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Yuanchao Li, Natalie Schwab, Robert M. Briber, Joseph A. Dura, Trung Van Nguyen
A PEM fuel cell with the Nafion® ionomer phase of the cathode catalyst layer (CL) that was exposed to dry gas during the annealing process showed improved performance over the whole current density range and 220% peak power increase with humidified air at
Parametrized tight-binding models fit to first principles calculations can provide an efficient and accurate quantum mechanical method for predicting properties of molecules and solids. However, well-tested parameter sets are generally only available for a
Matthew Luebbe, Jiaqi Duan, Fan Zhang, Jonathan Poplawsky, Hans Pommeranke, Maalavan Arivu, Andrew Hoffman, Haiming Wen
Recent studies on precipitation-hardened high-entropy alloys (HEAs) demonstrate their high strength and thermal stability, making them promising materials for high-temperature structural applications such as nuclear reactors. However, many existing HEAs
Stephen Moxim, James P Ashton, Mark Anders, Jason Ryan
This work explores the atomic-scale nature of defects within hafnium dioxide/silicon dioxide/silicon (HfO2/SiO2/Si) transistors generated by hot-carrier stressing. The defects are studied via electrically detected magnetic resonance (EDMR) through both
Arijit Halder, Ryan Klein, Sarah Shulda, Gavin McCarver, Philip Parilla, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Craig Brown, C. Michael McGuirk
Step-shaped adsorption¬–desorption of gaseous payloads by a flexible metal–organic framework can facilitate the delivery of large usable capaci-ties with significantly reduced energetic penalties. This is desirable for the storage, transport, and delivery
Kangming LI, Brian DeCost, Kamal Choudhary, Michael Greenwood, Jason Hattrick-Simpers
Recent advances in machine learning (ML) have led to substantial performance improvement in material database benchmarks, but an excellent benchmark score may not imply good generalization performance. Here we show that ML models trained on Materials
Daniel Wines, Juha Tiihonen, Kayahan Saritas, Jaron Krogel, Can Ataca
One of the most promising 2D ferromagnetic materials is monolayer VSe2 (T and H phase). Several works have controversially claimed near-room temperature ferromagnetism in VSe2, with conflicting results throughout the theoretical and experimental literature
Long Phan, Jonathan Weigand, Fahim H. Sadek, Adam L. Pintar, Sorin Marcu, Travis Thonstad, Timothy Barrett
A series of 19 beam specimens, with varying stirrup spacing and tensile lap splice lengths, were tested at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under four-point loading to investigate the impact of alkali silica reaction (ASR) on the
Kamal Choudhary, Francesca Tavazza, Carelyn E. Campbell, Vishu Gupta, Yuwei Mao, Kewei Wang, Wei-keng Liao, Alok Choudhary, Ankit Agrawal
The applications of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning techniques in the field of materials science are becoming increasingly common due to their promising abilities to extract and utilize data-driven information from available
Different approaches for establishing Shear Fracture Appearance (SFA) on tested Charpy specimens were assessed and compared, namely (in order of increasing expected accuracy): estimates based on characteristic forces from instrumented Charpy tests, optical
The finite solid-liquid interface width in phase-field models results in non-equilibrium effects, including solute trapping. Prior phase field modeling has shown that this extra degree of freedom, when compared to sharp-interface models, results in solute
A number of large, historical fracture toughness data sets have been analyzed according to the provisions of ASTM E1921-22a, in order to compare two Master Curve methods for assessing potential macroscopic material inhomogeneity: simplified method (based
Amy Engelbrecht-Wiggans, Ajay Krishnamurthy, Amanda L. Forster
Ballistic-resistant body armor has increasingly been using flexible unidirectional (UD) composite laminates that comprise multiple layers in the armor construction. Each UD layer contains high-performance fibers held in place using very low modulus binder
Jasleen Bindra, Pragya Shrestha, Sebastian Engmann, Chad Cruz, Lea Nienhaus, Emily Bittle, Jason Campbell
Complex transient photoconductivity (Δσ) contains rich fingerprints of charge recombination dynamics in photoactive films. However, a direct measure of both real (Δσ′) and imaginary (Δσ″) components has proven difficult using conventional cavity-based time
Charles S. Tarrio, Robert F. Berg, Thomas B. Lucatorto, Dale E. Newbury, Nicholas Ritchie, Andrew Jones, Frank Eparvier
The two most prevalent outgas contaminants on satellites are organic molecules and water vapor. Adsorbed organic molecules can degrade a solar-viewing instrument when they are cracked by ultraviolet radiation (UV) and become a light-absorbing layer of
Brian DeCost, Ramya Gurunathan, Adam Biacchi, Kamal Choudhary
Computer vision techniques have immense potential for materials design applications. In this work, we introduce an integrated and general-purpose AtomVision library that can be used to generate and curate microscopy image (such as scanning tunneling
The selection of building materials and the design of the details of construction always play an important role in overall building fire safety. Two important fire safety considerations regarding the building structure are to minimize the likelihood of
Mary Kathleen O'Brien, Enrico Lucon, Donald Williamson, Kip Findley
Hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) occurs in pipeline steels used in oil and gas applications that are rich in hydrogen sulfide gas also known as sour-service environments. In this study, an experimental X65 steel was produced by intercritically finish
Hans-Henrik Konig, Niklas Hollander Pettersson, A Durga, Steven Van Petegem, Daniel Grolimund, Qilin Guo, Chihpin Chuang, lianyi Chen, Christos Oikonomou, Fan Zhang, Greta Lindwall
Solidification during fusion-based additive manufacturing (AM) is characterized by high solidification velocities and high thermal gradients, two factors that control the solidification mode of AM metals and alloys. Using two synchrotron-based, in situ
Jeremiah Woodcock, Stephan J. Stranick, Anthony Kotula, Gale A. Holmes
The strategic integration of a rhodamine-spirolactam (RS) mechanophore into a transparent bis-epoxide/bis-epoxide/amine and corresponding bis-epoxide/amine networks has revealed, for the first time using fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM)
Ramya Gurunathan, Kamal Choudhary, Francesca Tavazza
The phonon density-of-states (DOS) summarizes the lattice vibrational modes supported by a structure, and gives access to rich information about the material's stability, thermodynamic constants, and thermal transport coefficients. Here, we present an
Keiichiro Maegawa, Fan Zhang, Qiaxian Johnson, Mihaela Jitianu, Tan Wai Kian, Go Kawamura, Atsunori Matsuda, Andrei Jitianu
Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are mixed M(II) and M(III) hydroxides with positively charged lamellar brucite layers and interlayered anions. LDHs attracted significant attention due to their anion and cation-exchange ability, adsorption capacity, and