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The Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement gives guidance about how values and uncertainties should be assigned to the input quantities that
Burm Baek, William H. Rippard, Samuel P. Benz, Stephen E. Russek, Paul D. Dresselhaus
The quantum behavior of Josephson junctions is often exploited to produce superconducting devices with outstanding performance. Josephson junctions can also be
Eric R. Evarts, Ranko R. Heindl, William H. Rippard, Matthew R. Pufall
In a small fraction of magnetic-tunnel-junction-based MRAM devices with in-plane free layers, the write error rates (WERs) are higher than expected on the basis
Randolph E. Elmquist, Fan-Hung Liu, Lung-I Huang, Yasuhiro Fukuyama, Chi-Te Liang, Yanfei Yang
We study the quantum corrections caused by electron-electron (e-e) interactions and localization to the conductivity in few-layer epitaxial graphene, in which
Compressed-liquid densities of 3-ethoxy-1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,6-dodecafluoro-2-trifluoromethyl-hexane (C9F15H5O) have been measured with a vibrating U-tube
Micro- and nanoscale structuring of electromagnetically susceptible materials underpins many recent advances in biomedical imaging, sensing, and treatment. From
George C. Rhoderick, Franklin R. Guenther, David L. Duewer, Jeongsoon Lee, Jin S. Kim, Bradley Hall, Ray Weiss, Christina Harth, Stefan Reimann, Martin Vollmer
The growing awareness of climate change/global warming and continuing concerns regarding stratospheric ozone depletion will require future measurements and
Chenglin Zhang, Leland Harriger, Zhiping Yin, Weicheng Lv, Miaoyin Wang, Guotai Tan, Yu Song, D. L. Abernathy, Wei Tian, Takeshi Egami, Kristjan Haule, Gabriel Kotliar, Pengcheng Dai
We use inelastic neutron scattering to study spin waves in the antiferromagnetic ordered phase of iron pnictide NaFeAs throughout the Brillouin zone. Comparing
Matthew Ruffoni, E. A. Den Hartog, James E. Lawler, N. R. Brewer, K. Lind, Gillian Nave, J C. Pickering
The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey (GES) is conducting a large-scale study of multielement chemical abundances of some 100; 000 stars in the Milky Way
Tasshi Dennis, John B. Schlager, Kristine A. Bertness
The design, operation, and application of a novel solar simulator based on a high-power supercontinuum fiber laser are described. The simulator features a
A facile method in synthesizing crystalline lithiated amines via ball milling primary amines with LiH unprecedented endothermic dehydrogenation feature in the
Jeremy B. Clark, Ryan T. Glasser, Quentin C. Glorieux, Ulrich Vogl, Tian Li, Kevin M. Jones, Paul D. Lett
The dynamics of quantum states of light propagating through slow-light media have been well- characterized both theoretically and experimentally. The question
The intermittent contact resonance atomic force microscopy (ICR-AFM) mode proposed here is a new frequency modulation technique performed in scanning force
Fan Zhang, Sukhwan Yun, Javier Parrondo , Vijay Ramani
3-(trihydroxysilyl)-1-propanesulfonic acid (TPS) was used as a precursor to prepare sulfonated silica / sulfonated polyether ether ketone (SPEEK) composite
Isabel M. Beichl, Amanda A. Streib, Noah S. Streib, Francis Sullivan
A large portion of the complexity inherent to the Ising model can be captures with a trivial amount of computation. in this work, we support this claim by
We describe the design and simulation of several non-imaging concentrators designed to couple submillimeter wavelength radiation from free space into highly
Allison Barnard Feeney, Simon P. Frechette, Vijay Srinivasan
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has just completed a major effort on a new standard ISO 10303-242 titled Managed Model Based 3D
C. J. Zhu, X Zhao, Guoxiang Huang, Lu Deng, Edward W. Hagley, Yan Ren
We show that coherent broadband surface mixing-wave (SMW) by a hyper-Raman process can be efficiently generated near a metallic surface abutting a quasi-three
Ricardo Jimenez Martinez, Daniel J. Kennedy, Michael Rosenbluh, Elizabeth A. Donley, Svenja A. Knappe, Scott J. Seltzer, Hattie L. Ring, Vikram S. Bajaj, John E. Kitching
We present a microfluidic chip that enables the production of laser-polarized 129Xe gas and its optical detection. Production of polarized 129Xe and its remote
Rodney A. Bryant, Olatunde B. Sanni, Elizabeth F. Moore, Matthew F. Bundy, Aaron N. Johnson
Point velocity measurements conducted by traversing a pitot tube across the cross section of a flow conduit continues to be the standard practice for evaluating
Measurements of total pH, pHT, in electrochemical cells without transference are reported for 2 amino-2-hydroxymethyl 1,3-propanediol (Tris) buffers in
Joshua B. Martin, Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Thierry Caillat, Ichiro Yonenaga, Martin L. Green
The Seebeck coefficient is the most widely measured property specific to thermoelectric materials. Presently, there is no consensus on measurement protocols and
Valeri I. Babushok, Gregory T. Linteris, Oliver Meier, John Pagliaro
A kinetic model is suggested for hydrocarbon-air flame propagation with addition of hydrochloroflurocarbon (HCFC) fire suppressants, encompassing the combined
Xiaoyu Alan Zheng, Johannes A. Soons, Robert M. Thompson, John Villanova, Taher Kakal
A 2009 report by the National Academies [1] recommended strengthening the scientific basis of procedures and criteria employed by the forensic science specialty
Paul W. Witherell, Douglas Eddy, Ian Grosse, Sundar Krishnamurty, Jack Wileden, Kemper Lewis
The design of more sustainable products can be best accomplished in a tradeoff-based design process that methodically handles conflicting objectives. Such
The building industry uses numerous engineering standards, building codes, specifications and regulations and a diverse set of industry vocabularies to describe
The problem of geometric (model and system) interoperability is a non-trivial generalization of the classical problem of part interchangeability in mechanical
In this paper, a thesaurus-based methodology is proposed for systematic ontological conceptualization in the manufacturing domain. The methodology has three
Desorption electro-flow focusing ionization (DEFFI) mass spectrometry was used to image chemical distributions of endogenous, e.g., fatty acids, and trace