Journals

Large T1 contrast enhancement using superparamagnetic nanoparticles in ultra-low field MRI

June 5, 2018

Author(s)

Xiaolu Yin, Stephen E. Russek, Gary Zabow, Fan Sun, Jeotikanta Mohapatra, Kathryn E. Keenan, Michael A. Boss, Hao Zeng, Sy-Hwang Liou, John M. Moreland

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) are widely investigated and utilized as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast and therapy agents due to...

Amplitude Mode in the Planar Triangular Antiferromagnet Na_0.9MnO₂

June 5, 2018

Author(s)

Rebecca L. Dally, Yang Zhao, Zhijun Xu, Robin Chisnell, M. B. Stone, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Leon Balents, Stephen D. Wilson

Amplitude modes that arise from continuous symmetry breaking in materials are of broad interest as condensed matter analogs of the Higgs boson in particle...

Demonstration of a Chamber for Strain Mapping of Steel Specimens Under Mechanical Load in a Hydrogen Environment by Synchrotron Radiation

June 4, 2018

Author(s)

Matthew J. Connolly, Peter E. Bradley, Damian S. Lauria, Andrew J. Slifka, Elizabeth S. Drexler

We present a demonstration of a chamber for diffraction measurements of lattice strain for specimens in hydrogen gas under mechanical load. The chamber is...

Distributed Algorithm for Suppressing Epidemic Spread in Networks

June 4, 2018

Author(s)

Van Sy Mai, Abdella Battou, Kevin L. Mills

This paper considers problems related to suppressing epidemic spread over networks given limited curing resources. The spreading dynamic is captured by a...

Octave-spanning dual frequency comb spectroscopy in the molecular fingerprint region

June 4, 2018

Author(s)

Henry R. Timmers, Abijith S. Kowligy, Alexander J. Lind, Flavio Caldas da Cruz, Nima Nader, Myles C. Silfies, Thomas K. Allison, Gabriel G. Ycas, Peter G. Schunemann, Scott B. Papp, Scott A. Diddams

Spectroscopy in the molecular fingerprint spectral region (6.5-20 $\mu$m) yields critical information on material structure for physical, chemical and...

Thermodynamic properties of 2 methylindole: experimental and computational results for gas-phase entropy and enthalpy of formation

June 3, 2018

Author(s)

Robert D. Chirico, Yauheni Paulechka, Ala Bazyleva, Andrei F. Kazakov

Measurements leading to the calculation of thermodynamic properties in the ideal-gas state for 2-methylindole (Chemical Abstracts registry number [95-20-5]) are...

Long-Term Ceramic Reliability Analysis including the Crack-Velocity Threshold and the "Bathtub" Curve

June 2, 2018

Author(s)

Robert F. Cook

A thermally-activated crack-velocity formulation that includes a threshold at thermodynamic equilibrium is used in the prediction of long-term time-to-failure...

EDS Microanalysis: Pushing the Limits

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Nicholas Ritchie, Dale E. Newbury, Michael Mengason, Heather Lowers

It is a great time to be a microanalyst. After a few decades of incremental progress in energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS), the last decade has seen the...

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...