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A study was carried out to examine Lamb-wave modal content as a function of the acoustic emission (AE) source rise time. The study used a validated finite
Roland H. Kraemer, Mauro Zammarano, Gregory T. Linteris, Ulf W. Gedde, Jeffrey W. Gilman
Flexible polyurethane foam used in upholstered furniture remains one of the major fire hazards to date. The heat release rate of burning items made of foam
Min-Hong Zhang, Chiara C. Ferraris, Huaning Zhu, Vincent Picandet, Max A. Peltz, Paul E. Stutzman, Daniel De Kee
Slump has often been correlated with the yield stress of concrete as defined by the Bingham model. The discussion is still open as to what the yield stress
Siddharth Shenoy, Radu Moldovan, James Fitzpatrick, David J. Vanderah, Markus Deserno, Mathias Losche
Tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLMs) were prepared by the self-assembly of thiolated lipidic anchors on gold films sputtered on Si wafers, followed by
Dan Bearden, Kevin Chipman, Mark Viant, Gerald Ankley, Nancy Denslow
Background: In this commentary we present the findings from an international consortium on fish toxicogenomics sponsored by the UK Natural Environment Research
Rayleigh waves in acoustic emission (AE) applications were examined for nominal 25 mm thick steel plates. Pencil lead breaks (PLBs) were introduced on the top
The 2009 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting took place in San Francisco Moscone Center from April 13 through 17. This large-scale meeting included
Daniel A. Fischer, John Smedley, Trvini Rao, Cherno Jaye, Jen Bohon
As diamond becomes more prevalent for electronic and research applications, methods of patterning diamond will be required. One such method, laser ablation, has
E Babcock, Stephen Boag, Maria Becker, W.C. Chen, T E. Chupp, Thomas R. Gentile, G L. Jones, A K. Petukhov, Torsten Soldner, T G. Walker
Polarized 3He produced by spin-exchange optical pumping (SEOP) has potential as a neutron spin filter for polarization and polarization analysis in many neutron
This work reports on the creation and characterization of nanofiber supported bilayers to mimic the hydrodynamic, chemical and mechanical environment provided
Transistors have been made from single molecules, where the flow of electrons is controlled by modulating the energy of the molecular orbitals. Insight from
Igor Vayshenker, Shao Yang, Kuniaki Amemiya, Seiji Mukai, T. Zama
We compare the results of measurements of the nonlinearity of high-power optical fiber powermeters (OFPMs) by two national metrology institutes (NMIs): the
Silvia H. De Paoli Lacerda, Jung J. Park, Curtis W. Meuse, Denis Pristinski, Matthew Becker, Jack F. Douglas
Gold nanoparticles (NPs) provide a promising platform for diagnostics and therapy, as well as other biomedical applications. The recent literature, however
Research in new cobaltites is important for waste heat recovery applications. A new calcium cobaltite phase, CaCo2O4, prepared under high pressure, has been
Mary F. Theofanos, Ross J. Micheals, Brian C. Stanton
Where do biometrics come from? The canonical standard (Wayman) biometric system model includes the biometric presentation and a biometric sensor but not the
Carl D. Reintsema, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Joseph S. Adams, Robert Baker, Simon R. Bandler, William B. Doriese, Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, Richard L. Kelly, Caroline A. Kilbourne, F. S. Porter, Jeff Krinsky, Patrick Wikus
A decade has elapsed since the design, development and realization of a SQUID-based time-division multiplexer at NIST. During this time the system has been used
William B. Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, Francis J. Schima, Joel N. Ullom, Joseph S. Adams, Caroline A. Kilbourne
In typical algorithms for optimally filtering transition-edge-sensor-microcalorimeter pulses, the average value of a filtered pulse is set to zero. The achieved
Eric L. Shirley, Joshua J. Kas, J. T. Vinson, N. Trcera, D. Cabaret, John J. Rehr
Conventional Kohn-Sham band-structure methods for calculating deep-core x-ray spectra typically neglect photo-electron self-energy effects, which give rise to
Elizabeth A. Strychalski, Alyssa Henry, David J. Ross
Sample-in answer-out analytical tools remain the goal of much lab on a chip research, but miniaturized methods capable of examining minimally prepared samples
Lane C. Sander, Katrice A. Lippa, Catherine A. Rimmer, Maximilian Kuhnle, Volker Friebolin, Klaus Albert
The relationship between alkyl phase structure and chromatographic performance is investigated for a series of octadecyl (C18)- modified silica surfaces with
Theresa O'Connell, John Stasko, John Dill, William Pike, Alan MacEachren
There is a growing recognition within the visual analytics community that interaction and inquiry are inextricable. It is through the interactive manipulation
Thomas J. Silva, Justin Shaw, Hans Nembach, Chan La-O-Vorakiat, Mark Siemens, Margaret M. Murnane, Henry C. Kapteyn, Stefan Mathias, Martin Aeschlimann, Patrik Grychtol, Roman Adam, Claus M. Schneider
We use few-femtosecond soft x-ray pulses from high-harmonic generation to extract element-specific demagnetization dynamics and hysteresis loops of a compound
The role of trapped atomic ions in the field of quantum information processing is briefly reviewed. We discuss some of the historical developments that enabled
William P. Krekelberg, Mark J. Pond, Gaurav Goel, Vincent K. Shen, Jeffrey R. Errington, Thomas M. Truskett
Rosenfeld [Phys. Rev. A 15, 2545 (1977)] originally noticed that casting the transport coefficients of simple monatomic, equilibrium fluids in a specific
Robert D. Chirico, Michael D. Frenkel, Vladimir Diky, Robert N. Goldberg, Heiko Heerklotz, John E. Ladbury, David P. Remeta, John H. Dymond, Anthony R. Goodwin, Kenneth N. Marsh, William A. Wakeham
ThermoML is an XML-based approach for storage and exchange of experimental and critically evaluated thermophysical and thermochemical property data. Extensions
Bruce D. Ravel, S.C. Slimmer, X. Meng, G.C.L. Wong, Y. Lu
Monitoring of metallic contaminants in domestic and agricultural water systems systems requires technology that is fast, flexible, sensitive, and selective