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Many-body decoherence dynamics and optimisation of a single-photon switch

September 13, 2016

Author(s)

Callum Murray, Alexey Gorshkov, Thomas Pohl

Transfer of motion through a microelectromechanical linkage at nanometer and microradian scales

September 12, 2016

Author(s)

Craig R. Copeland, Craig D. McGray, Jon C. Geist, Vladimir A. Aksyuk, Samuel M. Stavis

Mechanical linkages are fundamentally important for the transfer of motion through assemblies of parts to perform work. Whereas their behavior in macroscale...

Monochromatic Measurements of the JPSS-1 VIIRS Polarization Sensitivity

September 12, 2016

Author(s)

Steven W. Brown, Keith R. Lykke, Jeff McIntire, David Moyer, Eugene Waluschka, Hassan Oudrari, Xiaoxiong Xiong

The polarization sensitivity is a critical parameter that must be characterized for spaceborne remote sensing instruments designed tomeasure reflected solar...

OpenCalphad thermodynamic software interface including parallelization

September 12, 2016

Author(s)

Bo Sundman, Ursula R. Kattner, Christophe Sigli, Matthias Stratmann, Romain Le Tellier, Mauro Palumbo, Suzana G. Fries

Thermodynamic data are needed for all kind of simulations of materials processes. For example, for kinetic models thermodynamic quantities, such as chemical...

Size Effects of Solvent Molecules on the Phase Behavior and Effective Interaction of Colloidal Systems with the Bridging Attraction

September 12, 2016

Author(s)

Jie Chen, Xuewu Wang, Steven R. Kline, Yun Liu

There is much research interest toward understanding the phase behavior of colloidal systems interacting with a bridging interaction, where the small solvent...

Designing a Uniaxial Tension/Compression Test for Springback Analysis in High-Strength Steel Sheet

September 11, 2016

Author(s)

Mark R. Stoudt, Lyle E. Levine, Li Ma

We describe a specialized, in-plane measurement technique that subjects thin sheet metal specimens to longitudinal bidirectional loading. The test provides...

Conformational Nature of DNAGrafted Chains on Spherical Gold Nanoparticles

September 10, 2016

Author(s)

Jack F. Douglas, Fernando Vargas-Lara

We investigate the conformational state of a simple, coarsegrained molecular model for singlestranded DNA chains (ss-DNA) grafted onto spherical symmetric...

Effective Field Theory for Rydberg Polaritons

September 9, 2016

Author(s)

Michael Gullans, Yidan Wang, Jeff D. Thompson, Qiyu Liang, Vladan Vuletic, Mikhail D. Lukin, Alexey V. Gorshkov

We develop an effective field theory (EFT) to describe the few- and many-body propagation of one- dimensional Rydberg polaritons. We show that the photonic...

Stabilizing Electrodeposited Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts on Si MIS Photocathodes

September 9, 2016

Author(s)

Thomas P. Moffat

Electrodepositing low loadings of metallic nanoparticle catalysts onto the surface of semiconducting photoelectrodes is a highly attractive approach for...

Spatially Resolved Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Single Layer Steps on Si (100) Surfaces: Experiment and Simulation

September 8, 2016

Author(s)

Xiqiao Wang, Pradeep N. Namboodiri, Kai Li, Xiao Deng, Richard M. Silver

A spatially resolved scanning tunneling spectroscopy study was carried out across single layer SA and SB step edges on Si (100) surfaces. The local density of...

Who Needs Reference Materials?

September 8, 2016

Author(s)

Melissa M. Phillips, Hakan Emteborg

Magnetic Yoking and Tunable Interactions in FePt-Based Hard/Soft Bilayers

September 8, 2016

Author(s)

Dustin Allen Gilbert, Jung-Wei Liao, Brian J Kirby, Michael Winklhofer, Chih-Huang Lai, Kai Liu

Assessing and controlling magnetic interactions in magnetic nanostructures are critical to nanomagnetic and spintronic explorations, such as magnetic recording...

Mechanical characterization of sequentially layered photo-clickable thiol-ene hydrogels

September 8, 2016

Author(s)

Aaron Aziz, Joseph Wahlquist, Aaron Sollner, Virginia L. Ferguson, Frank W. DelRio, Stephanie Bryant

Multi-layer hydrogels formed from crosslinked poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) have shown promise for applications in tissue engineering ranging from vasculature to...

Development of Potential Organic-Molecule-Based Hydrogen Storage Materials: Converting C-N Bond-Breaking Thermolysis of Guanidine to N-H Bond-Breaking Dehydrogenation

September 8, 2016

Author(s)

Xiuquan Zhou, Wei Zhou, Terrence J. Udovic, Taner N. Yildirim, John J. Rush, Efrain E. Rodriguez, Hui Wu

The small organic molecule guanidine CN 3H 5 can be anionized via a facile reaction with alkali-metal hydrides or amides with the formation of metal...

Surface plasmon resonance microscopy: achieving a quantitative optical response

September 7, 2016

Author(s)

Alexander Peterson, Michael Halter, Anne Plant, John Elliott

Surface plasmon resonance imaging (SPRI) allows real-time label-free imaging based on index of refraction, and changes in index of refraction at an interface...

Depletion region surface effects in electron beam induced current measurements

September 7, 2016

Author(s)

Paul M. Haney, Heayoung Yoon, Benoit H. Gaury, Nikolai B. Zhitenev

Electron beam induced current (EBIC) is a powerful characterization technique which offers the high spatial resolution needed to study polycrystalline solar...

Entropy as a Service: Unlocking Cryptography's Full Potential

September 7, 2016

Author(s)

Apostol T. Vassilev, Robert L. Staples

Securing the Internet of Things (IoT) requires strong cryptography, which depends on the availability of good entropy for generating unpredictable keys and...

Atom Probe Tomography Analysis of Ag Doping in 2D Layered Material (PbSe)5(Bi2Se3)3

September 7, 2016

Author(s)

Arunima Singh, Albert Davydov, Francesca M. Tavazza, Lincoln J. Lauhon, Xiaochen Ren, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Lei Fang

Impurity doping in two-dimensional (2D) materials can provide a route to tuning electronic properties, so it is important to be able to determine the...

Wannier functions using a discrete variable representation for optical lattices

September 7, 2016

Author(s)

Saurabh Paul, Eite Tiesinga

We propose a numerical method using the discrete variable representation (DVR) for constructing real-valued approximate Wannier functions localized in a unit...

Terahertz laser power measurement comparison

September 5, 2016

Author(s)

John H. Lehman, Malcolm G. White, Andreas Steiger, Ralf Mueller, Alberto R. Oliva, Yuqiang Deng, Qing Sun

Abstract: A comparison of terahertz (THz) laser power measurements was undertaken among three national metrology institutes. At two THz frequencies, 2.52 THz...

Optically referenced broadband electronic synthesizer with 15 digits of resolution

September 5, 2016

Author(s)

Franklyn J. Quinlan, Tara M. Fortier, A. Rolland, Frederick N. Baynes, A. J. Metcalf, Archita Hati, Andrew D. Ludlow, Nathan M. Hinkley, M. Shimizu, Joe Campbell, Scott A. Diddams

Increasing demands in the high tech industry for higher data rates and better synchronization necessitates the development of new wideband and tunable sources...

Crystallography of Representative Flexible MOFs Based on Pillard Cyanonickelate (PICNIC) Architecture

September 5, 2016

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Jeffrey T. Culp, Yu-Sheng Chen, Christopher Matranga

In recent years, a number of novel compounds known as flexible pillared layer porous coordination polymer (or flexible metal organic framework (MOFs)) have been...

Identifying uncertainty in laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing models

September 4, 2016

Author(s)

Felipe F. Lopez, Paul W. Witherell, Brandon M. Lane

As additive manufacturing (AM) matures, models are beginning to take a more prominent stage in design and process planning for AM. A limitation frequently...

DNA Commission of the International Society for Forensic Genetics: Recommendations on the validation of software programs performing biostatistical calculations for forensic genetics applications

September 4, 2016

Author(s)

Michael D. Coble, John S. Buckleton, John M. Butler, Barbara Guttman

The use of biostatistical software programs to assist in data interpretation and calculate likelihood ratios is essential to forensic geneticists and part of...

Serialized Quantum Error Correction Protocol for High-Bandwidth Quantum Repeaters

September 2, 2016

Author(s)

Jacob M. Taylor, Edo Waks, Andrew Glaudell

Advances in single photon creation, transmission, and detection suggest that sending quantum information over optical fibers may have losses low enough to be...

Structural and Dynamical Trends in Alkali-Metal Silanides Characterized by Neutron-Scattering Methods

September 2, 2016

Author(s)

Wan Si NMN Tang, Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, Jean-Noel Chotard, Wei Zhou, Raphael Janot, Alexander V. Skripov, Terrence J. Udovic

Structural, vibrational, and dynamical properties of the mono- and mixed-alkali silanides (MSiH 3, where M=K, Rb, Cs, K 0.5Rb 0.5Cs 0.5, and Rb 0.5Cs 0.5) were...

Structural studies of Li1.2Mn0.55Ni0.15Co0.1O2 electrode material

September 1, 2016

Author(s)

Aaron C. Johnston-Peck, Igor Levin, Andrew A. Herzing, Leonid A. Bendersky

Bidirectional scattering distribution function measurements from volume diffusers: Correction factors and associated uncertainties

September 1, 2016

Author(s)

Thomas A. Germer

We consider the effect of volume diffusion on measurements of the bidirectional scattering distribution function (BSDF) when a finite distance is used for the...

Marie Curies Last Radium Standard Grand Challenge

September 1, 2016

Author(s)

Bert M. Coursey

The last of the radium-226 standards that Marie Curie personally handled is destined for a radioactive materials waste dump. Presented here is a history of the...

Guest Editors Introduction: Cybersecurity or Privacy

September 1, 2016

Author(s)

Irena V. Bojanova, Jeffrey M. Voas

Cybersecurity is a major concern. Governments, industry, and even hospitals IT infrastructure is being penetrated with increasing frequency and sophistication...

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