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Surfactants as a Tool for Coupling Light Into Hydrodynamic Flow: The Influence of Surfactant Hydrophobicity and Head Polarity

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Reversible light‐induced gradients at solid–liquid interfaces enable controllable interfacial transport via light‐driven diffusioosmosis. We demonstrate directed particle manipulation based on dynamically generated concentration gradients. The mechanism is broadly applicable to cationic, anionic, and non‐ionic surfactants with varying hydrophobicity ...
Maren Umlandt, David Feldmann, Nino Lomadze, Svetlana Santer   +3 more
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Temperature uniformity optimization with power-frequency coordinated variation in multi-source microwave based on sequential quadratic programming

High Temperature Materials and Processes, 2023
The focus of this study is to regulate the variation in the input parameters of multiple microwave sources in a high-frequency multimode resonant heating system to achieve uniform heating.
Yang Biao, Han Zemin, Cheng Cheng, Gao Hao, Wu Zhaogang   +4 more
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Coaxial Melt Electrowriting

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Coaxial melt electrowriting is established to produce dual‐property microfibers with diameters spanning 1.6–29.2 µm. Stable coaxial laminar flow is preserved under electrohydrodynamic thinning, enabling controlled binary and gradient material switching within individual continuous fibers.
Patrick C. Hall, D. Iman von Briesen, Maya Kasteleiner, Gabriela M. Bailey, Diana Ostojich, Harrison W. Reid, Andre Olarra, Benjamín J. Alemán, Simon Luposchainsky, Biranche Tandon, Ramesh Jasti, Paul D. Dalton   +11 more
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Optimal Reactive Power Flow ( Orpf ) Program for Voltage Profile Enhancement and Loss Minimization [PDF]

Engineering and Technology Journal, 2005
The aim of this paper is to introduce a new technique to control the voltage and reactive power in power systems based on constrained optimization techniques introduced in MATLAB optimization toolbox .
Qais Alias, N. Selman
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Multidirectional Motion Strategy of Miniature Water Surface Robot Actuated by Single Exciter

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A novel multidirectional motion strategy on the water surface based on a single exciter is proposed, and a single‐exciter single‐plate module is developed for actuation. The driving forces generation mechanism of the module is revealed from the perspective of the asymmetric surface wave field.
Haoxuan He, Dehong Wang, Jing Li, Shijing Zhang, Yingxiang Liu   +4 more
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Application of sizing design optimization to position and velocity synthesis in four bar linkage

Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia, 2013
In this work, we have developed and solved the synthesis of position and velocity for four bar mechanisms by means of dimensional and optimal algorithms of nonlinear optimization (sequential quadratic programming SQP).
Carlos Humberto Galeano-Urueña, Carlos Alberto Duque-Daza, Diego Alexander Garzón-Alvarado   +2 more
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A Soft Robotic Fish With a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Body and Negative Stiffness Spine

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work introduces a bio‐mimetic soft robotic fish driven by fiber‐reinforced dielectric elastomer actuators integrated as its body. By prestretching this active skin against a flexible spine, a negative stiffness system is created, enabling large‐amplitude bending.
Markus Koenigsdorff, Simon Holzer, Stefania Konstantinidi, Yoan Civet, Yves Perriard   +4 more
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RESEARCH ON THE OPTIMAL SYNTHESIS OF A MULTI-CONTOUR MECHANISM [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Petroleum & Gas Technology
The synthesis of mechanisms is a complex field of study that includes, in addition to the knowledge necessary for the correct configuration of working mechanisms and those necessary for their analysis, knowledge from the field of nonlinear programming ...
Dorin Bădoiu
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Efficient and Robust Standing Postures of Quadruped Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A calibrated static framework estimates load, optimizes torques, and adapts posture so quadruped robots stand efficiently and robustly under external payloads, achieving up to 50% lower torque demand. Inspired by the natural posture adjustments of animals under external loading, this article presents an optimization‐based framework for minimizing joint
Mohamad Kanaan, Hamza Jomaa, Jack Challita, Kawthar Zaidan, Riad Saab, Hussein Hussein   +5 more
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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag, Janina A. Hoffmann, Tim Rogers, Christian A. Yates   +3 more
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