Spin-coated and vacuum sublimed amorphous thin films (;100 nm thick! were converted into single crystalline films with a simple moving-zone-annealing technique, in which a heated metal wire generated a narrow annealed zone in the film as it is moved across the sample. This annealing resulted in both the photoluminescence and electroluminescence to increase dramatically ~by 3–4 times!, for examp...

T. Neuhaus,1, 2, ∗ M. Peschina,1, 3, † K. Michielsen,1, ‡ and H. De Raedt4, § Institute for Advanced Simulation, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, D55128 Mainz, Germany Department of Applied Physics, Zernike Institute...

In this paper a new approach is proposed for the adaptation of the simulated annealing search in the field of the Multi-Objective Optimization (MOO). This new approach is called Multi-Case Multi-Objective Simulated Annealing (MC-MOSA). It uses some basics of a well-known recent Multi-Objective Simulated Annealing proposed by Ulungu et al., which is referred in the literature as U-MOSA. However,...

As semiconductor process technology relentlessly advances into deeper submicron feature sizes following the Moore’s Law, the cost of mask tooling is growing inexorably, up to 1, 1.5, and 3 million dollars for 90nm, 65nm, and 32nm process technology, respectively (LaPedus, 2006). Basically, the majority of smaller fabless integrated circuit (IC) design houses can hardly afford to have one mask s...

in this paper, we introduce a methodology for safety stock placement in supply chain. the problem has two objectives: minimization of good's delivery time and inventory cost. because the problem belongs to np-hard category, we develop a proper simulated annealing algorithm (sa) for solve the proposed methodology in large scaled problem. for verify the performance and efficiency of the meth...