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Experimental demonstration of a receiver beating the standard quantum limit for multiple nonorthogonal coherent-state discrimination

January 6, 2013

Author(s)

Francisco E. Becerra Chavez, Jingyun Fan, Gerald Baumgartner, Julius Goldhar, Jonathan Kosloski, Alan L. Migdall

The measurement of the state of a quantum system with inherent quantum uncertainty (noise) approaching the ultimate physical limits is of both technological and...

Design and Implementation of Two-Dimensional Polymer Adsorption Models: Evaluating the Stability of Candida Antartica Lipase B at Solid-Support Interfaces by QCM-D

January 4, 2013

Author(s)

Sara V. Orski, Santanu Kundu, Richard Gross, Kathryn L. Beers

A two-dimensional model of a solid-supported enzyme catalyst bead is fabricated on a quartz crystal microbalance sensor to measure in situ stability and...

The BIOREMA project part 2: International interlaboratory comparison for biodiesel test methods

January 4, 2013

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, Manuela Ulberth-Buchgraber, Monica Potalivo, Andrea Held, Annaratia Baldan, Adriaan van der Veen, Hugo Ent, Valnei Cunha, Romeu Daroda, Ruth Hearn, Richard Brown, Paul Brewer, Brian E. Lang

The results of an interlaboratory comparison, using various measurement methods to carry out biodiesel testing, are presented, and the findings discussed. The...

Test Methods for RF-Based Electronic Safety Equipment

January 4, 2013

Author(s)

Catherine A. Remley, William F. Young

We describe the development of free-field test methods for wireless electronic safety equipment that replicate field-test conditions in a laboratory environment...

Quantifying CD4 Receptor Density on Human T Lymphocytes Using Multiple Reaction Monitoring Mass Spectrometry

January 3, 2013

Author(s)

Meiyao M. Wang, Hua-Jun He, Illarion Turko, Karen W. Phinney, Lili Wang

CD4 is an important glycoprotein containing a transmembrane portion and a short intracellular tail. It locates on the surface of various types of immune cells...

Spectroscopy and imaging of edge modes in Permalloy nanodisks

January 3, 2013

Author(s)

Feng Guo, Lyubov Belova, Robert McMichael

This paper reports spectroscopy and imaging of spin wave modes using ferromagnetic resonance force microscopy (FMRFM) in Permalloy nano-disks with disk...

Quantification of Amyloid Precursor Protein Isoforms Using Quantification Concatamer Internal Standard

January 2, 2013

Author(s)

Junjun J. Chen, Meiyao M. Wang, Illarion V. Turko

It is likely that expression and/or post-translational generation of various protein isoforms can be indicative of initial pathological changes or clarifying of...

A Unique Photoemission Method to Measure Semiconductor Heterojunction Band Offsets

January 2, 2013

Author(s)

Qin Zhang, Rui Li, Rusen Yan, Thomas Kosel, Grace Xing, Alan Seabaugh, Kun Xu, Oleg A. Kirillov, David J. Gundlach, Curt A. Richter, Nhan V. Nguyen

We report a unique way to measure the energy band offset of a heterojunction by exploiting the light absorption profile in the heterojunction under visible...

Quantum Dot-DNA Origami Binding : A Single Particle, 3D, Real-Time Tracking Study

January 2, 2013

Author(s)

Kan K. Du, Seung-Hyeon Ko, Gregg M. Gallatin, Heayoung Yoon, James Alexander Liddle, Andrew J. Berglund

The binding process of quantum dots and DNA origami was monitored using a 3D, real-time, single-particle tracking system. Single-molecule binding events were...

Revision of the SNPforID 34-plex forensic ancestry test: Assay enhancements, standard reference sample genotypes and extended population studies

January 1, 2013

Author(s)

John Butler, Manuel Fondevila, Carla Santos, Ana Freire, Christopher Phillips, M Lareu, Peter Vallone, Á. Carracedo

A revision of an established 34 SNP forensic ancestry test has been made by swapping the under- performing rs727811 component SNP with the highly informative...

The spectrum of Fe II

January 1, 2013

Author(s)

Gillian Nave, S Johansson

The spectrum of singly-ionized iron (Fe II) has been recorded using high-resolution Fourier transform and grating spectroscopy over the wavelength range 900 Å...

Ultra-Small Angle X-ray Scattering Instrument at the Advanced Photon Source, History, Recent Development, and Current Status

January 1, 2013

Author(s)

Andrew J. Allen, Fan Zhang, Lyle E. Levine, Gabrielle G. Long, Jan Ilavsky, Pete R. Jemian

The history and development over more than 25 years is presented and discussed of an ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering (USAXS) instrument dedicated to serving...

Final report of key comparison CCM.P-K12 for very low helium flow rates (leak rates)

January 1, 2013

Author(s)

James A. Fedchak, Blaza Toman, Karl Jousten

Quantitative leak tests with vacuum technology have become an important tool in industry for safety and operational reasons and to meet environmental...

Further Studies with Isolated Absolute Infrared Spectra of Bacteriorhodopsin Photocycle Intermediates: Conformational Changes and Possible Role of a New Proton-Binding Center

January 1, 2013

Author(s)

Richard W. Hendler, Curtis W. Meuse, Paul Smith, John W. Kakareka

We recently published procedures describing the isolation of absolute infrared spectra for the intermediates of the bacteriorhodopsin (BR) photocycle and from...

Bubble motion and size variation during thermal migration with phase change

January 1, 2013

Author(s)

Asha K. Nurse, Geoffrey B. McFadden, Sam R. Coriell

An analysis of the motion of a spherical bubble in a two-phase, single component system with a vertical linear temperature gradient is presented. The model for...

2012 Updates to the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) Metrology Chapter

January 1, 2013

Author(s)

Christina A. Hacker, Alain C. Diebold

During 2012, the main emphasis of the Metrology Technical Working Group was to revise the Metrology Technology Requirements Tables and initiate the new text for...

Advances in Biometric Standardisation Addressing Global Market Requirements for Biometric Standards

January 1, 2013

Author(s)

Fernando L. Podio

The paper discusses the current status of biometric standards development activities, with a focus on international standards developments. Published standards...

Quantifying Residual Stress Development and Reserve Strength in Restrained Internally Cured Concrete

January 1, 2013

Author(s)

John Schlitter, Dale P. Bentz, Jason Weiss

Concrete can develop tensile stress when it is restrained from shrinking freely. Standard tests, like the restrained ring test (ASTM C1581-09) can be used to...

An Assessment of Methods for Determining Wind Loads

January 1, 2013

Author(s)

Emil Simiu, Chris Letchford, Nicholas Isyumov, Arindam Chowdhury, DongHun Yeo

The purpose of this work is to present an assessment of methods for determining wind loads on buildings and other structures that warrant comment, correction or...

Oxidatively Induced DNA Damage and Cancer

December 31, 2012

Author(s)

M Miral Dizdar

Endogenous and exogenous sources cause oxidatively induced DNA damage in living organisms by a variety of mechanisms. Resulting DNA lesions are mutagenic and...

A Verification Method for Noise-Temperature Measurements on Cryogenic Low-Noise Amplifier

December 31, 2012

Author(s)

Dazhen Gu, James P. Randa, Robert L. Billinger, Dave K. Walker

We report a verification method for noise-temperature (NT) measurements on cryogenic low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) at liquid helium temperature. The method uses a...

Observation of Correlation Between Route to Formation, Coherence, Noise, and Communication Performance of Kerr Combs

December 31, 2012

Author(s)

Pei-Hsun Wang, Fahmida Ferdous, Houxun H. Miao, Jian Wang, Daniel Leaird, Kartik Srinivasan, Lei Chen, Vladimir Aksyuk, Andrew M. Weiner

Synchrotron X-ray Studies of Metal-Organic Framework M2(2,5-dihydroxyterephthalate), M=( Mn, Co, Ni, Zn)

December 28, 2012

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, James A. Kaduk, Hui Wu, Matthew Suchomel

M2(dhtp)nH2O, (M= Mn, Co, Ni, Zn; dhtp= 2,5-dihydroxyterephthalate), known as MOF74, is a family of excellent sorbent materials for CO2 that contains of...

Hybrid Electro-Optically Modulated Microcombs

December 28, 2012

Author(s)

Pascal P. Del'Haye, Scott B. Papp, Scott A. Diddams

Optical frequency combs based on mode-locked lasers have proven to be invaluable tools for a wide range of applications in precision spectroscopy and metrology...

Swelling of ultrathin crosslinked polyamide water desalination membranes

December 27, 2012

Author(s)

Edwin P. Chan, Allison P. Young, Jung-Hyun Lee, Jun-Young Chung, Christopher M. Stafford

We study the water swelling behavior of semi-aromatic crosslinked polyamide ultrathin films in order to characterize the materials properties of the polymer...

Chemically Modifiable Fluorinated Copolymer Nanoparticles for 19F MRI Contrast Enhancement

December 27, 2012

Author(s)

Jessica L. Staymates, Mark M. Bailey, Steven R. Kline, Michael D. Anderson, Cory Berkland

Recently there has been interest in developing imaging contrast media for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that contain biologically rare, magnetically active...

Phase Diagram and Crystal Chemistry of the La-Ca-Co-O System

December 27, 2012

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, William J. Laws, Yonggao Y. Yan

The phase diagram of the La-Ca-Co-O system at 885 °C in air has been determined. The system consists of two materials that have interesting thermoelectric...

Developmental Validation of the PowerPlex® ESI 17 Pro System

December 27, 2012

Author(s)

Carolyn R. Steffen, Margaret C. Kline, John Butler, Robert S. McLaren, Jaynish Patel, Margaret Ewing, Douglas R. Storts, Fabrice Noel, Sophie Dognaux

The SE33 locus is one of the most polymorphic markers used in human identification. However, it also possesses multiple microvariants both within the repeat and...

The equilibrium states of open quantum systems in the strong coupling regime

December 26, 2012

Author(s)

Jacob M. Taylor, Yigit Subasi, Chris Fleming, Bei L. Hu

In this work we investigate the late-time stationary states of open quantum systems coupled to a thermal reservoir in the strong coupling regime. This is...

Loop Structure Stability of a Double-Well-Lattice BEC

December 26, 2012

Author(s)

James V. Porto, Hoi-Yin Hui, Ryan Barnett, Sankar Das Sarma

In this work, we consider excited many-body mean-field states of bosons in a double-well optical lattice by investigating stationary Bloch solutions to the non...

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