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John Barker, Jeremy C. Cook, Jean Philippe Chabot, Steven R. Kline, Zhenhuan Zhang, Cedric V. Gagnon
Measurements, calculations and design ideas to mitigate background caused by backscattering in small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) instruments are presented. Backscattering includes all processes such as incoherent, inelastic, and Bragg diffraction that
Thi X. Nguyen, Yen-Hsun Su, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Takahiro Nagata, Howard Joress, Kao-Shuo Chang, Suchismita Sarker, Apurva Mehta, Jyh-Ming Ting
Thin films of two types of high-entropy oxides (HEOs) have been deposited on 76.2 mm Si wafers using combinatorial sputter deposition. In one type of the oxides, (MgZnMnCoNi)Ox, all the metals have a stable divalent oxidation state and similar cationic
Ruikun Sun, Matthew Melton, Niloofar Safaie, Jr. Ferrier, Shiwang Cheng, Yun Liu, Xiaobing Zuo, Yangyang Wang
The microscopic origin of mechanical enhancement in polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) is investigated through the combination of rheology and small-angle neutron scattering. It is shown that in the absence of an extensive particle network, the molecular
Joseph Woicik, Nicholas F. Quackenbush, Conan Weiland, Eric L. Shirley, Abdul K. Rumaiz, Michael T. Brumbach, James M. Ablett
Electron core-hole processes at absorption edges sport several signatures, primarily in the form of bound states and/or excitonic enhancement. Through analysis of the resonant-Raman Auger effect for the 2-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenide MoS2
This chapter presents a high-level description of a suite of programs denoted by the acronym OCEAN (Obtaining Core Excitation spectra ab initio and with NBSE), where NBSE denotes the underlying NIST Bethe-Salpeter Equation program. The main computational
Sangwook Park, Angel Garcia-Esparza, Hadi Abroshan, Baxter Abraham, John Vinson, Allesandro Gallo, Dennis Nordlund, Joonsuk Park, Taeho R. Kim, Roberto Alonso-Mori, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Xiaolin Zheng
Monolayer MoS2 is a promising semiconductor to overcome the physical dimension limits of the microelectronic devices. Understanding the thermochemical stability of MoS2 is essential since these devices generate heat and are susceptible to oxidative
Jose Ramon Villanueva-Valencia, Hongyu Guo, Ramon Castaneda-Priego, Yun Liu
Critical Casimir force (CCF) is a solvent fluctuation introduced interaction between particles dispersed in a binary sol-vent. Recently, it has been demonstrated that the CCF induced attraction between particles can cause the particle size-sensitive
Yuyin Xi, Juscelino Leao, Qiang Ye, Ronald S. Lankone, Li Piin Sung, Yun Liu
The past decade has seen increased research interests in studying bicontinuous structures formed by the colloidal self-assembly due to their many useful applications. A new type of colloidal gel, solvent segregation driven gel (SeedGel), has been recently
Christopher Soles, Adam B. Burns, Kanae N. Ito, Jack Douglas, Robert Dimeo, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Jingsheng Wu, Albert F. Yee, Yueh-Ting Shih, Liping Huang
This manuscript explores the connection between the fast relaxation processes in a polymer glass and essential trends in the mechanical toughness, a non-linear mechanical property that is of practical interest for engineering polymers with high impact
Yuyin Xi, Ronald S. Lankone, Li Piin Sung, Yun Liu
Bicontinuous porous structures due to colloidal self-assembly are an important class of solid framework for various applications. 1–3 And non-equilibrium process, such as gel formation, is a powerful route to stabilize bicontinuous structures. 4 Here, a
Heather Evans, Kristen K. Greene, William M. Healy, Elizabeth Hoffman, Kate Rimmer, Anna V. Sberegaeva, Neil M. Zimmerman
The 2020 National Institute of Standards and Technology Environmental Scan provides an analysis of key external factors that could impact NIST and the fulfillment of its mission in coming years. The analyses were conducted through four separate lenses
Sisi Li, Qinghua Zhang, Shan Lin, Xiahan Sang, Ryan F. Need, Manuel A. Roldan, Wenjun Cui, Zhiyi Hu, Qiao Jin, Shuang Chen, Jiali Zhao, Jia-Ou Wang, Jiesu Wang, Meng He, Chen Ge, Can Wang, Hui-Bin Lu, Zhenping Wu, Haizhong Guo, Xin Tong, Tao Zhu, Brian Kirby, Lin Gu, Kui-juan Jin, Er-Jia Guo
Low-dimensional quantum materials that retain strong ferromagnetism down to monolayer thickness hold great potential for spintronic applications. However, ferromagnetism in the transition metal oxides decays severely when the thickness is scaled to the
Callie I. Higgins, Jason P. Killgore, Dianne L. Poster
This document is the report of a workshop held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, CO October 2019 seeking input from research, industry, and regulatroy communities on the photopolymer additive manufacturing (PAM)
Harshita Kumari, Wei G. Wycoff, Collin M. Mayhan, Steven R. Kline, Joshua R. So, Carol A. Deakyne, John E. Adams, Jerry L. Atwood
The structural stability and solution geometry of zinc-seamed C-propylpyrogallol[4]arene dimers with ligands has been studied in solution using in situ neutron scattering and 2D-DOSY NMR 15 methods. In comparison with the structures of the analogous copper
Alzahrani Noha, Hagen Poddig, Hsin Wang, Joshua Martin, Wencong Shi, Lilia M. Woods, George S. Nolas
The synthesis, structure, and temperature dependent thermal and electrical properties of off-stoichiometric polycrystalline modified zinc blende quaternary chalcogenides Cu1.33+xZn1.33-xIn1.33Se4, where x = 0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3, are investigated
Allison Domhoff, Tyler Martin, Liyanage M. Silva, Mansour Saberi, Stephen Creager, Eric Davis
Perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) ionomers are ubiquitous as proton-exchange membranes (PEMs) in vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs), as they provide high proton conductivity and robust chemical stability. However, traditional PFSA ionomers suffer from high
We present a series of highly cross-linked polyamide membranes, synthesized via molecular layer-by- layer (mLbL) deposition of trimesoyl chloride (TMC) and 3,5-diaminobenzoic acid (BA). These membranes exhibit superior sodium chloride rejection compared to