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Relation Between Polymer Conformational Structure and Dynamics in Linear and Ring Polyethylene Blends

May 15, 2017

Author(s)

Cheol Jeong, Jack F. Douglas

Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of ring-linear polyethylene (PE) blends are employed to understand the relationship between chain conformational...

A Microporous Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework with Amine Sites for Selective Recognition of Small Molecules

May 15, 2017

Author(s)

Hailong Wang, Hui Wu, Jinglan Kan, Ganggang Chang, Zizhu Yao, Bin Li, Wei Zhou, Shengchang Xiang, John Cong-Gui Zhao, Banglin Chen

A three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded organic framework (HOF-9) with suitable pore sizes and functional amine groups on the pore surfaces has been realized...

In-operando Multi-scale X-ray Characterization of the Microstructural and Structural Changes in Na- and Ca-Montmorillonite on Heating to 1150 °C

May 15, 2017

Author(s)

Greeshma Gadikota, Fan Zhang, Andrew J. Allen

Understanding the changes in the microstructures and structures of clays with varying intercalated metal ions at elevated temperatures is of importance for many...

Progress towards total structure control in SWCNT populations

May 14, 2017

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Fagan

As-synthesized single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) populations contain substantial distributions of SWCNT structures, including in the distribution of species (...

Automated Uncertainty Quantification Through Information Fusion in Manufacturing Processes

May 12, 2017

Author(s)

Saideep Nannapaneni, David Lechevalier, Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Sankaran Mahadevan, Sudarsan Rachuri

Evaluation of key performance indicators (KPIs) such as energy consumption is essential for decision-making during the design and operation of smart...

High-precision measurement of the X-ray Cu K-alpha spectrum

May 12, 2017

Author(s)

Marcus H. Mendenhall, Albert Henins, Lawrence T. Hudson, Csilla I. Szabo-Foster, Donald A. Windover, James P. Cline

The structure of the x-ray emission lines of the Cu Kα complex has been remeasured on a newly commissioned instrument, in a manner directly traceable to the...

Preparation and coherent manipulation of pure quantum states of a single molecular ion

May 11, 2017

Author(s)

Chin-Wen Chou, Christoph Kurz, David B. Hume, Philipp N. Plessow, David R. Leibrandt, Dietrich G. Leibfried

Laser cooling and trapping of atoms and atomic ions has led to breakthroughs in understanding of exotic phases of matter [1-3], development of exquisite sensors...

Determining geometric error model parameters of a terrestrial laser scanner through Two-face, Length-consistency, and Network methods

May 9, 2017

Author(s)

Ling Wang, Bala Muralikrishnan, Prem K. Rachakonda, Daniel S. Sawyer

Terrestrial laser scanners (TLS) are increasingly used in large-scale manufacturing and assembly where measurement uncertainties required are on the order of...

Large Eddy Simulations of Model-Scale Turbulent Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows

May 8, 2017

Author(s)

Liang Shi, DongHun Yeo

This paper presents large eddy simulations (LES) of model-scaled neutrally stratified atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) flows for structural engineering...

Presidents Column, July 2017

May 8, 2017

Author(s)

Dylan F. Williams

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Conformational Changes in Active and Inactive States of Human PP2C¿ characterized by Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange-Mass Spectrometry

May 8, 2017

Author(s)

Sharlyn Mazur, Elyssia S. Gallagher, Subrata Debnath, Stewart R. Durell, Kyle Anderson, Lisa M. Jenkins, Ettore Appella, Jeffrey W. Hudgens

PPM serine/threonine protein phosphatases function in signaling pathways and require millimolar concentrations of Mn2+ or Mg2+ ions for activity. Whereas the...

In vivo testing of native α-conotoxins from the injected venom of Conus purpurascens

Author(s)

Frank Mari

α-conotoxins selectively inhibit nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) and have been used as probes to study cholinergic pathways in vertebrates...

Optical trapping of selected dielectric microparticles in air

Author(s)

Haesung Park, Thomas W. LeBrun

We demonstrate a method to trap a selected dielectric microparticle in air using radiation pressure from a single-beam gradient optical trap. Randomly scattered...

Influence of Aggregate Properties on Concrete Mechanical Performance

Author(s)

Jussara Tanesi, Dale P. Bentz, Scott Z. Jones, Mengesha Beyene, Haejin Kim, Ahmad Ardani, Paul E. Stutzman

While the influence of paste properties on concrete performance has been extensively studied, that between aggregate characteristics and concrete performance...

Identifying the Effects of Metal Composition on the Structure and Catalytic Activity of Peptide- Templated Materials

Author(s)

Nicholas Merill, Erik M. McKee, Kyle C. Merino, Lawrence F. Drummy, Sungsik Lee, Benjamin Reinhart, Yang Ren, Anatoly Frenkel, Rajesh R. Naik, Nicholas M. Bedford, Marc Knecht

Sequence-Dependent Structure/Function Relationships of Catalytic Peptide-Enabled Au Nanoparticles Generated Under Ambient Synthetic Conditions

Author(s)

Nicholas M. Bedford, Zak E. Hughes, Zhenghua Tang, Beverly Briggs, Yang Ren, Valeri Petkov, Marc Knecht, Tiffany R. Walsh, Rajesh Naik

Electron-Excited Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry in the Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope (EDS/VPSEM): Its Not Microanalysis Anymore!

Author(s)

Dale E. Newbury, Nicholas W. Ritchie

X-ray spectra measured in the variable-pressure scanning electron microscope (VPSEM, chamber pressure 1 to 2500 Pa) suffer significantly degraded spatial...

Peptide-Directed PdAu Nanoscale Surface Segregation: Toward Controlled Bimetallic Architecture for Catalytic Materials

Author(s)

Nicholas M. Bedford, Allison R. Showalter, Taylor J. Woehl, Zak E. Hughes, Sungsik Lee, Benjamin Reinhart, S. P. Ertem, E. B. Coughlin, Yang Ren, Bruce A. Bunker

Direct Synthetic Control over the Size, Composition, and Photocatalytic Activity of Octahedral Copper Oxide Materials: Correlation between the Surface Structure and Catalytic Functionality

Author(s)

Nicholas M. Bedford, Michelle A. Nguyen, Yang Ren, Robert C. Goodin, Fatima Chagani, Elsayed M. Zahran, Leonidas G. Bachas, Marc Knecht

Here, we report a synthetic approach to form octahedral Cu2O microcrystals with a tunable edge length and demonstrate their use as catalysts for the...

ASSESSMENT OF A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PEAKS OF STATIONARY RANDOM PROCESSES BY USING EXTREME VALUE TYPE I DISTRIBUTIONS

Author(s)

Dat Duthinh, Dong Hun Yeo, Emil Simiu

The purpose of this note is to assess a method based on the Extreme Value Type I distribution currently employed in wind engineering practice to estimate...

OBITUARY Dr. William (Mickey) Haynes

Author(s)

Daniel G. Friend, Thomas J. Bruno, Chris D. Muzny

Obituary tribute as requested by journal.

A method for characterization of low molecular weight organic acids in atmospheric aerosols using ICM

Author(s)

Lacey C. Brent

The structural composition of PM2.5 monitored in the atmosphere is usually divided by the analysis of organic carbon, black (elemental) carbon, and inorganic...

Anomalous damping of excitations in a collisionless dipolar Bose gas

Author(s)

Stefan Natu, Ryan M. Wilson

We present a theory for the Landau damping of low energy quasi-particles in a collisionless, quasi- 2D dipolar Bose gas and produce expressions for the damping...

Improvements in the Winkler Titration for Iodide in Iodized Salt

Author(s)

Kenneth W. Pratt, Karen E. Murphy

A bromine gas generator, based on bleach, potassium bromide and dilute hydrochloric acid, replaces hazardous pure bromine used in the classical Winkler...

User-Centered Processes for Studying Human Interaction with Virtual Environments and Human-Human Interaction in Virtual Environments

Author(s)

Theresa O'Connell, Kevin Workman, Wyatt Wong

This paper sets out a usability engineering framework of processes that were applied to user-centered studies of digital natives interacting with virtual...

dint u say that: Digital Discourse, Digital Natives and Gameplay

Author(s)

Theresa O'Connell, John D. Grantham, Wyatt Wong, Kevin Workman, Alexander Wang

Traditional, new and modified discourse analysis methods were applied to a corpus of 858 discrete gameplay discourse events disclosing discourse characteristics...

Towards Cross-Layer Optimization of a Wireless Network for Diverse Rate and Delay Requirements

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

This paper extends the conventional link-centric aggregate utility maximization framework to a situation of users (applications) with diverse delay as well as...

Energy efficiency of milling machining: Component modeling and online optimization of cutting parameters

May 5, 2017

Author(s)

Seungjun Shin, Jungyub Woo, Sudarsan Rachuri, Seungjun Shin

Energy consumption is a major sustainability focus in the metal cutting industry. As a result, process planning is increasingly concerned with reducing energy...

Quantifying the sensitivity of the network structure and properties from simultaneous measurements during photopolymerization

May 5, 2017

Author(s)

Swarnavo Sarkar, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Edwin P. Chan, Martin Y. Chiang, Paula J. Baker

We present a method that combines experimental and computational approaches to assess a comprehensive set of structural and functional evolution during a...

Estimating yield-strain via deformation-recovery simulations

May 5, 2017

Author(s)

Paul N. Patrone, Samuel Tucker, Andrew M. Dienstfrey

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