Journals

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

Connection of Kinetic Monte Carlo Model for Surfaces to Step-Continuum Theory in 1+1 Dimensions

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

Paul N. Patrone, Dionisios Margetis

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

Non-imaging Winston Cone Concentrators for Submillimeter-wave, Overmoded Waveguide

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

Erich N. Grossman, Oscar D. Friedman, Andrew O. Nelson

We describe the design, simulation, and measured performance of concentrators designed to couple submillimeter wavelength radiation from free space into highly

Measurement Traceability in Medical Physics

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

Lisa R. Karam

Medical physics, the joining of physics with healthcare, requires a level of quality assurance beyond many applications of the physical sciences. Always the

Sensitivity of composite floor system response at elevated temperatures to structural features

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

Therese P. McAllister

The sensitivity of composite floor system response at elevated temperatures to variations in structural features is examined. Four structural features were

Comparison of Human and Computer Performance Across Face Recognition Experiments

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

P J. Phillips, Alice J. O'Toole

Since 2005, human and machine performance has been systematically compared as part of face recognition competitions, with results being been reported for both

Mapping the Local Photo-Electronic Properties of Polycrystalline Solar Cells through High Resolution Laser-Beam-Induced Current Microscopy

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

Marina S. Leite, Maxim Abashin, Henri J. Lezec, Anthony G. Gianfrancesco, Albert A. Talin, Nikolai B. Zhitenev

To boost the efficiency of thin film polycrystalline solar cells that are microscopically inhomogeneous, it is imperative to understand how the grain cores (GCs

A Detailed Failure Analysis Examination of the Effect of Thermal Cycling on Cu TSV Reliability

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

Chukwudi A. Okoro, June W. Lau, Yaw S. Obeng, Klaus Hummler

In this work, a detailed failure analysis of the physical root cause for the increase in electrical resistance and radio-frequency (RF) transmission coefficient

Near-Field Scanning Microwave Microscopy: An Emerging Research Tool for Nanoscale Metrology

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

Atif A. Imtiaz, Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos

On 29 December 1959 at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society, Richard Feynman gave a lecture at the California Institute of Technology titled

R Implementation of a Polyhedral Approximation to a 3D Set of Points Using the Alpha-Shape

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

Thomas V. Lafarge, Beatriz Pateiro Lopez, Antonio M. Possolo, Joy P. Dunkers

This work describes the implementation in R of the alpha-shape of a finite set of points in three-dimensional space. This geometric construct generalizes the

Constraints on the Possible Long-Range Orbital Ordering in LaCoO₃

January 1, 2014

Author(s)

Daniel P. Phelan, Peter M. Gehring

A neutron powder diffraction measurement was performed to distinguish between the proposed monoclinic (I2/a) structure of LaCoO 3, which is consistent with

Constrained Hierarchical Control of a Diffusion Equation

December 31, 2013

Author(s)

Anthony J. Kearsley

In this paper, we consider the approximate pointwise control of a linear parabolic system with multiple targets. The location of the pointwise controls are

Uncertainty of temperature measurements by infrared thermography for metal cutting applications

December 31, 2013

Author(s)

Brandon M. Lane, Eric P. Whitenton, Viswanathan Madhavan, M A. Donmez

This paper presents the methodology and results of a comprehensive measurement uncertainty analysis for infrared thermography of a cutting tool during the metal

A New Standard for Securing Media-Independent Handover: IEEE 802.21a

December 31, 2013

Author(s)

Rafa Marin-Lopez, Fernando Bernal-Hidalgo, Subir Das, Lidong Chen, Yoshihiro Ohba

When enabling handover between different radio interfaces (e.g., handover from 3G to Wi-Fi), reducing network access authentication latency and securing

Correlation of rocket propulsion fuel properties with chemical composition using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry followed by partial least squares regression analysis

December 30, 2013

Author(s)

Thomas J. Bruno, Benjamin Kehimkar, Jamin C. Hoggard, Luke C. Marney, M. C. Billingsley, C. G. Fraga, R. E. Synovec

There is an increased need to more fully assess and control the composition of kerosene-based rocket propulsion fuels such as RP-1. In particular, it is

Thermal Conductivity of Monolayer MoS2 Obtained from Temperature-Dependent Raman Spectroscopy

December 30, 2013

Author(s)

Rusen Yan, Jeffrey R. Simpson, Simone Bertolazzi, Jacopo Brivio, Michael Watson, Xufei Wu, Andras Kis, Tengfei Luo, Angela R. Hight Walker, Huili G. Xing

Atomically thin molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) is emerging as a potential alternative to graphene due to presence of bandgap, which is particularly advantageous

Precise determination of the spectroscopic g-factor using broadband ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy

December 27, 2013

Author(s)

Justin M. Shaw, Hans T. Nembach, Thomas J. Silva, Carl T. Boone

We demonstrate that the spectroscopic g−factor can be determined with high precision and accuracy by use of a broadband ferromagnetic resonance measurements and