186 research outputs found
Multiplayer Battle Game-Inspired Optimizer for Complex Optimization Problems
Various popular multiplayer battle royale games share a lot of common
elements. Drawing from our observations, we summarized these shared
characteristics and subsequently proposed a novel heuristic algorithm named
multiplayer battle game-inspired optimizer (MBGO). The proposed MBGO
streamlines mainstream multiplayer battle royale games into two discrete
phases: movement and battle. Specifically, the movement phase incorporates the
principles of commonly encountered ``safe zones'' to incentivize participants
to relocate to areas with a higher survival potential. The battle phase
simulates a range of strategies adopted by players in various situations to
enhance the diversity of the population. To evaluate and analyze the
performance of the proposed MBGO, we executed it alongside eight other
algorithms, including three classics and five latest ones, across multiple
diverse dimensions within the CEC2017 and CEC2020 benchmark functions. In
addition, we employed several industrial design problems to evaluate the
scalability and practicality of the proposed MBGO. The results of the
statistical analysis reveal that the novel MBGO demonstrates significant
competitiveness, excelling not only in convergence speed, but also in achieving
high levels of convergence accuracy across both benchmark functions and
real-world problems
Perfect codes in 2-valent Cayley digraphs on abelian groups
For a digraph , a subset of is a perfect code if
is a dominating set such that every vertex of is dominated by exactly
one vertex in . In this paper, we classify strongly connected 2-valent
Cayley digraphs on abelian groups admitting a perfect code, and determine
completely all perfect codes of such digraphs
Towards tunable graphene phononic crystals
Phononic crystals (PnCs) are artificially patterned media exhibiting bands of allowed and forbidden zones for phonons—in analogy to the electronic band structure of crystalline solids arising from the periodic arrangement of atoms. Many emerging applications of PnCs from solid-state simulators to quantum memories could benefit from the on-demand tunability of the phononic band structure. Here, we demonstrate the fabrication of suspended graphene PnCs in which the phononic band structure is controlled by mechanical tension applied electrostatically. We show signatures of a mechanically tunable phononic band gap. The experimental data supported by simulation suggests a phononic band gap at 28–33 MHz in equilibrium, which upshifts by 9 MHz under a mechanical tension of 3.1 N m−1. This is an essential step towards tunable phononics paving the way for more experiments on phononic systems based on 2D materials
Switching the ligand-exchange reactivities of chloro-bridged cyclopalladated azobenzenes for the colorimetric sensing of thiocyanate
A dinuclear cyclopalladated complex of methyl orange shows a sensitive chromogenic response towards thiocyanate over a series of other anions in aqueous solution at physiological pH.National Natural Science Foundation of China [20705029, 20835005]; Science & Technology Project of Fujian Province [2005J001]; Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China [A0610028
Nanomechanical spectroscopy of 2D materials
We introduce a nanomechanical platform for fast and sensitive measurements of the spectrally resolved optical dielectric function of 2D materials. At the heart of our approach is a suspended 2D material integrated into a high Q silicon nitride nanomechanical resonator illuminated by a wavelength-tunable laser source. From the heating-related frequency shift of the resonator as well as its optical reflection measured as a function of photon energy, we obtain the real and imaginary parts of the dielectric function. Our measurements are unaffected by substrate-related screening and do not require any assumptions on the underling optical constants. This fast (τrise ∼ 135 ns), sensitive (noise-equivalent power = 90pW√Hz), and broadband (1.2–3.1 eV, extendable to UV–THz) method provides an attractive alternative to spectroscopic or ellipsometric characterization techniques
Adipose tissue mTORC2 regulates ChREBP-driven de novo lipogenesis and hepatic glucose metabolism
Adipose tissue de novo lipogenesis (DNL) positively influences insulin sensitivity, is reduced in obesity, and predicts insulin resistance. Therefore, elucidating mechanisms controlling adipose tissue DNL could lead to therapies for type 2 diabetes. Here, we report that mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 2 (mTORC2) functions in white adipose tissue (WAT) to control expression of the lipogenic transcription factor ChREBPbeta. Conditionally deleting the essential mTORC2 subunit Rictor in mature adipocytes decreases ChREBPbeta expression, which reduces DNL in WAT, and impairs hepatic insulin sensitivity. Mechanistically, Rictor/mTORC2 promotes ChREBPbeta expression in part by controlling glucose uptake, but without impairing pan-AKT signalling. High-fat diet also rapidly decreases adipose tissue ChREBPbeta expression and insulin sensitivity in wild-type mice, and does not further exacerbate insulin resistance in adipose tissue Rictor knockout mice, implicating adipose tissue DNL as an early target in diet-induced insulin resistance. These data suggest mTORC2 functions in WAT as part of an extra-hepatic nutrient-sensing mechanism to control glucose homeostasis
Flexoelectricity-stabilized ferroelectric phase with enhanced reliability in ultrathin La:HfO2 films
Doped HfO2 thin films exhibit robust ferroelectric properties even for
nanometric thicknesses, are compatible with current Si technology and thus have
great potential for the revival of integrated ferroelectrics. Phase control and
reliability are core issues for their applications. Here we show that, in
(111)-oriented 5%La:HfO2 (HLO) epitaxial thin films deposited on
(La0.3Sr0.7)(Al0.65Ta0.35)O3 substrates, the flexoelectric effect, arising from
the strain gradient along the films normal, induces a rhombohedral distortion
in the otherwise Pca21 orthorhombic structure. Density functional calculations
reveal that the distorted structure is indeed more stable than the pure Pca21
structure, when applying an electric field mimicking the flexoelectric field.
This rhombohedral distortion greatly improves the fatigue endurance of HLO thin
films by further stabilizing the metastable ferroelectric phase against the
transition to the thermodynamically stable non-polar monoclinic phase during
repetitive cycling. Our results demonstrate that the flexoelectric effect,
though negligibly weak in bulk, is crucial to optimize the structure and
properties of doped HfO2 thin films with nanometric thicknesses for integrated
ferroelectric applications
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