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Edward R. Sisco, Thomas P. Forbes, Matthew E. Staymates, John G. Gillen
The need to rapidly analyze trace narcotic samples for screening or confirmatory purposes is of increasing desire to the forensic, homeland security, and
T Guerreiro, F. Monteiro, A Martin, J B. Brask, T Vertesi, Boris Korzh, Felix Bussieres, Varun Verma, Adriana Lita, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Francesco Marsili, Matthew D. Shaw, Nicolas Gisin, Nicolas Brunner, Hugo Zbinden, Robert Thew
We demonstrate the violation of an EPR steering inequality developed for single photon path entanglement with displacement-based detection. We use a high-rate
Daniel Lum, Michael S. Allman, Thomas Gerrits, Cosmo Lupo, Seth Lloyd, Varun Verma, Sae Woo Nam, John Howell
During the first half of the 20th century, enigma machines (i.e., pseudorandom polyalphabetic ciphers) of increasing sophistication gave better resistance
Shannon Hanna, Gregory A. Cooksey, Bryant C. Nelson, John T. Elliott, Elijah J. Petersen
Increasing production and usage of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) has generated widespread interest in measuring their environmental and human health effects
Methane adsorption onto the model mesoporous silica materials in the size range characteristic of shale is studied by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS)
Alexandros Chremos, Athanasios Papadopoulos, Sara Badr, Esther Forte, Theodoros Zarogiannis, Panos Seferlis, Stavros Papadokonstantakis, Amparo Galindo, George Jackson, Claire Adjiman
The identification of improved carbon dioxide (CO2) capture solvents remains a challenge due to the vast number of potentially-suitable molecules. We propose an
Karl F. Stupic, Janusz H. Hankiewicz, Zbigniew Celinski, Robert E. Camley
We explore the possibility of using small ferromagnetic particles with a strong temperature- dependent magnetization to produce temperature maps using magnetic
Beomyong Hwang, Hwang Jeongwoon, Jong K. Yoon, Sungjun Lim, Sungmin Kim, Minjun Lee, Jeong H. Kwon, Hongwoo Baek, Dongchul Sung, Gunn Kim, Suklyun Hong, Jisson Ihm, Joseph A. Stroscio, Young Kuk
Securing a stable bandgap is an essential requirement for applications of graphene layers in switching devices. Theoretical studies have suggested creating a
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Andres C. Hernandez, Izaak Williamson, Lan Li
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D-TMDs) are of broadening research interest due to their novel physical, electrical, and thermoelectric
Monique E. Johnson, Antonio R. Montoro Bustos, Michael R. Winchester
The suitability of rate zonal density sucrose gradient centrifugation separation is explored for the purification/separation of three gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)
Danyal J. Turkoglu, Robert G. Downing, Wangchun Chen, Dagistan Sahin, Jeremy C. Cook
Prompt gamma-ray activation analysis facilities with high neutron currents (≥109 s-1) generate triton-induced fast neutrons from 6Li-loaded collimators and beam
An annular dark field (ADF) detector was placed beneath a specimen in a field emission scanning electron microscope operated at 30 kV to calibrate detector
M. L. Taheri, Eric Stach, Ilke Arslan, Peter A. Crozier, Kabius Bernd, Thomas LaGrange, Andrew Minor, Seiji Takeda, Mihaela M. Tanase, Jakob B. Wagner, Renu Sharma
This review article discusses the current and future possibilities for the application of in situ transmission electron microscopy to reveal synthesis pathways
We study the diffusion of chloride ions in hardened cement paste (HCP) under steady-state conditions and accounting for the highly heterogenous nature of the
We investigate the role of the intrinsic backbone chain stiffness on the morphology behavior of bottle-brush diblock copolymers by using molecular dynamics
The eye-safe transmitter of a ground-based, integrated path differential absorption (IPDA) LIDAR (light detection and ranging) system is described and specified
Bonnie J. Dorr, Craig Greenberg, Peter Fontana, Mark A. Przybocki, Marion Le Bras, Cathryn A. Ploehn, Oleg Aulov, Wo L. Chang
This article sets out to examine foundational issues in data science including current challenges, basic research questions, and expected advances, as the basis
Hojoong Jung, Xiang Guo, Na Zha, Scott Papp, Scott Diddams, Hong X. Tang
Nonlinear optical conversion with frequency combs is important for self-referencing and for generating shorter wavelength combs. Here we demonstrate high
John P. Gaebler, Ting R. Tan, Yong Wan, Yiheng Lin, Ryan S. Bowler, Adam C. Keith, Scott Glancy, Kevin Coakley, Emanuel Knill, Dietrich Leibfried, David J. Wineland
We report high-fidelity laser-beam-induced quantum logic gates on qubits comprised of hyperfine states in 9Be+ ions, achieved in part through a combination of
Ratan K. Debnath, MD R. Hasan, Arunima Singh, Vladimir P. Oleshko, Shiqi Guo, Asha Rani, Abhishek Motayed, Nhan V. Nguyen, Albert Davydov
The need for low-cost high-performance broadband photon detection with sensitivity in the near infrared (NIR) has driven interest in new materials that combine
The annellation theory method has been used to predict the locations of maximum absorbance (LMA) of the ultravioletvisible (UV-Vis) spectral bands in the group
This paper presents local convective boiling measurements in a micro-fin tube for three low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants: R448A, R449A, and R452B
Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, Tamara B. Ivetic, Alexander P. Litvinchuk, Andrew Fairbrother, Bojan B. Miljevic, Goran R. Strbac, Alejandro Perez-Rodriguez, Svetlana R. Lukic-Petrovic
Nanocrystalline Zn 2SnO 4powders doped with Eu 3+ ions were synthesized via a mechanochemical solid-state reaction method followed by post annealing in air at
Johannes Fink, Mahmoud Kalaee, Alessandro Pitanti, Richard Norte, Lukas Heinzle, Marcelo I. Davanco, Kartik Srinivasan, Oskar Painter
We present a platform based upon silicon nitride nanomembranes for integrating superconducting microwave circuits with planar acoustic and optical devices such
We investigate the effect of shape on reversible adsorption kinetics using colloidal polystyrene dimers near a solid glass surface as a model system. The
Lee J. Richter, Jonathan Downing, Sebastian Engmann, Hyun W. Ro, Andrew A. Herzing, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Harald Ade, Maged Addelsamie, Aram Amassian, Yuhang Liu, He Yan
Solution processing via roll-to-roll (R2R) coating promises a low cost, low thermal-budget, sustainable revolution for the production of solar cells. Yet