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Certification of SRM 2497: Standard Reference Concrete for Rheological Measurements

April 22, 2019
Author(s)
Nicos Martys, Max A. Peltz, William L. George, Blaza Toman, Edward J. Garboczi, Chiara Ferraris
Rotational rheometers are commonly used to determine the rheological properties of fluids such as viscosity and yield stress [Fer12]. Manufacturers generally recommend the use of a standard oil of known viscosity to verify that the instrument is operating

Measuring Combinatorial Coverage at Adobe

April 22, 2019
Author(s)
Raghu N. Kacker, David R. Kuhn, Riley Smith
Adobe offers an analytics product as part of the Marketing Cloud software with which customers can track many details about users across various digital platforms. For the most part, customers define the amount and type of data to track. In addition

Microcontroller based scanning transfer cavity lock with environmental compensation

April 22, 2019
Author(s)
Sarthak Subhankar, Alessandro Restelli, Yang Wang, Steve Rolston, James V. Porto
We present a compact, cost-effective, and all-digital implementation of a scanning transfer cavity lock (STCL) for long term laser frequency stabilization. An interrupt-based, event-centric state machine is employed to realize the STCL, with the capability

Using Parameter Mapping to Avoid Forbidden Tuples in a Covering Array

April 22, 2019
Author(s)
Raghu N. Kacker, David R. Kuhn, Yu Lei
This paper addresses an optimization problem that occurs when we try to remove from a covering array (CA) the rows that do not satisfy a given set of constraints. That is, how to minimize the number of rows to be removed? The key observation is that the

Energy Renormalization for Coarse-Graining Polymers Having Different Segmental Structures

April 19, 2019
Author(s)
Jack F. Douglas, Wenjie Xia, Nitin K. Hansoge, Wen-Sheng Xu, Sinan Keten, Frederick R. Phelan Jr.
We apply the recently developed energy renormalization (ER) method to coarse-graining representative polymer melts having a relatively low, intermediate and high degree of glass fragility, i.e., polybutadiene, polystyrene, and polycarbonate, respectively

Induced quantum dot probe for materials characterization

April 19, 2019
Author(s)
Hilary M. Hurst, Yun-Pil Shim, Rusko Ruskov, Charles Tahan
We propose a non-destructive means of characterizing a semiconductor wafer via measuring parameters of an induced quantum dot on the material system of interest with a separate probe chip that can also house the measurement circuitry. We show that a single

Vetting the Security of Mobile Applications

April 19, 2019
Author(s)
Michael Ogata, Josh Franklin, Jeff Voas, Vincent Sritapan, Stephen Quirolgico
Mobile applications are an integral part of our everyday personal and professional lives. As both public and private organizations rely more on mobile applications, ensuring that they are reasonably free from vulnerabilities and defects becomes paramount

Femtosecond Time Synchronization of Optical Clocks Off a Flying Quadcopter

April 18, 2019
Author(s)
Hugo Bergeron, Laura C. Sinclair, William C. Swann, Isaac H. Khader, Kevin C. Cossel, Michael A. Cermak, Jean-Daniel Deschenes, Nathan R. Newbury
Optical clock networks promise advances in global navigation, time distribution, coherent sensing, relativity experiments, dark matter searches and other areas1-12. Such networks will need to compare and synchronize clocks over free-space optical links

REFRACTIVE-INDEX GAS THERMOMETRY

April 18, 2019
Author(s)
Patrick Rourke, Christof Gaiser, Roberto M. Gavioso, Michael R. Moldover, Laurent Pitre, Robin Underwood
The principles and techniques of primary refractive-index gas thermometry (RIGT) are reviewed. Absolute primary RIGT using microwave measurements of helium-filled quasi-spherical resonators has been implemented at the temperatures of the triple points of

Layer-by-Layer Thinning of MoS2 via Laser Irradiation

April 17, 2019
Author(s)
Bien Cuong Tran Khac, Ryan White, Frank W. DelRio, Koo-hyun Chung
Layer-by-layer thinning of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) via laser irradiation was examined using Raman spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy. In particular, the effects of number of layers, laser conditions, and substrate were systematically identified

PFHub: The Phase-Field Community Hub

April 17, 2019
Author(s)
Daniel Wheeler, Trevor Keller, Jonathan E. Guyer, James A. Warren, Stephen DeWitt, Andrea Jokisaari, Daniel Schwen, Larry Aagesen, Olle Heinonen, Michael Tonks, Peter Voorhees
An online portal provides a valuable space for scientific communities to summarize a shared challenge, collect attempts at a solution, and present a quantitative comparison of past attempts in a compelling way. An exemplar of such a portal is μMAG. The

Replication of Smart-City, Internet of Things Assets in a Municipal Deployment

April 17, 2019
Author(s)
Sokwoo Rhee, Cuong T. Nguyen, Alexander Nelson, Greg Toth, Dennis Linders
Recent efforts to integrate Internet of Things into Smart City constructs have proven successful through proof of concept deployments in multiple cities. To facilitate additional deployments, standardization and dissemination of best practices for these

Strategies for robust and accurate measurement of nanomaterial bioaccumulation

April 17, 2019
Author(s)
Elijah J. Petersen, Monika Mortimer, Robert Burgess, Richard Handy, Shannon Hanna, Kay Ho, Monique E. Johnson, Susana Louriero, Selck Henriette, Janeck Scott-Fordsmand, David Spurgeon, Jason Unrine, Nico van den Brink, Ying Wang, Jason White, Patricia Holden
One of the key components for environmental risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) is data on bioaccumulation potential. Accurately measuring bioaccumulation can be critical for regulatory decision making regarding material hazard and risk, and

Reproducible Performance Improvements to Monolayer MoS2 Transistors through Exposed Material Forming Gas Annealing

April 16, 2019
Author(s)
Nicholas B. Guros, Son T. Le, Siyuan Zhang, Brent A. Sperling, Jeffery B. Klauda, Curt A. Richter, Arvind Balijepalli
We have developed an optimized process to realize high-performance field-effect transistor (FET) arrays from large-area 2D MoS2 films with an average yield of 85 %. A central element of the technique is a new exposed film forming gas anneal (EF- FGA) that

Wireless Network Design for Emerging IIoT Applications: Reference Framework and Use Cases

April 16, 2019
Author(s)
Yongkang Liu, Mohamed T. Hany, Kang B. Lee, Lotfi Benmohamed, Richard Candell
In this paper we propose a framework that allows a designer to assess various physical and cyber factors involved in determining the performance of a wireless use case as well as evaluate their performance impacts in search for a design that leads to an

Dual comb spectroscopy with tailored spectral broadening in nanophotonic Si3N4

April 15, 2019
Author(s)
Esther Baumann, Edgar Perez, Gabriel M. Colacion, Fabrizio Giorgetta, Kevin Cossel, Gabriel Ycas, David Carlson, Kartik Srinivasan, Scott Papp, Ian Coddington, Nathan Newbury
Spectral broadening of compact robust Er+: fiber combs is demonstrated with tailored Si3N4 waveguides to obtain spectrally-smooth broadened light in the 2 μm 2.5 μm atmospheric water window for gas spectroscopy. This successfully extends the Er+ spectrum

Examining American Alligators as Sentinels of Toxic Trace Element Exposure in Human Populations

April 15, 2019
Author(s)
Frances Nilsen, Thomas Rainwater, Stephen E. Long, Tracey Johnston, Philip Wilkinson, Arnold Brunell, Brittany Kassim, John A. Bowden
Mercury (Hg) is a ubiquitous toxic element eliciting a myriad of health problems including Minamata disease. Exposure to methylmercury, the most toxic bioaccumulative form of Hg, occurs through aquatic dietary sources. Many nations have consumption

Indistinguishable single-mode photons from spectrally engineered biphotons

April 15, 2019
Author(s)
Thomas Gerrits, Adriana E. Lita, Sae Woo Nam, Changchen Chen, Jane Heyes, Kyung-Han Hong, Jeffrey Shapiro, Franco N. Wong
We use pulsed spontaneous parametric down-conversion in KTiOPO4, with a Gaussian phasematching function and a transform-limited Gaussian pump, to achieve near-unity spectral purity in heralded single photons at telecommunication wavelength. Theory shows
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