Journals

Crystal Chemistry and Phase Equilibria of the CaO-½Ho2O3-CoOz System at 885 °C in Air

July 2, 2020

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Winnie K. Wong-Ng, William J. Laws, Qingzhen Huang, Jie Hou, James A. Kaduk, Saul H. Lapidus, Lynn Ribaud

The phase diagram of the CaO-½Ho2O3-CoOz system was determined at 885 ºC in air. This diagram offers detailed compatibility relationships in the ternary oxide...

Comparison of the multi-national SIM time scale to UTC and UTCr

July 1, 2020

Author(s)

J. M. Lopez, Michael Lombardi, E. de Carlos, N. Munoz, C. Ortiz, M. Gertsvolf, R. de Carvalho, R. Solis

The Sistema Interamericano de Metrologia (SIM) is one of the world's five major Regional Metrology Organizations (RMO's) recognized by the International...

On the precipitation kinetics, microstructure evolution and mechanical behavior of a developed Al- Mn-Sc alloy fabricated by selective laser melting

July 1, 2020

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Qingbo Jia, Fan Zhang, Paul Rometsch, Jitendra Mata, Jingwei Li, Matthew Weyland, Laure Bourgeois, Manling Sui, Xinhua Wu

The dynamic metallurgical characteristics of the selective laser melting (SLM) process offer fabricated materials with non-equilibrium microstructures compared...

Unconventional spin-orbit torque in transition metal dichalcogenide/ferromagnet bilayers from first-principles calculations

July 1, 2020

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Fei Xue, Christoph Rohmann, Junwen Li, Vivek P. Amin, Paul M. Haney

Role of alkali-metal cations in electronic structure and halide segregation of hybrid perovskites

July 1, 2020

Author(s)

Siyuan Zhang, Ming Chun Tang, Yuanyuan Fan, Ruipeng Li, Nhan V. Nguyen, Kui Zhao, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Christina A. Hacker

Triple-cation hybrid perovskites with mixed-halide have become one of the most dominant composition due to superior photovoltaic performance and stability. In...

Effect of tempering on the ductile-to-brittle transitional behavior of Ni-Cr-Mo low-alloy steel

July 1, 2020

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Frank W. DelRio, May L. Martin, Raymond L. Santoyo, Enrico Lucon

Background: About ten years ago, super-high energy Charpy specimens at the National Institute of Standards and Technology were removed from inventory due to...

Detection of Dense, Overlapping, Geometric Objects

July 1, 2020

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Adele P. Peskin, Boris Wilthan, Michael P. Majurski

Using a unique data collection, we are able to study the detection of dense geometric objects in image data where object density, clarity, and size vary. The...

Optical Modeling of Single Asian Dust and Marine Air Particles: A Comparison with Geometric Particle Shapes for Remote Sensing

July 1, 2020

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Joseph M. Conny, Robert D. Willis, Diana Ortiz-Montalvo

With aerosol models used in remote sensing to determine aerosol optical thickness, the choice of particle shape has historically been based on the average...

Wafer-Level near Zero Field Spin Dependent Charge Pumping: Effects of Nitrogen on 4H-SiC MOSFETs

July 1, 2020

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Mark A. Anders, Patrick M. Lenahan, Jason T. Ryan

Low-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Roots in Intact Clayey and Silty Soils

July 1, 2020

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George Bagnall, Cristine` Morgan, Matthew Rosen, Mark Conradi, Stephen Altobelli, Dean Kuethe, Haly Neely, Neha Koonjoo, Bo Zhu, Karl Stupic, John Mullet, Brock Weers, Eiichi Fukushima, William Rooney

The development of a robust method to non-invasively visualize root morphology in natural soils has been hampered by the opaque, physical, and structural...

Evaluation of Graded Levels of Soy Oil as a Fish Oil Replacement in High Soy Protein Feeds for Juvenile Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus

June 30, 2020

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Tracey B. Schock, Aaron Watson, Michael P. Napolitano, John A. Bowden, Jason Frost, Justin Yost, Michael R. Denson

A 9-week feeding trial was conducted with juvenile red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, to evaluate the use of soy oil as a fish oil replacement. Three primary...

Effects of laser-energy density and build orientation on the defect structure, microstructure and tensile properties of Inconel 718 parts manufactured with laser powder bed fusion

June 30, 2020

Author(s)

Dillon Watring, Jake Benzing, Nik Hrabe, Ashley Spear

This study investigates the processing-structure-property relationships of Inconel 718 manufactured by laser powder bed fusion. Three di erent build conditions...

Computational Investigation of Correlations in Adsorbate Entropy for Pure-silica Zeolite Adsorbents

June 30, 2020

Author(s)

Christopher Rzepa, Daniel Siderius, Harold Hatch, Vincent K. Shen, Rangarajan Srinivas, Jeetain Mittal

Vast numbers of unstudied hypothetical porous frameworks continue to spark interest in optimizing adsorption and catalytic processes Evaluating the use of such...

Evaluation of Thermal Optical Analysis (TOA) Using an Aqueous Binary Mixture

June 30, 2020

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Courtney D. Grimes, Joseph Conny, Russell Dickerson

Thermal Optical Analysis (TOA), a commonly implemented technique used to measure the amount of particulate carbon in the atmosphere or deposited on a filter...

Mid-infrared frequency combs at 10 GHz

June 29, 2020

Author(s)

Abijith S. Kowligy, David Carlson, Daniel D. Hickstein, Henry R. Timmers, Alexander Lind, Scott Papp, Scott Diddams

We demonstrate 10 GHz mid-infrared frequency combs spanning 3-5 μm and 7-11 μm that are generated with few-cycle electro-optic pulses and intrapulse difference...

Estimation of the critical external heat leading to the failure of lithium-ion batteries

June 29, 2020

Author(s)

Wei Tang, Andy Tam, Liming Yuan, Thomas Dubaniewicz, Richard Thomas, John Soles

A detailed experimental investigation on the critical external heat leading to the failure of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries was conducted using an Accelerating...

Simultaneous Measurements of Keyhole Depth and Absolute Absorptance During Stationary Laser Irradiance

June 29, 2020

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Troy Allen, Wenkang Huange, Jack R. Tanner, Wenda Tan, James Fraser, Brian Simonds

Understanding the underlying physics of laser welding and metal additive manufacturing (AM) is crucial to the advancement of laser-based manufacturing. One...

Valence-to-core x-ray emission spectroscopy of titanium compounds using energy dispersive detectors

June 26, 2020

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Luis Miaja Avila, Galen C. O'Neil, Young I. Joe, Kelsey M. Morgan, Joseph W. Fowler, William B. Doriese, Brianna Ganly, Deyu Lu, Bruce D. Ravel, Daniel S. Swetz, Joel N. Ullom

Filtration Efficiencies of Nanoscale Aerosol by Cloth Mask Materials Used for Protection from SARS CoV-2

June 25, 2020

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Christopher D. Zangmeister, James G. Radney, Edward P. Vicenzi, Jamie L. Weaver

Filtration efficiencies (FE), pressure drops (ΔP) and construction parameters were measured for 27 cloth materials (12 cotton, 8 full synthetic, 3 synthetic...

Materials for Hydrogen-Based Energy Storage - Past, Recent Progress and Future Outlook

June 25, 2020

Author(s)

Michael Hirscher, Volodymir A. Yartys, Marcello Baricco, Jose Bellosta von Colbe, Didier Blanchard, Jr. Bowman, Darren P. Broom, Craig E. Buckley, Fei Chang, Ping Chen, Young Whan Cho, Jean-Claude Crivello, Fermin Cuevas, William I. F. David, Petra E. de Jongh, Roman V. Denys, Martin Dornheim, Michael Felderhoff, Yaroslav Filinchuk, George E. Froudakis, David M. Grant, Evan MacA. Gray, Bjorn C. Hauback, Teng He, Terry D. Humphries, Torben R. Jensen, Sangryun Kim, Yoshitsugu Kojima, Michel Latroche, Hai-Wen Li, Mykhaylo V. Lototskyy, Joshua W Makepeace, Kasper T. Moller, Lubna Naheed, Peter Ngene, Dag Noreus, Magnus Moe Nygard, Shin-Ichi Orimo, Mark Paskevicius, Luca Pasquini, Dorthe B. Ravnsbaek, M Veronica Sofianos, Terrence J. Udovic, Tejs Vegge, Gavin S. Walker, Colin J. Webb, Claudia Weidenthaler, Claudia Zlotea

Effect of IF-WS2 Nanolubricant on R134a Boiling on a Reentrant Cavity Surface

June 24, 2020

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski, Lingnan Lin

Online monitoring and control of a cyber-physical manufacturing process under uncertainty

June 24, 2020

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Saideep Nannapaneni, Sankaran Mahadevan, Abhishek Dubey, Yung-Tsun Lee

Recent technological advancements in computing, sensing and communication have led to the development of cyber-physical manufacturing processes, where a...

Water-Polyamide Chemical Interplay in Desalination Membranes explored by Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

June 24, 2020

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Sabrina Gericke, William D. Mulhearn, Dana E. Goodacre, Joseph Raso, Daniel J. Miller, Lauryn Carver, Slavomir Nemsak, Osman Karslioglu, Lena Trotochaud, Hendrik Bluhm, Christopher Stafford, Christin Buechner

Reverse osmosis using aromatic polyamide membranes is currently the most important technology for seawater desalination. The performance of reverse osmosis...

Net Weights: Visualizing and Quantifying their Contribution to Drug Background Levels in Forensic Laboratories

June 24, 2020

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Edward R. Sisco, Matthew E. Staymates, Laura M. Watt

While the drug background in forensic laboratories has been quantified, the processes that most contribute to the background have not been extensively...

Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticle Intercalated Carbon Nanotubes for a Nanomagnetic Ultrasensitive Sensor for Cr-VI in Water

June 24, 2020

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Tassew Mekuria, Syed Khalid, Kathryn L. Krycka, Markus Bleuel, Himanshu Verma, Haiping Hong, Shashi P. Karna, Dereje Seifu

Nanocomposites of cobalt ferrite (CFO) magnetic nanoparticles intercalated on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are evaluated as a nanomagnetic ultrasensitive sensor for...

Self-Assembly of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Ferrofluids on Different Templates Investigated by Neutron Reflectometry

June 24, 2020

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Katharina Theis-Brohl, Apurve Saini, Max Wolff, Joseph Dura, Brian B. Maranville, Julie Borchers

This article reviews the self-assembly of magnetite nanoparticles onto solid surfaces. We focus on neutron reflectometry studies providing information on the...

Entangled Polymer Dynamics in Attractive Nanocomposite Melts

June 23, 2020

Author(s)

Erkan Senses, Saeid Darvishi, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Antonio Faraone

We investigate single chain dynamics of an entangled linear poly (ethylene oxide) melt in presence of well-dispersed attractive nanoparticles using high...

Thermal Decoherence and Laser Cooling of Kerr-microresonator Solitons

June 22, 2020

Author(s)

Tara E. Drake, Jordan Stone, Travis Briles, Scott Papp

Thermal noise is ubiquitous in microscopic systems and high-precision measurements. The control of thermal noise would reveal quantum regimes1 and enable...

Dissipative Kerr Solitons in a III-V Microresonator

June 22, 2020

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Gregory T. Moille, Lin Chang, Weiqiang Xie, Ashutosh S. Rao, Xiyuan Lu, Marcelo I. Davanco, John E. Bowers, Kartik A. Srinivasan

We demonstrate stable microresonator Kerr solitons in a III-V platform through cryogenic quenching of the thermorefractive effect. Such phase-stable operation...

Simultaneous Transmission and Absorption Photometry of particle-laden filters from Wildland Fires during the Biomass Burning Observation Project (BBOP) field campaign

June 20, 2020

Author(s)

Cary Presser, Ashot Nazarian, Duli Chand, Arthur Sedlacek, John Hubbe

Transmissivity and absorptivity measurements were carried out simultaneously in the visible (wavelength of 532 nm) at laboratory conditions using particle-laden...