Imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) is a new socio-politically motivated global search strategy. The ICA is applied to hybrid composite laminates to obtain minimum weight and cost. The approach which is chosen for conducting the multi-objective optimization was the weighted sum method (WSM). The hybrid composite Laminates are made of glass/epoxy and carbon/epoxy to combine the lightness and...

A versatile group of 2D carbide materials from the past decade, MXenes, have attracted attention for their rich chemistry and wide range properties. The perhaps best known MXene, namely, Ti3C2Tx, has been observed to stack in two distinct ways, simulations show that this influences interlayer bonding energy Li diffusion. In DFT study, six types Ti3C2T2 bonds resulting O, F, OH termination group...

RNA contains different secondary structural motifs like pseudo-helices, hairpin loops, internal loops, etc. in addition to anti-parallel double helices and random coils. The secondary structures are mainly stabilized by base-pairing and stacking interactions between the planar aromatic bases. The hydrogen bonding strength and geometries of base pairs are characterized by six intra-base pair par...

I n t r o d u c t i o n THE structures of the cancrinite-group minerals are character ized by parallel s ix-membered rings consisting of alternating A104 and SiO4 tetrahedra. The hexagonal symmetry is the result of the stacking of such six-membered rings in an AB... sequence. This stacking leads to large continuous channels that are formed by twelve-membered rings of alternating A1Oa and SiO4 t...

We report the use of thermodynamic measurements in a self-complementary DNA duplex (5'-dXCGCGCG)(2), where X is an unpaired natural or nonnatural deoxynucleoside, to study the forces that stabilize aqueous aromatic stacking in the context of DNA. Thermal denaturation experiments show that the core duplex (lacking X) is formed with a free energy (37 °C) of -8.1 kcal·mol(-1) in a pH 7.0 buffer co...