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Bharath N. Natarajan, Nate Orloff, Rana N. Ashkar, Sagar Doshi, Kevin A. Twedt, Ajay Krishnamurthy, Chelsea S. Davis, Aaron M. Forster, Erik Thostenson, Jan Obrzut, Renu Sharma, James Alexander Liddle
Carbon nanotube (CNT) polymer composites are materials with attractive multifunctional properties that are becoming used in a growing range of commercial
Rosalinda Gaudio, Jelmer J. Renema, Zili Zhou, Varun Verma, Jeff Shainline, Martin Stevens, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Martin P. van Exter, Michiel J. de Dood, Andrea Fiore
We use quantum detector tomography to investigate the detection mechanism in WSi nanowire superconducting single photon detectors (SSPDs). To this purpose, we
Kai Hao, Lixiang Xu, Philip Nagler, Akshay Singh, Kha Tran, Chandriker K. Dass, Rupert Huber, Tobias Korn, Xiaoqin Li, Galan Moody
The optical properties of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides are dominated by both neutral excitons (electron-hole pairs) and charged excitons
Oxides have many potentially desirable characteristics for thermoelectric materials, including low cost and stability at high temperatures, but thus far there
Yin Yang, Aaron A. Urbas, Andres Gonzalez-Bonet, Richard J. Sheridan, Jonathan E. Seppala, Kathryn L. Beers, Jirun Sun
A system containing well-defined functional material, a clinically practical procedure to make the material in situ, and proper analytical tools for chemical
Farhoud Kabirian, Akhtar S. Khan, Thomas H. Gnaupel-Herold
Effects of texture evolution and grain refinement induced by Equal Channel Angular Pressing, ECAP, on mechanical responses of an extruded AZ31 magnesium alloy
R. F. Need, B. J. Isaac, Brian Kirby, Julie Borchers, S. Stemmer, Stephen D. Wilson
The lure of imparting many-body strong correlation effects into conventional electronic states via interface effects underlies the exploration of numerous
Nico Schneider, Tara Fortin, Roland Span, Mandy Gerber
Algae have a variety of uses, including pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, and as a potential energy source in the form of biodiesel, bioethanol and biogas
Thomas D. Hedberg, Sylvere I. Krima, Jaime A. Camelio
Exchange and reuse of three-dimensional (3D)-product models is hampered by the absence of trust in product-lifecycle-data quality. The root cause of the missing
Thomas D. Hedberg, Allison Barnard Feeney, Moneer M. Helu, Jaime A. Camelio
Industry has been chasing the dream of integrating and linking data across the product lifecycle and enterprises for decades. However, industry has been
Ravikiran Attota, Peter Weck, John A. Kramar, Bunday Benjamin, Victor H. Vartanian
In-line metrologies currently used in the semiconductor industry are being challenged by the aggressive pace of device scaling and the adoption of novel device
Zakariae Chbili, Asahiko Matsuda, Jaafar Chbili, Jason T. Ryan, Jason P. Campbell, Mhamed Lahbabi, D. E. Ioannou, Kin P. Cheung
One of the most serious technology roadblocks for SiC DMOSFETs is the significant occurrence of early failures in time-dependent-dielectric-breakdown (TDDB)
This work treats diffraction corrections in radiometry for cases of point and extended sources in symmetric three-element systems. It considers diffraction
Shathabish NaraseGowda, Craig Brown, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Tabbetha A. Dobbins
The hydrogen dynamics of nano-confined sodium alanate (NaAlH 4) has been studied using quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS). Results indicate thermodynamic
Qinang Hu, Mohammed Aboustait, Taehwan Kim, Tyler Ley, Jay C. Hanan, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Robert Winarski, Volker Rose
While portland cement has been widely studied for over 100 years, there are still widespread disagreements on the mechanisms of hydration. One reason for this
A number of scoring systems for proficiency testing and interlaboratory comparison are in use by the metrology community. The choice of scoring system for a
Felix H. Kim, D. Penumadu, P. Patel, X. Xiao, E. J. Garboczi, Shawn P. Moylan, M A. Donmez
Near real-time visualization of complex two-phase flow in a porous medium was demonstrated with dynamic 4D (3D + time) imaging at the 2-BM beam line of the
Simple kinematic considerations indicate that, under certain conditions in radio-frequency (rf) plasmas, the amplitude of the low-energy peak in ion energy
Sergey P. Belov, Alexandr V. Lapinov, Arthur A. Mescheryakov, Jon T. Hougen, Li-Hong Xu
This paper presents an explanation based on torsionally mediated proton-spinoverall-rotation interaction for the observation of doublet hyperfine splittings in
Nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes are being used for an increasing number of applications. However, the original two-step anodization method in
Monika Mortimer, Elijah Petersen, Bruce A. Buchholz, Eduardo Orias, Patricia Holden
Consumer goods contain multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) that could be released during product life cycles into the environment, where their effects are
Young-Wan Oh, Young Min Kim, Hae Yeon Lee, Kyeong-Dong Lee, Chang-Geun Yang, Eun-Sang Park, Ki-Sueng Lee, Kyoung-Whan Kim, Hyun-Woo Lee, Kyung-Jin Lee, Byong-Guk Park
Spin-orbit torques (SOTs), spin-transfer torques caused by spin-orbit coupling, allow highly efficient manipulation of magnetization. To date, most experiments
Oxidative stress in a biological system is often defined as a redox imbalance within cells or groups of cells within an organism. Reductive-oxidative (redox)
This paper summarises the proceedings of a workshop held at Trinity Hall, Cambridge to discuss comparability and includes additional information and references
Antonio Cardone, Mary C. Brady, Ram D. Sriram, Harish C. Pant, Sergio Hassan
The hyperactivity of the cyclic dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) induced by the activator protein p25 has been linked to a number of pathologies of the brain. The CDK5
Two major types of porphyrinic framework structures offer promise for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) applications: 1) metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in
Valeri I. Babushok, Peter Deglmann, Gregory T. Linteris, Roland H. Kraemer
A kinetic model for flame inhibition by antimony-halogen compounds in hydrocarbon flames is developed. Thermodynamic data for the relevant species are assembled
We describe an apparatus for traceable, dynamic calibration of force transducers using harmonic excitation, and report calibration measurements of force