Yan Chang^1,*, Shibin Zhang¹, Lili Yan¹, Guihua Han¹, Haiquan Song¹, Yan Zhang¹, Xueyang Li¹, Qirun Wang²

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.59, No.3, pp. 1005-1014, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.06297

Abstract Quantum authorization management (QAM) is the quantum scheme for privilege management infrastructure (PMI) problem. Privilege management (authorization management) includes authentication and authorization. Authentication is to verify a user’s identity. Authorization is the process of verifying that a authenticated user has the authority to perform a operation, which is more fine-grained. In most classical schemes, the authority management center (AMC) manages the resources permissions for all network nodes within the jurisdiction. However, the existence of AMC may be the weakest link of the whole scheme. In this paper, a protocol for QAM without AMC is proposed based on entanglement swapping. In… More >

Zhiguo Qu^1,*, Tiancheng Zhu², Jinwei Wang¹, Xiaojun Wang³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.56, No.1, pp. 47-59, 2018, DOI: 10.3970/cmc.2018.02215

Abstract In this paper, a novel quantum steganography protocol based on Brown entangled states is proposed. The new protocol adopts the CNOT operation to achieve the transmission of secret information by the best use of the characteristics of entangled states. Comparing with the previous quantum steganography algorithms, the new protocol focuses on its anti-noise capability for the phase-flip noise, which proved its good security resisting on quantum noise. Furthermore, the covert communication of secret information in the quantum secure direct communication channel would not affect the normal information transmission process due to the new protocol’s good imperceptibility. If the number of… More >

B.J. Yang¹, K.J. Cho¹, G.M. Kim¹, H.K. Lee^1,2

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.103, No.5, pp. 343-365, 2014, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2014.103.343

Abstract The addition of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to a matrix material is expected to lead to an increase in the effective electrical properties of nanocomposites. However, a CNT entanglement caused by the matrix viscosity and the high aspect ratio of the nanotubes often inhibits the formation of a conductive network. In the present study, the micromechanics-based model is utilized to investigate the effect of CNT agglomeration on the electrical conductivity and percolation threshold of nanocomposites. A series of parametric studies considering various shapes and curviness distributions of CNTs are carried out to examine the effects of entanglement on the electrical performance… More >

W. Wei, David CC LAM¹

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.75, No.3&4, pp. 235-246, 2011, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2011.075.235

Abstract Chain rotations in macromolecular solids are constrained by entanglements. The effects of constraints on strain deformation and strain gradient deformation were investigated using molecular dynamic (MD) simulation in this paper. The effects on the chains were examined by embedding the chains inside bent beams. For thick beams, the simulated elastic moduli for styrene butyl rubber (SBR), polyimide (PI) and polyethylene (PE) were in good agreement with elastic moduli reported in the literature. The elastic moduli varied linearly with entanglements and inversely with the molecular weight. For thin beams where strain gradients were non-negligible, the results showed that l₂, the higher… More >

Gang Xu^1,2,*, Ke Xiao^1,*, Zongpeng Li³, Xin-Xin Niu^2,4, Michael Ryan⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.58, No.3, pp. 809-827, 2019, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2019.04400

Abstract In this paper, we first re-examine the previous protocol of controlled quantum secure direct communication of Zhang et al.’s scheme, which was found insecure under two kinds of attacks, fake entangled particles attack and disentanglement attack. Then, by changing the party of the preparation of cluster states and using unitary operations, we present an improved protocol which can avoid these two kinds of attacks. Moreover, the protocol is proposed using the three-qubit partially entangled set of states. It is more efficient by only using three particles rather than four or even more to transmit one bit secret information. Given our… More >