Journals

Laser-Driven Calorimetry of Single-Component Liquid Hydrocarbons

June 12, 2017

Author(s)

Cary Presser, Ashot Nazarian

A novel laser-heating technique, referred to as the laser-driven thermal reactor (LDTR), was used to determine sample thermal behavior, specific heat release

Phase Offsets in the Critical-Current Oscillations of Josephson Junctions Based on Ni and Ni-(Ni₈₁Fe₁₉)_xNb_y Barriers

June 12, 2017

Author(s)

Burm Baek, Michael L. Schneider, Matthew R. Pufall, William H. Rippard

We measure and compare the critical-current oscillation characteristics of Josephson junctions as a function of Ni thickness in different barrier structures

Distributed Sensor Coordination Algorithms for Efficient Coverage in a Network of Heterogeneous Mobile Sensors

June 9, 2017

Author(s)

Kamran Sayrafian, Hamid Mahboubi, Kaveh Moezzi, Amir Aghdam

Optical microscope illumination analysis using through-focus scanning optical microscopy

June 8, 2017

Author(s)

Ravikiran Attota, Haesung Park

Recent advances of graphitic carbon nitride in applications: catalyst, sensing, imaging, and energy conversion

June 8, 2017

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Aiwu Wang, Chundong Wang, Yucheng Lan, Li Fu

The graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) which is a two-dimensional conjugated polymer, has drawn broad interdisciplinary attention as a low-cost, metal-free, and

Validation of SplitVectors Encoding and Stereoscopy for Quantitative Visualization of Quantum Physics Data

June 7, 2017

Author(s)

Wesley N. Griffin, Henan Zhao, Garnett W. Bryant, Judith E. Terrill, Jian Chen

We designed and evaluated SplitVectors, a new vector field display approach to help scientists perform new discrimination tasks on scientific data shown in

Microparticle tracking velocimetry as a tool for microfluidic flow measurements

June 7, 2017

Author(s)

Paul NMN Salipante, Steven D Hudson, James W. Schmidt, John D. Wright

The accurate measurement of flows in microfluidic channels is important for commercial and research applications. We compare the accuracy of flow measurement

On the primary spacing and microsegregation of cellular dendrites in laser deposited Ni-Nb alloys

June 7, 2017

Author(s)

Supriyo Ghosh, Li Ma, Nana Ofori Opoku, Jonathan E. Guyer

Classification of Journal Articles In a Search For New Experimental Thermophysical Property Data: A Case Study

June 7, 2017

Author(s)

Adele P. Peskin, Alden A. Dima

We present a case study in which we use natural language processing and machine learning techniques to automatically select candidate scientific articles that

Building Connections through Standards Landscaping

June 7, 2017

Author(s)

Paul W. Witherell, Yan Lu

Standards are an essential part of how we do business, from communication, to establishing best practices, to achieving quality control. As commerce and

An Improved Basis for Characterizing the Suitability of Fly Ash as a Cement Replacement Agent

June 7, 2017

Author(s)

Tandre Oey, Jason Timmons, Paul E. Stutzman, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Magdalena Balonis, Mathieu Bauchy, Gaurav Sant

Fly ash is a critical yet underutilized material for partial replacement for ordinary portland cement (OPC) in the binder fraction of a concrete. Significant

Improved sensor fault detection, isolation, and mitigation using multiple observers approach

June 6, 2017

Author(s)

Dhananjay Anand, Zheng Wang, Dawn Tilbury

Traditional fault detection and isolation (FDI) methods analyze a residual signal to detect and iso-late sensor faults. The residual signal is the difference

Resonant Acoustic Frequency Shifts Associated with Cracks in Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors

June 6, 2017

Author(s)

Ward L. Johnson, Jaemi Herzberger, Sudook A. Kim, Kirsten L. Peterson, Paul R. Heyliger, Grady S. White

Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS) was used in this study to measure shifts in resonant frequency that arise from the presence of cracks in barium-titanate

Integral Isosceles Triangle-Parallelogram and Heron triangle-Rhombus Pairs with a Common Area and Common Perimeter

June 6, 2017

Author(s)

Pradeep Das, Abhishek Juyal, Dustin Moody

In this paper we show that there are in nitely many pairs of integer isosceles triangles and integer parallelograms with a common (integral) area and common

Fast Updating Multipole Coulombic Potential Calculation

June 6, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas Hoft, Bradley Alpert

We present a numerical method to efficiently and accurately re-compute the Coulomb potential of a large ensemble of charged particles after a subset of the

Interface-induced phenomena in magnetism

June 5, 2017

Author(s)

Frances Hellman, Axel Hoffmann, Yaroslav Tserkovnyak, Geoffrey S. Beach, Eric E. Fullerton, C. Leighton, Allan H. MacDonald, Daniel C. Ralph, Dario A. Arena, Hermann A. Duerr, Peter Fischer, Julie Grollier, Joseph P. Heremans, Tomas Jungwirth, alexay V. Kimel, Bert Koopmans, Ilya N. Krivorotov, Steven J. May, Amanda K. Petford-Long, James M. Rondinelli, Nitin Samarth, Ivan K. Schuller, Andrei N. Slavin, Mark D. Stiles, Oleg Tchernyshyov, Andre Thiaville, Barry L. Zink

This article reviews static and dynamic interfacial effects in magnetism, focusing in particular on the current explosion in interfacially-driven magnetic

First-Order Reversal Curves of the Magnetostructural Transition in FeTe

June 5, 2017

Author(s)

M. K. Frampton, J. Crocker, Dustin A. Gilbert, N. Curro, Kai Liu, J. A. Schneeloch, G. D. Gu, R. J. Zieve

We apply the first-order reversal curve (FORC) method, borrowed from studies of ferromagnetic materials, to the magneto-structural phase transition of Fe 1+yTe

Observation and Impact of a "Surface Skin Effect" on Lateral Growth of Nanocrystals

June 3, 2017

Author(s)

Babak Nikoobakht, Elias J. Garratt, Paola Prete, Nico Lovergine

We investigate the impact of a quasi-crystalline two (2D) dimensional surface on the lateral epitaxy of one-dimensional (1D) nanocrystals. The quasi-2D surface

Mid-infrared laser-induced fluorescence with nanosecond time resolution using a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector: New technology for molecular science

June 2, 2017

Author(s)

Li Chen, Dirk Schwarzer, Varun Verma, Martin Stevens, Francesco F. Marsili, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Alec M. Wodtke

In contrast to UV photomultiplier tubes widely used in physical chemistry, mid- infrared detectors are notorious for poor sensitivity and slow time response

Sizing up the Quantum

June 2, 2017

Author(s)

Stephan Schlamminger

No abstract. This is a column in Nature science.

Phosphorylation-induced conformational dynamics in an intrinsically disordered protein and potential role in phenotypic heterogeneity

June 2, 2017

Author(s)

Prakash Kulkarni, Mohit Jolly, Dongya Jia, Steven Mooney, Ajay Bhargava, Luciane Kagohara, Yihong Chen, Pengyu Hao, Yanan He, Roberft Veltri, Alexander Grishaev, Keith Weninger, Herbert Levine, John Orban

Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) that lack a unique 3D structure and comprise a large fraction of the human proteome play important roles in numerous

Specific refractive index increment (dn/dc) of polymers at 660 nm and 690 nm

June 1, 2017

Author(s)

Andre M. Striegel

The specific refractive index increment (dn/dc) is an essential datum for the accurate quantitation of molar mass averages and distributions (inter alia) of

Void-based Assembly of Colloidal Crystals

June 1, 2017

Author(s)

Nathan Mahynski, Lorenzo Rovigatti, Christos Likos, Athanassios Panagiotopoulos

We have used computer simulations to reveal how colloidal crystals may be assembled by engineering the shape and charge of polymeric additives, which act as

Rapid and reliable steroid hormone profiling in Tursiops truncatus blubber using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)

June 1, 2017

Author(s)

Ashley S. Boggs-Russell, Tracey B. Schock, Thomas M. Galligan, Wayne E. McFee, Jeanine S. Morey, Lori Schwacke, John R. Kucklick

Monitoring of marine mammal steroid hormone status using matrices alternative to blood is desirable due to the ability to remotely collect samples which

Biomarkers of oxidatively induced DNA damage in dreissenid mussels: An ecosystem health assessment tool for the Laurentian Great Lakes

June 1, 2017

Author(s)

Pawel Jaruga, Erdem Coskun, M Miral Dizdar, W. E. Johnson, Kimani Kimbrough

Industrial, agricultural and urban activities of fast growing human population are continuously altering freshwater ecosystems, endangering their inhabitants

Dynamic Infrared Sample Controlled (DISCO) Temperature for the Tumbler Cells for Ultra Small Angle Neutron Scattering (USANS)

June 1, 2017

Author(s)

Juscelino Leao, R. P. Murphy, N. J. Wagner, Markus NMN Bleuel

In this paper a method to control the temperature for a rotating USANS sample holder is introduced. The temperature is controlled via halogen light bulbs and an

Chamber for Mechanical Testing in H2 with Observation by Neutron Scattering

June 1, 2017

Author(s)

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

A gas-pressure chamber has been designed, constructed, and tested at a moderate pressure (3.4 MPa, 500 psi) and has the capability of mechanical loading of

Short Time and Structural Dynamics in Polypropylene Glycol Nanocomposite

June 1, 2017

Author(s)

Madhusudan Tyagi, R. Casalini, C. M. Roland

The dynamics of polypropylene glycol, both neat and attached to silica nanoparticles, were investigated using elastic neutron backscattering and dielectric

A Lossy Object Exposure Assessment in Terms of Whole-Body Specific Absorption Rate Inside a Loaded Reverberation Chamber

June 1, 2017

Author(s)

Damir Senic, Antonio Sarolic, Christopher L. Holloway, John M. Ladbury

We present the results of an exposure assessment study in terms of whole-body specific absorption rate due to radio frequency electromagnetic fields exposure

Role of Rheology in Achieving Successful Concrete Performance

June 1, 2017

Author(s)

Chiara F. Ferraris

Workability is one of the most important properties of concrete as it determines how easily the material can be placed. Workability affects many aspects of a