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A fitting program for molecules with two inequivalent methyl tops and a plane of symmetry at equilibrium. Application to new microwave and millimeter-wave measurements in methyl acetate

July 25, 2011

Author(s)

Marcela Tudorie, Isabelle Kleiner, Jon T. Hougen, Sonia Melandri, Lilian Sutikdja, Wolfgang Stahl

A program for fitting the high-resolution torsion-rotation spectra of molecules having two inequivalent methyl rotors and a plane of symmetry at equilibrium is...

Detecting Gravesoil from Headspace Analysis with Adsorption on Short Porous Layer Open Tubular (PLOT) Columns

July 23, 2011

Author(s)

Tara Lovestead, Thomas J. Bruno

Victims of crimes are often buried in clandestine graves. There are several techniques for finding buried bodies or the scattered remains of a victim; however...

Vetting Mobile Apps

July 22, 2011

Author(s)

Stephen Quirolgico, Jeffrey M. Voas, David R. Kuhn

Billions of copies of apps for mobile devices have been purchased in recent years. With this growth, however, comes an increase in the spread of potentially...

A Dynamic Calibration Approach for Determining Catechins and Gallic Acid in Green Tea Using LC-ESI/MS

July 22, 2011

Author(s)

Mary Bedner, David L. Duewer

Catechins and gallic acid are antioxidant constituents of Camellia sinensis, or green tea. Liquid chromatography with both ultraviolet (UV) absorbance and...

Highly Selective GaN-nanowire/TiO2-nanocluser Hybrid Sensors for Detection of Benzene and Related Environment Pollutants

July 22, 2011

Author(s)

Geetha G. Aluri, Abhishek Motayed, Albert Davydov, Vladimir Oleshko, Kristine A. Bertness, Norman Sanford

Nanowire-nanocluster hybrid chemical sensors were realized by functionalizing gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires with titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoclusters for...

Large Scale Structures in Tetrahydrofuran-Water Mixture with a Trace Amount of Antioxidant Butylhydroxytoluene (BHT)

July 22, 2011

Author(s)

Zhiyong Li, He Cheng, Junyu Li, Jinkun Hao, Li Zhang, Boualem Hammouda, Charles C. Han

Due to the closed-loop phase diagram of tetrahydrofuran (THF) - water mixture, THF aqueous solution naturally exhibits concentration fluctuation near the phase...

Comparison of FANS and ARCS Incoherent Inelastic Neutron Scattering Measurements of Hydrogen Trapped at Dislocations in Deformed Pd

July 22, 2011

Author(s)

Hyunsu Ju, Brent J. Heuser, D. Abernathy, Terrence J. Udovic

Incoherent inelastic neutron scattering (IINS) measurements of the vibrational density of states (VDOS)of hydrogen trapped at dislocations in deformed PdH 0...

Diamagnetic correction to the ⁹Be⁺ ground-state hyperfine constant

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

Nobuyasu Shiga, Wayne M. Itano, John J. Bollinger

We report an experimental determination of the diamagnetic correction to the 9Be + ground state hyperfine constant A. We measured A = −625 008 837.371(11) Hz at...

O2 A-band line parameters to support atmospheric remote sensing. Part II: The rare isotopologues

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

Joseph T. Hodges, David A. Long, Daniel K. Havey, S. S. Yu, M Okumura, Charles E. Miller

Frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy (FS-CRDS) was employed to measure over 100 transitions in the R-branch of the b1Σg+←X3Σg-(0,0) band for the...

IEEE RAS Standing Committee for Standards Activities: History and Status Update

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

Rajmohan Madhavan, Wonpil Yu, C Biggs, Craig I. Schlenoff, Hui-Min Huang

The Standing Committee for Standards Activities (SCSA) under the Industrial Activities Board (IAB) of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) is working...

Organic photovoltaic bulk heterojunctions with spatially varying composition.

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

Paul M. Haney

We consider models of organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaics with spatially varying compo- sition of donor/acceptor materials. We find analytic expressions...

Modeling for Accurate Dimensional Scanning Electron Microscope Metrology: Then and Now

July 20, 2011

Author(s)

Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar

A review of the evolution of modeling for accurate dimensional scanning electron microscopy is presented with an emphasis on developments in the Monte Carlo...

Structure-property relationships for methyl-terminated alkyl self-assembled monolayers

July 20, 2011

Author(s)

Frank W. DelRio, Dave Rampulla, Cherno Jaye, Gheorghe Stan, Richard S. Gates, Daniel A. Fischer, Robert F. Cook

Structure-property relationships for methyl-terminated alkyl self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are developed using near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure...

Timing in Telecommunications Networks

July 20, 2011

Author(s)

Judah Levine

I describe the statistical considerations used to design systems whose clocks are compared using dial-up telephone lines or the Internet to exchange timing...

Structural Evidence for an Edge-Contaminated Vortex Phase in a Nb Crystal using Neutron Diffrraction

July 20, 2011

Author(s)

Helen A. Hanson, X. Wang, I. K. Dimitrov, J. Shi, X. S. Ling, Brian B. Maranville, Charles Majkrzak, M. Laver, U. Keiderling, M. Russina

We report the structural observation of a disordered vortex matter phase existing near the edge of a bulk type-II superconductor Nb using a novel position...

Noninvasisve Neutron Scattering Measurements Reveal Slower Cholesterol Transport in Model Lipid Membranes

July 20, 2011

Author(s)

S. Garg, Lionel Porcar, Paul Butler, U. Perez-Salas, A. C. Woodka

Proper cholesterol transport is essential to healthy cellular activity and any abnormality can lead to several fatal diseases. However, a complete understanding...

Normal modes of trapped ions in the presence of anharmonic trap potentials

July 19, 2011

Author(s)

Jonathan Home, David Hanneke, John D. Jost, Dietrich Leibfried, David J. Wineland

We theoretically and experimentally examine the effects of anharmonic terms in the trapping potential for linear chains of trapped ions. We concentrate on two...

Characterization of the non-uniform reaction in chemically-amplified calix[4]resorcinarene molecular resist thin films

July 19, 2011

Author(s)

Vivek M. Prabhu, Shuhui Kang, Regis J. Kline, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Daniel A. Fischer, Wen-Li Wu, Sushil K. Satija, Jing Sha, Christopher K. Ober, Peter V. Bonnesen

The ccc stereoisomer-purified tert-butoxycarbonyloxy (t-Boc) protected calix[4]resorcinarene molecular resists blended with photoacid generator exhibit a non...

Decision Support for Sustainable Manufacturing using Decision Guidance Query Language

July 19, 2011

Author(s)

Guodong Shao, Deogratias Kibira, Alexander Brodsky , Nathan Egge

Sustainability has become a very significant research topic as it impacts many different manufacturing industries. Therefore, the technologies for monitoring...

DETERMINATION OF THE LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING INEFFICIENCY (WALL EFFECT) FOR ALPHA EMITTERS, USING THE ALPHA-GAMMA ANTICOINCIDENCE METHOD

July 19, 2011

Author(s)

Ryan P. Fitzgerald, Anne M. Forney

The wall effect in liquid scintillation (LS) counting is the loss of efficiency in the case that an alpha-particle hits a surface (wall or air) before...

Expanding the Capabilities of Microfluidic Gradient Elution Moving Boundary Electrophoresis for Complex Samples

July 18, 2011

Author(s)

Elizabeth A. Strychalski, David J. Ross, Alyssa Henry

Gradient elution moving boundary electrophoresis (GEMBE) is a robust, continuous injection separation technique that uses electrophoresis to drive electrically...

Far infrared and Terahertz thermal detectors for radiometry using a carbon nanotube array

July 18, 2011

Author(s)

John H. Lehman, Erich N. Grossman

We present a description of a 1.5 mm long, vertically aligned carbon nanotube array (VANTA) on a thermopile, and separately on a pyroelectric detector. Three...

Expanding the capabilities of microfluidic gradient elution moving boundary electrophoresis for complex samples

July 18, 2011

Author(s)

Alyssa Henry, David J. Ross, Elizabeth Strychalski

Gradient elution moving boundary electrophoresis (GEMBE) is a robust continuous injection separation technique that uses electrophoresis to drive electrically...

Incorporation of Defects into the Central Atoms Model of a Metallic Glass

July 17, 2011

Author(s)

Eric Lass, Aiwu Zhu, Gary J. Shiflet, S J. Poon

The central atoms model (CAM) of a metallic glass is extended to incorporate thermodynamically stable defects, similar to vacancies in a crystalline solid...

Stiffness, strength, and ductility of thin films and membranes - A combined wrinkling-cracking methodology

July 15, 2011

Author(s)

Jun Y. Chung, Junghyun Lee, Kathryn Beers, Christopher Stafford

Polymer membranes are at the core of a diverse set of technologies critical to our global health and security, ranging from energy production to water...

Toxic effects and uptake of fullerenes spiked to sediments by Lumbriculus variegatus

July 13, 2011

Author(s)

Jussi Parkinen, Elijah Petersen, Matti Lepp?nen, Jarkko Akkanen

Effects of fullerene-spiked sediment on a benthic organism, Lumbriculus variegatus were investigated. Survival, growth, reproduction, and feeding rates were...

In Situ Gas Phase Measurements During Metal Alkylamide Atomic Layer Deposition

July 12, 2011

Author(s)

James E. Maslar, William A. Kimes, Brent A. Sperling

Metal alkylamide compounds, such as tetrakis(ethylmethylamido) hafnium (TEMAH), represent a technologically important class of metalorganic precursors for the...

A semicontinuum model for Si(x)Ge(1-x) alloys: calculation of their elastic characteristics and the strain field at the free surface of a semi-infinite alloy

July 11, 2011

Author(s)

Vinod Tewary, Mark D. Vaudin

A semicontiuum Green's-function-based model is proposed for analysis of averaged mechanical characteristics of Si(x)Ge(1-x). The atomistic forces in the model...

State Resolved THz Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Crystalline Peptide/Water Systems

July 11, 2011

Author(s)

Zeeshan Ahmed, Shin G. Chou, Karen M. Siegrist, David F. Plusquellic

State resolved THz studies of crystalline peptides and their hydrates have provided precise measures of the infrared active phonon modes that reflect motions on...

Ferrocene as a Hydrophobic Templating Agent with Pyrogallol[4]arenes

July 11, 2011

Author(s)

Andrew V. Mossine, Harshita Kumari, Drew A. Fowler, Andrew K. Maerz, Steven R. Kline, Charles L. Barnes, Jerry L. Atwood

Cocrystallization of C-methylpyrogallol[4]arene (PgC1) and ferrocene in a methanolic solution led to the formation of two distinct crystalline products...

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