Lightweight deep learning methods for panoramic dental X-ray image segmentation

Neural Computing and Applications - Dental X-ray image segmentation is helpful for assisting clinicians to examine tooth conditions and identify dental diseases. Fast and lightweight segmentation...     

Pre-Activation of CO2 at Cobalt Phthalocyanine-Mg(OH)2 Interface for Enhanced Turnover Rate

Cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) anchored on heterogeneous scaffold has drawn great attention as promising electrocatalyst for carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO₂RR), but the molecule/substrate interaction is still pending for clarification and optimization to maximize the reaction kinetics. Herein, a CO₂RR catalyst is fabricated by affixing CoPc onto the Mg(OH)₂ substrate primed with conductive carbon, demonstrating an ultra-low overpotential of 0.31 ± 0.03 V at 100 mA cm⁻² and high faradaic efficiency of >95% at a wide current density range for CO production, as well as a heavy-duty operation at 100 mA cm⁻² for more than 50 h in a membrane electrode assembly. Mechanistic investigations employing in situ Raman and attenuated total reflection surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy unravel that Mg(OH)₂ plays a pivotal role to enhance the CO₂RR kinetics by facilitating the first-step electron transfer to form anionic *CO₂⁻ intermediates. DFT calculations further elucidate that introducing Lewis acid sites help to polarize CO₂ molecules absorbed at the metal centers of CoPc and consequently lower the activation barrier. This work signifies the tailoring of catalyst-support interface at molecular level for enhancing the turnover rate of CO₂RR.     

Direct Growth of Uniform Bimetallic Core-Shell or Intermetallic Nanoparticles on Carbon via a Surface-Confinement Strategy for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Due to the surface inhomogeneity of the solid supports, direct growth of uniform bimetallic nanoparticles (NPs) with controllable structure and size thereon is particularly challenging. Herein, a surface-confinement strategy is reported to directly prepare ultrafine bimetallic Pt M NPs (MFe, Cu, and Co) with structure of core-shell or intermetallic compounds on an N functionalized carbon support (NC). It is found that the N species of NC support can atomically disperse metal cations of precursors, which largely renders uniform nucleation and growth of bimetallic NPs and fine structure modulation of them. In another regard, metal transfer is confined to a narrow region on NC via N-mediation, hence greatly favoring localized particle growth and formation of ultrafine bimetallic NPs. Remarkably, the ultrafine 3.1 ± 0.7 nm intermetallic Pt₃Fe NPs on NC displayed excellent catalytic activity and durability toward electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction.     

Rationally Designed Anti-Glare Panel Arrays as Highway Wind Energy Harvester

The anti-glare panels along highways can block the dazzling lights of opposing vehicles at night, playing an important role in the highway safety. Inspired by the highway anti-glare panels, wind energy harvesting triboelectric nanogenerator (AG-TENG) arrays to properly capture energy from highway moving vehicles is developed. A single AG-TENG installation module can achieve a high power density of 0.2 Wm⁻² at a wind speed of 3 m s⁻¹. This wind speed is too low to drive conventional wind energy harvesting equipment. The performance of the AG-TENG shows no degradation after 80 h of continuous operation (1 440 000 times). Thus, with the rational consideration and features, the system can generate enough power to drive internet of things (IoT) devices and environmental sensors, as well as offer wireless alarming and radio frequency identification vehicle monitoring. This study provides a promising strategy to properly harvest wind energy on highways using existing infrastructures under the condition of even no natural wind, showing broad application prospects in distributed environmental monitoring, intelligent highways, and the IoT.     

Comprehensively Strengthened Metal-Oxygen Bonds for Reversible Anionic Redox Reaction

Introducing anionic redox in layered oxides is an effective approach to breaking the capacity limit of conventional cationic redox. However, the anionic redox reaction generally suffers from excessive oxidation of lattice oxygen to O₂ and O₂ release, resulting in local structural deterioration and rapid capacity/voltage decay. Here, a Na_0.71Li_0.22Al_0.05Mn_0.73O₂ (NLAM) cathode material is developed by introducing Al³⁺ into the transition metal (TM) sites. Thanks to the strong Al–O bonding strength and small Al³⁺ radius, the TMO₂ skeleton and the holistic TM–O bonds in NLAM are comprehensively strengthened, which inhibits the excessive lattice oxygen oxidation. The obtained NLAM exhibits a high reversible capacity of 194.4 mAh g^-1 at 20 mA g^-1 and decent cyclability with 98.6% capacity retention over 200 cycles at 200 mA g⁻¹. In situ characterizations reveal that the NLAM experiences phase transitions with an intermediate OP4 phase during the charge–discharge. Theoretical calculations further confirm that the Al substitution strategy is beneficial for improving the overlap between Mn 3d and O 2p orbitals. This finding sheds light on the design of layered oxide cathodes with highly reversible anionic redox for sodium storage.     

Intrinsically Flexible and Aging Resistant Fluorene-Based Rod-Coil Copolymer for Bendable Deep-Blue PLEDs

In the field of flexible light-emitting display, goal-oriented intelligent molecular design is used to control various behaviors of molecules, which provides potential for the development of flexible light-emitting conjugated polymers (LCPs). The introduction of non-conjugated units into polymer molecules is a key prerequisite for realizing the intrinsic flexibility, but its easy interchain slip will also lead to the formation of interchain excited states, which is detrimental to the efficiency of light-emitting diodes. Herein, two kinds of fluorene-based rod-coil copolymer with stable deep blue emission characteristics is presented and with Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.18, 0.14) and (0.15, 0.09), respectively. Surprisingly, the copolymer films show efficient blue emission even at 100% tension. Meanwhile, the rod-coil copolymer possesses better aging resistance compared to rigid π-conjugated counterparts. Finally, both rigid and flexible light-emitting diodes based on rod-coil copolymer exhibit stable deep blue emission, and the G2-based PLED with CIE coordinates of (0.16, 0.08), which approach National Television System Committee standard blue specification. These results confirm the validity of rod-coil copolymer design strategy in constructing inherently flexible polymers with deep blue emission, which have great application potential in flexible PLEDs.     

基于精化的TrustZone多安全分区建模与形式化验证

TrustZone作为ARM处理器上的可信执行环境技术,为设备上安全敏感的程序和数据提供一个隔离的独立执行环境.然而,可信操作系统与所有可信应用运行在同一个可信环境中,任意组件上的漏洞被利用都会波及系统中的其他组件.虽然ARM提出了S-EL2虚拟化技术,支持在安全世界建立多个隔离分区来缓解这个问题,但实际分区管理器中仍可能存在分区间信息泄漏等安全威胁.当前的分区管理器设计及实现缺乏严格的数学证明来保证隔离分区的安全性.详细研究了ARM TrustZone多隔离分区架构,提出一种基于精化的TrustZone多安全分区建模与安全性分析方法,并基于定理证明器Isabelle/HOL完成了分区管理器的建模和形式化验证.首先,基于逐层精化的方法构建了多安全分区模型RMTEE,使用抽象状态机描述系统运行过程和安全策略要求,建立多安全分区的抽象模型并实例化实现分区管理器的具体模型,遵循FF-A规范在具体模型中实现了事件规约;其次,针对现有分区管理器设计无法满足信息流安全性验证的不足,设计了基于DAC的分区间通信访问控制,并将其应用到TrustZone安全分区管理器的建模与验证中;再次,证明了具体模型...     

航天器姿轨控制研究综述:微分几何控制方法

作为空间任务顺利执行的关键技术,航天器姿态和轨道控制具有典型的非线性特征,其本质是对在矩阵李群SO (3)和SE (3)上演化的动态系统进行控制.与传统的参数化模型相比,航天器的矩阵李群模型对姿轨表征具有全局性、非奇异性和唯一性等固有优势,为控制设计提供了数学简洁、精度高、适用性好的模型基础.因此,近年来基于微分几何控制方法直接对其进行系统分析和控制设计的研究逐渐兴起,取得了一系列突破性成果.鉴于此,首先,系统地论述微分几何控制理论在航天器姿轨控制应用中的研究现状和进展;然后,面向空间任务的实际需要,分别对基于矩阵李群模型的单体航天器姿态控制、姿轨耦合控制、网络化航天器集群姿轨协同控制3个技术方向加以讨论;最后,对上述研究领域中存在的难题和挑战进行总结,并对未来发展方向进行展望.     

低视点下遮挡自适应感知的多目标跟踪算法

目的 针对低视点多目标跟踪场景的遮挡问题,提出一种能够遮挡自适应感知的多目标跟踪算法。方法 首先根据每帧图像的全局遮挡状态,提出了“自适应抗遮挡特征”,增强目标特征对遮挡的感知和调整能力。同时,采用“级联筛查机制”,减少由遮挡带来的目标特征剧烈变化而认定为“虚新入目标”的错误跟踪现象。最后,考虑到历史模板库中存在遮挡的模板对跟踪性能的影响,根据每一帧中目标的局部遮挡状态,提出自适应干扰模板更新机制,进一步提高对遮挡的应变和适应能力。结果 实验结果表明,本文算法在MOTA(multiple object tracking accuracy)、M OTP (multiple object tracking precision)、FN(false negatives)、Rcll (recall)、ML (mostly lost tracklets)等指标上明显优于STAM(spatial-temporal attention mechanism)、ATAF(aggregate tracklet appearance features)、STRN (spatial-temporal relat...     

低密度脑电自适应去噪方法

便携式和可穿戴设备的低密度脑电图更便于实际使用,但会受到多种不可预知的噪声影响,给去噪带来极大的困难。脑活动成分较为相似,在特征空间分布较为紧密,而噪声成分与脑电成分不同,差异性大,在特征空间分布较为分散。本文提出了一种低密度脑电自适应去噪方法,采用小波分解和盲源分离方法提取潜在成分,并基于脑电和噪声成分在特征空间的分布特性,采用单类支持向量机识别并去除远离成分分布中心的异常成分。仿真数据的定量分析结果表明,提出的方法在肌电、眼电和工频等噪声抑制方面均优于现有方法;通过对真实脑电数据的成分簇可视化分析,直观展示了低密度脑电噪声有效去除的原因。结合盲源分离和异常检测的思路进行低密度脑电去噪,不需要设定特定噪声相关的特征参数,能够自适应地去除多种类型噪声同时有效保留脑活动成分,具有优良的性能和实用性。