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Manipulating the conductance of single-walled carbon nanotubes based thin films for evolving threshold logic circuits using particle swarm optimisation (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Evolution In Materio (EIM) is concerned with solving computational problems by exploiting the physical properties of materials. This paper presents the results of using a particle swarm optimisation (PSO) algorithm for evolving logic circuits in sing... Read More about Manipulating the conductance of single-walled carbon nanotubes based thin films for evolving threshold logic circuits using particle swarm optimisation.

Evolution of Electronic Circuits using Carbon Nanotube Composites (2016)
Journal Article

Evolution-in-materio concerns the computer controlled manipulation of material systems using external stimuli to train or evolve the material to perform a useful function. In this paper we demonstrate the evolution of a disordered composite material,... Read More about Evolution of Electronic Circuits using Carbon Nanotube Composites.

Training a Carbon-Nanotube/Liquid Crystal Data Classifier Using Evolutionary Algorithms (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Evolution-in-Materio uses evolutionary algorithms (EA) to exploit the physical properties of unconfigured, physically rich materials, in effect transforming them into information processors. The potential of this technique for machine learning proble... Read More about Training a Carbon-Nanotube/Liquid Crystal Data Classifier Using Evolutionary Algorithms.

Computing with carbon nanotubes: optimization of threshold logic gates using disordered nanotube/polymer composites (2015)
Journal Article

This paper explores the use of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT)/poly(butyl methacrylate) composites as a material for use in unconventional computing. The mechanical and electrical properties of the materials are investigated. The resulting data... Read More about Computing with carbon nanotubes: optimization of threshold logic gates using disordered nanotube/polymer composites.

Exploring the alignment of carbon nanotubes dispersed in a liquid crystal matrix using coplanar electrodes (2015)
Journal Article

We report on the use of a liquid crystalline host medium to align single-walled carbon nanotubes in an electric field using an in-plane electrode configuration. Electron microscopy reveals that the nanotubes orient in the field with a resulting incre... Read More about Exploring the alignment of carbon nanotubes dispersed in a liquid crystal matrix using coplanar electrodes.

Alignment of liquid crystal/carbon nanotube dispersions for application in unconventional computing (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We demonstrate the manipulation of single-walled carbon nanotube/liquid crystal composites using in-plane electric fields. The conductivity of the materials is shown to be dependant on the application of a DC bias across the electrodes. When the mate... Read More about Alignment of liquid crystal/carbon nanotube dispersions for application in unconventional computing.

Logic gate and circuit training on randomly dispersed carbon nanotubes (2014)
Journal Article

This paper presents results of computations based on threshold logic performed by a thin solid film, following the general principle of evolution in materio. The electrical conductivity is used as the physical property manipulated for evolving Boolea... Read More about Logic gate and circuit training on randomly dispersed carbon nanotubes.

Concise process improvement definition with case studies (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficiency and objectivity of current Six Sigma practices when at the measure/analyse phase of the DMAIC quality improvement cycle. Design/methodology/approach – A new method, named process variat... Read More about Concise process improvement definition with case studies.

Simulation of High Precision Process Control for Set-up Dominant Processes (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The main focus of this paper is to use discrete-event simulation models, to test the robustness of two process control methods against processes with different statistical distributions. The two methods under scrutiny are the Small-Batch Full-size im... Read More about Simulation of High Precision Process Control for Set-up Dominant Processes.