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Nathan D. Orloff, Jaclyn R. Dennis, Marco Cecchini, Ethan Schonbrun, Eduard Rocas, Yu Y. Wang, David R. Novotny, Raymond W. Simmonds, John M. Moreland, Ichiro Takeuchi, James C. Booth
We present a 91 MHz surface acoustic wave resonator with integrated microfluidics that includes a flow focus, an expansion region, and a binning region. We
William C. Swann, Esther Baumann, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Nathan R. Newbury
Low phase-noise microwave generation has previously been demonstrated using self-referenced frequency combs to divide down a low noise optical reference. We
Hans T. Nembach, Karen Livesey, Michael Kostylev, Patrica Martin-Pimentel, Sebastian Hermsdoerfer, Britta Leven, Juergen Fassbender, Burkard Hillebrands
Large angle magnetization precession induced by a short pulsed magnetic field in a 15 nm thick Ni 81Fe 19 film is observed using a time-resolved magneto-optical
Santosh B. Rahane, Ryan M. Hensarling, Bradley J. Sparks, Christopher Stafford, Derek L. Patton
Fabrication of multifunctional surfaces with complexity approaching that found in nature requires the application of a modular approach to surface engineering
An inter-laboratory experiment for the evaluation of toxic effects of NH2-polystyrene nanoparticles on living cells was performed with five participating
Analytic expressions for the transmission of a curved neutron guide including reflection losses are contrasted. The expressions are derived by considering the
Daniel W. Bearden, Douglas W. Lowman, Lara J. West, Michael F. Wempe, Trevor D. Power, Harry E. Ensley, Ken Haynes, David L. Williams, Michael D. Kruppa
Glucan is a (1-3)-β-linked glucose polymer with (1-6)-β-linked side chains and a major component of fungal cell walls. Glucans provide structural integrity to
Matthew T. Hunley, Atul Bhangale, Santanu S. Kundu, Peter M. Johnson, Michael S. Waters, Richard Gross, Kathryn Beers
In situ, fiber optic-based Raman spectroscopy provided real time monitoring of enzyme-catalyzed ring-opening homo- and copolymerizations of ε-caprolactone (ε-CL
Kirt A. Page, Christopher L. Soles, Huagen H. Peng, Do Y. Yoon, Sung-Il Lee, Myeongsoo Song, Kyung-Hwan Yoon, Wolfgang Meyer
Recently, water-free, proton conducting, polymer electrolytes are attracting attention due to their possible application as fuel cell membranes at intermediate
F. Weber, S. Rosenkranz, J.-P. Castellan, R. Osborn, H. Zheng, J. F. Mitchell, Y. Chen, Song Xue Chi, Jeffrey W. Lynn, D. Reznik
We report an inelastic neutron scattering study of acoustic phonons in the charge and orbitally ordered bilayer manganite LaSr 2. For excitation energies less
Wendy Queen, Craig M. Brown, David K. Britt, Matthew R. Hudson, Omar M. Yaghi
Detailed neutron powder diffraction (NPD) experiments were carried out on the bare and CO 2 adsorbed Mg-MOF 74. While low-temperature data revealed two CO 2
Stephen A. Wise, Caroline Bergh, Giovanna Luongo, Conny Ostman
Twenty-two phthalate diesters and organophosphate triesters have been determined in Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2585 Organic Contaminants in House Dust
Illarion V. Turko, Natalia Gorlatova, Kinlin L. Chao, Lipika Ray, Rawan Araj, Andrey Galkin, John Moult, Osnat Herzberg
Macrophage Stimulating Protein (MSP) is the ligand of RON receptor tyrosine kinase. MSP binding to RON activates a signaling pathway that plays a dual role in
We consider an estimation problem described in the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM). The problem is concerned with estimating a
Jamie L. Almeida, Carolyn R. Steffen, Kenneth D. Cole
A multiplex PCR assay utilizing eight human short tandem repeat (STR) markers was developed for the authentication of vervet monkey cell lines. Labeled forward
Gregory T. Linteris, Viswanath R. Katta, Fumiaki Takahashi, Harsha K. Chelliah, Oliver Meier
Several fire suppressants are under consideration to replace CF3Br for use in suppressing fires in aircraft cargo bays. In an FAA performance test simulating
Jason D. Averill, Lori Moore-Merrell, Adam M. Barowy, Robert Santos, Richard D. Peacock, Kathy Notarianni, Doug Wissoker
Service expectations placed on the fire service, including Emergency Medical Services (EMS), response to natural disasters, hazardous materials incidents, and
Pratik Dholabhai, Shahriar Anwar, James B. Adams, Peter A. Crozier, Renu Sharma
Gadolinium doped ceria (GDC) is a promising alternative electrolyte material for solid oxide fuel cells that offers the possibility of operation in the
Benedetta Camarota, Hansjoerg Scherer, Sergey Lotkhov, Gerd-Dietmar Willenberg, Franz Josef Ahlers, Mark W. Keller
The Electron Counting Capacitance Standard currently pursued at PTB, aims at the closure of the Quantum Metrological Triangle with a final precision of a few
Jason P. Killgore, Donna C. Hurley, Dalia Yablon, Joseph Turner, Philip Yuya, Roger Proksch, Anil Gannepalli, Andy Tsou
We demonstrate accurate nanoscale mapping of loss and storage modulus on a polystyrene-polypropylene blend with contact resonance force microscopy (CR-FM). The
R. Feng and H.Wu recently established a certain mean-value formula for the coordinates of the n-division points on an elliptic curve given inWeierstrass form (A
Vladimir V. Marbukh, Kamran Sayrafian, Hamid Mahboubi, Ahmadreza Momeni, Amir G. Aghdam
This paper is concerned with target monitoring using a network of collaborative mobile sensors. The objective is to compute (online) the desired sensing and
Margaret C. Kline, Carolyn R. Steffen, Jamie L. Almeida, Erica L. Romsos, Michael D. Coble, John M. Butler
Standard Reference Material 2391c (SRM 2391c) PCR-based DNA Profiling Standard is the third renewal of this SRM, originally released in 1995. SRM 2391c consists
Vytautas Reipa, Andrea Giovannozzi, Jamie L. Almeida, Kenneth D. Cole
Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) spores and B. anthracis Sterne (BA) spores were used to investigate the effectiveness of electrochemical disinfection processes
The National Electrical Manufacturer's Association (NEMA) and the American Society of Heating Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) are working
The role of buildings in the electric grid is steadily being transformed to that of active participant in managing the grid, serving as a key player in