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Platinum group metal-free (PGM-free) catalysts are a low-cost alternative to expensive PGM catalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cells. However, due to the low volumetric activity of PGM-free catalysts, the catalyst layer thickness of the PGM-free
The use of neutron imaging is demonstrated for visualizing and quantifying water content in partially saturated granular porous media. Due to the unique difference in the total neutron cross sections of water, sand and air, a significant contrast for the
Separating acetylene from carbon dioxide is highly challenging but important due to their similar physical properties and molecular dimensions. Capturing carbon dioxide from acetylene by virtue of CO 2-selective absorbents can directly produce pure
D. Campbell, John Collini, J. Slawinska, C. Autieri, L. Wang, K. Wang, B. Wilfong, Y. Eo, Paul Neves, D. Graf, E. Rodriguez, Nicholas Butch, Johnpierre Paglione
Mary Burdette, Beth Armstrong, Ryan Murphy, Luke Heroux, Mathieu Doucet, Stephen Trask, Alexander Rogers, Gabriel Veith
This work probes the slurry architecture of a high silicon content electrode slurry with and without low molecular weight polymeric dispersants as a function of shear rate to mimic electrode casting conditions for poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) and lithium
A robust 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy)-derived biological hydrogenbonded framework (HOF-25) has been realized depending on guanine-quadruplex with the assistance of π-π interaction, which reacts with Re(CO) 5Cl to give a post-functionalized HOF-25-Re. Xray
Yanqin Zhai, Nicos Martys, William L. George, Joseph E. Curtis, Jannatun Nayem, Y. Z, Yun Liu
In the past decade, there is increased research interest in studying internal motions of flexible proteins in solution using Neutron Spin Echo (NSE) as NSE can simultaneously probe the dynamics at the length and time scale comparable to protein domain
Rahul Chadda, Nathan Bernhardt, Elizabeth Kelley, Susana Marujo Teixeira, Kacie Griffith, Alejandro Gil-Ley, Tugba Ozturk, Lauren Hughes, Ana Forsythe, Venkatramanan Krishnamani, Jose Faraldo-Gomez, Janice Robertson
Over two-thirds of integral membrane proteins of known structure assemble into oligomers. Yet, the forces that drive the association of these proteins remain to be delineated, as the lipid bilayer is a solvent environment that is both structurally and
Oxidic surfaces in electrolytic solutions and their interaction with molecular organic architectures are important for many applications in science and technology, such as nanofabrication, biosensor design, microfluidics, and biomimetic membrane devices
M. S. Andersson, Jakob Grinderslev, X.-M. Chen, X. Chen, Ulrich Haussermann, Wei Zhou, T. R. Jensen, M. Karlsson, Terrence J. Udovic
The local structure and reorientational dynamics of KB 3H 8 were studied using quasielastic and inelastic neutron scattering, Raman spectroscopy, first-principles calculations and differential scanning calorimetry. The results reveal the existence of a
Laisuo Su, Jamie Weaver, Mitchell C. Groenenboom, Nathan Nakamura, Eric Rus, Priyanka Anand, Shikhar Krishn Jha, Joseph Okasinski, Joseph Dura, B Reeja-Jayan
Electrode−electrolyte interfaces (EEIs) affect the rate capability, cycling stability, and thermal safety of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Designing stable EEIs with fast Li+ transport is crucial for developing advanced LIBs. Here, we study Li+ kinetics at
Zhenhuan Zhang, Ann M. Woys, Kunlun Hong, Christoph Grapentin, Tarik A. Khan, Isidro E. Zarraga, Norman J. Wagner, Yun Liu
The adsorption of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) on hydrophobic surfaces is known to cause protein aggregation and degradation. Therefore, surfactants, such as Poloxamer 188, are widely used in therapeutic formulations to stabilize mAbs and protect mAbs from
S. Jiang, R. L. Peng, Z. Hegedus, Thomas Gnaupel-Herold, J. J. Moverare, U. Lienert, F. Fang, X. Zhao, L. Zuo, N. Jia
Ti/Nb multilayered composites were fabricated by accumulative roll bonding (ARB). With increasing ARB cycles, shear bands become predominant in the continuously strengthened composites. The correlation between micromechanical behavior and mechanical
Christopher Soles, Adam B. Burns, Kanae N. Ito, Jack Douglas, Robert Dimeo, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Jingsheng Wu, Albert F. Yee, Yueh-Ting Shih, Liping Huang
This manuscript explores the connection between the fast relaxation processes in a polymer glass and essential trends in the mechanical toughness, a non-linear mechanical property that is of practical interest for engineering polymers with high impact
Xiaoda Yuan, Susan T. Krueger, Michael Sztucki, Ronald L. Jones, Joseph E. Curtis, Evgenyi Shalaev
Phase transitions of poloxamer P 188 aqueous solutions during cooling and heating are investigated using small angle neutron scattering (SANS) and small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS and WAXS). It is shown that P 188 solution (10 % (w/w))
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
Kevin Krause, Jason K. Lee, ChungHyuk Lee, Hisan W. Shafaque, Pascal J. Kim, Kieran F. Fahy, Pranay Shrestha, Jacob LaManna, Elias Baltic, David Jacobson, Daniel Hussey, Aimy Bazylak
Electrolytic carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction is becoming increasingly promising for managing anthropogenic CO2 emissions; however, issues related to unstable performance and ineffective gas management are still not fully accounted for in the field. Here, we
Luoxi Tan, James G. Elkins, Brian H. Davison, Elizabeth Kelley, Jonathan Nickels
Slab models are simple and useful structural descriptions which have long been used to describe lyotropic lamellar phases, such as lipid bilayers. Typically, slab models break a bilayer structure into three pieces, an inner solvent-free core and two
David Hoogerheide, Tatiana K. Rostovtseva, Daniel Jacobs, Philip A. Gurnev, Sergey M. Bezrukov
We demonstrate that a naturally occurring nanopore of the mitochondrion, the voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC), can be used to electromechanically trap and interrogate proteins bound to a lipid surface at the single-molecule level. Electromechanically
Joanna McFarlane, Lawrence M Anovitz, Michael C. Cheshire, Victoria H. DiStefano, Hassina Z. Bilheux, Jean-Christophe Bilheux, Luke L. Daemen, Richard E. Hale, Ronald L. Howard, A. J. Ramirez-Cuesta, Louis J. Santodonato, Markus Bleuel, Daniel S. Hussey, David L. Jacobson, Jacob LaManna, Edmund Perfect, Logan Qualls
Deep underground repositories are needed to isolate radioactive waste from the biosphere. Bentonite is an integral component of many multibarrier repository systems. Information on the hydraulic behavior of bentonite is needed for modeling the long-term
Gavin Hester, T. N. DeLazzer, S. S. Lim, Craig Brown, K. A. Ross
The rare-earth pyrosilicate family of compounds (RE 2Si 2O 7) hosts a variety of polymorphs, some with honeycomb-like geometries of the rare-earth sublattices, and the magnetism has yet to be deeply explored in many of the cases. Here we report on the
Michael H. Nguyen, Mitchell DiPasquale, Brett W. Rickeard, Caesar G. Yip, Kaity N. Greco, Elizabeth Kelley, Drew Marquardt
Cells depend on proper lipid transport and their precise distribution for vital cellular function. Disruption of such lipid organization can be initiated by external agents to cause cell death. Here, we investigate two antimicrobial pore-forming peptides
Peng Luo, Juscelino Leao, Maiko Kofu, Kenji Nakajima, Antonio Faraone, Y. Z
Using neutron spin-echo spectroscopy, we studied the microscopic structural relaxation of liquid ZnCl 2 in the temperature range from 600 K to 735 K, at wavevector transfer Q = 2.1 angstrom} −1 corresponding to the nearest-neighboring ionic correlation and