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Michelle E. Jamer, Colin R. Rementer, Anthony Barra, Alexander Grutter, Kevin Fitzell, Daniel Gopman, Julie Borchers, Gregory P. Carman, Brian Kirby, Jane P. Chang
Artificial composite multiferroic materials can be created by interfacing magnetostrictive and piezoelectric materials, allowing for electric field control of magnetic properties. For multilayer device applications, addition of weakly magnetostrictive
The separation of ethane from its analogous ethylene is of great importance in the petrochemical industry, but very challenging and energy-intensive. Adsorptive separation using C cH 6-selective porous materials can directly produce high purity C 2H 4 in a
In small-angle scattering (SAS) theory and data modeling, it is generally assumed that each scattered ray - photon or neutron - is only scattered one time on its path through the sample. This assumption greatly simplifies the interpretation of the data
Jamie L. Weaver, Carolyn Pearce, Edward Vicenzi, Thomas Lam, Paula DePriest, Robert Koestler, Tamas Varga, Micah Miller, Bruce Arey, Michele Conroy, John McCloy, Rolf Sjoblom, Michael Schweiger, David Peeler, Albert Kruger
Brian B. Maranville, William D. Ratcliff, Paul A. Kienzle
The online data reduction service reductus transforms measurements in experimental science from laboratory coordinates into physically meaningful quantities with accurate estimation of uncertainties based on instrumental settings and properties. This
Bruce Arey, Edward Vicenzi, Rolf Sjoblom, Robert Koestler, Paula DePriest, Thomas Lam, David Peeler, John McCloy, Albert Kruger, Jamie Weaver
Borborg Hillfort is a vitrified hillfort located in the Husby-Långhundra parish in Uppland Sweden (Fig. 1A). The site dates to the Great Migration Period, around 740 ± 100 CE. [1]. Two types of glasses have been identified within the ramparts – one that is
Xi Chen, Sooyeon Hwang, Robin Chisnell, Yichao Wang, Fan Wu, Sooran Kim, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Dong Su, Xin Li
The Jahn-Teller effect in solid-state chemistry relates the symmetry of electronic configuration to the atomic arrangement around the individual transition metal ion. The collective behavior of many such Jahn-Teller active entities is of great interest in
Christopher M. Sims, Russell A. Maier, Aaron C. Johnston-Peck, Justin M. Gorham, Vincent A. Hackley, Bryant C. Nelson
Cerium oxide nanomaterials (nanoceria, CNMs) are receiving increased attention from the research community due to their unique chemical properties, most prominent of which is their ability to alternate between the Ce3+ and Ce4+ oxidation states. While many
Li-6 alumino-silicate glass, a neutron shielding material, has been studied to determine if and to what extent it alters under natural conditions. Analyses included neutron depth profiling, prompt gamma activation analysis, x-ray diffraction, and scanning
Byung N. Kim, Alia Weaver, Marina Chumakov, Ileana M. Pazos, Dianne L. Poster, Karen Gaskell, Do H. Han, Gunther Scherer, Michael A. Yandrasits, Byung C. Lee, Mohamad Al-Sheikhly
During the pulsed-electron beam direct grafting of neat styrene onto poly(tetrafluoroethylene-co-hexafluoropropylene) (FEP) substrate, the radiolytically-produced styryl and carbon-centered FEP radicals undergo various desired and undesired competing
Antonio Tavera-Vazquez, Brisa Arenas-Gomez, Cristina Garza, Yun Liu, Rolando Castillo
A diblock copolymer made of poly(but-2-ene-1,4-diyl)-block-poly(oxyethylene), with a degree of polymerization of the polybutadiene and polyethylene blocks of 37 and 57, respectively, self-assembles in water as worm-like micelles determined with small angle
Semiconducting electronics have been transformed in part due to progress in spin polarized transport. Central to modern day spintronics, contemporary magnetoresistive components are based on ferromagnetic multilayers. New directions in the search for the
John A. Slotwinski, William E. Luecke, Eric Lass, Antonio M. Possolo
An eight-laboratory study of the mechanical properties of provided the data to evaluate variability in tensile mechanical properties of cobalt-chrome alloy (UNS R31538) made by metal additive manufacturing. Six laboratories employed laser powder-bed-fusion
Masoud Aghajani, Mengyuan Wang, Lewis M. Cox, Jason Killgore, Alan R. Greenberg, Yifu Ding
It is commonly believed that the overall resistance of thin film composite (TFC) membranes is dictated by the crosslinked, ultrathin polyamide barrier layer, while the porous supports merely serve as the mechanical support. Although this scenario might be
Francesca Mirri, Rana N. Ashkar, Vida Jamali, Lucy Liberman, Robert A. Pinnick, Paul van der Schoot, Yeshayahu Talmon, Paul Butler, Matteo Pasquali
Liquid phase assembly is among the most industrially attractive routes for scalable carbon nanotube (CNT) processing. Chlorosulfonic acid (CSA) was found to be an ideal solvent for CNTs, spontaneously dissolving them without compromising their properties
Christopher N. Lam, Wen-Sheng Xu, Wei-Ren Chen, Zhe Wang, Christopher B. Stanley, Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo, David Uhrig, Weiyu Wang, Kunlun Hong, Yun Liu, Lionel Porcar, Changwoo Do, Gregory S. Smith, Bobby G. Sumpter, Yangyang Wang
Drawing an analogy to the paradigm of quasi-elastic neutron scattering, we present a general approach for quantitatively investigating the spatiotemporal dependence of structural anisotropy relaxation in deformed polymers by using small-angle neutron
The surface of coatings and plastics is the first target in any degradation process initiated by ultraviolet (UV) radiation or mechanical stress (via scratch and abrasion). Surface damage can lead to changes in optical, morphological, and mechanical
Ryan F. Need, P. B. Marshall, E. Weschke, Alexander J. Grutter, Dustin Allen Gilbert, E. Arenholz, P. Shafer, S. Stemmer, Stephen D. Wilson
Oxide interfaces, where strong electron-electron correlations lead to emergent phase behavior, have been the subject of intense study in recent years. However, the buried nature of heterointerfaces often makes them challenging to probe directly. Addressing
Alexander J Grutter, Steven M. Disseler, E. J. Moon, Dustin Allen Gilbert, E. Arenholz, A. Suter, T. Prokscha, Z. Salman, Brian J Kirby, S. J. May
We demonstrate emergent antiferromagnetic interactions is strained thin films of the mixed valence manganite (Eu,SR)MnO 3. Although the composition studied, Eu 0.7Sr 0.3MnO 3, will nominally yield a ferromagnetic phase in bulk, we observe significant
Fan Zhang, Andrew J. Allen, Lyle E. Levine, Gabrielle G. Long, Ivan Kuzmenko, Jan Ilavsky
We report a harmonic rejection scheme based on the combination of Si (111) monochromator and Si (220) harmonic-rejection crystal optics. This approach is of importance to a wide range of X- ray applications in all three major branches of modern X-ray
Amanda L. Forster, Viviana Rodriguez Cardenas, Ajay Krishnamurthy, Amy E. Engelbrecht-Wiggans, Zois Tsinas
The primary goal of the manuscript is to develop a protocol to prepare consistent specimens for accurate mechanical testing of high strength copolymer aramid fibers, by removing a coating and disentangling the individual fiber strands without introducing
An effective attractive potential can be introduced between colloidal particles dispersed in a binary solvent when the solvent condition approaches its demixing temperatures. Despite the debate of its physics origins of this effective attraction, it is
Surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS) was used to examine the co- adsorption of a selection of polyethers with Cl- under conditions relevant to superconformal Cu electrodeposition in CuSO4-H2SO4 electrolytes. In 0.1 mol/L H2SO4 a
Propylene (C 3H 6)/propane (C 3H 8) separation is one of the most challenging as well as most energy-intensive separation processes in the petrochemical industry. Herein we report a microporous metal-organic framework ELM-12 with appropriate channels where
Lauren E. Woodard, Cindi L. Dennis, Julie Borchers, Anilchandra Attaluri, Esteban Velarde, Charlene Dawidczyk, Peter C. Searson, Martin G. Pomper, Robert Ivkov
Mixed metal/metal oxide nanoparticles offer potential as multifunctional platforms for disease diagnosis and therapy, or 'theranostics' [1-9]. We describe the synthesis and characterization of gold/silica/iron oxide core-shell nanoparticles, for which the