Journals

Behavior of Post-installed Anchors Tested by Stepwise Increasing Cyclic Load Protocols

September 22, 2016

Author(s)

Philipp Mahrenholtz, Rolf Eligehausen, Tara C. Hutchinson, Matthew Hoehler

Cyclic loads are a characteristic feature of actions acting on structures and anchorages during earthquakes. For this reason, seismic qualification of post

A medical device-grade T1 and ECV phantom for global T1 mapping quality assurance - The T₁ Mapping and ECV Standardization in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (T1MES) program

September 22, 2016

Author(s)

Gabriella Captur, Peter Gatehouse, Katy Keenan, Friso Heslinga, Ruediger Bruehl, Marcel Prothmann, Martin J. Graves, Richard J. Eames, Camilla Torlasco, Giulia Benedetti, Jacqueline Donovan, Bernd Ittermann, Redha Boubertakh, Andrew Bathgate, Celine Royet, Wenjie Pang, Reza Nezafat, Michael Salerno, Peter Kellman, James C. Moon

Background: T1 mapping and extracellular volume (ECV) have the potential to guide patient care and serve as surrogate end-points in clinical trials, but

Step beyond Kohler illumination analysis for far-field imaging: Angular illumination asymmetry (ANILAS) maps

September 21, 2016

Author(s)

Ravikiran Attota

Electrochemical intercalation of lithium ions into NbSe2 nanosheets

September 21, 2016

Author(s)

Albert Davydov, Anand V. Patel, Louisa Meshi, Emily Hitz, Liangbing Hu

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have been known for decades to have unique properties and recently attracted broad attention for their two-dimensional

The Glass Transition of a Single Macromolecule

September 21, 2016

Author(s)

Jack F. Douglas, David Simmons, Weston L. Merling, Jack Mileski

The glass transition of a single macromolecule in isolation is relevant to the dynamics of systems including dilute solutions of synthetic polymers and

Spin-Orbit Coupled Molecular Quantum Magnetism Realized in Inorganic Solid

September 21, 2016

Author(s)

Sang-Youn Park, S.-H. Do, K.-Y. Choi, J.-H. Kang, Dongjin Jang, B. Schmidt, Manuel Brando, B.-H. Kim, D.-H. Kim, Nicholas Butch, Seongsu Lee, Sungdae Ji

The molecular magnetism, representing an isolated spin state, is of particular interest due to characteristics of quantum magnetism with quantum tunneling

Atomically Engineered Ferroic Layers Yield a Room-Temperature Magnetoelectric Multiferroic

September 21, 2016

Author(s)

Julia A. Mundy, Charles M. Brooks, Megan E. Holtz, Jarrett A. Moyer, Hena Das, Alejandro F. Rebola, John T. Heron, James D. Clarkson, Steven M.T. Disseler, Zhiqi Liu, Alan Farhan, Rainer Held, Robert Hovden, Elliot Padgett, Qingyun Mao, Hanjong Paik, Rajiv Misra, Lena F. Kourkoutis, Elke Arenholz, Andreas Scholl, Julie Borchers, William D. Ratcliff, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Craig J. Fennie, Peter Schiffer, David A. Muller, Darrell G. Schlom

The defining feature of ferroics is the ability of an external stimulus - electric field, magnetic field, or stress-to move domain walls. These topological

Interlaboratory Analytical Comparison of Fatty Acid Concentrations in Serum or Plasma

September 20, 2016

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, Carissa Powers, Schleicher Rosemary, Joseph Betz, Stephen A. Wise

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements and the Centers for

Correlations for the Viscosity of 2,3,3,3-Tetrafluoroprop-1-ene (R1234yf) and trans-1,3,3,3-Tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze(E))

September 20, 2016

Author(s)

Marcia L. Huber, Marc J. Assael

Due to concerns about global warming, there is interest a class of fluids known as hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs) as potential replacements for refrigerants with

An Improved 2-Port Transmission Line Permittivity and Permeability Determination Method with Shorted Sample

September 20, 2016

Author(s)

Derek A. Houtz, Dazhen Gu, Dave K. Walker

A modified measurement technique and nonlinear least-squares solution method is introduced for determining complex permittivity and permeability in transmission

After oxidation, zinc nanoparticles lose their ability to enhance responses to odorants

September 20, 2016

Author(s)

Samantha Hagerty, Yasmine C. Daniels, Melissa Singletary, Oleg Pustovyy, Ludmila Globa, William A. MacCrehan, Shinichiro Muramoto, June W. Lau, Edward Morrison, Iryna Sorokulova, Vitaly Vodyanoy, Gheorghe Stan

Electrical responses of olfactory sensory neurons to odorants were examined in the presence of zinc nanoparticles of various sizes and degrees of oxidation. The

Spintronic nanodevices for bioinspired computing

September 20, 2016

Author(s)

Julie Grollier, Damien Querlioz, Mark D. Stiles

The challenge of fabricating bio-inspired hardware is building ultra-high density networks out of complex processing units interlinked by tunable connections

Spintronics

September 20, 2016

Author(s)

Hideo Ohno, Mark D. Stiles, Bernard Dieny

Scope: This special issue covers recent developments in spintronics, where the spin degree of freedom of electrons is used to harness otherwise inaccessible

Signatures of intracrystallite and intercrystallite limitations of charge transport in polythiophenes

September 20, 2016

Author(s)

Kiarash Vakhshouri, Brandon Smith, Edwin Chan, Chenchen Wang, Alberto Salleo, Cheng Wang, Alexander Hexemer, Enrique Gomez

Charge carrier mobilities in conjugated semicrystalline polymers depend on morphological parameters such as crystallinity, crystal orientation, and connectivity

PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF BTDF CALIBRATION OF TRANSMISSIVE SOLAR DIFFUSERS FOR REMOTE SENSING

September 19, 2016

Author(s)

Catherine C. Cooksey, Georgi T. Georgiev, Leibo Ding, James J. Butler

Satellite instruments operating in the solar wavelength region require accurate and precise determination of the optical properties of their diffusers used in

Robust evaluation of statistical surface topography parameters using focus-variation microscopy

September 19, 2016

Author(s)

Erich N. Grossman, Martin Gould, Natalie P. Mujica-Schwahn

Spatial bandwidth limitations frequently introduce large biases into the estimated values of RMS roughness and autocorrelation length that are extracted from

Compressed-Liquid Densities of Three Reference Fuels for Combustion Testing

September 19, 2016

Author(s)

Stephanie L. Outcalt

Compressed-liquid densities of three aviation fuels have been measured with a vibrating-tube densimeter. The measurements were made from 270 K to 470 K, and 0.5

A Q-band free-space characterization of carbon nanotube composites

September 19, 2016

Author(s)

Ahmed M. Hassan, Jan Obrzut, Edward Garboczi

We present a free-space measurement technique for non-destructive non-contact electrical and dielectric characterization of nano-carbon composites in the Q-band

The Center for Research on Extreme Batteries

September 19, 2016

Author(s)

Eric Wachsman, Cynthia Lundgren, Esther S. Takeuchi, Kang Xu, Chunsheng Wang, Joseph Dura, David L. Jacobson, Kahlil Amine, William Acker

How much would you spend on a battery if your life depended on it? Rarely is that question asked as the vast majority of battery development is focused on

Spin Transport at Interfaces with Spin-orbit Coupling: Formalism

September 16, 2016

Author(s)

Vivek P. Amin, Mark D. Stiles

Spin transport remains poorly understood in multilayer systems with interfacial spin-orbit coupling. Currently, drift-diffusion models cannot accurately treat

in situ methods for monitoring silver nanoparticle sulfidation in simulated waters

September 16, 2016

Author(s)

John M. Pettibone, Jingyu Liu

To probe the transformation pathways of metallic nanomaterials, measurement tools capable of detecting and characterizing the broad distribution of products

X-ray Powder Diffraction Reference Patterns for Bi1-xPbxOCuSe

September 16, 2016

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Yonggao Yan, James A. Kaduk, Xinfeng Tang

The structures and powder X-ray reference diffraction patterns of the natural superlattice series Bi1-xPbxOCuSe (x=0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08 and 0.1) have

Spin Transport at Interfaces with Spin-Orbit Coupling: Phenomenology

September 16, 2016

Author(s)

Mark D. Stiles, Vivek P. Amin

Spin transport remains poorly understood in multilayer systems with interfacial spin-orbit coupling. While the important consequences of interfacial spin-orbit

Giant Electromechanical Coupling of Relaxor Ferroelectric Controlled by Polar Nanoregion Dynamics

September 16, 2016

Author(s)

Michael E. Manley, Douglas L. Abernathy, Raffi Sahul, Daniel E. Parshall, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Andrew D. Christianson, Paul J. Stonaha, Eliot D. Specht, John D. Budai

Ferroelectric relaxors are inhomogeneous materials prized for their giant electromechanical coupling, which has revolutionized sensor and ultrasound

Quantum Plasmonics: Doped Silicon Nanocrystals

September 16, 2016

Author(s)

Hui Zhang, Runmin Zhang, Katelyn Schramke, Katharine Hunter, Nicholas M. Bedford, Karena Chapman, Uwe Kortshagen, Peter Nordlander

Thermodynamics of Cottrell atmospheres tested by atomistic simulations

September 15, 2016

Author(s)

Yuri Mishin, John W. Cahn

Solute atoms can segregate to elastically deformed lattice regions around a dislocation and form an equilibrium distribution called the Cottrell atmosphere. We

Application of the advanced distillation curve method for the characterization of two alternative transportation fuels prepared from the pyrolysis of polyethylene bags*

September 15, 2016

Author(s)

Thomas J. Bruno, Megan E. Harries, B. K. Sharma, Bidhya Kunwar

The properties of alternative fuels must be evaluated to determine their suitability for use in existing engines, either as blends with conventional petroleum

Code-division-multiplexed readout of large arrays of TES microcalorimeters

September 15, 2016

Author(s)

Kelsey M. Morgan, Bradley K. Alpert, Douglas A. Bennett, William B. Doriese, Joseph W. Fowler, Johnathon D. Gard, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Young Il Joe, Galen C. O'Neil, Carl D. Reintsema, Edward V. Denison, Daniel R. Schmidt, Joel N. Ullom, Daniel S. Swetz

Code-division multiplexing (CDM) offers a path to reading out large arrays of transition edge sensor (TES) X-ray micro-calorimeters with excellent energy and

Film morphology evolution during solvent vapor annealing of highly efficient small molecule donor/acceptor blends

September 15, 2016

Author(s)

Sebastian Engmann, Hyun W. Ro, Andrew Herzing, Chad R. Snyder, Lee J. Richter, Paul Geraghty, David Jones

Solution-processable small molecule photovoltaics based on the novel molecular donor, benzodithiophene terthiophene rhodamine (BTR), recently have shown maximum

HIV-1 Matrix-31 Membrane Binding Peptide Interacts Differently with Membranes Containing PS vs. PI(4,5)P₂

September 15, 2016

Author(s)

Lauren O'Neil, Kathryn Andenoro, Isabella Pagano, Laura Carroll, Leah Langer, Zachary Dell, Davina Perera, Bradley W. Treece, Frank Heinrich, Mathias Loesche, John F. Nagle, Stephanie Tristram-Nagle

Efficient assembly of HIV-1 at the plasma membrane (PM) of the T-cell specifically requires PI(4,5)P 2. It was previously shown that a highly basic region (HBR)