Journals

Nonequilibrium many-body steady states via Keldysh formalism

January 27, 2016

Author(s)

Mohammad F. Maghrebi, Alexey Gorshkov

Mechanically mediated microwave frequency conversion

January 26, 2016

Author(s)

Florent Q. Lecocq, Jeremy B. Clark, Raymond W. Simmonds, Jose A. Aumentado, John D. Teufel

We report the observation of efficient and low-noise frequency conversion between two microwave modes, mediated by the motion of a mechanical resonator

Toward Autonomous Mobile Sensor Networks Technology

January 26, 2016

Author(s)

Kamran Sayrafian, Hamid Mahboubi, Amir G. Aghdam

Mobile sensor networking technology has attracted considerable attention in various research communities in recent years due to their widespread applications in

Handheld Real-Time PCR Device

January 26, 2016

Author(s)

Christian D. Ahrberg, Robert Ilic, Andreas Manz, Pavel Neu?il

Here we report one of the smallest real-time PCR system up to date with approximate size of 100 mm × 60 mm × 33 mm. The system is an autonomous unit requiring

Modulating the Electrical Conductivity of Metal-Organic Framework Films with Intercalated Guest Π-Systems

January 26, 2016

Author(s)

Zhiyong Guo, Dillip K. Panda, Krishnendu Maity, David Lindsey, T. Gannon Parker, Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt, Jorge L. Barreda-Esparza, Peng Xiong, Wei Zhou, Sourav Saha

The access to electroactive metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and the ability to manipulate their electrical conductivity with external stimuli are vital for the

Consultative Committee on Ionizing Radiation: Impact on Radionuclide Metrology

January 25, 2016

Author(s)

Lisa R. Karam, G Ratel

In response to the CIPM MRA, and to improve radioactivity measurements in the face of advancing technologies, the CIPMs consultative committee on ionizing

Lateral Tip Control Effects in CD-AFM Metrology: The Large Tip Limit

January 25, 2016

Author(s)

Ronald G. Dixson, Ndubuisi G. Orji, Ryan Goldband

Sidewall sensing in CD-AFMs usually involves continuous lateral dithering of the tip or the use of a control algorithm and fast response piezo actuator to

Equation of State for the Thermodynamic Properties of trans-1,3,3,3-Tetrafluoropropene [R1234ze(E)]

January 25, 2016

Author(s)

Monika Thol, Eric Lemmon

An equation of state for the calculation of the thermodynamic properties of the hydrofluoro-olefin (HFO) refrigerant R-1234ze(E) is presented. The equation of

Evaluation of microbial qPCR workflows using engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae

January 24, 2016

Author(s)

Sandra M. Da Silva, Lindsay Harris, Nathanael David Olson, Steven Lund, Autumn S. Downey, Zvi Kelman, Marc L. Salit, Jayne D. Morrow

Aims: We describe the development and interlaboratory study of modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a candidate material to evaluate a full detection workflow

Performance Evaluation of Human Detection Systems for Robot Safety

January 22, 2016

Author(s)

William P. Shackleford, Geraldine Cheok, Tsai H. Hong, Kamel Saidi, Michael O. Shneier

Detecting and tracking people is becoming more important in robotic applications because of the increasing demand for collaborative work in which people

Static and Dynamic XY-Like Short-Range Order in a Frustrated Magnet with Exchange Disorder

January 22, 2016

Author(s)

K. A. Ross, J. W. Krizan, Jose Rodriguez Rivera, R. J. Cava, Collin L. Broholm

A single crystal of NaCaCo 2Fd7^ was studied using elastic and inelastic neutron scattering. NaCaCo 2F 7 is a newly synthesized A 2B 2X 7 type pyrochlore

Advanced Experimental Methods for Low-Temperature Magnetotransport Measurement of Novel Materials

January 21, 2016

Author(s)

Joseph A. Hagmann, Son T. Le, Curt A. Richter, David G. Seiler

Novel electronic materials are often produced for the first time by synthesis processes that yield bulk crystals (in contrast to single crystal thin film

Lightweight, flexible, high-performance carbon nanotube cables by scalable flow coating*

January 21, 2016

Author(s)

Nathan D. Orloff, Francesca Mirri, Aaron M. Forster, Rana NMN Ashkar, Robert Headrick, E. A. Bengio, Christian J. Long, April Choi, Yimin Luo, Angela R. Hight Walker, Paul Butler, Kalman D. Migler, Matteo Pasquali

Coaxial cables for data transmission are ubiquitously used in telecommunications, aerospace, automotive and robotics industries. Unfortunately, the metals used

Experimental demonstration of deep frequency modulation interferometry

January 21, 2016

Author(s)

Katharina-Sofie Isleif, Oliver Gerberding, Thomas Schwarze, Moritz Mehmet, Gerhard Heinzel, Felipe Guzman

Experiments for space and ground-based gravitational wave detectors often require large dynamic range interferometric position readout of test masses with 1 pm/

Effect of Hierarchical Cluster Formation on the Viscosity of Concentrated Monoclonal Antibody Formulations Studied by Neutron Scattering

January 21, 2016

Author(s)

P. Douglas Godfrin, Isidro E. Zarraga, Jonathan Zarzar, Lionel Porcar, Peter Falus, Norman J. Wagner, Yun Liu

Recently, reversible cluster formation has been identified as an underlying cause of anomalously large solution viscosities observed in some concentrated

Concentric transmon qubit featuring fast tunability and an anisotropic magnetic dipole moment

January 21, 2016

Author(s)

Jochen Braumuller, Martin O. Sandberg, Michael Vissers, Andre Schneider, Steffen Schlor, Lukas Grunhaupt, Hannes Rotzinger, Michael Marthaler, Alexander Lukashenko, Amadeus Dieter, Alexey V. Ustinov, Martin Weides, David P. Pappas

We present a planar qubit design based on a superconducting circuit that we call concentric transmon. While employing a straightforward fabrication process

Engineering Near-Field SEIRA Enhancements in Plasmonic Resonators

January 20, 2016

Author(s)

Jungseok Chae, Basudev Lahiri, Andrea Centrone

Engineering of the optical resonances in plasmonic resonators arrays is achieved by virtue of the intrinsic properties to the constituent structures such as

Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DOSS; CAS #577-11-7) a major component of the dispersant COREXIT is an obesogen

January 20, 2016

Author(s)

Alexis M. Temkin, Robert R. Bowers, Margaret E. Magaletta, Steven Holshouser, Adriana Maggi, Paolo Ciana, Louis J. Guillette Jr., John Bowden, John E. Baatz, Demetri D. Spyropoulos, John Kucklick

Background: Product safety testing typically involves lethal toxicity assessments, which likely miss long- term health impacts. Optimizing long-term product

The Influence of Water Activity on the Hydration Rates of Triclinic Tricalcium Silicate

January 20, 2016

Author(s)

Tandre Oey, Aditya Kumar, Gabriel Falzone, Jian Huang, Sierra Kennison, Mathieu Bauchy, Narayanan Neithalath, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Gaurav Sant

Tricalcium silicate stops hydrating at relative humidities (RH) less than 80 %. But the rate at which its hydration rate decreases as a function of the RH has

Precision Interferometric Measurement of Mirror Birefringence in High-Finesse Optical Resonators

January 19, 2016

Author(s)

Adam J. Fleisher, David A. Long, Qingnan Liu, Joseph T. Hodges

High-finesse optical resonators found in ultrasensitive laser spectrometers utilize supermirrors ideally consisting of isotropic high-reflectivity coatings with

Absolute Energy Calibration of X-ray TESs with 0.04 eV Uncertainty at 6.4 keV in a Hadron-Beam Environment

January 19, 2016

Author(s)

Hideyuki Tatsuno, William B. Doriese, Douglas A. Bennett, Catalina Curceanu, Joseph W. Fowler, Johnathon D. Gard, Fredrick P. Gustafsson, Tadashi Hashimoto, Ryugo S. Hayano, James P. Hays-Wehle, Gene C. Hilton, Mihail Iliescu, Shigeru Ishimoto, Kenta Itahashi, Masashiko Iwasaki, Keisuke Kuwabara, Yue Ma, Johann Marton, Hirofumi Noda, Galen C. O'Neil, Shinji Okada, Haruhiko Outa, Carl D. Reintsema, Masaharu Sato, Daniel R. Schmidt, Hexi Shi, Ken Suzuki, Takatoshi Suzuki, Jens Uhlig, Joel N. Ullom, Eberhard Widmann, Shinya Yamada, Johann Zmeskal, Daniel S. Swetz

A performance evaluation of superconducting transition-edge sensors (TESs) in the environment of a pion beam line at a particle accelerator is presented

SVClassify: a method to use multiple datasets to classify candidate structural variants into true positives and false positives

January 16, 2016

Author(s)

Justin M. Zook, Hemang M. Parikh, Desu Chen, Hariharan K. Iyer, Marc L. Salit, Wolfgang Losert

The human genome contains variants ranging in size from small single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to large structural variants (SVs). While high-quality

Imaging Nanophotonic Modes of Microresonators using a Focused Ion Beam

January 15, 2016

Author(s)

Kevin A. Twedt, Jie J. Zou, Marcelo I. Davanco, Kartik A. Srinivasan, Jabez J. McClelland, Vladimir A. Aksyuk

Optical microresonators have proven powerful in a wide range of applications, including cavity quantum electrodynamics, biosensing, microfludics, and cavity

Development and characterization of a High Sensitivity Segmented Fast Neutron Spectrometer (FaNS-2)

January 15, 2016

Author(s)

T.J. Langford, E J. Beise, H Breuer, Craig Heimbach, G Ji, Jeffrey S. Nico

We present the development of a segmented fast neutron spectrometer (FaNS-2) based upon plastic scintillator and He-3 proportional counters. It was designed to

Quantitative Mapping of Stress Heterogeneity in Polycrystalline Alumina using Hyperspectral Fluorescence Microscopy

January 15, 2016

Author(s)

Grant A. Myers, Chris A. Michaels, Robert F. Cook

The microstructurally-induced heterogeneous stress fields arising in a series of Cr-doped polycrystalline alumina materials are mapped with sub-micrometer sub

Polymer Glass-Formation in Variable Dimension

January 14, 2016

Author(s)

Jack F. Douglas, Freed Karl, Wensheng Xu

We explore the nature of glass-formation in variable spatial dimensionality (d) based on the generalized entropy theory, a synthesis of the Adam-Gibbs model

Effect of α-Tocopherol on the Microscopic Dynamics of Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine Membrane

January 14, 2016

Author(s)

V.K. Sharma, E. Mamontov, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, V.S. Urban

Vitamin E behaves as an antioxidant and is well known for its protective properties of the lipid membrane. The most biologically active form of vitamin E in the

Morphological origins of polarization-induced scattering anisotropy from organic thin films

January 14, 2016

Author(s)

Eliot Gann, Brian A. Collins, Maolong Tang, John R. Tumbleston, Subhrangsu Mukherjee, Harald W. Ade

Anisotropic scattering patterns have been observed from organic thin films that are isotropic on the scale of the probe in polarized resonant X-ray scattering

Survival analysis approach to account for non-exponential decay rate effects in lifetime experiments

January 13, 2016

Author(s)

Kevin J. Coakley, Maynard S. Dewey, Michael G. Huber, Hans P. Mumm, Alan Keith Thompson, Andrew T. Yue, C. R. Huffer, P. R. Huffman, C. M. O'Shaughnessy, K. W. Schelhammer, D. E. Marley

In experiments that measure the lifetime of trapped particles, in addition to loss mechanisms with exponential survival probability functions, particles can be

Nonlinearity measurements of solar cells with an LED-based combinatorial flux addition method

January 13, 2016

Author(s)

Behrang H. Hamadani, Andrew M. Shore, John F. Roller, Howard W. Yoon, Mark Campanelli

We present a light emitting diode (LED)-based system utilizing a combinatorial flux addition method to investigate the nonlinear relationship in solar cells