Herein we describe an unusual localized corrosion that initiates on large {111} surfaces and ends with the complete fragmentation of the gold nanoplates, which is expected to develop into a specific method for processing large metal nanomaterials into smaller ones with desired shapes.

A desired compensation adaptive robust control (DCARC) framework is presented for nonlinear systems having both parametric uncertainties and uncertain nonlinearities. The paper first considers a class of higher order nonlinear systems transformable to a normal form with matched model uncertainties. For this class of uncertain systems, the desired values of all states for tracking a known desire...

This paper is about the flow control design of hybrid dynamical systems modelled with continuous Petri nets and described as a set of bilinear state space representations. The marking vector stands for the state space vector, where some places are observable and other are not. The transitions are divided into controllable ones and uncontrollable ones. Gradient-based controllers are investigated...

The synthesis of various 3-arylmethylene-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindolin-1-ones was realized following a simple three-step process. The protocol utilized the photodecarboxylative addition of readily available carboxylates to N-(bromoalkyl)phthalimides as a versatile and efficient key step. The initially obtained hydroxyphthalimidines were readily converted to the desired N-diaminoalkylated 3-arylmeth...

A considerable issue in designing catadioptric imaging systems is what shape the component mirrors should be formed. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm for a catadioptric imaging system that satisfies the desired projection using a free-form mirror. A free-form mirror expressed as an assembly of gradients is a flexible surface representation that can form various shapes including non-smo...

A considerable issue in designing catadioptric imaging systems is what shape the component mirrors should be formed. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm for a catadioptric imaging system that satisfies the desired projection using a free-form mirror. A free-form mirror expressed as an assembly of gradients is a flexible surface representation that can form various shapes including non-smo...