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Thomas J. Silva, Justin M. Shaw, Hans T. Nembach, Mathias Weiler, Martin Schoen
The damping α of the spinwave resonances in 75 nm, 120 nm, and 200 nm -thick Permalloy films is measured via vector-network- analyzer ferromagnetic-resonance
Sao F. Cheung, Kyle Anderson, Kenia Benitez, Mark J. Soloski, John N. Aucott, Karen W. Phinney, Illarion Turko
The low abundance of bacterial proteins in human serum upon infection imposes a challenge for the early proteomic detection of bacterial infection. To address
Emre H. Brookes, Nadeem Anjum, Joseph E. Curtis, Suresh Marru, Raminder Singh, Marlon Pierce
A new framework (GenApp) for rapid generation of scientific applications running on a variety of systems including science gateways has recently been developed
A dimensional analysis on firebrand penetration through a mesh screen was carried out to provide a framework to correlate a limited set of experimental data
A key issue in testing is how many tests are needed for a required level of coverage or fault detection. Estimates are often based on error rates in initial
In this article, recent work on calculating high-quality enthalpies of formation for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) based on both density functional
Aric W. Sanders, Kavita M. Jeerage, Cindi Schwartz, Alexandra Curtin, Ann C. Chiaramonti Debay
Many proposed biomedical applications for engineered gold nanoparticles require their incorporation by mammalian cells in specific numbers and locations. Here
Continuous Authentication has been around but has been met with several limitations. Recent development of mobile platforms are providing relief for many of
Charles S. Tarrio, Robert F. Berg, Thomas B. Lucatorto, Bruce Lairson, Heidi Lopez, Travis Ayers
We investigated several types of thin-film filters for high intensity work in the extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) spectral range. In our application, with a peak EUV
Mark Alexander Henn, Richard M. Silver, John S. Villarrubia, Nien F. Zhang, Hui Zhou, Bryan M. Barnes, Andras Vladar, Bin Ming
Hybrid metrology, e.g. the combination of several measurement techniques to determine critical dimensions, is an important approach to meet the needs of
Joseph W. Fowler, Bradley K. Alpert, William B. Doriese, Young Il Joe, Galen C. O'Neil, Joel N. Ullom, Daniel S. Swetz
The analysis of data from x-ray microcalorimeters requires great care; their excellent intrinsic energy resolution cannot usually be achieved in practice
Moneer M. Helu, Katherine C. Morris, Kiwook Jung, Kevin W. Lyons, Swee K. Leong
Smart manufacturing has the potential to address many of the innovation drivers faced by industry. However, the manufacturing community often needs assistance
We show how to to achieve spin-selective excitation of the valley-orbit states of group-V donors (P, As, Sb, Bi) in silicon using optical fields. We consider
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Igor Levin, James A. Kaduk, Laura Espinal, Hui Wu
Ambient-temperature capture of CO2 by metal-organic framework Cu3(BTC)2 (BTC ≡ 1,3,5-benzenecarboxylate), known as HKUST-1, have been studied in situ in a
Walter B. Wilson, Bassam Alfarhani, Cristina Bisson, Stephen A. Wise, Andres Campiglia
This article presents an alternative approach for the analysis of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (HMW-PAHs) with molecular mass 302 Da
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed a prototype field test standard (FTS) that incorporates three test methods that could be
June W. Lau, Jiaqi Qiu, Chunguang Jing, Sergey Baryshev, Bryan W. Reed, Yimei Zhu
A device and a method for producing ultrashort electron pulses with GHz repetition rates via pulsing an input direct current (dc) electron beam are provided
Utsab R. Shrestha, Debsindhu Bhowmik, John R. Copley, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Juscelino Leao, Xiang-Qiang Chu
Inorganic Pyrophosphatase (IPPase) from Thermococcus thioreducens is a large oligomeric protein derived from a hyperthermophilic microorganism that is found
Ahmed M. Hassan, Luis F. Vargas Lara, Jack Douglas, Edward Garboczi
In composites, Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) are rarely perfectly straight and they usually exhibit complex shapes. In this paper, we employ the Method of Moments
Jing Qin, Richard M. Silver, Bryan M. Barnes, Hui Zhou, Ronald G. Dixson, Mark Alexander Henn
Quantitative optical measurements of deep sub-wavelength, three-dimensional, nanometric structures with sensitivity to sub-nanometer details address an
Kar T. Tan, Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston, Justin M. Gorham, Michael Imburgia, Aaron M. Forster, Vogt D. Bryan
Engineering joints consisting of polymer/inorganic interfaces are commonly exposed to less than ideal conditions during normal service; these environmental
Montmorillonite clay (MMT) is frequently used to create fire resistance in Layer-by-Layer (LbL) applied coatings. This manuscript reports that switching the MMT
Alejandro Duran-Herrera, Joana K. Campos-Dimas, P Valdez, Dale P. Bentz
In this study, a copolymer composed of hollow spherical particles with an average particle size of 90 µm was evaluated as a lightweight aggregate in Portland
Ian B. Spielman, Setiawan Wenming, Krishnendu Sengupta, Jay Sau
We demonstrate that non-equilibrium dynamics provides a direct means of detecting the topological phase transition (TPT) between conventional and topological
Jessica L. Staymates, Matthew E. Staymates, Jeffrey A. Lawrence
This work addresses the need for a method to measure the collection efficiency performance of surface wipe materials as a function of wipe reuse number. The
Daniel Straus, E. D. Goodwin, E. A. Gaulding, Shinichiro Muramoto, Murray B. Christopher, Cherie R. Kagan
Passivating surface defects and controlling the carrier concentration and mobility in quantum dot (QD) thin films is a prerequisite to designing electronic and