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There is increasing interest in using high-performance cryogenic optical photon detectors in a variety of applications in quantum information science and...
Nathan A. Tomlin, Joel Ullom, James A. Beall, Gene C. Hilton, Steven Deiker, W.Bertrand (Randy) Doriese, Kent D. Irwin, Carl D. Reintsema, Leila R. Vale, Yizi Xu
One challenge to using cryogenic detectors for x-ray spectroscopy on a scanning electron microscope is the implementation of infrared blocking filters. In order...
D B. Migas, Leo Miglio, M Rebien, W Henrion, P Stauss, Anthony G. Birdwell, Albert Davydov, V L. Shaposhnikov, V E. Borisenko
Optimized crystal structure, electronic bands and density of states nearby the band gap, and the dielectric function of -(Fe1-xCox)Si2 with x equal to 0.0625...
Barry L. Zink, Kent D. Irwin, Gene C. Hilton, David P. Pappas, Joel Ullom, Martin Huber
We describe the design, fabrication and performance of a fully lithographically patterned magnetic microcalorimeter X-ray detector. The detector is fabricated...
Analyzing spatial-temporal characteristics of traffic in large-scale networks requires both suitable analysis method and a means to reduce the amount of data...
Estimating the shape and size of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tip before scanning is often necessary for the correct interpretation of the STM data...
We show how to implement an arbitrary two-qubit unitary operation in several universal gate libraries using the smallest possible number of gates. To this end...
Movement of the building joint sealant during cure is thought to affect the fully cured mechanical properties. To examine this potential effect, a one-part...
J K. Evju, P B. Howell, Laurie E. Locascio, Michael J. Tarlov, J J. Hickman
A new DC microdischarge technique for chemical modification of microchannel walls is reported. Our results show that strongly hydrophilic or hydrophobic...
Elizabeth Mirowski, John M. Moreland, Stephen E. Russek, Michael J. Donahue
We have developed a micromachined fluid-cell platform that consists of patterned magnetic thin-film elements supported on a thin silicon-nitride membrane. In...
We have measured the maximum field for which vortices are completely expelled from a thin-film superconducting strip. Niobium strips of width W were field...
I Pechik, J Madrazo, M W. Mosesson, I Hernandez, G L. Gilliland, L Medved
Non-substrate interactions of thrombin with fibrin play an important role in modulating its procoagulant activity. To establish the structural basis for these...
This article describes an accurate meter for gas flow rates below 1000 micromol/s. (~1 micromol/s 1.3 cm3/min at 0 °C and 1 atm.) Two gauges measure the input...
The kinetics of copper electrodeposition from an acidified cupric sulfate electrolyte containing SPS-PEG-C1 were examined. Voltammetric and chronoamperometric...
Prasad T. Reddy, Pawel Jaruga, T R. O'Connor, H Rodriguez, M Miral Dizdar
Formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase (Fpg) is a DNA glycosylase with an associated AP lyase activity. As a DNA repair enzyme, Fpg excises several modified bases...
Stephen A. Wise, Dianne L. Poster, Michele M. Schantz, John R. Kucklick, Lane C. Sander, M. J. Lopez de Alda, Patricia Schubert, Reenie M. Parris, Barbara J. Porter
A multiscale Green's function method is described for modeling of point defects such as vacancies and interstitals together with extended defects such as free...
We have investigated how ambient humidity can affect quantitative measurements of elastic properties on the nanoscale. Using an emerging technique called atomic...
Walter G. McDonough, Donald L. Hunston, Joy P. Dunkers, Kathleen M. Flynn
Hybrid composites are increasingly being used in infrastructure, oil recovery, and aerospace applications. These hybrids use two different fibers to reinforce...
Ying Mei, Kathryn L. Beers, H M. Byrd, David L. VanderHart, N. R. Washburn
A versatile methodology for preparing hybrid biomaterials by atom transfer radical polymerization from resin-supported peptides has been established. As an...
Christopher D. Zangmeister, Steven W. Robey, Roger D. van Zee, Yuxing Yao, J M. Tour
One- and two-photon photoemission spectra have been measured for monolayers of oligo(para-phenylene-ethynylene) thiolate chemisorbed on gold surfaces. Within 5...
The propagation behavior (subcritical crack growth) of machining induced cracks in silicon nitride was investigated by conducting constant stress (CS) and...
The strengths of fine microstructural scale yttria stabilized rectangular bars and circular disks were measured by four-point flexure and by flat ball (piston)...