Controlled Folding of 2D Au–Polymer Brush Composites into 3D Microstructures

Microscale, quasi‐2D Au–polymer brush composite objects are fabricated by a versatile, controllable process based on microcontact printing followed by brush growth and etching of the substrate. These objects fold into 3D microstructures in response to a stimulus: crosslinked poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) brushes fold on immersion in MeOH, and poly(methacryloxyethyl trimethylammonium chloride) (PMETAC) brushes fold on addition of salt. Microcages and microcontainers are fabricated. A multistep microcontact printing process is also used to create sheets of Au–PGMA bilayer lines linked by a PGMA film, which fold into cylindrical tubes. The bending of these objects can be predicted, and hence predefined during the synthesis process by controlling the parameters of the gold layer, and of the polymer brush.     

Software-Architektur

Zusammenfassung Die Architektur eines Softwaresystems beschreibt dieses als Komponenten zusammen mit den Verbindungen, die zwischen den Komponenten bestehen. Eine Software-Architektur beschreibt noch nicht den detaillierten Entwurf, vielmehr geht es darum, die Zusammenh?nge zwischen den Anforderungen und dem zu konstruierenden System zu beschreiben, m?glichst mit einer Begründung für die Entwurfsentscheidungen. Die Wahl einer bestimmten Architektur hat dann einen erheblichen Einfluss auf die nicht-funktionalen, qualitativen Eigenschaften der resultierenden Systeme.     

Tree automata for code selection

We deal with the generation of code selectors in compiler backends. The fundamental concepts are systematically derived from the theory of regular tree grammars and finite tree automata. We use this general approach to construct algorithms that generalize and improve existing methods.Funded by the ESPRIT Project #5399 (COMPARE)Funded by DFG SFB #124 VLSI-Design and Parallelism     

Flexible tools for specifying design variation

This paper describes flexible tools for specifying design variations that are based on non-uniform profile tolerance definitions. These tools specify bounds of design performance that can be used for negotiation among engineers in a collaborative design process. These specification methods allow for the capture of many different design functions that are not easily described with current tool designs. In addition, these specification methods lend themselves to efficient verification methods. Profile tolerance definitions provide the most general variation controls for complex mechanical surfaces. Common design practices and engineering standards for profile tolerances exhibit many weaknesses and limitations. We present a rationale for a complete specification approach using B-splines [1, 2] for profile tolerances, and illustrate the approach with examples. B-splines can be used to specify both uniform and non-uniform profile tolerance boundaries. Subsequently, algorithms for the evaluation of actual feature deviations and reporting methodologies for such tolerance zones are presented.     

Reengineering von Kernanwendungssystemen auf Großrechnern

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