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Angela N. Fioretti, Craig P. Schwartz, John Vinson, Dennis Nordlund, David Prendergast, Adele C. Tamboli, Filip Tuomisto, Stephan Lany, Eric S. Toberer, Andriy Zakutayev
Semiconductor materials that can be doped both n-type and p-type are desirable for diode-based applications and transistor technology. Copper nitride (Cu3N) is...
Adam J. Fleisher, David A. Long, Zachary D. Reed, David F. Plusquellic, Joseph T. Hodges
Multiheterodyne spectroscopy performed with two stabilized optical frequency combs (OFCs) has shown great potential as a fast, accurate, and high-resolution...
A new metal-organic framework Zn 2(H 2O)(dobdc)¿0.5(H 2O) (UTSA-74, H 4dobdc=2,5-dioxido-1,4- benzenedicarboxylic acid), Zn-MOF-74/CPO-27-Zn isomer, has been...
In recent years microwave-induced combustion (MIC) has proven a robust sample preparation technique for difficult-to-digest samples containing high carbon...
Bien Cuong Tran Khac, Ki-Joon Jeon, Seung Tae Choi, Yong Soo Kim, Frank W. DelRio, Koo-Hyun Chung
Atomically thin molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) shows great potential for use in nano-devices due to its remarkable electronic, optoelectronic, and mechanical...
Krishnanand N. Kaipa, Akshaya S. Kankanhalli-Nag, Nithyananda B. Kumbla, Shaurya Shriyam, Srudeep Somnaath Thevendria-Karthic, Jeremy Marvel, Satyandra K. Gupta
We present a comprehensive approach to handle perception uncertainty to reduce failure rates in robotic bin-picking. Our focus is on mixed-bins. We identify the...
Nicholas A. Merrill, Tadeusz T. Nitka, Erik M. McKee, Kyle C. Merino, Lawrence F. Drummy, Sungsik Lee, Benjamin Reinhart, Y Ren, Anatoly Frenkel, Svitlana Pylypenko, Rajesh Naik, Nicholas M. Bedford, Marc Knecht
Marcelo I. Davanco, Liya Yu, Lei Chen, Vincent K. Luciani, James A. Liddle
We perform a comprehensive theoretical assessment of fabrication tolerances for a 2D eight-level binary phase grating that is the central element of a multi...
William C. Davis, Donna R. Roberts, Scott M. Lindhorst, Cynthia T. Welsh, Mary N. Herring, Adam Braun, Bruce H. Thiers
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess gadolinium deposition in the skin of a patient with normal renal function, based on estimated glomerular...
Tariq Ahmido, William A. Kimes, Brent A. Sperling, Joseph T. Hodges, James E. Maslar
Water is often employed as the oxygen source in metal oxide atomic layer deposition (ALD) processes. It has been reported that variations in the amount of water...
We theoretically explore a Rashba spin-orbit coupling scheme which operates entirely in the absolute ground state manifold of an alkali atom, thereby minimizing...
Building ventilation has long been recognized for its role in occupant health, comfort and productivity, with some of the first recommendations on building...
Ian B. Spielman, Daniel Campbell, Ryan Price, Ana Valdes-Curiel, Andika Putra, Dimitrius Trypogeorgos
Phases of matter are characterized by order parameters describing the type and degree of order in a system. Here we experimentally explore the magnetic phases...
This paper summarizes the importance of accuracy in measurement communications and provides reference to available resources for ensuring accuracy in written...
Derivatives requiring either anhydrous or aqueous reaction conditions were prepared for robust and reliable gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS)...
Yan Wu, Yaacov Yesha, Irena Bojanova, Paul E. Black
Knowing what makes your software systems vulnerable to attacks will be exceptionally critical in the emerging future of interdependent clouds, cyber-physical...
Marilia Barros, Frank Heinrich, Siddhartha A. K. Datta, Alan Rein, Ioannis Karageorgos, Hirsh Nanda, Mathias Loesche
Retroviral Gag polyprotein is the structural determinant that assembles in a protein lattice on the host's plasma membrane to trigger formation of the viral...
Acetylene separation is a very important but challenging industrial separation task. Here, through solvothermal reaction of CuI and 5-triazole isophthalic acid...
Yali Li, Andrew Nelson, Christopher D. Easton, David R. Nisbet, John S. Forsythe, Benjamin Muir, Dan A. Neumann
Bilayer plasma polymer (PP) films were examined using a combination of X-ray and neutron reflectometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to gain an...
This work demonstrates controlled bottom-up nickel filling of Through Silicon Vias based on the coupling of suppression breakdown and surface topography...
Andrew Herzing, Urcan Guler, Xiuli Zhou, Alexandra Boltasseva, Vladimir Shalaev, Theodore Norris
The plasmon resonance characteristics of refractory TiN thin-films has been analyzed using electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS). A bulk resonance was...
Yanmei Piao, Jeffrey R. Simpson, Jason K. Streit, Geyou Ao, Ming Zheng, Angela R. Hight Walker
Relative intensities of resonant Raman spectral features, specifically the radial breathing mode (RBM) and G modes, of eleven chirality-enriched single-wall...
Machine tools degrade during operations, yet knowledge of degradation is elusive; accurately detecting degradation of linear axes is mainly a manual and time...
Vinod K. Tewary, Rebecca C. Quardokus, Frank W. DelRio
A Green's function based mathematical model is developed for interpreting the scanning probe microscopy (SPM) measurements on the new two-dimensional materials...
Alexander Brodsky, Guodong Shao, Mohan Krishnamoorthy, Anantha Narayanan Narayanan, Daniel Menasce?, Ronay Ak
In this paper, we propose an architectural design and software framework for fast development of descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics...
This paper describes a phase-resolved ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) measurement using a heterodyne method. Spin precession is driven by microwave fields and...
We investigate the influence of counter-ion valency on the flexibility of highly charged flexible polymer chains by molecular dynamics simulations that include...
Nathan Mahynski, Lorenzo Rovigatti, Christos Likos, Athanassios Panagiotopoulos
Globally ordered colloidal crystal lattices have broad utility in a wide range of optical and catalytic devices, for example, as photonic bandgap materials...
Eric A. Choudhary, Jeyavel Velmurugan, James M. Marr, James A. Liddle, Veronika A. Szalai
Heterogeneous catalytic materials and electrodes are used for (electro)chemical transformations, including those important for energy storage and utilization...
Adam M. Behrens, Jeffrey J. Kim, Nathan A. Hotaling, Jonathan Seppala, Peter Kofinas, Wojtek J. Tutak
Polymer nanofiber based materials have been widely investigated for use as tissue engineering scaffolds. While promising, these materials are typically...