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Matthew Beekman, James A. Kaduk, Qingzhen Huang, Winnie Wong-Ng, Zhi Yang, Dongli Wang, George S. Nolas
During an attempt to synthesize NaGe136 (a Type-II clathrate) using a vacuum decomposition technique, a novel Na-Ge phase was obtained instead. The framework of this new phase was determined using the combined results of synchrotron, neutron, and
Y S. Lin, R Puthenkovilakam, J P. Chang, C P. Bouldin, Igor Levin, Nhan Van Nguyen, Y Sun, P Pianetta, T Conard, W Vandervorst, V Venturo, S Selbrede
The interfacial properties, thermal stabilities, and the electrical characteristics of ZrO 2/ Si and ZrO 2/SiO 2/Si were investigated and the interfacial layer of as-deposited ZrO 2 on silicon is likely to be ZrSi xO y. The ZrO 2/ZrSi xO y/Si is
Single crystals of a new form of L-Ta2O5 with a 19 x b superstructure have been synthesised by flux growth. The phase has C-centred monoclinic symmetry with a = 6.199(1) , b = 69.55(1) (= 19 x 3.66 ), c = 3.880 (1) . The structure was refined in space
M A. Sahiner, D F. Downey, S W. Novak, Joseph Woicik, D A. Arena
Characterization of the inactive clusters formed by high dose implantation silicon is one of the crucial topics in the semiconductor industry. Analytical techniques, which could provide quantitative information on the detailed description of the complexes
The powerful methods we have for solving the atomic structure of bulk crystals fail for nanostructured materials and there are currently no broadly applicable, quantitative and robust methods to replace them. The solution of this nanostructure problem is
M A. Sahiner, C W. Magee, D F. Downey, Joseph Woicik
Cluster formation in high dose B, BF2 implanted Si wafers is an important problem in silicon doping, since it is one of the leading causes of the electrical deactivation of the dopant. In this study, we used Ge pre-amorphized, ultra low energy B and BF2
We demonstrate that a deforming metal is a self organizing critical system, and that the stress-strain law can be expressed as an integration of certain derivatives of internal variables along the critical line of the system.
Two-dimensional, microstructure-based finite element simulations were used to elucidate the influence of grain orientation configuration on the thermal-elastic response of polycrystalline ceramic materials. Two minerals found predominately in marbles
As material structures and devices build from them shrink to the nano-scale, it is ever more difficult to measure accurately mechanical properties and behavior. Such mechanical properties data are needed for designing small-scale devices and for assessing
Experimental and theoretical study of wetting properties of patterned Si surfaces with cylindrical flat-top pillars of various sizes and pitch distances is presented. The values of the contact angle (CA), contact angle hysteresis (CAH) and tilt angle (TA)
During the track accessing mode ofa hard disk drive, theflying height of the slider over thedisk surface becomes smaller and smaller as the demand in data storage density increases. As aresult, the propensity of glide avalanche is bound to increase when
Joseph~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined Lenhart, Daniel A. Fischer, S Sambasivan, Eric K. Lin, Wen-Li Wu, Douglas Guerrero, Yijun Wang, R Puligadda
Interactions between a bottom anti-reflective coating (BARC) and a photo-resist can critically impact lithographic patterns. For example, a lithographic pattern can shrink or spread near a BARC interface, a process called undercutting or footing
P H. Wooley, Z Song, L Mayton, S Nasser, U Cho, M C. Shen, Stephen M. Hsu
The etiology of aseptic loosening (AL) following total joint replacement arthroplasty remains unclear, but the generation of small wear particles from the prosthetic components is known to contribute to the pathology of AL. These particles stimulate local
Q Jin, D S. Wilkinson, G C. Weatherly, William E. Luecke, Sheldon M. Wiederhorn
Experimental observations of the creep response of a Y 20 3-fluxed Si 3N 4 containing secondary crystalline phases(SP)are presented.The widths of grain-boundary amorphous films before and after creep have been characterized by using transmission electron
T Keller, W. Wagner, J Ilavsky, Andrew J. Allen, N Margadant, S Siegmann, J Pisacka, G Barbezat, R Enzl
The complex void microstructure of thermally sprayed deposits may be approximated by three major void syste(interlamellar pores, intralamellar cracks, and volumetric globular voids), each with different volume fractions,anisotropies, sizes and shapes. This
M C. Shen, Stephen M. Hsu, John A. Tesk, A Christou
An accelerated wear test pro-cedure has been developed for wear screening of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) using a new wear tester. Results showed that the test procedure was able to discriminate known wear level samples within seven
A Herrera-Gomez, Joseph Woicik, T Kendelewicz, K E. Miyano, W E. Spicer
The relaxation of the surface P atoms, for both the clean and Bi covered GaP (110) surface, was studied with X-Ray Standing Wave Spectroscopy (XSW) using surface sensitive x-ray photoelectron as the XSW modulated signal. The photoemission signal of the
M A. Sahiner, J. L. Sarrao, M S. Carroll, C W. Magee, S W. Novak, Joseph Woicik
The local structural information around the germanium atom in boron doped SiGe alloys is important in understanding the dopant diffusion mechanisms. Epitaxial SiGe test structures with B and C markers were grown on Si substrates by using rapid thermal
Nanopores in 2D materials are highly desirable for DNA sequencing, yet achieving single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) transport through them is challenging. Using density functional theory calculations and molecular dynamics simulations we show that ssDNA transport
Eugene Yoon, Angela Stelson, Nate Orloff, Chris Long, Jim Booth, Ellis Meng
Thin film Parylene C has increasingly been employed as a substrate material with metals like platinum (Pt), especially in MEMS implantable devices. To assist in device design, broadband dielectric spectroscopy (up to 110 GHz) can characterize such
Nathan Castro, Greta Babakhanova, Jerry Hu, Kyriacos Athanasiou
Traditional testing methods have helped to elucidate and correlate the structure-function relationship of natural tissues and have guided the development of promising tissue-engineered medical products. From a manufacturing standpoint, such assays have
Brian Agnew, Shanhua Lin, Robert Aggeler, John E. Schiel, Catherine Mouchahoir
Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) represent a rapidly growing modality for the treatment of numerous oncology indications. The complexity of analytical characterization method development is increased due to the potential for synthetic intermediates and
Tracey Johnston, Madison Edwards, Cesar Marasco Jr, Tiago Sobreira, Christina Ferreira, Graham Cooks
The availability of standard samples for human tissues and biofluids is needed to support method validation for metabolomics and lipidomics studies and to facilitate inter-laboratory comparisons. Multiple reaction monitoring (MRM)-profiling is an
Qian Dong, Xinjian Yan, Yuxue Liang, Sanford Markey, Sergey L. Sheetlin, Concepcion Remoroza, William E. Wallace, Stephen Stein
This work presents methods for identifying and then creating a mass spectral library for disulfide-linked peptides originating from the NISTmAb. Analysis involved both partially- reduced and non-reduced proteins under neutral and weakly basic conditions