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Spin-transfer dynamics in spin valves with out-of-plane magnetized CoNi free layers

January 29, 2010

Author(s)

William H. Rippard, Alina M. Deac, Matthew R. Pufall, Justin M. Shaw, Mark W. Keller, Stephen E. Russek, Gerrit E. Bauer, Claudio Serpico

We have measured spin-transfer-induced dynamics in magnetic nanocontact devices having a perpendicularly magnetized Co/Ni free layer and an in-plane magnetized

Rationales and Mechanisms for Revitalizing US Manufacturing R&D Strategies

January 29, 2010

Author(s)

Gregory C. Tassey

The race to economic superiority is increasingly occurring on a global scale. Competitors from different countries are employing new types of growth strategies

Relaxation and antiplasticization measurements in trehalose-glycerol mixtures; a model formulation for protein preservation

January 28, 2010

Author(s)

Jan Obrzut, A Anopchenko, Jack F. Douglas, Bert W. Rust

We utilize dielectric relaxation process for the quantitative characterization of antiplasticization of trehalose by glycerol. The high frequency Johari

Quantum Computing

January 28, 2010

Author(s)

Emanuel H. Knill

Imagine a computer that can exploit quantum mechanics to solve previously intractable problems in physics, mathematics and cryptography. Such a quantum computer

Temperature-Dependent Nanostructure of an End-Tethered Octadecane Brush in Tetradecane and Nanoparticle Phase Behavior

January 28, 2010

Author(s)

A.P.R. Eberle, Norman J. Wagner, Bulent Akgun, Sushil K. Satija

The phase behavior of a molecular brush-C18 grafted to the surface of both a silicon wafer and SiO2 nanoparticles was investigated as a function of temperature

Surface Sensitive Raman Microscopy with Total Internal Reflection Illumination

January 27, 2010

Author(s)

Chris A. Michaels

A Raman microscope utilizing a total internal reflection (TIR), annular illumination geometry through a ZnSe solid immersion lens (SIL) is described. Spectra of

Quantification of the Binding Affinity of a Specific Hydroxyapatite Binding Peptide

January 27, 2010

Author(s)

Michael C. Weiger, Jung Jin Park, Marc D. Roy, Christopher M. Stafford, Alamgir Karim, Matthew L. Becker

The genesis of bone and teeth results from highly coordinated processes which involve several cell types, proteins which direct the nucleation and

Linewidth narrowing and Purcell enhancement in photonic crystal cavities on an Er-doped silicon nitride platform

January 25, 2010

Author(s)

Yiyang Gong, Maria Makarova, Selcuk Yerci, Rui Li, Martin Stevens, Burm Baek, Sae Woo Nam, Robert Hadfield, Sander N. Dorenbos, Val Zwiller, Luca Dal Negro, Jelena Vuckovic

Light emission at 1.54 mm from an Er-doped amorphous silicon nitride layer coupled to photonic crystal resonators at cryogenic and room temperatures and under

Resistivity Dominated by Surface Scattering in Sub-50 nm Cu Wires

January 25, 2010

Author(s)

Rebekah L. Graham, Glenn Alers, Thomas Mountsier, N. Shamma, S. Dhuey, R. H. Cabrini, Roy H. Geiss, David T. Read, S. Peddeti

The electron scattering mechanisms in sub-50nm copper lines were investigated to understand the extendibility of copper interconnects when the line width or

A Slow Atom Source using a Collimated Effusive Oven and a Single-Layer Variable Pitch Coil Zeeman Slower

January 22, 2010

Author(s)

Ian B. Spielman, Simon C. Bell, Mark D. Junker, Martijin Jasperse, Lincoln D. Turner, Yu-Ju Lin, Robert E. Scholten

We describe a simple slow atom source for loading a rubidium magneto-optical trap. The source includes an effusive oven with a long heated collimation tube

Ergodic Convergence Times For Molecular Liquids

January 22, 2010

Author(s)

Raymond D. Mountain

A problem common to all molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations used to estimate fluid properties is how to decide when adequate sampling of the phase

Transport Characterization in Nanowires Using an Electrical Nanoprobe

January 22, 2010

Author(s)

Albert A. Talin, Francois Leonard, Brian Swartzentruber, Samuel T. Picraux, Maria Eugenia Toimil-Molares, Jeffrey Cederberg, Xiaorui Wang, Stephen Hursee, A. Rishinaramangalum

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Comparisons of Estimators of process standard deviation in constructing Shewhart control charts with unequal subgroup sizes

January 20, 2010

Author(s)

Nien F. Zhang, P Winkel

The and control charts with unequal subgroup size have been discussed in the literature and used in practice. Several estimators of the process standard

Fabrication of GaAs/AlOx micropillars for small mode volume

January 20, 2010

Author(s)

Richard P. Mirin

Micropillar devices have shown promise as single photon sources for applications in quantum key distribution as well as single photon metrology and fundamental

Phase Diagram of Magnetic Nanodisks measured by SEMPA

January 20, 2010

Author(s)

Seok-Hwan Chung, Robert D. McMichael, Daniel T. Pierce, John Unguris

We use Scanning Electron Microscopy with Polarization Analysis (SEMPA) to image the magnetic domain structures of individual ferromagnetic nanodisks with

Metabolomic Analysis of Atlantic Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Hemolymph Following Oxidative Stress

January 20, 2010

Author(s)

Tracey Johnston, Dan Bearden, Arezue Boroujerdi, David A. Stancyk, Lindy Thibodeaux, Karen G. Burnett, Louis E. Burnett

The Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, is an economically, ecologically and recreationally valuable decapod crustacean that inhabits estuaries along the

Lateral Force Calibration: Accurate Procedures for Colloidal Probe Friction Measurements in Atomic Force Microscopy

January 19, 2010

Author(s)

Koo-Hyun Chung, Jon R. Pratt, Mark Reitsma

The colloidal probe technique for atomic force microscopy (AFM) has allowed the investigation of an extensive range of surface force phenomena, including the

Solvent Retention In Thin Spin-Coated Polystyrene And Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Homopolymer Films Studied By Neutron Reflectometry

January 19, 2010

Author(s)

Xiaohua Zhang, Kevin G. Yager, Shuhui Kang, Nathaniel J. Fredin, Bulent Akgun, Sushil K. Satija, Jack F. Douglas, Alamgir Karim, Ronald L. Jones

We utilize neutron reflectometry (NR) to probe the amount of residual solvent inside thin polystyrene (PS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) films spin

A Parallel Reaction-Transport Model Applied to Cement Hydration and Microstructure Development

January 18, 2010

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard, Edith Enjolras, William L. George, Steven G. Satterfield, Judith E. Terrill

A recently described stochastic reaction-transport model on three-dimensional lattices is parallelized and is used to simulate the time-dependent structural and

Elastic constants and dimensions of imprinted polymeric nanolines determined from Brillouin light scattering

January 18, 2010

Author(s)

Ward L. Johnson, Sudook A. Kim, Roy H. Geiss, Colm Flannery, Paul R. Heyliger, Christopher L. Soles, Wen-Li Wu, Chengqing C. Wang, Christopher M. Stafford, B D. Vogt

Elastic constants and cross-sectional dimensions of imprinted nanolines of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) on silicon are determined nondestructively from

Comparison of Mercury Burdens in Chronically Debilitated and Healthy Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta)

January 15, 2010

Author(s)

Russell D. Day, Jennifer M. Lynch, Craig A. Harms, Al L. Segars, Wendy M. Cluse, Matthew H. Godfrey, A. M. Lee, Margie Peden-Adams, Kelly Thorvalson, Mark Dodd, Terry Norton

An increase in the incidence of debilitated loggerhead sea turtle strandings in the southeastern U.S. has been observed in recent years. These turtles are

Microsensors in Dynamic Backgrounds: Toward Real-Time Breath Monitoring

January 15, 2010

Author(s)

Kurt D. Benkstein, Baranidharan Raman, Christopher B. Montgomery, C Martinez, Stephen Semancik

We evaluated MEMS microsensor array with chemi-resistive elements for use as a non-invasive clinical diagnostic tool to detect the presence or absence of trace

Graphical description of Pauli measurements on stabilizer states

January 15, 2010

Author(s)

Matthew B. Elliott, Bryan K. Eastin, Carlton M. Caves

We use a graphical representation of stabilizer states to describe, simply and efficiently, the effect of measurements of Pauli products on stabilizer states

Joint Distribution of Pattern Frequencies and Multivariate Polya-Aeppli Law

January 14, 2010

Author(s)

Andrew L. Rukhin

This paper studies the joint distribution of frequencies of several overlapping words in a Markov sequence. Usually, characteristics of this distribution are

Gas Saturation Vapor Pressure Measurements of Mononitrotoluene Isomers from 283.15 to 313.15 K

January 14, 2010

Author(s)

Jason A. Widegren, Thomas J. Bruno

A gas saturation apparatus capable of simultaneous measurements on eighteen samples was used for this work. The vapor pressures of 2-nitrotoluene (2-NT), 3

Quantum Dot FRET-Based Probes in Thin Films Grown in Microfluidic Channels

January 14, 2010

Author(s)

Georgeta Crivat, Sandra M. Da Silva, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Laurie E. Locascio, Michael Gaitan, Nitsa Rosenzweig, Zeev Rosenzweig

Effects of magnetism and electric field on the energy gap of bilayer graphene nanoflakes

January 13, 2010

Author(s)

Hongki Min

We study the effect of magnetism and perpendicular external electric field strengths on the energy gap of length confined bilayer graphene nanoribbons (or

Erratum: Parametric interatomic potential for graphene

January 13, 2010

Author(s)

Vinod K. Tewary

This paper is an erratum that corrects some typographical errors in our earlier paper "Parametric interatomic potential for graphene" by V.K. Tewary and B. Yang

Role of Nanoparticle Clustering on the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Concentrated Silica Colloids

January 13, 2010

Author(s)

Tae Joon Cho, Michael R. Zachariah, Chunwei Wu, Jiajun Xu, Donggeun Lee, Bao Yang

Recent research on nanofluids has offered particle clustering as a possible mechanism for the enhancement of the effective thermal conductivity (k) when

Comment on "Mechanical heterogeneity and mechanism of plasticity in metallic glasses"

January 12, 2010

Author(s)

Lyle E. Levine

In a recently published letter by Wang et al.,1 the authors investigated the mechanical heterogeneity of three bulk metallic glasses with differing degrees of

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