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Journals

A perspective on the origin of lubricity in petroleum distillate motor fuels

September 15, 2014

Author(s)

Peter Y. Hsieh, Thomas J. Bruno

Lubricity, or a substance's effect on friction and wear between two surfaces in relative motion, is affected by both chemical and physical mechanisms present at

Loss of H2 and CO from Protonated Aldehydes in Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

September 15, 2014

Author(s)

Pedatsur Neta, Yamil Simon, Yuxue Liang, Stephen Stein

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry of 3-formylchromones and 3-formylcoumarins shows that collision-induced dissociation of the protonated ions results in

An Average Enumeration Method of Hyperspectral Imaging Data for Quantitative Evaluation of Medical Device Surface Contamination

September 15, 2014

Author(s)

Hanh Le, Moon Kim, Jeeseong C. Hwang, Yi Yang, Pawneena U-Thainual, Jin Kang, Do-Hyun Kim

We propose a quantification method called Mapped Average Principal component analysis Score (MAPS) to enumerate the contamination coverage on common medical

Bromination of marine particulate organic matter through oxidative mechanisms

September 14, 2014

Author(s)

Bruce D. Ravel, Alessandra C. Leri, Kathleen Thornton, Lawrence M. Mayer

Although bromine is considered conservative in seawater, it exhibits a well established correlation with organic carbon in marine sediments. This carbon-bromine

Melt Crystallization/Dewetting of Ultrathin PEO Films via Carbon Dioxide Annealing: the Effects of Polymer Adsorbed Layers

September 14, 2014

Author(s)

Mitsunori Asada, Naisheng Jiang, Levent Sendogdular, Jonathan Sokolov, Maya K. Endoh, Tadanori Koga, Masafumi Fukuto, Lin Yang, Bulent Akgun, Michael Dimitriou, Sushil K. Satija

Mutual Cross Modulation of Two Laser Beams at the Individual-Photon Level

September 12, 2014

Author(s)

Michael Gullans, Kristin M. Beck, Qian Lin, M D. Lukin, Vladan Vuletic, Wenlan Chen

The realization of deterministic photon-photon interactions is a long-standing goal in optical science. Using an atomic ensemble inside a cavity, we demonstrate

A mini-review: Cell response to microscale, nanoscale, and hierarchical patterning of surface structure

September 12, 2014

Author(s)

Carl G. Simon Jr., Geunhyung Kim, HoJun Jeon

Cellular behavior can be influenced by the chemical and physical surface characteristics of biomedical substrates. To understand the relationships between

Recommended isolated-line profile for representing high-resolution spectroscopic transitions

September 11, 2014

Author(s)

Joseph T. Hodges, Jonathan Tennyson, P F. Bernath, Alain Campargue, A Csaszar, L Daumont, R R. Gamache, D Lisak, Olga Naumenko, Lawrence Rothman, Ha Tran, N Zobov, Boone Chris, L Gianfrani, Jean M. Hartmann

Recommendations of an IUPAC Task Group formed in 2011 on Intensities and line shapes in high-resolution spectra of water isotopologues from Experiment and

Degrees of Equivalence for Chemical Measurement Capabilities: Primary pH

September 10, 2014

Author(s)

David L. Duewer, Kenneth W. Pratt, Chainarong Cherdchu, Nongluck Tangpaisarnkul2 Nongluck Tangpaisarnkul2, Akiharu Hioki, Masaki Ohata, Petra Spitzer, Michal M?ri?ssy, Leo¿ Vysko¿il

The Key Comparison (KC) studies of the Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance Metrology in Chemistry (CCQM) help ensure the reliability of chemical

Photon-number uncertainty in a superconducting transition-edge sensor beyond resolved-photon-number determination

September 10, 2014

Author(s)

Zachary H. Levine, Boris L. Glebov, Alan L. Migdall, Thomas Gerrits, Brice R. Calkins, Adriana E. Lita, Sae Woo Nam

As part of an effort to extend fundamental single-photon measurements into the macroscopic regime, we explore how best to assign photon-number uncertainties to

Sub-wavelength interference of thermal light with photon-number resolving detection

September 10, 2014

Author(s)

Yanhua (. Zhai, Francisco E. Becerra Chavez, Jingyun Fan, Alan L. Migdall

We examine the spatial correlation of thermal-light diffracted through a double-slit using photon-number-resolved detection to directly measure high-order

Towards Robust Assembly with Knowledge Representation for the Planning Domain Definition Language (PDDL)

September 10, 2014

Author(s)

Zeid Kootbally, Craig I. Schlenoff, Christopher R. Lawler, Thomas R. Kramer, Satyandra K. Gupta

The effort described in this paper attempts to integrate agility aspects in the "Agility Performance of Robotic Systems" (APRS) project, developed at the

Sensitivity analysis for guarded-hot-plate apparatus: A methodology based on orthogonal experiment designs

September 9, 2014

Author(s)

Robert R. Zarr, James J. Filliben

Results and analyses of a sensitivity study of six control factors on the response of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 500 mm guarded-hot

VALIDATION AND TRACEABILITY OF XRF AND SEM-EDS ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS RESULTS FOR SOLDER IN HIGH-RELIABILITY APPLICATIONS

September 9, 2014

Author(s)

John R. Sieber, Adam Mortensen

A procedure and calibration samples have been developed for X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive

Determining sample alignment in X-ray Reflectometry using thickness and density from GaAs/AlAs multilayer certified reference materials

September 8, 2014

Author(s)

Donald Windover, David L. Gil, Yasushi Azuma, Toshiyuki Fujimoto

X-ray reflectometry (XRR) provides researchers and manufacturers with a non-destructive way to determine thickness, roughness, and density of thin films

Reflections on a Measurement of the Gravitational Constant Using a Beam Balance and 13 Tons of Mercury

September 8, 2014

Author(s)

Stephan Schlamminger, Ralph E. Pixley, Frithjof Nolting, Juergen Schurr, Ueli Straumann

In 2006, a final result of a measurement of the gravitational constant G performed by researchers at the University of Zuerich was published. A value of G=6.674

Fire Modeling for the Fire Research, Fire Protection, and Fire Service Communities

September 8, 2014

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan, Randall J. McDermott, Glenn P. Forney, Kristopher J. Overholt, Craig G. Weinschenk, Jason E. Floyd

The Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) was first publicly released in 2000, and it has recently undergone its fifth major revision. Since its first release, FDS has

Robust Ferromagnetism in the Compressed Permanent Magnet Sm₂Co₁₇

September 8, 2014

Author(s)

Jason R. Jeffries, L.S.I. Veiga, G. Fabbris, D. Haskel, P. Huang, Nicholas Butch, S.K. McCall, K. Holliday, Z. Jenei, Y. Xiao, P. Chow

The compound Sm 2Co 17 displays magnetic properties amenable to permanent magnet applications owing to both the 3d-electrons of Co and the 4f-electrons of Sm

Environment-assisted quantum control of a solid state spin via 2-color coherent dark states

September 7, 2014

Author(s)

Jacob M. Taylor, Jack Hansom, Carsten Schulte, Claire Le Gall, Clemens Matthiesen, Edmund Clarke, Maxime Hugues, Mete Atature

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) offer an efficient and scalable interface between single spins and optical photons. However, the solid-state environment of the

Nanoscale Kirkendall effect and oxidation kinetics in copper nanocrystals characterized by real-time, in-situ optical spectroscopy

September 5, 2014

Author(s)

Katherine P. Rice, Andrew Paterson, Mark Stoykovich

The low-temperature oxidation of ~10 nm diameter copper nanocrystals was characterized using in-situ UV-vis absorbance spectroscopy and observed to lead to

Detection of the dc inverse spin Hall effect due to spin pumping in a novel meander-stripline geometry

September 4, 2014

Author(s)

Thomas J. Silva, Mathias A. Weiler, Hans Nembach, Justin Shaw

The dc voltage obtained from the inverse spin Hall effect (iSHE) due to spin pumping in ferromagnet/normal-metal (NM) bilayers can be unintentionally

Insights into capacity loss mechanisms of all-solid-state Li-ion batteries with Al anodes

September 3, 2014

Author(s)

Marina S. Leite, Dmitry A. Ruzmetov, Zhipeng Li, Leonid A. Bendersky, Norman C. Bartelt, Andrei A. Kolmakov, Albert A. Talin

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Pairwise Alignment of Chromatograms using a Fisher-Rao Metric

September 2, 2014

Author(s)

William E. Wallace, Anuj Srivastava, Kelly H. Telu, Yamil Simon

A new approach to aligning chromatograms is introduced and applied to examples of metabolite identification by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC MS)

Transcriptional Analysis of the Global Regulatory Networks Active in Pseudomonas Syringae During Leaf Colonization

September 2, 2014

Author(s)

Steven P. Lund

The plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a grows and survives on leaf surfaces and in the leaf apoplast of its host, bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

Assessment of Uncertainties of an Aircraft-Based Mass-Balance Approach for Quantifying Urban Greenhouse Gas Emissions

September 2, 2014

Author(s)

Antonio M. Possolo, Daniel V. Samarov, James R. Whetstone

Urban environments are the primary contributors to global anthropogenic carbon emissions. Because much of the growth in CO2 emissions will derive from cities

High throughput measurements of thermochromic behavior in V_{1-x}Nb_xO_2 combinatorial thin film libraries

September 2, 2014

Author(s)

Sara C. Barron, Justin M. Gorham, Martin L. Green, Mitul P. Patel

We describe the high-throughput characterization of near infrared thermochromism in V1-xNbxO2 combinatorial thin film libraries. The oxide thin film libraries

Structure, Phase Transition, and Controllable Thermal Expansion Behaviors of Sc_2-xFe_xMo₃O₁₂

September 2, 2014

Author(s)

Meimei Wu, Xinzhi Liu, Dongfeng Chen, Qingzhen Huang, Hui Wu, Yuntao Liu

The crystal structures, phase transition and thermal expansion behaviors of solid solutions Sc 2-xFe xMo 3O 12(0less than or equal to}xless than or equal to}2)

BQP-completeness of Scattering in Scalar Quantum Field Theory

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

Stephen P. Jordan, Keith S. Lee, John Preskill

Recent work has shown that quantum computers can in polynomial time compute scattering probabilities in massive quantum field theories. One can translate this

Zooming in on Disordered Systems: Neutron Reflection Studies of Proteins Associated with Fluid Membranes

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

Frank Heinrich, Peter M. Loesche

Neutron reflectometry (NR) is an emerging experimental technique for the structural characterization of proteins interacting with fluid bilayer membranes under

A 40 GHz Air-Dielectric Cavity Oscillator with Low Phase Modulation

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, Billy F. Riddle, David A. Howe

We describe the design of a low-phase modulated (PM) noise, 40 GHz oscillator that uses a conventional air-dielectric cavity resonator as a frequency