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A novel piezoelectric fiber sensor based on polyvinylidene fluoride piezoelectric (PVDF) doped with graphene is presented. The near-field electrospinning technology was used for developing the sensor. The uniform experimental design method was introduced to determine the ranges of experimental parameters, including the applied voltage, the drum speed range, the graphene doping ratios from 0% to 11 wt% in PVDF solution, and the electrode gap. By experimental results, the conductivities of PVDF solutions with different doping ratios of graphene increased from 19.6 μS/cm to 115.8 μS/cm. Tapping tests were performed to measure the voltages and currents produced by the piezoelectric fibers. The maximum output voltage was 4.56 V at 5 wt% graphene doping ratio in PVDF fibers, which was 11.54 times that of the pure PVDF sensors. Moreover, mechanical properties of the proposed sensor were measured. Motion intention and swallowing test, such as saliva-swallowing and eating, were carried out. When the subject spoke normally, the output voltage of the sensor was between 0.2 and 0.4 V, approximately. Furthermore, when the subject drank water and ate food, the output voltage of the sensor was between 0.5 and 1 V, approximately. The proposed sensor could be used to detect signals of the human body and serve as a wearable device, allowing for more diagnosis and medical treatment.

A Nafion® resin‐supported oxovanadium(IV) catalyst was readily prepared via ion‐exchange method. This solid vanadyl perfluorinated sulfonate catalyst was used as an efficient and recoverable catalyst for the hydrophosphonylation of various aldehydes under solventless conditions at room temperature. The catalyst could be recovered by simple filtration and reused without a significant loss of activity. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Key words dicyclopentadienes asymmetric arylation rhodium C .

Transesterification Catalyzed by Iron(III) β-Diketonate Species. -The reaction is applied to a wide range of carboxylic esters and alcohols tolerating many functional groups.Benzyl thiol as a nucleophile requires 2 equiv. to form the thioester in high yield [cf. (V)]. Benzyl amine can be applied as a nucleophile as well [cf. (VII)]. Anhydride (XV) proves to be one of the most reactive species. In some cases, similar yields are observed in the absence of Na