Thermal stability and magnetic properties of Fe–Co–M–Zr–Nb–Ge–B(M=Mo,Cr) bulk metallic glasses

Fe62Co8 xMxZr6Nb4Ge1B19(M=Mo, Cr) bulk metallic glasses were synthesized in the diameter range up to 2 mm by copper mold casting,which exhibit high thermal stability and large glass-forming ability. The super-cooled liquid region diminishes by the dissolution of Mo. The addition of 2 at% Cr leads to the broading of the liquid region remarkably, resulting in the improvement of thermal stability. The crystallization takes place through a single exothermic reaction, accompanying the precipitation of more than three kinds of crystallized phases such as α-Fe,Fe2Zr and ZrB2. The Fe-based alloys show soft ferromagnetic properties. The saturation magnetization(ss) decreases with increasing Mo or Cr content while the saturated magnetostriction increases with raising Mo or Cr content. There is no evident change in the ssand coercive force(Hc)with annealing temperature below the crystallization temperature, which suggests a more relaxed atomic configuration the glasses have. The crystallization causes a substantial enhancement in both ssand Hc. Each soft magnetic property of the glasses containing Cr with higher thermal stability is superior to that of the alloys containing Mo.     

Impulsive Control and Synchronization of a Critical Chaotic System

This paper investigates the impulsive control and synchronization of a chaotic system, which is a particular case of the so-called generalized Lorenz canonical form （GLCF） with r τ -1 Based on the impulsive control method, some new criteria are obtained to guarantee the impulsively controlled chaotic system and error system to be globally asymptotically stable at origin. Moreover, to be some simulation results are included to visualize the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed method.     

Pinning Synchronization of Discrete-Time Complex Networks with Different Time-Varying Delays

This paper investigates pinning synchronization of discrete-time complex networks with different time-varying delays. An important lemma is presented and proved, then detailed analysis is given to yield some synchronization criteria for this kind of networks. The results provide an effective way to synchronize discrete-time complex networks by reducing control cost. Furthermore, these theoretical results are illustrated by a complex network via two kinds of pinning schemes. Numerical simulations verify the feasibility of the proposed methods.     

Exponentially adaptive synchronization of an uncertain delayed dynamical network

Over the past decades, complex networks have been prosperous greatly in various fields of sciences and engineering. Much attention has been given to investigate the synchronization of complex networks in recent years. However, few work has done for the networks with uncertain parameters and unknown topology. In this paper, to further reveal the dynamical mechanism in complex networks with time delays, an uncertain general complex dynamical network with delayed nodes is studied. By constructing a drive network and a suitable slave network, several novel criteria for the networks consisting of the identical nodes and different nodes have been obtained based on the adaptive feedback method. Particularly, the hypotheses and the proposed adaptive laws for network synchronization are simple and can be readily applied in practical applications. Finally, numerical simulations are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed synchronization criteria.