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Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Alkyl Substituted trans-Cyclooctenes

July 13, 2017

Author(s)

Kathryn Beers, Wesley Farrell

The synthesis and ring-opening metathesis polymerization of highly-strained 3- and 1-butyl substituted trans-cyclooctenes (monomers 1 and 2, respectively) was...

Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials: Impact on DNA Repair Pathways

July 13, 2017

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Neenu Singh, Bryant C. Nelson, Leona D. Scanlan, Erdem Coskun, Pawel Jaruga, Shareen Doak

Some engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) may have the potential to cause damage to the genetic material in living systems. The mechanistic machinery functioning at...

Receptor heterogeneity in optical biosensors

July 13, 2017

Author(s)

David A. Edwards, Ryan Evans

Many biochemical reactions in nature involve a stream of chemical reactants (ligand molecules) flowing over a surface to which other reactants (receptors) are...

Interactive, Web-Based Calculator of Neutron and X-Ray Reflectivity

July 12, 2017

Author(s)

Brian B. Maranville

Cryogenic LED pixel-to-frequency mapper for kinetic inductance detector arrays

July 12, 2017

Author(s)

Jiansong Gao, Xiangliang Liu, W Guo, Wei L.F., Christopher M. McKenney, Bradley J. Dober, Tasha Billings, Johannes Hubmayr

We present a cryogenic wafer mapper based on light emitting diodes (LEDs) for mapping a large microwave kinetic inductance detector (MKID) array. In this scheme...

Assembly of Multi-flavored Two-Dimensional Colloidal Crystals

July 12, 2017

Author(s)

Nathan Mahynski, Hasan Zerze, Harold W. Hatch, Vincent K. Shen, Jeetain Mittal

We systematically investigate the assembly of binary multi-flavored colloidal mixtures in two dimensions. In these mixtures all pairwise interactions between...

Rapid Wafer-Scale Growth of Polycrystalline 2H-MoS2 by Pulsed Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition

July 12, 2017

Author(s)

Berc Kalanyan, William A. Kimes, Ryan Beams, Stephan J. Stranick, Elias J. Garratt, Irina Kalish, Albert Davydov, Ravindra Kanjolia, James E. Maslar

High volume manufacturing of devices based on transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) ultra-thin films will require deposition techniques that are capable of...

The Empirical Core-Chain Model

July 12, 2017

Author(s)

Boualem Hammouda, Man-Ho Kim

Small-angle scattering requires models to analyze the data. A core-chain model has been available to fit data from solutions of core-chain particles. When the...

Complex Three-Dimensional Magnetic Ordering in Segmented Nanowire Arrays

July 12, 2017

Author(s)

Alexander J Grutter, Kathryn Krycka, Elena V. Tartakovskaya, Julie A. Borchers, K. Sai Madhukar Reddy, Eduardo Ortega, Arturo Ponce, Bethanie J. H. Stadler

The first comprehensive three-dimensional picture of magnetic ordering in high-density arrays of segmented FeGa/Cu nanowires is experimentally realized through...

High-throughput Identification and Characterization of Two-dimensional Materials using Density functional theory

July 12, 2017

Author(s)

Kamal Choudhary, Irina Kalish, Ryan Beams, Francesca M. Tavazza

In this work, we introduce a simple criterion to identify two-dimensional (2D) materials based on the comparison between experimental lattice constant and...

Calibration of night vision goggles: an SI-units-based measurement technique

July 11, 2017

Author(s)

Vyacheslav B. Podobedov, George P. Eppeldauer, Thomas C. Larason

A new night vision goggles (NVG) gain definition for the calibration process is proposed and evaluated. This definition is based on the radiance measurements at...

Processing-Structure Relationships of Poly(ethylene glycol)-Modified Liposomes

July 11, 2017

Author(s)

Kenneth Mineart, Vivek M. Prabhu, Elizabeth G. Kelley, Michihiro Nagao

Continuous Symmetry Breaking in 1D Long-Range Interacting Quantum Systems

July 11, 2017

Author(s)

Mohammad F. Maghrebi, Zhe-Xuan Gong, Alexey Gorshkov

Enhancing Egress Drills: Preparation and Assessment of Evacuee Performance

July 11, 2017

Author(s)

Steve Gwynne, Erica D. Kuligowski, Karen E. Boyce, Daniel Nilsson, Amanda Robbins, Ruggiero Lovreglio, J.R. Thomas, A. Roy-Poirier

This article explores how egress drills - specifically those related to fire incidents - are currently employed, their impact on safety levels, and the insights...

MIST: Accurate and Scalable Microscopy Image Stitching Method with Stage Modeling and Error Minimization

July 10, 2017

Author(s)

Joe Chalfoun, Michael P. Majurski, Timothy J. Blattner, Walid Keyrouz, Peter Bajcsy, Mary C. Brady

Seasonal variation of total mercury burden in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge (MINWR), Florida

July 8, 2017

Author(s)

Frances Nilsen, Jonathan E. Dorsey, Stephen E. Long, Tracey B. Schock, John A. Bowden, Russell H. Lowers, Louis J. Guillette Jr.

Seasonal variation of mercury (Hg) is not well studied in free-ranging wildlife. Atmospheric deposition patterns of Hg have been studied in detail and have been...

Particle-based characterization of Ottawa sand: Shape, size, mineralogy, and elastic moduli

July 8, 2017

Author(s)

Edward J. Garboczi, Aaron M. Forster, Paul E. Stutzman, Sinan T. Erdogan

The success of computational materials science models for cement and concrete, at the micrometer-to-millimeter scale, is based on careful characterization of...

Rapid Large-Scale Assembly and Pattern Transfer of One-Dimensional Gold Nanorod Superstructures

July 7, 2017

Author(s)

Rana NMN Ashkar, Michael J. A. Hore, Xingchen Ye, Bharath NMN Natarajan, Nicholas J. Greybush, Thomas Lam, Christopher B. Murray

The utility of gold nanorods for plasmonic applications largely depends on the relative orientation and proximity of the nanorods within a material. Through...

Photochemical Properties of CH2=CH-CFCl-CF2Br (4-bromo-3-chloro-3,4,4-trifluoro-1-butene) and CH3-O-CH-(CF3)2 (methyl 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl-1-trifluoromethyl ether): OH Reaction Rate Constant, UV and IR Absorption Spectra.

July 7, 2017

Author(s)

Vladimir L. Orkin, Larissa E. Martynova, Michael J. Kurylo III

Abstract Rate constants for the reactions of hydroxyl radicals (OH) with methyl 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl-1-trifluoromethyl ether (CH3-O-CH-(CF3)2 and 4-bromo-3...

Direct Comparison of Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy and Hall Van der Pauw Methods for Measurement of Carrier Conductivity and Mobility in Bulk Semiconductors

July 7, 2017

Author(s)

Brian Alberding, W. R. Thurber, Edwin J. Heilweil

Carrier conductivity and mobility for various semiconductor wafers and crystals were measured by ultrafast above bandgap, optically excited Time-Resolved...

Formation of [Cu₂O₂]²⁺ and [Cu₂O]²⁺ Toward C-H Bond Activation in Cu-SSZ-13 and Cu-SSZ-39

July 7, 2017

Author(s)

Bahar Ipek, Matthew J. Wulfers, Hacksung Kim, Florian Goeltl, Ive Hermans, Joseph P. Smith, Karl S. Booksh, Craig Brown, Raul F. Lobo

Cu- exchanged small-pore zeolites (CHA and AEI) form methanol from methane (>95% selectivity) using a 3-step cyclic procedure (Wulfers, M. J.; Teketel, S.; Ipek...

In Situ Carbon Dioxide and Methane Measurements from the Los Angeles Megacity Carbon Project

July 7, 2017

Author(s)

Kristal R. Verhulst, Anna Karion, Jooil Kim, Peter Salameh, Chris Sloop, Ralph Keeling, Ray Weiss, Riley Duren, John B. Miller

Concern about rising greenhouse gas levels has motivated many nations to begin mitigating emissions, motivating the need for robust, consistent, traceable...

MANUFACTURING DATA ANALYTICS USING A VIRTUAL FACTORY REPRESENTATION

July 6, 2017

Author(s)

Sanjay Jain, Guodong Shao, Seungjun Shin

Manufacturing organizations are able to accumulate large amounts of plant floor production and environmental data due to advances in data collection...

Phase mask-based multimodal superresolution microscopy

July 6, 2017

Author(s)

Ryan Beams, Jeremiah W. Woodcock, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Stephan J. Stranick

We demonstrate a multimodal superresolution microscopy technique based on a phase masked excitation beam in combination with spatially filtered detection. The...

Demonstration of efficient nonreciprocity in a microwave optomechanical circuit

July 6, 2017

Author(s)

Gabriel A. Peterson, Florent Q. Lecocq, Katarina Cicak, Raymond W. Simmonds, Jose A. Aumentado, John D. Teufel

Abstract The ability to engineer nonreciprocal interactions is an essential tool in modern communication technology as well as a powerful resource for building...

Universal Interrelation Between Measures of Particle and Polymer Size

July 6, 2017

Author(s)

Luis F. Vargas Lara, Marc L. Mansfield, Jack F. Douglas

The characterization of many objects often involves the determination of a basic set of particle size measures derived mainly from scattering and transport...

Identification of nonclassical properties of light with multiplexing layouts

July 6, 2017

Author(s)

Jan Sperling, Andreas Eckstein, W.R. Clements, Meritt Moore, Jelmer Renema, Steven Kolthammer, Sae Woo Nam, Adriana Lita, Thomas Gerrits, Ian Walmsley, G.S. Agarwal, Wolfgang Vogel

In our work, we introduce and apply a detector-independent method to uncover nonclassicality. In this contribution, we extend those techniques and give more...

Dehydration as a Universal Mechanism for Ion Selectivity in Graphene and Other Atomically Thin Pores

July 5, 2017

Author(s)

Subin Sahu, Massimiliano Di Ventra, Michael P. Zwolak

Ion channels play a critical role in regulating cell behavior and in electrical signaling. In these settings, polar and charged functional groups -- as well as...

Connection between thermodynamics and dynamics of simple fluids in pores: impact of fluid-fluid interaction range and fluid-solid interaction strength

July 5, 2017

Author(s)

William P. Krekelberg, Daniel W. Siderius, Vincent K. Shen, Thomas M. Truskett, Jeffrey R. Errington

Using molecular simulations, we investigate how the range of fluid-fluid (adsorbate-adsorbate) interactions and the strength of fluid-solid (adsorbate-adsorbent...

Phase-space mixing in dynamically unstable, integrable few-mode quantum systems

July 5, 2017

Author(s)

Eite Tiesinga, Ranchu Mathew

Quenches in isolated quantum systems are currently a subject of intense study. Here, we con- sider quantum few-mode systems that are integrable in their...

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