Collaborative enhancement of thermal diffusivities and mechanical properties of Csf-Cu/Mg composites via introducing Cu coating with different thicknesses by Yuan Ma, Lingjun Guo, Jiancheng Wang, Baolin Chen, Lehua Qi, Hejun Li

“…Mg alloy matrix composites reinforced with short carbon fibers (Csf/Mg) are considered as potential candidates for integrated structural-functional electronic parts that satisfy the requirements of lightweight, excellent mechanical properties, and heat dissipation. …”
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Effects of fiber engraving laser on metallurgical, surface topography, and corrosion properties of AZ80 magnesium-based alloy by Narges Ahmadi, Homam Naffakh-Moosavy, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Hadavi, Fatemeh Bagheri

“…Surface modification with fiber lasers improves the biological and mechanical properties of biomaterials. Magnesium, a lightweight metal similar to natural bone, shows no toxicity and can aid in hard tissue recovery when implanted in the human body. …”
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Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Shale Ceramsite Concrete: Experimental Study on the Influence Law due to Microencapsulated Phase-Change Material Content and Phase-Change Cycle... by Weihua Ding, Lin Zhu, Hu Li, Bin Hou, Fan Yang

“…In this research, shale ceramsite and shale ceramics sand were used as the main raw materials to produce lightweight aggregate concrete (LWAC) mixed with MPCM. …”
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Enhancing early lung cancer detection with MobileNet: A comprehensive transfer learning approach by Raquel Ochoa-Ornelas, Alberto Gudiño-Ochoa, Julio Alberto García-Rodríguez, Sofia Uribe-Toscano

“…This study investigates the application of MobileNetV2, a state-of-the-art, lightweight convolutional neural network, for the accurate classification of lung adenocarcinoma (LAC), benign lung tissue (BLT), and lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC). …”
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Automatic Multitarget Detection Method Based on Distributed Through-wall Radar by Xiao LIANG, Shengbo YE, Chenyang SONG, Yubing YUAN, Qunying ZHANG, Xiaojun LIU, Hejun JIANG, Hong LI

“…Although single-transmitter, single-receiver radar offers the advantages of a compact size and lightweight design, it cannot achieve Two-Dimensional (2D) target localization. …”
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Amplifying the Sensitivity of Electrospun Polyvinylidene Fluoride Piezoelectric Sensors Through Electrical Polarization Process for Low-Frequency Applications by Asra Tariq, Amir H. Behravesh, Muhammad Tariq, Ghaus Rizvi

“…Piezoelectric sensors convert mechanical stress into electrical charge via the piezoelectric effect, and when fabricated as fibers, they offer flexibility, lightweight properties, and adaptability to complex shapes for self-powered wearable sensors. …”
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Microstructural transition from ZrO₂ to Zr–Al intermetallics and property evolution in AA5051 composites by G. Anbuchezhiyan, G. Ananth, Vignesh M, K. Logesh, Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Elango Natarajan

“…AA5051 is lightweight and has excellent corrosion resistance, but it loses strength at higher temperatures as magnesium atoms diffuse more readily within the aluminium matrix, reducing the uniformity of the solid solution and weakening the alloy's strengthening mechanism. …”
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EventSegNet: Direct Sparse Semantic Segmentation from Event Data by Pengju Li, Yuqiang Fang, Jiayu Qiu, Jun He, Jishun Li, Qinyu Zhu, Xia Wang, Yasheng Zhang

“…Our approach achieved a new F1 score of 84.2% on the dataset. In addition, a lightweight and edge-oriented AI inference deployment technique was implemented for the network model. …”
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Bidimensionally partitioned online sequential broad learning system for large-scale data stream modeling by Wei Guo, Jianjiang Yu, Caigen Zhou, Xiaofeng Yuan, Zhanxiu Wang

“…This method exclusively utilizes the current online samples for iterative updating, while disregarding the previous historical samples, thereby rendering BPOSBLS a lightweight online sequential learning algorithm with consistently low computational costs and storage requirements. …”
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Fatigue failure mechanisms and life prediction of additive manufactured metallic lattices: a comprehensive review by Hao Xin, Dingcheng Tang, Linwei Dang, Lei Gao, Zhenyu Yang, Bin Wu, Xiaofan He, Zhixin Zhan

“…Metallic lattice materials, known for their periodic structural arrangements, offer lightweight solutions ideal for high-strength applications like aerospace. …”
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Ester-Based Lubricant and Anti-Leidenfrost Additive Solutions on Aluminum High-Pressure Die-Casting Applications by Nuria Cuadrado, Eduard Vidales, Manel da Silva, Wadi Wajana, Leandre Muntada, Angel Navarro, Lluis Beltran, Montserrat Vilaseca

“…The high-pressure die-casting process is growing since it is a cost-effective solution in the production of lightweight parts for a variety of industries. Nevertheless, the harsh working conditions of the die lead to premature failing and poor quality of the produced parts. …”
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Compressive Sensing Network Deeply Induced by Visual Mechanism by Mingkun Feng, Xiaole Han, Kai Zheng

“…At the reconstruction stage, we use the information processing characteristics of the visual system’s backend and construct a lightweight deep reconstruction subnetwork to enhance improve quality of image reconstruction. …”
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Effect of Surface Treated Nanofillers on Abrasive Wear of Carbon Fiber/Polyamide Blend Composites by S. Srinivas, R. Hemanth, B. Harshavardhan, G. S. Ananthapadmanabha, B. Suresha

“…The findings underscore the potential for further developments in composite material technology, which will have an impact on a variety of industries, including aerospace and automotive, where there is a growing need for materials that are both strong and lightweight.…”
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HAD-YOLO: An Accurate and Effective Weed Detection Model Based on Improved YOLOV5 Network by Long Deng, Zhonghua Miao, Xueguan Zhao, Shuo Yang, Yuanyuan Gao, Changyuan Zhai, Chunjiang Zhao

“…With the purpose of improving the model’s capacity to extract features and making it more lightweight, this algorithm employs the HGNetV2 as its backbone network. …”
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PDGPT: A large language model for acquiring phase diagram information in magnesium alloys by Zini Yan, Hongyu Liang, Jingya Wang, Hongbin Zhang, Alisson Kwiatkowski da Silva, Shiyu Liang, Ziyuan Rao, Xiaoqin Zeng

“…Abstract Magnesium alloys, known for their lightweight advantages, are increasingly in demand across a range of applications, from aerospace to the automotive industry. …”
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Portable astronomical observation system based on large-aperture concentric-ring metalens by Jianli Wang, Yongting Deng, Chengmiao Wang, Yu Lin, Yeming Han, Junchi Liu, Xiufeng Liu, Hongwen Li, Jan G. Korvink, Yongbo Deng

“…Abstract The core advantage of metalenses over traditional bulky lenses lies in their thin volume and lightweight. Nevertheless, as the application scenarios of metalenses extend to the macro-scale optical imaging field, a contradiction arises between the increasing demand for large-aperture metalenses and the synchronous rise in design and processing costs. …”
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Effects of alkali treatment on the bending and fracture behavior of biomaterial bamboo by Xiaohan Chen, Xianke Wang, Shaohua Gu, Aiyue Huang, Haitao Cheng

“…The modified bamboo has application potential in curved components in the transportation field and can meet the requirements of lightweight, flexibility, and environmental protection.…”
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Classifying early apple scab infections in multispectral imagery using convolutional neural networks by Alexander J. Bleasdale, J. Duncan Whyatt

“…Two CNN models, the lightweight MobileNetV2 and heavyweight EfficientNetV2L, were fine-tuned and used to classify each disease class in a testing dataset, with performance assessed through metrics derived from confusion matrices. …”
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Sustainability metrics targeted optimization and electric discharge process modelling by neural networks by Muhammad Sana, Muhammad Asad, Muhammad Umar Farooq, Mehdi Tlija, Rodolfo Haber

“…Abstract Aluminium and its alloys, especially Al6061, have gathered significant interest among researchers due to its less density, great durability, and high strength. Due to their lightweight properties, the precise machining of these alloys can become expensive through conventional machining operations for intricate products. …”
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DSC-SeNet: Unilateral Network with Feature Enhancement and Aggregation for Real-Time Segmentation of Carbon Trace in the Oil-Immersed Transformer by Liqing Liu, Hongxin Ji, Junji Feng, Xinghua Liu, Chi Zhang, Chun He

“…To improve inference speed, a lightweight unilateral feature extraction framework is constructed based on a shallow feature sharing mechanism, which is designed to provide feature input for both semantic path and spatial path. …”
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