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Nhan V. Nguyen, Oleg A. Kirillov, Weirong Jiang, Wenyong Wang, John S. Suehle, P. D. Ye, Y. Xuan, N. Goel, Kwang-Woo Choi, Wilman Tsai
In this letter we report the band offsets of the Al/Al2O3/GaAs structure determined by internal photoemission and spectroscopic ellipsometry. The energy barrier
Yiming Qiu, M. Kofu, Wei Bao, S.-H. Lee, Qingzhen Huang, Taner N. Yildirim, John R. Copley, Jeffrey Lynn, T. Wu, G. Wu, X. H. Chen
The recently discovered superconductor LaO0.87F0.13FeAs (TC≈26 K) was investigated using the neutron-scattering technique. No spin-density-wave (SDW) order was
Andrew J. Berglund, Matthew D. McMahon, Jabez J. McClelland, James A. Liddle
We introduce a fast and robust technique for single-particle tracking with nanometer accuracy.We extract the center-of-mass of the image of a single particle
Lam H. Yu, Nadine E. Gergel-Hackett, Christopher D. Zangmeister, Christina A. Hacker, Curt A. Richter, James G. Kushmerick
Abstract. Semiconductor-molecule-metal junctions consisting of alkanethiol mono- layers self-assembled on both p+ and n¡ type highly doped Si(111)wires
Mark A. Rice, P. M. Homier, Kendall Waters, Kristi S. Anseth
Chondrocytes were encapsulated in non-degrading and partially degrading PEG gels in apposition to native cartilage layers in order to examine the effects of gel
Objectives: Presentation of a methodological approach using stereo and scanning electron microscope examination to failure analysis of an alumina all-ceramic
Ying Chen, Jeffrey Lynn, Jiying Li, G. J. Li, G. F. Chen, J. L. Luo, N. L. Wang, Pengcheng Dai, Clarnia dela Cruz, H. A. Mook
Polarized and unpolarized neutron diffraction measurements have been carried out to investigate the iron magnetic order in undoped NdOFeAs. Antiferromagnetic
This article describes a campus-wide customer satisfaction survey undertaken by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Research Library in
James L. Hanssen, Shannon B. Hill, Jon Orloff, Jabez J. McClelland
We report on the demonstration of a low emittance, high brightness ion source based on magneto-optically trapped neutral atoms. Our source has ion optical
C Rhodes, S E. Lappi, Daniel A. Fischer, S Sambasivan, Jan Genzer, S Franzen
The optical and electronic properties of aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films on a glass substrate have been investigated experimentally and theoretically
The uncontrolled aggregation of amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) particulate fillers and their uneven distribution within polymer matrices can have adverse
The objective of this study was to elucidate the effect of chemical structure and composition of the polymer matrix on the degree of vinyl conversion (DC) of
Igor Levin, Tan Zhuopeng, Alexander Roytburd, Katyayani Seal, Brian Rodriguez, Stephen Jesse, Sergei Kalinin, Art Baddorf
Piezoelectric properties of PbTiO3 in 1/3PbTiO3-2/3CoFe2O4 transverse epitaxial nanostructures on differently oriented SrTiO3 were analyzed using conventional
Igor Levin, Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Michael D. Biegalski, Junling Wang, Alexei A. Belik, E. Takayama-Muromachi
Epitaxial thin films of BiScO3, a compound which is thermodynamically unstable under ambient conditions, were grown on BiFeO3-buffered SrTiO3 substrates despite
We report a mode-locked Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser emitting pulses as short as 42 fs at 10 GHz repetition rate. When operated with a spectrally-integrated
Denis E. Bergeron, Orkid Coskuner, Jeffrey W. Hudgens, Carlos A. Gonzalez
Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry is employed to study the formation of L3- and L5-protected gold clusters (L3 = 1,3-Bis(diphenylphosphino)propane; L5 =
We make a detailed study on the dynamics of gain-assisted superluminal optical solitons in a three-state active-Raman-gain medium at room temperature. Using a
Yun Liu, Jae-Hyuk Her, Anne Dailly, A. Ramirez-Cuesta, Dan A. Neumann, Craig Brown
The metal-organic framework, MIL-53, can have a structural transition from an open-pored to a closed-pored structure by adsorbing different guest molecules. The
Brian Berry, August W. Bosse, Jack F. Douglas, Ronald L. Jones, Alamgir Karim
Cold zone annealing (CZA) is a thermal treatment involving pulling a thin block copolymer (BCP) film over a heated region having a temperature significantly
Robert A. Fletcher, Erin Ferguson, Nathanael Briggs, John G. Gillen
Experiments were conducted to determine particle release rates from surfaces due to air jet impingement. We utilize monodisperse fluorescent polymer spheres
While the frequency dependence of the wireless channel may be negligible for narrow to wideband signals, it has been shown that modeling this dependence for
Jason Benkoski, Steven Bowles, Ronald L. Jones, Jack F. Douglas, Jeffrey Pyun, Alamgir Karim
Herein we report the ability to directly image the self-organization of polymer-coated ferromagnetic nanoparticles into one-dimensional mesostructures at a
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A common observation in metal-based (specifically, those with AlOx tunnel junctions) single- electron tunneling (SET) devices is a time-dependent instability
Early-age cracking continues to be a significant problem for new concrete construction. Two of the major contributors to such cracking are the heat released by
This article describes a capillary flow meter whose maximum flow rate of 0.2 micromol/s (~0.2 cm3/min at ambient conditions) covers the range that is useful for
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The process of implanting oxygen in polystyrene (PS) via exposure to ultraviolet-ozone (UV-O) was systematically investigated using the characterization