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N. M. Bruno, Y. J. Huang, Cindi L. Dennis, J. G. Li, Robert D. Shull, J. H. Ross Jr., Y. I. Chumlyakov, I. Karaman
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Two ordered phases of the novel solid superionic conductor sodium 1-carba-closo-decaborate (NaCB 9H 10) were identified via synchrotron x-ray powder diffraction
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Multilayers of [Co/Ni(t)/Co/Pt]×8 with varying Ni thickness were investigated for possible use as a free layer in magnetic tunnel junctions and spintronics
Gregory W. Hoth, Bruno M. Pelle, Stefan Riedl, John E. Kitching, Elizabeth A. Donley
We demonstrate a two axis gyroscope by use of light pulse atom interferometry with an expanding cloud of atoms in the regime where the cloud has expanded by 1.1
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The structure-dependent vibrational properties of different Mg(BH 4)d2^ polymorphs (α, β, γ and δ phases) were investigated with a combination of neutron
Jing Yu, Jun Mao, Guangcui Yuan, Sushil K. Satija, Wei Chen, Matthew Tirrell
Surface tethered polyelectrolyte brushes are of great importance to many applications, ranging from colloidal stabilization to responsive and tunable materials
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Jeffrey J Richards, Austin D. Scherbarth, Norman J. Wagner, Paul Butler
Slurry base electrodes have shown promise as an energy dense and scalable platform for the flowable electrodes used in electrochemical flow battery technology
Tian-Heng Han, M. R. Norman, J.-J. Wen, Jose Rodriguez Rivera, Joel Helton, Collin L. Broholm, Young S. Lee
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Diffusion couple experiments between various Co-rich face centered cubic alloys in the Co-W-Al ternary system have been conducted at 900 degree C and 1000
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