Journals

Message from the Editor-in-Chief (EiC): Smart Grid (Wireless Communications)

April 3, 2017

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

With the anticipated deployment of new advanced technologies and smart devices in the next generation electric system, developing a robust wireless network

Investigation of Feshbach Resonances in ultra-cold 40K spin mixtures

April 3, 2017

Author(s)

Eite Tiesinga, J Krauser, J Heinze, S Gotze, M Lanbecker, N Flashner, L Cook, T Hanna, K Sengstock, C Becker

Magnetically-tunable Feshbach resonances are an indispensable tool for experiments with atomic quantum gases. We report on twenty thus far unpublishedi Feshbach

The Hybrid Search: A Mass Spectral Library Search Method for Discovery of Modifications in Proteomics

April 3, 2017

Author(s)

Meghan C. Burke, Yuri A. Mirokhin, Dmitrii V. Tchekhovskoi, Sanford P. Markey, Stephen E. Stein, Jenny Heidbrink Thompson, Christopher Larkin

We present a mass spectral library based method to identify tandem mass spectra of peptides that contain unanticipated modifications and amino acid variants. We

Human Response to Emergency Communication: Guidance on alerts and warning messages for emergencies in buildings

April 3, 2017

Author(s)

Hidemi Omori, Erica D. Kuligowski, Steve Gwynne, Kathryn Butler

The purpose of this article is to provide guidance on enhancing human response to emergency communication. This guidance can, in turn, help engineers improve

Mass Spectral Library Quality Assurance by Inter-Library Comparison

April 2, 2017

Author(s)

William E. Wallace, Weihua Ji, Dmitrii V. Tchekhovskoi, Karen W. Phinney, Stephen E. Stein

A method to discover and correct errors in mass spectral libraries is described. Comparing across a set of highly curated reference libraries compounds that

Highly Enhanced Gas Uptake and Selectivity via Incorporating Methoxy Groups into a Microporous Metal–Organic Framework

April 2, 2017

Author(s)

Hui-Min Wen, Ganggang Chang, Bin Li, Rui-Biao Lin, Tong-Liang Hu, Wei Zhou, Banglin Chen

A porous metal-organic framework [Cu 2L(H 2O) 2]&#82267DMF&#82264H 2o (UTSA-90, H 4L = 2',5'-dimethoxy-[1,1':4',1"-Terphenyl]-3,3",5,5"-tetracarboxylic acid)

Quantifying Stability of Trace Explosives under Different Environmental Conditions

April 1, 2017

Author(s)

Edward R. Sisco, Marcela N. Najarro, Daniel V. Samarov, Jeffrey A. Lawrence

This work investigates the stability of trace deposits of six explosives (ETN, PETN, RDX, HMX, TNT, and Tetryl) to determine environmental stabilities and

Crystal structures of human 3-hydroxyanthranilate 3,4-dioxygenase with native and non-native metal bound in the active site

April 1, 2017

Author(s)

John L. Molloy, Swarna Lakshmi, Tin L. Wong, Heather Neu, Sarah Michel, Eric A. Toth

3-hydroxyanthranilate 3,4-dioxygenase (3HAO) is an enzyme in the microglial branch of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan degradation. 3HAO is a non-heme iron

Epitaxial graphene homogeneity and quantum Hall effect in millimeter-scale devices

April 1, 2017

Author(s)

Yanfei Yang, Guangjun Cheng, Chiashain Chuang, Angela R. Hight Walker, Randolph E. Elmquist, Irene G. Calizo, Randall M. Feenstra, Patrick Mende

Quantized magnetotransport is observed in 5.6 × 5.6 mm2 epitaxial graphene devices, grown using highly constrained sublimation on the Si-face of SiC(0001) at

NIST Standard Reference Material 3600: Absolute Intensity Calibration Standard for Small-Angle X-ray Scattering

April 1, 2017

Author(s)

Andrew J. Allen, Fan Zhang, Regis J. Kline, William F. Guthrie, Jan Ilavsky

The certification of a new standard reference material for small-angle scattering: NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM) 3600: Absolute Intensity Calibration

Dielectric RheoSANS – Simultaneous Interrogation of Impedance, Rheology and Small Angle Neutron Scattering of Complex Fluids

April 1, 2017

Author(s)

Jeffrey J Richards, Cedric Victor Lucien Gagnon, Jeffery R Krzywon, Norman J. Wagner, Paul Butler

A procedure for the measurement of simultaneous impedance, rheology and neutron scattering from soft matter materials under shear flow.

Atom-Based RF Electric Field Metrology: From Self-Calibrated Measurements to SubWavelength and Near-Field Imaging

April 1, 2017

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, Matthew T. Simons, Joshua A. Gordon

We discuss a fundamentally new method for electric (E) field metrology. This new approach is significantly different than currently used field measurement

Thin film composite reverse osmosis membranes prepared via layered interfacial polymerization

April 1, 2017

Author(s)

Wansuk Choi, Soon J. Kwon, Jong S. Lee, Joona Bang, Edwin Chan, Jung-Hyun Lee

Reverse osmosis via a thin-film composite (TFC) membrane is currently the most energy efficient commercial process for water desalination1. The retention of

Cryogenic pulsed I-V measurements on homo- and heterojunction III-V TFETs

April 1, 2017

Author(s)

Quentin Smets, Jihong Kim, Jason Campbell, David M. Nminibapiel, Dmitry Veksler, Pragya Shrestha, Rahul Pandey, Anne S. Verhulst, Eddy Simoens, David J. Gundlach, Curt A. Richter, Kin P. Cheung, Suman Suman, Anda Mocuta, Nadine Collaert, Aaron Thean, Marc Heyns

Most experimental reports of tunneling field-effect transistors show defect-related performance degradation. Charging of oxide traps causes Fermi level pinning

SANS Study on Self-Assembled Structures of Glucose-Responsive Phenylboronate Ester-Containing Diblock Copolymer

April 1, 2017

Author(s)

Yunyan Zhang, Wenwen Zhao, Junjiao Yang, Boualem Hammouda, Jin Yang, Gang Cheng

Block copolymers that contain boronic acid-functionalized segments belong to an interesting class of materials that can be potentially used in developing self

Cubic Lead Perovskite PbMoO₃ with Anomalous Metallic Behavior

April 1, 2017

Author(s)

Hiroshi Takatsu, Olivier Hernandez, Wataru Yoshimune, Carmelo Prestipino, Takafumi Yamamoto, Cedric Tassel, Yoji Kobayashi, Dmitry Batuk, Yuki Shibata, Artem M. Abakumov, Craig Brown, Hiroshi Kageyama

A novel Pb-based perovskite PbMoO 3 is obtained by high-pressure and high-temperature synthesis. This material crystallizes in the Pm3m cubic structure at room

Literature review on field study of ventilation and indoor air quality performance verification in high- performance commercial buildings in North America

March 31, 2017

Author(s)

Steven Emmerich, Kevin Y. Teichman, Andrew Persily

In this paper, we summarize the results of field studies to evaluate the ventilation and indoor air quality (IAQ) performance in high-performance commercial

Analytical and Numerical Characterization of Autocorrelation and Perturbation-Correlation Moving- Window Methods

March 31, 2017

Author(s)

Young J. Lee

Moving-window (MW) approaches to two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2D-COS) make it possible to characterize spectral changes occurring in a narrow range

A Fluorescence Based Measurement Technique to Quantify Water Contaminants at Pipe Surfaces During Flow

March 31, 2017

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski

This paper provides a detailed account of the development of a fluorescence based measurement technique for measuring the mass of contaminant on solid surfaces

Biofilm Over Teeth and Restorations, What Do We Need to Know?

March 31, 2017

Author(s)

Nancy Lin

Objectives The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of biofilms and biofilm measurements in the context of studying biofilms on tooth and dental

Fulfilling the promise of the materials genome initiative with high-throughput experimental methodologies

March 31, 2017

Author(s)

Martin L. Green, Joshua B. Martin, Zachary T. Trautt

The Materials Genome Initiative, a national effort to introduce new materials into the market faster and at lower cost, has made significant progress in

President's Column, March 2017

March 31, 2017

Author(s)

Dylan F. Williams

N/A; policy review only

A variable-temperature cavity ring-down spectrometer with application to line shape analysis of CO2 spectra in the 1600 nm region

March 31, 2017

Author(s)

Melanie C. Ghysels, Philip Liu, Adam Fleisher, Joseph T. Hodges

We present a new cavity ring-down spectroscopy system which was developed for variable-temperature absorption measurements (220 K- 290 K) of atmospheric gases

PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER MODELING AND STANDARD PROVISIONS FOR TALL BUILDING DESIGN

March 31, 2017

Author(s)

Emil Simiu, N. Alan Heckert, DongHun Yeo

According to recent results of Planetary Boundary Layer research relevant to tall building design, for elevations of up to at least 1 km: (i) the longitudinal

Broadband spectral measurements of diffuse optical properties by an integrating sphere instrument at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

March 30, 2017

Author(s)

Paul Lemaillet, Jeeseong Hwang, Heidrun Wabnitz, Dirk Grosenick, Lin Yang, David W. Allen

Diffuse materials that approximate the optical properties of human tissue are commonly used as phantoms. In order to use the phantoms in a manner that provides

Relationship between Pore-size Distribution and Flexibility of Adsorbent Materials: Statistical Mechanics and Future Material Characterization Techniques

March 30, 2017

Author(s)

Daniel W. Siderius, Nathan Mahynski, Vincent K. Shen

Measurement of the pore-size distribution (PSD) via gas adsorption and the so-called ``kernel method'' is a widely used characterization technique for rigid

Progress in Development of Prepared Foods for Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, That Minimize Inclusion of Fish Meal and Reduce Environmental Impacts of Effluent Discharges

March 30, 2017

Author(s)

Michael R. Denson, Paul A. Sandifer, John Leffler, Justin Yost, Dan Bearden, Thomas R. Zeigler

We conducted a 16-week feeding trial with juvenile red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Four diets were randomly assigned to six replicate tanks per treatment. A

GAUSSIAN PROCESS REGRESSION (GPR) REPRESENTATION IN PREDICTIVE MODEL MARKUP LANGUAGE (PMML)

March 29, 2017

Author(s)

Jinkyoo Park, David Lechevalier, Ronay Ak, Max K. Ferguson, Kincho H. Law, Yung-Tsun Lee, Sudarsan Rachuri

This paper describes a Predictive Model Markup Language (PMML) representation of Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) models. PMML is an XML-based standard

Measurement and Correlation of the Thermal Conductivity of trans-1-Chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (R1233zd(E))

March 29, 2017

Author(s)

Richard A. Perkins, Marcia L. Huber, Marc J. Assael

New experimental data on the thermal conductivity of trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (R1233zd(E)) are reported that allow the development of wide-range

Scattering and Gradient Forces from the Electromagnetic Stress Tensor (subtitle) a limit obtained for a dielectric sphere

March 28, 2017

Author(s)

Zachary H. Levine, John J. Curry

Starting from an analytic expression for the force on a spherical particle in vacuum from the Maxwell Stress Tensor, as well as the Mie solution for the