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An Experimental and Computational Study of CO 2 Adsorption in the Sodalite-Type M-BTT (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu) Metal-Organic Frameworks Featuring Open Metal Sites

May 28, 2018
Author(s)
Mehrdad Asgari, Sudi Jawahery, Eric D. Bloch, Matthew R. Hudson, Roxana Flacau, Bess Vlaisavljevich, Jeffrey R. Long, Craig Brown, Wendy L. Queen
We present a comprehensive investigation of the CO 2 adsorption properties of the isostructural series of metal-organic frameworks M-BTT (M =Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, BTT 3- = 1,3,5-benzenetristetrazolate), which exhibit a high density of open metal sites capable of

Adsorption of Polysorbate 20 and Proteins on Hydrophobic Polystyrene Surfaces Studied by Neutron Reflectometry

April 21, 2018
Author(s)
Zhenhuan NMN Zhang, Sara V. Orski, Ann Marie Woys, Guangcui Yuan, Isidro E. Zarraga, Norman J. Wagner, Yun Liu
Understanding adsorption of protein and surfactant to hydrophobic surfaces is key for storage stability and delivery of pharmaceutical liquid formulations, because many commonly-used devices, such as drug containers and syringes, have product-containing

Selection of Silicon Photomultipliers for a 6 LiF:ZnS(Ag) Scintillator Based Cold Neutron Detector

April 8, 2018
Author(s)
A. Osovizky, Kevin N. Pritchard, Y. Yehuda-Zada, Jeffrey B. Ziegler, Peter NMN Tsai, M. Ghelman, Alan Keith Thompson, R. M. Ibberson, George M. Baltic, Charles Majkrzak, Nicholas C. Maliszewskyj
We describe the process of selecting a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) as the light sensor for an ultrathin (2 nm) highly efficient cold neutron proportional counter. The neutron detector consists of 6LiF:ZnS(Ag) scintillator in which wavelength shifting

6 LiF:ZnS(Ag) Mixture Optimization for a Miniature Highly Efficient Cold Neutron Detector

April 2, 2018
Author(s)
A. Osovizky, Kevin N. Pritchard, Jeffrey B. Ziegler, Louis E. Binkley, Y. Yehuda-Zada, Peter NMN Tsai, Alan Keith Thompson, P. Yvonne Barnes, Kerry Siebein, Nancy Hadad, M. Jackson, C. Hurlbut, R. Ibberson, George M. Baltic, Charles Majkrzak, Nicholas C. Maliszewskyj
We report the optimization of a ^6^LiF:ZnS(Ag) scintillator mixture for an ultrathin (2nm), highly efficient cold neutron dector. Preliminary results with early protypes demonstrate excellent for 3.62 meV (4.75 Angstrom wavelenght) neutrons but mediocre

Journal of Applied Crystallography: The First 50 Years and Beyond

April 1, 2018
Author(s)
Andrew Allen, Janos Hajdu, Garry J. McIntyre
The first issue of the Journal of Applied Crystallography appeared in April 1968. So, with this issue we celebrate its 50th birthday! We should start by expressing our appreciation for all the readers, authors, reviewers, editors and technical staff who

Simultaneous Neutron and X-Ray Imaging of 3D Structure of Organic Matter and Fracture in Shales

April 1, 2018
Author(s)
Wei-Shan NMN Chiang, Jacob M LaManna, Daniel S. Hussey, David L. Jacobson, Yun Liu, Jilin Zhang, Daniel T. Georgi, Jordan R. Kone, Jin-hong Chen
Hydrocarbon production from shales using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing has been the key development in the US energy industry in the past decade and has now become more important globally. Nevertheless, many fundamental problems related to

Stress Profiling in Cold-Spray Coatings by Different Experimental Techniques: Neutron Diffraction, X-ray Diffraction and Slitting Method

April 1, 2018
Author(s)
Vladimir Luzin, Kevin Spencer, Michael R. Hill, Tao Wei, Michael Law, Thomas H. Gnaupel-Herold
The residual stress profiles in Cu and Al coatings sprayed using kinetic metallization to thickness of 2 mm have been studied. Due to specific parameters of the cold spray process and particular combination of materials of coatings and substrates the

Selective Hydride Occupation in BaVO 3-x H x (0.3 less than or equal to}xless than or equal to}0.8) with Face- and Corner-Shared Octahedra

March 13, 2018
Author(s)
Takafumi Yamamoto, Kazuki Shitara, Shunsaku Kitagawa, Akihide Kuwabara, Masahiro Kuroe, Kenji Ishida, Masayuki Ochi, Kazuhiko Kuroki, Kotaro Fujii, Masatomo Yashima, Craig Brown, Hiroshi Takatsu, Tassel Cedric, Hiroshi Kageyama
A growing number of transition metal oxyhydrides have recently been reported, but they are all confined to perovskite-based structures with corner-shared octahedra. Using high pressure synthesis, we have obtained vanadium oxhydrides BaVO 3-xH x(0.3less

Unravelling Solid-State Redox Chemistry in Li 1.3 Nb 0.3 Mn 0.4 O 2 Single-Crystal Cathode Material

March 13, 2018
Author(s)
Wang Hay Kan, Dongchang Chen, Joseph K. Papp, Alpesh Khushalchand Shukla, Ashfia Huq, Craig Brown, Bryan D. McCloskey, Guoying Chen
Recent reports on high capacities delivered by Li-excess transition-metal oxide cathodes have triggered intense interest in utilizing reversible oxygen redox for high-energy battery applications. In order to control oxygen electrochemical activities

Intrinsic Orbital Angular Momentum States of Neutrons

March 2, 2018
Author(s)
Ronald L. Cappelletti, Terrence J Jach, John T. Vinson
A recent neutron interferometry experiment attempted to observe the orbital angular momentum (OAM) of neutron de Broglie waves of neutron de Broglie waves using a spiral phase (SPP) (Nature 525, 504 (2015) [1]). Based upon conventional neutron optical

Characterization of the NISTmAb Reference Material using Small-Angle Scattering and Molecular Simulation Part I: Dilute Protein Structures

March 1, 2018
Author(s)
Maria Monica Castellanos Mantilla, Steven C Howell, David T. Gallagher, Joseph E. Curtis
Both conformational and colloidal stability of therapeutic proteins must be closely monitored and thoroughly characterized to assess the long-term viability of drug products. In these series of papers on small-angle scattering, we characterize the IgG1

Simultaneous Slit Rheometry and In Situ Neutron Scattering

March 1, 2018
Author(s)
Javen Scott Weston, Daniel P. Seeman, Daniel L. Blair, Paul Salipante, Steven Hudson, Kathleen Weigandt
In situ measurement of fluid structure during flow, e.g., by neutron scattering, is key to understanding the relationship between structure and rheology. For some applications, structures at high shear rates heretofore unreachable are of particular

Rapid Microwave Preparation and Composition Tuning of the High-Performance Magnetocalorics (Mn,Fe) 2 (P,Si)

February 28, 2018
Author(s)
Jason H. Grebenkemper, Joshua D. Bocarsly, Emily E. Levin, Gareth Seward, Colin A. Heikes, Craig Brown, Sumohan Misra, Fabian Seeler, Kerstin Schierle-Arndt, Stephen D. Wilson, Ram Seshadri
A rapid preparation utilizing assisted microwave heating has been developed for (Mn,Fe) 2(P,Si) and used to prepare samples of (Mn,Fe) 2-δPd0.5^Si 0.5 with δ=0, 0.06, and 0.12. To fully understand the effects of processing and composition changes on

Real-Time Nanopore-Based Recognition of Protein Translocation Success

February 27, 2018
Author(s)
David Paul Hoogerheide, Philip A. Gurnev, Tatiana K. Rostovtseva, Sergey M. Bezrukov
A growing number of new technologies are supported by a single- or multi-nanopore architecture for capture, sensing, and delivery of polymeric biomolecules. 1-6 Nanopore-based single-molecule DNA sequencing, in which engineered nanopores 7 are augmented

Mixed Conductive Soft Solids by Electrostatically Driven Network Formation of a Conjugated Polyelectrolyte

February 15, 2018
Author(s)
Scott P. O. Danielsen, Gabriel E. Sanoja, Samantha R. McCuskey, Boualem Hammouda, Guillermo C. Bazan, Glenn H. Fredrickson, Rachel A. Segalman
The microscopic network structure transitions of a conjugated polyelectrolyte (Poly[2,6-(4,4-bis-potassium butanylsulfonate-4H-cyclopenta-[2,1-b;3,4-b']-dithiophene)-alt-4,7-(2,1,3-benzothiadiazole)], CPE-K) hydrogel were explored with a combination of

Neutron Interferometry Detection of Early Crack Formation in Fatigued Additively Manufactured SS316 Dogbones

February 15, 2018
Author(s)
Daniel S. Hussey, Hong Yao, Adam J. Brooks, Ali Haghshenas, Jumao Yuan, Caroline G. Lowery, Jacob M. LaManna, David L. Jacobson, Nikolay Kardjilov, Shengmin Guo, Michael M. Khonsari, Leslie G. Butler
Fatigue in selective laser melted (SLM) and conventional SS316 dogbones was studied with neutron imaging methods for attenuation, scattering, and diffraction. To detect the microcrack evolution in fatigued samples,two methods of grating-based neutron

Insertion of Dengue E into Lipid Bilayers Studied by Neutron Reflectivity Molecular Dynamics Simulations

February 13, 2018
Author(s)
Juan M. Vanegas, Frank Heinrich, David M. Rogers, Bryan D. Carson, Sadie La Bauve, Briana C. Vernon, Sushil K. Satija, Aihua Zheng, Margaret Kielian, Susan B. Rempe, Michael S. Kent
The envelope (E) protein of Dengue virus rearranges to a trimeric hairpin to mediate fusion of the viral and target membranes, which essential for infectivity. Insertion of E into the target membrane serves to anchor E and possibly also to disrupt local

Beyond Catalysis and Membranes: Visualizing and Solving the Electrode Water Challenge in AEMFCs

February 8, 2018
Author(s)
Daniel S. Hussey, Travis J. Omasta, Andrew M. Park, Jacob M. LaManna, Yufeng Zheng, Xiong Peng, Lianqin Wang, David L. Jacobson, John R. Varcoe, Bryan S. Pivovar, William E. Mustain
A majority of anion exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) reported in the literature have been unable to achieve high current or power. A recently proposed theory is that the achievable current is largely limited by poorly balanced water during cell

Investigation of Alteration of Li-6 Enriched Neutron Shielding Glass

January 31, 2018
Author(s)
Jamie Weaver, Danyal J. Turkoglu
Silicate glass doped with 6Li is a common slow neutron shielding material, and has been utilized as such in several neutron research facilities. 6Li is a unique isotope for thermal neutron capture as it has a large thermal neutron capture cross section (≈

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Anion and Cation Reorientational Dynamics in (NH 4 ) 2 B 12 H 12

January 29, 2018
Author(s)
Alexander V. Skripov, Roman V. Skoryunov, Alexei V. Soloninin, Olga A. Babanova, Vitalie Stavila, Terrence J. Udovic
Diammonium dodecahydro-closedidecabirate (NH 4) 2B 12H 12 is the ionic compound combining NH 4 + cations and [B 12H 12] 2- anions both of which can exhibit high reorientational mobility. To study the dynamical properties of this unusual material, we have
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