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Pepblock Builder Vr – An Open-Source Tool For Gaming-Based Bio-Edutainment In Interactive Protein Design, Venkata V. B. Yallapragada, Tianshu Xu, Sidney P. Walker, Sabin Tabirca, Mark Tangney
Pepblock Builder Vr – An Open-Source Tool For Gaming-Based Bio-Edutainment In Interactive Protein Design, Venkata V. B. Yallapragada, Tianshu Xu, Sidney P. Walker, Sabin Tabirca, Mark Tangney
Cappa Publications
Proteins mediate and perform various fundamental functions of life. This versatility of protein function is an attribute of its 3D structure. In recent years, our understanding of protein 3D structure has been complemented with advances in computational and mathematical tools for protein modelling and protein design. 3D molecular visualisation is an essential part in every protein design and protein modelling workflow. Over the years, stand-alone and web-based molecular visualisation tools have been used to emulate three-dimensional view on computers. The advent of virtual reality provided the scope for immersive control of molecular visualisation. While these technologies have significantly improved our …
Deal: Differentially Private Auction For Blockchain Based Microgrids Energy Trading, Muneeb Ul Hassan, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Jinjun Chen
Deal: Differentially Private Auction For Blockchain Based Microgrids Energy Trading, Muneeb Ul Hassan, Mubashir Husain Rehmani, Jinjun Chen
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Modern smart homes are being equipped with certain renewable energy resources that can produce their own electric energy. From time to time, these smart homes or microgrids are also capable of supplying energy to other houses, buildings, or energy grid in the time of available self-produced renewable energy. Therefore, researches have been carried out to develop optimal trading strategies, and many recent technologies are also being used in combination with microgrids. One such technology is blockchain, which works over decentralized distributed ledger. In this paper, we develop a blockchain based approach for microgrid energy auction. To make this auction more …
Low-Loss, Compact, Spot-Size-Converter Based Vertical Couplers For Photonic Integrated Circuits, Praveen K.J. Singaravelu, G.C.R. Devarapu, Sebastian A. Schulz, Quentin Wilmart, Stéphane Malhouitre, Ségolène Olivier, Liam O’Faolain
Low-Loss, Compact, Spot-Size-Converter Based Vertical Couplers For Photonic Integrated Circuits, Praveen K.J. Singaravelu, G.C.R. Devarapu, Sebastian A. Schulz, Quentin Wilmart, Stéphane Malhouitre, Ségolène Olivier, Liam O’Faolain
Cappa Publications
In recent years, the monolithic integration of new materials such as SiN, Ge and LiNbO3 on silicon (Si) has become important to the Si photonics community due to the possibility of combining the advantages of both material systems. However, efficient coupling between the two different layers is challenging. In this work, we present a spot size converter based on a two-tier taper structure to couple the optical mode adiabatically between Si and SiN. The fabricated devices show a coupling loss as low as 0.058 dB ± 0.01 dB per transition at 1525 nm. The low coupling loss between the Si …
Mid-Infrared Optical Sensing Using Sub-Wavelength Gratings, Brian Hogan, Liam Lewis, Michael Mcauliffe, Stephen P. Hegarty
Mid-Infrared Optical Sensing Using Sub-Wavelength Gratings, Brian Hogan, Liam Lewis, Michael Mcauliffe, Stephen P. Hegarty
Cappa Publications
Optical sensing has shown great potential for both quantitative and qualitative analysis of compounds. In particular sensors which are capable of detecting changes in refractive index at a surface as well as in bulk material have received much attention. Much of the recent research has focused on developing technologies that enable such sensors to be deployed in an integrated photonic device. In this work we demonstrate experimentally, using a sub-wavelength grating the detection of ethanol in aqueous solution by interrogating its large absorption band at 9.54 µm. Theoretical investigation of the operating principle of our grating sensor shows that in …
Low-Complexity Transmit Diversity Scheme Using Moderate-Sized Signal Constellations, B. K. Khoo, P. Xiao, S. Y. Le Goff, B. S. Sharif, C. C. Tsimenidis
Low-Complexity Transmit Diversity Scheme Using Moderate-Sized Signal Constellations, B. K. Khoo, P. Xiao, S. Y. Le Goff, B. S. Sharif, C. C. Tsimenidis
Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Publications
In the conventional space-time coding technique [1], nT radio frequency (RF) chains are employed to transmit signals simultaneously from nT transmit antennas. In this Letter, a lowcomplexity transmit diversity scheme with nT = 2 transmit antennas is proposed. The proposed system employs only one RF chain as well as a low-complexity switch for transmission.