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Bounds on quantum communication via Newtonian gravity

January 15, 2015

Author(s)

Jacob M. Taylor, Dvir Kafri, G J. Milburn

The classical understanding of gravity yields specific observ- able consequences, the most striking of which is the emergence of a 1/r2 force. In so far as...

Comparison of the Unfolding Properties of Recombinant Human Serum Albumin Products

January 15, 2015

Author(s)

Brian E. Lang, Kenneth D. Cole

We have used Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to determine the unfolding properties of human serum albumin (HSA) from pooled blood and from several...

Measurement of the Thermal Unfolding of Proteins by Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Fluorescent Reporter Dyes.

January 15, 2015

Author(s)

Brian E. Lang, Kenneth D. Cole

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and differential scanning fluorimetry (DSF) were used to measure the unfolding of two monoclonal antibodies and several...

NIST program of spectroscopic data for light elements of fusion interest

January 15, 2015

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Joseph Reader, Alexander Kramida, Yuri Ralchenko, Wolfgang L. Wiese, Jeffrey R. Fuhr

This paper summarizes work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in support of the IAEA Coordinated Research Project on Light Element...

Poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate)s as Electrode Modifiers for Inverted Organic Electronics

January 14, 2015

Author(s)

Hyunbok Lee, Egle Puodziukynaite, Dean DeLongchamp, Todd Emrick, Alejandro Briseno

We demonstrate the use of poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) (PSBMA), and its pyrene-containing copolymer, as solution-processable work function reducers for...

Bottom-up processing and low temperature transport properties of polycrystalline SnSe

January 13, 2015

Author(s)

Zhen-Hua Ge, Kaya Wei, Hutton Lewis, Joshua Martin, George S. Nolas

A simple hydrothermal approach was employed to synthesize SnSe nanorods. Micro sized flower shaped crystals were obtained under reaction temperatures below 180...

How Oxidation and Dissolution in Diabase and Granite Control Porosity during Weathering

January 13, 2015

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Ekaterina Bazilevskaya, Gernot Rother, David F. Mildner, Milan Pavich, David Cole, Maya P. Bhatt, Lixin Jin, Carl I. Steefel, Susan L. Brantley

Weathering extends to shallower depths on diabase than granite ridgetops despite similar climate and geomorphological regimes of despite similar climate and...

Probability distributions and confidence intervals for simulated power law noise

January 12, 2015

Author(s)

Neil Ashby, Bijunath Patla

Simulation of power law noise in clocks and oscillators is presented based on modification of the spectrum of white phase noise, then Fourier transforming to...

Bottom-up Electrodeposition of Zinc in Through Silicon Vias Using Breakdown of Additive-Derived Suppression

January 12, 2015

Author(s)

Daniel Josell, Thomas P. Moffat

This paper presents superconformal feature filling during zinc electrodeposition in a sulfate electrolyte. Localized bottom-up filling of Through Silicon Vias...

Reversing hydride-ion formation in quantum-information experiments with Be+

January 12, 2015

Author(s)

Brian C. Sawyer, Justin G. Bohnet, Joseph W. Britton, John J. Bollinger

We demonstrate photodissociation of BeH + ions within a Coulomb crystal of thousands of 9Be + confined in a Penning trap. The BeH + molecular ions form via...

Interactions of Adhesion Materials and Annealing Environment on Resistance and Stability of MEMS Platinum Heaters and Temperature Sensors

January 11, 2015

Author(s)

Feng Yi, William Alexander Osborn, Jordan F. Betz, David A. LaVan

We evaluate the microstructural and electrical stability of Pt thin films with Ti or Ta as the adhesion layer after annealing in three different environments at...

A Decision Guidance Framework for Sustainability Performance Analysis of Manufacturing Processes

January 10, 2015

Author(s)

Duck B. Kim, Seungjun Shin, Guodong Shao, Alexander Brodsky

Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) methods are widely used to assess the sustainability of manufacturing processes. Although it has several advantages such as...

Multiply-ionized Atoms Isolated at low energy in a Unitary Penning Trap

January 9, 2015

Author(s)

Joseph Tan, Shannon Hoogerheide, Samuel Brewer, Nicholas D. Guise

Ions extracted from the EBIT at NIST are slowed and captured in a Penning trap that is made very compact ( 150 cm3) by a unitary architecture. Measurements...

Reaction of Arylium Ions with the Collision Gas N2 in Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

January 9, 2015

Author(s)

Yuxue Liang, Pedatsur Neta, Yamil Simon, Stephen E. Stein

RATIONALE: Tandem mass spectra of many compounds contained peaks which could not arise from the precursor ion and were different in different instruments. Such...

Spin-transfer torque switching observed in nanopillar superconducting-magnetic hybrid Josephson junctions

January 9, 2015

Author(s)

Burm Baek, William H. Rippard, Matthew R. Pufall, Samuel P. Benz, Stephen E. Russek, Horst Rogalla, Paul D. Dresselhaus

Combining superconducting and magnetic materials to create novel superconducting devices has been motivated by the discovery of the Josephson critical current...

Influence of Water Vapor on Hydrocarbon Combustion in the Presence of Hydrofluorocarbon Agents

January 9, 2015

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris, Valeri I. Babushok, Patrick T. Baker

The effect of water vapor on hydrocarbon combustion (CH4, C2H4, C3H8) was studied in the presence of an HFC agent (HFC-125). The effect depends on the F/H ratio...

Quantum Nonlinear Optics Near Optomechanical Instabilities

January 9, 2015

Author(s)

Xunnong Xu, Michael Gullans, Jacob Taylor

Optomechanical systems provide a unique platform for observing quantum behavior of macro- scopic objects. However, efforts towards realizing nonlinear behavior...

Structural Features of Membrane-bound Glucocerebrosidase and α-Synuclein Probed by Neutron Reflectometry and Fluorescence Spectroscopy

January 9, 2015

Author(s)

Thai Leong Yap, Zhiping Jiang, Frank Heinrich, James M. Gruschus, Candace M. Pfefferkorn, Marilia Barros, Joseph E. Curtis, Ellen Sidransky, Jennifer C. Lee

Mutations in glucocerebrosidase (GCase), the enzyme deficient in Gaucher disease, are a common genetic risk factor for the development of Parkinson disease (PD)...

Magnetic structure and anisotropy of [Co/Pd]_5/NiFe multilayers

January 9, 2015

Author(s)

Larysa Tryputen, Feng Guo, Liu Frank, T. N. Anh Nguyen, Majid Mohseni, Sunjae Chung, Yeyu Fang, Johan Akerman, Robert McMichael, Caroline Ross

The magnetization behavior, magnetic anisotropy and domain congurations of Co/Pd multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy capped with permalloy is...

In-situ Characterization of Polymer-Fullerene Bilayer Stability

January 8, 2015

Author(s)

Lee J. Richter, Regis J. Kline, Hyun Wook Ro, Chad R. Snyder, Andrew A. Herzing, Sebastian Engmann

A consensus is emerging that every phase present in a bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic (OPV) device is not material pure. In general, there will exist...

The meaning of the universal WLF parameters of glass-forming polymer liquids

January 7, 2015

Author(s)

Jack F. Douglas, Jacek Dudowicz, Karl Freed

Although the Williams-Landell-Ferry (WLF) equation for the segmental relaxation time tau of glass forming materials is one of most commonly encountered...

Phase steps and resonator detuning measurements in microresonator frequency combs

January 7, 2015

Author(s)

Pascal P. Del'Haye, Aurelien C. Coillet, William Loh, Katja M. Beha, Scott B. Papp, Scott A. Diddams

Significant progress has been made in the last years towards a better understanding and theoretical modeling of Kerr-effect induced generation of optical...

Low-Loss Electron Imagine for Enhanced Surface Detail in the Scanning Electron Microscope: The Contributions of Oliver C. Wells

January 7, 2015

Author(s)

Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar

Low-loss electron (LLE) imaging in the scanning electron microscope (SEM) is based on the collection of energy-filtered backscattered electrons that have...

Performance Ranking of Refrigerants With Low Global Warming Potential

January 7, 2015

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski, J S. Brown, Junemo Koo

This paper evaluates in a typical air-conditioner the cycle performance of thirty-nine refrigerants identified in the AHRI Low Global Warming Potential (GWP)...

MnTaO₂N: Polar LiNbO₃-type Oxynitride with a Helical Spin Order

January 7, 2015

Author(s)

Cedric Tassel, Yoshinori Kuno, Yoshihiro Goto, Takafumi Yamamoto, Craig Brown, James Hester, Koji Fujita, Masanobu Higashi, Ryu Abe, Katsuhisa Tanaka, Yoji Kobayashi, Hiroshi Kageyama

A Rod-Packing Microporous Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework for Highly Selective Separation of C₂H₂/CO₂ at Room Temperature

January 7, 2015

Author(s)

Peng Li, Yabing He, Yunfeng Zhao, Linhong Weng, Hailong Wang, Rajamani Krishna, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Michael O'Keeffe, Yu Han, Banglin Chen

Self-assembly of well-designed trigonal building subunit with diaminotriazines (DAT)functional groups leads to a unique rod-packing 3D microporous hydrogen...

Spin Hall Effect and Irreversible Thermodynamics; Center-to-Edge Transverse Current-Induced Voltage

January 5, 2015

Author(s)

Wayne M. Saslow

We examine the Dyakonov and Perel theory of the Spin Hall Effect from the viewpoint of irreversible thermodynamics. As thermodynamic driving forces we include...

Citrate-stabilized gold nanoparticles do not impact neural progenitor cell development

January 5, 2015

Author(s)

Kavita M. Jeerage, Tammy L. Oreskovic, Alexandra Curtin, Aric W. Sanders, Rani K. Schwindt, Ann C. Chiaramonti Debay

Gold nanoparticles are promising candidates for medical diagnostics and therapeutics, due to their chemical stability, optical properties, and ease of...

Volumetric Performance Evaluation of a Laser Scanner Based on Geometric Error Model

January 5, 2015

Author(s)

Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Massimiliano M. Ferrucci, Daniel S. Sawyer, Grant Gerner, Vincent D. Lee, Christopher J. Blackburn, Steven D. Phillips, Yuri Yakovlev, Andrey Astrelin, Spike Milligan, John Palmateer

We discuss a geometric error model for those large volume laser scanners that have the laser source and a spinning prism mirror mounted on a platform that can...

Metal-catalyzed etching of graphene governed by metal-carbon interactions: a comparison of Fe and Cu

January 5, 2015

Author(s)

Guangjun Cheng, Irene Calizo, Angela R. Hight Walker

We present a comparative investigation on the etching of graphene catalyzed by Fe and Cu and demonstrate that the strikingly different etching behaviors between...

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