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Elisabeth Mansfield, Jeffrey W. Sowards, Wendy J. Crookes-Goodson
The Applied Chemicals and Materials Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted a workshop to identify and prioritize testing and data challenges in the area of biocorrosion. Materials used to store and distribute
We present a free-space microwave experimental measurement system for the non-destructive testing of composite materials. The system operates in the Q- frequency band of 30 GHz to 50 GHz with fixed wave propagation distance between free-space antennas
Scott Z. Jones, Dale P. Bentz, Kenneth A. Snyder, Nicos Martys, Daniel S. Hussey, David L. Jacobson
Chloride ions, resulting from the application of de-icing salts travel through the concrete matrix by diffusion in a connected pore network. Cracks in concrete facilitate chloride movement by allowing ions to bypass the concrete matrix and travel directly
Fan Zhang, Andrew J. Allen, Lyle E. Levine, Derrick C. Mancini, Jan Ilavsky
The needs both for increased experimental throughput and for in-operando characterization of functional materials under increasingly realistic experimental conditions have emerged as major challenges across the whole of crystallography. Aiming to address
Jack F. Douglas, Xuhang Tong, Cheng Zhong, Xiaodong Wang, Qingping Cao, Dongxian Zhang, Jian-Zhong Jiang
We investigate Cu-Zr liquid alloys using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and well-accepted EAM potentials over a wide range of chemical composition and temperature as a model metallic glass-forming (GF) liquid. As with other types of GF materials, the
Ting Xie, Guannan Liu, Baomei Wen, Jong Y. Ha, Nhan Van Nguyen, Abhishek Motayed, Ratan K. Debnath
Solution-processed p-n heterojunction photodiodes have been fabricated based on transition metal oxides in which NiO and ternary Zn1-xMgxO (x = 0 - 0.1) have been employed as p-type and n-type semiconductors, respectively. Composition related structural
The effect of elastic energy on nucleation and disappearance of a nanometer size intermediate melt (IM) region at a solid-solid (S1S2) interface at temperatures 120K below the melting temperature is studied using a phase- field approach. Results are
Youngung Jeong, Minh-Son Pham, Mark A. Iadicola, Adam A. Creuziger
A numerical model to predict forming limit diagram (FLD) for polycrystalline metal sheets is presented. In it, the Marciniak-Kuczynski (MK) approach is incorporated into the framework of the viscoplastic self-consistent (VPSC) crystal plasticity model. The
Gaurav Giri, Dean DeLongchamp, Julia Reinspach, Lee J. Richter, Daniel A. Fischer, Jie Xu, Stephanie Benight, Alex Ayzner, Michael F. Toney, Zhenan Bao
Rick L. Paul, Dagistan NMN Sahin, Jeremy C. Cook, Christoph W. Brocker, Richard M. Lindstrom, Donna J. O'Kelly
A new instrument for cold neutron prompt gamma-ray activation analysis (CNPGAA) has been designed and constructed as part of the recent expansion of the cold neutron guide hall at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR). Located on neutron guide NGD
We demonstrate that an increase of the molecular mass of a cylinder-forming PS-PMMA block copolymer (BCP), and thus the Flory-Huggins interaction strength N, allows us to robustly form surface patterns having the technologically interesting perpendicular
Debra J. Audus, Ahmed M. Hassan, Edward J. Garboczi, Jack F. Douglas
With advances in anisotropic particle synthesis, particle shape is now a feasible parameter for tuning suspension properties. However, there is a need to determine how these newly synthesized particles affect suspension properties and a need to solve the
Purification of single-chirality single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)from their synthetic mixture is a prerequisite for many applications. DNA-controlled carbon nanotube (CNT) purification has evolved over a decade along with other separation techniques
Hui Gui, Jason K. Streit, Jeffrey Fagan, Angela R. Hight Walker, Chongwu Zhou, Ming Zheng
This work expands the redox chemistry of single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) by investigating its role in a number of SWCNT sorting processes. Using a polyethylene glycol (PEG)/dextran (DX) aqueous two-phase system, we show that electron-transfer reaction
Edward Garboczi, Aaron Forster, Jan Miller, Chen-Luh Lin, Cesar Chan, Kumar Natesaiyer, David Song, Suman Sinha-Ray
A combined computational/experimental materials science technique was developed for acquiring the structure of a rigid organic foam (ROHACELL) using X-ray computed tomography with appropriate image analysis, computing the elastic moduli using large-scale
Robert R. Keller, Katherine P. Rice, Mark Stoykovich
Transmission electron backscatter diffraction (t-EBSD), also known as transmission electron forward scatter diffraction (t-EFSD) or transmission Kikuchi diffraction in the SEM (TKD-SEM), can provide significant improvements in spatial resolution over
As part of an international project to benchmark facilities for measuring the strain dependence of critical current in ITER Nb 3Sn strands, direct measurement of local strain exerted on Nb 3Sn filaments was attempted at cryogenic temperature by means of
Riu Dong, Yanjun Fang, Jungseok Chae, Jun Dai, Zhengguo Xiao, Qingfeng Dong, Yongbo Yuan, Andrea Centrone, Xiaocheng Zeng, Jinsong Huang
Methylammonium lead triiodide (CH3NH3PbI3) perovskite is an emerging low-cost, solution processable material which attracts great interest for enabling the fabrication of high performance optoelectronic devices such as solar cells, room temperature lasers
Jack F. Douglas, Beatriz Betancourt, Paul Hanakata, Francis W. Starr
The study of glass-formation is largely framed by semi-empirical models that emphasize the importance of emergent material elasticity, progressively growing cooperative motion accompanying the drop of cofigurational entropy or the vanishing of accessible
Flexible polyurethane foam (PUF) is coated by layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly using branched polyethyleneimine (BPEI), poly(acrylic acid) (PAA), and two different charged nanoparticles, such as sodium montmorillonite (Na-MMT) and layered double hydroxide
Ana Trapote-Barreira, Lionel Porcar, Jordi Cama, J. M. Soler, Andrew J. Allen
Flow-through experiments were conducted to study the calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H) gel dissolution kinetics under a CO2-free atmosphere at room temperature (22 ± 2) ºC in the pH range from 10 to 13 relevant to cement media. During C-S-H gel dissolution
Rick D. Davis, Yu-Chin Li, Michelle R. Gervasio, Yeon S. Kim
In this manuscript, natural materials were combined into a single pot to produce flexible, highly fire resistant, and bioinspired coatings on flexible polyurethane foam (PUF). In one step, PUF was coated with a fire protective layer constructed of a
Shonali Nazare, Christopher W. Meyer, Daniel M. Madrzykowski
Firefighters working inside a burning structure often experience burns related to hot water vapor inside firefighter protective clothing (FFPC). For these burns to occur, the water vapor is heated by the high temperatures outside the FFPC and it diffuses