A conformal cylindrical phased array antenna excited with composite right/left-handed (CRLH) phase shifters is proposed. The phase tuning of the CRLH phase shifter is achieved by embedding novel magneto-static field-responsive micron-sized particles...
To extend the working life of products made of titanium alloy, it is necessary to improve the polishing method to diminish the remaining defects on the workpiece surface. The Halbach array-assisted magnetic abrasive particle polishing method for tita...
The main challenge in magnetic drug targeting lies in steering the magnetic particles, especially in deeper body layers. For this purpose, linear Halbach arrays are currently in focus. However, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, the impact...
Gold nanohole arrays represent a class of bidimensional plasmonic metasurfaces that are suitable for realizing optical sensors. We propose a modeling approach based on a customized particle swarm optimization algorithm implemented in the commercial A...
When marine deep-towed multichannel seismic data are processed, the description of the receiving array geometry significantly impacts the quality of the imaging profile. Therefore, achieving a highly precise description of the receiving array geometr...
Gold nanohole arrays, hybrid metal/dielectric metasurfaces composed of periodically arranged air holes in a thick gold film, exhibit versatile support for both localized and propagating surface plasmons. Leveraging their capabilities, particularly in...
A gold-coated array of flow-through inverse pyramids applicable as substrate for entrapment and immobilization of micro-objects and for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopic measurements was fabricated using bulk micromachining techniques from silicon...
Phased array speakers are often designed with uniform element spacing, which limits beam steering capability and sidelobe control under practical aperture and hardware constraints. This study presents an optimization-driven modelling framework for pa...
This article presents a novel optimization algorithm for large array thinning. The algorithm is based on Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization (DPSO) integrated with some different search strategies. It utilizes a global learning strategy to improve t...
In this study, the output characteristics of partial modules in a photovoltaic module array when subject to shading were first explored. Then, an improved particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm was applied to track the global maximum power point...
The particle shape, size and distribution of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) are relevant quality indicators of pharmaceutical tablets due to their high impact on the manufacturing process. Furthermore, the bioavailability of the APIs from th...
We have proposed a multi-strategy enhanced particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm to optimize the antenna spacing distribution of an optical phased array (OPA). The global search capability is improved by incorporating circle chaotic mapping ini...
This article focuses on the optimization of the layout of a tidal current turbine array (TCTA) using the Quantum Discrete Particle Swarm (QDPS) algorithm. The objective of the optimization is to balance the maximum energy output and minimum levelized...
Metal particles in gap cavities provide an interesting system to achieve hybrid local surface plasmon modes for local field enhancement. Here, we demonstrate a relatively simple method to fabricate Ag nanoparticles positioned on Ag semishells separat...
This study explores Hall transport phenomena by expanding upon prior research on magnetic disk arrays (MDAs). We examine the dynamics of charged particles using collision models akin to those in Lorentzian plasma. Previously, we derived transport coe...
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the diseases with high mortality worldwide, so its early diagnosis and treatment have attracted much attention. Due to the advantages of the high sensitivity of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detecti...
Assemblies of colloidal polymer particles find various applications in many advanced technologies. However, for every type of application, assemblies with properly tailored properties are needed. Until now, attention has been concentrated on the asse...
Air pollutants are associated with exacerbations of asthma, chronic bronchitis, and airway inflammation. Diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) can induce and worsen lung diseases. However, there are insufficient data to guide polymerase chain reaction (PCR...
An effective method is presented to design the layout of spiral array with ultra-wideband (UWB) grating lobe suppression. In this method, the general array factor expression of spiral array is formulated. Then, the synthesis problem of spiral array l...
Fundamental microscopic investigations are based on the interaction between filter fiber and particles. The fibrous filter theory is based on a single fiber of a fiber array, and experiments focus either on a single fiber or a fiber array. This study...
Ultrasonic particle manipulation technique is a non-contact label-free method for manipulating micro- and nano-scale particles using ultrasound, which has obvious advantages over traditional optical, magnetic, and electrical micro-manipulation techni...
An aperiodic reconfigurable microstrip antenna array is designed to serve as a DVB-T base station antenna operating in a single broadcasting channel. The antenna array is optimized at 698 MHz (center frequency of DVB-T channel 49) to concurrently ach...
To comprehensively address the challenges of aperture design, element spacing optimization, and sidelobe suppression in sparse radar array antennas, this paper proposes a hybrid particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm that integrates quantum-beha...
In microwave hyperthermia tumor therapy, electromagnetic waves focus energy on the tumor to elevate the temperature above its normal levels with minimal injury to the surrounding healthy tissue. Microwave hyperthermia applicator design is important f...
This paper addresses the problem of tracking a high-speed ballistic target in real time. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) can be a solution to overcome the motion of the ballistic target and the nonlinearity of the measurement model. However, in gen...
The combination of the new perturbed spiral channel and a slanted gold interfingered transducer (IDT) is designed to achieve precise dynamic separation of target particles (20 μm). The offset micropillar array solves the defect that the high-width...
This study first explored the effect of shading on the output characteristics of modules in a photovoltaic module array. Next, a modified particle swarm optimization (PSO) method was employed to track the maximum power point of the multiple-peak char...
Partial shading conditions cause current mismatches between series-connected panels in photovoltaic (PV) arrays, significantly reducing power efficiency. To mitigate this limitation, reconfiguration methods based on dynamically changing the electrica...
Based on the size of particles, a microfluidic chip integrating micro particles capture, controlled release and counting analysis was designed and fabricated in this paper. The chip is composed of a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) cover sheet and a PDMS...
High-performance beamforming incorporating multiple objectives for large-scale antenna arrays becomes increasingly important to improve the capacity and efficiency of wireless communication systems. The speed of synthesizing a desired beam pattern is...
The array invariant technique has been recently proposed for passive source localization in the ocean. It has successfully estimated the source–receiver horizontal range in multipath-dominant shallow-water waveguides. However, it requires a relativel...
A sparse antenna array of subarrays can effectively reduce the digital channels of array antennas, system complexities, and hardware cost while simultaneously increasing the antenna aperture. In this study, a new optimal design is proposed for a spar...
Glass microlens arrays (MLAs) have tremendous prospects in the fields of optical communication, sensing and high-sensitivity imaging for their excellent optical properties, high mechanical robustness and physicochemical stability. So far, glass MLAs...
Broadcasting, radar, sonar and space telecommunication systems use phased arrays to produce directed signals to be transmitted at the desired angle. This system requires a large number of antenna elements. The presence of faulty element(s) in an arra...
At present, the magnetic signals generated by the common artificial magnetic beacons change periodically with sinusoidal law, and there is a multi-value problem in measuring the target orientation by using the phase information of the magnetic signal...
Aperiodic sparse 2D ultrasonic array configurations, including random array, log spiral array, and sunflower array, have been considered for their potential as conformable transducers able to image within a focal range of 30–80 mm, at an operat...
The design of the modern computing paradigm of heuristics is an innovative development for parameter estimation of direction of arrival (DOA) using sparse antenna arrays. In this study, the optimization strength of the flower pollination algorithm (F...
Cell separation plays an important role in the fields of analytical chemistry and biomedicine. To solve the blockage problem and improve the separation throughput in the traditional microstructure filtration-based separation approach, a continuous ce...
Large-aperture towed linear hydrophone array has been widely used for beamforming-based signal enhancement in passive sonar systems; however, its performance can drastically decrease due to the array distortion caused by rapid tactical maneuvers of t...
This paper aims to present a smart, particle swarm optimization (PSO)-based, real time configuration strategy for a photovoltaic (PV) module array in the event of shadow cast on a PV module(s) and/or module failure as an effective approach to power g...
A linear phased array antenna excited with a novel composite right/left-handed (CRLH) phase shifters structure is proposed. The phase of the conventional CRLH transmission line is controlled with magnetically aligned micron-sized particles embedded i...
To address the issue of traditional Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) being prone to local optima and insufficient global search capability in sparse phased array optimization, a hybrid optimization algorithm integrating PSO with a Genetic Algorithm...
This paper aims to develop an online diagnostic mechanism, doubling as a maximum power point tracking scheme, for a photovoltaic (PV) module array. In case of malfunction or shadow event occurring to a PV module, the presented diagnostic mechanism is...
This paper aims to present an improved version of a typical particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm, such that the global maximum power point (MPP) on a P-V characteristic curve with multiple peaks can be located in an efficient and precise manne...
Phased arrays are widely used in different fields, such as broadcasting, radar, optics, and space communications. The principle of phased arrays is to generate a directed signal from a large number of antennas to be steered at any desired angle. This...
The pollution of synthetic dyes in wastewater exerts many negative impacts on the environment and human health. There is an increasing demand for the degradation of dyes, with an emphasis on photocatalysis. Here, we investigated the bio-mediated synt...
In order to address the issue of power loss resulting from partial shadow and enhance the efficiency of photovoltaic power generation, the photovoltaic array reconfiguration technology is being increasingly utilized in photovoltaic power generation s...
In this research, a signal-integrity control strategy of a through-silicon via (TSV) array for a Chiplet-based system is developed, based on the backpropagation neural network (BP-NN) model and particle swarm optimization algorithm with linear decrea...
First introduced in 1995, the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm offers a reliable and efficient solution to real-valued optimization problems. However, extending it to binary-valued problems proved challenging. This paper proposes a new Boo...
This paper presents the concept of a hybrid positioning scheme using results from a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)-based system and additional infrared (IR) devices: proximity sensors and far-infrared thermal sensor arrays. In the proposed solution, the...
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