Journals

Broadband Rydberg Atom-Based Electric-Field Probe for SI-Traceable, Self-Calibrated Measurements

September 25, 2014

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, Joshua A. Gordon, Steven R. Jefferts, Thomas P. Heavner

We discuss a fundamental new approach for the measurement of electric (E) fields that will lead to the development of a broadband, SI-traceable, compact, self...

Draft B Report of Bilateral Key Comparison SIM.T-K6.2 on Humidity Standards In the Dew/Frost-point Temperature Range from -20 °C to 20 °C

September 25, 2014

Author(s)

Christopher W. Meyer, Peter H. Huang, Enrique Martines-Lopez, Edgar Mendez-Lango, Jesus Davila Pacheco

A Regional Metrology Organization (RMO) Key Comparison of dew/frost point temperatures TDP/FP was carried out by NIST and the Centro Nacional de Metrologia...

Assessing technical performance in differential gene expression experiments with external spike- in RNA control ratio mixtures

September 25, 2014

Author(s)

Sarah A. Munro, Steven P. Lund, Patrick S. Pine, Hans Binder, Djork-Arne Clevert, Ana Conesa, Joaquin Dopazo, Mario Fasold, Sepp Hochreiter, Huixao Hong, Nederah Jafari, David P. Kreil, Pawel P. Labaj, Yang Liao, Simon Lin, Christopher E. Mason, Javier Santoyo, Steven J. Schrodi, Leming Shi, Wei Shi, Gordon K. Smyth, Nancy Stralis-Pavese, Zhenqiang Su, Charles Wang, Jian Wang, Joshua Xu, Zhan Ye, Yong Yang, Ying Yu, Paul Zumbo, Marc L. Salit

There is a critical need for standard approaches to assess, report and compare the technical performance of genome-scale differential gene expression...

GaN nanowire coated with atomic layer deposition of tungsten: a probe for near-field scanning microwave microscopy

September 25, 2014

Author(s)

Joel Weber, Paul T. Blanchard, Aric Sanders, Jonas Gertsch, Steven George, Samuel Berweger, Atif A. Imtiaz, Thomas Mitchell (Mitch) Wallis, Kris A. Bertness, Pavel Kabos, Norman A. Sanford, victor bright

We report on the fabrication of a GaN nanowire probe for near-field scanning microwave microscopy. The probe has a capacitive resolution of 0.03 fF, surpassing...

Short-Range Magnetic Correlations in the Highly-Correlated Electron Compound CeCu₄Ga

September 25, 2014

Author(s)

B. G. Ueland, C. F. Miclea, K. Gofryk, Yiming Qiu, F. Ronning, R. Movshovich, E. D. Bauer, J. S. Gardner, J. D. Thompson

We report results from experiments on the heavy-electron compound CeCu 4Ga which show that it possesses short-range magnetic correlations down to a temperature...

Determining Relative Importance and Best Settings for Genetic Algorithm Control Parameters

September 25, 2014

Author(s)

Kevin L. Mills, James J. Filliben, Andrea Haines

We intend to use a classic genetic algorithm (GA) to steer a population of cloud-computing simulators into behavioral directions that reveal degraded...

Multifrequency Tapping-Mode Atomic Force Microscopy Beyond Three Eigenmodes in Ambient Air

September 25, 2014

Author(s)

Santiago D. Solares Rivera, Sang M. An, Chris Long

We present an exploratory study of multimodal tapping-mode atomic force microscopy driving more than three cantilever eigenmodes. We present tetramodal (4...

Detection of Hazardous Liquids using Microwave

September 24, 2014

Author(s)

Michael D. Janezic, Jolene D. Splett, Kevin J. Coakley, James R. Baker-Jarvis

The primary objective of this study is to determine the feasibility of using low-power microwaves to distinguish between hazardous and non-hazardous liquids at...

High-efficiency WSi superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors operating at 2.5 K

September 24, 2014

Author(s)

Varun B. Verma, Boris Korzh, Felix Bussieres, Robert D. Horansky, Adriana E. Lita, Francesco Marsili, Hugo Zbinden, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam

We demonstrate that superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) fabricated from amorphous WSi may be operated with > 75 % system detection...

Elucidating Water Transport Mechanisms in Nafion Thin Films

September 24, 2014

Author(s)

Eric Davis, Christopher Stafford, Kirt A. Page

Inhibition of cellular proliferation and enhancement of hydrogen peroxide production in fibrosarcoma cell line by weak radio frequency magnetic fields

September 23, 2014

Author(s)

Pablo Castello, Iain Hill, Lucas Portelli, Frank Barnes, Robert J. Usselman, Carlos Martino

This study presents experimental data for the effects of weak radio frequency (RF) magnetic fields on hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production and cellular growth...

Photochemical Properties of Hydrofluoroethers CH3OCHF2, CH3OCF3, and CHF2OCH2CF3: Reactivity toward OH, IR Absorption Cross Sections, Atmospheric Lifetimes and Global Warming Potentials

September 22, 2014

Author(s)

Vladimir L. Orkin, Victor Khamaganov, A G. Guschin

Rate constants for the gas phase reactions of OH radicals with three partially fluorinated ethers, CH3OCF3 (kHFE-143a), CH3OCHF2 (kHFE-152a), and CHF2OCH2CF3...

Interferometric Measurement of the Current-Phase Relationship of a Superfluid Weak Link

September 22, 2014

Author(s)

Stephen Eckel, Fred Jendrzejewski, Avinash Kumar, Christopher J. Lobb, Gretchen K. Campbell

Weak connections between superconductors or superfluids differ from classical links due to quantum coherence, which allows flow without resistance. Transport...

Photoelectron spectroscopy of wet and gaseous samples through electron transparent graphene membranes

September 22, 2014

Author(s)

Jurgen Kraus, Robert Reichelt, Sebastian Gunther, Luca Gregoratti, Tang Lin Teo, Maya Kiskinova, Alexander Yulaev, Ivan Vlassiouk, Andrei Kolmakov

Photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) and microscopy are highly demanded for exploring morphologically complex solid-gas and solid-liquid interfaces under realistic...

Foundations of modeling in cryobiology I: Concentration, Gibbs energy, and chemical potential relationships

September 21, 2014

Author(s)

Daniel M. Anderson, James Benson, Anthony J. Kearsley

Mathematical modeling plays an enormously important role in understanding the behavior of cells, tissues, and organs undergoing cryopreservation. Uses of these...

Online Supplemental Material for 'Foundations of modeling in cryobiologyI: Concentration, Gibbs energy, and chemical potential relationships'

September 21, 2014

Author(s)

Daniel M. Anderson, James Benson, Anthony J. Kearsley

The following contains supplemental online material related to alternate forms for the Gibbs Free Energy and associated chemical potential gradients.

Fully Quantum Cross Second Virial Coefficients for the Three-Dimensional He-H2 Pair

September 21, 2014

Author(s)

Giovanni Garberoglio, Konrad Patkowski, Allan H. Harvey

We use a recent high-accuracy three-dimensional potential to compute the cross second virial coefficient B12(T) between helium and molecular hydrogen. The path...

Influence of glycosidic linkage on the solution conformational entropy of gluco- and mannobioses

September 19, 2014

Author(s)

Andre M. Striegel, Mallory J. Morris

Employing size-exclusion chromatography, an entropically-controlled separation technique, we have determined the solution conformational entropy (-delta S) of...

Charge Offset Stability in Si Single Electron Devices with Al Gates

September 19, 2014

Author(s)

Neil M. Zimmerman, Henry Yang, Nai Shyan Lai, Wee Han Lim, Andrew S. Dzurak

We report on the charge offset drift (time stability) in Si quantum dots defined with Al gates. The size of the charge offset drift (0.1 e) is intermediate...

Assessing the Verification and Validation of Building Fire Evacuation Models

September 19, 2014

Author(s)

Enrico Ronchi, Erica D. Kuligowski, Daniel Nilsson, Richard Peacock, Paul A. Reneke

To date there is no International standard on the verification and validation (V&V) of building fire evacuation models, i.e., model testers adopt inconsistent...

Creation of Libraries of Recurring Mass Spectra from Large Data Sets assisted by a Dual-Column Workflow

September 18, 2014

Author(s)

William G. Mallard, Stephen E. Stein, Halket M. John, Yuri A. Mirokhin, Nirina Rabe Andriamaharavo

An analytical methodology has been developed for extracting recurrent unidentified spectra (RUS) from large GC/MS data sets. Spectra were first extracted from...

Identification of phase boundaries in surfactant solutions via Compton spectrum quenching,Identification of phase boundaries in surfactant solutions via Compton spectrum quenching

September 18, 2014

Author(s)

Denis E. Bergeron

The critical micelle concentration and the phase boundary between isolated surfactant molecules and aggregates are probed via fluorescence spectroscopy and a...

1 V Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer

September 17, 2014

Author(s)

Samuel P. Benz, Steven B. Waltman, Anna E. Fox, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Alain Rufenacht, Jason M. Underwood, Charles J. Burroughs

A quantum-accurate waveform with a root-mean-square (RMS) output amplitude of 1 V has been synthesized for the first time. This four-fold increase in voltage...

Weak Localization, Spin Relaxation, and Spin-Diffusion: Crossover Between Weak and Strong Rashba Coupling Limits

September 17, 2014

Author(s)

Yasufumi Araki, Guru S. Khalsa, Allan H. MacDonald

Disorder scattering and spin-orbit coupling are together responsible for the diffusion and relaxation of spin-density in time-reversal invariant systems. We...

Visualizing Mass Transport in Desorption Electrospray Ionization using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, an In-Depth Study

September 16, 2014

Author(s)

Shinichiro Muramoto

Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) was used to visualize the transport of analyte desorbed by a desorption electrospray ionization (DESI)...

The IEEE VSSC/1622: Voting System Standards

September 15, 2014

Author(s)

John P. Wack

This article presents an overview of the IEEE VSSC/1622 and its working groups. It contains information as to why a common data format for voting systems is...

Quantum correlations in a noisy neutron interferometer

September 15, 2014

Author(s)

Michael G. Huber, Muhammad D. Arif, Christopher Wood, D G. Cory, M. O. Abutaleb, Dimitry A. Pushin

We investigate quantum coherences in the presence of noise by entangling the spin and path degrees of freedom of the output neutron beam from a noisy three...

On-the-fly machine-learning for high-throughput experiments: search for rare-earth-free permanent magnets

September 15, 2014

Author(s)

Aaron G. Kusne, Christian J. Long, Ichiro Takeuchi, Tieren Gao

Advanced materials characterization techniques with ever-growing data acquisition speed and storage capabilities represent a challenge in modern materials...

A perspective on the origin of lubricity in petroleum distillate motor fuels

September 15, 2014

Author(s)

Peter Y. Hsieh, Thomas J. Bruno

Lubricity, or a substance's effect on friction and wear between two surfaces in relative motion, is affected by both chemical and physical mechanisms present at...

Simulation of the Hydration Kinetics and Elastic Moduli of Cement Mortars by Microstructural Modeling

September 15, 2014

Author(s)

Luca Valentini, Matteo Parisatto, Vincenzo Russo, Giorgio Ferrari, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Ross J. Angel, Maria C. Dalconi, Gilberto Artioli

The ability of the VCCTL microstructural model to predict the hydration kinetics and elastic moduli of cement materials was tested by coupling a series of...