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Broadband spectroscopy of thermodynamic magnetization fluctuations through a ferromagnetic spin- reorientation transition

September 21, 2018

Author(s)

a L. Balk, F Li, Ian J. Gilbert, John Unguris, N A. Sinitsyn, S A. Crooker

We use scanning optical magnetometry to study the broadband frequency spectra of spontaneous magnetization fluctuations, or "magnetization noise", in an

Polarized Neutron Reflectometry Study of Depth Dependent Magnetization Variation in Co Thin Film due to Strain Transfer from PMN-PT Substrate

September 21, 2018

Author(s)

Md Mamun Al-Rashid, Dhritiman Bhattacharya, Alexander Grutter, Brian Kirby, Jayasimha Atulasimha

Structure, Rheology, and Microrheology of Wormlike Micelles made of PB-PEO Diblock Copolymers

September 21, 2018

Author(s)

Antonio Tavera-Vazquez, Brisa Arenas-Gomez, Cristina Garza, Yun Liu, Rolando Castillo

A diblock copolymer made of poly(but-2-ene-1,4-diyl)-block-poly(oxyethylene), with a degree of polymerization of the polybutadiene and polyethylene blocks of 37

Determination of Sulfur and Sulfate Half-ester Content in Cellulose Nanocrystals: An Interlaboratory Comparison

Author(s)

Linda Johnston, Zygmun Jakubek, Stephanie Beck, Jun Arak, Emily Cranston, Christoph Danumah, Douglas Fox, Li Haifeng, Zoltan Mester, Audrey Moores, Savelas A. Rabb, Karen E. Murphy, Chady Stephan

Charged functional groups on the surface of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are important for controlling the colloidal stability of suspensions and the

RILEM and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) over the past 50 years

September 20, 2018

Author(s)

Edward Garboczi

There has been a long partnership in the materials science of building materials between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the United

Atom Probe Tomography Analysis of the Reference Zircon GJ-1: A Round-Robin Experiment

September 20, 2018

Author(s)

Ann C. Chiaramonti Debay, Paul T. Blanchard, Alexandre La Fontaine, Florent Exertier, Sandra Piazolo, Elena Belousova, Zirong Peng, Baptiste Gault, David W. Saxey, Denis Fougerouse, Steven Reddy, Julie Cairney

In recent years, atom probe tomography (APT) has been increasingly used to study minerals, and in particular Zircons. The mineral Zircon (ZrSiO4) is ideally

Defect-Driven Extreme Magnetoresistance in an I-Mn-V Semiconductor

September 20, 2018

Author(s)

Junjie Yang, Aaron Wegner, Craig Brown, Despina Louca

Semiconducting electronics have been transformed in part due to progress in spin polarized transport. Central to modern day spintronics, contemporary

Efficient Estimation of Formation Enthalpies for Organic Compounds with Local Coupled-Cluster Methods

September 20, 2018

Author(s)

Yauheni Paulechka, Andrei F. Kazakov

Efficient estimation of the enthalpies of formation for closed-shell organic compounds \emph{via} atom-equivalent-type computational schemes and with the use of

A Method for Measuring the Quantity of Drugs on Surfaces in a Forensic Laboratory

September 19, 2018

Author(s)

Edward R. Sisco, Marcela N. Najarro, Amber Burns

While background studies have been commonplace in many occupational fields for a long time, attempts to understand the chemical background in forensics labs has

IMPROVEMENT OF REPRODUCIBILITY OF MAGNETIC MOMENT DETECTED BY A SQUID MAGNETOMETER THROUGH RADIAL OFFSET MEASUREMENT ON A YIG SPHERE

September 19, 2018

Author(s)

Cindi L. Dennis, Robert D. Shull, Nobuhiro Matsumoto

We report here on the reproducibility of measurements on a commercial SQUID Magnetometer of two different yttrium iron garnet (YIG) spheres, both having a

Phase-Sensitive Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Experiment

September 19, 2018

Author(s)

Erik Brok, Kathryn L. Krycka, Erika C. Vreeland, Andrew Gomez, Dale L. Huber, Charles Majkrzak

Small angle neutron scattering is a useful technique for determining the structure of biomolecules in solution. However, because of the well-known problem that

An optical Bragg scattering readout for simultaneous detection of all low-order mechanical modes of gallium nitride nanowires in nanowire arrays

September 19, 2018

Author(s)

Kristine A. Bertness, John P. Houlton, Matthew D. Brubaker, Charles T. Rogers

We report the use of optical Bragg scattering and homodyne interferometry to simultaneously measure all the first order cantilever-mode mechanical resonance

Feature Topic: Enabling Technologies for Smart Internet of Things

September 18, 2018

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

This feature topic aims at providing timely and comprehensive overviews of the current state-of-the art in terms of fundamental theoretical innovations and

The Role of Lipid Interactions in Accurate Simulations of the alpha-hemolysin Transporter

September 18, 2018

Author(s)

Nicholas B. Guros, Arvind Balijepalli, Jeffery B. Klauda

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed to describe the function of the transporter protein alpha- hemolysin (αHL) in lipid membranes that were

Thermal conductivity of entropy stabilized oxides: approaching the minimum limit in single crystal solid solutions through charge induced atomic-scale disorder

September 17, 2018

Author(s)

Gheorghe Stan, Jeffrey Braun, Christina Rost, Mina Lim, Ashutosh Giri, David Olson, George Kotsonis, Donald Brenner, Jon-Paul Maria, Patrick Hopkins

Manipulating a crystalline materials configurational entropy though the introduction of unique atomic species can produce novel materials with desirable

Structured light in diffuse optical imaging

September 16, 2018

Author(s)

Joseph P. Angelo, Sez-Jade Chen, Marien Ochoa, Ulas Sunar, Sylvain Gioux, Xavier Intes

Diffuse optical imaging probes deep living tissue enabling structural, functional, metabolic, and/or molecular imaging. Recently, thanks to the availability of

Growth and Structural Characterization of Selective Area GaN Nanostructures on Si(111) Substrates

September 16, 2018

Author(s)

Alexana Roshko, Matthew D. Brubaker, Paul T. Blanchard, Todd E. Harvey, Kristine A. Bertness

Selective area growth (SAG) of GaN nanowires and nanowalls on Si(111) substrates with AlN and GaN buffer layers was studied. For N-polar samples filling of SAG

Challenges to miniaturizing cold atom technology for deployable vacuum metrology

September 14, 2018

Author(s)

Stephen P. Eckel, Daniel S. Barker, James A. Fedchak, Nikolai N. Klimov, Eric B. Norrgard, Julia K. Scherschligt, Constantinos Makrides, Eite Tiesinga

Cold atoms are excellent metrological tools; they currently realize SI time and, soon, SI pressure in the ultra-high (UHV) and extreme high vacuum (XHV) regimes

Thermal characteristics of silicon wafer-based TVCs(Thin Vapor Chambers) with disk-shape using DI water

September 14, 2018

Author(s)

Seok Pil Jang, Mark A. Kedzierski

Solution to Best Food Reference Material Challenge

September 13, 2018

Author(s)

Melissa M. Phillips

Transmission Imaging with a Programmable Detector in a Scanning Electron Microscope

September 13, 2018

Author(s)

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

A new type of angularly selective electron detector for use in a scanning electron microscope is presented. The detector leverages a digital micromirror device

Influences of support layer deformation on the intrinsic resistance of thin film composite membranes

September 13, 2018

Author(s)

Masoud Aghajani, Mengyuan Wang, Lewis M. Cox, Jason Killgore, Alan R. Greenberg, Yifu Ding

It is commonly believed that the overall resistance of thin film composite (TFC) membranes is dictated by the crosslinked, ultrathin polyamide barrier layer

Spherical Test Objects for Hand-held Metal Detector Characterization

September 12, 2018

Author(s)

Nicholas G. Paulter Jr., Donald R. Larson, John A. Ely

Measuring the detection performance of metal detectors (hand-worn, hand-held, and walk-through models) is based on the observation of an alarm indication (light

Fully self-referenced frequency comb consuming 5 Watts of electrical power

September 12, 2018

Author(s)

Paritosh Manurkar, Edgar F. Perez, Daniel D. Hickstein, David R. Carlson, Jeffrey T. Chiles, Daron A. Westly, Esther Baumann, Scott A. Diddams, Nathan R. Newbury, Kartik A. Srinivasan, Scott B. Papp, Ian R. Coddington

We present a hybrid fiber/waveguide design for a 100-MHz frequency comb that is fully self- referenced and temperature controlled with less than 5 W of

Monte Carlo Simulation of Cylinders with Short-Range Attractions

September 12, 2018

Author(s)

Harold W. Hatch, Nathan Mahynski, R. P. Murphy, Marco Blanco, Vincent K. Shen

Cylindrical or rod-like particles are promising materials for the applications of fillers in nanocomposite ma- terials and additives to control rheological

Polymer Identification of Plastic Debris Ingested by Pelagic-phase Sea Turtles in the Central Pacific

September 12, 2018

Author(s)

Melissa R. Jung, George H. Balazs, Thierry M. Work, T. T. Jones, Sara Orski, Viviana Rodriguez, Kathryn Beers, S. A. Abriola, K. D. Hyrenbach, Brenda A. Jensen, Jennifer Lynch

Pelagic Pacific sea turtles eat large quantities of plastic. We identified the polymers ingested by 37 olive ridley, 9 green and 4 loggerhead sea turtles caught

Proceedings of the First Workshop Organized by the IAFSS Working Group on Measurement and Computation of Fire Phenomena (MaCFP)

September 11, 2018

Author(s)

Randall J. McDermott, Morgan Bruns

This paper provides a report of the discussions held at the first workshop on Measurement and Computation of Fire Phenomena (MaCFP) on June 10-11 2017. The

A Novel Application of Silicone-Based Flame-Retardant Adhesive in Plywood

September 11, 2018

Author(s)

Mauro Zammarano, John R. Shields, Elizabeth D. Knowlton, Ickchan Kim, Matthew S. Hoehler

A silicone-based elastomer filled with vinyl-silane treated aluminum hydroxide was used as a flame- retardant adhesive for plywood, as a replacement for a

Fundamentals and characterizations of scratch resistance on automotive clearcoats

September 11, 2018

Author(s)

Li Piin Sung, Linqian Feng, Nadia Benhamida, Pierre Morel, Andrew T. Detwiler, Jon M. Skelly, Leslie T. Baker, Deepanjan Bhattacharya

As original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) strive to deliver improved coating performance with a sustainable footprint, opportunities for innovation are

Quantification of Carbon Nanotube Liquid Crystal Morphology via Neutron Scattering

September 11, 2018

Author(s)

Francesca Mirri, Rana N. Ashkar, Vida Jamali, Lucy Liberman, Robert A. Pinnick, Paul van der Schoot, Yeshayahu Talmon, Paul Butler, Matteo Pasquali

Liquid phase assembly is among the most industrially attractive routes for scalable carbon nanotube (CNT) processing. Chlorosulfonic acid (CSA) was found to be

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