Journals

Development of a broadband NbTiN traveling wave parametric amplifier for MKID readout

January 14, 2014

Author(s)

Clinton D. Bockstiegel

The sensitivity of microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) using dissipation readout is limited by the noise temperature of the cryogenic amplifier

Interoperability for Virtual Manufacturing systems

January 14, 2014

Author(s)

Yung-Tsun Lee, Juyeon Lee, Frank H. Riddick, Donald E. Libes, Deogratias Kibira

Manufacturing systems are often costly to develop and operate. Simulation technology has been demonstrated to be an effective tool for improving manufacturing

Three-Dimensional Hydrogel Constructs for Dosing Cells with Nanoparticles

January 13, 2014

Author(s)

Elisabeth Mansfield, Tammy L. Oreskovic, Nikki S. Rentz, Kavita M. Jeerage

In evaluating nanoparticle risks to human health, there is often a disconnect between results obtained from in vitro toxicology studies and in vivo activity

Comparison of 1D, 2D and 3D Nodule Sizing Methods by Radiologists for Spherical and Complex Nodules on Thoracic CT Phantom Images

January 11, 2014

Author(s)

John Lu, Charles D. Fenimore

Purpose: To estimate the bias and variance of radiologists measuring the size of spherical and complex synthetic nodules. Methods: This study did not require

Measuring order in regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) with solid-state 13C CPMAS NMR

January 10, 2014

Author(s)

Ryan C. Nieuwendaal, Chad R. Snyder, Dean M. DeLongchamp

We report on details of molecular packing in high molar mass poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) by solid-state 13C {1H} cross-polarization magic angle spinning

Broadband transmission filter 2013 OIC manufacturing problem contest

January 10, 2014

Author(s)

Catherine C. Cooksey, Li Li, J. A. Dobrowolski, Michael Jacobson

A broadband transmission filter from 400nm to 1100nm was selected for the manufacturing problem contest. The premise of the contest is to test the state of the

Fast Proton Conduction Facilitated by Minimum Water in a Series of Divinylsilyl-11-Silicotungstic Acid-co-Butyl Acrylate-co-Hexanediol Diacrylate Polymers

January 9, 2014

Author(s)

Lauren F. Greenlee, Andrew M. Herring, James L. Horan, Anitha Lingutla, Hui Ren, Mei-Chen Kuo, Sonny Sachdeva, Yuan Yang, Soenke Seifert, Michael A. Yandrasits, Steven J. Hamrock, Matthew H. Frey

Studies of proton transport in novel materials are important to enable a large array of electrochemical devices. In this study, we show that heteropoly acids

Bayes Estimators of Heterogeneity Variance and T-Systems

January 8, 2014

Author(s)

Andrew L. Rukhin

The considered problem concerns simultaneous inference for curve-confined natural parameters of independent, heterogeneous gamma-random variables with known

Determination of nanoparticle surface coatings and nanoparticle Purity using microscale thermogravimetric analysis analysis

January 8, 2014

Author(s)

Elisabeth Mansfield, Chris M. Poling, Jenifer L. Blacklock, Katherine M. Tyner

The use of nanoparticles in some applications (i.e., nanomedical, nanofiltration or nanoelectronic) requires small-scale samples with well-known purities and

Applications of Surface Metrology in Toolmark Identification

January 8, 2014

Author(s)

Xiaoyu Alan Zheng, Johannes A. Soons, Theodore V. Vorburger, Jun-Feng Song, Thomas Brian Renegar, Robert M. Thompson

Surface metrology is commonly used to characterize functional engineering surfaces. The technologies developed offer opportunities to improve forensic toolmark

Applications of Surface Metrology in Firearm Identification

January 8, 2014

Author(s)

Xiaoyu Alan Zheng, Johannes A. Soons, Theodore V. Vorburger, Jun-Feng Song, Thomas Brian Renegar, Robert M. Thompson

Surface metrology is commonly used to characterize functional engineering surfaces. The technologies developed offer opportunities to improve forensic toolmark

Epitaxial Si encapsulation of highly misfitting SiC quantum dot arrays formed on Si (001)

January 8, 2014

Author(s)

Christopher W. Petz, Dongyue Yang, Alline Myers, Jeremey Levy, Jerrold Floro

This work examines Si overgrowth to encapsulate 3C-SiC quantum dot arrays epitaxially grown on Si substrates. Using transmission electron microscopy we show how

Quantitative infrared spectroscopy of tetrakis(dimethylamido)titanium for process measurements

January 7, 2014

Author(s)

Brent A. Sperling, William A. Kimes, James E. Maslar

Infrared spectroscopy has been widely used for in situ analysis of the gas phase during chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD). For

Quantifying short-lived events in multistate ionic current measurements

January 7, 2014

Author(s)

Arvind K. Balijepalli, Jessica H. Benjamini, Andrew T. Cornio, Joseph W. Robertson, Kin P. Cheung, John J. Kasianowicz, Canute I. Vaz

We developed a generalized technique to characterize polymer!nanopore interactions via single channel ionic current measurements. Physical interactions between

Crystallographic Texture Evolution in 1008 Steel Sheet During Multi-Axial Tensile Strain Paths

January 7, 2014

Author(s)

Adam A. Creuziger, Lin Hu, Thomas H. Gnaeupel-Herold, Anthony D. Rollett

This paper considers the crystallographic texture evolution in a 1008 low carbon steel. The texture evolution along uniaxial, plane strain and balanced biaxial

Influence of tissue, age, and environmental quality on global levels of genomic methylation in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

January 7, 2014

Author(s)

Benjamin B. Parrott, John Bowden, Satomi Kohno, Jessica A. Cloy-McCoy, Jacqueline T. Bangma, Thomas R. Rainwater, Phillip M. Wilkinson, John Kucklick, Louis J. Guillette

Epigenetic modifications are key mediators of the interactions between the environment and an organism's genome. DNA methylation represents the best-studied

Development of Standard Reference Materials for Cement-Based Materials

January 6, 2014

Author(s)

Chiara F. Ferraris, Nicos Martys, William L. George

Rotational rheometers are routinely used for homogeneous materials, but their usage for characterization of a granular fluid like concrete is a relatively new

Tailoring the Permselectivity of Water Desalination Membranes via Nanoparticle Assembly

January 6, 2014

Author(s)

Edwin Chan, William Mulhearn, Jung-Hyun Lee, Daeyeon Lee, Christopher Stafford

: Thin film composite membranes can selectively separate mono- and di-valent ions from water via solution-diffusion of each species through a dense but

Perfluorohexane Adsorption in BCR-704 Faujasite Zeolite Benchmark Studies for the Seventh Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge

January 6, 2014

Author(s)

Richard B. Ross, John K. Brennan, Kevin A. Frankel, Jonathan D. Moore, Raymond D. Mountain, Joshua D. Moore, Riaz Ahmad, Matthias Thommes, Vincent K. Shen, Nathan E. Schultz, Daniel Siderius, Kenneth D. Smith

The primary goal of the seventh industrial fluid properties simulation challenge was to test the ability of molecular simulation methods to predict the

Accelerated and Natural Carbonation of Concretes with Internal Curing and Shrinkage/Viscosity Modifiers

January 5, 2014

Author(s)

Alejandro Duran-Herrera, Jose M. Mendoza-Rangel, Edgar de los Santos Rodriguez, Francisco Vazquez, P Valdez, Dale P. Bentz

In many parts of the world, corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete induced by carbonation of the concrete continues to be a major durability concern. This

Solution Superstructures of Pyrogallol[4]arene Nanoassemblies

January 4, 2014

Author(s)

Harshita Kumari, Steven R. Kline, Drew A. Fowler, Andrew V. Mossine, Carol A. Deakyne, Jerry L. Atwood

Tunable electrical conductivity in metal-organic framework thin film devices

January 3, 2014

Author(s)

Albert A. Talin, Andrea Centrone, Alexandra C. Ford, Michael E. Foster, Vitalie Stavila, Paul M. Haney, Robert A. Kinney, Veronika Szalai, Farid El Gabaly, Heayoung Yoon, Francois Leonard, Mark Allendorf

We report a strategy for realizing tunable electrical conductivity in MOFs in which the nanopores are infiltrated with redox-active, conjugated guest molecules

Probing the intracellular glutathione redox potential using in-cell NMR spectroscopy

January 2, 2014

Author(s)

Steve Y. Rhieu, Aaron A. Urbas, Daniel W. Bearden, John P. Marino, Vytautas Reipa, Katrice A. Lippa

Non-invasive and real-time analysis of cellular redox processes has been greatly hampered by lack of suitable measurement techniques. Here we describe an in

Site-Specific Models of the Received Power for Radio Communication in Urban Street Canyons

January 2, 2014

Author(s)

Catherine A. Remley, Jonathan Lu, Henry Bertoni, William F. Young

In this paper, we present computationally efficient models for predicting small-area average path gain for low antennas due to propagation through urban street

Development of a conceptual framework for evaluation of nanomaterials release from nanocomposites: environmental and toxicological implications

January 2, 2014

Author(s)

Jame Ging, Raul Tejerina-Anton, Girish Ramakrishnan, Mark Nielsen, Kyle Murphy, Justin Gorham, Tinh Nguyen, Alexander Orlov

Despite the fact that nanomaterials are considered potentially hazardous in a freely dispersed form, they are often considered safe when encapsulated into a

Comparison of atom probe compositional fidelity across thin film interfaces

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

Andrew Herzing, Justin G. Brons, Karen T. Henry, Ian M. Anderson, Gregory B. Thompson

A series of Fe/Ni and Ti/Nb multilayers with bilayer repeat distances of approximately 4 nm have been sputter-deposited onto n-doped Si [001] substrates. The

Materials Genome III: Building CALPHAD File and Data Repositories

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

Carelyn E. Campbell, Ursula R. Kattner, Zi-Kui Liu

The future development of the CALPHAD method requires establishing file and data repositories and tools to automate the modeling process and to enable efficient

A probabilistic approach for the analysis of stair evacuation movement data

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

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

This paper presents an innovative method to study stair evacuation data based on a probabilistic analysis of occupant travel paths. This type of approach relies

An Ordered Metallic-Glass Solid-Solution Phase That Grows From the Melt Like a Crystal

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

Lyle E. Levine, Karena Chapman, Leonid A. Bendersky, Gabrielle G. Long, John W. Cahn, Peter Chupas, Judith K. Stalick, Frederic Mompiou

We used high-energy synchrotron-based X-ray scattering to investigate the structure of an isotropic AlFeSi metallic glass that nucleates and grows from the melt

Bilateral key comparison CCM.P-K3.1 for absolute pressure measurements from 3 × 10-6 Pa to 9 × 10-4 Pa

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

James A. Fedchak

This report describes a bi-lateral key-comparison between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt