Journals

STM patterned nanowire measurements using photolithographically defined implants in Si(100)

January 29, 2018

Author(s)

Aruna N. Ramanayaka, Hyun Soo Kim, Ke Tang, Xiqiao Wang, Richard M. Silver, Michael D. Stewart, Joshua M. Pomeroy

Using photolithographically defined implant wires for electrical connections, we demonstrate measurement of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) patterned

Data and Analysis for the CODATA 2017 Special Fundamental Constants Adjustment for the Revision of the SI

January 29, 2018

Author(s)

David B. Newell, Peter J. Mohr, Barry N. Taylor, Eite Tiesinga

Described in detail is the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) special least- squares adjustment of the values of the fundamental constants

Coherent Optical Phase Transfer across Turbulent Open Air Paths with 10^-17 instability at 1- second

January 29, 2018

Author(s)

Laura C. Sinclair, Hugo Bergeron, William C. Swann, Jean-Daniel Deschenes, Nathan R. Newbury

We demonstrate carrier-phase optical two-way time-frequency transfer (carrier-phase OTWTFT) across a turbulent air path. Through the two-way exchange of optical

p-type doping efficiency in CdTe: Influence of second phase formation

January 29, 2018

Author(s)

Jedidiah J. McCoy, Santosh K. Swain, David R. Diercks, Brian Gorman, Kelvin G. Lynn, John R. Sieber

Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) high purity, bulk crystals doped with phosphorus have been grown via vertical Bridgman melt growth technique to understand and improve

Effects of Distal Residues Mutations on the Structure, Dynamics and Catalysis of Human Monoacylglycerol Lipase

January 29, 2018

Author(s)

Sergiy Tyukhtenko, Girija Rajarshi, Ioannis Karageorgos, Nikolai Zvonok, Elyssia S. Gallagher, Hongwei Huang, Kiran Vemuri, Jeffrey W. Hudgens, Alexandros Makriyannis

An understanding of how conformational dynamics modulates function and catalysis of human monoacylglycerol lipase (hMGL), an important pharmaceutical target

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Anion and Cation Reorientational Dynamics in (NH₄)₂B₁₂H₁₂

January 29, 2018

Author(s)

Alexander V. Skripov, Roman V. Skoryunov, Alexei V. Soloninin, Olga A. Babanova, Vitalie Stavila, Terrence J. Udovic

Diammonium dodecahydro-closedidecabirate (NH 4) 2B 12H 12 is the ionic compound combining NH 4 + cations and [B 12H 12] 2- anions both of which can exhibit high

Absence of Thermalization in Finite Isolated Interacting Floquet Systems

January 29, 2018

Author(s)

Karthik Seetharam, Paraj T. Bhattacharjee, Michael Kolodrubetz, Gil Refael

Ultralow power artificial synapses using nanotextured magnetic Josephson junctions

January 28, 2018

Author(s)

Michael L. Schneider, Christine A. Donnelly, Stephen E. Russek, Burm Baek, Matthew R. Pufall, Peter F. Hopkins, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz, William H. Rippard

Neuromorphic computing is a promising avenue to dramatically improve the efficiency of certain computational tasks, such as perception and decision making

Multi-Robot Assembly Strategies and Metrics

January 26, 2018

Author(s)

Jeremy A. Marvel, Roger V. Bostelman, Joseph A. Falco

We present a survey of multi-robot assembly applications and methods, and describe trends and general insights into the multi-robot assembly problem for

Quantifying Atom-scale Dopant Movement and Electrical Activation in Si:P Monolayers

January 26, 2018

Author(s)

Xiqiao Wang, Joseph A. Hagmann, Pradeep N. Namboodiri, Jonathan E. Wyrick, Kai Li, Roy E. Murray, Frederick Meisenkothen, Alline F. Myers, Michael D. Stewart, Richard M. Silver

Doped semiconductor structures with ultra-sharp dopant confinement, minimal lattice defects, and high carrier concentrations are essential attributes in the

Large magneto-optical Kerr effect and real-time imaging of magnetic domain in an antiferromagnet

January 26, 2018

Author(s)

Daniel B. Gopman, Robert D. Shull, Yury Kabanov, Huiyan Man, L. Wu, O.M.J. van 't Erve, D. Rees, Yufan Li, S. Pantakar, C L. Chien, J Orenstein, Tomoya Higo, Satoru Nakatsuji

When a linearly polarized light beam is incident upon the surface of a magnetic material, the reflected light becomes elliptically polarized and the ellipse

Strategies for Improving Robot Registration Performance

January 26, 2018

Author(s)

Karl Van Wyk, Jeremy A. Marvel

The ability to calculate rigid-body transformations between arbitrary coordinate systems (i.e., registration) is an invaluable tool in robotics. This effort

Transition probabilities of Ce I obtained from Boltzmann analysis of visible and near-infrared emission spectra

January 26, 2018

Author(s)

David E. Nitz, John J. Curry, M Buuck, A. DeMann, N. Mitchell, W. Shull

We report radiative transition probabilities for 5029 emission lines of neutral cerium within the wavelength range 417 to 1110 nm. Transition probabilities for

Band offset and electron affinity of MBE-grown SnSe2

January 25, 2018

Author(s)

Qin Zhang, Mingda Li, Edward Lochocki, Suresh Vishwanath, Xinyu Liu, Rusen Yan, Huai-Hsun Lien, Malgorzata Dobrowolska, Jacek Furdyna, Kyle M. Shen, Guangjun Cheng, Angela R. Hight Walker, David J. Gundlach, Huili G. Xing, Nhan V. Nguyen

SnSe2 is currently considered a potential 2D material that can form a near-broken gap heterojunction in a tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET) due to its

Comparisons of Analytical Approaches for Determining Shell Thicknesses of Core-Shell Nanoparticles by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

January 25, 2018

Author(s)

Cedric J. Powell, Wolfgang Werner, Henryk Kalbe, Alexander Shard, David G. Castner

We assessed two approaches for determining shell thicknesses of core-shell nanoparticles (NPs) by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. These assessments were based

Glycerol Hydrogen-Bonding Network Dominates Structure and Collective Dynamics in a Deep Eutectic Solvent

January 25, 2018

Author(s)

Antonio Faraone, Durgesh V. Wagle, Gary A. Baker, E. C. Novak, M. Ohl, D. Reuter, Peter Lunkenheimer, A. Loidl, Eugene Mamontov

The deep eutectic solvent glyceline formed by choline chloride and glycerol in 1:2 molar ratio is much less viscous compared to glycerol, which facilitates its

Maxwell-Hall access resistance in graphene nanopores

January 24, 2018

Author(s)

Subin Sahu, Michael P. Zwolak

The resistance due to the convergence from bulk to a constriction -- e.g., a nanopore -- is a mainstay of transport phenomena. In classical electrical

On the construction of binary mixture p-x and T-x diagrams from isochoric thermodynamics

January 24, 2018

Author(s)

Ian H. Bell, Ulrich K. Deiters

In this work we describe how to efficiently and reliably calculate $p$-$x$ and $T$-$x$ diagrams for binary mixtures of fluids. The method is based on the use of

Cost-Effective Alternatives to Conventional Charpy Tests for Measuring the Impact Toughness of Very-High-Toughness Steels

January 24, 2018

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon

For modern plate steels exhibiting high toughness and ductility, the conventional Charpy test is ostensibly stretched beyond its limits of applicability. Impact

Controlling the layer localization of gapless states in bilayer graphene with a gate voltage

January 24, 2018

Author(s)

W Jaskolski, M. Pelc, Garnett W. Bryant, Leonor Chico, A Ayuela

Experiments in gated bilayer graphene with stacking domain walls present topological gapless states protected by no-valley mixing. Here we research these states

Weak localization thickness measurements of embedded phosphorus delta layers in silicon produced by PH3 dosing

January 23, 2018

Author(s)

Joseph A. Hagmann, Xiqiao Wang, Pradeep N. Namboodiri, Jonathan E. Wyrick, Roy E. Murray, Michael D. Stewart, Richard M. Silver

The key building blocks for devices based on the deterministic placement of dopants in silicon are the formation of phosphorus dopant monolayers and the

Performance Analysis of Relay-based Two-way D2D Communications with Network Coding

January 23, 2018

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

In this paper, we present an analytical approach to evaluate the performance of dual-hop, two-way, and asymmetric D2D communications with and without network

Methods for Quantitative Infrared Directional-Hemispherical and Diffuse Reflectance Measurements Using a Fourier Transform Spectrometer and a Commercial Integrating Sphere

January 20, 2018

Author(s)

Leonard M. Hanssen, Thomas A. Blake, TImothy J. Johnson, Russell G. Tonkyn, Brenda M. Forland, Tanya L. Myers, Carolyn S. Brauer, Yin-Fong Su, Bruce E. Bernacki

Infrared integrating sphere measurements of solid samples are important in providing reference data for contact, standoff and remote sensing applications. At

Recommendations for assessing commutability part 3: based on the calibration effectiveness of a reference material

January 18, 2018

Author(s)

Johanna Camara, Weykamp Cas, Goran Nilsson, Robert Rej, Finlay MacKenzie, Ferruccio Ceriotti, Neil Greenberg, Schimmel Heinz, Gerhard Schumann, Thomas Keller, Vincent Delatour, Mauro Panteghini, Chris Burns, W. Greg Miller

A process is described to assess the commutability of a reference material intended for use as a calibrator based on its ability to fulfill its intended use in

Recommendations for assessing commutability part 2: based on the difference in bias between a reference material and clinical samples

January 18, 2018

Author(s)

Johanna Camara, Goran Nilsson, Jeffrey R. Budd, Neil Greenberg, Vincent Delatour, Gerhard Schumann, Robert Rej, Mauro Panteghini, Ferruccio Ceriotti, Schimmel Heinz, Weykamp Cas, Thomas Keller, Chris Burns, Finlay MacKenzie, W. Greg Miller

A process is described to assess the commutability of a reference material intended for use as a calibrator, trueness control or external quality assessment

Recommendations for assessing commutability part 1: general experimental design

January 18, 2018

Author(s)

Johanna Camara, W. Greg Miller, Schimmel Heinz, Neil Greenberg, Chris Burns, Vincent Delatour, Mauro Panteghini, Hubert W. Vesper, Robert Rej, Ferruccio Ceriotti, Gerhard Schumann, Jeffrey R. Budd, Weykamp Cas, Goran Nilsson, Finlay MacKenzie, Thomas Keller

Commutability is a property of a reference material that relates to the closeness of agreement between results for a reference material and results for clinical

Electrically tunable plasmomechanical oscillators for localized modulation, transduction, and amplification

January 18, 2018

Author(s)

Brian J. Roxworthy, Vladimir A. Aksyuk

Precision shaping of constituent elements allows construction of metamaterials with unusual physical properties. Similarly, judicious patterning of nanoscale

Relaxation behavior by time-salt and time-temperature superposition of polyelectrolyte complexes from coacervate to precipitate

January 18, 2018

Author(s)

Samim Ali, Vivek Prabhu

Complexation between anionic and cationic polyelectrolytes in aqueous solutions results in solid-like precipitates or liquid-like coacervate depending on the

Counting Caenorhabditis elegans: Protocol Optimization and Applications for Population Growth and Toxicity Studies in Liquid Medium

January 17, 2018

Author(s)

Steven Lund, Sanem Hosbas Coskun, Monique Johnson, Christopher Sims, Elijah Petersen, John T. Elliott, Bryant C. Nelson, Leona D. Scanlan, Shannon K. Hanna, Karina Brignoni, Patricia Lapasett

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is used extensively in molecular, toxicological and genetics research. However, standardized methods for counting nematodes

Spatially-resolved electric-field manipulation of magnetism for CoFeB mesoscopic discs on ferroelectrics

January 17, 2018

Author(s)

You Ba, Yan Liu, Peisen Li, Liang Wu, John Unguris, Daniel T. Pierce, Danni Yang, Ce Feng, Yike Zhang, Hao Wu, Dalai Li, Yuansi Chang, Jinxing Zhang, Xiufeng Han, Jianwang Cai, Ce-Wen Nan, Yonggang Zhao