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Ann C. Chiaramonti Debay, Luis Miaja Avila, Benjamin W. Caplins, Paul T. Blanchard, Norman A. Sanford, Brian Gorman, David R. Diercks
This paper reports construction of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation-triggered atom probe tomograph and describes the results from initial experiments on amorphous SiO2. Femtosecond-pulsed coherent EUV radiation of 29.6 nm wavelength (41.85 eV photon
Sonal Bhadauriya, Jianan Zhang, Jaejun Lee, Michael R. Bockstaller, Alamgir Karim, Richard J. Sheridan, Christopher Stafford
We combine in-situ heated atomic force microscopy (AFM) with automated line-by-line spectral analysis to quantify the relaxation or decay of nanopatterned polymer films at temperatures above the glass transition. This approach enables assessment of pattern
Sindhu Seethamraju, Jan Obrzut, Jack F. Douglas, Jeremiah Woodcock, Jeffrey W. Gilman
We investigated a chemically modified Rhodamine B dye as a sensor of local water content in dye-modified epoxy resins, where these measurements were combined with dielectric measurements to estimate the dye-water association ratio in the material. In
Joel M. Sarapas, Tyler B. Martin, Alexandros Chremos, Jack F. Douglas, Kathryn L. Beers
Many naturally occurring polyelectrolytes of importance in diverse biological functions have the form of bottlebrush polymers, and there is correspondingly widespread interest in the synthesis and characterization of bottlebrush polymers to capitalize on
Solid state refrigeration based on caloric effect has been regarded as an attractive alternative to conventional gas compression technique. Boosting the caloric effect of a system to its optimum is a long-term pursuit. Here, we report enhanced
Nicos Martys, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Pan Feng, Shaoxiong Ye
Solution flow profiles near a mineral surface can have significant influences on the local thermodynamic driving force and, potentially, the rate-controlling kinetic mechanism of its dissolution or precipitation. These influences are investigated here both
The C 2H 2/CO 2 separation is particularly challenging owing to their high similarity in physical properties and molecular sizes, but of industrial significance. Herein we report a mixed metal-organic framework (M'MOF) Fe(pyz)[Ni(CN) 4] (FeNi-M'MOF, pyz =
Vipul Chaturvedi, Jeff Walter, Arpita Paul, Alexander Grutter, Brian Kirby, Jong Seok Jeong, Hua Zhou, Zhan Zhang, Biqiong Yu, Martin Greven, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Turan Birol, Chris Leighton
Tensile-strained LaCoO 3-δ thin films are ferromagnetic, in sharp contrast to the zero-spin bulk, although no clear consensus has emerged as to the origin of this phenomenon. While magnetism has been heavily studied, relatively little attention has been
Negative thermal expansion (NTE) has emerged as one of intense research topics to meet the demands of precision industry for compensating positive thermal expansion (PTE) properties. The adjustment of NTE behavior is the key for tailoring thermal expansion
Hayden A Evans, Yue Wu, Ram Seshadri, Anthony K. Cheetham
ReO 3-type structures can be described as ABX 3 perovskites in which the A-cation site is unoccupied. They therefore have the general composition BX 3, where B is normally a cation and X is a bridging anion. The chemical diversity of such structures is
Wen-Yuan Pei, Jin Yang, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Ying-Wei Yang, Jian-Fang Ma
For self-assembly of large multi-component coordination cages, the difficulty increases substantially as the number of components increases. Judicious choice of the ancillary ligand with desired structural features provides an efficient design strategy for
Jiyan Pei, Jia-Xin Wang, Kai Shao, Yu Yang, Yuanjing Cui, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Bin Li, Guodong Qian
Realization of ethane-trapping materials for separating ethane (C 2H 6) from ethylene (C 2H 4) by adsorption, to potentially replace the energy-intensive cryogenic distillation technology, is of prime importance in the petrochemical industry. It is still
Kyoung-Il Jo, Younghoon Oh, Bong June Sung, Tae-Ho Kim, Min Seop Um, Woo Jin Choi, Joona Bang, Guangcui Yuan, Sushil K. Satija, Jaseung Koo
For polymer-blend films, local dynamics in confined polymer domains tend to differ from the bulk due to significant contributions from the polymer-polymer interface. Herein, we investigated the diffusion dynamics of entangled polymer thin films confined
Twenty years ago, research involving ionic liquids was a minor field of interest and only a few chemists and even fewer engineers were interested in salts with melting points near room temperature. In April 2000, the first NATO advanced research workshop
Christoph Rohmann, Maicol A. Ochoa, Michael P. Zwolak
The adsorption of metal atoms on nanostructures, such as graphene and nanotubes, plays an important role in catalysis, electronic doping, and tuning material properties. Quantum chemical calculations permit the investigation of this process to discover
Ryan P Murphy, Harold Wickes Hatch, Nathan NMN Mahynski, Vincent K. Shen, Norman J. Wagner
Dynamic arrest transitions of model, thermoreversible dispersions of adhesive hard rods are measured as a function of absolute temperature Τ = 15 -40 °C, aspect ration L/D{approximately equal}3-7, and volume fraction φ0.1-0.5. The critical gel temperature
Jack F. Douglas, Jinpeng Fan, Hamed Emamy, Francis W. Starr, Alexandros Chremos
While glass formation of linear chain polymers has been widely explored, comparatively little is known about glass formation in star polymer melts. We study the segmental dynamics of star polymers via molecular dynamics simulations and contrast the
Hypothesis. Rheology combined with Small Angle Neutron Scattering (Rheo-SANS) can determine the local structural order in Worm-like Micelle (WLM) solutions, when the shear rate increases beyond the ending of the gradient shear banding, where the micellar
Di Yi, Yujia Wang, Olaf M. J. van t'Erve, Liubin Xu, Hongtao Yuan, Michael J. Veit, Purnima P. Balakrishnan, Yongseong Choi, Alpha T. N'Diaye, Padraic Shafer, E. Arenholz, Alexander Grutter, Haixuan Xu, Pu Yu, Berend T. Jonker, Yuri Suzuki
Electric fields have been shown to transform materials with respect to their structure and properties, thus enabling many applications ranging from batteries to spintronics. Recently electrolytic gating, which can generate large electric fields and voltage
Nima Shahkaramipour, Amin Jafari, Thien Tran, Christopher Stafford, Chong Cheng, Haiqing Lin
Superhydrophilic zwitterions have been extensively exploited for surface modification to improve antifouling properties. However, it remains challenging to form layers of 20 nm with high zwitterion content on the surfaces with different degrees of
Leora E. Dresselhaus-Cooper, Dmitro Martynowych, Fan Zhang, Charlene Tsay, Jan Ilavsky, SuYin Wang, Yu-Sheng Chen, Lara Leininger, Keith A. Nelson
We demonstrate a strongly thresholded response in cyclotrimethylene trinitramine (RDX) that is cylindrically shocked using a novel waveguide geometry. Using ultrafast single-shot multi-frame imaging, we demonstrate that a 100-μm diameter single crystal of
Separation of ethane from ethylene is a very important but challenging process in the petrochemical industry. Finding an alternative method would reduce the energy needed to make the 170 million tons of ethylene manufactured worldwide each year. Adsorptive