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Ji Y. Lee, Matthew L. Clarke, Fuyuki Tokumasu, John F. Lesoine, David W. Allen, Robert C. Chang, Maritoni A. Litorja, Jeeseong Hwang
We report a hyperspectral imaging and analysis technique to resolve unique physico-chemical characteristics of subcellular substances in single erythrocytes. We
Dietrich G. Leibfried, Christian Ospelkaus, Ulrich J. Warring, Yves Colombe, Kenton R. Brown, J. M. Amini, David J. Wineland
Achieving control over physical systems at the quantum level is a goal shared by scientific fields as diverse as metrology, information processing, simulation
We develop a set of computationally efficient and accurate interatomic interactions for an atomistic simulation of the properties of graphene on nickel surface
Kristine A. Bertness, Jason M. Gray, Norman A. Sanford, Charles T. Rogers
We report on the fabrication, piezoresistive readout, and frequency response of doubly-clamped c-axis gallium nitride (GaN) nanowire (NW) resonators that show
The impact of potassium (K) addition on the electronic structure of oligo- (phenylene ethynylene) (OPE) and NO2 substituted OPE (NO2-OPE) self-assembled
A unified kinetic pathway for the enzyme catalyzed polymerization and degradation of poly(ε-caprolactone) was developed. This model tracks the complete
Sangcheol Kim, Alamgir Karim, Jack F. Douglas, Christopher L. Soles, R M. Briber
We utilize the self-assembly of cylinder-forming block copolymer (BCP) films to create templates for dendritic polymer crystallization patterns. This templating
Biofilm density, porosity, and thickness are biofilm architecture properties that are important but often difficult to measure. In this study, wet and dry
Eric D. Bloch, Leslie J. Murray, Wendy Queen, Sachin Chavan, Sergey N. Maximoff, Julian P. Bigi, Rajamani Krishna, Vanessa Peterson, Fernande Grandjean, Berend Smit, Silvia Bordiga, Craig Brown, Jeffrey R. Long
The air-free reaction of FeCl 2 and H 4dobdc (dobdc 4- = 2,5-dioxido-1,4- benzenedicarboxylate) in a mixture of DMF and methanol affords Fe 2(dobdc), a metal
Eric D. Bloch, Leslie J. Murray, Wendy Queen, Sachin Chavan, Sergey N. Maximoff, Julian P. Bigi, Rajamani Krishna, Vanessa K. Peterson, Fernande Grandjean, Berend Smit, Silvia Bordiga, Craig Brown, Jeffrey R. Long
Georgeta Crivat, Fuyuki Tokumasu, Juliana M. Sa , Thomas Wellems, Jeeseong C. Hwang
Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria parasites remodel host erythrocytes by placing membranous structures in the host cell cytoplasm and inserting proteins into
Deepak Singh, A. Thamizhavel, Sung Chang, Jeffrey W. Lynn, D. A. Joshi, S. K. Dhar, Song Xue Chi
We report on the experimental evidences for an unusual coupling between the magnetic field-induced fluctuations of correlated Ce-ions coinciding with the
Martin Chiang, Anthony A. Giuseppetti, Joy Dunkers, Jing Qian, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Gary E. Schumacher, Joseph M. Antonucci
Analytical and finite element analyses have been performed on a cantilever-beam based methodology (tensometer) for evaluating the development of stresses as the
Kai Li, Pradeep Namboodiri, Sumanth B. Chikkamaranahalli, Gheorghe Stan, Ravikiran Attota, Joseph Fu, Richard M. Silver
Micro scale features are fabricated on Si (100) surfaces using lithographic techniques and then thermally processed in an ultra high vacuum (UHV) environment
We describe ongoing work in a Fabry-Perot interferometry system designed to measure displacements over a range of 50~mm with sub-pm uncertainty. The apparatus
Thomas J. Silva, Hans T. Nembach, Justin M. Shaw, Michael Schneider, Matt Carey, Stefan Maat, Jeff Childress
X-ray diffraction (XRD), magnetometry, and ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) measurements were performed on sputtered thin films of the nominal Heusler alloy (Co
Wei Chen, Tao Xu, Feng He, Wei Wang, Cheng Wang, Joseph Strzalka, Yun Liu, Jianguo Wen, Dean J. Miller, Jihua Chen, Kunlun Hong, Luping Yu, Seth B. Darling
PTB7 semiconducting copolymer comprising thieno[3,4-b]thiophene and benzodithiophene alternating repeat units set a historic record of solar energy conversion
George P. Eppeldauer, Howard W. Yoon, Jinan Zeng, Thomas C. Larason
Integrating-sphere-input InGaAs radiometers have been developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to extend the detector-based
Kristina Verdal, Terrence J. Udovic, John R. Copley, John J. Rush
We have tested the transmission of very cold neutrons as a method to measure dynamical transitions in hydrogenous materials. Transmitted intensities vs
Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) monomers assemble to form a ring-shaped clamp complex that encircles duplex DNA. PCNA binding to other proteins
Russell E. Lake, Joshua M. Pomeroy, Holger Grube, C E. Sosolik
We report on a measurement of craters in thin dielectric films formed by XeQ+ (26 Q 44) projectiles. Tunnel junction devices with ion-irradiated barriers were
Limin Sun, Laurence C. Chow, John E. Bonevich, James W. Mitchell
Previously, a nano-sized calcium fluoride (CaF2) was prepared using a spray drying method by simultaneously feeding Ca(OH)2 and NH4F solutions to a two-liquid
Efrain E. Rodriguez, Christopher K. Stock, P. Zajdel, Kathryn L. Krycka, Charles Majkrzak, P. Zavalij, Mark Green
Through neutron diffraction experiments, including spin-polarized measurements, we construct a magnetic-crystallographic phase diagram of the superconducting
M. Ramazanoglu, William D. Ratcliff, H. T. Yi, A. A. Sirenko, S.- W. Cheong, V. Kiryukhin
Neutron diffraction is used to show that small (7 MPa, or 70 bar) uniaxial pressure produces significant changes in the populations of magnetic domains in a
Ultra-high-speed (UHS) miniature spindles are widely used for mechanical micromachining processes, such as micromilling and microdrilling, as well as for
Stephen L. Redman, James E. Lawler, Gillian Nave, Lawrence W. Ramsey, Suvrath Mahadevan
We provide new measurements of wavenumbers and line identifications of 10100 UI and UII near-infrared (NIR) emission lines between 2500 cm−1 and 12000 cm−1
Panagiotis Keivanidis, Frederic Laquai, Joseph W. Robertson, Baluschev Stanislav, Josemon Jacob, Klaus Mullen, Gerhard Wegner
The mechanism of triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) induced up-converted delayed luminescence is studied in two different binary organic systems consisting of
Granodiorite material from a rock quarry in California was prepared by first quarrying large boulders, and then crushing down to smaller sizes. A range of