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Veruska D. Malave, Jason Killgore, Edward Garboczi, John Berger
Indentation-based studies of inhomogeneous structural materials depend on indenting a surface by loading with a small indenter. The load versus displacement
Brian C. Sales, Ke Jin, Hongbin Bei, John Nichols, Matthew F. Chisholm, F. May, Nicholas Butch, Andrew D. Christianson, Michael A. McGuire
Concentrated solid solutions of transition metal atoms, such as NiCoCr, have extreme chemical disorder within a simple face-centered-cubic crystal structure
With any roughness at the interface of an indirect-bandgap semiconducting dot, the phase of the valley-orbit coupling can take on a random value. This random
Lixiang Xu, Judith Specht, Philip Nagler, Kha Tran, Akshay Singh, Chandriker K. Dass, Andreas Knorr, Xiaoqin Li, Galan Moody
In atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), reduced dielectric screening of the Coulomb interaction leads to strongly correlated many-body
Jorge O. Ona Ruales, Lane C. Sander, Walter Brent Wilson, Stephen Wise
The relationship of reversed-phase liquid chromatography retention on a polymeric C18 stationary phase and the shape of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
James B. Marro, Chukwudi A. Okoro, Yaw S. Obeng, Kathleen C. Richardson
Organic additives are typically used in the pulse electrodeposition of copper (Cu) to prevent void formation during the filling of high aspect ratio features
Bradley Alpert, W.Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, Lawrence T. Hudson, Young I. Joe, Kelsey Morgan, Carl D. Reintsema, Dan Schmidt, Daniel Swetz, Csilla Szabo-Foster, Joel Ullom, Joseph Fowler, Galen O'Neil, Douglas Bennett
We introduce a new technique for determining x-ray fluorescence line energies and widths, and we present measurements made with this technique of 22 x-ray L
The quest for a reliable means to detect cannabis intoxication with a br eathalyzer is ongoing. In order to design such a device, it is important to understand
Lee L. Yu, Rolf L. Zeisler, Rachel C. Stanoyevitch
Kelp is a dietary supplement that contains significant amount of arsenic. Accurate assessment of dietary safety of kelp requires the determination of the
Daniel R. Schiffels, Veronika A. Szalai, James A. Liddle
Robust self-assembly across length scales is a ubiquitous feature of biological systems, but remains challenging for synthetic structures. Taking a cue from
Jessica A. Cloy-McCoy, Jacqueline T. Bangma, Jessica L. Reiner, John Bowden, John Schnorr, Michael Slowey, Tom O'Leary, Louis J. Guillette, Benjamin B. Parrott
Endocrine disrupting contaminants, in combination with other environmental variables, are associated with altered reproductive health. Assisted reproductive
The results of residual stress measurements on autofrettage monoblock pressure vessels before and after 100+ pressure and temperature cycles; and, for the first
Thomas P. Purdy, Karen E. Grutter, Kartik A. Srinivasan, Jacob M. Taylor
By shining laser light through a nanomechanical beam, we measure the beams thermally driven vibrations and perturb its motion with optical forces at a level
William J. Boettinger, Maureen E. Williams, Kil-Won Moon
Diffusion couple experiments between Ni and Re at 1200°C and 1350°C were performed. These experiments established the limits of the two-phase FCC + HCP region
Yiliang Bao, Feng Zhou, Thomas W. LeBrun, Jason J. Gorman
A detailed study of the fabrication of silicon concave micromirrors for hemispherical microcavities is presented that includes fabrication yield, surface
Timothy J. Blattner, Walid Keyrouz, Mary C. Brady, Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya, Milton Halem
Designing applications for scalability is key to improving their performance in hybrid and cluster computing. Scheduling code to utilize parallelism is
Jessica L. Burger, Tara M. Lovestead, Mark LaFollette, Thomas J. Bruno
Although they are amongst the most efficient engine types, compression-ignition engines have difficulties achieving acceptable particulate emission and NOx
Emilio Hernandez-Bautista, Sadoth Sandoval-Torres, Prisciiano Cano Barrita, Dale P. Bentz
During steam curing of concrete, temperature and moisture gradients are developed, which are difficult to measure experimentally and can adversely affect the
Prachi Kulkarni, Nathanael David Olson, Greg Raspanti, Rachel F. Rosenberg Goldstein, Shawn G. Gibbs, Amir Sapkota, Amy Sapkota
The objective of this study was to evaluate concentrations of antibiotics in differentially treated wastewater and reclaimed water. Wastewater (from several
Jose Torres-Jimenez, Idelfonso Izquierdo-Marquez, Daniel Ramirez-Acuna, Rene Peralta
For a positive integer k let S = 0, 1, . . . , k − 1} be the alphabet whose symbols are the integers from 0 to k − 1. The set off all strings of length n ∈ Z+
Quantum networks with independent sources of entanglement (hidden variables) and nodes that execute joint quantum measurements can create strong quantum
This article reviews the mechanism of tip enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) and its importance for characterizing graphene. The theoretical foundation of TERS
WangChun Chen, John Barker, Ronald L. Jones, Kathryn Krycka, Shannon Watson, Cedric Victor Lucien Gagnon, T. Perevozchivoka, Paul Butler, Thomas R. Gentile
The small angle neutron scattering (SANS) of nearly Q-independent nuclear spin-incoherent scattering from hydrogen present in most soft matter and biology
Since 2004 standards for calibration of CD-AFM tip width have been available both commercially and through national metrology institutes (NMIs) such as the
Chelsea S. Davis, Kaitlyn E. Hillgartner, Seung Hoon Han, Jonathan Seppala
As more manufacturing processes and research institutions adopt rapid prototyping as a key el-ement in their design strategies and finished products, the
There is concern about the hazard of acute residential CO exposures from portable gasoline powered generators that can result in death or serious adverse health
Karen W. Phinney, Johanna Camara, Susan Tai, Lane C. Sander, Stephen A. Wise, Linde A. De Grande, Linda M. Thienpont, Antonio M. Possolo, Blaza Toman, Christopher T. Sempos, J. M. Betz, Paul M. Coates
Assay variability has been cited as an obstacle to establishing optimal vitamin D exposure. As part of the Vitamin D Standardization Program (VDSP) effort to