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Elias Sebti, Hayden Evans, Hengning Chen, Peter Richardson, Kelly White, Raynald Giovine, Krishna P. Koirala, Yaobin Xu, Eliovardo Gonzalez-Correa, Chongmin Wang, Craig Brown, Anthony Cheetham, Pieremanuele Canepa, Raphaele Clement
In the pursuit of urgently-needed, energy dense solid-state batteries for electric vehicle and portable electronics applications, halide solid electrolytes offer a promising path forward with exceptional compatibility against high-voltage oxide electrodes
Jonathan Denney, Gerard Mattei, Marcus Mendenhall, James Cline, Peter Khalifah, Brian Toby
Abstract Abstract A methodology is developed where a fundamental parameters approach (FPA) description of a laboratory powder diffraction instrument (configured in divergent beam Bragg-Brentano geometry) is used to determine GSAS-II profile parameters for
Jazalyn Dukes, David Goodwin, Siamak Sattar, Li Piin Sung
FR composites have become popular for use as retrofit solutions for buildings and infrastructure due to their ease of application, lightweight properties, and corrosion resistance. However, there are still many research needs in this area that hinder wider
We present a series of polyamide membranes synthesized via molecular layer-by-layer (mLbL) deposition, using a combination of two acid chlorides: trimesoyl chloride (TMC) and isophthaloyl chloride (IPC), and one of two diamines: m¬-phenylenediamine (MPD)
Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering (RSoXS) is an emerging, powerful technique to probe the nano-to-mesoscale ordering of polymers and other molecules. It joins together small-angle X-ray scattering (a statistical nanoprobe) with X-ray spectroscopy that brings
John Barker, James Moyer, Steven Kline, G. Jensen, Jeremy Cook, Cedric Gagnon, Elizabeth Kelley, Jean Philippe Chabot, Nicholas C. Maliszewskyj, Chirag Parikh, Wangchun Chen, Ryan Murphy, C. Glinka
A description and the performance of the Very Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (VSANS) Diffractometer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are presented. The measurement range of the instrument extends over three decades of momentum transfer
Eliot Gann, Christopher McNeill, Doan Vu, Martyn Jervic, Chao Wang, Lars Thomsen, Mats Andersson
Terpolymerization is a facile and effective strategy to control the aggregation and crystallinity of semiconducting polymers which has been exploited to improve the photovoltaic performance of all-polymer solar cells (all-PSCs). Applying this strategy to
Dianne L. Poster, Matthew Hardwick, C Cameron Miller, Michael A. Riley, W. W. Shanaka I. Rodrigo, Andras E. Vladar, John D. Wright, Christopher D. Zangmeister, Clarence Zarobila, Jeremy Starkweather, John Wynne, Jason Yilzarde
Data for interpreting virus inactivation on N95 face filtering respirators (FFRs) by ultraviolet (UV) radiation are important in developing UV strategies for N95 FFR disinfection and reuse for any situation, whether it be everyday practices, contingency
Sugata Chowdhury, Kevin Garrity, Francesca Tavazza
Extensive research is currently focused on 2D and 3D magnetic topological insulators (MTIs), as their many novel properties make them excellent candidates for applications in spintronics and quantum computing. Practical MTIs requires a combination of
NIST has developed a user-friendly spreadsheet-based software for the analysis of elastic-plastic fracture toughness tests conducted according to ASTM E1820-20b on either Compact Tension or Single-Edge Bend specimens using the Unloading/Elastic Compliance
Lauren J. Riddiford, Alexander Grutter, Timothy Pillsbury, Max Stanley, Danielle Reifsnyder Hickey, Peng Li, Nasim Alem, Nitin Samarth, Yuri Suzuki
Magnetic insulator and topological insulator heterostructures have been studied in search of induced magnetism in the topological insulator, but chiral edge states have been elusive. We have identified MgAl 0.5Fe 1.5O 4/Bi 2Se 3 bilayers for a possible
Sugata Chowdhury, Albert Rigosi, Heather Hill, David Newell, Angela Hight Walker, Francesca Tavazza, Andrew Briggs
Metallic transition metal dichalcogenides like tantalum diselenide (TaSe2) exhibit exciting behaviors at low temperatures including the emergence of charge density wave (CDW) states. In this work, density functional theory (DFT) is used to classify the
Bubble point pressures of three binary mixtures at two compositions each have been measured utilizing a static method. The mixtures studied were: difluoromethane + 2,3,3,3 tetrafluoroprop-1-ene (R-32/1234yf), difluoromethane + (E)-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoroprop-1
The presence of electrostatic forces and associated artifacts complicates the interpretation of piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) and electrochemical strain microscopy (ESM). Eliminating these artifacts provides an opportunity for precisely mapping
M. J. Roos, Patrick Quarterman, Jinjun Ding, Mingzhong Wu, Brian Kirby, B. L. Zink
We present evidence for and characterization of a ≈ 4 nm thick (Y1−xGdx)3Fe5O12 layer with x ≥ 0.4 formed at the interface between a gadolinium gallium garnet (GGG) substrate and a sputtered Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) epitaxial film with nominal thickness of 20 nm
Samuel Berweger, Fei Zhang, Bryon Larson, Andrew Ferguson, Axel Palmstrom, Obadiah Reid, Thomas Mitchell (Mitch) Wallis, Kai Zhu, Joseph Berry, Pavel Kabos, Sanjini Nanayakkara
The excellent optoelectronic properties of lead-halide perovskite thin films are complemented by their tolerance to broad compositional variations and associated strain, which allows tuning of desired properties such as the optical bandgap. On the other
Organic materials are uniquely suited for indoor light energy harvesting because they absorb mostly in the visible spectrum and the absence of ultraviolet light minimizes their degradation. However, the performance of photovoltaic devices under indoor
Alexandros Chremos, Ferenc Horkay, Jack F. Douglas
We propose an approach to generate a wide range of randomly branched polymeric structures to gain insights into the structure of the assemblies to gain general insights into how polymer topology encodes configurational structure in solution. Our work is
Maxwell Pinz, Jake Benzing, Adam Pilchak, Somnath Ghosh
Building from a foundation of microstructural characterization, mechanical testing, 3D statistically equivalent microstructural volume elements (SEMVEs), and image-based microstructural modeling, this paper develops an effective crystal plasticity model
Jeffrey Fagan, Nairiti Sinha, rui gui, Darrin Pochan, Grethe Vestergaard Jensen, Jeffery Saven, matthew Langenstein, Rajkumar Misra, Christopher Kloxin, yan tang
Peptides can be computationally designed and engineered to achieve various functionalities and structures. Herein computational design was used to identify a set of 17 peptides having a wide range of putative charge states but the same tetrameric coiled
This paper reports the powder X-ray diffraction patterns, argon isotherms at 87 K, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface areas, pore size distributions, pore volumes, skeletal densities, and thermal gravimetric analyses for three National Institute of Standards
Daniel Fischer, Cherno Jaye, Katinka R. Holler, Mette H. Rasmussen, Joe E. Baio, Stanislav N. Gorb, Tobias Weidner
Geckos have the astonishing ability to climb on vertical surfaces due to the adhesive properties of fibrous setae at the tips of their toe pads. While the adhesion mechanism principle, based on van-der-Waals interactions of myriads of spatula located at
Standard electron beam powder-bed fusion Ti-6Al-4V powder recovery and hot-isostatic pressing has been found to result in a surface layer microstructure change to globular α/β. Thickness control of this surface layer up to 15 μm was demonstrated by varying