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The effect of protein corona composition on the interaction of carbon nanotubes with human blood platelets

August 1, 2014

Author(s)

Silvia H. De Paoli Lacerda, Lukas Diduch, Tseday Tegegn, Martina Orecna, Michael Strader, Elena Karnaukhova, John E. Bonevich, Abdu Alayash, Karel Holada, Jan Simak

Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are one of the most promising nanomaterials for use in medicine. Applications of CNT in drug/gene delivery, diagnostics and tissue

Elliptic Curves arising from Brahmagupta Quadrilaterals

August 1, 2014

Author(s)

Farzali Izadi, Foad Khoshnam, Dustin Moody, Arman Zargar

A Brahmagupta quadrilateral is a cyclic quadrilateral whose sides, diagonals, and area are all integer values. In this article, we characterize the notions of

Nanoscale Imaging and Spectroscopy of Plasmonic Modes with the PTIR technique

August 1, 2014

Author(s)

Aaron M. Katzenmeyer, Jungseok Chae, Richard Kasica, Glenn Holland, Basudev Lahiri, Andrea Centrone

The collective oscillation of conduction electrons in plasmonic nanomaterials allows the coupling of propagating light waves with nanoscale volumes of matter (

Membrane protein resistance of oligo(ethylene oxide) self-assembled monolayers

July 31, 2014

Author(s)

David J. Vanderah, Marlon L. Walker, David T. Gallagher, Ryan Vierling, Fay Crawshaw

Spectroscopic ellipsometry was used to evaluate the resistance to protein adsorption (RPA) of self- assembled monolayers (SAMs) of HS(CH2)3O(CH2CH2O)6M and [HS

Ultra-Low-Field NMR Relaxation and Diffusion Measurements Using an Optical Magnetometer

July 31, 2014

Author(s)

John E. Kitching, P. Ganssle, H Shin, Scott J. Seltzer, Vikram S. Bajaj, Micah P. Ledbetter, Dimitry Budkerl, Svenja A. Knappe, A Pines

In this work, we have demonstrated for the first time that an alkali vapor cell magnetometer has sufficient sensitivity to chemically resolve a heterogeneous

Analysis of Deamidation Artifacts Induced by Microwave-Assisted Tryptic Digestion of a Monoclonal Antibody

July 31, 2014

Author(s)

Catherine A. Mouchahoir, Nathanael A. Heckert, Karen W. Phinney

The thorough characterization of biopharmaceuticals is essential for ensuring their quality and safety, since many potential variations can cause changes to a

Ontology Analysis if Global Gene Expression Differences of Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Cultured on 3D Scaffolds or 2D Films

July 31, 2014

Author(s)

Bryan A. Baker, Patrick S. Pine, Kaushik Chatterjee, Girish Kumar, Jennifer H. McDaniel, Marc L. Salit, Carl G. Simon Jr.

Differences in gene expression of human bone marrow stromal cells (hBMSCs) during culture in three-dimensional (3D) nanofiber scaffolds or on two-dimensional

Polyelectrolyte Multilayers in Microfluidic Systems for Biological Applications

July 31, 2014

Author(s)

Saugandhika S. Minnikanti, Aveek Gangopadhyay, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez

The formation of polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) for the first time two decades ago demonstrating the assembly on charged substrates in a very simple and

Characterization of Buried Structure in Directed Self Assembly Block Copolymers

July 30, 2014

Author(s)

Daniel F. Sunday, Matthew R. Hammond, Chengqing C. Wang, Wen-Li Wu, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Regis J. Kline, Melia Tjio, Joy Cheng, Jed W. Pitera

The directed self assembly (DSA) of block copolymers (BCP) can multiply or subdivide the pitch of a lithographically defined chemical or topological pattern and

Introduction to Three Papers on Radio-Propagation Studies Related to Public-Safety Communications

July 30, 2014

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is involved in a several year effort to understand and address the communication problems that first

Reversible CO Binding Enables Tunable Co/H₂ and CO/N₂ Separations in Metal-Organic Frameworks with Exposed Divalent Metal Cations

July 30, 2014

Author(s)

Eric D. Bloch, Matthew Ross Hudson, Jarad A. Mason, Sachin Chavan, Valentina Crocella, Joshua D. Howe, Kyuho Lee, Allison L. Dzubak, Wendy L. Queen, Joseph M. Zadrozny, Stephen J. Geier, Li-Chiang Lin, Laura Gagliardi, Berend Smit, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Silvia Bordiga, Craig Brown, Jeffrey R. Long

Resolving three-dimensional shape of sub-50 nm wide lines with nanometer-scale sensitivity using conventional optical microscopes

July 29, 2014

Author(s)

Ravikiran Attota, Ronald G. Dixson

We experimentally demonstrate that the three-dimensional (3-D) shape variations of nanometer-scale objects can be resolved and measured with sub-nanometer scale

Microfluidic Remote Loading for Rapid Single-Step Liposomal Drug Preparation

July 29, 2014

Author(s)

Wyatt N. Vreeland, Renee R. Hood, Don L. DeVoe

Here we report a microfluidic system that enables rapid and efficient remote loading of amphipathic drugs into nanoscale liposomes, combining liposome synthesis

Neutron, Electron, and X-ray Scattering Investigation of Cr_1-xV_x Near Quantum Criticality

July 29, 2014

Author(s)

D. A. Sokolov, M. C. Aronson, L. Wu, Y. Zhu, C. Nelson, J. F. Mansfield, K. Sun, Ross Erwin, Jeffrey W. Lynn, M. Lumsden, S. E. Nagler

The weakness of electron-electron correlations in the itinerant antiferromagnet Cr doped with V has long been considered the reason that neither new collective

Generalized Phase Behavior of Cluster Formation in Colloidal Dispersions with Competing Interactions

July 28, 2014

Author(s)

P. Douglas Godfrin, Nestor E. Valadez-Perez, Ramon Castaneda-Priego, Norman J. Wagner, Yun Liu

Colloidal liquids with short range attraction and long range repulsion, such as proposed for some protein solutions, have been found to exhibit novel states

Path-integral calculation of the second virial coefficient including intramolecular flexibility effects

July 28, 2014

Author(s)

Giovanni Garberoglio, Piotr Jankowski, Krzysztof Szalewicz, Allan H. Harvey

We present a path-integral Monte Carlo procedure for the calculation of the second molecular virial coefficient accounting for intramolecular flexibility. This

Show, don't tell: When probing the state of a quantum system, it may be faster and more useful to record observations that are themselves quantum superpositions (Nature Physics "News and Views" article)

July 27, 2014

Author(s)

Yi-Kai Liu

Measurement and computation are fundamental tools in science. However, many of our ordinary intuitions break down when we study microscopic, quantum-mechanical

High-Temperature Electroacoustic Characterization of Y-Cut and Singly-Rotated Ca3TaGa3Si2O14 Resonators

July 26, 2014

Author(s)

Ward L. Johnson, Michal Schulz, Holger Fritze

Synthetic piezoelectric crystals in the P321 crystal class have been a focus of substantial research that is largely driven by applications in high-temperature

Superconformal Cu Electrodeposition from Cu(II)-EDTA Complexed Alkaline Electrolyte

July 26, 2014

Author(s)

Daniel Josell, Thomas P. Moffat

This paper details superconformal filling of submicrometer trenches with bright, dense copper from alkaline cupric ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA)

Resistive Flow in a Weakly Interacting Bose-Einstein condensate

July 25, 2014

Author(s)

Fred Jendrzejewski, Stephen P. Eckel, Noel Murray, Calib Lanier, Mark Edwards, Christopher J. Lobb, Gretchen K. Campbell

We report the direct observation of resistive flow through a weak link in a weakly interacting atomic Bose- Einstein condensate (BEC). Two weak links separate

Multiplexed LC-MS/MS Assay for Urine Albumin

July 24, 2014

Author(s)

Ashley B. Green, David M. Bunk, Karen W. Phinney

Targeted Multiplexed Assay for Urinary Albumin Quantification Ashley Beasley-Green, Nijah M. Burris, David Bunk, Karen Phinney Biomolecular Measurement Division

Extended Analysis of the Spectrum of Singly Ionized Chromium (Cr II)

July 23, 2014

Author(s)

Craig J. Sansonetti, Gillian Nave

We have made new observations of the spectrum of singly-ionized chromium (Cr II) in the region 2850 Angstrom to 37900 Angstrom with the National Institute of

Development and Application of an Updated Whole-Building Coupled Thermal, Airflow, and Contaminant Transport Simulation Program (TRNSYS/CONTAM)

July 23, 2014

Author(s)

William S. Dols, Wang Liangzhu, Steven J. Emmerich, Brian J. Polidoro

The TRNSYS energy analysis tool has been capable of simulating whole building coupled heat transfer and building airflow for several years. The current

Dielectric characterization by microwave cavity perturbation corrected for non-uniform fields

July 23, 2014

Author(s)

Nathan D. Orloff, Jan Obrzut, Christian J. Long, Thomas F. Lam, James C. Booth, David R. Novotny, James A. Liddle, Pavel Kabos

The non-uniform fields that occur due to the slot in the cavity through which the sample is inserted and those due to the sample geometry itself decrease the

Cavity-enhanced measurements for determining dielectric membrane thickness and complex index of refraction

July 23, 2014

Author(s)

Corey A. Stambaugh, Utku Kemiktarak, Mathieu Durand, John R. Lawall

The material properties of silicon nitride play an important role in the performance of SIN membranes used in opto-mechanical setups. Accurate modeling of the

High-speed, high-purity separation of gold nanoparticle-DNA origami constructs using centrifugation

July 23, 2014

Author(s)

Seung H. Ko, Luis F. Vargas Lara, Paul Patrone, Samuel Stavis, Francis W. Starr, Jack F. Douglas, James Alexander Liddle

DNA origami is a powerful platform for assembling gold nanoparticle constructs, an important class of nanostructure with numerous applications. Such constructs

Temperature and Magnetic Field Dependence of Spin-Ice Correlations in the Pyrochlore Magnet Tb^2^Ti₂O₇

July 23, 2014

Author(s)

K. Fritsch, E. Kermarrec, Kathryn Aileen Ross, Yiming Qiu, John R. Copley, D. Pomaranski, J. B. Kycia, H. A. Dabkowska, B. D. Gaulin

We present a parametric study of the diffuse magnetic scattering at (1/2, 1/2, 1/2}) positions in reciprocal space, ascribed to a frozen antiferromagnetic spin

On the Freezing Behavior and Diffusion of Water in Proximity to Single-supported Zwitterionic and Anionic Bilayer Lipid Membranes

July 22, 2014

Author(s)

A. Miskowiec, Z. N. Buck, M. C. Brown, H. Kaiser, F.Y. Hansen, G. M. King, H. Taub, R. Jiji, J.W. Cooley, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, S. O. Diallo, E. Mamontov, K. W. Herwig

We compare the freezing/melting behavior of water hydrating single-supported bilayers of a zwitterionic lipid DMPC with that of an anionic lipid DMPG. For both

Response of block copolymer thin-film morphology to line-width roughness on a chemoepitaxial template

July 22, 2014

Author(s)

Paul Patrone, Gregg M. Gallatin

Advanced phasemeter for deep phase modulation interferometry

July 21, 2014

Author(s)

Thomas Schwarze, Oliver Gerberding, Felipe Guzman, Gerhard Heinzel, Karsten Danzmann

We present the development of an advanced phasemeter for the deep phase modulation interferometry technique. This technique aims for precise length measurements