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Harshita Kumari, Steven R. Kline, Cindi L. Dennis, Andrew V. Mossine, Rick L. Paul, Carol A. Deakyne, Jerry L. Atwood
Crystallization of compounds of iron with polyphenols, such as iron gall inks, has been an ongoing challenge. As with iron-gall inks, iron complexes of 1,2,3
Christopher L. Holloway, Haider Shah, Ryan J. Pirkl, Catherine A. Remley, David A. Hill, John M. Ladbury
The use of reverberation chambers for electromagnetic testing is widely being accepted for use in many measurement applications. In recent years reverberation
Therese P. McAllister, Fahim Sadek, John L. Gross, Steven W. Kirkpatrick, Robert S. MacNeill, R. Bocchieri, Mehdi S. Zarghamee, Omer O. Erbay, Andrew T. Sarawit
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted an extensive investigation of the collapse of World Trade Center towers (WTC 1 and WTC 2)
Michael W. Stewart, Angela Bielefeldt, Elisabeth Mansfield, R. Scott Summers, Joseph N. Ryan
A quartz crystal microbalance was used to determine the effects of different water quality parameters on the desorption of silver nanoparticles from surfaces
The use of wireless technologies for medical device communication, health monitoring (at hospitals or homes) and mobile healthcare information delivery (i.e. m
Near 25 C, ab initio calculations of the zero-density viscosity of helium gas eta_He have an uncertainty of approximately 0.001 %, which is 1/40th of the
Andrew J. Slifka, Gurpreet Singh, Paul Rice, Damian S. Lauria, Roop Mahajan
We demonstrate the optical manipulation of a polystyrene bead in air attached to an individual carbon nanotube. In continuation of our previous work [1] we have
Joel C. Weber, Kristine A. Bertness, John B. Schlager, Norman A. Sanford, Atif A. Imtiaz, Thomas M. Wallis, Pavel Kabos, Kevin J. Coakley, Victor Bright, Lorelle M. Mansfield
We present a near field scanning microwave microscope (NSMM) optimized for imaging photovoltaic samples. Our system incorporates a cut Pt-Ir tip inserted into
This paper describes the development and implementation of a simulation testbed used to study the concept of employing intelligent agents to optimize the
Several procedures designed to reduce nonconformity in interlaboratory studies by shrinking data toward a consensus weighted mean are suggested. Some of them
Gregory T. Linteris, Valeri I. Babushok, Peter B. Sunderland, Fumiaki Takahashi, Viswanath R. Katta, Oliver Meier
Several agents are under consideration to replace CF3Br for use in suppressing fires in aircraft cargo bays. In a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
We propose a multilayer structure that allows a reduced switching current with maintaining high thermal stability of the magnetization. It consists of a
Several new estimators of the between-study variability in a heterogeneous random effects meta-analysis model are derived. One of them can be interpreted as the
Sara E. Campbell, Virginia L. Ferguson, Donna C. Hurley
The bone-cartilage, or osteochondral, interface resists remarkably high shear stresses and rarely fails, yet its mechanical characteristics are largely unknown
We present a technique called coupled-cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CC-RDS) for controlling the finesse of an optical resonator. Applications include extending
A series of three Hydrogen in Titanium Alloy Standard Reference Materials (SRMs 2452, 2453, and 2454) were prepared with hydrogen mass fractions bracketing the
Leonid A. Bendersky, Ke Wang, Igor Levin, Dale E. Newbury, K. Young, B. Chao, Adam A. Creuziger
The microstructures of a series of AB_(2)-based metal hydride alloys (Ti_(12.5)Zr_(21)V_(10)Cr_(8.5)Mn_(x)Co_(1.5)Ni_(46.5-x)) designed to have different
Autumn S. Downey, Sandra M. Da Silva, Jayne B. Morrow, James J. Filliben, Nathanael D. Olson
Environmental sampling for microbiological contaminants is a key component of hygiene monitoring and risk characterization practices utilized across diverse
Jason S. Pelc, Paulina Kuo, Oliver T. Slattery, Lijun Ma, Xiao Tang, Martin M. Fejer
We demonstrate efficient, single-photon upconversion detection of two wavelengths in the 1300-nm band. The upconversion detector is based on a phase-modulated
Data have always been important in the field of materials science and engineering. Important attributes and properties for such databases to fulfill data
Hyun Wook Ro, Bulent Akgun, Regis J. Kline, Chad R. Snyder, Sushil K. Satija, Christopher L. Soles, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Michael F. Toney, Alexander L. Ayzner, Brendan T. O'Connor, Matthew Hammond
The mixing behavior of the hole and electron transporting materials in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic photovoltaic (OPV) blends plays a key role in
The variable projection algorithm of Golub and Pereyra (1973) has proven to be quite valuable in the solution of nonlinear least squares problems in which a
Lora L. Nugent-Glandorf, Tyler W. Neely, Florian B. Adler, Adam J. Fleisher, Kevin C. Cossel, Bryce Bjork, Tim P. Dinneen, Chris S. Wood, Jun Ye, Scott A. Diddams
We present and analyze a 2-D imaging spectrometer based on a virtually imaged phased array (VIPA) disperser for rapid, high-resolution molecular detection using
Gregory T. Linteris, Valeri I. Babushok, Oliver Meier
Previous experimental studies have shown that some halogenated fire suppressant agents added to hydrocarbon-air systems can enhance the combustion. For example
John H. Lehman, Marla L. Dowell, Nina P. Basta, Kerry N. Betz, Erich N. Grossman
We have evaluated the responsivity of seven different detectors compared to an electrically calibrated photo-acoustic detector at 119 υm (2.5 THz) and 394 υm (0
Kenneth A. Snyder, Dale P. Bentz, Jeffrey M. Davis
Three viscosity modifiers (a commercial shrinkage-reducing admixture, a polypropylene glycol, and cellulose ether) are used to reduce the effective diffusivity
During a freezing event, pore solution in cementitious bodies expands and creates stresses that can cause damage; therefore, reducing the number of freeze/thaw