislav V. A1 - Ecker, Eva A1 - Stepanov, Gennady V. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Monkman, Gareth J. A1 - Kramarenko, Elena Yu A1 - Khokhlov, Alexei R. T1 - Experimental study of the magnetic field enhanced Payne effect in magnetorheological elastomers JF - Soft Matter N2 - The dynamic modulus and the loss factor of magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) of various compositions and anisotropies are studied by dynamic torsion oscillations performed in the absence and in the presence of an external magnetic field. The emphasis is on the Payne effect, i.e. the dependence of the elastomer magnetorheological characteristics on the strain amplitude and their evolution with cyclically increasing and decreasing strain amplitudes. MREs are based on two silicone matrices differing in storage modulus (soft, G' similar to 10(3) Pa, and hard, G' similar to 10(4) Pa, matrices). For each matrix, the concentration of carbonyl iron particles with diameters of 3-5 mu m was equal to 70 and 82 mass% (22 and 35 vol%, respectively) in the composite material. Samples for each filler content, isotropic and aligned-particles, are investigated. It is found that the Payne effect significantly increases in the presence of an external magnetic field and varies with the cyclical loading which reaches saturation after several cycles. The results are interpreted as the processes of formation-destruction-reformation of the internal filler structure under the simultaneously applied mechanical force and magnetic field. Impacts of matrix elasticity and magnetic interactions on the filler alignment are elucidated. KW - BEHAVIOR KW - CARRAGEENAN KW - DAMPERS KW - MODEL KW - SEALS KW - SENSITIVE ELASTOMERS KW - Shear modulus KW - VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES KW - WIDE-RANGE MODULATION Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sm01738b VL - 10 IS - 43 SP - 8765 EP - 8776 PB - ROYAL Society of CHEMISTRY ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bodnaruk, Andrii V. A1 - Kalita, Viktor M. A1 - Kulyk, Mykola M. A1 - Lozenko, Albert F. A1 - Ryabchenko, Sergey M. A1 - Snarskii, Andrei A. A1 - Brunhuber, Alexander A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Temperature blocking and magnetization of magnetoactive elastomers JF - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials N2 - The magnetization of a magnetoactive elastomer (MAE) with microparticles of soft magnetic carbonyl iron embedded in a highly elastic matrix has been studied. It is shown that at high temperatures its magnetization curve has the form of a specific hysteresis loop. This hysteresis is attributed to the influence of displacement of magnetized particles in the elastically soft elastomer matrix under the effect of magnetic forces, leading to the change of magnetic interaction between the particles. In this case, there is a maximum in the field dependence of the magnetic susceptibility, the occurrence of which has been associated with the competition between rearrangement of particles, when they are displaced in a magnetic field, and saturation of particles' magnetization. When the MAE is cooled below approximately 225 K, both the magnetic hysteresis and the maximum in the field dependence of the magnetic susceptibility disappear. When the MAE material is cooled below the solidification temperature of the elastomer matrix, the displacements of the magnetic particles during magnetization are blocked by the rigid matrix. The magnetization reversal of the MAE is reversible. This means that the shape of subsequent magnetization loops remains constant and the sample returns into the initial non-magnetized state after the magnetic field is turned off. KW - Hysteresis loop KW - Magnetization reversal KW - magnetoactive elastomer KW - Magnetorheological elastomers KW - MICROSTRUCTURE KW - Solidification Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.10.005 VL - 471 IS - February SP - 464 EP - 467 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Egersdörfer, Stefan A1 - Zeidler, A. A1 - Wieser, A. A1 - Trompier, F. A1 - Monkman, Gareth J. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - A portable accident dosimeter using tooth enamel T2 - Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on EPR Dosimetry and Applications and the 2nd International Conference on Biodosimetry held at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA, 10-13 July 2006 Y1 - 2006 PB - Pergamon CY - Oxford ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Kramarenko, Elena Yu ED - Domracheva, Natalia ED - Caporali, Maria ED - Rentschler, Eva T1 - Highly Responsive Magnetoactive Elastomers (Chapter 7) T2 - Novel Magnetic Nanostructures N2 - This chapter introduces composite smart materials known as magnetoactive (MAEs) or magnetorheological elastomers. It starts by defining these materials and distinguishing them from relevant magnetorheological fluids and ferrofluids. It then gives the overview of constitutive materials for the polymer matrix and filler particles. Next, the influence of external magnetic field on physical properties of MAEs is discussed. The emphasis is made on mechanical properties, which are the most important for real-world applications. In particular, magnetomechanical effects such as magnetostriction, magnetodeformation, and magnetorheological effect are discussed. The magnetic Payne effect is presented as an example of a nonlinear behavior. Electromagnetic and acoustic properties are also considered. The chapter finishes with the brief discussion of the future prospects in research and development of MAEs. Y1 - 2018 SN - 9780128135945 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813594-5.00007-2 SP - 221 EP - 245 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Snarskii, Andrei A. A1 - Zorinets, Denis A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Kalita, Viktor M. T1 - Theoretical method for calculation of effective properties of composite materials with reconfigurable microstructure BT - Electric and magnetic phenomena JF - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications N2 - We propose a theoretical approach for calculating effective electric and magnetic properties of composites, with field dependent restructuring of the filler. The theory combines the effective medium approximation, extended to a field-dependent (variable) percolation threshold, with an approximate treatment of the nonlinearity of material properties. Theoretical results are compared with experiments on magnetorheological elastomers, which in the context of investigated phenomena are often called magnetoactive elastomers (MAEs). In MAEs with soft polymer matrices, the mutual arrangement of inclusions changes in an applied magnetic field. This reorganization of the microstructure leads to unconventionally large changes of electrical and magnetic properties. The obtained theoretical results describe observed phenomena in MAEs well. For the magnetodielectric effect, qualitative agreement between theory and experiment is demonstrated. In the case of magnetic permeability, quantitative agreement is achieved. The theoretical approach presented can be useful for the development of field-controlled smart materials and design of intelligent structures on their basis, because the field dependence of physical properties can be predicted. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. KW - CONDUCTIVITY KW - EFFECTIVE RESPONSE KW - magnetoactive elastomers KW - PERCOLATION KW - PERMEABILITY Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2019.122467 VL - 535 IS - December PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Snarskii, Andrei A. A1 - Podlasov, Sergii A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Isotropic inertia tensor without symmetry of mass distribution JF - American Journal of Physics N2 - Conventional calculations of the inertia tensor in undergraduate physics course are usually done for highly symmetrical bodies. Students might therefore get the impression that the moment of inertia about any axis through the center of mass is the same only for bodies with the highest degree of symmetry relative to this point, e.g., for spheres. A simple, seemingly counterintuitive example is presented, showing that the moment of inertia of a non-regular body, here an assembly of material points, can be the same about any axis passing through its center of mass. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0005416 VL - 89 IS - 10 SP - 916 EP - 920 PB - AIP Publishing ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dechant, Eduard A1 - Fedulov, Feodor A1 - Chashin, Dmitri V. A1 - Fetisov, Leonid Y. A1 - Fetisov, Yuri K. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Low-frequency, broadband vibration energy harvester using coupled oscillators and frequency up-conversion by mechanical stoppers JF - Smart Materials and Structures N2 - The frequencies of ambient vibrations are often low (below 30 Hz). A broadband (3 dB bandwidth is larger than 10 Hz at an acceleration amplitude of 9.81 m s(-2)) vibration based energy harvester is proposed for transducing mechanical energy at such low frequencies into electrical energy. The mechanical setup converts low frequency mechanical vibrations into high frequency resonance oscillations of the transducer. This conversion is done by mechanical impacts on two mechanical stoppers. The originality of the presented design is that both low-frequency and high-frequency oscillators are permanently mechanically coupled. In the equivalent mechanical circuit, this coupling is achieved by connecting the ends of the stiff spring to both seismic masses, whereas one seismic mass (collison member) is also attached to the soft spring used as the constitutive element of a low-frequency oscillator. Further, both mechanical oscillators are not realized as conventional cantilever beams. In particular, the high frequency oscillator with the natural frequency of 340 Hz is a disc-shaped diaphragm with attached piezoelectric elements and a seismic mass. It is shown that it is possible to convert mechanical vibrations with acceleration amplitude of 9.81 m s(-2) in the region between approximately 7 and 25 Hz into electrical power larger than 0.1 mW with the maximum value of 0.8 mW. A simplified mathematical model based on piecewise linear coupled oscillators shows good agreement with experimental results. The ways to enhance the performance of the harvester and improve agreement with experiments are discussed. KW - broadband KW - efficiency KW - frequency up-conversion KW - low frequency KW - mechanical stoppers KW - Modeling KW - OUTPUT KW - Piezoelectric transducer KW - vibration energy harvesting Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/aa6e92 VL - 26 IS - 6 PB - IOP Publishing ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sorokin, Vladislav V. A1 - Stepanov, Gennady V. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Monkman, Gareth J. A1 - Kramarenko, Elena Yu T1 - Magnetorheological behavior of magnetoactive elastomers filled with bimodal iron and magnetite particles JF - Smart materials and structures N2 - Magnetoactive elastomers (MAE) based on soft silicone matrices, filled with various proportions of large diameter ( approximately 50 mu m) iron and small diameter ( approximately 0.5 mu m) magnetite particles are synthesized. Their rheological behavior in homogeneous magnetic fields up to 600 mT is studied in detail. The addition of small magnetite particles facilitates fabrication of uniformly distributed magnetic elastomer composites by preventing aggregation and sedimentation of large particles during curing. It is shown that using the proposed bimodal filler particles it is possible to tailor various magnetorheological (MR) properties which can be useful for different target applications. In particular, either absolute or relative magnetorheological effects can be tuned. The value of the damping factor as well as the range of deformation amplitudes for the linear viscoelastic regime can be chosen. The interdependencies between different MR properties of bimodal MAEs are considered. The results are discussed in the model framework of particle network formation under the simultaneous influence of external magnetic fields and mechanical deformation. KW - damping factor KW - DAMPING PROPERTIES KW - FIELD KW - HYDROGELS KW - MAGNETOELASTIC BEHAVIOR KW - Magnetorheological effect KW - magnetorheological elastomer KW - mechanical hysteresis KW - Payne effect Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-665X/26/3/035019 VL - 26 IS - 3 PB - IOP Publishing ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kalita, Viktor M. A1 - Snarskii, Andrei A. A1 - Zorinets, Denis A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Single-particle mechanism of magnetostriction in magnetoactive elastomers JF - Physical Review E N2 - Magnetoactive elastomers (MAEs) are composite materials comprised of micrometer-sized ferromagnetic particles in a nonmagnetic elastomermatrix. Asingle-particle mechanism ofmagnetostriction in MAEs, assuming the rotation of a soft magnetic, mechanically rigid particle with uniaxial magnetic anisotropy in magnetic fields is identified and considered theoretically within the framework of an alternative model. In this mechanism, the total magnetic anisotropy energy of the filling particles in the matrix is the sum over single particles. Matrix displacements in the vicinity of the particle and the resulting direction of the magnetization vector are calculated. The effect of matrix deformation is pronounced well if the magnetic anisotropy coefficient K is much larger than the shear modulus mu of the elastic matrix. The feasibility of the proposed magnetostriction mechanism in soft magnetoactive elastomers and gels is elucidated. The magnetic-field-induced internal stresses in the matrix lead to effects of magnetodeformation and may increase the elastic moduli of these composite materials. KW - BEHAVIOR KW - Deformation KW - DEPENDENCE KW - FERROGELS KW - HOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC-FIELD KW - magnetodeformation KW - MICROSTRUCTURE KW - SENSITIVE ELASTOMERS Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.062503 VL - 93 IS - 6 PB - American Physical Society ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stoll, Andrea A1 - Mayer, Matthias A1 - Monkman, Gareth J. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Evaluation of highly compliant magneto-active elastomers with colossal magnetorheological response JF - Journal of applied polymer science N2 - Highly compliant elastomers with a shear storage modulus as low as 25 Pa are prepared using commercially available silicone, plasticizer, and tactile mutator silicone additive. They are used as matrix material for magneto-active elastomers (MAEs) with carbonyl iron contents between 0 and 85 wt %. In the absence of an external magnetic field, the storage modulus of MAEs based on two selected mixtures ranges between ~100 Pa and ~2000 Pa. Addition of a mutator to the matrix mixture results in a long post-cure period depending on the curing temperature and the initial mixture. In the presence of a magnetic field, the presented MAEs exhibit a strong magneto-induced change in storage modulus resulting in a colossal magnetorheological effect of >106 % which is ~30 times higher than previously reported values. The results are of interest in applications using such elastomers as cell substrates with magnetically tunable rigidity. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/app.39793 SN - 1097-4628 SN - 0021-8995 PB - Wiley CY - New York, NY ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kurzweil, Peter A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Udalzow, Anton T1 - Selbstentladung und Leckstromverhalten elektrochemischer Speicher: Impedanzspektroskopie im Langzeitversuch JF - Forschungsbericht 2016 / OTH Amberg-Weiden N2 - Doppelschichtkondensatoren sind elektrochemische Speicher, die innerhalb von Mikrosekunden auf schnelle Laständerungen antworten. Auf der Basis einer mehr als zehnjährigen Testerfahrung unserer Arbeitsgruppe sind wir in der Lage, das Alterungsverhalten von Superkondensatoren anhand von Kapazitätsverlust, parasitären Nebenreaktionen und der chemischen Analyse von Alterungsprodukten zu quantifizieren. Weitgehend ungeklärt sind die elektrochemischen Mechanismen bei der Selbstentladung der Bauteile, die wir nun mithilfe der Impedanzspektroskopie näher untersucht haben . Double-layer capacitors are electrochemical storage devices that are able to respond to immediate load changes within some microseconds. Based on more than ten years testing experience of our work group, the aging behaviour of supercapacitors is quantified in terms of capacitance loss, parasitic side reactions, and the chemical analysis of decomposition products. So far, the electrochemical processes during self-discharge have been widely unknown. By the help of impedance spectroscopy, we investigated this item in more detail. Y1 - 2016 UR - https://www.oth-aw.de/files/oth-aw/Aktuelles/Veroeffentlichungen/Forschungsbericht/Forschungsbericht_2016.pdf SN - 2365-1997 SP - 90 EP - 94 PB - Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Dechant, Eduard A1 - Fedulov, Feodor A1 - Fetisov, Leonid Y. T1 - Bandwidth optimization of piezoelectric cantilever beam arrays for harvesting energy from broadband, low-frequency mechanical vibrations T2 - INTERMATIC 2016, 21.–25.11.2016, Moskau Y1 - 2016 UR - https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=29382003 VL - 16 SP - 187 EP - 190 CY - Moskau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kreitmeier, Florian A1 - Schulz, Irene A1 - Monkman, Gareth J. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Fetisov, Yuri K. A1 - Chashin, Dmitri V. A1 - Fetisov, Leonid Y. T1 - Observation of Nonlinear Magnetoelectric Response to Magnetic Pulses in Layered Magnetostrictive-Piezoelectric Structures N2 - A detailed experimental study of the magnetoelectric response of planar bi- and symmetric trilayer composite structures to magnetic field pulses is reported. The structures consist of layers of commercially available piezoelectric (lead zirconate titanate) and magnetostrictive (permendur or nickel) materials. The magnetic-field pulses have the form of a half-wave sine function with duration of 450 μs and amplitude from 500 Oe up to 38 kOe. The measurement method is explained and the measured time dependence of the resulting voltage is presented. The most interesting case, when pulse amplitudes are sufficiently large (~ 1-10 kOe) and various types of acoustic oscillation with frequencies much larger than the reciprocal pulse length are excited in the structures, is considered. The dependencies of the magnetoelectric voltage coefficient on the excitation frequency and the applied magnetic field are calculated. By digital signal processing the results are compared with those obtained by the method of harmonic field modulation (HFM). The findings are of interest for developing magnetoelectric sensors for pulsed magnetic fields as well as for rapid characterization of magnetoelectric composite structures. T2 - Proceedings of 2012 21st IEEE ISAF held jointly with 11th IEEE ECAPD and IEEE PFM (ISAF/ECAPD/PFM), 9th-13th of July 2012, Aveiro, Portugal KW - composite materials KW - magnetoelectric effect KW - magnetoelectric sensors KW - magnetostriction KW - piezoelectricity KW - magnetic field pulse Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ISAF.2012.6297739 PB - IEEE ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nadzharyan, Timur A. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Kramarenko, Elena Yu T1 - Theoretical Modeling of Magnetoactive Elastomers on Different Scales: A State-of-the-Art Review JF - Polymers N2 - A review of the latest theoretical advances in the description of magnetomechanical effects and phenomena observed in magnetoactive elastomers (MAEs), i.e., polymer networks filled with magnetic micro- and/or nanoparticles, under the action of external magnetic fields is presented. Theoretical modeling of magnetomechanical coupling is considered on various spatial scales: from the behavior of individual magnetic particles constrained in an elastic medium to the mechanical properties of an MAE sample as a whole. It is demonstrated how theoretical models enable qualitative and quantitative interpretation of experimental results. The limitations and challenges of current approaches are discussed and some information about the most promising lines of research in this area is provided. The review is aimed at specialists involved in the study of not only the magnetomechanical properties of MAEs, but also a wide range of other physical phenomena occurring in magnetic polymer composites in external magnetic fields. KW - magnetodeformation KW - magnetorheological effect KW - mechanical properties KW - magnetic particles KW - theoretical modeling KW - magnetorheological elastomersn KW - magnetoactive elastomers Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14194096 VL - 14 IS - 19 SP - 1 EP - 42 PB - MDPI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Snarskii, Andrei A. A1 - Zhenirovskyy, M. I. T1 - Effective magnetic permeability of ferromagnetic composites. Theoretical description and comparison with experiment JF - NDT & E International N2 - Two analytical methods based on the so-called local linearization of magnetostatic properties of composite materials with ferromagnetic inclusions in a non-magnetic matrix are described. These methods are applied to the experimental data obtained in Gorkunov et al. [Russ. J. Nondestruct. Test. 3 (2001) 186]. A qualitative agreement is obtained for the concentration values reported in that paper and a quantitative agreement is achieved at slightly different value of concentration. The conclusions are supported by direct numerical modeling. KW - Material characterization KW - Ferromagnetic composites KW - Magnetostatic properties Y1 - 2004 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2003.08.001 VL - 37 IS - 1 SP - 35 EP - 40 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lukyanets, S. A1 - Snarskii, Andrei A. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Bakaev, V. V. T1 - Calculation of magnetic leakage field from a surface defect in a linear ferromagnetic material: an analytical approach JF - NDT & E International N2 - A novel analytical approach for calculating the magnetic leakage field from surface defects is proposed and demonstrated for the case of a linear ferromagnetic material. The novelty of the theory is that it relates the distribution of induced magnetic charges to the surface shape. An excellent agreement between the analytical and numerical results is shown. The functional relations between different magnetic field components are discussed. KW - Magnetic methods KW - Flux leakage KW - Mathematical model KW - Defects Y1 - 2003 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0963-8695(02)00071-3 VL - 36 IS - 1 SP - 51 EP - 55 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bakaev, V. V. A1 - Snarskii, Andrei A. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - The permeability and remanent magnetization of a randomly inhomogeneous two-phase medium JF - Technical Physics N2 - A randomly inhomogeneous composite consisting of two, ferromagnetic and nonmagnetic (para-or diamagnetic), phases is considered. The dependence of the effective permeability of the composite on the concentration of the ferromagnetic phase and on the applied magnetic field is found for the case of the negligible hysteresis loop. When the hysteresis loop is appreciable, the remanent magnetization as a function of the ferromagnet concentration is calculated. KW - Magnetic Field KW - Permeability KW - Hysteresis Loop KW - Remanent Magnetization KW - Applied Magnetic Field Y1 - 2002 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1435901 VL - 47 SP - 125 EP - 128 PB - Springer ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Shamonina, Ekaterina A1 - Kalinin, V. A1 - Solymar, L. T1 - Properties of a metamaterial element: Analytical solutions and numerical simulations for a singly split double ring JF - Journal of Applied Physics N2 - An equivalent circuit, consisting of bulk and distributed elements, is derived for describing the properties of a potential metamaterial element capable of providing negative effective permeability. It is the singly split double ring (SSDR), a special case of the split ring resonator (J. B. Pendry et al., IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech. 47, 2075 (1999)), obtained when the gap capacitance in the inner ring is infinitely large. The variables are the inter-ring voltage and the currents flowing in the inner and outer rings. The excitation is assumed in the form of a spatially constant temporally varying magnetic field. The functions, showing the angular variation of the variables, are found by solving a set of differential equations with boundary conditions imposed at the position of the split. It is shown from the analytical solution that the SSDR can have resonant frequencies in the full spectrum from very low to very high frequencies. It is pointed out in particular that whenever the mean diameter of the ring is equal to an odd multiple of the half wavelength it is always possible to find a set of parameters which will give rise to resonance. As examples the resonant frequencies are determined for eight sets of parameters. Results are also derived by replacing the distributed circuit with a number of discrete circuits. It is finally shown that the results obtained from the equivalent circuit model are in excellent agreement with those derived from the MICRO-STRIPES numerical package which solves Maxwell’s equations in the time domain. Y1 - 2004 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1652251 VL - 95 IS - 7 PB - AIP ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Snarskii, Andrei A. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Zhenirovskyy, M. I. T1 - Effective properties of macroscopically non-uniform ferromagnetic composite materials BT - Theory and numerical experiment JF - Zhurnal Eksperimental'noj i Teoreticheskoj Fiziki - Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics (JETP) Y1 - 2003 VL - 123 IS - 1 SP - 79 EP - 92 PB - Akademija Nauk SSSR CY - Moscow ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Apelsmeier, Andreas A1 - Schmauss, Bernhard A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Compensation of parasitic losses in an extrinsic fiber-optic temperature sensor based on intensity measurement JF - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical N2 - A method of referencing in an extrinsic optical fiber sensor system utilizing temperature dependence of the absorption edge in a semiconductor crystal (semi-insulating iron-doped indium phosphide) is demonstrated. The intensity reference is provided by controlling the temperature of an LED source and transmission measurements with different emission spectra. A transient operation regime is introduced. The entire process is controlled by a microprocessor unit. The performance of the sensor system is investigated and it is shown that the connector losses may be compensated for. Contrary to the published works performed with GaAs crystals it was not observed that the absorption coefficient of the semiconductor follows the law for idealized direct-gap semiconductor but can be described by the so-called Urbach tail. Since the proposed sensor system comprises a single LED source, simple electronics and no optical fiber couplers it is promising for realization of low-cost fiber-optic temperature sensors, e.g. for power transformer monitoring or magnetic resonance imaging applications. KW - Extrinsic optical fiber sensor KW - Temperature measurement KW - Intensity measurement KW - Intensity referencing KW - Indium phosphide KW - Transient operation Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2011.10.015 VL - 173 IS - 1 SP - 49 EP - 54 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Trautner, Ralph A1 - Schmauss, Bernhard A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail T1 - Herstellung und Charakterisierung eines extrinsischen faseroptischen Elementarsensors zur Temperaturmessung JF - tm - Technisches Messen N2 - Es werden Herstellung und Charakterisierung eines faseroptischen Elementarsensors zur Temperaturmessung vorgestellt. Der Sensorkopf in Form eines Prismas aus Indiumphosphid nutzt die Temperaturabhängigkeit der Absorptionskante des Halbleitermaterials. Aufgrund der Abmessungen des Prismas im Grenzbereich von Feinmechanik zu Mikrosystemtechnik ist ein angepasstes Herstellungsverfahren notwendig. T2 - Manufacture and Characterization of an Extrinsic Elementary Fiber-Optical Sensor for Temperature Measurement KW - Extrinsic fiber optic sensor KW - indiumphosphide KW - temperature measurement KW - manufacturing method KW - characterization Y1 - 2008 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1524/teme.2008.0866 VL - 75 IS - 10 PB - De Gruyter ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sydoruk, O. A1 - Radkovskaya, Anna A. A1 - Zhuromskyy, Oleksandr A1 - Shamonina, Ekaterina A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Stevens, Chris J. A1 - Faulkner, Grahame A1 - Edwards, David J. A1 - Solymar, L. T1 - Tailoring the near-field guiding properties of magnetic metamaterials with two resonant elements per unit cell JF - PHYSICAL REVIEW B N2 - A theoretical and experimental study of magnetic metamaterials with unit cells containing two resonant elements is presented. The properties of these structures, consisting of split rings, are governed by strongly anisotropic magnetic coupling between individual elements. This coupling leads to propagation of slow magnetoinductive waves in the vicinity of the resonant frequency. The wavelength of magnetoinductive waves is much smaller than the free-space wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation. This opens up the possibility of manipulating the near field on a subwavelength scale. We develop a theoretical formulation for coupled chains of metamaterial elements allowing the tailoring of their guiding properties in the near field. In a comprehensive analysis modes of coupled waveguides supporting forward and/or backward waves are identified and the corresponding hybridization mechanisms for dispersion equations of magnetoinductive waves are determined. Analytical predictions are verified both experimentally and numerically on a variety of coupled waveguides. The approach can be employed for the design of near-field manipulating devices. Y1 - 2006 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.224406 VL - 73 IS - 22 PB - APS ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hesmer, Frank A1 - Tatartschuk, Eugen A1 - Zhuromskyy, Oleksandr A1 - Radkovskaya, Anna A. A1 - Shamonin (Chamonine), Mikhail A1 - Hao, Tong A1 - Stevens, Chris J. A1 - Faulkner, Grahame A1 - Edwards, David J. A1 - Shamonina, Ekaterina T1 - Coupling mechanisms for split ring resonators: Theory and experiment JF - Physica status solidi b N2 - We study experimentally and theoretically coupling mechanisms between metamaterial elements of the split ring resonator (SRR) type. We show that, depending on the orientation of the elements relative to each other, the coupling may be either of magnetic or electric type or a combination of both. Experimental results on SRRs with resonances around 1.7–1.9 GHz agree quantitatively with results of simulations (CST Microwave Studio). Further simulations provide analysis for a variety of SRRs both in the GHz and in the 20 THz frequency regions. The variety of coupling mechanisms can be employed in designing near field manipulating devices based on propagation of slow waves. Y1 - 2007 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.200674501 VL - 244 IS - 4 SP - 1170 EP - 1175 PB - Wiley ER -