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Brief communication: Vehicle routing problem and UAV application in the post-earthquake scenario
2017
Abstract. In this paper we simulate a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle's (UAV) recognition after a possible case of diffuse damage after a seismic event in the town of Acireale (Sicily, Italy). Given a set of sites (84 relevant buildings) and the range of the UAV, we are able to find the number of vehicles to employ and the shortest survey path. The problem of finding the shortest survey path is an operational research problem called Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) whose solution is known to be computationally time-consuming. We used the Simulated Annealing (SA) heuristic that is able to provide stable solutions in relatively short computing time. We also examined the distribution of the cost of the s…
Zinc Oxide Nanowires on Printed Circuit Boards
2015
Printed circuit boards (PCBs), which are widely used for the fabrication of electronic circuits, can only withstand rather low temperatures. For this reason, the fabrication of high-density, long ZnO nanostructures on PCBs still remains a complex task. In fact, in absence of a seed-layer, whose annealing would require high temperatures, solution-growth methods only allow to synthesize low-density arrays of nanowires. Here we evaluate methods for overcoming this issue and, as a prototype, demonstrate a simple displacement sensor.
Homology modeling of an RNP domain from a human RNA-binding protein: Homology-constrained energy optimization provides a criterion for distinguishing…
1998
We have recently described an automated approach for homology modeling using restrained molecular dynamics and simulated annealing procedures (Li et al, Protein Sci., 6:956-970,1997). We have employed this approach for constructing a homology model of the putative RNA-binding domain of the human RNA-binding protein with multiple splice sites (RBP-MS). The regions of RBP-MS which are homologous to the template protein snRNP U1A were constrained by "homology distance constraints," while the conformation of the non-homologous regions were defined only by a potential energy function. A full energy function without explicit solvent was employed to ensure that the calculated structures have good …
Polyelectrolytes Grafted to Curved Surfaces
1996
We present a scaling theory to describe equilibrium conformations of weakly charged polyelectrolyte molecules grafted at one end onto impermeable surfaces of various morphologies (spheres, cylinders) and of arbitrary curvature. We focus on the case of sufficiently densely grafted chains, i.e., on curved polyelectrolyte brushes. Different regimes of the behavior of curved polyelectrolyte brushes can be distinguished, depending on grafting density, surface curvature, and chain length. We present phase diagrams of the system describing these regimes and discuss the crossover conditions. We also analyze the effect of charge annealing in curved polyelectrolyte brushes.
Impact of Helium Ion Implantation Dose and Annealing on Dense Near-Surface Layers of NV Centers
2022
A. Berzins acknowledges support from Latvian Council of Science project lzp-2021/1-0379, “A novel solution for high magnetic field and high electric current stabilization using color centers in diamond,” and LLC “MikroTik” donation project, administered by the UoL foundation, “Improvement of Magnetic field imaging system” for the opportunity to significantly improve experimental setup as well as “Simulations for stimulation of science” for the opportunity to acquire COMSOL license. I. Fescenko acknowledges support from ERAF project 1.1.1.5/20/A/001, and I.F. and A.B. acknowledge support from LLC “MikroTik” donation project “Annealing furnace for the development of new nanometer-sized sensor…
Study of the long-period changes in samples of isotactic poly(propylene) obtained by quenching from the melt and subsequent annealing at different te…
1997
The structural modifications induced in samples of isotactic poly(propylene) obtained by quenching from the melt at 100°C/s and subsequently annealed at 40, 60 and 80°C for different annealing times have been studied using simultaneous wide-angle and small-angle X-ray scattering at the synchrotron radiation source of DESY. The occurrance of two different long-period values is demonstrated. These values are related to the mesomorphic phase, existing in the starting quenched material, and to the α-monoclinic one, which settles during the annealing process, respectively.
About complexity of the 2.16-eV absorption band in MgO crystals irradiated with swift Xe ions
2020
Abstract The precise study of the accumulation and subsequent thermal annealing of the defects responsible for the complex absorption band around 2.16 eV, being under discussion in the literature for a long time, has been performed in highly pure MgO single crystals exposed to 0.23-GeV 132Xe ions with a fluence of Φ = 5 × 1011 − 3.3 × 1014 ions/cm2. Three Gaussian components with the maxima at 2.16, 2.02 and 2.40 eV have been considered as a measure of so-called D1, D2 and D3 defects. Similar to the F and F+ centers, the concentration of these defects increases at high fluences without saturation marks, thus confirming their radiation-induced nature (involvement of novel Frenkel defects). T…
Flexible Spare Core Placement in Torus Topology based NoCs and its validation on an FPGA
2021
In the nano-scale era, Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnection paradigm has gained importance to abide by the communication challenges in Chip Multi-Processors (CMPs). With increased integration density on CMPs, NoC components namely cores, routers, and links are susceptible to failures. Therefore, to improve system reliability, there is a need for efficient fault-tolerant techniques that mitigate permanent faults in NoC based CMPs. There exists several fault-tolerant techniques that address the permanent faults in application cores while placing the spare cores onto NoC topologies. However, these techniques are limited to Mesh topology based NoCs. There are few approaches that have realized …
Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of Mo clusters grown on TiO2(110).
2007
Molybdenum was deposited in two steps (3 eq. ML and 1 eq. ML) on the light blue rutile TiO2 10) (1 x 1) surface at room temperature, each Mo deposition cycle being followed by an annealing up to 950-1000 K. This procedure was found to lead to formation of separated clusters having a size in very wide range (1-20 nm). Scanning tunneling microscopy showed a dependence of the cluster morphology as a function of the size. The scanning tunneling spectra of Mo clusters was studied as a function of cluster dimensions and discussed in comparison with photoelectron spectroscopy results previously obtained for homogeneous Mo films. The dI/d V curves do not display the valence band structure of deposi…
Optical and structural studies of GaN 3D structures selectively grown by MOCVD
2004
Abstract This paper presents preliminary results on the selective growth of three-dimensional (3D) micrometric metallic structures by the MOCVD technique. The 3D structure growth occurs by simply feeding the reactor gas phase with a conventional flow of metal-organic (MO), trimethyl-gallium (TMGa) molecules. Selectivity occurs at the substrate surface in which MO species travel tens of micrometers in order to build up the 3D structure. After the growth, these structures are nitrided in order to give GaN-related optical visible emission. Optical emission results are presented and discussed in this paper. Both 3D structures deposition and annealing experiments can be extended to other III–V m…