Journals

Thermoelectric transport in coupled double layers with interlayer excitons and exciton condensation

December 29, 2020

Author(s)

Jiuning Hu, David B. Newell, Yong P. Chen, Albert Rigosi

We employ quantum Boltzmann formalism to study the transport properties of generic double layer systems where the strong interlayer interaction allows the...

Developing Single Layer MOS Quantum Dots for Diagnostic Qubits

December 28, 2020

Author(s)

Yanxue Hong, Aruna Ramanayaka, Ryan Stein, Joshua M. Pomeroy

The design, fabrication and characterization of single metal gate layer, metal-oxide- semiconductor (MOS) quantum dot devices robust against dielectric...

A system for probing Casimir energy corrections to the condensation energy

December 28, 2020

Author(s)

Diego J. Perez, Alexander Stange, Richard Lally, Lawrence Barrett, Matthias Imboden, Abhishek Som, David Campbell, Vladimir Aksyuk, David Bishop

In this article, we present a nano-electromechanical system (NEMS) designed to detect changes in the Casimir Energy. The Casimir effect is a result of the...

A technique to measure spin-dependent trapping events at the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor interface: Near zero field spin-dependent charge pumping

December 28, 2020

Author(s)

Mark A. Anders, Patrick M. Lenahan, Nicholas J. Harmon, Michael E. Flatte

We discuss a new technique to measure spin dependent trapping events at the MOSFET interface named near zero field spin dependent charge pumping (NZF SDCP)...

Resolving the Geometry/Charge Puzzle of the c(2 × 2)-Cl Cu(100) Electrode

December 27, 2020

Author(s)

Kathleen A. Schwarz, Mitchell C. Groenenboom, Thomas P. Moffat, Ravishankar Sundararaman, John T. Vinson

Reference wavelengths of Si ii, Cii, Fe i, and Ni ii for quasarabsorption spectroscopy

December 26, 2020

Author(s)

Gillian Nave, Christian Clear

Wavelengths of absorption lines in the spectra of galaxies along the line-of-sight to distant quasars can be used to probe the variablility of the fine...

Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy for quality control of geometrically complex additively manufactured components

December 26, 2020

Author(s)

Samantha McGuigan, Andrea Arguelles, Anne-Francoise Obaton, Jacques Riviere, Parisa Shokouhi, Alkan Donmez

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has started to overshadow traditional manufacturing practices thanks to its ability to produce complex, high-performance, and...

CCQM-K143 Comparison of Copper Calibration Solutions Prepared by NMIs/DIs

December 24, 2020

Author(s)

John Molloy, Michael Winchester, Therese Butler, Olaf Rienitz, Volker Goerlitz, Anita Roethke, Volker Goerlitz, Rodrigo Caciano de Sena, Lu Yang, Kenny Nadeau, Patricia R. Arancibia, Wu Bing, Zhou Tao, James Snell, Jochen Vogl, Maren Koenig, R. K. Kotnala, S. Swarupa Tripathy, Christine Elishian, Rosi Ketrin, Toshihiro Suzuki, Tom Oduor Okumu, Yong-Hyeon Yim, Judith Velina Lara Manzano, Mirella Buzoianu, Alena Sobina, Veniamin Zyskin, Egor Sobina, Pavel Migal, Mare Linsky, Suleyman Z. Can, Betul Ari, Heidi Goenaga Infante

CCQM-K143 is a key comparison that assesses participants' ability to prepare single element calibration solutions. Preparing calibration solutions properly is...

Magnetic Order and Fluctuations in the Quasi-Two-Dimensional Planar Magnet Sr(Co_1-xNi_x)₂As₂

December 24, 2020

Author(s)

Yaofeng Xie, Yu Li, Zhiping Yin, Rui Zhang, Weiyi Wang, M. B. Stone, Huibo Cao, D. Abernathy, Leland Harriger, David Young, J. DiTusa, Pengcheng Dai

Microscale Photopatterning of Through-thickness Modulus in a Monolithic and Functionally Graded 3D Printed Part

December 24, 2020

Author(s)

Asais C. Uzcategui, Callie I. Higgins, John Hergert, Andrew Tomaschke, Victor Crespo-Cuevas, Virginia L. Ferguson, Stephanie Bryant, Robert R. McLeod, Jason Killgore

3D printing is transforming traditional processing methods in applications ranging from tissue engineering to optics. To fulfill its maximum potential, 3D...

Kitaev Interactions in the Co Honeycomb Antiferromagnets Na₃Co₂SbO₆ and Na₂Co₂TeO₆

December 24, 2020

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M. Songvilay, J. Robert, Jose Rodriguez Rivera, William D. Ratcliff, F. Damay, V. Baledent, M. Jimenez-Ruiz, P. Lejay, E. Pachoud, A. Hadj-Azzem, V. Simonet, C. Stock

Co 2+ ions in an octahedral crystal field, stabilize a jeff = 1⁄2 ground state with an orbital degree of freedom and and have been recently put forward for...

Independent Amplitude Control of Arbitrary Orthogonal States of Polarization via Dielectric Metasurfaces

December 23, 2020

Author(s)

Qingbin Fan, Mingze Liu, Cheng Zhang, Wenqi Zhu, Yilin Wang, Peicheng Lin, Feng Yan, Lu Chen, Henri Lezec, Yanqing Lu, Amit Agrawal, Ting Xu

Exquisite polarization control using optical metasurfaces has attracted considerable attention thanks to their ability to manipulate multichannel independent...

Confinement and Processing Can Alter the Morphology and Periodicity of Bottlebrush Block Copolymers in Thin Films

December 22, 2020

Author(s)

Daniel Sunday, Moshe Dolejsi, Alice B. Chang, Lee Richter, Ruipeng Li, Paul Nealey, Robert H. Grubbs

Bottlebrush block copolymers (BBCPs) are intriguing architectural variations on linear BCPs with highly tunable structure. Conﬁnement can have a signiﬁcant...

Kirigami engineering - Nanoscale structures exhibiting a range of controllable 3D configurations

December 22, 2020

Author(s)

Xu Zhang, Lior Medina, Haogang Cai, Vladimir Aksyuk, Horacio Espinosa, Omar D. Lopez

Kirigami structures provide a promising approach to transform flat films with patterns of cuts into 3D complex structures that are difficult to achieve by...

Microscopic Origin of Inhomogeneous Transport in Four-Terminal Tellurene Devices

December 22, 2020

Author(s)

Benjamin Kupp, Gang Qiu, Yixiu Wang, Clayton Caspeer, Thomas Mitchell (Mitch) Wallis, Joanna Atkin, Wenzhuo Wu, Peide Ye, Pavel Kabos, Samuel Berweger

Tellurene—the 2D form of elemental tellurium—provides an attractive alternative to conventional 2D semiconductors due to its high bipolar mobilities, facile...

Salting Up and Salting Down of Bovine Serum Albumin Layers at the Air-Water Interface

December 22, 2020

Author(s)

Guangcui Yuan, Paul A. Kienzle, Sushil K. Satija

The surface adsorption of BSA in pure water and salted aqueous solutions was studied by neutron reflection. With contract match technique, the surface excess in...

Optical Property Tuning of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes by Endohedral Encapsulation of a Wide Variety of Dielectric Molecules

December 21, 2020

Author(s)

Jeffrey Fagan, Jan Obrzut, sofie cambre, wim wenseleers, bea botka, jochen campo

Specific and tunable modification to the optical properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) is demonstrated through the direct encapsulation into the...

Introduction and Clinical Validation of Metrology Standards for Immunohistochemistry

December 21, 2020

Author(s)

Emina E. Torlakovic, Seshi Sompuram, Vani Kodela, Anika Schaedle, Paul DeRose, Steve Bogen, Lili Wang

Despite the widespread integration of immunohistochemistry (IHC) into routine surgical pathology, its use suffers from significant inter-laboratory disparities...

Automated on-axis direct laser writing of coupling elements for photonic chips

December 21, 2020

Author(s)

Edgar Perez, Gregory Moille, Xiyuan Lu, Daron Westly, Kartik Srinivasan

Direct laser writing (DLW) has recently been used to create versatile micro-optic structures that facilitate photonic-chip coupling, like free-form lenses, free...

Using temperature dependent fluorescence to evaluate singlet fission pathways in tetracene single crystals

December 21, 2020

Author(s)

Chad D. Cruz, Eric L. Chronister, Christopher Bardeen

The temperature dependent fluorescence spectrum, decay rate and spin quantum beats are examined in single tetracene crystals to gain insight into the mechanism...

Practical application of microsphere samples for benchmarking a quantitative phase imaging system

December 19, 2020

Author(s)

Edward Kwee, Alexander Peterson, Michael Halter, John Elliott

Quantitative phase imaging (QPI) provides an approach for monitoring the growth rate of individual cells by measuring the optical pathlength of visible light as...

Exploring chemical reactions in a quantum degenerate gas of polar molecules via complex formation

December 18, 2020

Author(s)

Peiru He, Thomas Bilitewski, C H. Greene, Ana Maria Rey

Josephson Microwave Sources Applied to Quantum Information Systems

December 18, 2020

Author(s)

Adam J. Sirois, Manuel C. Castellanos Beltran, Anna E. Fox, Samuel P. Benz, Peter F. Hopkins

Quantum computers with thousands or millions of qubits will require a scalable solution for qubit control and readout electronics. Colocating these electronics...

A new spin on special relativity

December 18, 2020

Author(s)

Matthew Daniels, Mark D. Stiles

Competing Magnetic Phases and Fluctuation-Driven Scalar Spin Chirality in the Kagome Metal YMn₆Sn₆

December 18, 2020

Author(s)

Nirmal J. Ghimire, Rebecca Dally, L. Poudel, D. C. Jones, D. Michel, N. Thapa Magar

Identification, understanding, and manipulation of novel magnetic textures is essential for the discovery of new quantum materials for future spin-based...

Highly Permeable Reverse Osmosis Membranes via Molecular Layer-by-Layer Deposition of Trimesoyl Chloride and 3,5-Diaminobenzoic Acid

December 17, 2020

Author(s)

William D. Mulhearn, Christopher Stafford

We present a series of highly cross-linked polyamide membranes, synthesized via molecular layer-by- layer (mLbL) deposition of trimesoyl chloride (TMC) and 3,5...

Half-minute-scale atomic coherence and high relative stability in a tweezer clock

December 17, 2020

Author(s)

Aaron Young, William Eckner, William R. Milner, Dhruv Kedar, Matthew A. Norcia, Eric Oelker, Nathan Schine, Jun Ye, Adam Kaufman

Characterization of a Headspace Sampling Method with a Five Component Diesel Fuel Surrogate

December 17, 2020

Author(s)

Megan Harries, Samuel Wasserman, Jennifer Berry, Kavita Jeerage

PLOT-cryoadsorption concentrates headspace vapors by sweeping them through porous layer open tubular (PLOT) capillaries chilled to 0 °C to promote adsorption...

Probing the Core-Shell Organization of Nanoconfined Methane in Cylindrical Silica Pores using In Situ Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Simulations

December 17, 2020

Author(s)

Sohaib Mohammed, Meishen Liu, Yun Liu, Greeshma Gadikota

Observation of Anti-Damping Spin-Orbit Torques Generated by In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Spin Polarizations in MnPd₃

December 16, 2020

Author(s)

Mahendra DC, Ding-Fu Shao, Vincent D.-H. Hou, Patrick Quarterman, Ali Habiboglu, Brooks Venuti, Masashi Miura, Brian Kirby, Arturas Vailionis, Chong Bi, Xiang Li, Fen Xue, Yen-Lin Huang, Yong Deng, Shy-Jay Lin, Wilman Tsai, Serena Eley, Weigang Wang, Julie Borchers, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, Shan X. Wang

High spin-orbit torques (SOTs) generated by topological materials and heavy metals interfaced with a ferromagnetic layer show promise for next generation...