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Chapter 4 : Human health hazards, risks, impacts associated with underground gas storage in California : Draft Chapter Prepared for the California Council on Science and Technology

January 20, 2018

Author(s)

Kuldeep R. Prasad

In this chapter we assess the environmental public health and occupational health hazards, risks, and impacts associated with underground gas storage in...

Chapter 2 : Failure Modes, Likelihood, and Consequences

January 20, 2018

Author(s)

Kuldeep R. Prasad

The general purpose of underground gas storage (UGS) is to meet varying demand for natural gas (methane, CH4) over daily to seasonal time scales in the face of...

Rheological Properties of Jute-Based Cellulose Nanofibers under Different Ionic Conditions

January 1, 2018

Author(s)

Lihong Geng, Ali Naderi, Yimin NMN Mao, Chengbo Zhan, Priyanka Sharma, Xiangfang Peng, Benjamin S. Hsiao

Cellulose nanofibers (CNF) were produced by 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxyl (TEMPO) -oxidation and mechanical shearing of jute pulp. The cross section...

Accelerated Testing: Challenges and Opportunities.

December 19, 2017

Author(s)

Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston

Materials exposed to outdoor weathering will change properties. Currently there are no test methods that result in predictions for those materials. This lack of...

Designing and Performing Biologicial Solution Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Contrast Variation Experiments on Multi-component Assemblies

December 7, 2017

Author(s)

Susan Krueger

Solution small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) combined with contrast variation provides information about the size and shape of individual components in a...

2017 NCNR Annual Report

December 1, 2017

Author(s)

Steven R. Kline

Attribute Based Access Control

November 30, 2017

Author(s)

Chung Tong Hu, David F. Ferraiolo, Ramaswamy Chandramouli, David R. Kuhn

Until now, ABAC research has been documented in hundreds of research papers, but not consolidated in book form. This book explains ABAC's history and model...

Hybrid Applications of Solution Scattering to Aid Structural Biology

November 19, 2017

Author(s)

Alexander Grishaev

Biomolecular applications of solution X-ray and neutron scattering (SAXS and SANS, respectively) started in late 1960s – early 1970s but were relatively limited...

Summary of the Discussions Following each Session of the 6th Service Life Prediction of Polymer Materials: Over the Horizon meeting held in Santa Fe, NM, March 2-24-2016.

November 8, 2017

Author(s)

Christopher C. White

During March 20th to 24th, 2016, over 50 engineers and scientists from across the globe attended the sixth annual Service Life Prediction of Polymer Materials...

Towards Detecting Data Integrity Attacks in Smart Grid

October 6, 2017

Author(s)

Linqiang Ge, Wei Yu, Paul Moulema, Guobin Xu, David W. Griffith, Nada T. Golmie

An effective operation of the smart grid relies on the integration of sensing, computing, and communication. Attempting to disrupt the system, an adversary may...

Chapter 12 Depth profiling

September 17, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos

Microwave tomography is an active, developing research area. The objective is to visualize hidden, subsurface features through application of microwave...

Chapter 7. Probe-based measurement systems

September 17, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos

In the preceding chapters, we have focused on broadband, calibrated measurements of nanoelectronic devices. In particular, we have described measurement...

Chapter 10. Measurement of active nanoelectronic devices

September 17, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos

Many of the most promising applications of nanomaterials involve active, nanoelectronic devices. For example, the intrinsic transport properties of single...

Chapter 6. Characterization of nanofiber devices

September 17, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos

Previous chapters have introduced and described a variety of measurement techniques for RF nanoelectronic devices. Here, our objective is to work through an...

Chapter 11. Dopant profiling in semiconductor nanoelectronics

September 17, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos

As nanoelectronic device dimensions are scaled down to atomic sizes, device performance becomes more and more sensitive to the exact arrangement of atoms...

Chapter 9. Radio frequency scanning probe measurements of materials

September 17, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos

Preceding chapters have described the near field scanning microwave microscope (NSMM), while discussing both the underlying theory of operation and practical...

Chapter 14. Nanoscale electromagnetic measurements for life science applications

September 17, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos

Historically, the most prominent techniques for biomaterial imaging have been optical techniques, especially those based on fluorescence imaging. Many of these...

Chapter 13. Dynamics of nanoscale magnetic systems

September 17, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos

The topic of nanoscale magnetic systems is broad and could easily provide enough material for an entire book on its own. In this chapter, as in previous ones...

Chapter 8. Instrumentation for near-field scanning microwave microscopy

September 17, 2017

Author(s)

Pavel Kabos, Thomas Mitchell (Mitch) Wallis

In the previous chapter, we discussed the underlying physics and theory of operation for near-field scanning microwave microscopes (NSMMs) and related probe...

Chapter 2. Core concepts of microwave and RF measurements

September 15, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos

In this chapter we will review the core concepts of microwave and radio frequency (RF) propagation in both guided-wave and on-wafer environments. Because most...

Chapter 5. Modeling and validation of RF nanoelectronic devices

September 15, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos

The development and engineering of nanoelectronic devices has been characterized by several significant technological trends. In addition to the ongoing scaling...

Chapter 4. On-wafer measurements of RF nanoelectronic devices

September 15, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos

The preceding chapters have introduced the core concepts and techniques of microwave measurements, in general, and techniques for microwave measurements of...

Chapter 1. An introduction to radio frequency nanoelectronics

September 15, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos

The field of radio frequency (RF) nanoelectronics focuses on the fundamental study and engineering of devices that are enabled by nanotechnology and operate...

Chapter 3. Extreme Impedance Measurements

September 15, 2017

Author(s)

Pavel Kabos, Thomas Mitchell (Mitch) Wallis

Microwave measurements of RF nanoelectronic devices present numerous challenges. Among these, perhaps the most difficult measurement challenge arises from the...

Calorimetric Determination of Enthalpies of Vaporization

September 12, 2017

Author(s)

Eugene Paulechka, Dzmitry H. Zaitsau

A review of calorimeters and experimental procedures used for measurement of enthalpies of vaporization for pure liquids is presented. The calorimetric...

Nanolayer Analysis by Neutron Reflectometry

July 18, 2017

Author(s)

Joseph A. Dura, Eric Daniel Rus, Paul Kienzle, Brian B. Maranville

Neutron reflectometry offers unique benefits for nanolayer research in green chemistry by providing accurate depth profiles of thin films and interfaces with...

The Open Academic Robot Kit

July 12, 2017

Author(s)

Raymond K. Sheh, Amy Eguchi, Haldun Komsuoglu, Adam Jacoff

The Open Academic Robot Kit (OARKit) lowers the barrier of entry into robotics research. A community driven initiative, it was developed in the context of the...

Lipids in Regulation of the Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Permeability, Bioenergetics, and Metabolism

June 1, 2017

Author(s)

Tatiana K. Rostovtseva, David Hoogerheide, Amandine Rovini, Sergey M. Bezrukov

The role of mitochondrial membranes in oxidative phosphorylation, energy production, calcium signaling, and mitochondrial metabolism is well established...

FLOW CYTOMETER PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION, STANDARDIZATION AND CONTROL

May 8, 2017

Author(s)

Hao-Wei Wang, Robert A. Hoffman

Flow cytometry is a widely used technique for the analysis of single cells and particles. It is an essential tool for immunological research, drug and device...

Colliding Self-Assembly Waves in Organosilane Monolayers

Author(s)

K Efimenko, Ali Ozcam, Jan Genzer, Daniel A. Fischer, Frederick R. Phelan Jr., Jack F. Douglas

Colliding autocatalytic wave-fronts of organosilane (OS) layer self-assembly are generated through the controlled positioning of sources of the volatile OS...

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