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Certification of Standard Reference Material 1878b Respirable Alpha Quartz

Author(s)
David R. Black, Marcus H. Mendenhall, Pamela S. Whitfield, Donald A. Windover, Albert Henins, James J. Filliben, James P. Cline
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) certifies a suite of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) to address specific aspects of the

A Helmholtz Energy Equation of State for Sulfur Dioxide

Author(s)
Kehui Gao, Jiangtao Wu, Penggang Zhang, Eric Lemmon
A Helmholtz energy equation of state with independent variables of temperature and density was developed for sulfur dioxide (SO2) based on thermodynamic

Movement on Stairs During Building Evacuations

Author(s)
Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke, Erica D. Kuligowski, Robert C. Hagwood
The time that it takes an occupant population to reach safety when descending a stair during building evacuations is typically estimated by measureable

Considerations of Environmentally-Relevant Test Conditions for Improved Evaluation of Ecological Hazards of Engineered Nanomaterials

Author(s)
Patricia Holden, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Frederick Klaessig, Ronald Turco, Monika Mortimer, Kerstin Hund-Rinke, David Avery, Damia Barcelo, Renata Behra, Yoram Cohen, Laurence Deydier-Stephan, Barbara Harthorn, Danail Hristozov, John Johnston, Agnes Kane, Larry Kaputska, Arturo Keller, Hunter Lenihan, Wess Lovell, Catherine Murphy, Roger Nisbet, Elijah Petersen, Martin Scheringer, Monita Sharma, David Speed, Yasir Sultan, Jason White, Eva Wong, Baoshan Xing, Meghan Steele Horan, Hilary Godwin, Andre Nel
Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) entering the environment could impact biological populations or entire ecosystems. Ecotoxicology aims to determine effective

Sub-Femto-g Free Fall for Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatories: LISA Pathfinder Results

Author(s)
Michele Armano, Heather Audley, Gerard Auger, Jonathon Baird, Massimo Bassan, Pierre Binetruy, Michael Born, Daniele Bortoluzzi, Nico Brandt, Antonella Cavalleri, Andrea Cesarini, Giacomo Ciani, Giuseppe Congedo, Mike Cruise, Karsten Danzmann, Marcus de Deus Silva, Rosario De Rosa, Marc Diaz Aguilo, Luciano Di Fiore, Ingo Diepholz, George Dixon, Rita Dolesi, Luigi Ferraioli, Valerio Ferroni, Walter Fichter, Reinhold Flatscher, Antonio F. Garcia Marin, Cesar Garcia Marirrodriga, Ruediger Gerndt, Ferran Gibert, Domenico Giardini, Roberta Giusteri, Felipe Guzman, Aniello Grado, Catia Grimani, Adrien Grynagier, Jonathan Grzymisch, Ian Harrison, Gerhard Heinzel, Martin Hewitson, Daniel Hollington, David Hoyland, Mauro Hueller, Henri Inchauspe, Oliver Jennrich, Philippe Jetzer, Ulrich Johann, Bengt Johlander, Nico Karnesis, Natalia Korsakova, Christian Killow, Alberto Lobo, Ivan Lloro, Li Liu, Juan P. Lopez Zaragoza, Rolf Maarschalkerweerd, Davor Mance, Victor Martin, Luis Martin Polo, Joseph Martino, Fernando Martin Porqueras, Sean Madden, Ignacio Mateos, Paul McNamara, Jose Mendes, Luis Mendes, Anneke Monsky, Daniele Nicolodi, Miquel Nofrarias, Sarah Paczkowski, Michael Perreur-Lloyd, Antoine Petiteau, Paolo Pivato, Eric Plagnol, Pierre Prat, Ulrike Ragnit, Boutheina Rais, Juan Ramos Castro, Jens Reiche, David I. Robertson, Hans Rozemeijer, Francisco Rivas, Giuliana Russano, Josep Sanjuan, Paolo Sarra, Alexander Schleicher, Diana Shaul, Jacob Slutsky, Carlos Sopuerta, Ruggero Stanga, Frank Steier, Damien Texier, James I. Thorpe, Christian Trenkel, Hai-Bo Tu, Daniele Vetrugno, Stefano Vitale, Vinzenz Wand, Gudrun Wanner, Henry Ward, C Warren, Peter Wass, David Wealthy, William J. Weber, Lennart Wissel, Andreas Wittchen, Andrea Zambotti, Carlo Zanoni, Tobias Ziegler, Peter Zweifel
We report the first results of the LISA Pathfinder in-flight experiment. The results demonstrate that two free-falling reference test masses, such as those

Phase-coherent microwave-to-optical link with a self-referenced microcomb

Author(s)
Pascal P. Del'Haye, Aurelien C. Coillet, Tara M. Fortier, Katja M. Beha, Daniel C. Cole, Hansuek Lee, Kerry J. Vahala, Scott B. Papp, Scott A. Diddams
The counting and control of optical cycles of light has become common with modelocked laser frequency combs. But even with advances in laser technology

Quantum mechanical effects in plasmonic structures with subnanometre gaps

Author(s)
Wenqi Zhu, Ruben Esteban, Andrei G. Borisov, Jeremy J. Baumberg, Peter Nordlander, Henri J. Lezec, Javier Aizpurua, Kenneth B. Crozier
Metal nanostructures with nanogap features have proven highly effective as building blocks for plasmonic systems as they can provide a wide tuning range of

Magnetic Transitions in the Topological Magnon Insulator Cu(1,3-bdc)

Author(s)
Robin Michael Daub Chisnell, Joel Helton, D. E. Freedman, D. K. Singh, F. Demmel, Chris Stock, D. G. Nocera, Y. S. Lee
Topological magnon insulators are a new class of magnetic materials that posses topologically nontrivial magnon bands. As a result, magnons in these materials

Test Methods for Robot Agility in Manufacturing

Author(s)
Anthony J. Downs, William S. Harrison, Craig I. Schlenoff
In today's world of fast-paced change and ever evolving technologies, there is constant pressure on manufactures for agile production. The need for

Reliability-based structural performance indicators for structural members

Author(s)
Therese P. McAllister, Michel Ghosn, Dan Frangopol, Mahendra Shah, Sophia Diniz, Bruce Ellingwood, Lance Manuel, Fabio Biondini, N. Catbas, A. Strauss, Z. Zhao
The implementation of reliability methods for designing new structures and assessing the safety and evaluating the performance of existing structures and
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