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Exercise bike powered electric generator for fitness club appliances
PublicationA generator powered by a stationary bicycle for the purposes of generating electricity for fitness club appliances is considered. A generator is connected to a stationary bicycle in such a way as the circular rotation of the front wheel rotates the coils of wires inside the generator between the poles of the magnets inside the generator. The resulting Direct Current is channeled to the attached battery bank and converted into different...
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INFLUENCE OF INLET GEOMETRY ON THE EFFICIENCY OF 1MW STEAM TURBINE
PublicationThe process of the design of the 1MW steam turbine includes designing the stator and rotor blades, the steam turbine inlet and exit, the casing and the rotor. A turbine that operates at rotation speeds other than 3000 rpm requires a gear box and generator with complex electronic software. This paper analyses the efficiency of eight turbine variants, including seven inlet geometries and three stages of stator as well as an eight...
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Nonlinear FEM analysis of irregular shells composed of fiber metal laminates
PublicationThe paper deals with the analysis of failure initiation in shells made of Fiber Metal Laminates (FML). The elas-tic material law for orthotropic lamina is stated accounting for asymmetric in-plane stress and strain measures. The asymmetry results from the employed general nonlinear 6-field shell theory where the generalized dis-placements involve the translation and the proper rotation field. The novelty of the presented results...
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Miniature reconfigurable antenna
PublicationThis work concerns the design of a miniature, low-profile reconfigurable antenna based on Huygens metamaterial sources for frequency f0 = 2.45 GHz. Two planar Huygens sources were designed consisting of near-field resonators. Sources are excited from a specially designed reconfigurable control system. Thanks to the two PIN diodes, the system can realize two cardioid radiation characteristics with...
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Numerical investigation on distribution characteristics of oxidation air in a lime slurry desulfurization system with rotary jet agitators
PublicationRotary jet agitator is an effective device for mixing, dispersing, dissolving, and suspending dispersed phases in liquid, and is particularly advantageous to the homogenization of oxygen-enriched air within the lime slurry desulfurization system. The distribution of oxygen-enriched air in agitators is vital for the process of gypsum crystallization and the homogeneous and sufficient oxygen-enriched air can promote the formation...
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Structural and dynamic insights on the EmrE protein with TPP+ and related substrates through molecular dynamics simulations
PublicationEmrE is a bacterial transporter protein that forms an anti-parallel homodimer with four transmembrane helices in each monomer. EmrE transports positively charged aromatic compounds, such as TPP+ and its derivatives. We performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of EmrE in complex with TPP+, MeTPP+, and MBTPP+ embedded in a membrane. The detailed molecular properties and interactions were analysed for all EmrE-ligand complexes....
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Peculiarities associated with testing polyetheretherketone (PEEK) in a model rolling contact
PublicationPolyetheretherketone (PEEK) was investigated using a modified version of the four-ball tester in which the upper forth ball was replaced by a cone in such a way that kinematics of the four-ball configuration were fully preserved. Rotation of the cone enforced orbiting and rolling of the ceramic balls around the polymer cup. The results produced some unexpected peculiarities in the wear of ceramic balls which, in principle, should...
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On Computing Curlicues Generated by Circle Homeomorphisms
PublicationThe dataset entitled Computing dynamical curlicues contains values of consecutive points on a curlicue generated, respectively, by rotation on the circle by different angles, the Arnold circle map (with various parameter values) and an exemplary sequence as well as corresponding diameters and Birkhoff averages of these curves. We additionally provide source codes of the Matlab programs which can be used to generate and plot the...
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Experimental research on helical coil biomass boiler with oil as a heating fluid
PublicationThis paper presents an experimental research of helical coil biomass boiler with thermal oil heating agent. Heat exchanger consists of two coaxial helical coils swept by the flue gases. The burner is a single vertical retort connected to the fuel tank (wooden pellets). The boiler is a part of micro-power plant in which the heat from the boiler is exchanged with low-boiling HFE7100 to produce steam for a custom steam turbine. The...
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Design, modelling and analysis of a new type of piezoelectric motor. Multicell piezoelectric motor
PublicationThis paper describes a new type of piezoelectric motor. The results, obtained in the field of piezoelectric motors, have pointed out that these motors have potentially high possibilities in the future special applications. The research work presents the design, simulations and parameters of the piezoelectric motor with three rotation-mode actuators. The motor is characterized by a high power, relative high speed and torque. The...
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Improving Savonius rotor performance by shaping its blade edges
PublicationThe article presents the results of the numerical analysis of the flow inside the Savonius rotor. Particular at-tention has been paid to the vicinity of the blade gap in order to recognise the mechanisms controlling the flow in this area. The conclusions resulting from the analysis made the basis for an attempt to improve Savonius turbine performance via shaping rotor blade edges. The paper presents selected characteristic flow...
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Mixed 4-node shell element with assumed strain and stress in 6-parameter theory
PublicationWe propose a mixed hybrid 4-node shell elements based on Hu-Washizu principle. Apart from displacements both strains and stress fields are treated as independent fields. The element is derived in the framework of a general nonlinear 6-field shell theory with drilling rotation which is dedicated to the analysis of multifold irregular shells with intersections. The novelty of the presented results stems from the fact that the measures...
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Spike patterns and chaos in a map-based neuron model
PublicationThe work studies the well-known map-based model of neuronal dynamics introduced in 2007 by Courbage, Nekorkin and Vdovin, important due to various medical applications. We also review and extend some of the existing results concerning β-transformations and (expanding) Lorenz mappings. Then we apply them for deducing important properties of spike-trains generated by the CNV model and explain their implications for neuron behaviour....
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On FEM analysis of Cosserat-type stiffened shells. Static and stability linear analysis
PublicationThe present research investigates the theory and numerical analysis of shells stiffened with beams in the framework based on the geometrically exact theories of shells and beams. Shell’s and beam’s kinematics are described by the Cosserat surface and the Cosserat rod respectively, which are consistent including deformation and strain measures. A FEM approximation of the virtual work principle leads to the conforming shell and beam...
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Mixed 4-node shell element with assumed strain and stress in 6-parameter theory
PublicationWe propose a mixed hybrid 4-node shell elements based on Hu-Washizu principle. Apart from displacements both strains and stress fields are treated as independent fields. The element is derived in the framework of a general nonlinear 6-field shell theory with drilling rotation which is dedicated to the analysis of multifold irregular shells with intersections. The novelty of the presented results stems from the fact that the measures...
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Numerical simulation of cold flow and combustion in a swirl stabilized combustor
PublicationA numerical simulation model was developed to investigate the cold flow and combustion using Ansys FLUENT 2021R1. The governing equations were solved using the pressure-based method, and pressure–velocity coupling was performed using the SIMPLE method. To model the turbulent process, the RSM model was used. Non-premixed model is chosen to solve the chemical kinetics between fuel and oxigen. Radiation heat transfer was calculated...
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Influence of image transformations and quality degradations on SURF detector efficiency
PublicationA method for task-oriented examination of SURF keypoint detector accuracy is presented in the paper. It consists of generating test images, based on a given exemplar, processed by affine transformations: random rotation and scaling, and varying degree of degradations: darkening, blurring, noising, and compression. Details of applied degradation procedure are presented, followed by essentials of SURF-based images matching. A distance...
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Axial-Flux Permanent-Magnet Dual-Rotor Generator for a Counter-Rotating Wind Turbine
PublicationCoaxial counter-rotating propellers have been widely applied in ships and helicopters for improving the propulsion efficiency and offsetting system reactive torques. Lately, the counter-rotating concept has been introduced into the wind turbine design. Distributed wind power generation systems often require a novel approach in generator design. In this paper, prototype development of axial-flux generator with a counter-rotating...
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Regulator przepływu
PublicationW artykule opisano konstrukcję i wyniki badań prototypu regulatora przepływu charakteryzującego się brakiem sprężyny. W regulatorze zawór różnicowy zastąpiono zaworem stosunku ciśnień. Charakterystyki przepływowe regulatora mają przebieg niezależny od obciążenia. Nastawa regulatora odbywa się poprzez obrót hydrostatycznie odciążonej tulei dławiącej, wewnątrz której umieszczony jest suwak główny i suwak pomocniczy zaworu stosunku...
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Koncepcja, realizacja i analiza nowego typu silnika piezoelektrycznego o strukturze wielokomórkowej
PublicationDotychczasowe wyniki badań w obszarze aktuatorów piezoelektrycznych, wskazują ich potencjalnie duże możliwości w przyszłych zastosowaniach specjalnych. W artykule przedstawiono proces projektowania nowego typu silnika piezoelektrycznego. Opisane zostały wybrane topologie maszyn piezoelektrycznych. Przedstawiono wady i zalety silnika ultrasonicznego z falą biegnącą oraz silnika o ruchu obrotowym. W ramach realizacji projektu...
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Rotational Design Space Reduction for Cost-Efficient Multi-Objective Antenna Optimization
PublicationCost-efficient multi-objective design of antenna structures is presented. Our approach is based on design space reduction algorithm using auxiliary single-objective optimization runs and coordinate system rotation. The initial set of Pareto-optimal solutions is obtained by optimizing a response surface approximation model established in the reduced space using coarse-discretization EM simulation data. The optimization engine is...
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Catena-Poly[[(tetrahydrofuran-[kappa]O)lithium(I)]-bis([mu]-trimethylsilanolato-[kappa]2O:O)-gallium(III)-bis([mu]-trimethylsilanolato-[kappa]2O:O)-[(tetrahydrofuran-[kappa]O)lithium(I)]-[mu]-bromido]
PublicationThe title chain polymer compound, [GaLi2Br(C3H9OSi)4(C4H8O)2]n, was obtained in the reaction of GaBr3 with Me3SiOLi in toluene/tetrahydrofuran. The GaIII atom, located on a twofold rotation axis, is coordinated by four trimethylsilanolate ligands and has a distorted tetrahedral geometry. The LiI atom is four coordinated by one bridging Br atom located on an inversion centre, two trimethylsilanolate ligands and one tetrahydrofurane...
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Design and modeling of the piezoelectric motor based on three resonance actuators
PublicationThis paper describes a piezoelectric motor which combines advantages from two existing piezoelectric motors topologies. The research work presents the design, simulations and measurements of the piezoelectric motor with three rotation-mode actuators. The aim of the project was to obtain the high speed piezoelectric motor. Other advantages of this conception are blocking torque, short response times, the ability to work in a hostile...
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Mathematical Models in Design Process of Ship Bow Thrusters
PublicationThe paper describes an application of simulation models for computer-aided design of ship bow thrusters. Generation of simulation models of ship bow thruster requires development and verifying of mathematical models of system component elements. Using the results of simulation the expert system is able to determine, that the rules of classification societies are met. Design procedures and mathematical models are part of an expert...
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Mathematical Models in Design Process of Ship Bow Thrusters
PublicationThe presentation is about an application of simulation models for computer-aided design of ship bow thrusters. Generation of simulation models of ship bow thruster requires development and verifying of mathematical models of system component elements. Using the results of simulation the expert system is able to determine, that the rules of classification societies are met. Design procedures and mathematical models are part of an...
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Numerical tests of time-stepping schemes in the context of FEM for 6-field shell dynamics
PublicationThe paper deals with integration of dynamic equations of irregular shells performed with relatively long time steps. Numerical instability appearing often in this kind of analysis motivated the authors to present some studies based on numerical tests referring to convergence problems of finite element analysis as well the applied stability conditions. The analysis is carried out on simulations of shell dynamics with the where the...
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Nonlinear Free and Forced Vibrations of a Hyperelastic Micro/Nanobeam Considering Strain Stiffening Effect
PublicationIn recent years, the static and dynamic response of micro/nanobeams made of hyperelasticity materials received great attention. In the majority of studies in this area, the strain-stiffing effect that plays a major role in many hyperelastic materials has not been investigated deeply. Moreover, the influence of the size effect and large rotation for such a beam that is important for the large deformation was not addressed. This...
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Design and experimental investigations of a cylindrical microjet heat exchanger for waste heat recovery systems
PublicationCompact heat exchangers have more and more applications in many areas, including the HVAC, food and petrochemical industry. This paper describes the development of heat exchanger technology for waste heat recovery (WHR) from a range of processes. Case-study testing shows that the proposed heat exchanger can successfully enhance heat transfer and recover waste heat in a range of applications making them economically, environmentally and...
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Połączenie G3 dwóch kierunków prostych z użyciem krzywej NURBS
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono nową metodę projektowania układu geometrycznego toru kolejowego opartą na zastosowaniu krzywych NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline) do opisu krzywizny. Punkty kontrolne krzywej NURBS wyznaczane są w procesie optymalizacji za pomocą algorytmu genetycznego. Jako kryterium optymalizacji przyjęto minimalizację oddziaływań dynamicznych występujących w układzie tor-pojazd przy spełnieniu warunków geometrycznych...
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On time-dependent nonlinear dynamic response of micro-elastic solids
PublicationA new approach to the mechanical response of micro-mechanic problems is presented using the modified couple stress theory. This model captured micro-turns due to micro-particles' rotations which could be essential for microstructural materials and/or at small scales. In a micro media based on the small rotations, sub-particles can also turn except the whole domain rotation. However, this framework is competent for a static medium....
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Electromagnetic plane wave scattering from a cylindrical object with an arbitrary cross section using a hybrid technique
PublicationA hybrid technique combining finite-element and mode-matching methods for the analysis of scattering problems in open and closed areas is presented. The main idea of the analysis is based on the utilization of the finite-element method to calculate the post impedance matrix and combine it with external excitation. The discrete analysis, which is the most time- and memory-consuming, is limited here only to the close proximity of...
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Process zone in the Single Cantilever Beam under transverse loading. - Part I: Theoretical analysis
PublicationSingle Cantilever Beam (SCB) specimen loaded with a transverse force parallel to the crack front is proposed for the analysis of crack propagation phenomena under mixed mode conditions. The stress redistribution in the adhesive layer in the vicinity of the crack front so as the beam deformation are estimated using a Timoshenko beam on elastic foundation model. This model emphasizes the Mode II contribution due to flexural beam...
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Non linear identification of underwater vehicles. W: [CD-ROM] Conference Proceedings. The 29th Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering. May 12-13, 2003 Haifa, Israel. Haifa: Technion - Israel Inst. Technol.**2003[B8] s. 1-8, 5 rys. bibliogr. 7 poz. Nieliniowa identyfikacja pojazdów podwodnych.
PublicationArtykuł dotyczy identyfikacji nieliniowych modeli pojazdów podwodnych o wie-lu zmiennych. Zaproponowana metoda działa w obszarze czasu rzeczywistego imoże być stosowana do nieliniowych modeli, które są liniowe w części doty-czącej nieznanego wektora parametrów. W celu poradzenia sobie z parametramizmieniającymi się w czasie, zastosowano rekursyjną wersję algorytmu identy-fikacji. Po krótkim opisie matematycznych podstaw...
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Negative Poisson’s ratio from pentagons: A new auxetic structure combining three different auxetic mechanisms
PublicationA novel class of two-dimensional auxetic structures based on the pentagon motif is proposed. Their mechanical properties are investigated by combining molecular mechanics simulations with a simple three-parameter mechanical model which assumes perfectly elastic behavior. It is predicted that the proposed structures – termed as double re-entrant honeycomb – may possess unique mechanical characteristics, which include complete and...
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Digital Fingerprinting based on Quaternion Encryption for Image Transmission
PublicationIn this paper a new digital fingerprinting scheme for images is proposed. A proposed method is based on quaternion encryption with Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode of operation. Quaternions are hyper-complex numbers of rank 4 and thus often applied to mechanics in three-dimensional space. The encryption algorithm is designed for grey-tone images. For purpose of encryption, the algorithm uses the rotation of data vectors presented...
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Rotating rod and ball
PublicationWe consider a mechanical system consisting of an infinite rod (a straight line) and a ball (a massless point) on the plane. The rod rotates uniformly around one of its points. The ball is reflected elastically when colliding with the rod and moves freely between consecutive hits. A sliding motion along the rod is also allowed. We prove the existence and uniqueness of the motion with a given position and velocity at a certain time...
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CFD Simulations and Tests of a Prototype Flow Control Valve
PublicationIn this paper a prototype of a flow control valve is described and numerically simulated. The flow control valve is used in hydraulic systems to maintain constant fluid flow despite changing loads of a receiver. The standard construction of this type of valves is modified mainly by eliminating the spring. The prototype consists the hydrostatically unloaded throttle valve and pressure ratio valve substituting pressure difference...
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Modelling of Mechanical Behaviour of High-Frequency Piezoelectric Actuators Using Bouc-Wen Model
PublicationThe paper presents the application of a modified, symmetrical Bouc-Wen model to simulate a mechanical behaviour of high-frequency piezoelectric actuators (PAs). In order to identify parameters of the model, a two-step algorithm was utilized. In the first stage, the mechanical parameters were identified by taking into account their bilinear variability and using a square input voltage waveform. In the second step, the hysteresis...
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Foucault's pendulum. Uncomplicated tool in the study of geodesy and cartography
PublicationModern education methods often refer to the sophisticated and technologically advanced methods. In the process of education the latest technologies and inventions should be presented. Modern research achievements becomes an indispensable part of the technical studies. However the learning process of an engineer should refer to the standard methods of measurement and well known fundamental instruments. One of the simplest devices...
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In memoriam dr Marek Baran
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Structure and electrical properties of nitrided NbN-TiN sol-gel derived films
PublicationW pracy przedstawiono rezultaty badań struktury oraz właściwości elektrycznych warstw NbN-TiN (o różnym stosunku molowym NbN/TiN)otrzymanych w wyniku termicznego azotowania warstw tlenkowych otrzymanych metodą zol-żel. Badania struktury przeprowadzono metodami AFM, XRD oraz XPS. Wynika z nich, iż głównymi fazami w wartstwach są NbN i TiN o rozmiarach ziaren około 100 nm. Jednakże zaobserwowano również istnienie niewielkiej ilości...
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On photovoltaic effect in hybrid heterojunction formed from palladium phthalocyanine and titanium dioxide layers
PublicationPraca omawia własności fotowoltaiczne hybrydowego heterozłączy utworzonego z ftalocyjaniny palladu i dwutlenku tytanu. Warstwy TiO2 otrzymano metodą zol-żel, a warstwę organiczną nanoszono metodą próżniowego naparowywania. W pracy przedstawione są charakterystyki prądowo-napięciowe, zależność prądu zwarcia i napięcia rozwarcia od natężenia oświetlenia oraz spektralna charakterystyka prądu zwarcia.
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Nonlinear optical birefringence in Li2SO4-MgO-P2O5 amorphous system -influence of Cu ions
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Investigation of the effect of Au2O3 dopant on elastic properties of PbO-B2O3-SeO2: Er2O3 glass ceramics by ultrasonic techniques
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Electronic conduction in (Bi,Pb)–Sr–Ca–Cu–O glass-ceramics
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Influence of magnetic field on electronic conduction of (Bi,Pb)–Sr–Ca–Cu–O granular superconductors
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The structure and melting of lead nanocrystalline layer in reduced lead-germanate glass
PublicationNanokrystaliczna warstwa granul Pb na powierzchni szkieł ołowiowo-germanianowych została wytworzona poprzez wygrzewanie w wysokich temperaturach, w atmosferze wodoru. Właściwości tej warstwy silnie zależą od temperatury i czasu redukcji. Artykuł prezentuje rentgenowskie i mikroskopowe badania struktury warstwy oraz wpływ topnienia i krzepnięcia granul Pb na jej przewodnictwo.
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Structure of liquid gold from tight-binding driven molecular-dynamics
PublicationPraca przedstawia wyniki symulacji ciekłego złota w nadkomórce periodycznej przy użyciu stworzonego przez autorów programu komputerowego, za pomocą połączonych metod dynamiki molekularnej (MD) i ciasnego wiązania (TB). Omówiono strukturę tak symulowanej cieczy, porównując ją z dostępnymi danymi doświadczalnymi oraz wynikami innych symulacji, pod kątem radialnej i kątowej funkcji rozkładu i elektronowej gęstości stanów.A tight-binding...
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Bimolecular excited species in optical emission from organic electroluminescent devices
PublicationW pracy dokonano przeglądu dwu-molekularnych stanów wzbudzonych emitujących światło (ekscymery, ekscypleksy, elektromery, elektropleksy) w organicznych diodach EL