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Lee L. Yu, Michael Epstein, David Hendin, Nathan Bower
ICP-MS and XRF analyses were conducted on Judean coins from the first century BCE and CE in order to determine the efficacy and limits of these methods for analyses of artifacts with and without adhering corrosion. An outstanding question about the dating
NO3 has been stabilized in a neon matrix at 4.3 K in sufficient yield for detection of the absorptions between 7000 and 10000 cm-1 which arise from vibronically allowed transitions from its ground state to levels of the A 2E" state. The results confirm and
The primary fuel used within the general aviation industry is a petroleum based gasoline blended with small amounts of tetraethyl lead (a lead-based additive used to increase the octane number of gasoline without affecting its performance) called 100 LL
Stephen R. Decker, Robert N. Goldberg, Brian Lang, William Michener
Microcalorimetry, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) have been used to conduct a thermodynamic investigation of the hydrolysis reactions: 1-naphthyl acetate(aq) + H2O(l) = 1 naphthol(aq) +
Thomas J. Bruno, Evgenii Baibourine, Tara M. Lovestead
In recent years, civilian and military users of aviation kerosene have been interested in expanding the scope of fuel feed stocks to include non-petroleum sources. There are many reasons for this, the most important of which are the potential minimization
Stacy S. Vander-Pol, John R. Kucklick, Stefan D. Leigh, Barbara J. Porter, Michele M. Schantz
Toxaphene is a complex technical mixture that has been found ubiquitously in the environment but has caused issues for analysis, especially of individual congeners. This paper reports the elution order of 25 major toxaphene congeners on three gas
Interest in the domestic production of bio-derived fuels, sparked by the high cost of petroleum crude oil, the potential of supply disruptions, and fears about climate change has lead to consideration of fluids to replace or extend conventional petroleum
Microfluidic hydrodynamic focusing of an alcohol/lipid mixture into a narrow fluid stream by two oblique buffer streams provides a controlled and reproducible method of forming phospholipid bilayer vesicles (i.e., liposomes) with relatively monodisperse
Thomas J. Bruno, Lisa S. Ott, Tara M. Lovestead, Marcia L. Huber
Complex fluids have long posed a significant challenge in our ability to characterize and model fluid properties. Here, we consider complex fluids to be mixtures with many components that can differ significantly in polarity and polarizability. The
Mariona Coll Bau, Oana Jurchescu, Nadine Gergel-Hackett, Curt A. Richter, Christina Hacker
Flip Chip Lamination approach to fabricate top metal contacts on organic-based devices ; M.Coll, O.D. Jurchescu, N. Gergel-Hackett, C.A. Richter, C,A, Hacker, American Physical Society (APS), March 2010, Portland, OR, USA (oral)
A high quality x-ray spectrum image of a 3.3 μm diameter sphere of K411 glass resting on a copper substrate was collected at 25 keV. The same sample configuration was modeled using the NISTMonte Monte Carlo simulation of electron and x-ray transport as is
Mark M. Bailey, Christine M. Mahoney, Elodie Dempah, Jeffrey M. Davis, Matthew Becker, Supang Khondee, Eric J. Munson, Cory J. Berkland
Nanomaterials have emerged as valuable tools in biomedical imaging techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), fluorescence, positron emission tomography (PET), and others. Some have been designed to serve as multimodal imaging agents, combining
Ian M. Anderson, Michael D. Anderson, Qiyin Lin, Mary Smeller, Colby L. Heideman, Paul Zschack, Mikio Koyano, Robert Kykyneshi, Douglas A. Keszler, David C. Johnson
We describe here a general synthesis approach for the preparation of new families of misfit layer compounds and demonstrate its effectiveness through the preparation of the first 64 members of the [(PbSe)0.99]m(WSe2)n family of compounds, where m and n are
A Raman microscope utilizing a total internal reflection (TIR), annular illumination geometry through a ZnSe solid immersion lens (SIL) is described. Spectra of a thin film sample of the transparent organic conductor poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly
A problem common to all molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations used to estimate fluid properties is how to decide when adequate sampling of the phase space of the system has been realized. One procedure for addressing the sampling question is to
Xiaohua Zhang, Kevin G. Yager, Shuhui Kang, Nathaniel J. Fredin, Bulent Akgun, Sushil K. Satija, Jack F. Douglas, Alamgir Karim, Ronald L. Jones
We utilize neutron reflectometry (NR) to probe the amount of residual solvent inside thin polystyrene (PS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) films spin-coated from deuterated toluene polymer solutions onto silicon substrates . The effect of thermal
A gas saturation apparatus capable of simultaneous measurements on eighteen samples was used for this work. The vapor pressures of 2-nitrotoluene (2-NT), 3-nitrotoluene (3-NT), 4-nitrotoluene (4-NT) and n-tetradecane (a control compound) were measured with
Stephanie L. Outcalt, Arno R. Laesecke, Tara J. Fortin
The density and speed of sound of hexadecane have been measured using two instruments. Both instruments use the vibrating-tube method for measuring density. Ambient pressure (83 kPa) density and speed of sound measurements were carried out with a rapid
Francisco J. Atencia, Gregory A. Cooksey, Andreas Jahn, Justin M. Zook, Wyatt N. Vreeland, Laurie E. Locascio
We present a new type of connector based on a simple idea: using a ring magnet on one side of the microfluidic chip and a disc magnet on the other side to provide the interfacial force necessary to provide a sealed connection between tubing or needles and
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 have proven elusive. Complex samples, including whole milk, various types of dirt and leaves
Mariona Coll Bau, Curt A. Richter, Christina Hacker
Nanoelectronic fabrication with Flip chip lamination Mariona Coll, CA Richter, CA Hacker, Colloquium Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology CIN2, Barcelona Spain, Dec 2009.
Rick L. Paul, Elizabeth A. Mackey, Rolf L. Zeisler, Rabia Oflaz, Bryan E. Tomlin
A combination of instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and prompt gamma-ray activation analysis (PGAA) was used to value assign 35 elements in SRM soil 2709a (San Joaquin Soil). INAA with counting of short-lived radioisotopes was used for