Journals

Foreword for the Special Issue on Advanced Neutron Scattering Instrumentation

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

D.N. Argyriou, Andrew Allen

Neutron scattering facilities are called to address an ever-expanding mission in the investigation, development and use of a broad range of materials: from...

Quick health assessment for industrial robot health degradation and the supporting advanced sensing development

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Guixiu Qiao, Brian A. Weiss

Robotic technologies are becoming more integrated with complex manufacturing environments. The addition of greater complexity leads to more sources of faults...

An update on dose calibrator settings for nuclides used in nuclear medicine

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Denis E. Bergeron, Jeffrey T. Cessna

Most clinical measurements of radioactivity, whether for therapeutic or imaging nuclides, rely on commercial reentrant ionization chambers (dose calibrators)...

Performance of a segmented 6Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector for the PROSPECT experiment

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Hans P. Mumm, Denis E. Bergeron, Jerome J. LaRosa, Mark A. Tyra, Svetlana Nour

This paper describes the design and performance of a 50 liter, two-segment 6Li-loaded liquid scintillator detector that was designed and operated as prototype...

Imaging linear and circular polarization features in leaves with complete Mueller matrix polarimetry

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

C.H. L. Patty, David Luo, Frans Snik, Freek Ariese, Wybren J. Buma, Inge L. ten Kate, Rob J. van Spanning, William Sparks, Thomas Germer, Gy?z? Garab, Michael W. Kudenov

Spectropolarimetry of intact plant leaves allows to probe the molecular architecture of vegetation photosynthesis in a non-invasive and non-destructive way and...

Collapse Prevention Seismic Performance Assessment of New Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames using ASCE 41

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Matthew S. Speicher, John L. Harris

This paper presents the results of a seismic performance assessment using ASCE 41-06 for six buckling-restrained braced frames (BRBFs) designed in accordance...

Nanoscale photocurrent mapping in perovskite solar cells

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Yohan Yoon, Dongheon Ha, Ik Jae Park, Paul M. Haney, Sangwook Lee, Nikolai Zhitenev

In this work, we study spatially-resolved generation of photocurrent of methylammonium lead iodide (CH3NH3PbI3) perovskite solar cells to reveal the microscopic...

Optimization of ⁶LiF:ZnS(Ag) Scintillator Light Yield using GEANT4

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Y. Yehuda-Zada, Kevin N. Pritchard, Jeffrey B. Ziegler, P. Yvonne Barnes, Kerry Siebein, M. Jackson, C. Hurlbut, Y. Kadmon, Y. Cohen, R. M. Ibberson, Charles Majkrzak, Nicholas C. Maliszewskyj, I. Orion, A. Osovizky

A new cold neutron detector has been developed at the NCNR for the CANDoR project. Geometric and performance constraints dictate that this detector be...

Development of combined microstructure and structure characterization facility for in situ and operando studies at the Advanced Photon Source

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Jan Ilavsky, Fan Zhang, Ross N. Andrews, Ivan Kuzmenko, Pete R. Jemian, Lyle E. Levine, Andrew J. Allen

Following many years of evolutionary development, first at the National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and then at the Advanced...

Highly Reversible Zinc Metal Anode for Aqueous Batteries

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Fei Wang, Oleg Borodin, Tao Gao, Xiulin Fan, Wei Sun, Fudong Han, Antonio Faraone, Joseph Dura, Kang Xu, Chunsheng Wang

Metallic zinc (Zn) has been regarded as an ideal anode material for aqueous batteries, because of its high theoretical capacity (820 mAh/g), low electrochemical...

Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) and Autler-Townes (AT) splitting in the Presence of Band-Limited White Gaussian Noise

May 31, 2018

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, Joshua A. Gordon, Matthew T. Simons, Marcus D. Kautz

We investigate the effect of band-limited white Gaussian noise (BLWGN) on electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) and Autler-Townes (AT) splitting, when...

Navigating Unmountable Media with the Digital Forensics XML File System

May 31, 2018

Author(s)

Alexander J. Nelson, Alexandra Chassanoff, Alexandra Holloway

Some computer storage is non-navigable by current general-purpose computers. This could be because of obsolete interface software, or a more specialized storage...

Recent Developments in Surface Science and Engineering, Thin Films, Nanoscience, Biomaterials, Plasma Science, and Vacuum Technology

May 31, 2018

Author(s)

Miran Mozetic, Alenka Vesel, Gregor Primc, J. Bauer, A. Eder, G. H. S. Schmid, David Ruzic, Zeeshan Ahmed, Daniel Barker, Kevin O. Douglass, Stephen Eckel, James A. Fedchak, Jay H. Hendricks, Nikolai Klimov, Jacob Edmond Ricker, Julia Scherschligt, Jack A. Stone Jr., Gregory F. Strouse, I. Capan, M Buljan, S. Milosevic, C Teichert, S R. Cohen, A G. Silva, M Lehocky, P Humpolicek, C Rodriguez, J Hernandez-Montelongo, E Punzon-Quijorna, D Mercier, M Manso-Silvan, G Ceccone, A Galtayries, K Stana-Kleinschek, I Petrov, J E. Greene, J Avila, C Y. Chen, B Caja, H Yi, A Boury, S Lorcy, M C. Asensio, T Gans, D O?Connell, F Reniers, A Vincze, M Anderle

Nanometer-sized structures, surfaces and sub-surface phenomena have played an enormous role in science and technological applications and represent a driving...

Orbital quantum magnetism in spin dynamics of strongly interacting magnetic lanthanide atoms

May 31, 2018

Author(s)

Ming Li, Eite Tiesinga, Svetlana Kotochigova

Laser cooled lanthanide atoms are ideal candidates with which to study strong and unconventional quantum magnetism with exotic phases. Here, we use state-of-the...

Phase space study of surface electrode Paul traps: Integrable, chaotic, and mixed Motion

May 31, 2018

Author(s)

V. Roberdel, Dietrich Leibfried, D. Ullmo, H. Landa

We present a comprehensive phase space treatment of the motion of trapped particles in electrodynamic traps. Focusing on 5-wire surface electrode Paul traps, we...

Surface Properties of Laser-treated Molybdenum Disulfide Nanosheets for Optoelectronic Applications

May 30, 2018

Author(s)

Frank W. DelRio, Justin M. Gorham, Koo-hyun Chung, Bien Cuong Tran Khac

Transition metal dichalcogenide two-dimensional materials have attracted significant attention due to their unique optical, mechanical, and electronic...

Reply to Comment on "No correction for the light propagatiobn within the cube" Comment on "Relativistic theory of the falling retroreflector gravimeter"

May 30, 2018

Author(s)

Neil Ashby

The comment \cite{nagornyi18} claims that, notwithstanding the conclusions stated in the paper \emph{Relativistic theory of the falling cube gravimeter} \cite...

Resonator Stabilization Architecture to Suppress Switching Transient Crosstalk in I-CDM

May 30, 2018

Author(s)

Malcolm S. Durkin, Joel C. Weber, William B. Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, Daniel S. Swetz, Joel N. Ullom

The ever-increasing sizes of transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter arrays motivates improved multiplexed readout with large multiplexing factors, low...

Calibration of a Single-Diode Performance Model without a Short-Circuit Temperature Coefficient

May 30, 2018

Author(s)

Mark Campanelli, Behrang Hamadani

We calibrate (i.e., fit the parameters of) a seven-parameter single-diode model (SDM) for photovoltaic device performance using current-voltage (I-V) curves...

Transient Analysis of a Circular Foil Gage in a Convective and Radiative Environment

May 29, 2018

Author(s)

Jiann C. Yang

An analysis of a circular thin-foil gage is presented by including transient effect, convective heat transfer, and arbitrary time-varying boundary condition at...

Reduction of Short Wavelength Reflectance of Multi-wall Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Through UV Laser Irradiation

May 29, 2018

Author(s)

Michelle S. Stephens, Brian J. Simonds, Christopher S. Yung, Davis R. Conklin, David J. Livigni, Alberto R. Oliva, John H. Lehman

Multi-wall carbon nanotube coatings are used as broadband, low-reflectance absorbers for bolometric applications, blackbody radiators, and for stray light...

Oxidation Reactions in Kink Bands Regions of UHMMPE Fiber-Based Laminates Used in Body Armor: A Mechanistic Study

May 29, 2018

Author(s)

Zois Tsinas, Amanda L. Forster, Mohamad Al-Sheikhly

This work demonstrates the synergy between the thermo-mechanical induced degradation and the oxidation reactions in the kink-banded areas of ultra-high molar...

Educational commitment and social networking: The power of informal networks

May 29, 2018

Author(s)

Justyna Zwolak, Michael P. Zwolak, Eric Brewe

Prior studies found that the lack of an engaging pedagogy and the highly competitive atmosphere in introductory science courses tend to discourage students from...

Bang-bang shortcut to adiabaticity in the Dicke model as realized in a Penning trap experiment

May 29, 2018

Author(s)

J. Cohn, Arghavan Safari-Naini, R. J. Lewis-Swan, Justin G. Bohnet, M. Garttner, Kevin Gilmore, Elena Jordan, Ana Maria Rey, John Bollinger, James K. Freericks

We introduce a bang-bang shortcut to adiabaticity for the Dicke model, which we implement via a two-dimensional array of trapped ions in a Penning trap with a...

Equilibrium Free Energies from Non-Equilibrium Trajectories with Relaxation Fluctuation Spectroscopy

May 28, 2018

Author(s)

David J. Ross, Elizabeth A. Strychalski, Christopher Jarzynski, Samuel M. Stavis

Recent advances in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and single-molecule measurements have enabled the determination of equilibrium free energies from non...

High efficiency generation of THz from 1550-nm: exceeding the Manley-Rowe limit with photoconductive emitters

May 28, 2018

Author(s)

A Feldman, Todd E. Harvey, Richard Mirin, A. Mingardi, W-D. Zhang, E. R. Brown

Two photoconductive emitters - one with a self-complementary square spiral antenna, and the other with a resonant slot antenna - were fabricated on a GaAs...

An Experimental and Computational Study of CO₂ Adsorption in the Sodalite-Type M-BTT (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu) Metal-Organic Frameworks Featuring Open Metal Sites

May 28, 2018

Author(s)

Mehrdad Asgari, Sudi Jawahery, Eric D. Bloch, Matthew R. Hudson, Roxana Flacau, Bess Vlaisavljevich, Jeffrey R. Long, Craig Brown, Wendy L. Queen

We present a comprehensive investigation of the CO 2 adsorption properties of the isostructural series of metal-organic frameworks M-BTT (M =Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, BTT...

What Causes the Anomalous Aggregation in Pluronic Aqueous Solutions?

May 28, 2018

Author(s)

Kuo-Chih Shih, Zhiqiang Shen, Ying Li, Martin Kroger, Shing-Yun Chang, Yun Liu, Mu-Ping Nieh, Hsi-Mei Lai

Pluronic (PL) block copolymers has been widely used as delivery carriers, molecular templates for porous media, process additive of affecting rheological...

Metrology for stable isotope reference materials: 13C/12C and 18O/16O isotope ratio value assignment of pure carbon dioxide gas samples on the Vienna PeeDee Belmnite-CO2 scale using dual-inlet mass spectrometry

May 25, 2018

Author(s)

Abneesh Srivastava, R M. Verkouteren

Isotope ratio measurements have been conducted on a series of isotopically distinct pure CO2 gas samples using the technique of dual-inlet isotope ratio mass...

Standardization of 64Cu activity

May 25, 2018

Author(s)

Denis E. Bergeron, Jeffrey T. Cessna, Ryan P. Fitzgerald, Leticia S. Pibida, Brian E. Zimmerman

The complex decay scheme that makes 64Cu promising as both an imaging and therapeutic agent in medicine also makes the absolute measurement of its activity...