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Anne Katchy, Caroline Pinto, Philip Jonsson, Trang Nguyen-Vu, Marchela Pandelova, Anne Riu, Karl-Werner Schramm, Daniel Samarov, Jan-Ake Gustafsson, Maria Bondesson, Cecilia Williams
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC) are abundant in our environment. A number of EDCs, including bisphenol A (BPA) can bind to the estrogen receptors, ERα and
Wenwei Ge, Christopher P. Devreugd, Daniel Phelan, Qinhui Zhang, Muhtar Ahart, Jiefang Li, Haosu Luo, Lynn A. Boatner, Dwight Viehland, Peter M. Gehring
We report the results of neutron elastic scattering measurements between -250°C and 620°C on the lead-free relaxor Na 1/2Bi 1/2TiO 3 (NBT). Strong, anisotropic
Synthetic aperture measurements in a loaded reverberation chamber are used to calculate power-angle profiles describing the instantaneous distribution of
Michael A. Boss, John A. Mates, Sarah E. Busch, Paul SanGiorgio, Stephen E. Russek, Kai Buckenmaier, Kent D. Irwin, Hsiao-Mei Cho, Gene C. Hilton, John Clarke
Purpose: Prototype phantoms were designed, constructed, and characterized for the purpose of calibrating ultralow field magnetic resonance imaging (ULF MRI)
Donna C. Hurley, Sara E. Campbell, Jason P. Killgore, Lewis M. Cox, Yifu Ding
We show how atomic force microscopy techniques based on contact resonance (CR) can be used to measure the viscoelastic loss tangent tan δ of polymeric materials
Jeremy Brison, Michael A. Robinson, Danielle S. Benoit, Shinichiro Muramoto, Patrick S. Stayton, David G. Castner
In this study, a non-native chemical species, bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU), was imaged within single HeLa cells using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry
Scott Grutzik, Richard S. Gates, Yvonne B. Gerbig, Douglas T. Smith, Robert F. Cook, Alan Zehnder
There are many atomic force microscopy (AFM) applications that rely on quantifying the force between the AFM cantilever tip and the sample. The AFM does not
Houxun Miao, Lei Chen, Eric Bennett, Nick Adamo, Andrew A. Gomella, Alexa D. Luca, Ajay Patel, Nicole Y. Morgan, Han Wen
X-ray phase-contrast imaging offers a new way to look into the internal structures of objects. At hard x-ray energies the phase shift in some materials is many
Yonggao Y. Yan, Joshua B. Martin, Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Martin L. Green, Xinfeng Tang
Combinatorial metrology has evolved as a useful approach to rapidly determine the composition-structure-property relationships for solid solution systems in a
Forensic identification of homemade explosives is critical for determining the origin of the explosive materials and precursors, and formulation procedures
Although building quality into software is paramount, professionals find that testing is necessary to assure that the system will operate as desired. Developing
This is an invited perspective article on a paper that will appear in the same issue. The perspective describes imaging energy transfer between cold Rydberg
Alexander V. Skripov, Olga A. Babanova, Alexei V. Soloninin, Vitalie Stavila, Kristina Verdal, Terrence J. Udovic, John J. Rush
To study the reorientational motion of icosahdral [B 12H 12] 2- anions and the translational diffusion of alkali-metal (A +) cations in A 2^B 12H 12 (A = Na, K
Sara E. Beck, Roberto A. Rodriguez, Karl G. Linden, Thomas M. Hargy, Thomas C. Larason, Harold B. Wright
Adenovirus is regarded as the most resistant pathogen to ultraviolet (UV) disinfection due to its demonstrated resistance to monochromatic, low-pressure (LP) UV
This paper describes new capabilities in the Systems Modeling Language that reduce the complexity of specifying systems through componentization, and increase
John H. Lehman, Evangelos Theocharous, Savva Theocharous
A novel pyroelectric detector consisting of a vertically aligned nanotube array on thin silicon (VANTA/Si) bonded to a 60 μm thick crystal of LiTaO 3 has been
Matthew Ruffoni, J C. Pickering, C. Allende Prieto, Gillian Nave
We report experimental oscillator strengths for 28 infrared Fe I transitions, for which no previous experimental values exist. These transitions were selected
Prasad S. Sarangapani, Steven D. Hudson, Kalman D. Migler, Jai A. Pathak
Proteins are complex macromolecules with dynamic conformations and spatially heterogeneous charge distributions but also bear striking similarity to colloids
Kyoung-Whan Kim, Hyun-Woo Lee, Kyung Jin Lee, Mark D. Stiles
Spin-orbit coupling causes many properties that make magnets technologically important as well as properties that interfere with optimal performance. As
Robert D. Horansky, Douglas A. Bennett, Daniel R. Schmidt, Barry L. Zink, Joel N. Ullom
Microcalorimeter detectors rely on superconducting components and cryogenic temperatures to provide over an order-of-magnitude improvement in energy resolution
To statistically quantify the evidence against local realism in an experiment, it is desirable to bound the probability according to local realism of a
Vladimir Diky, Robert D. Chirico, Chris D. Muzny, Andrei F. Kazakov, Kenneth G. Kroenlein, Joe W. Magee, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, Michael D. Frenkel
ThermoData Engine (TDE) is the first full-scale software implementation of the dynamic data evaluation concept, as reported in this journal. The present article
Current methods of composition measurement lack the ability to produce consistent results from laboratory to laboratory and across companies. NIST has developed
Wen-Yang Gao, Rong Cai, Le Meng, Lukasz Wojtas, Wei Zhou, Taner N. Yildirim, Xiaodong Shi, Shengqian Ma
A strategy for achieving high-connected robust MOFs by linear ligands is exemplified by the construction of MTAF-4, a rare (6, 9)-connected 10 MOF based upon
Walter J. Lafferty, Jean-Marie Flaud, Fridolin Kwabia, A. Perrin, M. Ngom
Seven Fourier transform spectra of the ν3 band of oxirane (ethylene oxide) have been recorded with different pressures and used to derive individual line
Paul D. Kunz, Thomas P. Heavner, Steven R. Jefferts
We demonstrate a variation of pump-probe spectroscopy that is particularly useful for laser frequency stabilization. This polarization enhanced absorption
Cadmium was quantified at 80.15 ng/g ± 0.86 ng/g in NIST SRM 3280 Multivitamin/Multielement Tablets, using double isotope dilution mass spectrometry. The method
Yuri Mishin, James A. Warren, Robert F. Sekerka, William J. Boettinger
We develop an irreversible thermodynamics framework for the description of creep deformation in crystalline solids by mechanisms that involve vacancy diffusion
F K. Tchana, M. Ngom, Agnes Perrin, Jean-Marie Flaud, Walter J. Lafferty, S. A. Ndiaye, El. A. Ngum
Absolute individual line intensities of numerous transitions of the fundamental ν2 and ν10 bands of oxirane (ethylene oxide, c-C2H4O) have been measured in the