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High-resolution valence and core excitation spectra of solid C60 via first-principles calculations and experiment

March 8, 2017

Author(s)

Eric L. Shirley, Keith Gilmore, Josh J. Kas, John J. Rehr, Fernando D. Vila, Frederic Fossard, Gilles Hug

We present calculated optical and carbon 1s near-edge spectra of crystalline and molecular C60 and those measured with high-resolution electron energy-loss...

Sodium Layer Chiral Distribution and Spin Structure of Na₂Ni₂TeO₆ with a Ni Honeycomb Lattice

March 8, 2017

Author(s)

Sunil K. Karna, Yang Zhao, R. Sankar, M. Avdeev, P. C. Tseng, C. W. Wang, G. J. Shu, K. Matan, G. Y. Guo, F. C. Chou

The crystal structure of P2-type Na 2Ni 2TeO 6 is best described as layers that are composed of Te-centered edge-sharing NiO 6 octahedra in honeycomb lattice...

Disordered Route to the Coulomb Quantum Spin Liquid: Random Transverse Fields on Spin Ice in Pr₂Zr₂O₇

March 8, 2017

Author(s)

J.-J. Wen, S.M. Koohpayeh, K. A. Ross, B. A. Trump, T. M. McQueen, K. Kimura, S. Nakatsuji, Yiming Qiu, D. M. Pajerowski, John R. Copley, Collin L. Broholm

Inelastic neutron scattering reveals a broad continuum of excitations in Pr 2Zr 2O 7, the temperature and magnetic field dependence of which indicate a...

Impurity driven Brownian motion of solitons in elon- gated Bose-Einstein Condensates

March 7, 2017

Author(s)

Ian B. Spielman, Lauren M. Aycock, Dina Genkina, Hsin I Lu, Hilary Hurst, Victor Galitski

Solitons, spatially-localized, propagating excitations resulting from an interplay be- tween nonlinearity and dispersion, are ubiquitous in physical systems...

Theory of Kondo suppression of spin polarization in nonlocal spin valves

March 7, 2017

Author(s)

Kyoung-Whan Kim, Liam O'Brien, Paul A. Crowell, C. Leighton, Mark D. Stiles

We theoretically analyze contributions from the Kondo effect to the spin polarization and spin diffusion length in all-metal nonlocal spin valves...

An optimized microfabricated platform for the optical generation and detection of hyperpolarized 129Xe

March 7, 2017

Author(s)

Daniel Kennedy, Scott J. Seltzer, Ricardo Jimenez Martinez, Hattie L. Ring, Nicolas S. Malecek, Svenja A. Knappe, Elizabeth Donley, John Kitching, Vikram S. Bajaj, Alexander Pines

Low thermal-equilibrium nuclear spin polarizations and the need for sophisticated instrumentation render conventional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy...

A Generalized Model of Flame to Surface Heat Feedback for Laminar Wall Flames

March 7, 2017

Author(s)

Isaac T. Leventon, Stanislav I. Stoliarov, Kevin T. Korver

In this work, experimental measurements of flame heat flux and sample mass loss rate are obtained as a flame spreads vertically upward over the surface of seven...

Arbitrarily fast quantum computation with bounded energy

March 6, 2017

Author(s)

Stephen P. Jordan

One version of the energy-time uncertainty principle states that the minimum time for a quantum system to evolve from a given state to any orthogonal state is h...

Expanding lipidome coverage using LC-MS/MS data-dependent acquisition with automated exclusion list generation

March 6, 2017

Author(s)

John Bowden, Jeremy P. Koelmel, Nicholas M. Kroeger, Emily L. Gill, Candice Z. Ulmer, Rainey E. Patterson, Richard A. Yost, Timothy J. Garrett

Untargeted omics analyses aim to comprehensively characterize biomolecules within a biological system. Changes in the presence or quantity of these biomolecules...

Theory of Multiwave Mixing within the Superconducting Kinetic-Inductance Traveling-Wave Amplifier

March 6, 2017

Author(s)

David P. Pappas, Robert P. Erickson

We present the theory of parametric mixing within the coplanar waveguide (CPW) of a super- conducting nonlinear kinetic-inductance traveling-wave (KIT) ampli er...

Fast Sodium Ionic Conduction in Na₂B₁₀H₁₀-Na₂B₁₂H₁₂ Pseudo-Binary Complex Hydride and Application to a Bulk-Type All-Solid-State Battery

March 6, 2017

Author(s)

Koji Yoshida, Toyoto Sato, Atsushi Unemoto, Motoaki Matsuo, Tamio Ikeshoji, Terrence J. Udovic, Shin-Ichi Orimo

In the present work, we developed highly ion-conductive Na 2B 10H 10-Na 2B 12H 12 closo-borane (solid-solution) salts via mechanically ball-milling admixtures...

Towards a Digital Thread and Data Package for Metals Additive Manufacturing

March 6, 2017

Author(s)

Paul Witherell, Yan Lu, Shaw C. Feng, Duckbong Kim

Additive manufacturing (AM) has been envisioned by many as the next industrial revolution. Potential benefits of AM include the production of low-volume...

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Trimer Self-Assembly Under Shear

March 6, 2017

Author(s)

Raymond D. Mountain, Harold Hatch, Vincent K. Shen

The self-assembly of patchy trimer particles with one attractive bead and two repulsive beads is investigated with nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations...

Quality assurance and quality control processes: Summary of a metabolomics community questionnaire

March 6, 2017

Author(s)

Warwick Dunn, David Broadhurst, Arthur S. Edison, Mark Viant, Dan Bearden, Richard Beger, Claude Guillou

The Metabolomics Society Data Quality Task Group (DQTG) developed a questionnaire regarding quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) to provide baseline...

Efficient estimation of simulated radial distribution functions via spectral Monte Carlo

March 6, 2017

Author(s)

Thomas W. Rosch, Paul Patrone

Despite more than 40 years of active research in computational condensed-matter physics, state-of-the-art approaches for simulating radial distribution...

A Fast Summation Method for Oscillatory Lattice Sums

March 6, 2017

Author(s)

Ryan Denlinger, Leslie Greengard, Zydrunas Gimbutas, Vladimir Rokhlin

We present a fast summation method for lattice sums of the type which arise when solving wave scattering problems with periodic boundary conditions. While there...

Complementary Domain Prioritization: A Method to Improve Biologically Relevant Detection in Multi-Omic Data Sets

March 3, 2017

Author(s)

Benjamin Neely, Paul E. Anderson

As the speed and quality of different analytical platforms increase, it is more common to collect data across multiple biological domains in parallel (i.e...

Enhanced ferromagnetic resonance linewidth of the free layer in perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions

March 3, 2017

Author(s)

Daniel B. Gopman, Cindi L. Dennis, Robert D. McMichael, Xiaojie Hao, Zihui Wang, Xiaobin Wang, Huadong Gan, Yuchen Zhou, Jian Zhang, Yiming Huai

We report the frequency dependence of the ferromagnetic resonance linewidth of the free layer in magnetic tunnel junctions with all perpendicular-to-the-plane...

Experimental and statistical methods to evaluate antibacterial activity of a quaternary pyridinium salt on planktonic, biofilm-forming, and biofilm states

March 3, 2017

Author(s)

Daneli Lopez-Perez, Paula J. Baker, Adam L. Pintar, Jirun Sun, Nancy Lin, Sheng Lin-Gibson

Robust evaluation and comparison of antimicrobial technologies are critical to improving biofilm prevention and treatment. Herein, a multi-pronged experimental...

Accurate X-Ray Spectral Predictions: An Advanced Self-Consistent-Field Approach Inspired by Many-Body Perturbation Theory

March 2, 2017

Author(s)

Yufeng Liang, John Vinson, Chaitanya D. Pemmaraju, Walter Drisdell, Eric L. Shirley, David Prendergast

The self-consistent-field method and the many-body approach are two cornerstones for obtaining electronic excitations from first- principles. Using the two...

Performing Skin Microbiome Research: A Method to the Madness

March 1, 2017

Author(s)

Heidi H. Kong, Bjorn Andersson, Thomas Clavel, John E. Common, Scott Jackson, Nathanael Olson, Julia Segre, Claudia Traidl-Hoffman

Growing interest in microbial contributions to human health and disease has increasingly led investigators to examine the microbiome in both healthy skin and...

The Influence of Post-Build Microstructure on the Electrochemical Behavior of Additively Manufactured 17-4 PH Stainless Steel

March 1, 2017

Author(s)

Mark R. Stoudt, Richard E. Ricker, Eric Lass, Lyle E. Levine

The repetitive rapid solidification that occurs during additive manufacturing (AM) results in microstructures that deviate significantly from those observed in...

Nanofiber Scaffold Based Tissue Engineered Retinal Pigment Epithelium to Treat Degenerative Eye Diseases

March 1, 2017

Author(s)

Carl G. Simon Jr., Nathan A. Hotaling

Clinical-grade manufacturing of a functional retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) monolayer requires reproducing, as closely as possible, the natural environment in...

Thickness-dependent Swelling of Molecular Layer-by-Layer Polyamide Nanomembranes

March 1, 2017

Author(s)

Edwin P. Chan, Stephen Lee

The thickness-dependent water vapor swelling of molecular layer-by-layer polyamide films is studied via specular X-ray reflectivity. The maximum swelling ratio...

Structure Ignition in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)) Fires Special Section

March 1, 2017

Author(s)

Samuel Manzello, Steve Quarles

This is a journal editorial for a special section guest edited by Manzello of NIST and Quarles of IBS.

Acceptance Angle Control for Improved Transmission Imaging in an SEM

March 1, 2017

Author(s)

Jason D. Holm, Robert R. Keller

This contribution presents a simple, cost-effective modular aperture system enabling comprehensive acceptance angle control for STEM-in-SEM imaging. The system...

Observation of optomechanical buckling phase transitions

March 1, 2017

Author(s)

Jacob M. Taylor, John R. Lawall, Haitan Xu, Utku Kemiktarak, Jingyun Fan, Stephen Ragole

Correlated phases of matter provide long-term stability for systems as diverse as solids, magnets, and potential exotic quantum materials. Mechanical systems...

Standardizing CT Lung Density Measure Across Scanner Manufacturers

March 1, 2017

Author(s)

Huaiyu H. Chen-Mayer, Matthew Fuld, Bernice Hoppel, Phillip Judy, Junfeng Guo, David Lynch, Antonio M. Possolo, Sean B. Fain

Computed Tomography imaging of the lung, reported in Hounsfield Units (HU), can be parameterized as a quantitative image biomarker for the diagnosis and...

Coupled Bilayer Photonic Crystal Slab Electro-Optic Spatial Light Modulators

March 1, 2017

Author(s)

Yichen Shuai, Deyin Zhao, Corey A. Stambaugh, John Lawall, Weidong Zhou, Yonghao Liu

We demonstrate here a surface-normal ultracompact Fano resonance electrooptic spatial light modulator employing a stacked photonic crystal membrane capacitor...

Investigation of an Articulated Quadrilateral Bracing System utilizing Shape Memory Alloys

March 1, 2017

Author(s)

Matthew S. Speicher, Reginald DesRoches, Roberto T. Leon

A shape memory alloy based articulated quadrilateral bracing system is developed and experimentally tested for seismic resisting applications. The articulated...

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