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Ari D. Feldman, Tim Burnitt, Geiland Porrovecchio, Marek Smid, Luca Egli, Julian Gr¿bner, Katherine M. Nield
The solar ultraviolet spectrum captured by commercially available diode-array spectroradiometers is dominated by stray light from longer wavelengths with higher
We present the concept of a dual mode cryogenic detector, utilising a predictable quantum efficient silicon photodiode, and demonstrate the behaviour of the
Jeffrey W. Hudgens, Steven M. Swift, Ryan D. Heselpoth, Patrick M. Bales, Daniel C. Nelson
Alginate is a polysaccharide produced by certain seaweeds and bacteria that consists of mannuronic acid and guluronic acid residues. Seaweed alginate is used in
K. Hasz, Y. Ijiri, Kathryn L. Krycka, Julie Borchers, R. A. Booth, S. Oberdick, S. A. Majetich
Polarization-analyzed small-angle neutron scattering methods are used to determine the spin morphology in high crystalline anisotropy, 11 nm diameter CoFe 2O 4
Stuart M. Adams, Marc L. Levitan, Friedland J. Carol
This paper examines the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to capture imagery for use in post-disaster field studies at the neighborhood and individual
This is a preface for a special issue of the International Journal of Thermophysics that contains papers presented at the 18th Symposium on Thermophysical
Galan A. Moody, Mingming M. Feng, Corey A. McDonald, Richard P. Mirin, Kevin L. Silverman
In semiconductor quantum dots, the electron hyperfine interaction with the nuclear spin bath is the leading source of spin decoherence at cryogenic temperature
D. E. McNally, J. W. Simonson, K. W. Post, Z. P. Yin, M. Pezzoli, G. J. Smith, V. Leyva, C. Marques, L. DeBeer-Schmitt, A. I. Kolesnikov, Yang Zhao, Jeffrey W. Lynn, D. N. Basov, G. Kotliar, M. C. Aronson
We present inelastic neutron scattering and magnetization measurements of the antiferromagnetic insulator LaMnPO that are well described by a Heisenberg spin
Francisco E. Becerra Chavez, Jingyun Fan, Alan L. Migdall
Quantum-enhanced measurements can provide information about the properties of a physical system with sensitivities beyond what is fundamentally possible with
Julien C. Gigault, John M. Pettibone, Charlene E. Schmitt, Vincent A. Hackley
This tutorial proposes a comprehensive and rational measurement strategy that provides specific guidance for the application of asymmetric-flow field flow
Elizabeth M. Seibel, J. H. Roudebush, Hui Wu, Qingzhen Huang, Mazhar N. Ali, Huiwen Ji, R. J. Cava
We present the structure and magnetic properties of Na 3Ni 2BiO 6, which is an ordered variant of the α-NaFeO 2 structure type. This layered compound has a 2:1
Franklyn J. Quinlan, W. Sun, Tara M. Fortier, Jean-Daniel Deschenes, Yang Fu, Scott A. Diddams, Joe Campbell
Applications with optical atomic clocks and precision timing often require the transfer of optical frequency references to the electrical domain with extremely
In recent years, hundreds of scientific studies have been published regarding gecko-inspired adhesives. The primary reason for this increasing interest lies in
Valeri I. Babushok, Gregory T. Linteris, Donald R. Burgess Jr., Patrick T. Baker
The kinetic mechanism of hydrocarbon flame inhibition by the potential halon replacement 2-BTP has been assembled, and is used to study its effects on premixed
Jiwu Lu, Canute I. Vaz, Guangfan Jiao, Jason P. Campbell, Jason T. Ryan, Kin P. Cheung, Gennadi Bersuker, Chadwin D. Young
Accurate reliability predictions of real world digital logic circuits rely heavily on the relevancy of device level testing. In the case of bias temperature
Julien C. Gigault, Thao M. Nguyen, John M. Pettibone, Vincent A. Hackley
In this work we have developed and validated a methodology for determining the size distribution in polydisperse cationic nanoparticle (NP) samples using
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that up to half of non-fatal monoxide (CO) poisoning incidents during the hurricane
The (p, ρ, T, x) behavior of three (methane + propane) mixtures was measured with a two-sinker magnetic suspension densimeter over the temperature range of (248
V. Goian, S. Kamba, D Nuzhnyy, Nathan Orloff, T. Birol, C.-H Lee, D. G. Schlom, James Booth
Recently, Lee et al. [1] used1% tensile strain to induce a ferroelectic instability in thin films of Srdn+1uTi nuO 3n+1u (n=1-6) phases. They showed that the
We have studied the influence of experimental factors and specimen geometry on the quality of the mass spectra in copper (Cu) during pulsed-laser atom-probe
Thomas R. Gentile, M J. Bales, H Breuer, T E. Chupp, Kevin J. Coakley, R L. Cooper, Jeffrey S. Nico, B. O'Neill
We present measurements of nonproportionality in the scintillation light yield of bismuth germanate (BGO) for gamma-rays with energies between 6 keV and 662 keV
Robert N. Goldberg, Jacob Schliesser, Ashutosh Mittal, Stephen R. Decker, Ana Filipa L. Santos, Vera L. Freitas, Aaron A. Urbas, Brian E. Lang, Christian Heisse, Maria D. Ribeiro da Silva, Brian F. Woodfield, Rui Katahira, Wei Wang, David K. Johnson
The thermochemistry of samples of amorphous cellulose, cellulose I, cellulose II, and cellulose III was studied by using oxygen bomb calorimetry, solution
Samuel P. Benz, Steven B. Waltman, Anna E. Fox, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Alain Rufenacht, Logan A. Howe, Robert E. Schwall, Nathan E. Flowers-Jacobs
The performance of the NIST Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer has been improved such that it generates a root-mean-square (RMS) output voltage of 1 V
John T. Vinson, Terrence J Jach, W. T. Elam, J. D. Denlinger
A comparison of the N Kα emission spectrum of crystalline ammonium nitrate to molecular orbital calculations reveals a unique observation: the peak associated
J. R. Machacek, D. P. Mahapatra, D. R. Schultz, Yuri Ralchenko, A. Chutjian, J. Simcic, S. M. Madzunkov, R. J. Mawhorter
Absolute single and double charge-exchange (CE) cross sections for the astrophysically-prominent O6+ ion with the atomic and molecular targets He and H2 are
We describe the results of atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of thermal rippling in graphene, obtained with a simple, low computational cost, harmonic
Andrew M. Klose, Gabriel G. Ycas, Daniel I. Maser, Scott A. Diddams
Ultrashort pulses of light in the 2 υm region were generated using supercontinuum broadening from an erbium fiber system. The output of a mode-locked erbium