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Journals

Model of Mobile Manipulator Performance Measurement using SysML

November 3, 2017

Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, Sebti Foufou, Tsai H. Hong, Mili Shah

Test methods for measuring safety and performance of mobile manipulators have yet to be developed. Therefore, potential mobile manipulator users cannot compare

Quantification of Total Vitamin D-Binding Protein and Three Common Isoforms with Liquid Chromatography-Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry

November 3, 2017

Author(s)

Lisa E. Kilpatrick, Karen W. Phinney

Vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP), a transporter of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] metabolites, has additional roles in the immune system and bone development

HIGH EFFICIENCY CARBON NANOTUBE THREAD ANTENNAS

November 3, 2017

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, Aydin Babajgabni, Chris Long, David R. Novotny, Nate Orloff, E. A. Bengio, Damir Senic, Lauren W. Taylor, Dimitri E. Tsentalovich

Although previous research has explored the underlying theory of high-frequency behavior of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and CNT bundles for antennas, there is a gap

Measurement and Correlation of the Viscosity of 1,1,1,2,2,4,5,5,5-Nonafluoro-4- (trifluoromethyl)-3-pentanone

November 3, 2017

Author(s)

Chenyang Wen, Xianyang Meng, Marcia L. Huber, Jiangtao Wu

The Paris Agreement on climate change, in which many nations have agreed to limit greenhouse gas emissions, has spurred interest in developing working fluids

Synthesis and Transport Properties of Fe2SnSe4

November 2, 2017

Author(s)

Kaya Wei, Joshua Martin, George S. Nolas

Fe2SnSe4 was synthesized by elemental reaction and densified using hot pressing in order to investigate the transport properties. It crystallizes in the

Plasma modification of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes: superhydrophobic surfaces with ultra- low reflectance

November 2, 2017

Author(s)

Christopher S. Yung, Nathan A. Tomlin, Karl Heuerman, Mark W. Keller, Malcolm G. White, Michelle S. Stephens, John H. Lehman

Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) are excellent broadband (UVVISIR) absorbers of light that can be made even darker with plasma treatments

Rigidity of the magic pentagram game

November 2, 2017

Author(s)

Amir Kalev, Carl Miller

A game is rigid if a near-optimal score guarantees, under the sole assumption of the validity of quantum mechanics, that the players are using an approximately

High-Performance Coherent Population Trapping Clock Based on Laser-Cooled Atoms

November 2, 2017

Author(s)

Xiaochi Liu, Eugene Ivanov, V. I. Yudin, John Kitching, Elizabeth Donley

Atomic clocks based on laser-cooled atoms are capable of achieving long interrogation periods and hence narrow resonance linewidths because of the very low atom

Morphology Dependent of Flow Stress of Nickel-Based Superalloys in the Multi-Scale Crystal Plasticity Framework

November 2, 2017

Author(s)

Shahriyar Keshavarz, Zara Molaeinia, Andrew C. Reid, Stephen A. Langer

This paper develops a framework to obtain flow stress of Nickel-based superalloys as a function of gamma-gamma prime morphology. In general, the two-phase gamma

Radiative rates of transitions from the 2s2p3 5S°2 state in neutral carbon

November 1, 2017

Author(s)

Alexander Kramida, Haris Kunari

The measured radiative rates of the 2s22p2 3P1,2 – 2s2p3 5S°2 intercombination transitions in neutral carbon reported in the literature are critically evaluated

The effect of self-consistent potentials on EXAFS analysis

November 1, 2017

Author(s)

Bruce Ravel, M. Newville, Josh J. Kas, John J. Rehr

We present an EXAFS-oriented theory program based on the popular Feff8 and providing an application programming interface designed to make it easy to integrate

Microwave Evaluation of Electromigration Susceptibility in Advanced Interconnects

November 1, 2017

Author(s)

Yaw S. Obeng, Kin P. Cheung, Dmitry Veksler, Christopher E. Sunday

Traditional metrology has been unable to adequately address the needs of emerging integrated circuits (ICs) at the nano scale; thus, new metrology and

The Momentum Distribution of Liquid ⁴He

November 1, 2017

Author(s)

Timothy R Prisk, M. S. Bryan, P. E. Sokol, G. E. Granroth, S. Moroni, M. Boninsegni

We report high-resolution neutron Compton scattering measurements of liquid 4He under saturated vapor pressure. There is excellent agreement between the

Presidents Column, November 2017

November 1, 2017

Author(s)

Dylan F. Williams

Getting into Microwaves and the MTT Society

Fast optimization algorithms and the cosmological constant

November 1, 2017

Author(s)

Stephen P. Jordan, Ning Bao, Brad Lackey, Raphael Bousso

Denef and Douglas have observed that in certain landscape models the problem of finding small values of the cosmological constant is a large instance of an NP

Applying a Biodeposition Layer to Increase the Bond of a Repair Mortar on a Mortar Substrate

November 1, 2017

Author(s)

Didier Snoeck, Jianyun Wang, Dale P. Bentz, Nele De Belie

One of the major concerns in infrastructure repair is a sufficient bond between the substrate and the repair material, especially for the long-term performance

Using realistic factors to simulate catastrophic congestion events in a network

November 1, 2017

Author(s)

Kevin L. Mills, Christopher E. Dabrowski

With the rapid growth of the Internet, there has been increased interest in the use of computer models to study the dynamics of communication networks in the

STRSeq: A catalog of sequence diversity at human identification Short Tandem Repeat loci

November 1, 2017

Author(s)

Katherine Gettings, Lisa Borsuk, D Ballard, Martin Bodner, Bruce Budowle, Laurence Devesse, Jonathan King, W. Parson, Christopher Phillips, Peter Vallone

The STR Sequencing Project (STRSeq) was initiated to facilitate the description of sequence- based alleles at the Short Tandem Repeat (STR) loci targeted in

The role of human monoacylglycerol lipase (hMAGL) binding pocket in breakup of unsaturated phospholipid membranes

November 1, 2017

Author(s)

Ioannis L. Karageorgos, Vitalii I. Silin, nikolai zvonok, John P. Marino, David Janero, Alexandros Makriyannis

Human monoacylglycerol lipase (hMAGL) plays a key role in homeostatic tuning of the endocannabinoid signaling system and supports aggressive tumorogenesis

SARD: Thousands of Reference Programs for Software Assurance

October 31, 2017

Author(s)

Paul E. Black

A corpus of computer programs with known bugs is useful in determining the ability of tools to find bugs. This article describes the content of NIST's Software

Improving Software Assurance through Static Analysis Tool Expositions

October 31, 2017

Author(s)

Terry S. Cohen, Damien J. Cupif, Aurelien M. Delaitre, Charles Daniel De Oliveira, Elizabeth N. Fong, Vadim Okun

Multiple techniques and tools prove effective for software assurance. One technique that has grown in acceptance since the early 2000s is static analysis, which

Symmetry-broken dissipative exchange flows in thin-film ferromagnets with in-plane anisotropy with in-plane anisotropy

October 31, 2017

Author(s)

Ezio E. Iacocca, Thomas J. Silva, Mark Hoefer

Planar ferromagnetic channels have been shown to theoretically support a long-range ordered and coherently precessing state where the balance between local spin

Strength of Brittle Materials in Moderately Corrosive Environments

October 30, 2017

Author(s)

Robert F. Cook

The strengths of four brittle materials―cordierite glass ceramic, fused silica, silicon, and polycrystalline alumina were measured after exposure to weakly

Nonlinear optical polarization response and plasma generation in noble gases: Comparison of MESA models to experiments

October 30, 2017

Author(s)

Jared K. Wahlstrand, Anand Bahl, Sina Zahedpour, H M. Milchberg, Miroslav Kolesik

The nonlinear polarization response and plasma generation in noble gases produced by high- intensity optical pulses, modeled by the metastable electronic state

Local field effect on charge-capture/emission dynamics

October 30, 2017

Author(s)

Kin P. Cheung, Dmitry Veksler, Jason P. Campbell

Charge-capture/emission is ubiquitous in solid state devices. Its dynamics often play critical roles in device operation and reliability. Treatment of this

Short-Chained Oligo(ethylene oxide)-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles: Realization of Significant Protein Resistance

October 30, 2017

Author(s)

Kathryn Riley, Christopher Sims, Imani Wood, David J. Vanderah, Marlon L. Walker

Protein corona formed on nanomaterial surfaces play an important role in the bioavailability and cellular uptake of nanomaterials. Modification of surfaces with

Buckling Instabilities in Polymer Brush Surfaces via Postpolymerization Modification

October 30, 2017

Author(s)

Wei Guo, Cassandra M. Reese, Li Xiong, Phillip K. Logan, Brittany J. Thompson, Christopher Stafford, Anton Ievlev, Bradley S. Lokitz, Olga S. Ovchinnikova, Derek L. Patton

We report a simple route to engineer ultrathin polymer brush surfaces with wrinkled and creased morphologies using postpolymerization modification (PPM), where

Phase Competition in the Palmer-Chalker XY Pyrochlore Er₂Pt₂O₇

October 30, 2017

Author(s)

A. M. Hallas, J. Gaudet, Nicholas Butch, Guangyong Xu, M. Tachibana, C. R. Wiebe, Graeme M. Luke, Bruce D. Gaulin

We report neutron scattering measurements on Er 2Pt 2O 7, a new addition to the XY family of frustrated pyrochlore magnets. Symmetry analysis of our elastic

Ab initio Calculated Results Require New Formulations for Properties in the Limit of Zero Density The Viscosity of Methane (CH4)

October 27, 2017

Author(s)

Arno R. Laesecke, Chris D. Muzny

A wide ranging formulation for the viscosity of methane in the limit of zero density is presented. Using ab initio calculated data of Hellmann et al. from 80 K

First far-infrared high resolution analysis of the ν2 and ν4 bands of phosgene 35Cl2CO and 35Cl37ClCO

October 27, 2017

Author(s)

Walter J. Lafferty, Jean-Marie Flaud, Fridolin Kwabia Tchana, Agnes Perrin, Laurent Manceron, Mustafa Ndao

A Fourier transform spectrum of phosgene (Cl2CO) has been recorded in the 17.3 μm spectral region at a temperature of 180 K and at a resolution of 0.00102 cm-1

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