Robust reversible image watermarking scheme based on spread spectrum

Robust reversible watermarking can provide robustness against various attacks besides the ability to recover the cover image. However, robustness and reversibility are somewhat separate in many schemes. The original cover image cannot be recovered even if the watermarked image suffers from a tiny distortion. This paper presents a new robust reversible watermarking scheme by exploring the reversibility of spread-spectrum codes. Watermark bits are embedded by a suggested adaptive spread-spectrum code. The embedding amplitude used in the algorithms is determined by quantizing the source interference of the cover. The proposed scheme is robust to various attacks. Furthermore, since the embedding amplitude is available at the receiver, the original image can be recovered losslessly when there is no attack. Even in the presence of attacks, the original cover images can still be partially recovered. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme performs well on robustness and watermarked image quality, and provide extra reversibility that resists image distortions.     

Optimization of Quantum Cost for Low Energy Reversible Signed/Unsigned Multiplier Using Urdhva-Tiryakbhyam Sutra

One of the elementary operations in computing systems is multiplication. Therefore, high-speed and low-power multipliers design is mandatory for efficient computing systems. In designing low-energy dissipation circuits, reversible logic is more efficient than irreversible logic circuits but at the cost of higher complexity. This paper introduces an efficient signed/unsigned 4 × 4 reversible Vedic multiplier with minimum quantum cost. The Vedic multiplier is considered fast as it generates all partial product and their sum in one step. This paper proposes two reversible Vedic multipliers with optimized quantum cost and garbage output. First, the unsigned Vedic multiplier is designed based on the Urdhava Tiryakbhyam (UT) Sutra. This multiplier consists of bitwise multiplication and adder compressors. Compared with Vedic multipliers in the literature, the proposed design has a quantum cost of 111 with a reduction of 94% compared to the previous design. It has a garbage output of 30 with optimization of the best-compared design. Second, the proposed unsigned multiplier is expanded to allow the multiplication of signed numbers as well as unsigned numbers. Two signed Vedic multipliers are presented with the aim of obtaining more optimization in performance parameters. DesignI has separate binary two’s complement (B2C) and MUX circuits, while DesignII combines binary two’s complement and MUX circuits in one circuit. DesignI shows the lowest quantum cost, 231, regarding state-of-the-art. DesignII has a quantum cost of 199, reducing to 86.14% of DesignI. The functionality of the proposed multiplier is simulated and verified using XILINX ISE 14.2.     

基于可再分发抗合谋编码的低失真水印方案

在大数据的时代背景下,数据潜在的价值使其成为重要的财富之一。数据的非法篡改、修正和非法分发给追踪数据的泄密源头带来巨大挑战。数字指纹技术可应用在数据泄密溯源领域,即在数据中嵌入一串能够唯一标识用户信息的序列,当数据发生泄密后,提取其中蕴含的数字指纹,追踪到泄密的叛逆者。多个用户对数据合谋攻击并泄密数据,从而毁坏其中嵌入的指纹信息达到逃脱追责的目的,抗合谋编码能够解决此问题。针对现有的数字指纹编码无法满足数据再分发需求、数字指纹嵌入造成较大数据失真的问题,本文使用BIBD（Balanced incomplete block design）作为外码,码字扩展后的C码作为内码,构建一种可再分发的抗合谋指纹编码RD-ACC（Redistributable anti-collusion fingerprint coding）。在此基础上,提出一种基于多目标优化的数据库指纹算法,能够在较小的数据库失真情况下保证数字指纹较高的鲁棒性,提取出的RD-ACC能够有效抵抗组内、组间多用户合谋攻击。实验结果表明,该算法能够在较小的数据失真下实现数据的再分发操作,并且能抵抗合谋攻击进行泄密溯源。     

基于模函数与像素值差值的高质量双图像可逆信息隐藏

为解决在一些一对二的交流场景中使用信息隐藏技术来传递信息时对载密图像的视觉质量和载体图像的精确度的高要求问题. 在本文中提出了一种基于模函数和像素值差值(pixel value difference , PVD)的双图像可逆信息隐藏方案, 通过模函数和对数函数确定了PVD范围表, 从而确定在单位面积上的信息嵌入位数以及模函数的系数. 所提出的方案可以在信息嵌入位数不断增加的情况下仍然保持像素值的修改量与信息嵌入位数之比不大于0.5, 所以与目前一些基于PVD的方案相比在像素对差值越大的图像中越占有优势. 实验结果表明与现有的一些在载密图像质量方面优质的方案相比, 具有更高的PSNR和SSIM, 此外本方案在抗RS隐写分析和PDH隐写分析的静态攻击方面上具有良好的性能, 并且避免了大多数在基于像素值差值的信息隐藏方案中对溢出问题的解决方案复杂繁琐的情况.     

Regulation of Ionic Distribution and Desolvation Activation Energy Enabled by In Situ Zinc Phosphate Protective Layer toward Highly Reversible Zinc Metal Anodes

Despite the merits of high specific capacity, low cost, and high safety, the practical application of aqueous Zn metal batteries (AZMBs) is plagued by the dendritic growth and corrosion reaction of Zn metal anodes. To solve these issues, a Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O protective layer is in-situ constructed on Zn foil (Zn@ZnPO) by a simple hydrothermal method, avoiding the traditional slurry-casting process. The insulating and conformable ZnPO layer improves the wettability of Zn@ZnPO and aqueous electrolyte via decreasing the contact angle to 11.7^o. Compared with bare Zn, the Zn@ZnPO possesses a lower desolvation activation energy of 35.25 kJ mol^-1, indicating that the ZnPO fasters the desolvation of hydrated Zn²⁺ ions and thereby ameliorates their transport dynamics. Micro-morphology and structural characterization show that there are no dendrites forming on the post-cycling Zn@ZnPO anodes, and the interfacial ZnPO layer remains almost identical before and after cycles. It can be explained that the electrochemically stable ZnPO layer acts as an ionic modulator to enable the homogeneous distribution of Zn²⁺ ions, inhibiting the growth of Zn dendrites. Benefiting from these advantages, the Zn@ZnPO based symmetric and full cells deliver highly reversible Zn plating/stripping behavior and long cycling lifespans.     

Graphene Composites with Cobalt Sulfide: Efficient Trifunctional Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reversible Catalysis and Hydrogen Production in the Same Electrolyte

Nitrogen and sulfur‐codoped graphene composites with Co₉S₈ (NS/rGO‐Co) are synthesized by facile thermal annealing of graphene oxides with cobalt nitrate and thiourea in an ammonium atmosphere. Significantly, in 0.1 m KOH aqueous solution the best sample exhibits an oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity that is superior to that of benchmark RuO₂ catalysts, an oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity that is comparable to that of commercial Pt/C, and an overpotential of only ?0.193 V to reach 10 mA cm^?2 for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). With this single catalyst for oxygen reversible electrocatalysis, a potential difference of only 0.700 V is observed in 0.1 m KOH solution between the half‐wave potential in ORR and the potential to reach 10 mA cm^?2 in OER; in addition, an overpotential of only 450 mV is needed to reach 10 mA cm^?2 for full water splitting in the same electrolyte. The present trifunctional catalytic activities are markedly better than leading results reported in recent literature, where the remarkable trifunctional activity is attributed to the synergetic effects between N,S‐codoped rGO, and Co₉S₈ nanoparticles. These results highlight the significance of deliberate structural engineering in the preparation of multifunctional electrocatalysts for versatile electrochemical reactions.     

基于可逆共价键的自修复聚合物材料研究进展

自修复聚合物材料是一种具有自修复能力的聚合物智能材料,近年来已成为国内外的研究热点。在聚合物基体中引入可逆共价键,在外界条件刺激下,聚合物可快速、高效自修复,这有助于延长聚合物材料的使用寿命。能形成可逆共价键的反应主要包括可逆开环加成反应、交换反应和稳定自由基重组反应等。文中以不同类型的可逆反应为线索,从可逆共价键的类型、修复条件、修复效率等方面综述了近年来基于可逆共价键的自修复聚合物材料的研究进展,比较了不同可逆共价键形成聚合物的优缺点,并展望了其未来的发展方向。     

基于小波变换的非对称数字水印算法研究

针对多媒体信息中的视频流采用数字水印技术实现版权保护和防攻击时存在的一些问题,提出了采用基于小波变换的非对称数字水印算法,不仅能有效地保护多媒体信息中作者的版权,还能抵抗一些常见攻击以达到防止被篡改的目的,具有很强的鲁棒性和实用性.