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We pull together previously established graph-theoretical results to produce the algorithm in the paper's title. The glue are three easy elementary lemmas.

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-12 Assaf Kfoury

A novel type of hybrid colloids is presented, based on the association of several polymeric systems and ferrofluids. On the one hand, we use inorganic nanoparticles made of magnetic iron oxide prepared at the LI2C, which response to a…

The ordering of nanoparticles into predetermined configurations is of importance to the design of advanced technologies. In this work, we moderate the surface anchoring against the bulk elasticity of liquid crystals to dynamically shape…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-12-01 Lisa Tran , Hye-Na Kim , Ningwei Li , Shu Yang , Kathleen J. Stebe , Randall D. Kamien , Martin F. Haase

We present efficient algorithms to build data structures and the lists needed for fast multipole methods. The algorithms are capable of being efficiently implemented on both serial, data parallel GPU and on distributed architectures. With…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2013-01-10 Qi Hu , Nail A. Gumerov , Ramani Duraiswami

In this paper, we describe the unification and extension of multiple kinematic theories on the advection of colloidal particles through periodic obstacle lattices of arbitrary geometry and infinitesimally small obstacle size. We focus…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-03-25 Arnaldo Rodriguez-Gonzalez , Jason P. Gleghorn , Brian J. Kirby

The ever-increasing size and computational complexity of today's machine-learning algorithms pose an increasing strain on the underlying hardware. In this light, novel and dedicated architectural solutions are required to optimize energy…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Pengbo Yu , Alexandre Levisse , Mohit Gupta , Evenblij Timon , Giovanni Ansaloni , Francky Catthoor , David Atienza

Assembly of spherical colloidal particles into extended structures, including linear strings, in the absence of directional interparticle bonding interactions or external perturbation could facilitate the design of new functional materials.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-10-15 Debapriya Banerjee , Beth A. Lindquist , Ryan B. Jadrich , Thomas M. Truskett

The lack of a simple operable method for longitudinal dynamic self-assembly of particles in a microchannel is one of the main problems in applying this technology to a wide range of researches, such as biomedical engineering, material…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-11-26 Linbo Liu , Haoyan Xu , Haibo Xiu , Nan Xiang , Zhonghua Ni

This work presents an efficient algorithm for generating statistically representative microstructures of particulate composites in periodic representative volume elements. The Swelling and Random Migration (SRM) algorithm combines…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Sergejs Tarasovs

We present a method for the construction of SHACL or ShEx constraints for an existing RDF dataset. It has two components that are used conjointly: an algorithm for automatic schema construction, and an interactive workflow for editing the…

Databases · Computer Science 2019-07-26 Iovka Boneva , Jérémie Dusart , Daniel Fernández Álvarez , Jose Emilio Labra Gayo

We present design and implementation of a chain of particles that can be programmed to fold the chain into a given curve. The particles guide an external force to fold, therefore the particles are simple and amenable for miniaturization. A…

Robotics · Computer Science 2014-02-12 Matteo Lasagni , Kay Römer

Synthesis is the automatic construction of a system from its specification. In classical synthesis algorithms, it is always assumed that the system is "constructed from scratch" rather than composed from reusable components. This, of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Sumit Nain , Yoad Lustig , Moshe Y Vardi

In this paper, we analyze the embedding cell method, an algorithm which has been developed for the numerical homogenization of metal-ceramic composite materials. We show the convergence of the iteration scheme of this algorithm and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-20 Wolf-Patrick Düll , Bastian Hilder , Guido Schneider

Microfluidics involves the manipulation of flows at the microscale, typically requiring external power sources to generate pressure gradients. Alternatively, harnessing flows from active fluids, which are usually chaotic, has been proposed…

Self-assembly is the autonomous organization of components into patterns or structures: an essential ingredient of biology and a desired route to complex organization. At equilibrium, the structure is encoded through specific interactions,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-10-03 Antoine Aubret , Mena Youssef , Stefano Sacanna , Jérémie Palacci

Self-assembly is a phenomenon observed in nature at all scales where autonomous entities build complex structures, without external influences nor centralised master plan. Modelling such entities and programming correct interactions among…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2013-09-26 German Terrazas , Hector Zenil , Natalio Krasnogor

The design space for a self-assembled multicomponent objects ranges from a solution in which every building block is unique to one with the minimum number of distinct building blocks that unambiguously define the target structure. Using a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-03-13 Joakim Bohlin , Andrew J. Turberfield , Ard A. Louis , Petr Šulc

DNA self-assembly is an important tool that has a wide range of applications such as building nanostructures, the transport of target virotherapies, and nano-circuitry. Tools from graph theory can be used to encode the biological process of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-10-09 Cory Johnson , Andrew Lavengood-Ryan

Active gel theory has recently been very successful in describing biologically active materials such as actin filaments or moving bacteria in temporally fixed and simple geometries such as cubes or spheres. Here we develop a computational…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-07-10 Christian Bächer , Stephan Gekle

Although digital fabrication processes at the desktop scale have become proficient and prolific, systems aimed at producing larger-scale structures are still typically complex, expensive, and unreliable. In this work, we present an approach…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Miana Smith , Paul Arthur Richard , Alexander Htet Kyaw , Neil Gershenfeld