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Yanyin Yang, Matthew Becker, J Kohn, Carl G. Simon Jr.
Previous studies on (poly(desaminotyrosyl-tyrosine ethyl ester carbonate) (pDTEc) indicated that it is biocompatible, degradable and has good mechanical properties, which make it a candidate material for tissue scaffolds. Yet, pDTEc is radiolucent and hard
H Su, D O. Welch, Winnie Wong-Ng, Lawrence P. Cook, Z Yang
The conventional Debye temperature, customarily estimated using an isotropic approximation, fails to account for the trend of melting temperatures for the high Tc superconductors, RBa2Cu3O7-d (R-123), as a function of the ionic radius of R3+, or r(R3+). We
James A. Cooper, Forrest A. Landis, Marcus T. Cicerone, Sheng Lin-Gibson
Abstract (2000 characters maximum - spell out acronyms the first time) A systematic investigation of the structures and properties of tissue engineering scaffolds prepared by salt leaching of a photopolymerized dimethacrylate was performed. Two series of
W G. Mumme, I E. Grey, Robert S. Roth, Terrell A. Vanderah
The crystal structures of the title phases have been determined as part of a general study of the photoelectrochemical activities of niobates and tantalates, which are controlled by the structural details that determine electronic energy levels. The
J M. Guevremont, G H. Guinther, D Szemenyei, Mark Devlin, T-C Jao, Cherno Jaye, Joseph Woicik, Daniel A. Fischer
Traditionally, wear protection and friction modification by engine oil are provided by zinc dithiophosphate (ZDDP) or other phosphorus compounds. These additives provide effective wear protection and friction control on engine parts through formation of a
The ferromagnetic properties of epitaxial La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 thin films have been studied. The magnetic transition is affected by both strain and finite thickness. We have used a series of films of different thickness and on different substrates in order to
Ian E. Grey, W G. Mumme, Terrell A. Vanderah, Robert S. Roth, C Bougerol-Chaillout
New ternary bismuth iron niobates having structures based on chemical twinning of pyrochlore are described. Bi5.67Nb10FeO35 has hexagonal symmetry, P63/mmc, a = 7.432(1) , c = 31.881(2) , Z = 2 and Bi9.3Nb16.9Fe1.1O57.8 has rhombohedral symmetry, R-3m, a =
P M. McGuiggan, Jay S. Wallace, Douglas T. Smith, I Sridhar, Z Zheng, K L. Johnson
This paper reports an experimental and theoretical investigation of the indentation of a layered elastic solid, with special reference to the surface force apparatus (SFA). The contacting surfaces of the SFA comprise a 3-layer material: a thin mica surface
Makoto Otani, Nathan Lowhorn, Peter K. Schenck, Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Martin L. Green, K Itaka, H Koinuma
We have developed a high throughput screening tool that maps out thermoelectric power factors of combinatorial composition-spread film libraries. The screening tool allows us to measure the electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient of over 1000
Peter K. Schenck, Nabil Bassim, Makoto Otani, Hiroyuki Oguchi, Martin L. Green
The goal of the design of pulsed laser deposition (PLD) combinatorial library films is to optimize the compositional coverage of the films while maintaining a uniform thickness. The deposition pattern of excimer laser PLD films can be modeled with a
First-principles calculations were used to study the effects of neutral and 2+ charged oxygen vacancies on the dielectric properties of crystalline HfO2. In agreement with previous results, the neutral vacancy is more stable on the 4-fold coordinated site
The role of small-angle x-ray and neutron scattering (SAXS and SANS) in the characterization of cement is briefly reviewed. The unique information obtainable from SANS analysis of C-S-H gel in hydrating cement is compared with that obtainable by other
Despite intensive research for over a century, the main binding reaction product of cement hydration, calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H) gel, is not fully understood. By combining absolute-calibrated small-angle and ultrasmall-angle neutron and x-ray
Grady S. White, Albert J. Paul, Kristine A. Bertness, Lawrence H. Robins
A study was conducted of the room temperature photoluminescence behavior of AlxGa1-xAs as a function of tensile, equi-biaxial stress for x = 0, 0.198, 0.36, 0.498, and 0.809. The composition range included both the direct and the indirect band gap regions