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A Roadmap to Implementing Metal-Organic Frameworks in Electronic Devices: Challenges and Critical Directions

October 4, 2011

Author(s)

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...

SWIR calibration of spectralon reflectance factor

October 3, 2011

Author(s)

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...

Exploring the Ellipsoidal and Core-Shell Geometries of Copper-Seamed C-alkylpyrogallol[4]arene Nanocapsules in Solution

October 3, 2011

Author(s)

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 Effect of Gravity on the Resolution of Small-Angle Neutron Diffraction Peaks

October 1, 2011

Author(s)

David F. Mildner, John G. Barker, Steven R. Kline

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...

High Frequency Characterization of Contact Resistance and Conductivity of Platinum Nanowires*

October 1, 2011

Author(s)

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...

The Evolution of Time Measurement, Part 2 - Quartz Clocks

September 30, 2011

Author(s)

Michael Lombardi

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...

Simulation approaches for studying the conductance behavior of gold nanowires during tensile deformation.

September 30, 2011

Author(s)

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 Density Measurements of Methyl Oleate and Methyl Linoleate

September 30, 2011

Author(s)

Stephanie L. Outcalt

Compressed liquid densities of the fatty acid methyl esters methyl linoleate and methyl oleate have been measured with a vibrating-tube densimeter. The...

A synchrotron beamline for extreme-ultraviolet photoresist testing

September 30, 2011

Author(s)

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...

Decoherence, Autler-Townes effect, and dark states in two-tone driving of a three-level superconducting system

September 30, 2011

Author(s)

Jian Li, G.S. Paraoanu, Katarina Cicak, Fabio Altomare, Jae Park, Raymond Simmonds, Mika A. Sillanpaa, Pertti Hakonen

We present a detailed theoretical and experimental study of a multi-level quantum system coupled to two radiation ¯elds and subject to decoherence. We...

Far-field superfocusing with optical fiber based surface plasmonic lens made of nanoscale concentric annular slits

September 30, 2011

Author(s)

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...

Reexamination of the C2H3+ microwave and infrared spectra

September 29, 2011

Author(s)

Jon T. Hougen, Laurent H. Coudert

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...

High-Accuracy Photoreceiver Frequency Response Measurements at 1.55 um by Use of a Heterodyne Phase-Locked Loop

September 29, 2011

Author(s)

Tasshi Dennis, Paul D. Hale

We demonstrate a high-accuracy heterodyne measurement system for characterizing the magnitude of the frequency response of high-speed 1.55 µm photoreceivers...

Assessment of the Composition and Distillation Properties of Thermally Stressed RP-1 and RP-2: Application to Fuel Regenerative Cooling

September 28, 2011

Author(s)

Bret Windom, Thomas J. Bruno

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...

Impact of Porous Media Grain Size on the Transport of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

September 28, 2011

Author(s)

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...

The Conformation of Poly(ethylene glycol) Chains in Mono-PEGylated Lysozyme and Mono-PEGylated Human Growth Hormone

September 28, 2011

Author(s)

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...

Magnetic Excitations in the Geometric Frustrated Multiferroic CuCrO₂

September 28, 2011

Author(s)

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...

Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya Interaction and Long Lifetime of the Spin State in the Cu₃ Triangular Spin Cluster by Inelastic Neutron Scattering Measurements

September 28, 2011

Author(s)

Kazuki Iida, Yiming Qiu, Taku J. Sato

Formation and transfer of GaAsN nanostructure layers

September 27, 2011

Author(s)

Christopher L. Soles, Hyun W. Ro, A. Wood, N. Estrada, B. Dick, Y. Wang, Micheal Thouless, Rachel Goldman

Nanostructured materials with ultra-small crystallites (approaching the exciton Bohr radius) embedded in a solid-state matrix have great potential for...

Prototype cantilevers for quantitative lateral force microscopy

September 27, 2011

Author(s)

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...

Formation of Kinetically Trapped Nanoscopic Unilamellar Vesicles from Metastable Nanodiscs

September 27, 2011

Author(s)

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...

Segmentation and Cell Tracking of Breast Cancer Cells

September 26, 2011

Author(s)

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...

Enhanced coupling between light and surface plasmons by nanostructured Fabry-Pérot resonator

September 26, 2011

Author(s)

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...

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PERFORMANCE OF A LOAD-BEARING STEEL STUD GYPSUM BOARD WALL ASSEMBLY EXPOSED TO REAL FIRE

September 25, 2011

Author(s)

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...

Molecular Order in High-Efficiency Polymer/Fullerene Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

September 22, 2011

Author(s)

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...

Evaluation of 2-Way Iraqi Arabic-English Speech Translation Systems Using Automated Metrics

September 22, 2011

Author(s)

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...

Effective Material Property Extraction Of a Metamaterial by Taking Boundary Effects into Account At TE/TM Polarized Incidence

September 22, 2011

Author(s)

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...

SEM Induced Shrinking of Solid State Nanopores for Single Molecule Detection

September 22, 2011

Author(s)

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...

Implications of the choice of interatomic potential on planar faults and surface properties in nickel

September 21, 2011

Author(s)

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...

The Role of Iron Redox State in the Genotoxicity of Ultrafine Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

September 21, 2011

Author(s)

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...

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