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Journals

Polymorphism and thermophysical properties of L- and DL-menthol

November 5, 2018

Author(s)

Vojtech Stejfa, Ala Bazyleva, Michal Fulem, Jan Rohlicek, Eliska Skorepova, Kvetoslav Ruzicka, Andrey V. Blokhin

The thermodynamic properties, phase behavior, and kinetics of polymorph transformations of racemic (DL-) and enantiopure (L-) menthol were studied using a...

Gradual Enhancement of Stripe-Type Antiferromagnetism in the Spin-Ladder Material BaFe₂S₃ under Pressure

November 5, 2018

Author(s)

Liangliang Zheng, Benjamin A. Frandsen, Changwei Wu, Ming Yi, Shan Wu, Qingzhen Huang, Edith Bourret-Courchesne, G. Simutis, R. Khasanov, Dao-Xin Yao, Meng Wang, Robert J. Birgeneau

Jitter Sensitivity Analysis of the Superconducting Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer

November 4, 2018

Author(s)

Christine A. Donnelly, Justus Brevik, Paul Dresselhaus, Pete Hopkins, Samuel P. Benz

We present the first jitter sensitivity analysis of a superconducting voltage reference waveform synthesizer with fundamentally accurate output pulses...

Effects of internal porosity and crystallographic texture on Charpy impact energy of Electron Beam Melting (EBM) titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V)*

November 3, 2018

Author(s)

Nikolas W. Hrabe, Ryan M. White, Enrico Lucon

The effects of internal porosity and crystallographic texture on miniaturized Charpy absorbed energy behavior of electron beam melting (EBM) titanium alloy (Ti...

Methodology for evaluating the information distribution in small angle scattering from periodic nanostructures

November 3, 2018

Author(s)

Daniel F. Sunday, Regis J. Kline

Optimizing the extraction of information from X-ray measurements while minimizing exposure time is an important area of research in a variety of fields. The...

Nanospace within Metal-Organic Frameworks for Gas Storage and Separation

November 3, 2018

Author(s)

B. Li, H.-M. Wen, Y. Yu, Yuanjing Cui, Wei Zhou, B. Chen, Guodong Qian

Improvements and limitations of Mie lambda-6 potential for prediction of saturated and compressed liquid viscosity

November 2, 2018

Author(s)

Richard A. Messerly, Michelle C. Anderson, S. M. Razavi, J. R. Elliott

Over the past decade, the Mie lambda-6 (generalized Lennard-Jones) potential has grown in popularity due to its improved accuracy for predicting vapor-liquid...

Bottom-Up Copper Filling of Large Scale Through Silicon Vias for MEMS Technology

November 2, 2018

Author(s)

Daniel Josell, Thomas P. Moffat, L A. Menk, E Baca, M Blain, A Smith, Jason Dominguez, J McClain, P D. Yeh, A E. Hollowell

An electrodeposition process for void-free bottom-up filling of sub-millimeter scale through silicon vias (TSVs) with Cu is detailed. The 600 m deep and...

Size Effects in Plasma-Enhanced Nano-Transfer Adhesion

November 2, 2018

Author(s)

Michael Deagan, Edwin Chan, Linda Schadler, Chaitanya Ullal

Access Control for Emerging Distributed Systems

November 1, 2018

Author(s)

Chung Tong Hu, David R. Kuhn, David F. Ferraiolo

As big data, cloud computing, grid computing, and the Internet of Things reshape current data systems and practices, IT experts are keen to harness the power of...

Chemical Selection of Emission State Configuration in a Quantum Light Emitter

November 1, 2018

Author(s)

Ming Zheng, Geyou Ao, Stephen K. Doorn

Covalently-introduced photoluminescent sp3 defects generate new emitting states and dramatically expand optical functionality of single-wall carbon nanotubes...

An Energy Analyzing Detector for Cold Neutrons

November 1, 2018

Author(s)

Nicholas C. Maliszewskyj, A. Osovizky, Kevin Pritchard, Y. Yehuda-Zada, Louis E. Binkley, Jeffrey B. Ziegler, Peter Tsai, Nancy J. Hadad, George M. Baltic, M. Jackson, C. Hurlbut, Charles F. Majkrzak

Methane leak detection and sizing over long distances using dual frequency comb laser spectroscopy and a bootstrap inversion technique

November 1, 2018

Author(s)

Kuldeep R. Prasad, Caroline Alden

Advances in natural gas extraction technology have led to increased activity in the production and transport sectors in the United States, and as a consequence...

A Combined Experimental-Numerical Method to Evaluate Powder Thermal Properties in Laser Powder Bed Fusion

November 1, 2018

Author(s)

Bo Cheng, Brandon Lane, Justin G. Whiting, Kevin Chou

Ultrafast, deep-dopant diffusion in crystalline silicon by laser-induced full area surface melting

November 1, 2018

Author(s)

Zibo Zhou, Ivan Perez-Wurfl, Brian Simonds

As solar cell back contact schemes have improved in recent years, the non-ideal emitter region has become a dominant contributor to overall losses in solar cell...

Exploring the structural origins of charge transport in conjugated polymers through the Huang-Brown tie-chain model

November 1, 2018

Author(s)

Kaichen Gu, Chad R. Snyder, Jonathan Onorato, Christine K. Luscombe, August W. Bosse, Y L. Loo

Evolution and Challenges of DNS-Based CDNs

November 1, 2018

Author(s)

Zheng Wang, Scott W. Rose

DNS-based server redirecting has been realized as the most popular way to deploy CDNs. However, with the increasing use of remote DNS, DNS-based CDNs faces a...

A more efficient method for calibrating discrete element method parameters for simulations of metallic powder used in additive manufacturing

October 31, 2018

Author(s)

Stephen R. Geer, Michelle Bernhardt, Edward Garboczi, Justin Whiting, Alkan Donmez

Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is an additive manufacturing (AM) process that uses a high-power laser to selectively melt metal powder that has been spread...

A Comparison Between The Solution Properties of Knotted Ring and Star Polymers

October 31, 2018

Author(s)

Luis F. Vargas Lara, Beatriz Pazmino, Jack F. Douglas

We computationally investigate the solution properties of knotted flexible ring and star polymers by combining molecular dynamics simulation (MD) and path...

Certifying Quantum Randomness by Probability Estimation

October 31, 2018

Author(s)

Emanuel H. Knill, Yanbao Zhang, Peter L. Bierhorst

We introduce probability estimation, a broadly applicable frameworkto certify randomness in a finite sequence of measurements subject to verifiable physical...

Contactless THz-based bulk semiconductor mobility measurements using two-photon excitation

October 31, 2018

Author(s)

Jared Wahlstrand, Edwin J. Heilweil

We perform contactless mobility measurements in ZnSe, ZnTe, GaP, CdS, and GaSe in an optical pump, THz probe experiment. By using two-photon excitation, one...

Thermal Evolution of Quasi-One-Dimensional Spin Correlations within the Anisotropic Triangular Lattice of α-NaMnO₂

October 31, 2018

Author(s)

Rebecca L. Dally, Robin Chisnell, Leland Harriger, Yaohua Liu

Investigating Effect of Wind Speeds on Structural Firebrand Generation in Laboratory Scale Experiments

October 29, 2018

Author(s)

Samuel Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki

Firebrands generated from structures are known to be a source of rapid flame spread within communities in large outdoor fires, such as wildland-urban (WUI)...

Mapping Electron Transfer at MoS2 using Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy

October 29, 2018

Author(s)

Nicole L. Ritzert, Veronika Szalai, Thomas P. Moffat

Understanding the role of macroscopic and atomic defects in the interfacial electron transfer properties of layered transition metal dichalcogenides is...

The Complexity and Verification of Quantum Random Circuit Sampling

October 29, 2018

Author(s)

Adam Bouland, William J. Fefferman, Chinmay Nirkhe, Umesh Vazirani

A critical milestone on the path to useful quantum computers is the demonstration of a quantum computation that is prohibitively hard for classical computers --...

Standards-based integration of advanced process control and optimization

October 28, 2018

Author(s)

Guodong Shao, Hasan Latif, Carla Martin, Peter O. Denno

Integration of process control with optimization is critical to Smart Manufacturing (SM). Oftentimes, however, the process control solutions from one vendor do...

Gateless and reversible carrier density tunability in epitaxial graphene devices functionalized with chromium tricarbonyl

October 28, 2018

Author(s)

Albert F. Rigosi, Mattias Kruskopf, Heather M. Hill, Hanbyul Jin, Bi Y. Wu, Philip E. Johnson, Siyuan Zhang, Michael J. Berilla, Angela R. Hight Walker, Christina A. Hacker, David B. Newell, Randolph E. Elmquist

Best Practices for Quantification of Uncertainty and Sampling Quality in Molecular Simulations

October 27, 2018

Author(s)

Alan Grossfield, Paul Patrone, Daniel R. Roe, Andrew J. Schultz, Daniel Siderius, Daniel M. Zuckerman

The quantitative assessment of uncertainty and sampling quality is essential in molecular simulation. Many systems of interest are highly complex, often at the...

Metrological Evaluation of Contrast Target Center Algorithm for Terrestrial Laser Scanners

October 26, 2018

Author(s)

Prem K. Rachakonda, Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Daniel S. Sawyer

Contrast targets are used with Terrestrial Laser Scanners, typically for long range scanning and registering multiple scans in a scene. These targets are very...

Ethane/Ethylene Separation in a Metal-Organic Framework with Iron-Peroxo Sites

October 26, 2018

Author(s)

Libo Li, Rui-Biao Lin, Rajamani Krishna, Hao Li, Shengchang Xiang, Hui Wu, Jinping Li, Wei Zhou, Banglin Chen

The separation of ethane from its corresponding ethylene is a very important challenging and energy-intensive process in the chemical industry. Herein we report...

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