Journals

A titanium-nitride near-infrared kinetic inductance photon-counting detector and its anomalous electrodynamics

October 1, 2012

Author(s)

Martin O. Sandberg, Fabio C. da Silva, Kent D. Irwin, David P. Pappas, Sae Woo Nam, David Wisbey, Ben Mazin, Seth Meeker, Jonas Zmuidzinas, Henry G. Leduc

We demonstrate single-photon counting at 1550 nm with titanium-nitride (TiN) microwave kinetic inductancedetectors. Full-width-at-half-maximum energy resolution

Interstellar Carbodiimide (HNCNH) - A New Astronomical Detection from the GBT PRIMOS Survey via Maser Emission Features

October 1, 2012

Author(s)

Brett A. McGuire, Ryan A. Loomis, Cameron M. Charness, Geoffery A. Blake, Jan M. Hollis, Francis J. Lovas, Philip R. Jewell, Anthony J. Remijan

Historically, searches for new astronomical molecules resulted in the detection of favorable, high line strength transitions based on a thermal approximation to

The Juliet 1.1 C/C++ and Java Test Suite

October 1, 2012

Author(s)

Frederick E. Boland Jr., Paul E. Black

The Juliet Test Suite 1.1 is a collection of over 81,000 synthetic C/C++ and Java programs with known flaws. These programs are useful as test cases for testing

Partitioning of Ethanol into Lipid Membranes and its Effect on Fluidity and Permeability as seen by X-ray and Neutron Scattering

October 1, 2012

Author(s)

Laura Toppozini, Clare L. Armstrong, Matthew A. Barrett, Songbo Zheng, Lindy Luo, Hirsh Nanda, Victoria Garcia Sakai, Maikel C. Rheinstadter

We present a combined neutron and x-ray scattering investigation to study the effect of ethanol on molecular structure and dynamics of lipid membranes. DMPC

Pore Size Distribution and Accessible Pore Size Distribution in Bituminous Coals

October 1, 2012

Author(s)

Richard Sakurovs, Lilin He, Yuri B. Melnichenko, Andrzej P. Radlinski, Tomasz Blach, Hartmut Lemmel, David F. Mildner

Contrast-matching ultra-small-angle neutron scattering (USANS) and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) techniques have been used to determine the fraction of

Interference Mitigation Using Adaptive Schemes in Body Area Networks

September 30, 2012

Author(s)

Wen-Bin Yang, Kamran Sayrafian

Considering the medical nature of the information carried in Body Area Networks (BAN), interference from coexisting wireless networks or even other nearby BANs

Identifying the Dynamic Compressive Stiffness of a Prospective Biomimetic Elastomer by an Inverse Method

September 30, 2012

Author(s)

Steven Mates, Richard L. Rhorer, Aaron M. Forster, Amit Bagchi, Richard Everett, Kirth Simmonds

Elastomeric materials that mimic real soft human tissues are sought to provide realistic experimental devices to simulate the human body's response to

Multiexciton dynamics in infrared-emitting colloidal nanostructures probed by a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector

September 30, 2012

Author(s)

Richard L. Sandberg, Lazaro A. Padilha, Mumtaz Qazilbash, Wan Ki Bae, Richard D. Schaller, Jeffrey M. Pietryga, Martin Stevens, Burm Baek, Sae Woo Nam, Victor I. Klimov

Carrier multiplication (CM) is the process in which absorption of a single photon produces multiple electron-hole pairs. Here, we evaluate the effect of

A high resolution gamma-ray spectrometer based on superconducting microcalorimeters

September 28, 2012

Author(s)

Douglas A. Bennett, Robert D. Horansky, Daniel R. Schmidt, Andrew Hoover, Ryan Winkler, Bradley K. Alpert, James A. Beall, William B. Doriese, Joseph W. Fowler, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Nathan J. Hoteling, Vincent Y. Kotsubo, John A. Mates, Galen C. O'Neil, Michael W. Rabin, Carl D. Reintsema, Francis J. Schima, Daniel S. Swetz, Leila R. Vale, Joel N. Ullom

Improvements in superconductor device fabrication, detector hybridization techniques, and superconducting quantum interference device readout have made square

Fourier Expansions for a Logarithmic Fundamental Solution of the Polyharmonic Equation

September 28, 2012

Author(s)

Howard S. Cohl

In even-dimensional Euclidean space for integer powers of the Laplacian greater than or equal to the dimension divided by two, a fundamental solution for the

Impact of size and sorption on degradation of trichloroethylene and polychlorinated biphenyls by nano-scale zerovalent iron

September 28, 2012

Author(s)

Elijah J. Petersen, Roger A. Pinto, Xiangyang Shi, Qingguo Huang

Nano-scale zerovalent iron (nZVI) has been studied in recent years for environmental remediation applications such as the degradation of chlorinated organic

Optimization of Dispersion and Surface Pretreatment for Single GaN Nanowire Devices

September 28, 2012

Author(s)

Norman A. Sanford, Kristine A. Bertness, Andrew M. Herrero

The correlation of residual contamination with void formation at the contact/SiO2 interface for single GaN NW devices was investigated. The morphology at the

MEMS Kinematics by Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy

September 27, 2012

Author(s)

Craig D. McGray, Samuel M. Stavis, Joshua Giltinan, Eric Eastman, Samara L. Firebaugh, Jenelle Piepmeier, Jon C. Geist, Michael Gaitan

Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy is used for the first time to study the nanoscale kinematics of a MEMS device in motion across a surface. A device

A Dual Mode Evolutionary Algorithm Approach for Designing Optimized Finned-Tube Heat Exchangers

September 27, 2012

Author(s)

David A. Yashar, Piotr A. Domanski, Janusz Wojusiak, Kenneth Kaufman

The efficiency of a vapor compression system is strongly influenced by the performance of the finned-tube heat exchangers it employs. Heat exchanger performance

Quantum Tomography via Compressed Sensing: Error Bounds, Sample Complexity, and Efficient Estimators

September 27, 2012

Author(s)

Yi-Kai Liu, Steven T. Flammia, David Gross, Jens Eisert

Intuitively, if a density operator has small rank, then it should be easier to estimate from experimental data, since in this case only a few eigenvectors need

Thermal Decomposition of 1-Pentyl Radicals at High Pressures and Temperatures

September 27, 2012

Author(s)

Andrea Comandini, Iftikhar A. Awan, Jeffrey A. Manion

Complementary shock-tube studies at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) have been used to

Cup-Burner Flame Structure and Extinguishment by C2HF5 in Microgravity

September 26, 2012

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris, Fumiaki Takahashi, Viswanath R. Katta, Oliver Meier

The effects of fire-extinguishing agent C2HF5 (pentafluoroethane, HFC-125) added to a coflowing airstream on the structure and extinguishing processes of

Simple device for rare cell capture from whole blood

September 26, 2012

Author(s)

Jason G. Kralj, Samuel P. Forry, Matt S. Munson, Thomas P. Forbes, Chandamany Arya, Lynn Sorbara, Alessandro Tona, Sudhir Srivastava

We have developed a system to isolate rare cells from whole blood using commercially available components and simple microfluidics that can provide biologists

Controlling Thermochromism in a Photonic Block Copolymer Gel

September 26, 2012

Author(s)

Joseph J. Walish, Yin Fan , Andrea Centrone, Edwin L. Thomas

Controlling the color via temperature-induced changes of self-assembled photonic materials is important for their application in sensors and displays. The

A comparison of methods for Non-rigid 3D shape retrieval

September 26, 2012

Author(s)

Zhouhui Lian, Afzal A. Godil

Non-rigid 3D shape retrieval has become an active and important research topic in content-based 3D object retrieval. The aim of this paper is to measure and

Valleytronics, Carrier Filtering and Thermoelectricity in Bismuth: Magnetic Field Polarization Effects

September 25, 2012

Author(s)

Adrian Popescu, Lilia Woods

Valley polarization of multi-valleyed materials is of significant interest for potential applications in electronic devices. The main challenge is removing the

Bayesian Estimation of Reliability for Batches of High Reliability Single Use Parts

September 24, 2012

Author(s)

Adam L. Pintar

When batches of critical, very high reliability single use parts are being produced, rigorous testing is often required to qualify the parts and allow them to

Current status and future needs for standards of radionuclides used in Positron Emission Tomography

September 23, 2012

Author(s)

Brian E. Zimmerman

Positron Emission Tomography is being increasingly used as a quantitative technique for detecting disease and monitoring patient progress during treatment. In

Characterizing Firebrand Exposure from Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires: Results from the 2007 Angora Fire

September 22, 2012

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Ethan I. Foote

This study examines the size distribution and other characteristics of firebrand exposure during the 2007 Angora Fire, a severe Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)

Characterization and In-situ Monitoring of Sub-stoichiometric Adjustable TC Titanium Nitride Growth

September 21, 2012

Author(s)

Michael R. Vissers, Jiansong Gao, Jeffrey S. Kline, Martin O. Sandberg, Martin P. Weides, David S. Wisbey, David P. Pappas

The structural and electrical properties of Ti-N films deposited by reactive sputtering depend on their growth parameters, in particular the Ar:N2 gas ratio. We

X-Ray Scattering Study on the Damage in Fibers Used in Soft Body Armor After Folding

September 21, 2012

Author(s)

Haruki Kobayashi, Walter G. McDonough, Joy Dunkers, Scott Wight, Hae-Jeong Lee, Jae H. Kim, Amanda L. Forster, Kirk D. Rice, Gale A. Holmes

Epitaxial (111) Films of Cu, Ni, and Cu_xNi_y on α–Al₂O₃(0001) for graphene growth by chemical vapor deposition

September 21, 2012

Author(s)

David L. Miller, Mark W. Keller, Justin Shaw, Ann Chiaramonti Debay, Robert Keller

Films of (111)-textured Cu, Ni, and Cu xNi y were evaluated as substrates for chemical vapor deposition of graphene. A metal thickness of 400 nm to 700 nm was

PEG-Labeled Nucleotides and Nanopore Detection for Single Molecule DNA Sequencing by Synthesis

September 21, 2012

Author(s)

Shiv Kumar, Tao Chuanjuan, Chien Minchen, Hellner Brittney, Joseph W. Robertson, Arvind Balijepalli, Li Zengmin, James J. Russo, Joseph E. Reiner, John J. Kasianowicz, Jingyue Ju

There is a significant need to accurately sequence single DNA and RNA molecules for personalized medicine. We describe a novel nanopore-based sequencing by

Comprehensive Observations of the Ultraviolet Spectrum and Improved Energy Levels for Singly-Ionized Chromium (Cr II)

September 20, 2012

Author(s)

Craig J. Sansonetti, Gillian Nave, Joseph Reader, Florian Kerber

We report new observations of the spectrum of singly-ionized chromium (Cr II) in the region 1142 A to 3954 A. The spectra were recorded with the National

Anomalous Friction in Suspended Graphene

September 20, 2012

Author(s)

Alexander Y. Smolyanitsky, Jason P. Killgore

Since the discovery of the Amonton's law and with support of modern tribological models, friction between surfaces of three-dimensional materials is known to