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Frankie A. Petrie, Justin Gorham, Robert T. Busch, Serhiy O. Leontsev, Esteban E. Urena-Benavides, Erick S. Vasquez
Kraft lignin@Fe3O4 multicore nanocomposites fabrication proceeded using a simple pH-driven precipitation technique. An alkaline solution for kraft lignin (pH 12) was rapidly injected into an aqueous-based magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticle colloidal suspension
Although line edge and line width roughness (LER/LWR) have been key metrology challenges over the last 15 years, the advent of extreme-ultraviolet lithography (EUV) has increased the importance of its measurement and control. Lithographically printed
Zeyang Liu, Cheng Zhang, Wenqi Zhu, Zhanhua Huang, Henri Lezec, Amit Agrawal, L. Jay Guo
Three-dimensional (3D) vision in augmented reality (AR) displays is attractive as it enables a highly immersive and realistic viewer experience. Current approaches create 3D vision by projecting stereoscopic images to the eyes using two separate projection
Adriana Lita, Varun Verma, Jeff Chiles, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
We investigate material properties in MoxSi1-x thin films with the goal of optimization for single-photon detection from UV to mid-IR wavelengths. Saturated internal detection efficiency appears to be related to film structure for this material. By
Marvin M. Muller, Miriam Kosik, Marta Pelc, Garnett W. Bryant, Andres Ayuela, Carsten Rockstuhl, Karolina Slowik
Plasmonic nanostructures attract tremendous attention as they confine electromagnetic fields well below the diffraction limit while simultaneously sustaining extreme local field enhancements. To fully exploit these properties, the identification and
Yanmei Piao, Vipin Tondare, Chelsea S. Davis, Justin Gorham, Elijah Petersen, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Keana Scott, Andras Vladar, Angela R. Hight Walker
Substantial ongoing research efforts are investigating the production of novel composite material enhanced by the incorporation of nanomaterial fillers such as multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). While the addition of MWCNTs have been shown to improve the
Heather Evans, Kristen K. Greene, William M. Healy, Elizabeth Hoffman, Kate Rimmer, Anna V. Sberegaeva, Neil M. Zimmerman
The 2020 National Institute of Standards and Technology Environmental Scan provides an analysis of key external factors that could impact NIST and the fulfillment of its mission in coming years. The analyses were conducted through four separate lenses
Alireza Panna, I Fan Hu, Mattias Kruskopf, Dinesh K. Patel, Dean G. Jarrett, Chieh-I Liu, Shamith Payagala, Dipanjan Saha, Albert Rigosi, David B. Newell, Chi-Te Liang, Randolph Elmquist
As first recognized in 2010, epitaxial graphene on SiC(0001) provides a platform for quantized Hall resistance (QHR) metrology unmatched by other 2D structures and materials. Here we report graphene parallel QHR arrays, with metrologically precise
Maohui Chen, Jeremie Parot, Vincent A. Hackley, Shan Zou, Linda J. Johnston
A variety of models have been suggested for the cross-sectional shape and dimensions of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). Although many studies report measurements of CNC width (from transmission electron microscopy, TEM) and height (from atomic force
Jeffrey Fagan, Henry Wladkowski, Julian Duarte, Shashank R. Nandyala, Joshua Walker, Subash Kattel, Jeffrey Blackburn, Jon Pikal, William D. Rice
Preparation techniques for producing films of individualized, solution dispersed nanoparticles (NPs) for optical spectroscopy are often technically challenging and tailored for a specific NP system. In this work, we present a rapid, easy, and economical
Asais C. Uzcategui, Callie I. Higgins, John Hergert, Andrew Tomaschke, Victor Crespo-Cuevas, Virginia L. Ferguson, Stephanie Bryant, Robert R. McLeod, Jason Killgore
3D printing is transforming traditional processing methods in applications ranging from tissue engineering to optics. To fulfill its maximum potential, 3D printing requires a robust technique for producing structures with precise three-dimensional (x, y
Xu Zhang, Lior Medina, Haogang Cai, Vladimir Aksyuk, Horacio Espinosa, Omar D. Lopez
Kirigami structures provide a promising approach to transform flat films with patterns of cuts into 3D complex structures that are difficult to achieve by conventional fabrication approaches. This work demonstrates that by fine tuning the cutting geometry
Benjamin Kupp, Gang Qiu, Yixiu Wang, Clayton Caspeer, Thomas Mitchell (Mitch) Wallis, Joanna Atkin, Wenzhuo Wu, Peide Ye, Pavel Kabos, Samuel Berweger
Tellurene—the 2D form of elemental tellurium—provides an attractive alternative to conventional 2D semiconductors due to its high bipolar mobilities, facile solution processing, and the possibility of dopant intercalation into its 1D van der Waals lattice
Yannic Ramaye, Vikram Kestens, J. Charoud-Got, S. Mazoua, G. Auclair, Tae Joon Cho, Blaza Toman, Vincent A. Hackley, T. Linsinger
This report describes the production of SRM 1992/ERM-FD305, silica particles suspended in a borate buffer, certified for electrophoretic mobility and zeta potential by electrophoretic light scattering (ELS). This material was produced following ISO 17034
Yannic Ramaye, Vikram Kestens, J. Charoud-Got, S. Mazoua, G. Auclair, Tae Joon Cho, Blaza Toman, Vincent A. Hackley, T. Linsinger
This report describes the production of SRM 1993/ERM-FD306, silica particles suspended in a borate buffer, certified for electrophoretic mobility and zeta potential by electrophoretic light scattering (ELS). This material was produced following ISO 17034
Tae Joon Cho, Justin M. Gorham, John M. Pettibone, Jingyu Liu, Jiaojie Tan, Vincent A. Hackley
Despite the breadth and quality of published work in this area, it remains unclear how the specific properties of polyethyleneimine (PEI) and the methods utilized to conjugate it to gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) impact the final product morphology and
Wonil Nam, Yuming Zhao, Junyeob Song, Seied Ali Safiabadi Tali, Seju Kang, Wenqi Zhu, Henri Lezec, Amit Agrawal, Peter J. Vikesland, Wei Zhou
Ultrasensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) still faces difficulties in quantitative analysis because of its susceptibility to local optical field variations at plasmonic hotspots in metallo-dielectric nanostructures. Current SERS calibration
Pengcheng Huo, Maowen Song, Wenqi Zhu, Cheng Zhang, Lu Chen, Henri Lezec, Yanqing Lu, Amit Agrawal, Ting Xu
We design and experimentally demonstrate a TiO2 metasurface that enables full-color generation and ultrasmooth color brightness variations. The reproduced famous artwork "girl with a pearl earring" features photorealistic color representation and
The 2019 MicroTAS conference (the 23rd International Conference of Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences) held in Basel, Switzerland, brought great opportunities to viewinspiring microscale compositions. Many of the best images were
Si Zhang, Pengcheng Huo, Wenqi Zhu, Cheng Zhang, Peng Chen, Mingze Liu, Lu Chen, Henri Lezec, Amit Agrawal, Yanqing Lu, Ting Xu
Light beams carrying spin angular momentum (SAM) and orbital angular momentum (OAM) have created novel opportunities in the areas of optical communications, imaging, micromanipulation and quantum optics. However, complex optical setups are required to