Chemical entities are the foundation of biochemistry and biology, but until now there have been few coherent attempts to produce a top-level ontology for chemistry to connect ontological descriptions of reality at the molecular level, such as ChEBI, with upper-level ontologies such as BFO, or indeed familiar laboratoryscale concepts such as mixtures. We work out relationships between chemical t...

BiFeO3-CoFe2O4 (BFO-CFO) vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN) thin-film promises great potentials for next-generation electronic devices. Its strong magnetoelectric, antiferromagnetic-ferrimagnetic, and structural couplings occur via large interface area interactions across the vertical surface between BFO CFO phases; this leads to emergent exotic fundamental physics rendering its potential a...

The application of upper ontologies has been repeatedly advocated for supporting interoperability between domain ontologies in order to facilitate shared data use both within and across disciplines. We have developed BioTop as a top-domain ontology to integrate more specialized ontologies in the biomolecular and biomedical domain. In this paper, we report on concrete integration problems of thi...

Current business process modelling tools support neither restricting names nor using ontologies to describe process artefacts. This lack results in creating non-consistent process models which are difficult to understand, compare, evaluate and re-use, etc. Within this article we argue that the Business Functions Ontology (BFO) developed within the SUPER project may be effectively used while mod...

This paper proposed an Improved Bacterial Foraging Optimization (IBFO) algorithm to enhance the optimization ability of original Bacterial Foraging Optimization. In the new algorithm, Social cooperation is introduced to guide the bacteria tumbling towards better directions. Meanwhile, adaptive step size is employed in chemotaxis process. The new algorithm is tested on a set of benchmark functio...

BiFeO3-BaTiO3 (BFO-BTO)-based lead-free electroceramics have long been synthesized using the microwave sintering approach, but resulting multiferroic performance has not excellent. In this work, we report an attempt to achieve competitive ferroelectric properties in microwave-sintered xBFO-(1–x)BTO (x = 0.6–0.8) ceramics. Adopting a process with short dwell time of 30 min at 970 °C, obtain high...

Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3, BFO) has found application in a wide range of fields owing to its fascinating multiferroic properties. Herein, the interplay between piezoelectric properties and morphology BFO nanostructures is exploited for vibrational energy harvesting by tailoring high aspect ratio surface area nanofiber morphology. This work demonstrates facile pathway fabrication high-performance ...

We describe the magnetic domain structures and magnetoelectric coupling in self-assembled BiFeO3–CoFe2O4 (BFO–CFO) nanocomposite thin films grown on (110)-LaAlO3 substrates, consisting of CFO slab-shaped crystals (nanofins) embedded a BFO matrix. The nanofins exhibit single-domain states with in-plane magnetization along their length due to shape magnetoelastic anisotropies. piezoresponse matri...

The construction industry produces enormous amounts of information, relying on building information modeling (BIM). However, due to interoperability issues, valuable is not being used properly. Ontology offers a solution this interoperability. A complete knowledge base can be provided by reusing basic formal ontology (BFO). In previous studies, domain was developed without BFO. Domain requires ...