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Vis Madhavan, Gary Lipczynski, Brandon Lane, Eric P. Whitenton
Experiments were carried out at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in collaboration with The Boeing Company, to obtain force and temperature...
Phil Richerme, Zhexuan Gong, Aaron Lee, Crystal Senko, Jacob Smith, Michael S. Foss-Feig, Spyridon Michalakis, Alexey Gorshkov, Christopher Monroe
The maximum speed with which information can propagate in a quantum many-body system directly affects how quickly disparate parts of the system can become...
We describe a novel interferometric method, based on nested Fresnel zone lenses or photon sieves, for testing and measuring the radius of curvature of precision...
This paper presents a stiffness based kinematic model for analysis and control of a MEMS flexure-based hexapod nanopositioner that was previously built by the...
Yonggao Y. Yan, Winnie Wong-Ng, James A. Kaduk, Matthew Suchomel, Xiang Sun, Gangjian Tan, Xinfeng Tang, Lan (. Li, Igor Levin
The structures and thermoelectric properties of double-filled (CaxCe1-x)Fe4Sb12 series (x=0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1) have been investigated using the...
Andrew Herzing, Steven A. Hawks, Jordan C. Aguirre, Laura T. Schelhas, Robert Thompson, Rachel Huber, Amy Ferreira, Guangye Zhang, Robert A. Street, Sarah Tolbert, Benjamin Schwartz
Efficient bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells based on polymer:fullerene photoactive layers can be created either by traditional blend casting (BC), where the...
We study six regularization parameter selection algorithms applied to deconvolution problems relevant for characterization of high-speed communication...
Ronaldo Minniti, G. Massillon, Christopher G. Soares
Thermoluminescent (TL) dosimeters, particularly LiF:Mg,Ti (commercially known as TLD-100), are widely used to estimate the absorbed dose received by patients...
Aqueous DNA solutions at three concentrations were studied as model sputum by viscosity measurements at ambient pressure. Initial measurements at 25 °C, 37.78...
The new oxide ion conductors Sr 1-xK xSiO 3-05x, recently reported as promising candidate electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells, were characterized using...
Cui Ding, Xin Gong, Huiyuan Man, Guoxiang Zhi, Shengli Guo, Yang Zhao, Hangdong Wang, Bin Chen, F.L. Ning
(La 1-xSr x)(Zn 1-yMndy^)AsO is a two dimensional diluted ferromagnetic semiconductor that has advantage of decoupled charge and spin doping. The substitution...
Shinichiro Muramoto, Derk Rading, Brian G. Bush, John G. Gillen, David G. Castner
A model delta layer system made of thin films of an organometallic chelate and an aromatic molecule (aluminum hydroxyquinolinate and bathocuproine), both that...
Joseph Reader, John D. Gillaspy, Dmitry D. Osin, Yuri Ralchenko
Extreme ultraviolet spectra of highly charged barium atoms were produced with an electron beam ion trap (EBIT) and recorded with a flat-field grazing-incidence...
Thomas R. Gentile, T G. Walker, E Babcock, Qiang NMN Ye, Wangchun Chen
Using diode bar lasers spectrally narrowed with chirped volume holographic gratings (VHGs), we have obtained an improvement in the 3He polarization achievable...
Atif A. Imtiaz, Thomas M. Wallis, Joel C. Weber, Kevin J. Coakley, Matthew D. Brubaker, Paul T. Blanchard, Kristine A. Bertness, Norman A. Sanford
We used a broadband, atomic-force-microscope-based, scanning microwave microscope (AFM-SMM) to probe the axial dependence of the depletion in a GaN nanowire (NW...
Bruce D. Ravel, Wantana Klysubun, G. Lawrence Carr, Christoph Hauzenberger
The Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok, Thailand is noted for its glass mosaic decorations on exterior walls and statuary. The original mosaic artwork...
Numerous research papers have focused on the development of guidelines, indicators, metrics, methods, tools, and systems for sustainability performance...
Shu Yang, Andrew J. Schultz, David A. Kofke, Allan H. Harvey
Gas-saturation measurements of apparent vapor pressures of heavy organic molecules are found to depend on the carrier gas when interpreted with an ideal-gas...
This paper presents an experimental study of two full-scale reinforced concrete (R/C) beam-column assemblies under a column removal scenario. The assemblies...
Pragya R. Shrestha, Kin P. Cheung, Jason P. Campbell, Jason T. Ryan, Helmut Baumgart
As device dimensions continue to scale, transient phenomena are becoming increasingly more important to understand for both performance and reliability...
It is a scientific and engineering challenge to characterize materials under nonequilibrium conditions. In recent years, X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy...
Pawel Jaruga, Jeffrey S. Nico, Lisa R. Karam, Olga Timofeeva, William Blakely, M Miral Dizdar, D Pang
In this study a comparison of the effects of high-LET neutrons with low-LET electrons on irradiation of aqueous DNA solutions was investigated to characterize...
John Unguris, Samuel R. Bowden, Daniel T. Pierce, M. Trassin, R. Ramesh, S.- W. Cheong, Sean Fackler, Ichiro Takeuchi
Combining ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials has produced exciting new opportunities to design and produce structures with new functionalities.1,2,3 In...
The Bogue calculations of cement composition are used for manufacturing process control and cement classification. While it is commonly understood that the...
One of the most influential factors of the performance of a finned tube heat exchanger is the distribution of the air passing through it; therefore it must be...
Chukwudi A. Okoro, Lyle E. Levine, Yaw S. Obeng, Klaus Hummler, Ruqing Xu
In this study, we report a new method for achieving depth resolved determination of the full stress tensor in buried Cu through-silicon vias (TSVs), using...
Using an ion source based on photoionization of laser-cooled lithium atoms, we have developed a scanning ion microscope with probe sizes of a few tens of...
Scott B. Papp, Katja M. Beha, Pascal P. Del'Haye, Franklyn J. Quinlan, Hansuek Lee, Kerry J. Vahala, Scott A. Diddams
Optical frequency combs enable measurement precision at the 20th digit, and measurement accuracy entirely commensurate with their reference oscillator. A new...