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In a recent letter (Cromer et al. Phys. Fluids 2013) we showed, for the first time, the existence of a steady shear-banded velocity profile for a polymer
Chad R. Snyder, Ryan C. Nieuwendaal, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Christine K. Luscombe, Prakash Sista, Shane D. Boyd
We extend a recent comprehensive study of 3-hexylthiophene oligomers to high molar mass poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) fractions, such as those used in organic
Vladimir Diky, Robert D. Chirico, Joe W. Magee, Chris D. Muzny, Andrei F. Kazakov, Kenneth G. Kroenlein, Michael D. Frenkel, Jeongwon J. Kang
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George C. Rhoderick, Franklin R. Guenther, David L. Duewer, Jeongsoon Lee, Jin Seog Kim, Dongmin Moon, Jinbok Lee
The growing awareness of climate change/global warming and continuing concerns regarding stratospheric ozone depletion will require future measurements and
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Conrad E. Bock, Raphael Barbau, Anantha Narayanan Narayanan
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Qian Dong, Xinjian Yan, Lisa E. Kilpatrick, Yuxue Liang, Yuri A. Mirokhin, Jeri S. Roth, Stephen E. Stein
This work presents a method for creating a mass spectral library containing tandem spectra identifiable peptide ions in the tryptic digestion of a single
This article reviews the early history of radiation-induced sugar damage in DNA in dedication to Prof. Clemens von Sonntag, who recently passed away. It covers
Mauro Zammarano, Timothy C. Mauldin, Jeffrey W. Gilman, John R. Shields, Dylan B. Timothy
A new isosorbide-based polyphosphate was synthesized and applied as a flame-retardant for polylactic acid (PLA). The storage modulus and glass transition
National security depends on the reliable functioning of critical infrastructures. Security mechanisms and controls for critical infrastructure protection aren
Jessica L. Staymates, Shahram Orandi, Matthew E. Staymates, John G. Gillen
This paper describes a method for combining direct chemical analysis of latent fingerprints with subsequent biometric analysis within a single sample. The
James I. Basham, Thomas N. Jackson, David J. Gundlach
We employ impedance spectroscopy as a method to predict the current-voltage curve in organic photovoltaics. This technique allows the quantification of the
Andrew J. Allen, Jan Ilavsky, Pete R. Jemian, Artur Braun
Electrochemical interfaces are key to the direct conversion of fuels to electrical energy and lend energy converters like solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) their
Small-angle neutron and X-ray scattering have become invaluable tools for probing the nanos- tructure of molecules in solution. It was recently shown that the
The NIST Firebrand Generator (NIST Dragon) has been used to quantify the vulnerability of structures to ignition by firebrand attack. The Firebrand Generator is
Kevin L. Silverman, Luis Miaja Avila, Varun B. Verma, Richard P. Mirin, James J. Coleman
We report on the optical gain and loss of waveguides containing lithographically defined quantum dots. Lasing action has previously been demonstrated in a
Juan C. Collado Gomez, Eduard Rocas, James C. Booth, Jordi Mateu, J. M. O'Callaghan, J. Verdu, A. Hueltes
This paper describes a novel absorptive limiter for frequency selective circuits. The proposed circuit allows the design of absorptive limiters based on a bi
Christopher L. Holloway, Galen H. Koepke, Dennis G. Camell, William F. Young, Catherine A. Remley
NIST is investigating radio communications problems faced by emergency responders (e.g., firefighters and police) in disaster situation such as collapsed
This paper presents an overview of the video copy detection benchmark which was run over a period of 4 years (2008-2011) as part of the TREC Video Retrieval
Yanfei Yang, Lung-I Huang, Yasuhiro Fukuyama, Fan-Hung Liu, Mariano Real, Paola Barbara, Chi-Te Liang, David B. Newell, Randolph Elmquist
Monolayer epitaxial graphene grown on a hexagonal silicon carbide (SiC) substrate is typically found to be heavily n-doped (10e13 cm-2) and in most devices made
Micelles of metal-seamed C-alkylpyrogallol[4]arene-based (PgC nM) hexamers and dimers in water have been formulated and characterized using in situ scattering
Behrang H. Hamadani, John F. Roller, Andrew M. Shore, Brian P. Dougherty, Howard W. Yoon
An irradiance-mode absolute differential spectral response measurement system based on a light emitting diode (LED) array is described. The LEDs are coupled to
L.M.S. Alves, B.S. de Lima, C.A.M. dos Santos, A. Rabello, S.H. Masunaga, J. J. Neumeier, Juscelino Leao
K 0.05MoO 2 has been studied by x-ray and Neutron diffractometry, electrical resistivity, magnetization, heat cpacity, and thermal expansion measurements. The
Tao Hong, K. P. Schmidt, K. Coester, F.F. Awwadi, M.M. Turnbull, Yiming Qiu, Jose Rodriguez Rivera, M. Zhu, X. Ke, C.P. Aoyama, Y. Takano, Huibo Cao, W. Tian, J. Ma, R. Custelcean, H.D. Zhou, M. Matsuda
We present specific-heat and neutron-scattering results for the S=1/2 quantum antiferromagnet (dimethylammonium)(3,5-dimethylpyridinim)CuBr 4. The material
We consider the difference between the two lowest eigenvalues (the fundamental gap) of a Schrodinger operator acting on a class of graph Laplacians. In
Deanne W. Sammond, John M. Yarbrough, Elisabeth Mansfield, Yannick J. Bomble, Sarah Hobdey, Stephen R. Decker, Larry Taylor, Michael G. Resch, Michael E. Himmel, Todd B. Vinzant, Michael F. Crowley
The loss of digestive activity of cellulase cocktails on biomass is a major challenge, commonly attributed to the binding of certain enzymes to lignin. While
Hydrazinoboranes of various alkali metals, i.e., NaN 2H 3BH 3 and KN 2H 3BH 3, were synthesized via a liquid approach. The crystal structures of NaN 2H 3BH 3
The Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement gives guidance about how values and uncertainties should be assigned to the input quantities that