Process optimization of sedimentation self-assembly of opal photonic crystals under relative humidity-controlled environments

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 887-893

  Liau, Leo Chau Kuang ^a   Huang, Yen Kai ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Photonic band gap; Process optimization; Relative humidity; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BACKPROPAGATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; ENERGY GAP; ESTIMATION; FABRICATION; METEOROLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; MOISTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONICS; POWDERS; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RHODIUM; SEDIMENTATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICONES; STAGES; VEGETATION;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK (ANN) MODELS; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS (ANN); CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CRYSTAL FABRICATION; CRYSTAL FILMS; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT (DOE); ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FABRICATION TIME; FILM QUALITIES; HIGH QUALITY (HQ); MINIMUM TIME; OPAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH (OOA); PHOTONIC-BAND-GAP (PBG); PROCESS MODELLING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH); SELF-ASSEMBLY; SILICA PARTICLES; STOP BANDS; THREE-STAGE PROCESS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 44949207494     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2007.07.051     Document Type: Article

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