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Journals

A Review of Machine Learning Control in Building Operations

Author(s)
Liang Zhang, Zhelun Chen, Xiangyu Zhang, Amanda Pertzborn
Machine learning control (MLC) is a highly flexible and adaptable method that enables the design, modeling, tuning, and maintenance of building controllers to

International Interlaboratory Comparison (ILC) of Thermogravimet-ric (TGA) Measurements of Graphene Materials

Author(s)
Pei Lay Yap, Farzaneh Farivar, Victoria Coleman, Asa Jamting, Sam Gnaniah, Elisabeth Mansfield, Cheng Pu, Sandra Marcela Landi, Marcus Vinicius David, Emmanuel Flahaut, Paul Finnie, Mary Gallerneault, M. Dominque Locatelli, Sebastien Jacquinot, Carltoa Gray Slough, Jan Hanss, Jorg Menzel, Stefen Schmolzer, Lingling Ren, Andrew Pollard, Dusan Losic
Graphene materials are strongly emerging from academic research labs into industrial sectors with many developed products on market. Characterizations and

Modeling the linear and nonlinear dielectric response of solvents

Author(s)
Michael Woodcox, Avik Mahata, Aaron Hagerstrom, Angela Stelson, Chris Muzny, Ravishankar Sundararaman, Kathleen Schwarz
We demonstrate a method to compute the dielectric spectra of fluids in molecular dynamics by directly applying electric fields to the simulation. We obtain

VECSEL systems for quantum information processing with trapped beryllium ions

Author(s)
Shaun C. Burd, Jussi-Pekka Penttinen, Panyu Hou, Hannah Knaack, Sanna Ranta, Mika Maki, Emmi Kantola, Mircea Guina, Daniel Slichter, Dietrich Leibfried, Andrew C. Wilson
We demonstrate two systems based on vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VECSELs) for producing ultraviolet laser light at wavelengths of 235 and

Background and blended spectral line reduction in precision spectroscopy of EUV and x-ray transitions in highly charged ions

Author(s)
Yuri Ralchenko, Joseph N. Tan, Aung S. Naing, Galen O'Neil, Paul Szypryt, Dipti Dipti, Grant Mondeel, Roshani Silwal, Alain Lapierre, Steven Blundell, Gerald Gwinner, Antonio Camargo Villari, Endre Takacs
We report a method in EBIT spectral analysis that reduces signal from contaminant lines of 1 known or unknown origin. We utilize similar ion charge

Structural and thermal properties of Eu2Ga11Sn35

Author(s)
Wilarachchige Gunatilleke, Mingjian Zhang, Winnie Wong-Ng, Peter Zavalij, George S. Nolas
Clathrates have been reported in a variety of different structure types, however, inorganic clathrate-I materials with a low-cation concentration have yet to be

Versatile quantum-enabled telecom receiver

Author(s)
FNU Nur Fajar Rizqi Annafianto, Jabir Marakkarakath Vadakkepurayil, Ivan Burenkov, Abdella Battou, Sergey Polyakov
We experimentally demonstrate a quantum-measurement-based receiver for a range of modulation schemes and alphabet lengths in a telecom C-band. We attain symbol

The hazard of UV-induced oxidation to solar-viewing spacecraft optics

Author(s)
Charles S. Tarrio, Robert F. Berg, Thomas B. Lucatorto, Dale E. Newbury, Nicholas Ritchie, Andrew Jones, Frank Eparvier
The two most prevalent outgas contaminants on satellites are organic molecules and water vapor. Adsorbed organic molecules can degrade a solar-viewing

Analysis of E3 Transitions in Ag-like High-Z Ions Observed with the NIST EBIT

Author(s)
Yuri Ralchenko, David La Mantia, Aung S. Naing, Paul Szypryt, Joseph N. Tan, Endre Takacs, Dipti Dipti, Yang Yang, Adam Hosier, Hunter Staiger
We report measurements and identification of the E3 4f$_7/2,5/2}$-5s$_1⁄2$ transitions and E1 allowed transitions in Ag-like W (Z=74), Re (Z=75), and Ir (Z=77)

Thermal Polymorphism in CsCB11H12

Author(s)
Radovan Cerny, Matteo Brighi, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Mirjana Dimitrievska, Fabrizio Murgia, Valerio Gulino, Petra de Jongh, Benjamin Trump, Terrence J. Udovic
Thermal polymorphism in the alkali-metal salts incorporating the icosohedral monocarba-hydridoborate anion, CB11H12, results in intriguing dynamical properties