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This paper considers the alternative cooling technologies studied by Fisher et al. (1994) and assesses their current performance and market potential in...
Aaron Edgington, Elijah Petersen, Andrew Herzing, Apparao Rao, Stephen Klaine
The objectives of this study were to determine the absorption of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) across the gut epithelial cells in Daphnia magna and to...
We describe a flow meter for gas flows in the range from 0.01 sccm to 100 sccm with a relative standard uncertainty of 0.03 % at 1 sccm. (1 sccm ≈ 1 cm3/min of...
Dan Bearden, Douglas W. Lowman, Rachel R. Greene, Michael D. Kruppa, Max Pottier, Mario Monteiro, David L. Williams
The innate immune system differentially recognizes Candida albicans yeast and hyphae. It is not clear how the innate immune system effectively discriminates...
The scanning electron microscope (SEM) has gone through a tremendous evolution to become a critical tool for many and diverse scientific and industrial...
Sayaka S. Suzuki, Adam Brown, Samuel L. Manzello, Junichi Suzuki, Yoshihiko Hayashi
Firebrand production from a real-scale structure under well-controlled laboratory conditions was investigated. The structure was fabricated using wood studs and...
Terrence J. Udovic, Kristina Verdal, John J. Rush, Daniel De Vries, Michael R. Hartman, John J. Vajo, Adam F. Gross, Alexander V. Skripov
The reorientational dynamics of BH 4 anions in a variety of environments of environments were measured as a function of temperature via fixed-window scans (FWSs...
Peter J. Lowell, Galen C. O'Neil, Jason M. Underwood, Xiaohang NMN Zhang, Joel N. Ullom
Normal-metal∖insulator∖superconductor (NIS) junctions can be used as solid-state refrigerators since the hottest electrons preferentially tunnel from the normal...
Deepa Subramanian, Christopher T. Boughter, Jeffrey B. Klauda, Boualem Hammouda, Mikhail A. Anisimov
Small amphiphilic molecules, also known as hydrotropes, are too small to form equilibrium mesostructures, such as micelles, in aqueous solutions. However...
Sketch-based 3D shape retrieval has become an important research topic in content-based 3D object retrieval. To foster this research area, two Shape Retrieval...
Eric Chason, Alison Engwal, Fei Pei, Manon C. Lafouresse, Ugo Bertocci, Gery R. Stafford, Joseph A. Murphy, Catherine Lenihan, D. N. Buckley
We report on the results of a multi-laboratory study to measure the steady state growth stress of planar copper thin films, electrodeposited from additive-free...
Craig M. Brown, Anibal Javier Ramirez-Cuesta, Jae-Hyuk Her, Paul S. Wheatley, Russell E. Morris
The structure of Ni 2(dobdc) (dobdc 4- = 2,5- dioxido-1,4-benzenedicarboxylate) as a function of deuterium adsorption has been determined through the...
Information useful for identifying a person can be found both in the face and body. Previous studies indicate that when an entire person is visible, we rely...
Wenhao Chen, Andrew K. Persily, Alfred T. Hodgson, Francis J. Offerman, Dustin Poppendieck, Kazukiyo Kumagai
Product loading ratio and area-specific airflow rate are among the key parameters required for indoor air quality (IAQ) modeling and exposure health assessment...
We study the formation and collision aided decay of an ultra-cold atomic Bose-Einstein condensate in the first excited band of a double-well 2D-optical latt ice...
On-going densification of microelectronics has driven the development of cost effective and reliable processes for fabricating circuitry ranging from nanometer...
Suzanne Ahmed, Wei Wang, Lamar O. Mair, Robert D. Fraleigh, Sixing Li, Luz A. Castro, Mauricio Hoyos, Tony J. Huang, Thomas E. Mallouk
The recent discovery of fuel-free propulsion of nanomotors using acoustic energy has provided a new avenue for using nanomotors in biocompatible media. Crucial...
A method for locally sensing and storing data of transverse domain wall chirality in planar nanowire logic and memory systems is presented. Patterned elements...
M Miral Dizdar, Aaron C. Jacobs, Ajit Jadhav, Dorjbal Dorjsuren, David Maloney, Anton Simeonov, Pawel Jaruga, Amanda K. McCullough, R. S. Lloyd
Following the formation of oxidatively-induced DNA damage, several DNA glycosylases are required to initiate repair of the base lesions that are formed...
A problem that frequently occurs in metrology is one of assessing compatibility of data obtained by a user laboratory with the specified values and uncertainty...
Alicia Kalafut-Pettibone, Joseph Klems, Donald R. Burgess Jr., William S. McGivern
Recent studies have shown that 254 nm light can be used to generate organic aerosol from iodoalkane/air mixtures via photodissociation of the C−I bond and...
Mauro Zammarano, Szabolcs Matko, William M. Pitts, Douglas M. Fox, Rick D. Davis
Smoldering poses a severe fire hazard due to the potentially lethal amount of toxic carbon monoxide released, and the possibility to reach flashover (through...
David R. Leibrandt, M Thorpe, Chin-Wen Chou, Tara M. Fortier, Scott A. Diddams, Till P. Rosenband
We present four frequency comparison measurements designed to investigate the performance of an optical frequency reference based on spectral hole burning in Eu...
Nestor E. Valadez-Perez, Yun Liu, Aaron P. R. Eberle, Norman J. Wagner, Ramon Castaneda-Priego
One major goal in condensed matter physics is identifying the physical mechanisms that lead to arrested states of matter, especially gels and glasses. The...
Y. Nozaki, K. Nakano, T. Yajima, H. Kageyama, B. Frandsen, L Liu, S. Cheung, T. Goko, Y. J. Uemura, T.S.J. Munsie, T. Medina, G. M. Luke, J. Munevar, D. Nishio-Hamane, Craig Brown
We present the results of muon spin relaxation/rotation, transmission electron microscopy, and neutron diffraction measurements performed on several specimens...
Extreme bottom-up superfilling of annular through-silicon-vias (TSV) during copper electrodeposition has been reported wherein metal deposits on the bottom...
Elijah Petersen, Thomas F. Lam, Justin Gorham, Keana Scott, Chris Long, Deborah Jacobs, Renu Sharma, James Alexander Liddle, Tinh Nguyen
One of the most promising applications of nanomaterials is as nanofillers to enhance the properties of polymeric materials. However, the effect of nanofillers...
Katarzyna E. Bielska, Daniel K. Havey, Gregory E. Scace, D Lisak, Allan H. Harvey, Joseph T. Hodges
The vapor pressure of hexagonal (Ih) ice was measured over the temperature range 175 K to 253.4 K and referenced to the value at the triple point of water. This...