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Journals

60 Year Anniversary of Applied Radiation and Isotopes

December 14, 2016

Author(s)

Bert M. Coursey

Those readers who have a library with the first bound copies of ARI may find it enjoyable to compare Volume 1, No.1 from 1956 with an issue from Volume 118 in...

String-like Cooperative Motion Explains the Influence of Pressure on Relaxation in a Model Glass-Forming Polymer Melt

December 14, 2016

Author(s)

Jack F. Douglas, Wensheng Xu, Karl Freed

Numerous experiments reveal that the dynamics of glass-forming polymer melts is profoundly influenced by the application of pressure, but a fundamental...

Uncertainty in flow stress measurements using X-ray diffraction for sheet metals subjected to large plastic deformations

December 14, 2016

Author(s)

Youngung Jeong, Thomas H. Gnaeupel-Herold, Mark A. Iadicola, Adam A. Creuziger

Trapping States of Mixed-Isomer Organic Semiconductors within Organic Field-Effect Transistors

December 14, 2016

Author(s)

Peter Diemer, Jacori Hayes, Evan Welchman, Rawad Hallani, Sujitra Pookpanratana, Christina Hacker, Curt A. Richter, Timo Thonhauser, Oana Jurchescu

Organic field effect transistor (OFET) performance is dictated by the composition and geometry of the device, as well as the quality of the organic...

Multiplexed sub-Doppler spectroscopy with an optical frequency comb

December 13, 2016

Author(s)

David A. Long, Adam J. Fleisher, David F. Plusquellic, Joseph T. Hodges

An optical frequency comb generated with an electro-optic phase modulator and a chirped radiofrequency waveform is used to perform saturation spectroscopy on...

Comparison of Anion Reorientational Dynamics in MCB₉H₁₀ and M₂B₁₀H₁₀ (M= Li, Na) via Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Quasielastic Neutron Scattering Studies

December 13, 2016

Author(s)

Alexei V. Soloninin, Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, R. V. Skoryunov, Olga A. Babanova, Alexander V. Skripov, Wan Si NMN Tang, Vitalie Stavila, Shin-Ichi Orimo, Terrence J. Udovic

In situ Atomic-Scale Probing of Reduction Dynamics of 2-Dimensional Fe2O3 Nanostructures

December 13, 2016

Author(s)

Wenhui Zhu, Jonathan P. Winterstein, Wei-Chang Yang, Lu Yuan, Renu Sharma, Guangwen Zhou

Atomic-scale structure dynamics and phase transformation pathway was probed, in situ, during the reduction of bi-crystalline Fe2O3 nanostructures in H2 by using...

InGaAs Inversion Layer Mobility and Interface Trap Density from Gated Hall Measurements

December 12, 2016

Author(s)

Thenappan Chidambaram, Dmitry Veksler, S Madisetti, Michael Yakimov, Vadim Tokranov, Serge Oktyabrskiy

In this work, we use gated Hall method for direct measurement of free carrier density and electron mobility in inversion InGaAs MOSFET channels. At room...

Thermoelectric properties of the LaCoO3-LaCrO3 system using a high-throughput combinatorial approach

December 9, 2016

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Kevin R. Talley, Nam T. Nguyen, Joshua B. Martin, Yanliang Zhang, Sara C. Barron, Xueyan Song

A combinatorial film of the LaCo1-xCrxO3 system was fabricated using the LaCoO3 and LaCrO3 targets at the NIST Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) facility. As the...

Vector-Network-Analyzer Calibration Using Line and Multiple Coplanar-Waveguide Offset Reflects

December 9, 2016

Author(s)

Arkadiusz C. Lewandowski, Wojciech Wiatr, Dazhen Gu, Nate Orloff, Thomas Mitchell (Mitch) Wallis, Pavel Kabos

We present the application of our newly developed multi-reflect-thru technique to vector-network-analyzer calibration in the on-wafer environment. This...

Three dimensional shape analysis of concrete aggregate fines produced by vertical shaft impact crushing

December 8, 2016

Author(s)

Edward Garboczi, Rolands Cepuritis, Stefan Jacobsen

We studied the 3-D shape of concrete aggregate fines (3 µm to 250 µm) produced by high-speed VSI crushing of rock types from 10 different quarries representing...

Water Dynamics in Rigid Ionomer Networks

December 8, 2016

Author(s)

N. C. Osti, T.N. Etampawala, U.M. Shrestha, D. Aryal, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, S. O. Diallo, E. Mamontov, C. J. Cornelius, D. Perahia

The dynamics of water within ionic polymer networks formed by sulfonated poly(phenylene) (SPP), as revealed by quasi-elastic elastic neutron scattering (QENS)...

An ultra-low noise, high-voltage piezo driver

December 8, 2016

Author(s)

Neal C. Pisenti, Alessandro Restelli, Ben J. Reschovsky, Daniel Barker, Gretchen K. Campbell

We present an ultra-low noise, high-voltage driver suited for use with piezoelectric actuators and other low- current applications. The architecture uses a...

Draft B Report on the Key Comparison CCM.P-K4.2012 in Absolute Pressure from 1 Pa to 10 kPa

December 7, 2016

Author(s)

Jacob E. Ricker, Jay H. Hendricks, Thomas Bock, Prazak Dominik, Tokihiko Kobata, Jorge Torres, Irina Sadkovskaya

This report summarizes the Consultative Committee for Mass (CCM) key comparison CCM.P-K4.2012 for absolute pressure spanning the range of 1 Pa to 10 000 Pa. The...

Editorial - Special Issue: Smart Manufacturing PHM

December 7, 2016

Author(s)

Brian A. Weiss, Philip Freeman, Jay Lee, Radu Pavel

This Special Issue on Smart Manufacturing PHM contains six outstanding technical papers and one communication that collectively present a diverse range of...

Mechanical response of thermally annealed Nafion thin films

December 7, 2016

Author(s)

Bradley R. Frieberg, Kirt A. Page, Joshua R. Graybill, Marlon L. Walker, Gery R. Stafford, Christopher L. Soles

The proton exchange membranes (PEMs) in a hydrogen fuel cell experiences hundreds if not thousands of cycles between wet and dry conditions during their service...

A Tool for Evaluating Fault Detection and Diagnostic Methods for Fan Coil Units

December 6, 2016

Author(s)

Shokouh Pourarian, Jin Wen, Daniel Veronica, Amanda Pertzborn, Xiaohui Zhou, Ran Liu

Dynamic simulation software tools are needed for the research and development of improved methods for automatic control and automated fault detection and...

X-ray Diffraction and Density Functional Theory Studies of R2FeCoO6 (R=Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd)

December 6, 2016

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Guangyao Liu, Igor Levin, Izaak Williamson, P Ackerman, Kevin R. Talley, Khawla AlHamdan, James A. Kaduk, Lan Li

The structure and thermoelectric properties of a series of lanthanide iron cobalt oxides, R2FeCoO6 (R = Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd), have been investigated. The...

Nanomechanical motion transduction with a scalable localized gap plasmon architecture

December 6, 2016

Author(s)

Brian J. Roxworthy, Vladimir Aksyuk

Measurement of motion is at the core of scientific advance. From the early Greeks mapping the motion of celestial bodies to molecular analysis, development of...

Mode selection for electrostatic beam resonators based on motional resistance and quality factor

December 6, 2016

Author(s)

Jeong H. Ryou, Jason J. Gorman

An analytical comparison between the fundamental mode and higher modes of vibration for an electrostatic beam resonator is presented. Multiple mode numbers can...

Doppler Sensitivity and Its Effect on Transatlantic TWSTFT Links

December 6, 2016

Author(s)

Shengkang Zhang, Tom Parker, Victor S. Zhang

Two Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer (TWSTFT or TW) is a commonly used technique to compare time and frequency precisely among the time and frequency...

Thermographic Measurements of the Commercial Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process at NIST

December 5, 2016

Author(s)

Brandon M. Lane, Shawn P. Moylan, Eric P. Whitenton, Li Ma

Measurement of the high-temperature melt pool region in the laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) process is a primary focus of researchers to further understand the...

Communication-Comparison of Nanoscale Focused Ion Beam and Electrochemical Lithiation in beta-Sn Microspheres

December 5, 2016

Author(s)

Saya Takeuchi, William R. McGehee, Jennifer L. Schaefer, Truman M. Wilson, Kevin A. Twedt, Christopher L. Soles, Vladimir P. Oleshko, Eddie H. Chang, Jabez J. McClelland

The development of Li focused ion beams (Li-FIB) enables controlled Li ion insertion into materials with nanoscale resolution. We take the first step toward...

Anion Reorientations and Cation Diffusion in LiCB₁₁H₁₂ and NaCB₁₁H₁₂: ¹H, ⁷Li, and ²³Na NMR Studies

December 3, 2016

Author(s)

Alexander V. Skripov, Roman V. Skoryunov, Alexei V. Soloninin, Olga A. Babanova, Wan Si NMN Tang, Vitalie Stavila, Terrence J. Udovic

Annealing Stability Study of Perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Co sub(20)Fe sub(60)B sub(20)/MgO\Co sub(20)Fe sub(60)B sub(20)

December 2, 2016

Author(s)

Andrew P. Chen, M Zhu, T, Dyer, J. Piccirillo, Robert D. Shull

A Full Co sub(20)Fe sub (60) B sub (20)\MgO\Co sub (20) Fe sub (60) B sub (20) perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (pMTJ) and a different partial stacks were...

LDTR Measurements of PSAP Particle-Laden Filters from the Biomass Burning Observation Project (BBOP) Field Campaign

December 2, 2016

Author(s)

Cary Presser, Ashot Nazarian, Joseph M. Conny, Duli Chand, Arthur Sedlacek

Absorptivity measurements in the infrared with the laser-driven thermal reactor (LDTR) at ambient conditions were carried out with particle-laden filters from a...

First-principles phase diagram calculations for the carbonate quasibinary systems CaCO(sub3)-ZnCO(sub3), CdCO(sub3)-ZnCO(Sub3), CaCO(sub3)-CdCO(sub3) and MgCO(Sub3)-ZnCO(sub3)

December 2, 2016

Author(s)

Z.T.Y. Liu, Benjamin P. Burton, S. V. Khare, P. Sarin

Quasibinary solid solutions of calcite-structure carbonate minerals play an important role in rock formation. We have investigated solid solutions with cations...

First-principles phase diagram calculations for the rocksalt-structure quasibinary systems TiN-ZrN, TiN-HfN and ZrN-HfN

December 2, 2016

Author(s)

Z.T. Liu, Benjamin P. Burton, S. V. Khare, D. Gall

We have studied the phase equilibria of three ceramic quasibinary systems Ti(sub 1-x)Zr(sub x)N, Ti(sub 1-x)Hf(sub x)N and Zr(sub 1-x)Hf(Sub x)N (0 less x less...

Characterization of Yttrium-Rich Precipitate Phases in a Titanium Alloy Weld

December 1, 2016

Author(s)

Andrew Herzing, Ratna P. Kolli, Sreeramamurthy Ankem

The yttrium-rich (Y-rich) precipitates that form in the fusion zone (FZ) of a Ti-5111 alloy weld were characterized by atom probe tomography and scanning...

Biomimetic Sniffing with an Artificial Dogs Nose Leads to Improvements in Vapor Sampling and Detection

December 1, 2016

Author(s)

Matthew E. Staymates, William A. MacCrehan, Jessica L. Staymates, John G. Gillen, Brent Craven, Rod Kunz, Ted Mendum, Ta-Hsuan Ong

This work presents fluid flow visualization studies and chemical detection experiments using an 3D printed anatomically-correct biomimetic canine nose from a...

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