Journals

Design and Realization of a Sputter Deposition System for the in situ and in operando Use in Polarized Neutron Reflectometry Experiments: Novel Capabilities

June 1, 2020

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Jingfan Ye, Alexander Book, Sina Mayr, Henrik Gabold, Fankai Meng, Helena Schafferer, Ryan F. Need, Dustin Gilbert, Thomas Saerbeck, Jochen Stahn, Peter Boni, Wolfgang Kreuzpaintner

Recently, the design and realization of a sputter-deposition system for in situ and in operando neutron reflectometry (PNR) was reported. The device allows

Uncertainty in Reverberation-Chamber Antenna-Efficiency Measurements in the Presence of a Phantom

June 1, 2020

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Catherine A. Remley, Benjamin F. Jamroz, Laurens A. Bronckers, Anne Roc'h, Bart Smolders

In future wireless devices it will become even more critical to test the effect of a users proximity on device performance than it is today. In this work, we

CERTIFICATION OF SRM 640f LINE POSITION AND LINE SHAPE STANDARD FOR POWDER DIFFRACTION

May 31, 2020

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David R. Black, Marcus Mendenhall, Albert Henins, James Filliben, James Cline

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) certifies a suite of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) to be used to evaluate specific aspects of

Effects of feed rates on temperature profiles and feed forces in material extrusion additive manufacturing

May 30, 2020

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Cheng Luo, Xiang Wang, Kalman D. Migler, Jonathan Seppala

This study explores the effects of feed rates on temperature profiles and feed forces in material extrusion additive manufacturing of polymers. The relations

Evaluating Digital PCR for the Quantification of Human Nuclear DNA: Determining Target Strandedness

May 30, 2020

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Margaret C. Kline, David L. Duewer

Digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) methodology has been asserted to be a "potentially primary" analytical approach for assigning DNA concentration

Comparison of Open and Solid Falling Retroreflector Gravimeters

May 29, 2020

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Neil Ashby, Derek Van Westrum

We study whether the optical properties of a solid glass retroreflector influence the value of the acceleration of gravity $g$ determined by dropping both solid

Experimental investigation of structural steel beams subjected to localized fire

May 29, 2020

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Selvarajah Ramesh, Lisa Y. Choe, Chao Zhang

This paper presents an experimental behavior of unprotected W16 × 26 steel beams subjected to localized fire. Beam specimens were either simply supported or

PV Characterization under Artificial Low Irradiance Conditions Using Reference Solar Cells

May 29, 2020

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Behrang H. Hamadani, Mark Campanelli

Due to the rapidly growing interest in energy harvesting from indoor ambient lighting for the powering of internet-of-things devices, accurate methods for

Error Estimation and Enhanced Stiffness Sensitivity in Contact Resonance Force Microscopy with a Multiple Arbitrary Frequency Lock-In Amplifier (MAFLIA)

May 29, 2020

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Erin Flater, Arya Mugdha, Saurabh Gupta, William Hudson, Abbigail Fahrenkamp, Jason Killgore, Jesse Wilson

In contact resonance force microscopy and related dynamic atomic force microscopy methods, an accurate description of the real-time cantilever dynamics is

Nature of the Spin Resonance Mode in CeCoIn₅

May 29, 2020

Author(s)

Yu Song, Weiyi Wang, John S. Van Dyke, Naveen Pouse, Sheng Ran, Duygu Yazici, Astrid Schneidewind, Petr Cermak, Yiming Qiu, M. B. Maple, Dirk K. Morr, Pengcheng Dai

Complex intertwined orders often emerge in strongly correlated electron materials in the vicinity of unconventional superconductivity. Superconductivity is

Towards Effective Interface Designs for Collaborative HRI in Manufacturing: Metrics and Measures

May 29, 2020

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Jeremy A. Marvel, Shelly Bagchi, Megan L. Zimmerman, Brian Antonishek

We present a comprehensive framework for the evaluation of human-machine interfaces (HMI) and human-robot interactions (HRI) in collaborative manufacturing

Considerations for Quantification of Gold Nanoparticles using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry on a Biologically Relevant Matrix

May 28, 2020

Author(s)

Shinichiro N. Muramoto, Joe Bennett

This study describes the use of inkjet printing for the preparation of test materials containing gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on a biologically relevant matrix

Comparison of three essential submicron aerosol measurements: mass, size and shape

May 28, 2020

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Qi Yao, Akua Asa-Awuku, Christopher D. Zangmeister, James Radney

An instrumental trifecta now exists for aerosol separation and classification by mobility diameter (Dm), aerodynamic diameter (Dae) and mass (mp) utilizing a

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR) SPECTROSCOPY FOR THE IN-SITU MEASUREMENT OF VAPOR-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM

May 28, 2020

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Chris Suiter, Veruska D. Malave, Edward Garboczi, Jason A. Widegren, Mark O. McLinden

Vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) data (T,p,x,y) are vital for the development of mixture thermodynamic models. Herein, we demonstrate the use of nuclear magnetic

Advances in Translational Nanotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities

May 28, 2020

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Shyam S. Mohapatra, Robert D. Frisina, Subhra Mohapatra, Kevin B. Sneed, Eleni Markoutsa, Tao Wang, Rinku Dutta, Ratka Damnjanovic, Manh-Huong Phan, Daniel J. Denmark, Manas R. Biswal, Andrew R. McGill, Ryan Green, Mark Howell, Payal Ghosh, Alejandro Gonzalez, Nadia Tasnim Ahmed, Brittney Borresen, Mitchell Farmer, Melissa Gaeta, Krishna Sharma, Christen Bouchard, Danielle Gamboni, Jaime Martin, Bianca Tolve, Mandip Singh, Jack W. Judy, Chenzhong Li, Swadeshmukul Santra, Sylvia Daunert, Elnaz Zeynaloo, Ryan M. Gelfand, Steven Lenhert, Eric S. McLamore, Dong Xiang, Victoria Morgan, Lisa E. Friedersdorf, Ratnesh Lal, Thomas J. Webster, David Hoogerheide, Thanh Duc Nguyen, Martin J. D'Souza, Mustafa Culha, Pierre P. Kondiah, Donald K. Martin

Development of gateless quantum Hall checkerboard p-n junction devices

May 27, 2020

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Dinesh K. Patel, Martina Marzano, Chieh-I Liu, Mattias Kruskopf, Randolph Elmquist, Chi-Te Liang, Albert Rigosi

High-throughput Density Functional Perturbation Theory and Machine Learning Predictions of Infrared, Piezoelectric and Dielectric Responses

May 27, 2020

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Kamal Choudhary, Kevin F. Garrity, Vinit Sharma, Adam J. Biacchi, Francesca M. Tavazza, Angela R. Hight Walker

In this work, combining high-throughput (HT) density functional perturbation theory and supervised machine learning approaches, we explored the territory of

Damage sensing using a mechanophore crosslinked epoxy resin in single-fiber composites

May 26, 2020

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Jeremiah W. Woodcock, Richard J. Sheridan, Ryan Beams, Stephan J. Stranick, William F. Mitchell, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Gale A. Holmes, Catherine L. Brinson, Vamshi Gudapati, hartman David, Amol Vaidya

Natural and man-made composite materials must be tough, durable and damage tolerant1,2. For man-made composites to rival, or exceed, the dynamic

Nonlinear losses in magnon transport due to four-magnon scattering

May 25, 2020

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T. Hula, K. Schultheiss, A. Budzakov, L. Korber, M. Bejarano, L. Flacke, L. Liensberger, M. Weiler, Justin Shaw, Hans Nembach, J. Fassbender, H. Schultheiss

We report on the impact of nonlinear four-magnon scattering on magnon transport in microstructured Co 25Fe 75 waveguides with low magnetic damping. We determine

Overlap junctions for superconducting quantum electronics and amplifiers

May 25, 2020

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Mustafa Bal, Junling Long, Ruichen Zhao, Haozhi Wang, Sungoh Park, Corey Rae H. McRae, Tongyu Zhao, Russell Lake, Daniil Frolov, Roman Pilipenko, Silvia Zorzetti, Alexander Romanenko, David P. Pappas

Due to their unique properties as lossless, nonlinear circuit elements, Josephson junctions lie at the heart of superconducting quantum information processing

Measurement and Correlation of the Thermal Conductivity of cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene

May 23, 2020

Author(s)

Richard A. Perkins, Marcia L. Huber

New experimental data for the thermal conductivity of cis-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene (R1336mzz(Z)) are reported for vapor, liquid and supercritical states

Cavity ring-down spectroscopy of CO2 near 2.06 um: Accurate transition intensities for the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) "strong band"

May 23, 2020

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Helene M. Fleurbaey, Hongming Yi, Erin Adkins, Adam Fleisher, Joseph T. Hodges

Coherent Optical Clock Down-Conversion for Microwave Frequencies with 10-18 Instability

May 22, 2020

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Takuma Nakamura, Josue Davila-Rodriguez, Holly Leopardi, Jeffrey Sherman, Tara Fortier, Xiaojun Xie, Joe C. Campbell, Will McGrew, Xiaogang Zhang, Youssef Hassan, Daniele Nicolodi, Kyle Beloy, Andrew Ludlow, Scott Diddams, Franklyn Quinlan

Optical atomic clocks are poised to redefine the SI second, thanks to stability and accuracy more than one hundred times better than the current microwave

DNA-directed nanofabrication of high-performance carbon nanotube field-effect transistors

May 22, 2020

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Ming Zheng, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Jason K. Streit, Mengyu Zhao, Yahong Chen, Kexin Wang, Zhi Zhu, Wei Sun

Scaling the channel pitch of field-effect transistors (FETs) is one prerequisite towards future ultra-scaled technology nodes. While lithography has been the

Precise pitch-scaling of ultra-scaled carbon nanotube arrays within 3D DNA nano-trenches

May 22, 2020

Author(s)

Jason K. Streit, Jeffrey Fagan, Ming Zheng, Wei Sun, Peng Yin, Jie Shen, Zhao Zhao, Hareem Maune

Precise assembly of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into densely-aligned uniformly parallel arrays has been the missing link towards the emerging ultra-scaled post-Si

Hilbert-Space Fragmentation from Strict Confinement

May 22, 2020

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Zhicheng Yang, Fangli Liu, Alexey Gorshkov, Thomas Iadecola

A new method for heat transfer coefficient measurements of single-phase fluids during laminar flow in microchannels

May 21, 2020

Author(s)

Seungwhan Baek, Ray Radebaugh, Peter Bradley

The measurement of heat transfer coefficients in microchannels is complicated due to the small sizes involved. Moreover, a heat transfer mechanism which is not

Performance Evaluation of Proximity Services and Wi-Fi for PublicSafety Mission Critical Voice Application

May 21, 2020

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Wesley D. Garey, Yishen Sun, Richard A. Rouil

Proximity Services (ProSe) and Wi-Fi are two promising technologies that may provide support for Mission Critical Voice (MCV) applications in remote and rural

Exploring the Accuracy of Isotopic Analyses in Atom Probe Mass Spectrometry

May 21, 2020

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Frederick Meisenkothen, Daniel V. Samarov, Irina Kalish, Eric B. Steel

Atom probe tomography (APT) can theoretically deliver accurate chemical and isotopic analyses at a high level of sensitivity, precision, and spatial resolution

Embracing Uncertainty: Modeling Uncertainty in EPMA - Part I

May 21, 2020

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Nicholas Ritchie

This is the first in a series of articles which present a new framework for computing the uncertainty in electron excited X-ray microanalysis measurements. This