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Samuel Low, Jun-Feng Song, Alessandro Germak, Andy Knott, Renato Reis Machado
This paper describes the process used by the Consultative Committee for Mass and Related Quantities - Working Group on Hardness (CCM-WGH) of the International...
Andreza M. Eufrasio, Ian L. Pegg, Nikolaus Deems, Biprodas Dutta, Winnie Wong-Ng, Qingzhen Huang
Solid solutions in the Ba(Pb1−xSrx)O3−z system were prepared by aliovalent substitution of Pb4+ by Sr2+ ions to investigate the effect of cation stoichiometry...
Garnett W. Bryant, Rachel Morin, Elena Shevchenko, Yuchen Sha, Matthew Pelton
Semiconductor nanorods with charge-accepting molecules adsorbed on their surfaces serve as model systems for solar energy conversion. An electron photoexcited...
Zachary Newman, Vincent N. Maurice, Tara Fortier, Connor Fredrick, Scott Diddams, John Kitching, Matthew Hummon
We describe a high-performance, compact optical frequency standard based on a microfabricated Rb vapor cell and a low-noise, external cavity diode laser operati...
Mitchell M. Bordelon, Xiaoling Wang, Daniel M. Pajerowski, Arnab Banerjee, Mark Sherwin, Craig Brown, M. Eldeeb, T. Petersen, L. Hozoi, U. Robler, Martin Mourigal
The magnetic ground state and the crystalline electric field level scheme of the triangular lattice antiferromagnet KCeO 2are investigated. Below T N = 300 mK...
Mingkang Wang, Rui Zhang, Robert Ilic, Yuxiang Liu, Vladimir Aksyuk
All physical oscillators, from optical cavities to mechanical cantilevers, are subject to thermodynamic and quantum perturbations and detection uncertainty...
Science is full of overlooked and undervalued research waiting to be rediscovered. Proteomics is no exception. In this perspective, we follow the ripples from a...
We suggest a test of a central prediction of perturbatively quantized general relativity: the coherent communication of quantum information between massive...
Ryan Stein, Zachary Barcikowski, Sujitra Pookpanratana, Joshua M. Pomeroy, Michael Stewart
Gate-defined quantum dots (QD) benefit from the use of small grain size metals for gates materials because it aids in shrinking the device dimensions. However...
William Steinhardt, P. A. Maksimov, Sachith Dissanayake, Zhenzhong Shi, Nicholas Butch, David Graf, Andrey Podlesnyak, Yaohua Liu, Yang Zhao, Guangyong Xu, Jeffrey Lynn, Casey Marjerrison, A. L. Chernyshev, Sara Haravifard
Recently, Yb-based triangular lattice antiferromagnets have garnered significant interest as possible quantum spin liquid candidates. One example is YbMgGaO 4...
In this progress report, we examine recent efforts towards the introduction of magnetic order into topologically nontrivial systems through magnetic proximity...
Rick Paul, Shobhit A. Pandey, Chi Zhang, Daniah H. Ibrahim, Elise A. Goldfine, Jill K. Wenderott, Roberto dos Reis, Ionnis Spanopoulos, Mercouri Kanatzidis, Michael J. Bedzyk, Vinayak P. Dravid, Gabriela B. Gonzalez, Sossina M. Haile
Molybdenum nitrides have been employed in a variety of catalysis and electronic applications. For use in catalysis, the cubic phase with nominal stoichiometry...
Marko Mebelli, Danai Velliadou, Marc Assael, Konstantinos D. Antoniadis, Marcia L. Huber
We present a new wide-ranging correlation for the thermal of ethane-1,2-diol (ethylene glycol) based on critically evaluated experimental data. The correlation...
Varun Verma, Adriana Lita, Yao Zhai, Heli C. Vora, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Boris Korzh, Alex Walter, Ryan Briggs, Marco Colangelo, Emma Wollman, Andrew Beyer, Jason Allmaras, D. Zhu, Ekkehart Schmidt, A. G. Kozorezov, Matthew Shaw
We developed superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) based on tungsten silicide (WSi) that show saturated internal detection efficiency up to...
A fire started in Shurijo Seiden, or the main hall of Shurijo Castle, Naha-city, Okinawa, Japan on the morning of October 30th, 2019. The fire resulted in loss...
David Raciti, Trevor Braun, Brian M. Tackett, Heng Xu, Mutya Cruz, Benjamin Wiley, Thomas Moffat
An interconnected network of high-aspect ratio Ag nanowires was pressed against porous gas diffusion layers (both conductive or non-conductive) to use as a gas...
Matthew Spidell, John Lehman, Stefan Kueck, Marco Lopez, Holger Lecher, Richard Savage, Dripta Bhattacharjee
The Gravitational Wave (GW) observatories calibrate interferometer displacement using photon momentum, with laser power serving as the measurand. These...
Joy Dunkers, Hariharan Iyer, Brynna H. Jones, Charles Camp, Stephan J. Stranick, Nancy Lin
Quantifying viable, vegetative bacteria is a critical measurand in healthcare diagnostics, food safety, and antimicrobial development. Viability determination...
Richardson's leapfrog scheme is notoriously unconditionally unstable in well-posed, forward, linear dissipative evolution equations. Remarkably, that scheme can...
This report details the results of the Inter-American Metrology System (SIM) key comparison on regular spectral transmittance (SIM.PR-K6.2010). Eight national...
Benjamin J. Heacock, Robert W. Haun, Michael G. Huber, Albert Henins, Robert C. Valdillez, Takuhiro Fujiie, Katsuya Hirota, Masaaki Kitaguchi, Hirohiko Shimizu, Takuya Hosobata, Masahiro Takeda, Yutaka Yamagata
Structure factors describe how incident radiation is scattered from materials such as silicon and germanium and characterize the physical interaction between...
Stephen Eckel, Daniel Barker, Eric Norrgard, Julia Scherschligt
We present a python object-oriented computer program for simulating various aspects of laser cooling physics. Our software is designed to be both easy to use...
Mridu Malik, Yang Yang, Parinaz Fathi, Gretchen Mahler, Mandy Esch
The process of identifying new drugs and getting them approved for use in patients requires extensive preclinical studies and clinical trials. Preclinical...
Assessing the reproducibility, accuracy and utility of massively parallel DNA sequencing platforms remains an ongoing challenge. Here the Association of...
Yeonhoo Kim, Roxanne Tutchton, Ren Liu, Sergiy Krylyuk, Jian-Xin Zhu, Albert Davydov, Young Joon Hong, Jinkyoung Yoo
Two-dimensional (2D) materials as contacts for semiconductor devices have attracted great attention due to minimizing Fermi level pinning. Schottky–Mott physics...
Kamran Sayrafian, Guillermo Sahonero-Alvarez, Avinash Singh, Luigi Bianchi, Avid Roman-Gonzalez
A Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) can be considered as a technology that allows for alternative means of communication between humans and their environment using...