Journals

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with 98% system detection efficiency at 1550 nm

November 23, 2020

Author(s)

Dileep Venkatarama Reddy, Robert R. Nerem, Sae Woo Nam, Richard Mirin, Varun Verma

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are an enabling technology for a myriad of quantum-optics experiments that require high-efficiency

Strain-Induced Creation and Switching of Anion Vacancy Layers in Perovskite Oxynitrides

November 23, 2020

Author(s)

Takafumi Yamamoto, Akira Chikamatsu, Shunsaku Kitagawa, Nana Izumo, Shunsuke Yamashita, Hiroshi Takatsu, Masayuki Ochi, Takahiro Maryuama, Morito Namba, Wenhao Sun, Takahide Nakashima, Fumitaka Takeiri, Kotaro Fujii, Masatomo Yashima, Yuki Sugisawa, Masahito Sano, Yashushi Hirose, Daiichiro Sekiba, Craig Brown, Takashi Honda, Kazutaka Ikeda, Toshiya Otomo, Kazuhiko Kuroki, Kenji Ishida, Takao Mori, Koji Kimoto, Tetsuya Hasegawa, Hiroshi Kageyama

Perovskite oxides, ABO 3, can host a variety of anion vacancies in the form of chains or layers, which results in various properties 1-3 and thus the

Elastic-plastic properties of mesoscale electrodeposited LIGA nickel alloy films: microscopy and mechanics

November 22, 2020

Author(s)

Li-Anne Liew, David T. Read, May Martin, Frank W. DelRio, Peter E. Bradley, Nicholas Barbosa, Todd R. Christenson, John T. Geaney

The elastic-plastic properties of mesoscale electrodeposited LIGA Ni alloy specimens are investigated as a function of specimen size, strain rate, and material

Diffusion limitations and translocation barriers in atomically thin biomimetic pores

November 20, 2020

Author(s)

Subin Sahu, Michael P. Zwolak

Ionic transport in nano- to subnano-scale pores is highly dependent on translocation barriers and potential wells. These features in the free-energy landscape

Evolution of the Magnetic Properties in the Antiferromagnet Ce₂RhIn₈ Simultaneously Doped with Cd and Ir

November 20, 2020

Author(s)

D. S. Christovam, G. S. Freitas, M. M. Piva, J. C. Souza, M. O. Malcolms, O. L. Canton, Juscelino Leao, William D. Ratcliff, Jeffrey W. Lynn, C. Adriano, P. G. Pagliuso

We report the evolution of the magnetic properties of Ce 2Rh 1−xIr xIn 8−yCd y single crystals. In particular, for Ce 2Rh 0.5Ir 0.5In 8 (T N = 2.0 K) and Ce 2Rh

Magnetic Order and Competition with Superconductivity in (Ho-Er)Ni₂B₂C

November 20, 2020

Author(s)

Suleyman Gundogdu, J. P. Clancy, Guangyong Xu, Yang Zhao, Paul A. Dube, Tufan C. Karalar, Beong K. Cho, Jeffrey W. Lynn, M. Ramazanoglu

The rare earth magnetic order in pure and doped Er (1−x)Ho xNi 2B^2^C (x = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1) single crystal samples was investigated using magnetization

Part Decomposition and Evaluation Based on Standard Design Guidelines for Additive Manufacturability and Assemblability

November 19, 2020

Author(s)

Yosep Oh, Hyunwoong Ko, Timothy A. Sprock, William Z. Bernstein, Soonjo Kwon

In comparison to traditional manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing (AM) has facilitated the production of complex part geometries. However, AM suffers from its

Experimental demonstration of the near-quantum optimal receiver

November 19, 2020

Author(s)

Jabir Marakkarakath Vadakkepurayil, Ivan Burenkov, FNU Nur Fajar Rizqi Annafianto, Abdella Battou, Sergey Polyakov

We implement the cyclic quantum receiver based on the theoretical proposal of Roy Bondurant and demonstrate experimentally below the shot-noise limit (SNL)

Isotope shift spectroscopy of the 1S0 to 3P1 and 1S0 to 3P0 transitions in strontium

November 19, 2020

Author(s)

Gretchen K. Campbell, Hirokazu Miyake, Neal Pisenti, Peter Elgee, Ananya Sitaram

Isotope shift spectroscopy with narrow optical transitions provides a benchmark for atomic struc- ture calculations, and has also been proposed as a way to

Development of a general-purpose machine-learning interatomic potential for aluminum by the physically-informed neural network method

November 19, 2020

Author(s)

Ganga Purja Pun, Vesselin Yamakov, James Hickman, Edward Glaessgen, Yuri Mishin

Interatomic potentials constitute the key component of large-scale atomistic simulations of materials. The recently proposed physically-informed neural network

EFFECTS OF PRE-STRAIN ON THE NON-LINEAR VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF A MODEL SEALANT

November 18, 2020

Author(s)

Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston, Kar tean Tan

The non-linear viscoelastic properties of a model sealant were measured using stress relaxation tests conducted at different strain levels, x. Some specimens

Estimating the Impact of 16 CFR Part 1633 on Bed Fire Outcomes

November 18, 2020

Author(s)

Stanley W. Gilbert, David Butry, Rick D. Davis, Richard Gann

Effective July 1, 2007, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission promulgated a standard to severely reduce the heat release rate and the early heat output

The Roles of Standard Cigarettes in Assuring the Ignition Resistance of Soft Furnishings

November 18, 2020

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann, Ickchan Kim, Steven P. Lund, William F. Guthrie, Rick D. Davis

Regulations for cigarette ignition resistance (CIR) of soft furnishings (beds and upholstered furniture) and less fire-prone cigarettes have contributed

Calibration Procedures for Orthogonal Superposition Rheology

November 18, 2020

Author(s)

Ran Tao, Aaron M. Forster

Orthogonal superposition (OSP) rheology is an advanced rheological technique that involves superimposing a small-amplitude oscillatory shear deformation

Calibration of Ray-Tracing with Diffuse Scattering against 28-GHz Directional Urban Channel Measurements

November 18, 2020

Author(s)

Camillo Gentile, Jelena Senic, Chiehping Lai, Derek Caudill, Jack Chuang, Nada Golmie

This paper describes the calibration of the Volcano ray-tracing engine against channel measurements collected in an urban environment with a 28 GHz directional

Neutron Polarimetry Using a Polarized 3He Cell for the aCORN Experiment

November 16, 2020

Author(s)

Benjamin C. Schafer, W A. Byron, Wangchun Chen, B Collett, Maynard S. Dewey, Thomas R. Gentile, Md. T. Hassan, Gordon L. Jones, Alexander Komives, Fred E. Wietfeldt

The neutron polarization of the NG-C beamline at the NIST Center for Neutron Research was measured as part of the aCORN neutron beta decay experiment. Neutron t

Sequential Bayesian experiment design for optically detected magnetic resonance of nitrogen-vacancy centers

November 16, 2020

Author(s)

Sergey Dushenko, Kapildeb Ambal, Robert McMichael

In wide-range magnetometry using optically detected magnetic resonance of NV- centers, we demonstrate more than order-of-magnitude speed up with sequential

Peritectic Phase Transition of Benzene and Acetonitrile into a Cocrystal Relevant to Titan, Saturn's Moon

November 14, 2020

Author(s)

Christina A. McConville, Yunwen Tao, Hayden Evans, Benjamin Trump, Jonathan B. Lefton, Wenqian Xu, Andrey A. Yakovenko, Elfi Kraka, Craig Brown, Tomce Runcevski

Benzene and acetonitrile are two of the most commonly used solvents found in almost every chemical laboratory. Titan, Saturn's icy moon, is one other place in

New refrigerants and system configurations for vapor compression refrigeration

November 13, 2020

Author(s)

Mark McLinden, Christopher J. Seeton, Andy Pearson

The high global warming potential (GWP) of current refrigerants in cooling equipment based on the vapor-compression cycle has triggered a major effort to find

Mixture Fraction Analysis of Combustion Products in Medium-Scale Pool Fires

November 13, 2020

Author(s)

Ryan Falkenstein-Smith, Kunhyuk Sung, Jian Chen, Anthony Hamins

A mixture fraction analysis is performed to investigate the characteristics of time-averaged gaseous species measurements made along the centerline of medium

The joint automated repository for various integrated simulations (JARVIS) for data-driven materials design

November 12, 2020

Author(s)

Kamal Choudhary, Kevin Garrity, Andrew C. Reid, Brian DeCost, Adam Biacchi, Angela R. Hight Walker, Zachary Trautt, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Aaron Kusne, Andrea Centrone, Albert Davydov, Francesca Tavazza, Jie Jiang, Ruth Pachter, Gowoon Cheon, Evan Reed, Ankit Agrawal, Xiaofeng Qian, Vinit Sharma, Houlong Zhuang, Sergei Kalinin, Ghanshyam Pilania, Pinar Acar, Subhasish Mandal, David Vanderbilt, Karin Rabe

The Joint Automated Repository for Various Integrated Simulations (JARVIS) is an integrated infrastructure to accelerate materials discovery and design using

Precision Metrology Meets Cosmology: Improved Constraints on Ultralight Dark Matter from Atom-Cavity Frequency Comparisons

November 12, 2020

Author(s)

Colin J. Kennedy, Eric Oelker, John M. Robinson, Tobias B. Bothwell, Dhruv Kedar, William R. Milner, G E. Marti, A Derevianko, Jun Ye

In-plane Uniaxial Pressure-Induced Out-of-Plane Antiferromagnetic Moment and Critical Fluctuations in BaFe₂As₂

November 12, 2020

Author(s)

Panpan Liu, Mason L. Klemm, Long Tian, Xingye Lu, Yu Song, David W. Tam, Karin Schmalzl, J. T. Park, Yu Li, Guotai Tan, Yixi Su, Frederic Bourdarot, Yang Zhao, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Robert J. Birgeneau, Pengcheng Dai

A small in-plane external uniaxial pressure has been widely used as an effective method to acquire single domain iron pnictide BaFe 2As 2, which exhibits twin

The Documentary Standards of the IEEE Technical Committee 10

November 11, 2020

Author(s)

Nicholas G. Paulter Jr., John Jendzurski, Sergio Rapuano, Luca De Vito, S. J. Tilden, W. B. Boyer

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Crystal Structure of a Bivalent Antibody Fab Fragment

November 11, 2020

Author(s)

Salman Shahid, Mingming Gao, David Gallagher, Steven Foung, Zhen-Yong Keck, Thomas Fuerst, Roy Mariuzza

We determined the crystal structure to 1.8 Å resolution of the Fab fragment of an affinity- matured human monoclonal antibody (HC84.26.5D) that recognizes the

Lessons From the NIST Micronutrients Quality Assurance Program for Vitamin C, 1993 to 2015: Sample Stability, Assay Reproducibility, and Use of Controls to Improve Comparability

November 11, 2020

Author(s)

David L. Duewer, Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, Katherine E. Sharpless, S A. Margolis

Vitamin C is a necessary micronutrient that is involved in many biological processes. In preserved human plasma and serum, vitamin C is most meaningfully

Observation of an Intermediate to H2 Binding in a Metal–organic Framework

November 10, 2020

Author(s)

Brandon R. Barnett, Hayden Evans, Gregory M. Su, Henry Z.H. Jiang, Romit Chakraborty, Didier Banyeretse, Tyler J. Hartman, Madison B. Martinez, Benjamin Trump, Jacob D. Tarver, Matthew N. Dods, Walter S. Drisdell, Katherine E. Hurst, Thomas Gennett, Stephen A. FitzGerald, Craig Brown, Martin Head-Gordon, Jeffrey R. Long

Coordinatively-unsaturated metal sites within certain zeolites and metal–organic frameworks can strongly adsorb various molecules. While many classical examples

Atomic force microscopy for nanoscale mechanical property characterization

November 10, 2020

Author(s)

Gheorghe Stan, Sean King

Over the past several decades, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has advanced from a technique used primarily for surface topography imaging to one capable of

Flow visualization of an N95 respirator with and without an exhalation valve.

November 10, 2020

Author(s)

Matthew Staymates

This work demonstrates the qualitative fluid flow characteristics of a standard N95 respirator with and without an exhalation valve. Schlieren imaging was used

Parallel multi-parameter study of PEI-functionalized gold nanoparticle synthesis for bio- medical applications: Part 2. Elucidating the role of surface chemistry and polymer structure on performance

November 10, 2020

Author(s)

Tae Joon Cho, Justin M. Gorham, John M. Pettibone, Jingyu Liu, Jiaojie Tan, Vincent A. Hackley

Despite the breadth and quality of published work in this area, it remains unclear how the specific properties of polyethyleneimine (PEI) and the methods