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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...
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...
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...
The measurement of heat transfer coefficients in microchannels is complicated due to the small sizes involved. Moreover, a heat transfer mechanism which is not...
Proximity Services (ProSe) and Wi-Fi are two promising technologies that may provide support for Mission Critical Voice (MCV) applications in remote and rural...
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...
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...
Cassandra M. Reese, Wei Guo, Brittany J. Thompson, Phillip K. Logan, Christopher Stafford, Derek L. Patton
We present a quantitative method of measuring the compressive strain of wrinkled polymer films and coatings with knowledge of the "skin" thickness, wrinkle...
Maximilian Kristen, Andre Schneider, Alexander Stehli, Tim Wolz, Sergey Danilin, Hsiang S. Ku, Junling Long, Xian Wu, Russell Lake, David P. Pappas, Alexey V. Ustinov, Martin Weides
Experiments with superconducting circuits require careful calibration of the applied pulses and fields over a large frequency range. This remains an ongoing...
S. Saubert, A. Scheie, C. Duvinage, J. Kindervater, S. Zhang, H. J. Changlani, Guangyong Xu, S. M. Koohpayeh, O. Tchernyshyov, Collin L. Broholm, C. Pfleiderer
In the quest to realize a quantum spin liquid (QSL), magnetic long-range order is hardly welcome. Yet it can offer deep insights into a complex world of strong...
Vyacheslav B. Podobedov, Carl C. Miller, Alexander Romanyukha, Andrew Hoy
Thermoluminescence dosimeter cards purchased by the United States Navy in recent years have different radiation sensitivities, e.g. they exhibit a different...
Yiheng Lin, David Leibrandt, Dietrich Leibfried, Chin-wen Chou
Expanding quantum control to a broad range of physical systems paves the way for advances in various aspects of science and technology, such as stringent tests...
Amilson R. Fritsch, Mingwu Lu, Alina M. Pineiro Escalera, Graham H. Reid, Ian Spielman
Established techniques for deterministically creating dark solitons in repulsively interacting atomic Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) can only access a narrow...
Yong Wan, Robert Jordens, Stephen Erickson, Jenny Wu, Ryan S. Bowler, Ting R. Tan, Panyu Hou, Andrew C. Wilson, Dietrich Leibfried
Scaling quantum information processors is a challenging task, requiring manipulation of a large number of qubits with high fidelity and a high degree of...
Zijiang Yang, Stefanos Papanikolaou, Andrew C. Reid, Wei-keng Lao, Alok Choudhary, Carelyn E. Campbell, Ankit Agrawal
The increase of dislocation density in a metallic crystal undergoing plastic deformation influences the mechanical properties of the material. This effect can...
Dmitry Kurouski, Alexandre Dazzi, Renato Zenobi, Andrea Centrone
The advent of nanotechnology, and the need to understand the chemical composition at the nanoscale, has stimulated the convergence of IR and Raman spectroscopy...
John Bowden, Candice Z. Ulmer, Christina Jones, Jeremy P. Koelmel, Timothy J. Garrett, Juan J. Aristizabal-Henao, Hubert W. Vesper
Lipidomics is a rapidly growing field, fueled by developments in analytical instrumentation and bioinformatics. To date, most researchers and industries have...
Erik R. Andersson, Tracey Johnston, Joseph A. Stewart, Russell D. Day, Thierry M. Work, Cheryl M. Woodley
Growth anomalies (GAs) impact both coral skeleton and soft tissues and are detrimental to reef health. This tumor-like disease is increasingly found throughout...
Whitney S. Loo, Antonio Faraone, Lorena S. Grundy, Kevin W. Gao, Nitash P. Balsara
Polymer chain dynamics of a nanostructured block copolymer electrolyte are investigated by neutron spin-echo spectroscopy. Monomeric friction, determined by...
Frederic Overney, Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Blaise Jeanneret, Alain Rufenacht, Anna Fox, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel Benz
This paper presents a full characterization of a Dual Josephson Impedance Bridge (DJIB) at frequencies up to 80kHz by using the DJIB to compare the best...
Elizabeth Mudge, Paula Brown, Kate Rimmer, Melissa M. Phillips
Background: Turmeric is a medicinal herb containing curcuminoids, which are used as quality markers in dietary supplements. In 2016, a first action official...
Thien Tran, Xiaoyi Chen, Sarthak Doshi, Christopher Stafford, Haiqing Lin
Conventional approaches to mitigate fouling of membrane surfaces impart hydrophilicity to the membrane surface, which increases the water of hydration and...
Georg Ramer, Mohit Tuteja, Joseph R. Matson, Marcelo I. Davanco, Thomas G. Folland, Andrey Kretinin, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Kostya Novoselov, Joshua D. Caldwell, Andrea Centrone
The anisotropy of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) crystals gives rise to hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPhPs), notable for their volumetric frequency-dependent...
Moneer M. Helu, Timothy A. Sprock, Daniel Hartenstine, Rishabh Venketesh, William Sobel
Managing manufacturing data remains challenging despite the growth of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). While various standards and technologies enable...
Ho Yeung, Brandon M. Lane, M A. Donmez, Shawn P. Moylan
Laser powder bed fusion systems use a high-power laser, steered by two galvanometer (galvo) mirrors to scan a pattern on metal powder layers. Part geometric...
Zhurun Ji, Wenjing Liu, Sergiy Krylyuk, Xiaopeng Fan, Zhifeng Zhang, Anlian Pan, Liang Feng, Albert Davydov, Ritesh Agarwal
Utilizing the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light is promising for increasing the bandwidth of optical communication networks. However, direct photocurrent...
Matthew Waldrip, Oana Jurchescu, David J. Gundlach, Emily Bittle
Organic semiconductors have sparked significant interest due to their inherent properties as flexible, solution processible, and chemically tunable electronic...
Ryan F. Need, Seul-Ki Bac, Xinyu Liu, Sanghoon Lee, Brian Kirby, Margaret Dobrowolska, Jacek Kossut, Jacek K. Furdyna
Controlling changes in magnetic anisotropy across epitaxial film interfaces is an important prerequisite for many spintronic devices. For the canonical dilute...