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Francesca M. Tavazza, Lyle E. Levine, Anne M. Chaka
Under tensile deformation, gold nanowires thin progressively through a series of metastable ordered structures down to a single atom chain. The conductance of
Compressed liquid densities of the fatty acid methyl esters methyl linoleate and methyl oleate have been measured with a vibrating-tube densimeter. The
Charles S. Tarrio, Steven E. Grantham, Shannon B. Hill, Nadir S. Faradzhev, Lee J. Richter, Chester Knurek, Thomas B. Lucatorto
Before being used in an extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) scanner, photoresists must first be evaluated for sensitivity and tested to ensure that they will not
Yuxiang Liu, Hua Xu, Felix Stief, Nikolai Zhitenev, Miao Yu
We present experimental demonstration of three-dimensional superfocusing by using an optical fiber based surface plasmonic (SP) lens with nanoscale concentric
The high-resolution infrared spectrum of C2H3 recorded in the 3 CH stretching region (J. Phys. Chem. 99 (1995) 15611-15623) is re-analyzed using an effective
We demonstrate a high-accuracy heterodyne measurement system for characterizing the magnitude of the frequency response of high-speed 1.55 µm photoreceivers
In this work, we measured the volatility of thermally stressed samples of RP-1 and RP-2 rocket kerosenes by use of the advanced distillation curve method. This
Nikolai Mattison, Denis O'Carroll, R. K. Rowe, Elijah Petersen
Nanomaterials possess unique physical, electrical and chemical properties which make them attractive for use in a wide range of applications. Through their use
Sheetal S. Pai, Boualem Hammouda, Kunlun Hong, Danilo.C. Pozzo, Todd M. Przybycien, Robert D. Tilton
Covalent conjugation of poly(ethylene glycol) or "PEGylation" has proven an effective strategy to improvement pharmaceutical protein efficacy. Understanding the
M. Frontzek, J. T. Haraldsen, A. Podlesnyak, M. Matsuda, A. D. Christianson, R. S. Fishman, A. S. Sefat, Yiming Qiu, John R. Copley, S. Barilo, S. V. Shiryaev, G. Ehlers
In this paper detailed neutron scattering measurements of the magnetic excitation spectrum of CuCrO6d2^ in the ordered state below T N1 = 24.2 K are presented
Mark Reitsma, Richard S. Gates, Lawrence H. Friedman, Robert F. Cook
Prototype cantilevers that enable quantitative micro- to nano-scale surface force measurements using contact-mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) are presented
Mu-Ping Nieh, Paul Dolinar, Norbert Kucerka, Steven R. Kline, Lisa M. Debeer-Schmitt, Kenneth C. Littrell, John Katsaras
Zwitterionic long-chain lipids form onion-like structures, commonly known as multilamellar vesicles (MLVs), in aqueous solution. It is also known that the
Adele P. Peskin, Daniel J. Hoeppner, Christina H. Stuelten
We describe a new technique to segment and track the cell images of a breast cancer cell line in order to study cell migration and metastasis. Within each image
Brian S. Dennis, Vladimir Aksyuk, Michael Haftel, Stefan T. Koev, Girsh Blumberg
It is recognized that surface plasmons (SPs),which can be present on particulate, smooth, or corrugated metallic surfaces, have enormous potential in the fields
Seul-Hyun Park, Samuel Manzello, Matthew Bundy, Tensei Mizukami
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Center for Better Living (CBL) have formed an international collaboration to assess the
Matthew R. Hammond, Regis J. Kline, Andrew A. Herzing, Lee J. Richter, David Germack, Hyun W. Ro, Christopher L. Soles, Daniel A. Fischer, Tao Xu, Luping Yu, Michael F. Toney, Dean M. DeLongchamp
We report quantitative measurements of ordering, molecular orientation, and nanoscale morphology in the active layer of bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic
Gregory A. Sanders, Sherri Condon, Mark Arehart, Dan Parvaz, Christy Doran, John Aberdeen
The Defense Advanced Research Projects (DARPA) Spoken Language Communication and Translation System for Tactical Use (TRANSTAC) program faced many challenges in
Sung Kim, Christopher L. Holloway, James R. Baker-Jarvis, Edward Kuester, Kendra L. Kimberly
In this paper, we present the extraction for effective material parameters for a metamaterial from TE or TM waveguide measurements with generalized sheet
Anmiv Prahbu, Kevin J. Freedman, Joseph W. Robertson, Zhorro Nikolov, John J. Kasianowicz, MinJun Kim
We have investigated the shrinkage of solid state nanopores by a scanning electron microscope and find the process to be reproducible and dependant beam
Chandler A. Becker, Francesca M. Tavazza, Lyle E. Levine
With the increasing use of molecular simulation to understand deformation mechanisms in transition metals, it is important to assess how well the simulations
Neenu Singh, Gareth J. Jenkins, Bryant C. Nelson, Bryce J. Marquis, Thierry G. Maffeis, Andy P. Brown, Paul M. Williams, Chris J. Wright, Shareen H. Doak
Ultrafine superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (USPION) hold great potential for revolutionising biomedical applications such as MRI, localised
Joon Ho Roh, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Robert M. Briber, Sarah A. Woodson, Alexei P. Sokolov
We have used quasielastic neutron scattering spectroscopy to study the dynamics of unfolded tRNA under low ionic strength and tRNA folded through the addition
Alexander V. Skripov, N. V. Mushnikov, P. B. Terent'ev, V. S. Gaviko, Terrence J. Udovic, John J. Rush
The vibrational spectrum of hydrogen and parameters of H jump motion in the rhombohedral Th 2Zn 17d-type compound Ce 2Fe 17H 5 have been studied by means of
In this article, a new scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image composition technique is de- scribed, which can significantly reduce drift-distortion related
H. D. Zhou, S.T. Bramwell, J. G. Cheng, C. R. Wiebe, G. Li, L. Balicas, J. A. Bloxsom, H. J. Silverstein, J. S. Zhou, J. B. Goodenough, Jason S. Gardner
The gas of magnetic monopoles in spin ice is governed by one key parameter: the monopole chemical potential 1,2. A significant variation of this parameter could
Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar, Bin Ming, Charles Archie
Scanning electron microscopy has been employed as an imaging and measurement tool for more than 50 years and it continues as a primary tool in many research and
Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar, John A. Dagata, Natalia Farkas, Bin Ming, Ryan Wagner, Arvind Raman, Robert J. Moon, Ronald Sabo, Theodore H. Wegner, James Beecher
The development of metrology for nanoparticles is a significant challenge. Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) are one group of nanoparticles that have high potential