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Inelastic Neutron Scattering on Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

May 7, 2012
Author(s)
Huagen H. Peng, Madhu Sudan Tyagi, Kirt A. Page, Christopher Soles
The relationship between ion transport and polymer dynamics is central to the pursuit of solid polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries. This understanding is critical to achieve solid polymer electrolyte systems of sufficiently high ion conductivities

Response of large area avalanche photodiodes to low energy X-rays

April 30, 2012
Author(s)
Thomas R. Gentile, Uwe Arp, M J. Bales, R Farrell
For an experiment to study neutron radiative beta-decay, we operated large area avalanche photodiodes (APDs) at liquid nitrogen temperature to detect X-rays with energies between 0.2 keV and 15 keV. Whereas there are numerous reports of X-ray spectrometry

Direct Measurement of Lithium Transport in Graphite Electrodes with Neutrons

April 1, 2012
Author(s)
David Jacobson, Jeffrey J. Gagliardo, Jon P. Owejan, Stephen J. Harris, Howard Wang, Daniel Hussey
Lithium intercalation into graphite electrodes is widely studied, but few direct in-situ diagnostic methods exist. Such diagnostic methods are desired as they will enable researchers to probe the influence of factors such as charge rate, electrode

Frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy

March 21, 2012
Author(s)
David A. Long, A. Cygan, Roger D. van Zee, Mitchio Okumura, C. E. Miller, D Lisak, Joseph T. Hodges
This Frontiers article describes frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy (FS-CRDS), an ultraprecise refinement of conventional cw-CRDS. We review the technique and highlight some recent studies which have utilized FS-CRDS to perform precision

Double-Focusing Thermal Triple-Axis Spectrometer at the NCNR

February 2, 2012
Author(s)
Y. Chen, Sung Chang, Yang Zhao, Songxue Chi, William D. Ratcliff, B. G. Ueland, Ross Erwin
The new thermal triple-axis spectrometer at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) is located at the BT-7 beam port. The 165 mm diameter reactor beam is equipped with a selection of Söller collimators, beam-limiters, and pyrolytic graphite (PG) filter

Contrast variation in spin-echo small angle neutron scattering

January 25, 2012
Author(s)
Xin Li, Bin Wu, Yun Liu, Roger Pynn, Chwen-Yang Shew, Gregory S. Smith, Kenneth W. Herwig, J. Lee Robertson, Wei-Ren Chen, Li Liu
The use of contrast variation in spin-echo small angle neutron scattering (SESANS) experiments is discussed for the case of colloidal structural investigation. Based on the calculations for several model systems, we find that the contrast variation SESANS

Quantum Hall effect on centimeter scale chemical vapor deposited graphene films

December 7, 2011
Author(s)
Tian T. Shen, Wei Wu, Qingkai Yu, Curt A. Richter, Randolph E. Elmquist, David B. Newell, Yong P. Chen
We report observations of well developed half integer quantum Hall effect on mono layer graphene films of 7 mm × 7 mm in size. The graphene films are grown by chemical vapor deposition on copper, then transferred to SiO2/Si substrates, with typical carrier

Determination of Moisture Content of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

October 17, 2011
Author(s)
Rolf L. Zeisler, Rabia Oflaz, Ralph E. Sturgeon, Rick L. Paul, Brian E. Lang, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Joseph W. Lam, Anthony Windust, P Grinberg, Benoit Simard, Christopher T. Kingston
Several techniques were evaluated for the establishment of reliable water/moisture content of single-wall carbon nanotubes. Karl Fischer titration (KF) provides for a direct measure of the water content and was used for benchmarking against results

Magnetic field effects on large area avalanche photodiodes at cryogenic temperatures

August 30, 2011
Author(s)
Thomas R. Gentile, C. D. Bass, Jeffrey S. Nico, H Breuer, R Farrell
We present results for detection of X-rays by large area avalanche photodiodes (APDs) in strong magnetic fields and at cryogenic temperatures. Whereas at room temperature we observe essentially no effects on the response, at cryogenic temperature we

Characterization of the non-uniform reaction in chemically-amplified calix[4]resorcinarene molecular resist thin films

July 19, 2011
Author(s)
Vivek M. Prabhu, Shuhui Kang, Regis J. Kline, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Daniel A. Fischer, Wen-Li Wu, Sushil K. Satija, Jing Sha, Christopher K. Ober, Peter V. Bonnesen
The ccc stereoisomer-purified tert-butoxycarbonyloxy (t-Boc) protected calix[4]resorcinarene molecular resists blended with photoacid generator exhibit a non-uniform photoacid catalyzed reaction in thin films. The surface displays a reduced reaction extent

PDH-locked, frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectrometer

June 16, 2011
Author(s)
Joseph T. Hodges, A. Cygan, Piotr Maslowski, Katarzyna E. Bielska, S. Wojtewicz, J. Domyslawska, Hisashi Abe, R.S. Trawinski, R. Ciurylo
We describe a high sensitivity and high spectral resolution laser absorption spectrometer based upon the frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy (FS-CRDS) technique. We used the Pound-Drever-Hall (PDH) method to lock the probe laser to the high

Polarized He-3 cell development and application at NIST

June 14, 2011
Author(s)
Thomas R. Gentile, WangChun Chen, Changbo Fu, Shannon Watson, Gordon L. Jones, J. W. McIver, D. R. Rich
Over a period of well over a decade, a large number and variety of polarized 3He cells for neutron applications have been developed and tested at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). These cells have primarily been employed for

Physicochemical characterization and in vitro hemolysis evaluation of silver nanoparticles

June 7, 2011
Author(s)
Vytautas Reipa, Jonghoon Choi, Nam S. Wang, Victoria M. Hitchins, Peter L. Goering, Robert Malinauskas
In anticipation of the increased use of various forms of silver as an antimicrobial agent in medical devices, the objective of this study was to evaluate the in vitro hemolytic potential of silver nanoparticles in dilute human blood, and to relate particle

Neutron Charged Radius and the Neutron Electric Form Factor

May 2, 2011
Author(s)
Thomas R. Gentile, C.B. Crawford
For nearly forty years, the Galster parametrization has successfully fit existing data for the neutron electric form factor, GEn,vs. the square of the four-momentum transfer, Q^2. Typically this parametrization is constrained to be consistent with

Short-Range Ordering in the Modified Honeycomb Lattice Compound SrHo 2 O 4

April 17, 2011
Author(s)
S Ghosh, H. D. Zhou, L. Balicas, Jason S. Gardner, Yiming Qiu, C. R. Wiebe
The low temperature behaviour of single crystalline SrHo 2O 4 has been characterized by DC mag- netic susceptibility, heat capacity, and neutron scattering experiments. Our results show that despite the lack of magnetic long-ranged ordering in the presence

Fast Neutron Detection with Li-6-loaded Liquid Scintillator

April 12, 2011
Author(s)
David M. Gilliam, B Fisher, J N. Abdurashitov, Kevin Coakley, V N. Gavrin, Jeffrey S. Nico, A A. Shikhin, Alan Keith Thompson, Dominic F. Vecchia, V E. Yants
We report on the development of a fast neutron detector using a liquid scintillator doped with enriched 6Li. The lithium was introduced in the form of an aqueous LiCl micro-emulsion with a di-isopropylnaphthalene based liquid scintillator. A 6Li

Neutron Imaging of Lithium Concentration in Battery Pouch Cells

March 23, 2011
Author(s)
Daniel S. Hussey, David L. Jacobson, Jason B. Siegel, C. D. Stefan, Xinfan Lin, David Gorsich
This paper shows how neutron radiography can be used for in situ quantification of the lithium concentration across battery electrodes, a critical physical system state. The change in lithium concentration between the charged and discharged states of the
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