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A Mechanical Mechanism for Vitamin E Acetate in E-cigarette/Vaping-Associated Lung Injury

August 26, 2020
Author(s)
Mitchell DiPasquale, Omotayo Gbadamosi, Michael H. L. Nguyen, Stuart R. Castillo, Brett W. Rickeard, Elizabeth Kelley, Michihiro Nagao, Drew Marquardt
The outbreak of electronic-cigarette/vaping associated lung injury (EVALI) has made thousands ill. This lung injury has been attributed to a physical interaction between toxicants from the vaping oils and the pulmonary surfactant. Pulmonary surfactant is

Critical Current Density as a Performance Indicator for Gas-Evolving Electrochemical Devices

August 26, 2020
Author(s)
Jason K. Lee, ChungHyuk Lee, Benzhong Zhao, Jacob LaManna, Eli Baltic, Daniel S. Hussey, David L. Jacobson, Aimy Bazylak
Reaching high current densities is absolutely imperative for electrochemical energy conversion, from fuel cells to CO2 reduction. Here, we identify the existence of a performance indicator for gas-evolving electrochemical energy conversion devices: the

Position-dependent neutron detection efficiency loss in 3He gas proportional counters

August 22, 2020
Author(s)
Patrick N. Peplowski, Zachary W. Yokley, Madison Liebel, Shuo Cheng, Richard C. Elphic, Shannon Hoogerheide, David J. Lawrence, Jeffrey Nico
The position-dependent neutron detection response of a 3He gas proportional counter (GPC) was characterized using a collimated (3-mm-wide), monoenergetic 0.05 eV neutron beam. For neutrons incident on the GPC near the ends of the active region, the neutron

The Antioxidant Vitamin E as a Membrane Raft Modulator: Tocopherols do not Abolish Lipid Domains

August 1, 2020
Author(s)
Mitchell DiPasquale, Michael H. Nguyen, Brett W. Rickeard, Nicole Cesca, Christopher Tannous, Stuart R. Castillo, John Katsaras, Elizabeth Kelley, Frederick A. Heberle, Drew Marquardt
A great deal of individuals across North America regularly supplement their diet with the antioxidant, vitamin E. This billion-dollar supplementation industry encourages the use of vitamin E with little evidence supporting its actual health benefits

Importance of Sub-Nanosecond Fluctuations on the Toughness of Polycarbonate Glasses

July 23, 2020
Author(s)
Christopher L. Soles, Kanae N. Ito, Adam B. Burns, Edwin P. Chan, Robert M. Dimeo, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Albert F. Yee, Jianwei Liu
This article explores the relationship between the nano- to picosecond dynamics, as quantified by elastic incoherent neutron scattering, in polycarbonate (PC) glasses with their mechanical toughness. We establish a robust correlation between mechanical

Using Operando Techniques to Understand and Design Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cells with Excellent Performance and Long Operational Stability

July 16, 2020
Author(s)
Xiong Peng, Devashish Kulkarni, Ying Huang, Travis J. Omasta, Benjamin Ng, Yiwei Zheng, Lianqin Wang, Jacob LaManna, Daniel S. Hussey, John R. Varcoe, Iryna V. Zenyuk, William E. Mustain
Operando neutron imaging and operando micro X-ray computed tomography were used to understand the water dynamics of AEMFCs under various operating conditions, and this new fundamental information was used to create electrodes that not only enabled high

Sensitive neutron transverse polarization analysis using a 3He spin filter

July 7, 2020
Author(s)
Y.- Y. Jau, Wangchun Chen, Thomas R. Gentile, Daniel S. Hussey
We report an experimental implementation for neutron transverse polarization analysis that is able to detect a small angular change (10^-3 rad) of neutron spin orientation and works for both monochromatic and polychromatic neutron beams. Our approach

Entangled Polymer Dynamics in Attractive Nanocomposite Melts

June 23, 2020
Author(s)
Erkan Senses, Saeid Darvishi, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Antonio Faraone
We investigate single chain dynamics of an entangled linear poly (ethylene oxide) melt in presence of well-dispersed attractive nanoparticles using high resolution neutron spectroscopy at particle volume fractions as high as 0.53. The short time dynamics

Progress Towards Operation of a Deuterium Cold Neutron Source at the NCNR

June 1, 2020
Author(s)
John M Jurns, Michael Middleton, Robert E. Williams
The NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) operates a 20 MW research reactor that produces neutrons for a suite of 30 neutron scattering instruments. 70% of these instruments use cold neutrons (E 2), which is in turn cooled by a recently commissioned 7 kW

Advances in Translational Nanotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities

May 28, 2020
Author(s)
Shyam S. Mohapatra, Robert D. Frisina, Subhra Mohapatra, Kevin B. Sneed, Eleni Markoutsa, Tao Wang, Rinku Dutta, Ratka Damnjanovic, Manh-Huong Phan, Daniel J. Denmark, Manas R. Biswal, Andrew R. McGill, Ryan Green, Mark Howell, Payal Ghosh, Alejandro Gonzalez, Nadia Tasnim Ahmed, Brittney Borresen, Mitchell Farmer, Melissa Gaeta, Krishna Sharma, Christen Bouchard, Danielle Gamboni, Jaime Martin, Bianca Tolve, Mandip Singh, Jack W. Judy, Chenzhong Li, Swadeshmukul Santra, Sylvia Daunert, Elnaz Zeynaloo, Ryan M. Gelfand, Steven Lenhert, Eric S. McLamore, Dong Xiang, Victoria Morgan, Lisa E. Friedersdorf, Ratnesh Lal, Thomas J. Webster, David Hoogerheide, Thanh Duc Nguyen, Martin J. D'Souza, Mustafa Culha, Pierre P. Kondiah, Donald K. Martin

Polymer Dynamics in Block Copolymer Electrolytes Detected by Neutron Spin Echo

May 19, 2020
Author(s)
Whitney S. Loo, Antonio Faraone, Lorena S. Grundy, Kevin W. Gao, Nitash P. Balsara
Polymer chain dynamics of a nanostructured block copolymer electrolyte are investigated by neutron spin-echo spectroscopy. Monomeric friction, determined by fitting the short-time data to the Rouse model, increases with increasing salt concentration. Tube

Non-fuel Antineutrino Contributions in the High Flux Isotope Reactor

May 14, 2020
Author(s)
PROSPECT COLLABORATION, Jerome LaRosa, Hans Pieter Mumm, Svetlana Nour, Mark Tyra, Denis E. Bergeron
Reactor neutrino experiments have seen major improvements in precision in recent years. With the experimental uncertainties starting to surpass those from theory, it is important to carefully consider all sources of e in making theoretical predictions

In Situ Neutron Scattering of Antibody Adsorption during Protein A Chromatography

April 26, 2020
Author(s)
Maria Papachristodoulou, James Doutch, Hoi Sang Beatrice Leung, Andy Church, Thomas Charleston, Luke A. Clifton, Paul Butler, Christopher J. Roberts, Daniel G. Bracewell
A deeper understanding of the nano and mesoscale structure of chromatographic adsorbents and the distribution of proteins within the media, is critical to a mechanistic understanding of separation processes using these materials. Characterisation of the

Spatial Distribution of PEO-PPO-PEO Block copolymer and PEO Homopolymer in Lipid Bilayers

April 7, 2020
Author(s)
Mihee Kim, Frank Heinrich, Greg Haugstad, Guichuan Yu, Guangcui Yuan, Sushil K. Satija, Wenjia Zhang, Hannah S. Seo, Joseph M. Metzger, Samira M. Azarin, Timothy P Lodge, Benjamin J. Hackel, Frank S. Bates
Maintaining the integrity of cell membranes is indispensable for cellular viability. Poloxamer 188 (P188), a poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(propylene oxide)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO-PPO-PEO) triblock copolymer with a number average molecular weight of 8
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