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Extreme Ultraviolet Spectra of Highly Charged Xenon Observed with an Electron Beam Ion Trap

November 23, 2012

Author(s)

Dmitry D. Osin, Joseph Reader, John D. Gillaspy, Yuri Ralchenko

Extreme ultraviolet spectra of highly charged xenon atoms were produced with an electron beam ion trap (EBIT) at the National Institute of Standards and...

Demographic Effects on Estimates of Automatic Face Recognition Performance

November 22, 2012

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P J. Phillips, Alice J. O'Toole, Xiaobo An, Joseph Dunlop

The intended applications of automatic face recognition systems include venues that vary widely in demographic diversity. Formal evaluations of algorithms do...

Formation of Extended Ionomeric Network by Bulk Polymerization of L,D-lactide with Layered Double Hydroxide

November 22, 2012

Author(s)

Edward D. McCarthy, Mauro Zammarano, Douglas M. Fox, Ryan Nieuwendaal, Yeon S. Kim, P H. Maupin, Paul C. Trulove, Jeffrey W. Gilman

We report the formation of an ionomeric network in a poly(L,D-lactide) hybrid nanocomposite, (PLDLA-HYB) during in-situ melt polymerization of L,D lactide in...

Magnetic Order and Fluctuations in the Presence of Quenched Disorder in the Kagome Staircase System (Co_1-xMg_x)₃V₂O₈

November 21, 2012

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K. Fritsch, Zahra Yamani, S. Chang, Yiming Qiu, John R. Copley, M. Ramazanoglu, H. A. Dabkowska, B. D. Gaulin

Co 3V 2O 8 is an orthorhombic magnet in which S=3/2} magnetic moments reside on two crystallographically inequivalent Co 2+ sites, which decorate a stacked...

Correction of Optical Aberrations in Elliptic Neutron Guides

November 21, 2012

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Phllip M. Bentley, Shane J. Kennedy, Ken H. Andersen, Damian Martin Rodriguez, David F. Mildner

Modern, nonlinear ballistic neutron guides are an attractive concept in neutron beam delivery and instrumentation, because they offer increased performance over...

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Face Challenge Problem

November 20, 2012

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P J. Phillips, J. R. Beveridge, Bruce A. Draper, Geof H. Givens, Alice J. O'Toole, David Bolme, Joseph Dunlop, Yui M. Lui, Hassan A. Sahibzada, Samuel Weimer

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly Face Challenge Problem was created to encourage the development of algorithms that are robust to recognition across changes that...

A frequency-bandgap waveguide controlled with metafilms composed of cubic particles

November 20, 2012

Author(s)

Sung Kim, Christopher L. Holloway, Michael D. Janezic, Kendra L. Kumley, James R. Baker-Jarvis, Edward Kuester

We present a rectangular S-band waveguide having electromagnetic bandgap properties (stopbands) controlled with sheets of metafilms composed of ceramic...

Predicting rates of cell state change due to stochastic fluctuations using a data-driven landscape model

November 20, 2012

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Daniel R. Sisan, Michael Halter, Joseph B. Hubbard, Anne L. Plant

In this paper, we develop a potential landscape approach to quantitatively describe experimental data from a fibroblast cell line that expresses GFP under the...

A Systematic Approach for Development of an OPLS-Like Force Field and Its Application to Hydrofluorocarbons

November 19, 2012

Author(s)

Yauheni Paulechka, Kenneth G. Kroenlein, Andrei F. Kazakov, Michael D. Frenkel

A systematic, formal approach to optimization of force filed parameters for molecular simulations is presented. The procedure is based on response surface...

Mitigation of Autogenous Shrinkage in Alkali Activated Slag Mortars by Internal Curing

November 19, 2012

Author(s)

Aaron R. Sakulich, Dale P. Bentz

Alkali activated slag shows considerable promise as an environmentally friendly alternative to binders produced from ordinary portland cement (OPC). The...

Absolute line intensities for ethylene from 1800 to 2350 cm-1.

November 17, 2012

Author(s)

Walter J. Lafferty, Jean-Marie Flaud, A. Ben Hassen, F. K. Kwabia Tchana, X Landsheere, H Aroui

Fourteen Fourier transform spectra of ethylene (C2H4) have been recorded in the 1800-2350 spectral domain with different path-lengths and pressures and used to...

Surface States in Negative-Band-Gap Semiconductor Films: Intrinsic or Topological?

November 17, 2012

Author(s)

Natalia Malkova, Garnett W. Bryant

Recently surface states in negative gap structures made of semiconductors like HgTe, which appear due to the band structure inversion, have attracted renewed...

Correction to "OH reaction rate constant, IR absorption spectrum, ozone depletion potentials and global warming potentials of 2-bromo-3,3,3-trifluoropropene"

November 17, 2012

Author(s)

Kenneth O. Patten, Victor Khamaganov, Vladimir L. Orkin, Donald J. Wuebbles

Capillary Wave Dynamics of Thin Polymer films over Submerged Nanostructures

November 16, 2012

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Christopher L. Soles, Hyun W. Ro, K. J. Alvine, Oleg Shpyrko, Yenling Dai, Alec Sandy, Suresh Narayanan

The surface dynamics of thin molten polystyrene films supported by nanoscale periodic silicon line-space gratings were investigated with X-ray photon...

Baseband Voltage and Power in Load-Modulated Digital Backscatter

November 15, 2012

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Daniel G. Kuester, David R. Novotny, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Zoya Popovic

Passive digital backscatter signals in systems like radio frequency identification (RFID) are usually received along with strong interference from a leaked...

Electronic and atomic structure of Ba8Ga16Ge30-xSix Type I Clathrates: A Ge and Ga K-XAFS Study

November 15, 2012

Author(s)

Azzam Mansour, Joshua B. Martin, Winnie Wong-Ng, George S. Nolas

X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy at the Ga and Ge K-edges was used to study changes in the Ga and Ge electronic structure and local coordination...

High-resolution infrared studies of the V10, V11, V14, and V18 levels of [1.1.1] propellane

November 15, 2012

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Robynne Kirkpatrick, Tony Masiello, Mathew A. Martin, Joseph W. Nibler, Arthur Maki, Alfons Weber, Thomas A. Blake

This paper is a continuation of earlier work for which the high resolution infrared spectrum of [1.1.1]propellane was measured and its k and l structure...

Introduction to Journal of Modern Optics Special Issue on Single-Photon Devices and Applications

November 15, 2012

Author(s)

Stefan Kueck, Alan L. Migdall, Ivo P. Degiovanni, Jessica Cheung

This special issue accompanies the 5th international conference on single-photon technologies held at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany...

Gold nanorod separation and characterization by asymmetric-flow field flow fractionation with UV-Vis detection

November 14, 2012

Author(s)

Julien C. Gigault, Tae Joon Cho, Robert I. MacCuspie, Vincent A. Hackley

The application of asymmetrical-flow field flow fractionation (A4F) for gold nanorod (GNR) fractionation and characterization was comprehensively investigated...

Efficient single-spatial-mode periodically-poled KTiOPO4 waveguide source for high-dimensional entanglement-based quantum key distribution

November 14, 2012

Author(s)

Tian Zhong, Franco N. Wong, Alessandro Restelli, Joshua Bienfang

We demonstrate generation of high-purity photon pairs at 1560 nm in a single spatial mode from a periodically-poled KTiOPO4 (PPKTP)waveguide. With nearly...

Chirality-controlled cloning of carbon nanotubes

November 13, 2012

Author(s)

Ming Zheng, Xiaomin X. Tu, Jia Liu, Chuan Wang, Chongwu Zhou

Carbon nanotubes possess superior electrical and optical properties and hold great promise for electronic and biomedical applications1-10. The electronic...

Vibrational modes of GaN nanowires in the gigahertz range

November 13, 2012

Author(s)

Ward L. Johnson, Sudook A. Kim, Roy H. Geiss, Colm Flannery, Kristine A. Bertness, Paul R. Heyliger

Monocrystalline nanowires offer an attractive basis for resonant nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) for a variety of applications, including mass and force...

Electrodeposition of Aluminum-Hafnium Alloy from the Lewis Acidic Aluminum Chloride-1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride Molten Salt.

November 13, 2012

Author(s)

Tetsuya Tsuda, Susuma Kuwabata, Gery R. Stafford, Charles Hussey

The electrochemistry of Hf(IV) and the electrodeposition of Al-Hf alloys was examined in the Lewis acidic aluminum chloride-1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride...

Ultra-low noise regenerative frequency divider

November 11, 2012

Author(s)

Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, Corey A. Barnes, Danielle G. Lirette, Jason A. DeSalvo, David A. Howe

We designed ultra-low noise regenerative divider-by-2 circuits that operate at input frequencies of 20 MHz and 10 MHz. We achieved residual output-referred...

Bridging the gap between random microstructure and 3-D meshing

November 10, 2012

Author(s)

Edward Garboczi, Yang Lu

There are different ways of mathematically representing 3-D heterogeneous material structures. But for each of these methods, usually the desired end result is...

Testing the Nations Health care Information Infrastructure

November 10, 2012

Author(s)

Kevin G. Brady, Ram D. Sriram, Bettijoyce B. Lide, Kathleen M. Roberts

According to a report by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services [CMS] (http://www.cms.gov), the United States spent nearly $2.6 trillion dollars on...

Electronic structure of Ba-Ga-Ge-Si Type I Clathrates: A Ge and Ga K-Edge Study

November 9, 2012

Author(s)

Winnie Wong-Ng, Azzam Mansour, Joshua Martin, George S. Nolas

XANES spectroscopy was successfully used to study changes in the density of unoccupied states for silicon substituted Ba8Ga16Ge30-xSix type I clathrates...

Next-generation Sequencing: Guidance for the Translation from Research to Clinical Applications

November 8, 2012

Author(s)

Justin M. Zook, Amy Gargis, Lisa Kalman, Ira Lubin

We would like to draw your readers attention to the Next-generation Sequencing: Standardization of Clinical Testing (Nex-StoCT) guidelines, which represent an...

Ambient Low Temperature Plasma Etching of Polymer Films for Virtually Damage-free SIMS Molecular Depth Profiling

November 8, 2012

Author(s)

Shinichiro Muramoto, Timothy M. Brewer, Matthew E. Staymates, John G. Gillen

The feasibility of a low temperature plasma (LTP) probe as a way to prepare polymer bevel cross-sections for secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) applications...

Imaging the Molecular Structure of Polyethylene Blends with Broadband Coherent Raman Microscopy

November 8, 2012

Author(s)

Young J. Lee, Chad R. Snyder, Aaron M. Forster, Marcus T. Cicerone, Wen-Li Wu

Polyethylene (PE) is a ubiquitous material in our daily life appearing as milk bottles, toys and diapers. A lesser-known but increasingly important use of PE is...

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