Journals

Under-reporting of greenhouse gas emissions in U.S. cities

February 2, 2021

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Kimberly Mueller, Kevin R. Gurney, Thomas Lauvaux, Geoffrey Roest, Jianming Liang, Yang Song

Cities dominate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and are emerging as climate mitigation leaders. Many have generated self-reported GHG emission inventories (SRIs)...

A Combinatory Ferroelectric Compound Bridging Simple ABO₃ and A-Site-Ordered Quadruple Perovskite

February 2, 2021

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Jianfa Zhao, Jiacheng Gao, Wenmin Li, Yuting Qian, Xiao Wang, Xi Shen, Zhiwei Hu, Cheng Dong, Qingzhen Huang, Lipeng Cao, Zhi Li, Jun Zhang, Chongwen Ren, Lei Duan, Qingqing Liu, Richeng Yu, Yang Ren, Shih-Chang Weng, Hong-Ji Lin, Chien-Te Chen, Liu-Hao Tjeng, Youwen Long, Zheng Deng, Jinlong Zhu, Xiancheng Wang, Hongming Weng, Runze Yu, Martha Greenblatt, Changqing Jin

Graphene Quantum Hall Effect Parallel Resistance Arrays

February 2, 2021

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Alireza Panna, I Fan Hu, Mattias Kruskopf, Dinesh K. Patel, Dean G. Jarrett, Chieh-I Liu, Shamith Payagala, Dipanjan Saha, Albert Rigosi, David B. Newell, Chi-Te Liang, Randolph Elmquist

As first recognized in 2010, epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001) provides a platform for quantized Hall resistance (QHR) metrology unmatched by other 2D structures...

Process Optimization under Uncertainty for Improving the Bond Quality of Polymer Filaments in Fused Filament Fabrication

February 1, 2021

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Paul Witherell, Berkcan Kapusuzoglu, Matthew Sato, Sankaran Mahadevan

This paper develops a computational framework to optimize the process parameters such that the bond quality between extruded polymer filaments is maximized in...

Algorithms and Data Structures for New Models of Computation

February 1, 2021

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Paul Black, David W. Flater, Irena Bojanova

In the early days of computer science, the community settled on a simple standard model of computing and a basic canon of general purpose algorithms and data...

Myths and realities of endurance time analysis

February 1, 2021

Author(s)

Mohammadamin Hariri Ardebili, Siamak Sattar

Electrolyte Layer Gas Triggers Cathode Potential Instability in CO2 Electrolyzers

February 1, 2021

Author(s)

Kevin Krause, Jason K. Lee, ChungHyuk Lee, Hisan W. Shafaque, Pascal J. Kim, Kieran F. Fahy, Pranay Shrestha, Jacob LaManna, Elias Baltic, David Jacobson, Daniel Hussey, Aimy Bazylak

Electrolytic carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction is becoming increasingly promising for managing anthropogenic CO2 emissions; however, issues related to unstable...

Improving the Energy Flexibility of Single-Family Homes Through Adjustments to Envelope and Heat Pump Parameters

February 1, 2021

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Mario Feldhofer, William M. Healy

With the increase of fluctuating renewable resources both on the grid and locally on buildings, a need arises for buildings to be flexible such that its energy...

Inorganic oxidizer detection from propellants, pyrotechnics, and homemade explosive powders using gradient elution moving boundary electrophoresis

February 1, 2021

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Shannon T. Krauss, Thomas Forbes, Dillon Jobes

Advancement in rapid targeted chemical analysis of homemade and improvised explosive devices is critical for the identification of explosives-based hazards and...

Absolute energies and emission line shapes of the x-ray lines of lanthanide metals

February 1, 2021

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Joseph Fowler, Galen O'Neil, Bradley K. Alpert, Douglas Bennett, Edward V. Denison, William Doriese, Gene Hilton, Lawrence T. Hudson, Young I. Joe, Kelsey Morgan, Daniel Schmidt, Daniel Swetz, Csilla I. Szabo-Foster, Joel Ullom

We use an array of transition-edge sensors, cryogenic microcalorimeters with 4 eV energy resolution, to measure the x-ray emission-line profiles of four...

A Non-Topological Approach to Understanding Weyl Semimetals

February 1, 2021

Author(s)

Antonio L. Levy, Albert Rigosi, Francois Joint, Gregory Jenkins

Dual Lattice Incommensurabilities and Enhanced Lattice Perfection by Low-Temperature Thermal Annealing in Photoelectric (CH₃NH₃)PbBr₃

February 1, 2021

Author(s)

Wen-Hsien Li, Chi-Hung Lee, Tsu-Yin Ling, Ma-Hsuan Ma, Pai-Chun Wei, Jr-Hau He, Chun-Min Wu, Jen-Chih Peng, Guangyong Xu, Yang Zhao, Jeffrey W. Lynn

Implementation of a Self-Consistent Slab Model of Bilayer Structure in the SasView Suite

February 1, 2021

Author(s)

Luoxi Tan, James G. Elkins, Brian H. Davison, Elizabeth Kelley, Jonathan Nickels

Slab models are simple and useful structural descriptions which have long been used to describe lyotropic lamellar phases, such as lipid bilayers. Typically...

The mediation of bond strain by vacancies and displacive disorder in A-site-deficient perovskites

January 30, 2021

Author(s)

Igor Levin, Victor Krayzman, Helen Playford, Joseph Woicik, Russell Maier, Z Lu, Alina Bruma, Maksim Eremenko, M. G. Tucker

Association between Gestational Phthalate Exposure and Newborn Head Circumference; Impacts by Race and Sex

January 29, 2021

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Michael S. Bloom, E. Valachovic, Thoin Begum, Rebecca J. Wineland, Abby G. Wenzel, John W. Brock, Elizabeth R. Unal, Lori Cruze, Roger B. Newman, John Kucklick

Abstract Observational and experimental studies report associations between gestational phthalate exposure and fetal development, yet few data exist to...

Magneto-optical trapping using planar optics

January 29, 2021

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William McGehee, Wenqi Zhu, Daniel Barker, Daron Westly, Alexander Yulaev, Nikolai Klimov, Amit Agrawal, Stephen Eckel, Vladimir Aksyuk, Jabez McClelland

Laser-cooled atoms are a key component of many calibration-free measurement platforms— including clocks, gyroscopes, and gravimeters—and are a promising...

Recent Industrial Roadmaps to Enable Smart Manufacturing of Biopharmaceuticals

January 29, 2021

Author(s)

Sheng Lin-Gibson, Vijay Srinivasan

Biopharmaceutical manufacturing is an evolving industry with great potential to improve public health, but laden with technical and operational challenges. It...

Quantum dot lasers – history and future prospects

January 29, 2021

Author(s)

Richard Mirin, John E. Bowers, Justin Norman

We describe the initial efforts to use molecular beam epitaxy to grow InAs quantum dots on GaAs via the Stranski-Krastanow transition. We then discuss the...

Cloudy with a chance of peptides: accessibility, scalability and reproducibility with cloud-hosted environments

January 29, 2021

Author(s)

Ben Neely

Cloud hosted environments offer known benefits when computational needs outstrip affordable local workstations, enabling high-performance compute without a...

New Ritz wavelengths and transition probabilities of parity-forbidden [Mn II] lines of astrophysical interest

January 29, 2021

Author(s)

Florence Liggins, J C. Pickering, Gillian Nave, Alexander Kramida, Sebastien Gamrath, Pascal Quinet

We report a comprehensive list of accurate Ritz wavelengths and calculated transition probabilities for parity-forbidden [Mn II] lines along with new...

Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds with ZnO Nanorod Gas Sensors

January 29, 2021

Author(s)

Papa K. Amoah, Pengtao Lin, Helmut Baumgart, Yaw S. Obeng, Rhonda R. Franklin

Metal-oxide semiconductor gas sensors based on chemical resistivity necessarily involve making electrical contacts to the sensing materials. These contacts are...

Microwaves in Quantum Computing

January 29, 2021

Author(s)

Joseph C. Bardin, Daniel Slichter, David J. Reilly

The growing field of quantum computing relies on a broad range of microwave technologies, and has spurred development of microwave devices and methods in new...

Electro-optic frequency combs for rapid interrogation in cavity optomechanics

January 29, 2021

Author(s)

David Long, Benjamin J. Reschovsky, Feng Zhou, Yiliang Bao, Thomas W. LeBrun, Jason Gorman

Electro-optic frequency combs were employed to rapidly interrogate an optomechanical sensor, demonstrating spectral resolution substantially exceeding that...

Extreme-ultraviolet frequency combs for precision metrology and attosecond science

January 28, 2021

Author(s)

Ioachim Pupeza, Chuankun Zhang, Maximilian Hogner, Jun Ye

Investigating the effect of structure to structure separation distance on firebrand accumulation

January 28, 2021

Author(s)

Samuel Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki

Wind plays an important role in the built environment. Large outdoor fires in the built environment are no exception. Under strong wind, firebrands fly far...

Disorder-controlled relaxation in a three-dimensional Hubbard model quantum simulator

January 27, 2021

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W. Morong, Sean Muleady, Itamar Kimchi, R M. Nandkishore, Ana Maria Rey, B M. Demarco

Merging experiments and computer simulations in X-ray Computed Tomography probability of detection analysis of additive manufacturing flaws

January 27, 2021

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Felix Kim, Adam L. Pintar, Jason Fox, Jared B. Tarr, Alkan Donmez, Anne-Francoise Obaton

X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) is a growing industrial non-destructive testing (NDT) technique for advanced manufacturing industries such as additive...

Performance Evaluation of Terrestrial Laser Scanners – A Review

January 27, 2021

Author(s)

Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan

Terrestrial laser scanners (TLSs) are increasingly used in several applications such as reverse engineering, digital reconstruction of historical monuments...

Strong Ferromagnetism Achieved via Breathing Lattices in Atomically Thin Cobaltites

January 27, 2021

Author(s)

Sisi Li, Qinghua Zhang, Shan Lin, Xiahan Sang, Ryan F. Need, Manuel A. Roldan, Wenjun Cui, Zhiyi Hu, Qiao Jin, Shuang Chen, Jiali Zhao, Jia-Ou Wang, Jiesu Wang, Meng He, Chen Ge, Can Wang, Hui-Bin Lu, Zhenping Wu, Haizhong Guo, Xin Tong, Tao Zhu, Brian Kirby, Lin Gu, Kui-juan Jin, Er-Jia Guo

Low-dimensional quantum materials that retain strong ferromagnetism down to monolayer thickness hold great potential for spintronic applications. However...

Symmetric Monoidal Categories with Attributes

January 26, 2021

Author(s)

Spencer Breiner, John S. Nolan

When designing plans in engineering, it is often necessary to consider attributes associated to objects, e.g. the location of a robot. Our aim in this paper is...