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Journals

Photon antibunching from a single lithographically defined InGaAs/GaAs quantum dot

February 28, 2011

Author(s)

Varun B. Verma, Martin J. Stevens, Kevin L. Silverman, Neville Dias, Akash Garg, James J. Coleman, Richard P. Mirin

We demonstrate photon antibunching from a single lithographically defined quantum dot fabricated by electron beam lithography, wet chemical etching, and

Preparation and Characterization of Physical Gels based on Ionic Liquid and Poly(vinyl alcohol)

February 28, 2011

Author(s)

Joonsung (. Yoon, Hae-Jeong Lee, Christopher Stafford

We report the preparation and characterization of physical gels using mixtures of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVOH) and a high melting ionic liquid (IL), 1

Stable isotope-labeling of DNA repair proteins, and their purification and characterization

February 26, 2011

Author(s)

M Miral Dizdar, Prasad T. Reddy, Pawel Jaruga, Bryant C. Nelson

Reduced DNA repair capacity is associated with increased risk for a variety of disease processes including carcinogenesis. Thus, DNA repair proteins have the

Dispersion Stability of Nanoparticles in Ecotoxicological Investigations: A Comparison of Different Techniques

February 26, 2011

Author(s)

Ratna Tantra, Shingheng Jing, Siva Kaliyappan, Nicholas Walker, James Noble, Vincent A. Hackley

One of the main challenges in nanoecotoxicological investigations is in the selection of the most suitable measurement methods and protocols for nanoparticle

Effect of interactions on edge property measurements in magnetic multilayers

February 25, 2011

Author(s)

Meng Zhu, Robert D. McMichael

This paper reports effects of inter-film interactions on static and dynamic magnetization behavior at film edges in magnetic trilayer stripe arrays under

Charge States of y Ions in the Collision-Induced Dissociation of Doubly Charged Tryptic Peptide Ions

February 25, 2011

Author(s)

Pedatsur Neta, Stephen E. Stein

Bonds that break in collision-induced dissociation (CID) are often weakened by a nearby proton, which can, in principle, be carried away by either of the

Developing a Diffusive Reference Material for VOC Emissions Testing: Pilot Interlaboratory Study

February 25, 2011

Author(s)

Cynthia H. Reed, Zhe Liu, Jennifer Benning, Steven Cox, Daniel V. Samarov, Dennis D. Leber, Al Hodgson, Stephany Mason, Doyun Won, John C. Little

In order to improve the reliability of product emissions testing and labeling, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Virginia Tech (VT)

Design, Fabrication and Implementation of Thermally-Driven Outdoor Testing Devices for Building Joint Sealants

February 23, 2011

Author(s)

Christopher C. White, Kar T. Tan, Emmett P. O'Brien, Donald L. Hunston, R. S. Williams

The paper describes the development, implementation and testing of two thermally driven outdoor exposure instruments. These devices are unique in their ability

Thunderstorm characteristics of importance to wind engineering Part II: Profiles, gust factors and other observations

February 23, 2011

Author(s)

Franklin T. Lombardo, Douglas Smith, John Schroeder, Kishor Mehta

The idea that wind is wind allows statistics for wind and pressure collected in wind tunnels to be used in wind load standards. Statistics collected in wind

Thunderstorm characteristics of importance in wind engineering Part I: Temporal scales and turbulence

February 23, 2011

Author(s)

Franklin T. Lombardo, Douglas Smith, John Schroeder, Kishor Mehta

The idea that wind is wind allows statistics for wind and pressure collected in wind tunnels to be used in wind load standards. Statistics collected in wind

Nitrogen Contamination in Elastic Neutron Scattering

February 23, 2011

Author(s)

Song Xue Chi, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Ying Chen, William D. Ratcliff, Benjamin Ueland, Nicholas P. Butch, Shanta R. Saha, Kevin Kirshenbaum, Johnpierre Paglione

Nitrogen gas accidentally sealed in a sample container produces various spurious effects in elastic neutron scattering measurements. These effects are

Limits on Possible New Monopole-Dipole Interactions from the Spin Relaxation Time of Polarized He-3 Gas

February 23, 2011

Author(s)

Changbo Fu, Thomas R. Gentile, William M. Snow

Various theories beyond the Standard Model predict new particles with masses in the sub-eV range with very weak couplings to ordinary matter. A P-odd and T-odd

Adsorption and Conformation of Serum Albumin Protein on Gold Nanoparticles

February 22, 2011

Author(s)

De-Hao D. Tsai, Frank W. DelRio, Athena M. Keene, Katherine M. Tyner, Robert I. MacCuspie, Tae Joon Cho, Michael R. Zachariah, Vincent A. Hackley

Art in Science

February 22, 2011

Author(s)

Michael Gaitan, Laurie E. Locascio

Flexure-induced structural and electronic changes in polymer supported membranes of length purified single-wall carbon nanotubes

February 22, 2011

Author(s)

John M. Harris, Ganjigunte R. Iyer, Daneesh O. Simien, Jeffrey Fagan, JiYeon Huh, Jun Y. Chung, Steven Hudson, Jan Obrzut, Jack F. Douglas, Christopher Stafford, Erik K. Hobbie

Thin membranes of length purified single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are uniaxially compressed by depositing them on prestretched polymer substrates. Upon

Macromolecular Crowding of an Intrinsically Disordered Protein Characterized by Small Angle Neutron Scattering

February 21, 2011

Author(s)

Daniel Johansen, Cy M. Jeffries, Boualem Hammouda, Jill Trewhella, David P. Goldenberg

Fe xvii X-ray Line Ratios for Accurate Astrophysical Plasma Diagnostics

February 20, 2011

Author(s)

John D. Gillaspy, E. H. Silver, L. Tedesco, Joseph N. Tan, Joshua M. Pomeroy, J M. Laming, G.-X. Chen, T. Lin

New laboratory measurements of the Ne-like Fe xvii x-ray lines in the 15-17 Angstrom range are presented, along with new theoretical predictions. These results

Rate Constants for the Reactions between OH and Perfluorinated Alkenes

February 20, 2011

Author(s)

Vladimir L. Orkin, Gregory A. Poskrebyshev, Michael J. Kurylo III

The rate constants for the reactions of OH radicals with fully fluorinated alkenes containing different number of CF3 groups next to olefinic carbon, CF2=CF2

Characterization of Approach Air Distribution for a Finned-Tube Heat Exchanger

February 18, 2011

Author(s)

David A. Yashar, Piotr A. Domanski, Hong H. Cho

The distribution of air flow approaching a finned-tube heat exchanger is one of the predominant factors influencing the heat exchangers performance. This paper

P-ρ-T Behavior of Four Lean Synthetic Natural-Gas-Like Mixtures from 250 K to 450 K with Pressures to 37 MPa

February 18, 2011

Author(s)

Mark O. McLinden

The p-ρ-T behaviors of four lean synthetic natural gas mixtures were measured along isotherms of 250 K, 350 K, and 450 K with pressures to 37 MPa with a two

Correlation Between the Performance and Microstructure of Titanium Based Ohmic Contacts to p-type Silicon Nanowires

February 18, 2011

Author(s)

Abhishek Motayed, John E. Bonevich, Sergiy Krylyuk, Albert Davydov, Geetha G. Aluri, Rao V. Mulpuri

Understanding the contact formation mechanism at nanoscale geometries is essential for the realization of low-resistance, stable metallization schemes suitable

Tetrathienoanthracene-based Copolymers for Efficient Solar Cells

February 18, 2011

Author(s)

Feng He, Wei Wang, Wei Chen, Tao Xu, Seth B. Darling, Joseph Strzalka, Yun Liu, Luping Yu

A series of semiconducting copolymers (PTAT-x) containing extended π-conjugated tetrathienoanthracene units have been synthesized. It was shown that the

In Vitro Studies for Detection of CYP27A1 Modifications with Iso[4]levuglandin E₂ in Human Retina

February 17, 2011

Author(s)

Illarion Turko, Casey Charvet, Wei-Li Liao, Gun-Young Heo, Laird James, Salomon G. Robert, Irina A. Pikuleva

Isolevuglandins are highly reactive products of free radical-induced oxidation of arachidonates that modify free amino groups of proteins into pyrrole-derived

Practical Operation of Cryogen-free Programmable Josephson Voltage Standards

February 17, 2011

Author(s)

Robert E. Schwall, David Zilz, Jeffrey Power, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz

Cryogen-free operation is rapidly becoming the preferred implementation of programmable Josephson voltage standard (PJVS) systems. There are strong operational

Enhanced magnetization drift velocity and current polarization in (CoFe)_{1-x}Ge_{x} alloys

February 17, 2011

Author(s)

Meng Zhu, Brian D. Soe, Robert D. McMichael, Matthew Carey, Stefan Maat, Jeffrey R. Childress

A spin wave Doppler technique is used to measure the drift velocity of the magnetization in current-carrying (CoFe)_{1-x}Ge_{x} alloys. For a current density of

A PROPOSED TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING AERODYNAMIC PRESSURES ON RESIDENTIAL HOMES

February 16, 2011

Author(s)

Tuan-Chun Fu, Aly Mousaad Aly, Arindam Chowdhury, Girma Bitsuamlak, DongHun Yeo, Emil Simiu

Wind loads on low-rise buildings in general and residential homes in particular can differ significantly depending upon the laboratory in which they were

Optical performance monitoring of (Q)PSK data channels using artificial neural networks trained with parameters derived from delay-tap asynchronous diagrams

February 15, 2011

Author(s)

Jeffrey A. Jargon, Xiaoxia Wu, Alan Willner, Loukas Paraschis

We demonstrate a technique of using artificial neural networks trained with parameters derived from delay-tap asynchronous diagrams for optical performance

Neutron Depth Profiling Technique for Studying Aging in Li-ion Batteries

February 15, 2011

Author(s)

Robert G. Downing

During operation of a Li-ion cell, lithium diffuses in and out of the solid phase anode and cathode. Measuring the lithium transport within the cell over its

Ontology Summit 2010 Creating the Ontologists of the Future

February 15, 2011

Author(s)

Fabian M. Neuhaus

The goal of the Ontology Summit 2010 was to address the current shortage of persons with ontology expertise by developing a strategy for the education of

Intensity Dynamics in a Waveguide Array Laser

February 15, 2011

Author(s)

Kevin L. Silverman, Mingming M. Feng, Richard P. Mirin, Steven T. Cundiff, Matt Williams, J. Nathan N. Kutz

We consider experimentally and theoretically the optical field dynamics of a five emitter laser array subject to a linearly decreasing injection current. We

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