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Eduard Rocas, Alberto Padilla, Jordi Mateu, Juan C. Collado Gomez, James C. Booth, Juan M. O'Callaghan
This work proposes a superconducting multiplexer filter bank configuration to be used as a frequency-selective power limiter. The proposed configuration limits
Elijah J. Petersen, Roger A. Pinto, Danielle J. Mai, Peter E. Landrum, Walter J. Weber
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are often modified for different intended applications which often changes the nanotubes physicochemical properties, such as surface
Daniel C. van der Laan, J. F. Douglas, Cameron C. Clickner, Theodore C. Stauffer, Loren F. Goodrich, Hans J. van Eck
It is well known that the critical temperature of cuprate- and iron-based high-temperature superconductors changes with pressure. YBa 2Cu 3O 7-δ coated
Joshua B. Martin, Terry M. Tritt, Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Ctirad Uher
We present an overview of the challenges and practices of thermoelectric metrology at high temperature (300 K-1300 K). The Seebeck coefficient, when combined
Jae H. Kim, Martin Chiang, D Kawaguchi, Naomi Eidelman, Christopher Stafford, Chang K. Moon
In this paper, we demonstrate a combinatorial thin film library design for investigating the adhesion between film and substrate as measured by the edge
Bryan M. Barnes, Ravikiran Attota, Richard Quintanilha, Martin Y. Sohn, Richard M. Silver
Scatterfield microscopy is the union of a high-magnification imaging platform and the angular and/or wavelength control of scatterometry at the sample surface
John A. Kramar, Ronald G. Dixson, Ndubuisi G. Orji
Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) dimensional metrology efforts at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology are reviewed. The main SPM instruments
Rust and Thijsse [Proc. CSC'07 (2007) pp. 10-16], [CiSE, Vol. 10 (2008) pp. 49-59] have shown that global annual average temperature anomalies T(t) vary
We have performed a series of measurements on a Pu-241 solution using the triple-to-double coincidence ratio (TDCR) liquid scintillation technique. A similar
Natalia Farkas, John A. Dagata, Chengli Yang, Antonina Rait, Kathleen Pirollo, Esther Chang
The mean size and size distribution of a targeted nanoparticle delivery system (NDS) strongly influences the intrinsic stability and functionality of this
Kristine A. Bertness, Norman Sanford, Albert Davydov
We characterized the elastic properties of GaN nanowires grown along different crystallographic orientations. In situ transmission electron microscopy tensile
Clayton Simien, Samuel M. Brewer, Joseph N. Tan, John D. Gillaspy, Craig J. Sansonetti
Precise spectroscopic experiments with light atoms can provide information about nuclear properties that are very difficult to obtain in electron scattering
Joseph E. Reiner, Rani Kishore, Barbara C. Levin, Thomas Albanetti, Nicholas Boire, Ashley Knipe, Kristian Helmerson, Koren Deckman
Background Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genome mutations can lead to energy and respiratory-related disorders like myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fiber disease
Vladimir Diky, Robert D. Chirico, Andrei F. Kazakov, Chris Muzny, Joe W. Magee, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, Jeon-Hong Kang, Kenneth Kroenlein, Michael D. Frenkel
ThermoData Engine (TDE) is the first full-scale software implementation of the dynamic data evaluation concept, as reported recently in this journal. In the
A common issue, encountered in nanoparticle-biological system interaction studies is accurate nanoparticle concentration expression, given the critical
Ian B. Spielman, Nathan Goldman, Indubala I. Satija, Predrag Nikolic, Alejandro Bermudez, Miguel A. Martin-Delgado, Maciej Lewenstein
Topological insulators are a broad class of unconventional states that respect all symmetries of the system, but have non-trivial transport and topological
Kamel S. Saidi, Marek Franaszek, Alan M. Lytle, Jochen Teizer
Locating and tracking resources (e.g., personnel, equipment, and materials) is critical in many industrial applications for monitoring productivity and safety
A M. Micherdzinska, C. D. Bass, T. D. Bass, K. F. Gan, D Lou, D M. Markoff, Hans Pieter Mumm, Jeffrey S. Nico, A. K. Opper, E I. Sharapov, M Snow, H E. Swanson, V Zhumabekova
Measurements of parity-violating neutron spin rotation can provide insight into the poorly nderstood nucleon-nucleon weak interaction. Because the expected
Yeon Sook Chung, Nayool Shin, Jihoon Kang, Youngeun Jo, Vivek Prabhu, Regis J. Kline, John E. Anthony, Do Y. Yoon
The blend films of small molecule semiconductors with insulating polymers exhibit not only an excellent solution processability, but also superior performance
Sara Lance, Charles Brock, Dave Rogers, Josh Gordon
Laboratory calibrations of the CDP sample area and droplet sizing are performed using water droplets of known size, generated at a known rate. Following
In this paper, free and open source software are discussed. Open source is an intellectual property destroyer. Nothing could be worse than this for the software
Using the analogy of an existing smart car, this paper explores Power to the Edge , where the edge is commercial mobile computing. The world is poised for a 5th
Benjamin Jacobs, Houk Ronald, Stephen House, Ian Robertson, Albert A. Talin, Mark Allendorf, Mitchell Anstey
Synthesis of metal nanoparticles and nanowires with controlled size and aspect ratio is well developed,1-4 but the creation of ordered nanostructures comprising