Journals

Oscillatory Non-Collinear Magnetism Induced by Interfacial Charge Transfer in Metallic Oxide Superlattices

November 22, 2016

Author(s)

Jason D. Hoffman, Brian Kirby, Jihwan Kwon, Gilberto Fabbris, John W. Freeland, Ivar Martin, Olle G. Heinonen, Paul Steadman, Hua Zhou, Christian M. Schleputz, Suzanne G. E. te Velthuis, Jian-Min Zuo, Anand Bhattacharya

Interfaces between correlated complex oxides are promising avenues to realize new forms of magnetism that arise as a result of charge transfer, proximity...

Manipulation of magnetic anisotropy through linear piezoelectric response in magnetoelectric heterostructures

November 21, 2016

Author(s)

Daniel B. Gopman, Robert D. Shull, Yury Y. Iunin, Margo Staruch, Shu-Fan Cheng, Konrad Bussmann, Peter Finkel

The ability to tune both magnetic and electric properties concomitantly in magnetoelectric (ME) composite heterostructures coupled through interfacial strain is...

Concurrent Magnetic and Structural Reconstructions at the Interface of (111)-Oriented La_0.07Sr_0.3MnO₃/LaFeO₃

November 21, 2016

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I. Hallsteinsen, M. Moreau, Alexander Grutter, M. Nord, P.-E. Vullum, Dustin A. Gilbert, T. Bolstad, J. K. Grepstad, R. Holmestad, S. M. Selbach, A. T. N'Diaye, Brian Kirby, E. Arenholz, T. Tybell

We observe an induced switchable magnetic moment of 1.6 ± 0.40 υ B/Fe in the nominally antiferromagnetic LaFeOd3^/La 0.7Sr 0.3MnO 3/SrTiO 3(111). The magnetic...

Sparse multidimensional iterative lineshape-enhanced (SMILE) reconstruction of both non-uniformly sampled and conventional NMR data

November 19, 2016

Author(s)

Jinfa Ying, Frank Delaglio, Dennis Torchia, Adriaan Bax

Implementation of a new algorithm, SMILE, is described for reconstruction of non-uniformly sampled two-, three- and four-dimensional NMR data, which takes...

Thermal Decomposition Kinetics of Polyol Ester Lubricants

November 18, 2016

Author(s)

Kimberly N. Urness, Raina V. Gough, Jason A. Widegren, Thomas J. Bruno

Synthetic lubricants are widely used for applications that require high-thermal and oxidative stability. In order to facilitate new designs and applications for...

ZnTaO₂N: Stabilized High-Temperature LiNbO₃-Type Structure

November 18, 2016

Author(s)

Yoshinori Kuno, Cedric Tassel, Koji Fujita, Dmitry Batuk, Artem M. Abakumov, Kazuki Shitara, Akihide Kuwabara, Hiroki Moriwake, Daichi Watabe, Clemens Ritter, Craig Brown, Takafumi Yamamoto, Fumitaka Takeiri, Ryu Abe, Yoji Kobayashi, Katsuhisa Tanaka, Hiroshi Kageyama

By using a high pressure reaction, we prepared a new oxynitride ZnToO 2N that crystallizes in a centrosymmetric (R-3 c)high-temperature LiNbO 3-type structure...

Asymmetric flow field flow fractionation with light scattering detection - an orthogonal sensitivity analysis

November 18, 2016

Author(s)

Anne A. Galyean, James J. Filliben, Richard D. Holbrook, Wyatt N. Vreeland, Howard S. Weinberg

Asymmetric flow field flow fractionation (AF4) has several instrumental factors that may have a direct effect on separation performance. A sensitivity analysis...

Mechanism of α-Synuclein Translocation through a VDAC Nanopore Revealed by Energy Landscape Modeling of Escape Time Distributions

November 17, 2016

Author(s)

David Paul Hoogerheide, Philip A. Gurnev, Tatiana K. Rostovtseva, Sergey M. Bezrukov

We probe the energy landscape governing the passage of α-synuclein, a natural "diblock copolymer"-like polypeptide, through a nanoscale pore. The motion of this...

Unified scaling law for flux pinning in practical superconductors: Part 2. Parameter testing, scaling constants, and the extrapolative scaling expression

November 17, 2016

Author(s)

John (Jack) W. Ekin, Najib Cheggour, Loren F. Goodrich, Jolene D. Splett, Bernardo Bordini, David Richter

A scaling study of several thousand Nb3Sn critical-current (Ic) measurements is used to derive the extrapolative scaling expression (ESE), a relation that can...

Lineage mapper: A versatile cell and particle tracker

November 17, 2016

Author(s)

Joe Chalfoun, Michael P. Majurski, Alden A. Dima, Michael W. Halter, Kiran Bhadriraju, Mary C. Brady

Optical amplitude and Phase Modulation Dynamics at the Single Photon Level in a Quantum Dot Ridge Waveguide

November 17, 2016

Author(s)

Galan A. Moody, Corey A. McDonald, Ari D. Feldman, Todd E. Harvey, Richard P. Mirin, Kevin L. Silverman

The amplitude and phase of a materials nonlinear optical response provide insight into the underlying electronic and exciton dynamics that determine its...

Entangling distant resonant exchange qubits via circuit quantum electrodynamics

November 16, 2016

Author(s)

Jacob M. Taylor, Vanita Srinivasa, Charles Tahan

We investigate a hybrid quantum system consisting of spatially separated resonant exchange qubits, defined in three-electron semiconductor triple quantum dots...

Simultaneously Tailoring Surface Energies and Thermal Stabilities of Cellulose Nanocrystals Using Ion Exchange: Effects on Polymer Composites Properties for Transportation, Infrastructure, and Renewable Energy Applications

November 16, 2016

Author(s)

Douglas M. Fox, Rebecca S. Rodriguez, Mackenzie Devilbliss, Chelsea S. Davis, Jeremiah Woodcock, Jeffrey W. Gilman

Scalable, chip-based optically-controlled gates for quantum information processing

November 15, 2016

Author(s)

Sergey V. Polyakov, Ivan Burenkov, Olga Tikhonova

Here we present a simple and robust method to build on-the-fly configurable quantum gates based on photonic exchange between quantum nodes. The idea is based on...

Organic Spin-Valves and Beyond: Spin injection and Transport in Organic Semiconductors and the Effect of Interfacial Engineering

November 15, 2016

Author(s)

Hyuk-Jae Jang, Curt A. Richter

Since the first observation of spin-valve effect through organic semiconductors, efforts to realize novel spintronic technologies based on organic...

Ultramicroelectrode Studies of Self-Terminated Nickel Electrodeposition and Nickel Hydroxide Formation upon Water Reduction

November 14, 2016

Author(s)

Nicole Ritzert, Thomas Moffat

The interaction between electrodeposition of Ni and electrolyte breakdown, namely the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) via H3O+ and H2O reduction, was...

A Planar Hyperblack Absolute Radiometer

November 14, 2016

Author(s)

John H. Lehman, Michelle S. Stephens, Malcolm G. White, Andreas Steiger, Christian Monte, Joerg Hollandt, Ivan Ryger, Mathias Kehrt, Marla L. Dowell

The absolute responsivity of a planar radiometer fabricated from micromachined silicon and having carbon nanotubes as the absorber and thermistor was measured...

Enhanced Stability of Pt-TiO2-CNT Heterostructure Composite Cathodes for Li-O2 Batteries Studied by High-Resolution AEM

November 14, 2016

Author(s)

Vladimir P. Oleshko

Li-O2 batteries currently attract a lot of attention due to their super-high theoretical specific energy (~3500 Wh kg-1), which is almost an order of magnitude...

Predictive modeling and optimization of multi-track processing for laser powder bed fusion of nickel alloy 625

November 14, 2016

Author(s)

Luis Criales, Yigit Arisoy, Brandon Lane, Shawn P. Moylan, Alkan Donmez, Tugrul Ozel

This paper presents a physics-based modeling approach to predict temperature profile and melt pool geometry in multi-track processing of laser powder bed fusion...

Superconformal Bottom-Up Cobalt Deposition in High Aspect Ratio Through Silicon Vias

November 11, 2016

Author(s)

Daniel Josell, Thomas P. Moffat, Manoj R. Silva

This work demonstrates and models controlled bottom-up Co filling of Through Silicon Vias (TSVs) based on the coupling of suppression breakdown and surface...

Interacting atomic interferometry for rotation sensing approaching the Heisenberg Limit

November 11, 2016

Author(s)

Jacob M. Taylor, Stephen Ragole

Atom interferometers provide exquisite measurements of the properties of non-inertial frames. Typically atomic interactions are detrimental to good sensing...

Liquid Chromatography with Absorbance Detection and with Isotope-Dilution Mass Spectrometry for Determination of Isoflavones in Soy Standard Reference Materials

November 10, 2016

Author(s)

Melissa M. Phillips, Mary Bedner, Manuela Reitz, Carolyn Q. Burdette, Michael A. Nelson, James H. Yen, Lane C. Sander, Catherine A. Rimmer

Two independent analytical approaches, based on liquid chromatography with absorbance detection and liquid chromatography with mass spectrometric detection...

Role of Molecular Flexibility and Colloidal Descriptions of Proteins in Crowded Environments from Small-Angle Scattering

November 10, 2016

Author(s)

Maria Monica Castellanos Mantilla, Nicholas J. Clark, Max C. Watson, Susan Krueger, Arnold McAuley, Joseph Curtis

Small-angle scattering is a powerful technique to study molecular conformation and interactions in a variety of systems. Recent work has questioned the validity...

Reduction of Domain Spacing and Interfacial Width in Fast Ordering Nanofilled Copolymer Films by Direct Immersion Annealing

November 10, 2016

Author(s)

Melanie Longanecker, Arvind Modi, Andrey Dobrynin, Seyong Kim, Guangcui Yuan, Ronald L. Jones, Sushil K. Satija, Joona Bang, Alamgir Karim

Block copolymers (BCPs) offer a convenient templating method on the nanoscale to organize nanoparticles within a polymer film for the enhancement of various...

Fabrication, Testing and Simulation of All Solid State Three Dimensional Li-ion Batteries

November 10, 2016

Author(s)

Alec Talin, Dimitry Ruzmetov, Andrei Kolmakov, Kim McKelvey, N Ware, Farid El Gabaly, Bruce Dunn, Henry White

In this paper we demonstrate fully-functional 3D SSLIBs fabricated using materials and thin film deposition methods compatible with semiconductor device...

Cascaded emission of single photons from the biexciton in monolayered WSe2

November 10, 2016

Author(s)

Yu-Ming He, Oliver Iff, Nils Lundt, Vasilij Baumann, Marcelo I. Davanco, Kartik Srinivasan, Sven Hofling, Christian Schneider

Monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenide materials emerged as a new material class to study excitonic effects in solid state. They benefit from the...

Fragile Morphotropic Phase Boundary and Phase Stability in the Near-Surface Region of Relaxor Ferroelectric (1-x)Pb(Zn_1/3Nb_2/3)O_3-xPbTiO₃: [001] Field-Cooled Phase Diagrams

November 10, 2016

Author(s)

Yaojin Wang, Ding Wang, Guoliang Yuan, He Ma, Feng Xu, Jiefang Li, D. Viehland, Peter M. Gehring

We have examined the effects of field cooling on the phase diagram of the relaxor system (1-X)Pb(Zn 1/3Nb 2/3)O6d3-x^PbTiO 3 (PZN-xPT) for compositions near the...

Heralding single photons from a high-Q silicon microdisk

November 10, 2016

Author(s)

Xiyuan Lu, Steven Rogers, Thomas Gerrits, Wei Jiang, Sae Woo Nam, Qiang Lin

Integrated quantum photonics has recently attracted considerable attention due to the promise of realizing chip-scale quantum information processing with...

Erratum: "Intermolecular potential energy surface and second virial coefficients for the water- CO2 dimer" [J. Chem. Phys. 134, 134109 (2011)]

November 9, 2016

Author(s)

Allan H. Harvey, Richard J. Wheatley

Minor correction to previous publication to make tables in paper fully consistent with potential function supplied in Supplementary Material.

Phase-specific Raman analysis of n-alkane melting by moving-window two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy

November 9, 2016

Author(s)

Ying Jin, Anthony Kotula, Angela R. Hight Walker, Kalman D. Migler, Young Jong Lee

We usemoving-window two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (MW-2DCOS) for phase-specific Raman analysis of the n-alkane (C21H44) duringmelting from the...