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Most theories of the molecular binding to surfaces, or between molecules, treat the binding species as structureless entities and further neglect their rigidity and changes in their stiffness arising from the binding process. The binding species are also
Jack F. Douglas, Wengang Zhang, Hamed Emamy, Fernando Vargas-Lara, Beatriz Betancourt, Francis W. Starr
We perform coarse-grained simulations of model unentangled polymer materials to quantify the range over which interfaces alter the structure and dynamics in the vicinity of the interface. We study both model polymer-nanoparticle (NP) composites with
Mohammad M. Mohammadi, Shikuan Shao, Santosh S. Gunturi, Anirudh R. Raghavan, Naveshkaanth Alexander, Christopher Stafford, Raymond D. Buchner, Mark Swihart
A general approach to multicomponent metal-decorated crumpled reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites using a flame-based process Mohammad Moein Mohammadi1, Shikuan Shao1, Santosh Srivatsa Gunturi1, Anirudh Ravi Raghavan1, Naveshkaanth Alexander1
Kyoung Rae Jo, Lawrence Cho, Dimas H. Sulistiyo, Eun Jung Seo, Seong Woo Kim, Bruno C. De Cooman
Press-hardened steel (PHS), used for automotive safety-related structure parts, is sensitive to hydrogen embrittlement due to its martensitic microstructure. Hydrogen is introduced in PHS during the hot press forming (HPF) process, by an atmospheric
Jacob J. Wisser, Satoru Emori, Lauren Riddiford, Aaron Altman, Peng Li, Krishnamurthy Mahalingam, Brittany T. Urwin, Brandon M. Howe, Michael R. Page, Alexander Grutter, Brian Kirby, Yuri Suzuki
Low-damping magnetic oxide thin films with small thicknesses are essential for efficient insulator spintronic devices, particularly those driven by spin torques effects. Here, we investigate depth-resolved compositional and magnetic properties of epitaxial
Johnny Ching-Wei Lee, Yu-Tong Hong, Kathleen Weigandt, Elizabeth Kelley, Hyunjoon Kong, Simon A. Rogers
Strain response under stress-driven oscillatory shearing could shift from the origin. The phenomenology is experimentally confirmed with entangled polymer-like micelles and polyethylene oxide solutions. A theory of strain shifting is provided based on the
Contrary to general publics perception of ceramics as primarily encompassing art work, table ware, porcelain enamels, tiles, and sanitary ware, ceramics cover a broad range of materials and applications. We have attempted to categorize these materials in
William J. Boettinger, C A. Handwerker, Frank W. Gayle
John Werner Cahn, retired Senior Fellow of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), died in Seattle, WA on March 14, 2016 at age 88. After distinguished careers at General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y. (1954-1964) and at MIT (1964-1978)
Xin Zhang, Yimin NMN Mao, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Feng Jiang, Doug Henderson, Bo Jiang, Zhiwei Lin, Ronald L. Jones, Liangbing Hu, Robert M. Briber, Howard Wang
Scattering measurements on the structure and dynamics of ternary solutions from dissolving microcrystalline cellulose (MC) in mixtures of ionic liquid (IL) and polar organic solvent have revealed dissolved cellulose molecular coils and partitioning of IL
Justin B. Felder, Winnie Wong-Ng, Rania A. Qabbani, Brian H. Toby, Julia Chan
Sr2Nb10O27 and Sr2Ta10-xO27-y exhibit the tripled tetragonal-tungsten-bronze (TTTB)-related superstructures. In contrast to Sr2Ta10-xO27-y, where an extended solid solution was found, Sr2Nb10O27 only forms a narrow range of solid solution, Sr1-xNb10O27-z
Robbyn Trappen, Alexander Grutter, Chih-Yeh Huang, Aubrey Penn, Navid Mottaghi, Saeed Yousefi, Allison Haertter, Shalini Kumari, James LeBeau, Brian Kirby, Mikel B. Holcomb
The depth dependent magnetization in thin film oxygen stoichiometric and oxygen deficient La 0.7Sr 0.3MnO 3 is investigated by using polarized neutron reflectivity. The stoichiometric sample shows enhanced interfacial magnetization relative to the rest of
Marcus H. Mendenhall, David R. Black, James P. Cline
Abstract The use of an Incident Beam Monochromator (IBM) or multilayer focusing mirror in an X- ray powder diffractometer modifies both the shape of the spectrum from the X-ray source, and the relation between the apparent diffracted angle and the actual
A. V. Soloninin, R. V. Skoryunov, O. A. Babanova, A. V. Skripov, Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, Terrence J. Udovic
The hexagonal mixed-anion solid solution Na 2(CB 9H 10)(CB 11H 12) shows the highest room-temperature ionic conductivity among all known Na-ion conductors. To study the dynamical properties of this compound, we have measured ghe 1H and 23Na nuclear
Q Liu, M Febbraro, R.J. deBoer, A Boeltzig, Y Chen, C Cerjan, M Couder, B Frentz, G Gilardy, J. Gorres, E. A. Henry, E. Lamere, K. T. Macon, K. Manukyan, L. Morales, P. D. O'Malley, S Pain, W. A. Peters, D. Schneider, C. Seymour, R. Toomey, B. Vande Kolk, Jamie Weaver, M. Wiescher
The National Ignition Facility provides the opportunity to study nuclear reactions under controlled conditions at high temperatures and pressures at a level never before achieved. However, the time scale of the DT implosion is only a few nanoseconds
Jack F. Douglas, Beatriz Betancourt, Fernando Vargas-Lara, Francis W. Starr, Wengang Zhang
We perform coarse-grained simulations of model nanoparticles having a diameter on the order of 10 nm in an unentangled polymer matrix in the limit of low nanoparticle concentration to understand how the presence of nanoparticles alter the segmental
Huairuo Zhang, Albert Davydov, Leonid A. Bendersky, Keren M. Freedy, Stephen J. McDonnell
Thermal annealing of Ti contacts is commonly implemented in the fabrication of MoS2 devices however its effects on interface chemistry have not been previously reported in the literature. In this work, the thermal stability of titanium contacts deposited
Daniel M. Pajerowski, Lisa A. Krayer, Hyoungjeen Jeen, Julie Borchers, Amlan Biswas, Bruce Ravel
BiMnO 3 has a centrosymmetric structure that precludes ferroelectricity in bulk stoichiometric samples while some films have reported ferroelectricity along with a decreased magnetic response. This puzzle motivated a study of one such film, deposited by
Cassandra M. Reese, Brittany J. Thompson, Phillip K. Logan, Christopher Stafford, Derek L. Patton, Michael Blanton
Thiolactone chemistry has garnered significant attention as a powerful post-polymerization modification (PPM) route to mutlifunctional polymeric materials. Here, we apply this versatile chemistry to the fabrication of ultrathin, multifunctional polymer
Kevin Barry, Biwen Zhang, Naween Anand, Yan Xin, Arturas Vailionis, Jennifer Neu, Colin A. Heikes, Charis Cochran, Haidong Zhou, Yiming Qiu, William D. Ratcliff, Theo Siegrist, Christianne Beekman
We report on a study of the structural and magnetic properties of strained Ho 2Ti 2O 7 thin films. Structural characterization via synchrotron x-ray diffraction confirms good crystallinity of our films and shows a critical thickness slightly below 50 nm
e test the Localization Model (LM) prediction of a parameter-free relationship between the α-structural relaxation time τα and oxygen ion diffusion coefficient DO with the Debye-Waller factor for crystalline UO2 under superionic conditions where large
Jonathan Turley, Santanu Mukherjee, Elisabeth Mansfield, Jason Holm, Lamuel David, Gurpreet Singh
The growing concerns regarding the safety, flammability and hazards posed by Li-ion systems has led to the research of alternative rechargeable metal-ion electrochemical storage technologies. Among the most notable of these are the Na-ion supercapacitors
Ann C. Chiaramonti Debay, Luis Miaja Avila, Paul T. Blanchard, David R. Diercks, Brian Gorman, Norman A. Sanford
We present the instrument design (Figure 1) and initial results from the worlds first EUV radiation-pulsed atom probe tomograph. This instrument uses photon energy-tunable femtosecond-pulsed coherent EUV radiation from phase-matched high harmonic
Vladimir P. Oleshko, William R. McGehee, Saya Takeuchi, Siyuan Zhang, Andrei A. Kolmakov, Jabez J. McClelland, Christopher L. Soles
Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries have recently attracted enormous attention because of high theoretical specific energy (2600 Wh kg-1) and high specific capacity (1672 mAhg-1), as well as the low cost, natural abundance, and nontoxicity of elemental sulfur
Samuel W. Winslow, Yun Liu, James W. Swan, William A. Tisdale
Differences between the properties of PbS nanocrystals prepared using a large excess of PbCl 2 and those prepared using other Pb sources have led to speculation that a thin PbCl x shell may be present on the surface of PbCl 2-derived PbS nanocrystals