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Devices such as solar and fuel cells have been studied for many decades and noticeable improvements have been achieved. This paper proposes a Micro Photosynthetic Power Cell (μPSC) as an alternative energy-harvesting device based on photosynthesis of blue-green algae. The effect of important biodesign parameters on the performance of the device, such as no-load performance and voltage–current (V–I) characteristics, were studied. Open-circuit voltage as high as 993 mV was measured while a peak power of 175.37 μW was obtained under an external load of 850 Ω. The proposed μPSC device could produce a power density of 36.23 μW/cm², voltage density of 80 mV/cm² and current density of 93.38 μA/cm² under test conditions.

Membrane technologies are essential for water treatment, bioprocessing and chemical manufacturing. Stimuli-responsive membranes respond to changes in feed conditions (e.g., temperature, pH) or external stimuli (e.g., magnetic field, light) with a change in performance parameters (permeability, selectivity). This enables new functionalities such as tunable performance, self-cleaning and smart-valve behavior. Polymer self-assembly is a crucial tool for manufacturing such membranes using scalable methods, enabling easier commercialization. This review surveys approaches to impart stimuli responsive behavior to membrane filters using polymer self-assembly.

It is the main mechanism of enhancing oil recovery that polymer can increase the sweep efficiency. The methods for calculating polymer flooding sweep efficiency are laboratory experiment method, empirical formula method and seepage mechanical method. With the development of numerical simulation technology, in the exploitation of oil and gas field, numerical simulation technology has become a core technology. But now there is still not a polymer flooding sweep efficiency calculation method using streamline. This paper established compositional numerical simulation seepage equation group, and solved by streamline method. A new method is proposed for calculating polymer flooding sweep efficiency using streamline data field. After comparison with the electric simulation results and analytical formula results, it is proved that the method is accurate and reliable. Using the actual data of oilfield, polymer flooding sweep efficiency is analyzed, the main factors affecting polymer flooding sweep efficiency is obtained, and puts forward some suggestions on the injection of polymer.

This paper investigated novel wireless RF pressure sensor fabricated with SU-8 polymer. To achieve highly simplified fabrication processes and designs for high-reliable operation, a passive wireless sensors were researched. SU-8 polymer-based micro pressure sensor was fabricated by micro-electro-mechenical system (MEMS) based batch process. The sensor consists of an inductor (L) interconnected with pressure-variable capacitor (C) to form a LC resonant circuit. Fabricated devices measure 4 × 3 mm² in size and houses 9 turns of Cu electro-plated 100 nH coil. In this system, RF signal was transmitted from external antenna to the fabricated LC resonator. By detecting this abrupt resonant frequency shift of the fabricated device, the pressure change of the device can be measured by wireless method.