Journals

Use of Factorial-Based Response Surfaces With Confidence Intervals in Method Optimization: Application to Thermal-Optical Analysis for Atmospheric Black Carbon

August 28, 2017

Author(s)

Joseph M. Conny, G A. Norris, T R. Gould

The use of response surface models involving full second-order polynomials with confidence intervals is presented here for optimizing the measurement of...

Effects of Powder Oxidation on Impact Toughness of Electron Beam Melt Ti-6Al-4V

August 25, 2017

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Edward J. Garboczi, Enrico Lucon, William Grell, Z Loftus, Maciej Kumosa, E Solis-Ramos, Paul Predecki, E Clark

Powder quality in additive manufacturing (AM) electron beam melt (EBM) of Ti-6Al-4V components is crucial in determining the critical material properties of the...

Dissolution Kinetics of Cubic Tricalcium Aluminate Measured by Digital Holographic Microscopy

August 25, 2017

Author(s)

Alexander Brand, Jeffrey W. Bullard

In situ digital holographic microscopy is used to characterize the dissolution flux of polycrystalline cubic tricalcium aluminate (C3A-c) in flowing water. The...

Decoupling Between the Temperature-Dependent Structural Relaxation and Shear Viscosity of Concentrated Lithium Electrolyte

August 25, 2017

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Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Koji Yoshida, Toshio Yamaguchi, Michihiro Nagao, Antonio Faraone, Shiro Seki

The intermediate scattering functions of concentrated solutions of LiPF 6 in propylene carbonate (PC) were measured at various temperatures, two different...

Observation of Prethermalization in Long-Range Interacting Spin Chains

August 25, 2017

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Brian Neyenhuis, Jacob Smith, Aaron Lee, Jiehang Zhang, Phil Richerme, Paul Hess, Zhexuan Gong, Alexey Gorshkov, Christopher Monroe

Pattern selection in ternary mushy layers

August 25, 2017

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Daniel M. Anderson

We consider finite-amplitude convection in a mushy layer during the primary solidification of a ternary alloy. A previous linear theory identified, for the case...

The Summer of 1954 and Paths to the Institut Laue-Langevin.

August 24, 2017

Author(s)

David Worcester, Antonio Faraone, Giuseppe Zaccai

Formation of the Ni3Nb delta-phase in stress-relieved Inconel 625 produced via powder-bed laser fusion additive manufacturing

August 23, 2017

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Eric Lass, Mark R. Stoudt, Maureen E. Williams, Michael B. Katz, Thien Q. Phan, Lyle E. Levine, Thomas H. Gnaeupel-Herold

The microstructural evolution of laser powder-bed additively manufactured Inconel 625 during a post-build stress-relief anneal of 1 h at 870 °C is investigated...

Strong coupling phases of the spin-orbit-coupled spin-1 Bose-Hubbard chain: odd integer Mott lobes and helical magnetic phases

August 23, 2017

Author(s)

Ian B. Spielman, William Cole, Jed Pixley, Sankar Das Sarma, Matteo Rizzi

We study the Mott insulating phases at odd-integer filling in the spin-1 Bose-Hubbard chain and their fate in the presence of Raman spin-orbit coupling which...

Broadband, high-resolution investigation of advanced absorption lineshapes at high temperature

August 23, 2017

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Ian R. Coddington, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury, Paul J. Schroeder, Matthew J. Cich, Jinyu Yang, Brian J. Drouin, Gregory B. Rieker

Spectroscopic studies of planetary atmospheres and high-temperature processes (e.g. combustion) require absorption lineshape models that are accurate over...

Quantitative Scanning Probe Microscopy for Nanomechanical Forensics

August 22, 2017

Author(s)

Frank W. DelRio, Robert F. Cook

Scanning probe microscopy techniquesin particular atomic force microscopy (AFM)provide a means for imaging objects and measuring mechanical properties at the...

A Self-Learning Algorithm for Estimating Solar Heat Gain and Temperature Changes in a Single- Family Residence

August 22, 2017

Author(s)

Farhad Omar, Steven T. Bushby, Ronald D. Williams

To develop effective control optimization strategies for managing residential electricity consumption in a smart grid environment, predictive algorithms are...

Modelling and Influencing Human Behaviour in Fire

August 22, 2017

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Steve Gwynne, Erica D. Kuligowski, Michael Kinsey, Lynn Hulse

The purpose of this article is to present a conceptual model of human behaviour in fire and its impact on evacuation modelling, life safety analyses, and...

Lipid Nanodomains Change Ion Channel Function

August 22, 2017

Author(s)

Michael NMN Weinrich, David Worcester, Sergey M. Bezrukov

Signaling proteins and neurotransmitter receptors associate with cholesterol-rich fractions of cell membranes--lipid rafts. The different lipid environment in...

Blunt scratch strength of polycrystalline alumina

August 21, 2017

Author(s)

Robert F. Cook

A model for the fracture strength of brittle materials controlled by blunt (spherical) scratches is developed and compared with measurements on a...

A serum small molecule biosignature of radiation exposure from total body irradiated patients

August 21, 2017

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Evagelia C. Laiakis, Evan L. Pannkuk, Siddheshwar Chauthe, Yi-Wen Wang, Ming Liang, Tytus Mak, Christopher A. Barker, Giuseppe Astarita, Albert J. Fornace

The potential of radiological accidents and nuclear terrorism have increased the need for development of new rapid biodosimetry methods. In addition, in a...

A simple autocorrelation method for thoroughly characterizing single-photon detectors

August 21, 2017

Author(s)

Michael Wayne, Joshua Bienfang, Sergey Polyakov

We introduce and demonstrate a simple and highly sensitive method for characterizing single- photon detectors. This method is based on analyzing multi-order...

A Retrospective on the Impact of Annex 40 and Annex 47 Research on the International State of Building Commissioning

August 20, 2017

Author(s)

Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, Masato Miyata, Oliver Baumann

The need for improved building performance is global and has led to numerous international collaborations. Since 2000, the International Energy Agency (IEA)...

Strain Measurement of 3D Structured Nanodevices by EBSD

August 20, 2017

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William A. Osborn, Lawrence H. Friedman, Mark D. Vaudin

We present a new methodology to accurately measure strain magnitudes from 3D nanodevices using Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD). Because the dimensions...

Baseline Assessment of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Assay Performance: A Vitamin D Standardization Program (VDSP) Interlaboratory Comparison Study

August 18, 2017

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Christopher T. Sempos, Stephen Wise, Karen W. Phinney, Susan Tai, Johanna Camara, Gary L. Myers, Ramon Durazo-Arvizu, Lu Tian, John H. Eckfeldt, Andrew N. Hoofnagle, W. Greg Miller, Lorin M. Bachmann, Ian S. Young, J Pettit, G. Caldwell, A Liu, S P. Brooks, K. Sarafin, M. Thamm, C. Scheidt-Nave, G. B. Mensink, M. Busch, M. Rabenberg, Kevin Cashman, Mairead Kiely, Michael Kinsella, K Galvan, J. Y. Zhang, K OH, S. W. Lee, C. L. Jung, L. Cox, G. Goldberg, K. Guberg, S. Meadows, A. Prentice, G. Swan, A. Tedstone, Graham D. Carter, Julia C. Jones, P. Brannon, R. M. Lucas, P. M. Crump, Glenville Jones, E. Cavalier, Joyce Merkel, J. M. Betz

The Vitamin D Standardization Program (VDSP) coordinated an interlaboratory study to assess the comparability of measurements of total 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25...

Dispersive optical detection of magnetic Feshbach resonances in ultracold gases

August 18, 2017

Author(s)

Eite Tiesinga, B Sawyer, M Horvath, A Deb, N Kjaergaard

Magnetically tunable Feshbach resonances in ultracold atomic systems are chiefly identified and characterized through time consuming atom loss spectroscopy. We...

Polymorphism and Structural Distortions of Ternary Mixed-Metal Oxide Photocatalysts Constructed with α-U3O8 Types of Layers

August 18, 2017

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Nacole B. King, Jonathan Boltersdorf, Paul Maggard, Winnie K. Wong-Ng

A series of mixed-metal oxide structures based on the stacking of α-U3O8 type pentagonal bipyramid layers have been investigated for symmetry lowering...

Intricate Resonant Raman Response in Anisotropic ReS2

August 18, 2017

Author(s)

Amber McCreary, Jeffrey R. Simpson, Yuanxi Wang, Daniel Rhodes, Kazunori Fujisawa, Luis Balicas, Madan Dubey, Vincent H. Crespi, M. Terrones, Angela R. Hight Walker

Rhenium disulfide is an exciting material due to its strong in-plane anisotropy, thus offering an additional physical parameter that can be tuned for advanced...

Cryptography Standards in Quantum Time - New wine in old wineskin?

August 17, 2017

Author(s)

Lidong Chen

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the U.S. Government announced a call for proposals for quantum-resistant public-key cryptographic...

Coarse-grained model of the dynamics of electrolyte solutions

August 17, 2017

Author(s)

Jack F. Douglas, Marat Andreev, Juan J. de Pablo, Alexandros Chremos

Ion specific solvation has fundamental implications in biochemistry and the thermo- dynamics and dynamics of aqueous salt solutions has correspondingly been...

Simultaneous Control of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction and Magnetic Anisotropy in Nanomagnetic Trilayers

August 17, 2017

Author(s)

Andrew L. Balk, Kyoung-Whan Kim, Daniel T. Pierce, Mark D. Stiles, John Unguris, Samuel Stavis

Magneto-optical Kerr effect (MOKE) microscopy measurements of magnetic bubble domains demonstrate that Ar+ irradiation around 100 eV can tune the Dzyaloshinskii...

Topological Controls on the Dissolution Kinetics of Glassy Aluminosilicates

August 17, 2017

Author(s)

Tandre Oey, Isabella Pignatelli, Yingtian Yu, Narayanan Neithalath, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Mathieu Bauchy, Gaurav Sant

Fly ash which encompasses a mixture of glassy and crystalline aluminosilicates is an abundant supplementary cementitious material (SCM), valuable for replacing...

Collapse Indicators for Existing Nonductile Concrete Frame Buildings with Varying Column and Frame Characteristics

August 17, 2017

Author(s)

Siamak Sattar, Abbie B. Liel

Many existing reinforced concrete moment frame buildings in high seismic regions around the world, including the U.S., were built without adequate seismic...

Overcoming challenges in single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry measurement of silver nanoparticles

August 16, 2017

Author(s)

Jingyu Liu, Karen E. Murphy, Michael R. Winchester, Vincent A. Hackley

Single particle ICP-MS has evolved rapidly as a quantitative method for determining nanoparticle size and number concentration at environmentally relevant...

Simulation-aided Correlations for the Dielectric Constant of H2S, SO2, and SF6

August 16, 2017

Author(s)

Allan H. Harvey, Raymond D. Mountain

A new method is developed for correlating the static dielectric constant of polar fluids over wide ranges of conditions where few experimental data exist...