5 research outputs found
Learning Profitable NFT Image Diffusions via Multiple Visual-Policy Guided Reinforcement Learning
We study the task of generating profitable Non-Fungible Token (NFT) images
from user-input texts. Recent advances in diffusion models have shown great
potential for image generation. However, existing works can fall short in
generating visually-pleasing and highly-profitable NFT images, mainly due to
the lack of 1) plentiful and fine-grained visual attribute prompts for an NFT
image, and 2) effective optimization metrics for generating high-quality NFT
images. To solve these challenges, we propose a Diffusion-based generation
framework with Multiple Visual-Policies as rewards (i.e., Diffusion-MVP) for
NFT images. The proposed framework consists of a large language model (LLM), a
diffusion-based image generator, and a series of visual rewards by design.
First, the LLM enhances a basic human input (such as "panda") by generating
more comprehensive NFT-style prompts that include specific visual attributes,
such as "panda with Ninja style and green background." Second, the
diffusion-based image generator is fine-tuned using a large-scale NFT dataset
to capture fine-grained image styles and accessory compositions of popular NFT
elements. Third, we further propose to utilize multiple visual-policies as
optimization goals, including visual rarity levels, visual aesthetic scores,
and CLIP-based text-image relevances. This design ensures that our proposed
Diffusion-MVP is capable of minting NFT images with high visual quality and
market value. To facilitate this research, we have collected the largest
publicly available NFT image dataset to date, consisting of 1.5 million
high-quality images with corresponding texts and market values. Extensive
experiments including objective evaluations and user studies demonstrate that
our framework can generate NFT images showing more visually engaging elements
and higher market value, compared with SOTA approaches
MM-Diffusion: Learning Multi-Modal Diffusion Models for Joint Audio and Video Generation
We propose the first joint audio-video generation framework that brings
engaging watching and listening experiences simultaneously, towards
high-quality realistic videos. To generate joint audio-video pairs, we propose
a novel Multi-Modal Diffusion model (i.e., MM-Diffusion), with two-coupled
denoising autoencoders. In contrast to existing single-modal diffusion models,
MM-Diffusion consists of a sequential multi-modal U-Net for a joint denoising
process by design. Two subnets for audio and video learn to gradually generate
aligned audio-video pairs from Gaussian noises. To ensure semantic consistency
across modalities, we propose a novel random-shift based attention block
bridging over the two subnets, which enables efficient cross-modal alignment,
and thus reinforces the audio-video fidelity for each other. Extensive
experiments show superior results in unconditional audio-video generation, and
zero-shot conditional tasks (e.g., video-to-audio). In particular, we achieve
the best FVD and FAD on Landscape and AIST++ dancing datasets. Turing tests of
10k votes further demonstrate dominant preferences for our model. The code and
pre-trained models can be downloaded at
https://github.com/researchmm/MM-Diffusion.Comment: Accepted by CVPR 202
High Performance Acoustic Wave Nitrogen Dioxide Sensor with Ultraviolet Activated 3D Porous Architecture of Ag-Decorated Reduced Graphene Oxide and Polypyrrole Aerogel
Surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices have been widely explored for real-time monitoring of toxic and irritant chemical gases such as nitrogen oxide (NO2), but they often have issues such as a complicated process of the sensing layer, low sensitivity, long response time, irreversibility, and/or requirement of high temperatures to enhance sensitivity. Herein, we report a sensing material design for room-temperature NO2 detection based on a 3D porous architecture of Ag-decorated reduced graphene oxide-polypyrrole hybrid aerogels (rGO-PPy/Ag) and apply UV activation as an effective strategy to further enhance the NO2 sensing performance. The rGO-PPy/Ag-based SAW sensor with the UV activation exhibits high sensitivity (127.68 Hz/ppm), fast response/recovery time (36.7 s/58.5 s), excellent reproducibility and selectivity, and fast recoverability. Its enhancement mechanisms for highly sensitive and selective detection of NO2 are based on a 3D porous architecture, Ag-decorated rGO-PPy, p-p heterojunction in rGO-PPy/Ag, and UV photogenerated carriers generated in the sensing layer. The scientific findings of this work will provide the guidance for future exploration of next-generation acoustic-wave-based gas sensors
Organic Fluorescent Probes for Monitoring Micro-Environments in Living Cells and Tissues
As a vital parameter in living cells and tissues, the micro-environment is crucial for the living organisms. Significantly, organelles require proper micro-environment to achieve normal physiological processes, and the micro-environment in organelles can reflect the state of organelles in living cells. Moreover, some abnormal micro-environments in organelles are closely related to organelle dysfunction and disease development. So, visualizing and monitoring the variation of micro-environments in organelles is helpful for physiologists and pathologists to study the mechanisms of the relative diseases. Recently, a large variety of fluorescent probes was developed to study the micro-environments in living cells and tissues. However, the systematic and comprehensive reviews on the organelle micro-environment in living cells and tissues have rarely been published, which may hinder the research progress in the field of organic fluorescent probes. In this review, we will summarize the organic fluorescent probes for monitoring the microenvironment, such as viscosity, pH values, polarity, and temperature. Further, diverse organelles (mitochondria, lysosome, endoplasmic reticulum, cell membrane) about microenvironments will be displayed. In this process, the fluorescent probes about the “off-on” and ratiometric category (the diverse fluorescence emission) will be discussed. Moreover, the molecular designing, chemical synthesis, fluorescent mechanism, and the bio-applications of these organic fluorescent probes in cells and tissues will also be discussed. Significantly, the merits and defects of current microenvironment-sensitive probes are outlined and discussed, and the development tendency and challenges for this kind of probe are presented. In brief, this review mainly summarizes some typical examples and highlights the progress of organic fluorescent probes for monitoring micro-environments in living cells and tissues in recent research. We anticipate that this review will deepen the understanding of microenvironment in cells and tissues and facilitate the studies and development of physiology and pathology