Journals

Integrated transition edge sensors on lithium niobate waveguides

May 7, 2019

Author(s)

Thomas Gerrits, Adriana Lita, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Jan P. Hoepker, Stephan Krapick, Harald Herrmann, Raimund Ricken, Victor Quiring, Christine Silberhorn, Tim J. Bartley

We show the proof-of-principle detection of light at 1550 nm coupled evanescently from a lithium niobate waveguide to a superconducting transition edge sensor

Quantum Spin Ice Dynamics in the Dipole-Octupole Pyrochlore Magnet Ce₂Zr₂O₇

May 7, 2019

Author(s)

Jonathan Gaudet, E. M. Smith, J. Dudemaine, J. Beare, C.R.C. Buhariwalla, Nicholas Butch, M. B. Stone, A. I. Kolesniko, Guangyong Xu, D. R. Yahne, K. A. Ross, C. A. Marjerrison, J. D. Garrett, G. M. Luke, A. D. Bianchi, B. D. Gaulin

Neutron scattering measurements on the pyrochlore magnet Ce 2Zr 2O 7 reveal an unusual crystal field splitting of its lowest J=5/2 multiplet, such that its

Quantum Critical Behavior in Ce(Fe_0.76Ru_0.24)₂Ge₂

May 7, 2019

Author(s)

Wouter Montfrooij, Tom Heitmann, Yiming Qiu, Shannon M. Watson, Ross Erwin, Wangchun Chen, Yang Zhao, Meigan Aronson, Yingkai Huang, Anne de Visser

Systems with embedded magnetic ions that exhibit a competition between magnetic order and disorder down to absolute zero can display unusual low temperature

Understanding Structure Ignition Vulnerabilities Using Mock‐up Sections of Attached Wood Fencing Assemblies

May 6, 2019

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki

Firebrand production from structure combustion becomes a key factor in the magnitude of how quickly a large outdoor fire may spread. Post‐fire disaster

Gas vs Electric: Space and Domestic Hot Water Heating System Fuel Source Implications on Low-Energy Single-Family Dwelling Sustainability Performance

May 6, 2019

Author(s)

Eric G. O'Rear, David H. Webb, Joshua D. Kneifel, Cheyney M. O'Fallon

With an increasing interest in more sustainable infrastructure, greater focus has been placed on cost-effective low-energy residential buildings, including

Understanding the Static Interfacial Polymer Layer by Exploring the Dispersion States of Nanocomposites

May 5, 2019

Author(s)

Anne-Caroline Genix, Vera Bocharova, Bobby Carroll, Michelle Lehmann, Tomonori Saito, Susan T. Krueger, Lilin He, Philippe Dieudonne-George, Alexei P. Sokolov, Julian Oberdisse

The dynamic and static properties of the interfacial region between polymer and nanoparticles have wide-ranging consequences on performances of nanomaterials

Characterization of Rare NEIL1 Variants Found in East Asian Populations

May 3, 2019

Author(s)

Irina G. Minko, Vladimir Vartanian, Naoto Tozaki, Oskar Linde, Pawel Jaruga, Sanem Hosbas Coskun, Erdem Coskun, Chunfeng Qu, Huan He, Taoyang Chen, Qianqian Song, Yuchen Jiao, Michael Stone, Martin Egli, Miral M. Dizdar, Amanda K. McCullough, R S. Lloyd

The combination of chronic dietary exposure to the fungal toxin, aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), and hepatitis B viral (HBV) infection is associated with an increased risk

Intrinsic Anharmonic Localization in Thermoelectric PbSe

May 3, 2019

Author(s)

M. E. Manley, O. Hellman, N. Shulumba, A. F. May, P. J. Stonaha, Jeffrey W. Lynn, V. O. Garlea, A. Alatas, R. P. Hermann, J. D. Budai, H. Wang, B. C. Sales, A. J. Minnich

Interlaboratory Comparison of Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry (HDX-MS) MMeasurements of the Fab fragment of NISTmAb

May 2, 2019

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Hudgens, Ioannis L. Karageorgos, Elyssia S. Gallagher, Kyle W. Anderson, James J. Filliben, Richard Y. Huang, Guodong Chen, Michael J. Chalmers, Benjamin T. Walters, Jennifer Zhang, John Venable, Caitlin Steckler, In Hee Park, Ansgar Brock, Xiaojun Lu, Ratnesh Pandey, Arun Chandramohan, Ganesh Srinivasan Anand, Sasidhar N. Nirudodhi, Justin Sperry, Jason C. Rouse, James A. Carroll, Kasper D. Rand, Ulrike Leurs, David D. Weis, Mohammed A. Al-Naqshabandi, Tyler S. Hageman, Patrick Wintrode, John D. Lambris, Sarah Urata, George M. Bou-Assaf, Alfonso Espada

Hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) is an established, powerful tool for investigating protein-ligand interactions, protein folding, and

Using Symmetry To Elucidate the Role Of Stoichiometry In Colloidal Crystal Assembly

May 2, 2019

Author(s)

Nathan Mahynski, Evan Pretti, Vincent K. Shen, Jeetain Mittal

We demonstrate a method based on symmetry to predict the structure of multi-component colloidal mixtures. In this work we focus on two-dimensional systems, for

Ultrafast Optical Pulse Shaping using Dielectric Metasurfaces

May 2, 2019

Author(s)

Shawn M. Divitt, Wenqi Zhu, Cheng Zhang, Henri Lezec, Amit Agrawal

Simultaneous control of individual frequency-comb lines, and their modulation at the repetition-rate of an ultrafast laser represents the ultimate limit of

Modelling and Mapping Dynamic Vulnerability to Better Assess WUI Evacuation Performance

May 2, 2019

Author(s)

Steve Gwynne, Ronchi Enrico, Noureddine Benichou, Max Kinateder, Erica D. Kuligowski, Islam Gomaa, Masoud Adelzadeh

Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) incidents are likely to become more severe and will affect more and more people. Given their scale and complexity, WUI incidents

Multi-Laboratory Assessment of a New Reference Material for Quality Assurance of Cell-Free Tumor DNA Measurements

May 2, 2019

Author(s)

Hua-Jun He, Erica V. Stein, Yves Konigshofer, Thomas Forbes, Farol L. Tomson, Russell Garlick, Emiko Yamada, Tony Godfrey, Toshiya Abe, Koji Tamura, Michael Borges, Michael Goggins, Sandra Elmore, Margaret L. Gulley, Jessica L. Larson, Lando Ringel, Brian C. Haynes, Corinne Camalier, Chris Karlovich, Biswajit Das, P. M. Williams, Aaron Garnett, Anders Stahlberg, Stefan Filges, Lynn Sorbara, Mathew R. Young, Sudhir Srivastava, Kenneth D. Cole

We conducted a multi-laboratory assessment to determine the suitability of a new commercially- available reference material with 40 cancer variants in a

Grain Orientation Mapping of Graphene in a Scanning Electron Microscope

May 1, 2019

Author(s)

Benjamin W. Caplins, Jason D. Holm, Robert R. Keller

A scanning transmission electron diffraction method is developed for use in the scanning electron microscope to perform orientational imaging microscopy of 2D

Maximizing accuracy of RNA structure in refinement against residual dipolar couplings

May 1, 2019

Author(s)

Christina Bergonzo, Alexander Grishaev

Structural information about Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) is lagging behind that of proteins, in part due to its high charge and conformational variability. Molecular

Rattling Behavior in a Simple Perovskite NaWO₃

May 1, 2019

Author(s)

Yuya Ikeuchi, Hiroshi Takatsu, Cedric Tassel, Craig Brown, Taito Murakami, Yuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiko Okamoto, Hiroshi Kageyama

A high-pressure reaction has allowed the preparation of stoichiometric tungsten bronze NaWO 3 (Im-3). Specific heat (C ;/T 3 vs T) exhibits a round peak at 30 K

Direct Measurement of Hydrogen Diffusivity and Solubility Limits in Zircaloy 2 (Formula Unit of ZrH_0.0155) using Incoherent Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering

May 1, 2019

Author(s)

Brent J. Heuser, Timothy R Prisk, Jun-li Lin, Tanya J. Dax, Yongfeng Zhang

The diffusivity of hydrogen is an important property of light water nuclear reactor (LWR) fuel cladding. LWR cladding absorbs hydrogen during normal operation

Fragmentation stimulates soil respiration in temperate forests

April 30, 2019

Author(s)

Ian Smith, Lucy Hutyra, Andrew Reinmann, jonathan thompson, David Allen

Forest fragmentation impacts carbon uptake and storage, however, the magnitude and direction of fragmentation impacts on soil respiration remain poorly

Bridging communities in the field of nanomedicine

April 30, 2019

Author(s)

Blanka Halamoda-Kenzaoui, Simon Baconnier, Thierry Bastogne, Didier Bazile, Patrick Boisseau, Gerrit Borchard, Sven E. Borgos, Luigi Calzolai, Karin Cederbrant, Gabriella di Felice, Tiziana Di Francesco, Marina Dobrovolskaia, Rog?rio Gaspar, Bel?n Gracia, Vincent A. Hackley, Lada Leyens, Neill Liptrott, Margriet Park, Anil Patri, Gert Roebben, Matthias Roesslein, Ren? Th?rmer, Patricia Urb?n L?pez, Val?rie Zuang, Susanne Bremer-Hoffmann

The workshop "Bridging communities in the field of nanomedicine" was hosted by the European Commission Joint Research Centre on 27-28 September 2017. It

Magnetic Order Effects on the Electronic Structure of KMMnSd2^ (M=Cu,Li) with the ThCr₂Si₂-Type Structure

April 30, 2019

Author(s)

Austin Virtue, Xiuquan Zhou, Brandon Wilfong, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Keith Taddei, Peter Zavalij, Limin Wang, Efrain E. Rodriguez

We propose three magnetic structures for KCuMnS^26 with the ThCr 2Si 2-type structure. Powder samples of KCuMnS 2 and KLiMnS 2 were prepared for structural

Application of the group contribution volume translated Peng-Robinson equation of state to new commercial refrigerant mixtures

April 29, 2019

Author(s)

Ian H. Bell, Jonathan Welliquet, Maria Mondejar, Sylvain Quoilin, Ala Bazyleva, Frederik Haglind

The search of new refrigerants complying with the most recent environmental regulations must be supported by the availability of simple and reliable models for

Elastic Rate Coefficients of Li+H2 collisions in the calibration of a Cold Atom Vacuum Sensor

April 29, 2019

Author(s)

Constantinos Makrides, Daniel Barker, Julia Scherschligt, Stephen Eckel, Eite Tiesinga

On going efforts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in creating a Cold Atom Vacuum Sensor device have prompted theoretical investigations of

Nanomechanics of cellulose deformation reveal molecular defects that facilitate natural deconstruction

April 29, 2019

Author(s)

Peter Ciesielski, Ryan Wagner, Vivek Bharadwaj, Jason Killgore, Ashutosh Mittal, Gregg Beckham, Stephen Decker, Michael Himmel, Michael Crowley

Technologies surrounding utilization and processing of cellulosic materials have been important to human society for millennia. As with many materials

A Synchrotron X-ray Micro-Spectroscopy Study of the Explosive Melt Glass Derived From the Trinity Nuclear Test

April 28, 2019

Author(s)

Bruce Ravel, Daniel E. Crean, Daniel J. Bailey, M. C. Stennett, Claire L. Corkhill, Ryan Tappero, N. C. Hyatt

Trinitite, the explosive melt glass derived from the Trinity nuclear test, is of interest as a model material for nuclear forensics investigation. However

Sesame: a 2-dimensional solar cell modeling tool

April 28, 2019

Author(s)

Benoit H. Gaury, Yubo Sun, Peter Bermel, Paul M. Haney

Protocols for tensile testing flexible unidirectional composite laminates

April 27, 2019

Author(s)

Amy E. Engelbrecht-Wiggans, Ajay Krishnamurthy, Faraz A. Burni, William A. Osborn, Amanda L. Forster

Many body armor designs incorporate unidirectional (UD) laminates. UD laminates are constructed of thin layers of high performance yarns where the yarns in each

Characterizing salt permeability in polyamide desalination membranes using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

April 27, 2019

Author(s)

Devin L. Shaffer, Kathleen E. Feldman, Edwin Chan, Gery R. Stafford, Christopher Stafford

Improving the performance of desalination membranes requires better measurements of salt permeability in the polyamide separating layer to elucidate the

Chemistry from 3D-printed objects

April 26, 2019

Author(s)

Matthew R. Hartings, Zeeshan Ahmed

3D printing technology has started to take hold as an enabling tool for scientific advancement. Born from the marriage of computer-aided design and additive

Trapped-ion spin-motion coupling with microwaves and a near-motional oscillating magnetic field gradient

April 26, 2019

Author(s)

Raghavendra Srinivas, Shaun C. Burd, R. T. Sutherland, Andrew C. Wilson, David J. Wineland, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David T. Allcock, Daniel H. Slichter

We present a new method of spin-motion coupling for trapped ions using microwaves and a magnetic field gradient oscillating close to the ions' motional

Evaluation of a lateral flow immunoassay for the detection of the synthetic opioid fentanyl

April 26, 2019

Author(s)

Edward Sisco, Daniel J. Angelini, Tracey D. Briggs, Michele N. Maughan, Michael G. Feasel, Jennifer W. Sekowski

In the United States in 2016, 64,000 overdose deaths were reported to be associated with the abuse of opioids, including prescription painkillers (e.g