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The spectrum of platinum was observed in the (300-2100) Å wavelength region. Grazing and normal incidence VUV spectrographs have been used to record the...
Joe W. Magee, N. G. Polikhronidi, Rabiyat G. Batyrova, I M. Abdulagatov, J. Wu
New measurements are reported for the isochoric heat capacity of the ionic liquid substance 1- hexyl-3-methylimidazolium bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide (...
Yun Jiang, Dan Ma, Katy Keenan, Karl Stupic, Vikas Gulani, Mark Griswold
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate accuracy and repeatability of T 1 and T 2 estimates of a MR fingerprinting (MRF) method using the ISMRM/NIST...
Mary F. Theofanos, Simson L. Garfinkel, Yee-Yin Choong
There are now more than 5.4 million Personal Identity Verification (PIV) and Common Access Card (CAC) identity cards deployed to US government employees and...
Tara Lovestead, Jessica L. Burger, Nico Schneider, Thomas J. Bruno
Commercial and military aviation is faced with challenges that include high fuel costs, emissions, and supply chain security that result from the reliance on...
Behrang H. Hamadani, Juan P. Babaro, Kevin G. West
Spectral response measurements of germanium-based triple-junction solar cells were performed under a variety of light and voltage bias conditions. Two of the...
James L. White, Rebecca J. Newhouse, Jin Z. Zhang, Terrence J. Udovic, Vitalie Stavila
Alkali metal borohydrides can reversibly store hydrogen; however, the materials display poor cyclability, often times linked to occurrence of stable closo...
Makfir Sefa, Zeeshan Ahmed, James A. Fedchak, Nikolai Klimov, Julia Scherschligt
We describe a vacuum apparatus for determining the outgassing rate into vacuum, the diffusion coefficient, and the amount of gas absorbed for various materials...
Edwin P. Chan, Wansuk Choi, Won-Gi Ahn, Jong-Hyun Park, Hyun W. Jung, Seungkwan Hong, Ji-Young Han, Sangpil Park, Doo-Hyun Ko, Jung-Hyun Lee
We present a nonconventional membrane surface modification approach that utilizes surface topography to manipulate the tribology of foulant accumulation on...
Barry I. Schneider, Lee A. Collins, klaus Bartschat, Xiaoxu Guan, Suxing Hu
We discuss a number of aspects regarding the physics of H_2+ nd H_2. This includes low-energy electron scattering processes and the interaction of both weak...
A generic but simple model is presented to evaluate the eft ect of the heterogeneous surface charge distribution of proteins and zwitterionic nanoparticles on...
Catherine C. Cooksey, Daniel Poitras, Li Li, Michael Jacobson
For the Manufacturing Problem contest held in conjunction with OSAs 2016 Topical Meeting on Optical Interference Coatings, participants were asked to design...
A first principles phase diagram calculation, that included van der Waals interactions, was performed for the system (1-X)MoS2-(X)MoTe2. Surprisingly, the...
Tianran Chen, Benjamin J. Foley, Changwon Park, Craig Brown, Leland Harriger, Jooseop Lee, Jacob Ruff, Mina Yoon, Joshua J. Choi, Seugn-Hun Lee
A challenge for hybrid perovskite solar cells is device instability, which calls for understanding of the perovskite structural stability and phase transitions...
Thermodynamic properties of compressed liquids may be obtained from measurements of the speed of sound by means of thermodynamic integration subject to initial...
Dimitris Simos, D. Richard Kuhn, Artemios Voyiatzis, Raghu N. Kacker
This article introduces combinatorial testing-based approaches for security testing and presents case studies and experiences. The success of the presented...
The spectrum of platinum was observed in the (300-2100) Å wavelength region. The (5d4 + 5d36s) - 5d36p transition array of six times ionized platinum, Pt VII...
The characterization of manufactured nanoparticles (MNPs) in environmental samples is necessary to assess their behavior, fate and potential toxicity. Several...
We investigate the thermodynamic and dynamic properties of a model unentangled glass-forming polymer melt over a wide range of pressures (P) and temperatures (T...
Monomer molecular and chemical structures represent the most important characteristics of polymers that directly determine the basic molecular parameters (such...
P Kumar, David P. Pappas, Robert Mcdermott, J.W. Freeland, Clare Yu, M Beck, Hui Wang, Ruqian Wu
Magnetic flux noise is a dominant source of dephasing and energy relaxation in superconducting qubits. The noise power spectral density varies with frequency as...
We outline the details of acquiring quantitative 13C cross-polarization magic angle spinning (CPMAS) NMR spectra on the most ubiquitous polymer for organic...
Ian J. Gilbert, Andres C. Chavez, Daniel T. Pierce, John Unguris, Wei-Yang Sun, Cheng-Yen Liang, Gregory P. Carman
Strain-mediated thin film multiferroics comprising piezoelectric/ferromagnetic heterostructures enable the electrical manipulation of magnetization with much...
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment, PROSPECT, is designed to make a precise measurement of the antineutrino spectrum from a highly...
Stephen J. Perkins, David W. Wright, Hailiang Zhang, Emre H. Brookes, Jianhan Chen, Thomas C. Irving, Susan T. Krueger, David J. Barlow, Karen J. Edler, David J. Scott, Nicholas J. Terrill, Stephen M. King, Paul Butler, Joseph E. Curtis
In solution scattering, the major investment worldwide in multiuser X-ray synchrotrons and neutron sources have resulted in huge advances in the throughput and...
Understanding the behavior of light in non-equilibrium scenarios underpins much of quantum optics and optical physics. While lasers provide a severe example of...
Allyson Jackson, David C. Evers, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Joshua T. Ackerman, James J. Willacker, John E. Elliott, Stacy Schuur, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee
As part of the Western North America Mercury Synthesis, we evaluated risk to avian piscivores across all or parts of their breeding range through the...
Joshua T. Ackerman, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Mark P. Herzog, Alex Hartman, Sarah Peterson, David C. Evers, Allyson Jackson, John E. Elliott, Stacy Schuur, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee
Methylmercury contamination of the environment is an important issue globally and birds are useful bioindicators for mercury monitoring programs. We synthesized...
Liang Hong, NItin Jain, Xiaolin Cheng, Ana Bernal, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Jeremy C. Smith
Protein function often depends on global, collective internal motions. However, the simultaneous quantitative experimental determination of the forms...