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Fine structure in multi-phase Zr8Ni21-Zr7Ni10-Zr2Ni5 alloy revealed by transmission electron microscope

July 6, 2015

Author(s)

Haoting Shen, Leonid A. Bendersky, K Young, J Nei

STR Allele Sequence Variation: Current Knowledge and Future Issues

July 6, 2015

Author(s)

Katherine Gettings, Rachel A. Aponte, Peter Vallone, John M. Butler

This article reviews what is currently known about short tandem repeat (STR) allelic sequence variation in and around the twenty-four loci most commonly used...

Microporous Metal-Organic Framework with Dual Functionalities for Highly Efficient Removal of Acetylene from Ethylene/Acetylene Mixtures

July 4, 2015

Author(s)

Tong-Liang Hu, Hailong Wang, Bin Li, Rajamani Krishna, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Yunfeng Zhao, Yu Han, Xue Wang, Weidong Zhu, Zizhu Yao, Shengchang Xiang, Banglin Chen

The removal of acetylene from ethylene/acetylene mixtures containing 1% acetylene is a technologically very important but highly challenging task. Current...

Gd(sub 90)Co(sub 2.5)Fe(sub 7.5) Alloy Displaying Enhanced magnetocaloric Properties

July 3, 2015

Author(s)

Virgil Provenzano, Robert D. Shull, G Kletetschka, Paul E. Stutzman

Because of its attractive magnetocaloric properties, gadolinium (Gd) metal is currently the refrigerant of choice in the development of near-room temperature...

Simple and efficient representations for the fundamental solutions of Stokes flow in a half-space

July 2, 2015

Author(s)

Zydrunas Gimbutas, Leslie Greengard, Shravan Veerapaneni

We derive new formulas for the fundamental solutions of slow, viscous flow, governed by the Stokes equations, in a half-space. They are simpler than the...

Micromechanical Testing of Electroplated Gold Alloy Films using Theta-Like Specimens

July 2, 2015

Author(s)

Mark McLean, William A. Osborn, Oliver Boomhower, Christopher Keimel, Rebecca Kirkpatrick, Frank W. DelRio

Micromechanical testing of electroplated gold alloy films has been conducted using the theta specimen geometry. Specimens were formed by a standard combination...

Electron beam induced current in the high injection regime

July 2, 2015

Author(s)

Paul M. Haney, Heayoung Yoon, Prakash Koirala, Robert W. Collins, Nikolai B. Zhitenev

Electron beam induced current (EBIC) is a powerful technique which measures the charge collection efficiency of photovoltaics with sub-micron spatial resolution...

High-gain cryogenic amplifier assembly employing a commercial CMOS operational amplifier

July 2, 2015

Author(s)

Solomon I. Woods, James E. Proctor, Alan W. Smith, Timothy M. Jung

We have developed a cryogenic amplifier for the measurement of small current signals from cryogenic optical detectors. Typically operated with gain near 10^7...

Top-down fabrication of horizontally-aligned gallium nitride nanowire arrays for sensor development

July 1, 2015

Author(s)

Guannan Liu, Baomei Wen, Ting Xie, Audie M. Castillo, Ratan K. Debnath, Albert Davydov

This paper describes a method for mass production of CMOS compatible gallium nitride (GaN) nanowire (NW) arrays for sensors and other application. The method...

Strategy for extensible, evolving terminology for the Materials Genome Initiative efforts

July 1, 2015

Author(s)

Talapady N. Bhat, Ursula R. Kattner, Laura Bartolo, Carelyn E. Campbell, John T. Elliott

Intuitive, flexible, and evolving terminology plays a significant role in capitalizing on recommended knowledge representation models for material engineering...

Standardization of Smart Grid Customer Interfaces

July 1, 2015

Author(s)

Steven T. Bushby, David G. Holmberg

One of the key concepts of a modernized smart grid is to combine modern communication technology with an improved electric grid to enable energy consumers to...

Tuning Membrane Thickness Fluctuations in Model Lipid Bilayers

July 1, 2015

Author(s)

Rana NMN Ashkar, Michihiro Nagao, Paul D. Butler, Andrea C. Woodka, Mani K. Sen, Tadanori Koga

Modular apparatus for electrostatic actuation of common atomic force microscope cantilevers

July 1, 2015

Author(s)

Christian J. Long, Rachel J. Cannara

Piezoelectric actuation of atomic force microscope (AFM) cantilevers often suffers from spurious mechanical resonances in the loop between the signal driving...

Development of traceable measurement of the diffuse optical properties of solid reference standards for biomedical optics at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

July 1, 2015

Author(s)

David W. Allen, Paul Lemaillet, Jean-Pierre Bouchard

The development of a national reference instrument dedicated to the measurement of the scattering and absorption properties of solid tissue-mimicking phantoms...

Scanning electron microscope measurement of width and shape of 10 nm patterned lines using a JMONSEL-modeled library

July 1, 2015

Author(s)

John S. Villarrubia, Andras Vladar, Bin Ming, Regis J. Kline, Daniel F. Sunday, Jasmeet Chawla, Scott List

The width and shape of 10 nm to 12 nm wide lithographically patterned SiO2 lines were measured in the scanning electron microscope by fitting the measured...

Si3N4 nanobeam optomechanical crystals

July 1, 2015

Author(s)

Karen E. Grutter, Marcelo I. Davanco, Kartik Srinivasan

Characterization of Ring Resonator Structures for Applications in Photonic Thermometry

July 1, 2015

Author(s)

Nikolai Klimov, Michaela Berger, Zeeshan Ahmed

In recent years silicon photonics has emerged as a powerful enabling technology that is being harnessed to devleop novel, highly sensitive sensing solutions to...

On the feasibility of Raman spectroscopy as a continuous off-line detection method for size- exclusion chromatography and related techniques

July 1, 2015

Author(s)

Leena M. Pitkanen, Aaron A. Urbas, Andre Striegel

Examined here is the feasibility of employing Raman spectroscopy as a detection method in size- exclusion chromatography (SEC) and related macromolecular...

Applying Thymine Isostere 2,4-Difluoro-5-methylbenzene as an Assignment Tool and Probe of Purine-rich DNA Dynamics Using Proton NMR Spectroscopy

June 30, 2015

Author(s)

Robert G. Brinson, Jennifer T. Miller, Kahn Jason, Stuart F. Le Grice, John P. Marino

Proton assignment of NMR spectra of oligonucleotide duplexes can become difficult with increasing helical length due to cross peak overlap. Here we describe an...

X-ray Powder Diffraction Studies of (BaxSr1-x)2Co2Fe12O22 and (BaxSr1-x)Co2Fe16O27

June 30, 2015

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Guangyao Liu, Yonggao Yan, Kevin R. Talley, James A. Kaduk

X-ray structural characterization and X-ray reference powder patterns have been determined for two series of iron- and cobalt-containing layered compounds...

Preface: Special Issue on Knowledge Driven Robotics and Manufacturing

June 30, 2015

Author(s)

Craig I. Schlenoff, Stephen B. Balakirsky, Edson Prestes

State-of-the-art robots are capable of sub-millimeter movement accuracy. However, they are often programmed by an operator using crude positional controls from...

Measuring Limits on the Ability of Colluding Countries to Partition the Internet

June 30, 2015

Author(s)

Peter M. Mell, Richard Harang, Assane Gueye

We show that the strength of Internet-based network interconnectivity of countries is increasing over time. We then evaluate bounds on the extent to which a...

Longitudinal Study of Fingerprint Recognition

June 30, 2015

Author(s)

Soweon Yoon, Anil Jain

Human identification by fingerprints is based on the fundamental premise that ridge patterns from distinct fingers are different (uniqueness) and a fingerprint...

Development of the IES method for evaluating the color rendition of light

June 30, 2015

Author(s)

Yoshihiro Ohno, Aurelien David, Kevin Houser, Minchen Wei, Michael Royer, Kevin Smet, Lorne Whitehead

We have developed a two-measure system for evaluating light sources color rendition that builds upon conceptual progress of numerous researchers over the last...

Bubble-Point Measurements of n¿Butane + n¿Octane and n¿Butane + n-Nonane Binary Mixtures

June 30, 2015

Author(s)

Elisabeth Mansfield, Stephanie L. Outcalt

Mixtures of small gaseous hydrocarbons with longer chain hydrocarbons are of interest to the natural gas industry. In particular, binary mixtures of nonane are...

Sharp interface model of creep deformation in crystalline solids

June 30, 2015

Author(s)

Yuri Mishin, Geoffrey B. McFadden, Robert F. Sekerka, William J. Boettinger

We present a rigorous irreversible thermodynamics treatment of creep deformation of solid mate- rials with interfaces described as geometric surfaces capable of...

High-dimensional hyperentanglement of mode-locked two-photon states

June 29, 2015

Author(s)

Zhenda Xie, Tian Zhong, Sajan Shrestha, XinAn Xu, Junlin Liang, Yan-Xiao Gong, Alessandro Restelli, Jeffrey Shapiro, Franco N. Wong, Chee Wei Wong, Joshua Bienfang

Quantum entanglement is the fundamental resource for quantum information processing and communications, including secure data rates with higher capacities and...

Phase Equilibria and Crystal Chemistry of the CaO-¿Sm2O3-CoOz System at 885 °C in Air

June 27, 2015

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, William J. Laws, Saul H. Lapidus, James A. Kaduk

The CaO-¿Sm2O3-CoOz system prepared at 885 °C in air consists of two calcium cobaltate compounds, namely, the 2D thermoelectric oxide solid solution, (Ca3-xSmx...

Unexpected Changes in Functionality and Surface Coverage for Au Nanoparticle PEI Conjugates: Implications for Stability and Efficacy in Biological Systems

June 26, 2015

Author(s)

Tae Joon Cho, John M. Pettibone, Justin M. Gorham, Thao M. Nguyen, Robert I. MacCuspie, Julien C. Gigault, Vincent A. Hackley

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Resonant interaction of trapped cold atoms with a magnetic cantilever tip

June 26, 2015

Author(s)

John E. Kitching, Chris Montoya, Jose Valencia, Andrew A. Geraci, Matt Eardley, John M. Moreland

Magnetic resonance in an ensemble of laser-cooled trapped Rb atoms is excited using a micro cantilever with a magnetic tip. The cantilever is mounted on a multi...

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