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Scales for forensic photography provide a geometrical reference in the photographic documentation of a crime scene. A common scale used by investigators is a
Babak Nikoobakht, Andrew A. Herzing, Shinichiro Muramoto, Jerry Tersoff
We show that Au nanoparticles spontaneously move across the (001) surface of InP, InAs, and GaP when heated in the presence of water vapor. As they move, the
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A method has been developed to fabricate patterned arrays of micrometer-sized monodisperse solid particles of ammonium nitrate on hydrophobic silicon surfaces
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Yilin Yu, Yifei Yu, Yongqing Cui, Wei Li, Gurarslan Alper, Peelaers Hartwin, Aspnes David, Chris Van de Walle, Nhan Van Nguyen, Zhang Yong-Wei, Linyou Cao
The control of photons by field effects, like the gating of electrons, can revolutionize a wide range of fields by enabling active photonic devices whose
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The addition of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene sheets (GSs) into polymeric materials such as epoxy resins can greatly enhance the conductivity and alter
Nathan D. Orloff, Christian J. Long, Jan Obrzut, Laurent Millaud, Francesca Mirri, Thomas R. Kole, Robert D. McMichael, Mattei Pasquali, Stephan J. Stranick, James A. Liddle
Advances in roll-to-roll processing of graphene [1] and carbon nanotube [2] have at last led to the continuous production of high-quality coatings and filaments
Michael J. Donahue, Sidi Fu, Weilong Cui, Matthew Hu, Ruinan Chang, Vitaliy Lomakin
A micromagnetic solver with Finite Difference method on Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and its integration with the Object Oriented MicroMagnetic Framework
Bowyer and Ortiz, in their paper "A Critical Examination of the IREX VI Results", make seven criticisms of our application of linear mixed-effects models to
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