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Core-shell and Egg-shell Zeolite Catalysts for Enhanced Hydrocarbon Processing

January 1, 2022
Author(s)
Thuy Tran Le, Kumari Shilpa, Choongsze Lee, Sungmin Han, Conan Weiland, Simon Bare, Paul Dauenhauer, Jeffrey Rimer
Developing structure-performance relationships with the underlying goal of optimizing known zeolite catalysts involves the manipulation of their physicochemical properties. Here, we systematically assessed the impact of mesoscopic gradients in acid site

In situ absorption synchrotron measurements, predictive modeling, microstructural analysis, and scanning probe measurements of laser melted Ti-6Al-4V single tracks for additive manufacturing applications

December 29, 2021
Author(s)
Nicholas Derimow, Edwin Schwalbach, Jake Benzing, Jason Killgore, Aly Artusio-Glimpse, Nik Hrabe, Brian Simonds
In this work, the fundamental processing-structure-property (PSP) relationships that govern laser-based additive manufacturing were investigated with the Ti-6Al-4V alloy. X-ray synchrotron imaging carried out in conjunction with in-situ integrating sphere

Physical Properties of the Quasi-Two-Dimensional Square Lattice Antiferromagnet Ba 2 FeSi 2 O 7

December 28, 2021
Author(s)
Tae-Hwan Jang, Seung-Hwan Do, Minseong Lee, Hui Wu, Craig Brown, Andrew D. Christianson, Sang-Wook Cheong, Jae-Hoon Park
We report magnetization (χ, M), magnetic specific heat (CM), and neutron powder diffraction results on a quasi-two-dimensional (2D) S = 2 square lattice antiferromagnet Ba 2FeSi 2O 7 consisting of FeO 4 tetrahedrons with highly compressive tetragonal

Progress in Materials Data Availability and Application: A Review

December 28, 2021
Author(s)
Chandler A. Becker, James A. Warren
Materials researchers are generating data in ever-increasing volumes, and this data is, in turn, fueling the discovery and design of new materials. These changes are enabled by advances in data capture via laboratory information management systems (LIMS)

Instrumented Charpy Tests at 77 K on 316L Stainless Steel Welded Plates

December 20, 2021
Author(s)
Enrico Lucon, Jake Benzing
In the framework of a collaborative project between ASME, NASA, and NIST, instrumented Charpy tests have been performed at liquid nitrogen temperature (77 K, or 196 °C) on specimens extracted from the center of four 316L welded stainless steel plates, each

Orientation of Thin Polyamide Layer-by-Layer Films on Non-Porous Substrates

December 16, 2021
Author(s)
Tawanda J. Zimudzi, Sarah E. Sheffield, Kathleen E. Feldman, Peter Beaucage, Dean DeLongchamp, Douglas I. Kushner, Christopher Stafford, Michael A. Hickner
The orientation of polyamide thin films on non-porous substrates was investigated using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and corroborated by near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) measurements. Polyamide films comprised of m

Circular Economy in the High-Tech World Workshop Report

December 14, 2021
Author(s)
Martin L. Green, Kelsea Schumacher
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a Technical Workshop on January 27 and 28, 2021 to assess the state and challenges of a Circular Economy (CE) in the High-Tech World. Scientists, researchers, and program managers in the CE

Model for the Bipolar Amplification Effect

December 10, 2021
Author(s)
James Ashton, Stephen Moxim, Ashton Purcell, Patrick Lenahan, Jason Ryan
We present a model based on Fitzgerald-Grove surface recombination for the bipolar amplification effect (BAE) measurement, which is widely utilized in electrically detected magnetic resonance (EDMR) to measure reliability and performance-limiting interface

Computational scanning tunneling microscope image database

December 5, 2021
Author(s)
Kamal Choudhary, Kevin Garrity, Charles Camp, Sergei Kalinin, Rama Vasudevan, Maxim Ziatdinov, Francesca Tavazza
We introduce the systematic database of scanning tunneling microscope (STM) images obtained using density functional theory (DFT) for two-dimensional (2D) materials, calculated using the Tersoff-Hamann method. It currently contains data for 716 exfoliable

How Austenitic is a Martensitic Steel Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion? A Cautionary Tale

December 2, 2021
Author(s)
Fan Zhang, Mark R. Stoudt, Souzan Hammadi, Carelyn E. Campbell, Eric A. Lass, Maureen E. Williams
Accurate phase fraction analysis is an essential element of microstructural characterization of alloys and often serves as a basis to quantify effects such as heat treatment or mechanical deformation. Additive manufacturing (AM) of metals, due to the

Bayesian automated weighting of aggregated DFT, MD, and experimental data for candidate thermodynamic models of aluminum with uncertainty quantification

December 1, 2021
Author(s)
Francesca Tavazza, Chandler A. Becker, Ursula R. Kattner, Joshua Gabriel, Noah Palson, Thien Duong, Marius Stan
Atomic-scale modeling methods such as density functional theory (DFT) and molecular dynamics (MD) can predict the thermodynamic properties of materials at a lower cost than experimental measurements. However, their regular usage in thermodynamic model

Thermal Shrinkage Reveals the Feasibility of Pulse-delay Photocuring Technique

December 1, 2021
Author(s)
Sri Vikram Palagummi, Taeseung Hong, Li Jiang, Martin Chiang
Objectives: To resolve applicability of the pulse-delay photocuring technique to restorative dental composites as a clinical strategy for the reduction in the detrimental polymerization stress. Methods: Model dental composites with high and low-filler

Materials Testing in Hydrogen

November 30, 2021
Author(s)
Matthew Connolly, May Ling Martin, Damian Lauria, Peter Bradley, Zack Buck, Andrew Slifka, Robert L. Amaro

Opportunities in electrically tunable 2D materials beyond graphene: Recent progress and future outlook

November 30, 2021
Author(s)
Tom Vincent, Jiayun liang, simrjit singh, eli castanon, xiaotian zhang, deep jariwala, olga kazakova, zakaria al-balushi, Amber McCreary
The interest in two-dimensional and layered materials continues to expand, driven by the compelling properties of individual atomic layers that can be stacked and/or twisted into synthetic heterostructures. The plethora of electronic properties as well as

Magnetic Structure Determination of High-Moment Rate-Earth-Based Laminates

November 29, 2021
Author(s)
D. Potashnikov, E. Caspi, A. Pesach, Q. Tao, J. Rosen, D. Sheptyakov, Hayden Evans, C. Ritter, Z. Salman, P. Bonfa, T. Ouisse, M. Barbier, O. Rivin, A. Keren
We report μSR on the 2D rare earth based parent magnets (Mo 2/3RE 1/3) 2AlC with RE = Nd, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho and Er, and neutron diffraction on the series with RE ≠ Gd (a neutron absorber). By crossing information between the two techniques, we determine the

Sintered powder oxidation variation as a function of build height for titanium alloy produced by electron beam powder-bed fusion

November 26, 2021
Author(s)
Nicholas Derimow, Alejandro Romero, Aldo Rubio, Cesar Terrazas, Francisco Medina, Ryan Wicker, Nik Hrabe
It is well-established that titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) powder oxidizes during electron beam powder-bed fusion (PBF-EB) due to the high background temperatures resulting from layer preheating and sintering of the powder bed before melting. However, it is

Imaging of Magnetic Excitations in Nanostructures with Microwave Near-Field Microscopy

November 25, 2021
Author(s)
Samuel Berweger, Robert Tyrrell-Ead, Houchen Chang, Mingzhong Wu, Hong Tang, Hans Nembach, Karl Stupic, Stephen E. Russek, Thomas Mitchell (Mitch) Wallis, Pavel Kabos
We present images of spin-wave excitations in a patterned yttrium iron garnet (YIG) thin film obtained by use of near-field microwave microscopy, which can achieve spatial resolution as high as 50 nm. Visualization of magnetic excitations is an enticing
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