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Imaging and Analysis of Encapsulated Objects through Self-Assembled Electron and Optically Transparent Graphene Oxide Membrane

January 23, 2017

Author(s)

Alexander Yulaev, Alexey Lipatov, Annie Xi Lu, Alexander Sinitskii, Leite Marina, Andrei Kolmakov

We demonstrate a technique for facile adhesion and encapsulation of micro- and nano objects on arbitrary substrates, stencils, and micro structured surfaces by...

Thermal transport in dimerized harmonic lattices: Exact solution, crossover behavior, and extended reservoirs

January 23, 2017

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Chih-Chun Chien, Said Kouachi, Kirill Velizhanin, Yonatan Dubi, Michael P. Zwolak

We present a method for calculating analytically the thermal conductance of a classical harmonic lattice with both alternating masses and nearest-neighbor...

Collaborative guarded-hot-plate tests between the Laboratoire national de métrologie et dessais and the National Institute of Standards and Technology

January 20, 2017

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Robert R. Zarr, William F. Guthrie, Bruno Hay, Alain Koenen

A collaborative study to compare the long-term measurement performance between guardedhot- plate facilities at the Laboratoire national de métrologie et d...

Magnetic Properties and Applications of Engineered Nanomaterials

January 20, 2017

Author(s)

Cindi L. Dennis

This chapter will review the fundamentals of nanomagnetism, including its origins, the different types, and their response at the nanoscale, followed by...

Least Squares Moving-Window Spectral Analysis

January 20, 2017

Author(s)

Young J. Lee

Least squares regression is proposed as a moving-windows method for analysis of a series of spectra acquired as a function of external perturbation. The least...

First high-resolution analysis of the nu1, nu3, and nu1+nu3 bands of sulfur dioxide 33S16O2

January 20, 2017

Author(s)

Walter J. Lafferty, Jean-Marie Flaud, T. A. Blake

Fourier transform spectra of sulfur dioxide 33S16O2 have been recorded in the 8.0 µm and 4.0 µm spectral regions at a resolution of 0.0015 cm-1 using a Bruker...

Improved Cr II log(gf) values and abundance determinations in the photospheres of the Sun and metal-poor star HD 84937

January 20, 2017

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James E. Lawler, Chris Sneden, Gillian Nave, E. A. Den Hartog, N Emrahoglu, John J. Cowan

New emission branching fraction (BF) measurements for 183 lines of the second spectrum of chromium (Cr II) and new radiative lifetime measurements from laser...

Non-Hermitian engineering of synthetic saturable absorbers for applications in photonics

January 20, 2017

Author(s)

A. Rahman, M H. Teimourpour, Kartik Srinivasan, Ramy El-Ganainy

We introduce a new type of synthetic saturable absorber based on quantum-inspired photonic arrays whose linear light transport characteristics can be derived...

Nanointerface-Driven Reversible Hydrogen Storage in the Nanoconfined Li-N-H System

January 20, 2017

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Brandon C. Wood, Vitalie Stavila, Natchapol Poonyayant, Tae-Wook Heo, Keith G. Ray, Leonard E. Klebanoff, Terrence J. Udovic, Jonathan R. I. Lee, Natee Angboonpong, Joshua D. Sugar, Pasit Pakawatpanurut

A microfabricated optically-pumped magnetic gradiometer

January 18, 2017

Author(s)

Abigail R. Perry, Sean P. Krzyzewski, John E. Kitching, S. Geller, Sheng D., Svenja A. Knappe

We report on the development of a microfabricated atomic magnetic gradiometer based on optical spectroscopy of alkali atoms in the vapor phase. The gradiometer...

Plastic Deformation of Polymer Blends as a Means to Achieve Stretchable Organic Transistors

January 17, 2017

Author(s)

Tianlei Sun, Joshua Scott, Ming Wang, Regis J. Kline, Guillermo Bazan, Brendan T. O'Connor

Measurements of trapped-ion heating rates with exchangeable surfaces in close proximity

January 15, 2017

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Dustin A. Hite, Kyle S. McKay, Shlomi Salman Kotler, Dietrich G. Leibfried, David J. Wineland, David P. Pappas

Electric-field noise from the surfaces of ion-trap electrodes couples to the ions charge causing heating of the ions motional modes. This heating limits the...

Application of 2D-NMR with Room Temperature NMR Probes for the Assessment of the Higher Order Structure of Filgrastim

January 15, 2017

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Robert G. Brinson, Houman Ghasriani, Derek Hodgson, Adams Kristie, Ian McEwen, Kang Chen, Yves Aubin, John P. Marino

The higher order structure (HOS) of biotherapeutics is a critical quality attribute that can be evaluated by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy at...

Bench-Scale Test Facility for Evaluating the Imaging Performance of Thermal Imagers for Fire Service Applications

January 15, 2017

Author(s)

Sung C. Kim, Anthony Hamins

The present study investigates the characteristics of obscuring media inside an optical smoke cell, which is developed as a bench-scale testing facility for the...

Activity Model for Homogenization of Data Sets in Laser-based Powder Bed Fusion

January 14, 2017

Author(s)

Shaw C. Feng, Paul W. Witherell, Duck B. Kim

Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes are the integration of many different science and engineering-related disciplines, such as material metrology, design...

Engineering Approach for Designing a Thermal Test of Real-scale Steel Beam Exposed to Localized Fire

January 13, 2017

Author(s)

Chao Zhang, Lisa Y. Choe, John L. Gross, Selvarajah Ramesh, Matthew F. Bundy

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has completed construction of a new facility, the National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL), which...

Measurement of Uranium-236 in Particles by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

January 12, 2017

Author(s)

David S. Simons, John D. Fassett

The determination of the relative isotopic abundance by secondary ion mass spectrometry of 236U in uranium-containing material is complicated by the presence of...

Evaluation of Method-Specific Extraction Variability for the Measurement of Fatty Acids in a Candidate Infant/Adult Nutritional Formula Reference Material

January 12, 2017

Author(s)

Benjamin J. Place

To address community needs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a candidate Standard Reference Material (SRM) for infant...

Tricritical Point of the f-Electron Antiferromagnet USb₂ Driven by High Magnetic Fields

January 12, 2017

Author(s)

Ryan L. Stillwell, I Lin NMN Liu, N. Harrison, M. Jaime, J. R. Jeffries, Nicholas Butch

In pulsed magnetic fields up to 65T and at temperatures below the Neel transition, our magnetization and magnetostriction measurements reveal a field-induced...

Growth of Monolayer Graphene on Nanoscale Copper-Nickel Alloy Thin Films

January 11, 2017

Author(s)

Jason J. Gorman, Michael Cullinan, Joon H. Cho

The integration of graphene into nanoscale electrical and mechanical devices is often limited by the ability to grow monolayer graphene on extremely thin copper...

Quantum Frequency Bridge: High-Accuracy Characterization of a Nearly-Noiseless Parametric Frequency Converter

January 11, 2017

Author(s)

Ivan Burenkov, Sergey Polyakov

We demonstrate an efficient and inherently ultra-low noise frequency conversion via a parametric sum frequency generation. Due to the wide separation between...

LipidPioneer: Comprehensive User-Generated Exact Mass Templates for Lipidomics

January 10, 2017

Author(s)

Candice Z. Ulmer, John Bowden, Jared M. Ragland, Timothy J. Garrett, Jeremy P. Koelmel

Lipidomics, the comprehensive measurement of lipid species in a biological system, has promising potential in biomarker discovery and elucidating disease...

Retention behavior of isomeric polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles in gas chromatography on stationary phases of different selectivity

January 10, 2017

Author(s)

Walter B. Wilson, Lane C. Sander, Jorge O. Ona Ruales, Leonard M. Sidisky, Milton Lee, Stephen A. Wise

Retention indices for 70 polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles (PASHs) were determined using gas chromatography with three different stationary phases: a 50%...

Retention behavior of alkyl-substituted polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycle isomers in gas chromatography on stationary phases of different selectivity

January 10, 2017

Author(s)

Walter B. Wilson, Lane C. Sander, Jorge O. Ona Ruales, Stephanie Mossner, Leonard M. Sidisky, Milton Lee, Stephen A. Wise

Retention indices for 10 sets of alkyl-substituted polycyclic aromatic sulfur heterocycles (PASHs) isomers (total of 80 PASHs) were determined using gas...

Gapped Excitation in Dense Kondo Lattice CePtZn

January 10, 2017

Author(s)

Leland Weldon Harriger, Steven M.T. Disseler, J. Gunasekera, Jose A. Rodriguez, J. Pixley, P. Manfrinetti, S. K. Dhar, D. K. Singh

We report on neutron υSR scattering studies of dense Kondo lattice CePtZn. The system develops long range incommensurate magnetic order as the temperature is...

Fast Formation of Low-Defect-Density Tethered Bilayers by Fusion of Multilamellar Vesicles

January 10, 2017

Author(s)

Tadas Ragaliauskas, Mindaugas Mickevicius, Bozena Rakovska, Tadas Penkauskas, Frank Heinrich, Gintaras Valincius

Multilamelar vesicles fuse to molecular-anchor-grafted surfaces yielding low defect density, tethered bilayer membranes. Continuous bilayers are formed within...

Analysis of Thickness and Quality Factor of a Double Paddle Oscillator at Room Temperature

January 9, 2017

Author(s)

Hamza Shakeel, Joshua M. Pomeroy, Thomas Metcalf

In this paper, we evaluate the quality (Q) factor and the resonance frequency of a double paddle oscillator (DPO) with different thickness using analytical...

Origins and Demonstrations of Electrons with Orbital Angular Momentum

January 9, 2017

Author(s)

Benjamin McMorran, Amit Agrawal, Peter Ercius, Vincenzo Grillo, Andrew Herzing, Tyler R. Harvey, Martin Linck

The surprising message of the 1992 paper of Allen, Beijersbergen, Spreeuw, and Woerdman (ABSW) was that photons could exhibit orbital motion in free space...

Preflight Radiometric Calibration of Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2

January 9, 2017

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Stephen Maxwell, B. Carol Johnson, Robert Rosenberg, Lars Chapsky, Richard A. Lee, Randy Pollock

This paper describes the prelaunch radiometric calibration of the imaging spectrometers used on the second Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2). The gain and...

Determination of Vertical Borehole and Geological Formation Properties using the Crossed Contour Method

January 9, 2017

Author(s)

Brian P. Leyde, S. A. Klein, G. F. Nellis, Harrison Skye

This paper presents a new method called the Crossed Contour Method for determining the effective properties (borehole radius and ground thermal conductivity) of...

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