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Guillaume Messin, Stephanie S. Watson, Amanda L. Forster, John R. Sieber
In recent years, there has been concern in the soft body armor community that copolymer fibers based on 5-amino-2-(p-aminophenyl)-benzimidazole can release
Evacuation models, including engineering hand calculations and computational tools, are used to evaluate the level of safety provided by buildings during
Harshita Kumari, Steven R. Kline, Nathaniel J. Schuster, Jerry L. Atwood
Stability of copper-seamed C-alkylpyrogallol[4]arene hexamers with varying chail lenghts in solution has been studied using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS
Mark Allendorf, Adam Schwartzberg, Vitalie Stavila, Albert A. Talin
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and related material classes are attracting considerable attention for applications such as gas storage, separations, and
Catherine C. Cooksey, Georgi T. Georgiev, James J. Butler, Leibo Ding, Kurtis J. Thome
Satellite instruments operating in the reflective solar wavelength region require accurate and precise determination of the Bidirectional Reflectance Factor
Harshita Kumari, Steven R. Kline, Nathaniel J. Schuster, Charles L. Barnes, Jerry L. Atwood
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) studies were used to probe the stability and geometry of copper-seamed Calkylpyrogallol[ 4]arene (PgCnCu; n = 11, 13, 17)
The resolution ellipses for neutron diffraction peaks at small vectors lie along lines that point to a position vertically above the beam center. This gravity
Kichul Kim, Paul Rice, Thomas M. Wallis, Dazhen Gu, SangHyun S. Lim, Atif A. Imtiaz, Pavel Kabos, Dejan Filipovic
Abstract Individual platinum (Pt) nanowires (NWs) with 100 nm and 250 nm diameters, embedded in coplanar waveguide (CPW) structures are investigated. Three
A historical article about the origins and the development of quartz clocks and oscillators (Part II of a IV-part series). It describes the discovery of
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
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
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