Polytechnic University of Turin

About: Polytechnic University of Turin is a education organization based out in Turin, Piemonte, Italy. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Finite element method & Nonlinear system. The organization has 11553 authors who have published 41395 publications receiving 789320 citations. The organization is also known as: POLITO & Politecnico di Torino.

Space-charge-limited current fluctuations in organic semiconductors.

Abstract: Low-frequency current fluctuations are investigated over a bias range covering Ohmic, trap-filling, and space-charge-limited current regimes in polycrystalline polyacenes. The relative current noise power spectral density S(f) is constant in the Ohmic region, steeply increases at the trap-filling transition region, and decreases in the space-charge-limited-current region. The noise peak at the trap-filling transition is accounted for within a continuum percolation model. As the quasi-Fermi level crosses the trap level, intricate insulating paths nucleate within the Ohmic matrix, determining the onset of nonequilibrium conditions at the interface between the insulating and conducting phase. The noise peak is written in terms of the free and trapped charge carrier densities.

Supercritical fluid dyeing of synthetic and natural textiles – a review

Abstract: Supercritical fluid dyeing is an interesting alternative to the conventional aqueous process because of its environmental benefits. The aim of the paper is to provide the reader with an up-to-date overview of this subject, covering various aspects, such as the solubility and equilibrium partitioning of the dyes, mass transfer phenomena and solvent–polymer interactions occurring during coloration, up to the most recent reports on the technology of the dyeing process. Even though the best results have been obtained in the coloration of synthetic textiles, particular attention is given to the dyeing of natural textiles, which is, at the moment, the limiting step of this technology.

A Fourth-Order Central WENO Scheme for Multidimensional Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws

Abstract: We present the first fourth-order central scheme for two-dimensional hyperbolic systems of conservation laws. Our new method is based on a central weighted nonoscillatory approach. The heart of our method is the reconstruction step, in which a genuinely two-dimensional interpolant is reconstructed from cell averages by taking a convex combination of building blocks in the form of biquadratic polynomials. Similarly to other central schemes, our new method enjoys the simplicity of the black-box approach. All that is required in order to solve a problem is to supply the flux function and an estimate on the speed of propagation. The high-resolution properties of the scheme as well as its resistance to mesh orientation, and the effectiveness of the componentwise approach, are demonstrated in a variety of numerical examples.

Advances in surface EMG: recent progress in detection and processing techniques.

Abstract: This article is the first section of a review work structured in three parts and concerning a) advances in surface EMG detection and processing techniques, b) recent progress in surface EMG clinical research applications and, c) myoelectric control in neurorehabilitation. This article deals with the state of the art regarding a) the electrode-skin interface (equivalent circuits, skin treatment, conductive gels), b) signal detection modalities, spatial filters and front-end amplifiers, c) power line interference removal, separation of propagating and non-propagating potentials and removal of outliers from surface EMG signal maps, d) segmentation of surface EMG signal maps, e) decomposition of surface EMG into the constituent action potential trains, and f) relationship between surface EMG and force. The material is presented with an effort to fill gaps left by previous reviews and identify areas open for future research.