Journals

Neutron Diffraction Study of Macrostress and Microstress in Al-Al₂O₃-Based Corrosion Protection Coating Obtained by Cold Spray (Dynamic Metallization)

August 1, 2020

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V. Luzin, P. Spiridonov, K. Spencer, Thomas H. Gnaupel-Herold

Protective coatings based on an Al/Al2O3 metal matrix composite (MMC) were sprayed using Dynamic Metallisation (DM), a low-pressure cold spray variant. A series...

Effect of Molecular Weight and Layer Thickness on the Dielectric Breakdown Strength of Neat and Homopolymer Swollen Lamellar Block Copolymer Films

July 31, 2020

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Saumil Samant, Monali Basutkar, Maninderjeet Singh, Ali Masud, Christopher A. Grabowski, Kim Kisslinger, Joseph Strzalka, Guangcui Yuan, Sushil K. Satija, Ikeoluwa Apata, Dharmaraj Raghavan, Michael Durstock, Alamgir Karim

Designing next generation light-weight pulsed power sources hinges on understanding the factors influencing the performance of high energy density storage...

Comparison between Graphene and GaAs Quantized Hall Devices with a Dual Probe

July 31, 2020

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Shamith Payagala, Albert Rigosi, Alireza Panna, Alessio Pollarolo, Mattias Kruskopf, Stephan Schlamminger, Dean G. Jarrett, Ryan Brown, Randolph Elmquist, Duane Brown, David B. Newell

Data-driven characterization of computational models for powder-bed-fusion additive manufacturing

July 31, 2020

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Yan Lu, Zhuo Yang, Paul W. Witherell, Wentao Yan, Kevontrez Jones, Gregory Wagner, Wing-Kam Liu, Jason C. Fox

Computational modeling for additive manufacturing has proven to be a powerful tool to understand the physical mechanisms, predict fabrication quality, and guide...

A residual heat compensation based scan strategy for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

July 31, 2020

Author(s)

Ho Yeung, Brandon M. Lane

Typical scan strategies for laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing systems apply a constant laser power and scan speed while scanning the laser...

Does Cosmological Evolution Select for Technology?

July 30, 2020

Author(s)

Jeff Shainline

Fine tuning of the parameters defining the physics of our universe has been proposed to result from the natural selection of universes capable of prolific...

Quantitative 3D Characterization of Novel Polymer-Nanocrystal Hybrid Catalysts by Electron Tomography

July 30, 2020

Author(s)

Andrew Herzing

Brightly Luminescent CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals through Ultracentrifugation

July 30, 2020

Author(s)

Jeffrey Fagan, Erik K. Hobbie, Aaron Forde, Richard D. Schaller, salim thomas, samuel brown, Matthew B. Kurtti, dmitri kilin

Colloidal lead-halide-perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) offer broad color tunability with bright photoluminescence (PL), fast lifetime, and narrow spectral...

Terrestrial laser scanner calibration and performance evaluation using the network method

July 30, 2020

Author(s)

Shendong Shi, Bala Muralikrishnan, Daniel S. Sawyer

In this paper, we discuss two aspects concerning terrestrial laser scanners (TLSs) - error model calibration and performance evaluation. Error model calibration...

Performance evaluation of laser trackers using the network method

July 30, 2020

Author(s)

Ling Wang, Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Octavio Icasio Hernandez, Craig M. Shakarji, Daniel S. Sawyer

Due to their accuracy, portability, and large working volume, laser trackers (LTs) are widely used for dimensional metrology in a variety of large-scale...

Towards Accurate and Reproducible Uranium Isotopic Analysis via Atom Probe Mass Spectrometry

July 30, 2020

Author(s)

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

NexusLIMS: Leveraging Shared Microscopy Resources for Data Analysis with a Configurable Laboratory Information Management System

July 30, 2020

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Joshua A. Taillon, Raymond L. Plante, Marcus W. Newrock, June W. Lau, Gretchen R. Greene

Nanoscale Spatial Distribution of Supported Nanoparticles Controls Activity and Stability in Powder Catalysts for CO Oxidation and Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

July 30, 2020

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Aaron C. Johnston-Peck, Matteo Cargnello, Emmett D. Goodman, Joakim Halldin Stenlid, Rosadriana Zelaya, Benjamin T. Diroll, Kun-Che Kao, Curtis W. Frank, Lars Gunnar Moody Pettersson, Aisulu Aitbekova

Spiking and homogenization of biological matrices for production of reference materials using cryogenic processes

July 29, 2020

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Debra L. Ellisor, William C. Davis, Rebecca S. Pugh

Biological reference materials (RMs) are essential for quality assurance, traceability of measurement results and for method validation. When addressing new...

Effect of Notch Geometry and Lack-of-Fusion on the Elastic-Plastic Fracture Toughness of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V parts

July 28, 2020

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon, Jake Benzing, Nik Hrabe

A comparison between fatigue precracked and sharp-notched Charpy-type fracture toughness specimens is presented for characterizing the elastic-plastic fracture...

The Art in Science of MicroTAS 2019

July 28, 2020

Author(s)

Gregory A. Cooksey

The 2019 MicroTAS conference (the 23rd International Conference of Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences) held in Basel, Switzerland, brought...

Structural and magnetic properties of sputtered FePd thin films grown on MgO single-crystal substrates with oblique and normal substrate orientation

July 28, 2020

Author(s)

Xinjun Wang, Sergiy Krylyuk, Daniel Josell, Daniel Gopman, Jian-Ping Wang, Delin Zhang

Materials possessing perpendicular magnetic anisotropy derived from the intrinsic crystal structure, such as in L10 Fe-based alloys, have the potential to...

Cesium Substitution Disrupts Concerted Cation Dynamics in Formamidinium Hybrid Perovskites

July 28, 2020

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Eve M. Mozur, Michael A. Hope, Julia C. Trowbridge, David M. Halat, Luke L. Daemen, Annalise E. Maughan, Timothy R Prisk, Clare P. Grey, James R. Neilson

While hybrid perovskites show great promise for photovoltaic applications, several of the most technologically relevant hybrid perovskites degrade rapidly when...

Kinetics and Mechanism of Poly(3-Hexylthiophene) Crystallization in Solution under Shear-flow

July 28, 2020

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Ngoc A. Nguyen, Hao Shen, Yun Liu, Michael E. Mackay

The morphology of poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) in its liquid phase and its manipulation via flow-induced solution crystallization and its crystallization...

Understanding Photovoltaic Energy Losses under Indoor Lighting Conditions

July 28, 2020

Author(s)

Behrang H. Hamadani

The external luminescence quantum yield as a function of the solar cell current density when exposed to low indoor light was estimated based on absolute...

Sequential Folding of the Nickel/Cobalt Riboswitch is Facilitate by a Conformational Intermediate: Insights from Single-Molecule Kinetics and Thermodynamcis

July 27, 2020

Author(s)

Hsuan-Lei Sung, David Nesbitt

Distortions to the Penetration Depth and Coherence Length of Superconductor/Normal-Metal Superlattices

July 27, 2020

Author(s)

Patrick A. Quarterman, Nathan Satchell, Brian J Kirby, Reza Loloee, Gavin Burnell, Norman O. Birge, Julie A. Borchers

Superconducting (S) thin film superlattices composed of Nb and a normal metal spacer (N) have been extensively utilized in Josephson junctions given their...

Broadband detection of multiple spin and orbital angular momenta via dielectric metasurface

July 26, 2020

Author(s)

Si Zhang, Pengcheng Huo, Wenqi Zhu, Cheng Zhang, Peng Chen, Mingze Liu, Lu Chen, Henri Lezec, Amit Agrawal, Yanqing Lu, Ting Xu

Light beams carrying spin angular momentum (SAM) and orbital angular momentum (OAM) have created novel opportunities in the areas of optical communications...

Selection of an Optimal Abrasion Wheel Type for Nano-Coating Wear Studies under Wet or Dry Abrasion Conditions

July 24, 2020

Author(s)

Li Piin Sung, Hsiang C. Hsueh, Elijah Petersen, Tinh Nguyen, Treye Thomas

Nanocoatings have numerous potential applications in the indoor environment, such as flooring finishes with increased scratch- and wear-resistance. However...

The Status of Thermodynamic Data and Models for CF3I and its Mixtures

July 24, 2020

Author(s)

Ian H. Bell, Mark O. McLinden

There is a renewed interest in the use of the refrigerant CF3I for refrigeration and air conditioning applications, driven by its low global warming potential...

Selection of an optimal abrasion wheel type for nano-coating wear studies under wet or dry abrasion conditions

July 24, 2020

Author(s)

Li Piin Sung, David G. Goodwin, Elijah J. Petersen, Paul E. Stutzman, Tinh Nguyen, Treye Thomas

Polymer nanocomposites and nanocoatings have numerous potential applications in the indoor environment such as increasing scratch and wear resistance of...

Experimental and Theoretical Evidence of Hydrogen Doping in Solution Processed Indium Gallium Oxide via Polymer Incorporation

July 23, 2020

Author(s)

Wei Huang, Joshua Tedesco, Po-Hsiu Chien, Kyle McMillen, Li Zeng, Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Binghao Wang, Yao Chen, Gang Wang, Yang Wang, Yanshan Gao, Michael Bedzyk, Dean DeLongchamp, Julia E. Medvedeva, Yan-Yan Hu, Tobin Marks, Antonio Facchetti

Aqueous solution processed high performance indium gallium oxide (IGO) thin-film transistors (TFTs) are realized by the simple addition of a hydroxyl (C-OH)...

Crystallographic Polarity Measurements in Two-Terminal GaN Nanowire Devices by Lateral Piezoresponse Force Microscopy

July 23, 2020

Author(s)

Matthew Brubaker, Alexana Roshko, Samuel Berweger, Paul T. Blanchard, Todd E. Harvey, Norman A. Sanford, Kristine Bertness

Lateral piezoresponse force microscopy (L-PFM) is demonstrated as a reliable method for determining the crystallographic polarity of individual, dispersed GaN...

Density Driven Damage Mechanics (D3-M) Model for Concrete II: Fully Coupled Chemo-Mechanical Damage

July 23, 2020

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Pavitra Murrua, Zachary Grasley, Christa Torrence, KR Rajagopal, Edward Garboczi

In Part I, a density driven damage mechanics (D3-M) approach and its application to model mechanical damage in concrete are presented. In this study, chemical...

Importance of Sub-Nanosecond Fluctuations on the Toughness of Polycarbonate Glasses

July 23, 2020

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Christopher L. Soles, Kanae N. Ito, Adam B. Burns, Edwin P. Chan, Robert M. Dimeo, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Albert F. Yee, Jianwei Liu

This article explores the relationship between the nano- to picosecond dynamics, as quantified by elastic incoherent neutron scattering, in polycarbonate (PC)...