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Broadband Characterization of Individual Platinum Nanowires

March 7, 2010
Author(s)
Kichul Kim, Thomas M. Wallis, Paul Rice, Chin J. Chiang, Atif A. Imtiaz, Pavel Kabos, Dejan Filipovic
Conductivity and contact resistance of 100 nm and 250 nm diameter platinum (Pt) nanowires (NWs) are investigated computationally and experimentally. Finite element method based full-wave modeling and circuit simulations are used in conjunction with

Rational synthesis and characterization of a new family of low thermal conductivity misfit layered compounds [(PbSe)0.99]m[(WSe2)]n

February 9, 2010
Author(s)
Ian M. Anderson, Michael D. Anderson, Qiyin Lin, Mary Smeller, Colby L. Heideman, Paul Zschack, Mikio Koyano, Robert Kykyneshi, Douglas A. Keszler, David C. Johnson
We describe here a general synthesis approach for the preparation of new families of misfit layer compounds and demonstrate its effectiveness through the preparation of the first 64 members of the [(PbSe)0.99]m(WSe2)n family of compounds, where m and n are

EXAFS Studies of Catalytic DNA Sensors for Mercury Contamination of Water

December 11, 2009
Author(s)
Bruce D. Ravel, S.C. Slimmer, X. Meng, G.C.L. Wong, Y. Lu
Monitoring of metallic contaminants in domestic and agricultural water systems systems requires technology that is fast, flexible, sensitive, and selective. Recently, metal sensors based on catalytic DNA have been demonstrated as a practical monitoring

Enhanced Water Splitting Performance of Potassium-Adsorbed Titania Nanotube Arrays

December 7, 2009
Author(s)
Christiaan Richter, Cherno Jaye, Eugen Panaitescu, Daniel A. Fischer, Laura H. Lewis, Ronald J. Willey, Latika Menon
It is demonstrated that vertically-aligned titania nanotube planar arrays fabricated by electrochemical anodization using standard potassium-containing electrolytes invariably contain a significant amount of surface-adsorbed potassium ions that enhance the

Measurement of heat capacity and enthalpy of formation of Nickel Silicide using Nano-calorimetry

November 2, 2009
Author(s)
Ravi Kummamuru, Lito De La Rama, Liang Hu, Mark D. Vaudin, Mikhail Efremov, Martin L. Green, David A. LaVan, Leslie Allen
We present characterization of energetics of the reaction between nickel and silicon thin films using differential scanning nano-calorimetry (nano-DSC). For the first time, nano-DSC measurements up to 850 °C and of enthalpy of thin film reactions have been

Composing complex EXAFS problems with severe information constraints

November 1, 2009
Author(s)
Bruce D. Ravel
In recent work, a model for the structural environment of Hg bound to a catalytic DNA sensor was proposed on the basis of EXAFS data analysis. Although severely constrained by limited data quality and scant supporting structural data, a compelling

Accurate Picoscale Forces for Insitu Calibration of AFM

September 3, 2009
Author(s)
Koo-Hyun Chung, Gordon A. Shaw, Jon R. Pratt
The force sensitivity of an atomic force microscope is calibrated directly using an in situ realization of primary electrostatic forces ranging from 320 pN to 3.3 nN with accuracy of a few percent. The absolute accuracy of a common atomic force microscope

Soft X-ray Characterization Technique for Li Batteries under Operating Conditions

September 1, 2009
Author(s)
Daniel A. Fischer, Cole Petersburg, Robert Daniel, Cherno Jaye, Faisal Alamgir
O K edge and Co L edge near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) was used to examine the cathode of an intact solid-state lithium ion battery. The novel technique allowed for the simultaneous acquisition of partial electron yield and fluorescence

Glassy Carbon as an Absolute Intensity Calibration Standard for Small Angle Scattering

August 19, 2009
Author(s)
Andrew J. Allen, Jan Ilavsky, Fan Zhang, Gabrielle G. Long, Pete R. Jemian
Absolute calibration of small-angle scattering (SAS) intensity data (in units of differential cross-section per unit sample volume per unit solid angle) is essential for many important aspects of quantitative SAS analysis, such as obtaining the number

REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR RHEOMETERS AND THE FLOW TABLE

August 3, 2009
Author(s)
Chiara F. Ferraris, Zughuo Li, Mona Mohseni, Nicholas Franson
Oil is the most used standard material for the calibration of rheometers. Other products are used to calibrate flow devices, i.e., the flow table is calibrated using a mixture of oil and silica powder. The oil is a Newtonian liquid while the oil-silica

Characterization of Fly Ash Reactivity in Hydrating Cement by Neutron Scattering

July 14, 2009
Author(s)
W Bumrongjaroen, Richard A. Livingston, Dan A. Neumann, Andrew J. Allen
A combination of small-angle and inelastic neutron scattering studies are presented to elucidate the different effects of Class F and Class C fly ash additions on microstructure development in hydrating cement (and concrete). Small angle neutron scattering

Fracture toughness measurement of thin nanoporous films on stiff substrates

June 15, 2009
Author(s)
Dylan Morris, Robert F. Cook
Nanoporous low-dielectric-constant films constitute a class of materials that are plagued by fracture concerns and are not amenable to traditional fracture toughness measurement techniques. An indentation fracture toughness measurement technique has been

Thermoelectric and Structural Characterization of Ba2Ho(Cu3-xCox)O6+y

June 13, 2009
Author(s)
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Z Yang, Y F. Hu, Qingzhen Huang, Nathan Lowhorn, Makoto Otani, James A. Kaduk, Martin L. Green, Q Li
The search for thermoelectric materials for power generation and for solid-state cooling have led to the increased interest of layered cobalt-containing oxides because of their thermal stability at high temperature and their desirable thermoelectric

A High-throughput Screening System for Thermoelectric Material Exploration Based on Combinatorial Film Approach

May 7, 2009
Author(s)
Makoto Otani, Evan L. Thomas, Winnie Wong-Ng, Peter K. Schenck, Nathan Lowhorn, Martin L. Green, Hiroyuki Ohguchi
A high-throughput system that consists of a combinatorial tool (a sputtering deposition tool and a pulsed laser deposition tool) and two property screening devices, developed at NIST, was used for thermoelectric material exploration. The thermoelectric

Process-Controlled Plasma-Sprayed Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Coatings: New Insights from

February 11, 2009
Author(s)
Y Li, W Chi, S Sampath, A N. Goland, H Herman, Andrew J. Allen, J Ilavsky
A multi-component microstructure model is applied in ultrasmall-angle X-ray scattering (USAXS) studies of the processing microstructure property relationships for two groups of plasma-sprayed yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) thermal barrier coatings (TBCs)

Statistical analysis of a round-robin measurement survey of two candidate materials for a Seebeck coefficient Standard Reference Material

February 2, 2009
Author(s)
John Lu, Nathan Lowhorn, Winnie Wong-Ng, Weiping Zhang, Evan L. Thomas, Makoto Otani, Martin L. Green, Thanh N. Tran, Chris Caylor, Neil Dilley, Adams Downey, B Edwards, Norbert Elsner, S Ghamaty, Timothy Hogan, Qing Jie, Qiang Li, Joshua B. Martin, George S. Nolas, H Obara, Jeffrey Sharp, Rama Venkatasubramanian, Rhonda Willigan, Jihui Yang, Terry Tritt
In an effort to develop a Standard Reference Material (SRM ) for Seebeck coefficient, we have conducted a round-robin measurement survey of two candidate materials undoped Bi2Te3 and constantan (55% Cu and 45% Ni alloy). Measurements were performed in two

Synthesis and Transport Properties of Framework-Substituted Cs 8 Na 16 Cu 5 Ge 131

January 13, 2009
Author(s)
Matthew Beekman, James A. Kaduk, J Gryko, Winnie Wong-Ng, Alexander J. Shapiro, George S. Nolas
We report the synthesis and temperature dependent transport properties of a new type II germanium clathrate, Cs8Na16Cu5Ge131 (space group Fd3m; a = 15.42000(9) ) . In comparison to the parent compound Cs8Na16Ge136, Cu substitution for Ge on the clathrate
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