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Point source atom interferometry with a cloud of finite size

August 19, 2016
Author(s)
Gregory W. Hoth, Bruno M. Pelle, Stefan Riedl, John E. Kitching, Elizabeth A. Donley
We demonstrate a two axis gyroscope by use of light pulse atom interferometry with an expanding cloud of atoms in the regime where the cloud has expanded by 1.1 to 5 times its initial size during the interrogation. Rotations are measured by analyzing

Structure-Dependent Vibrational Dynamics in Mg(BH 4 ) 2 Polymorphs Probed with Neutron Vibrational Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations

August 19, 2016
Author(s)
Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, James L. White, Wei Zhou, Vitalie Stavila, Leonard E. Klebanoff, Terrence J. Udovic
The structure-dependent vibrational properties of different Mg(BH 4)d2^ polymorphs (α, β, γ and δ phases) were investigated with a combination of neutron vibrational spectroscopy measurements and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, with emphasis

Diffusion in FCC Co-Al-W Alloys at 900 degree C and 1000 degree C

August 17, 2016
Author(s)
Kil-Won Moon, Carelyn E. Campbell, Maureen E. Williams, William J. Boettinger
Diffusion couple experiments between various Co-rich face centered cubic alloys in the Co-W-Al ternary system have been conducted at 900 degree C and 1000 degree C. Diffusion coefficients have been extracted for the Co-W binary and for ternary alloys at

Evaluating the Initial Field Performance of HVAC-Cx for Air Handling Units

August 17, 2016
Author(s)
Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, Michael A. Galler, Steven T. Bushby
Automated commissioning tools facilitate the ongoing commissioning process to improve occupant comfort, ensure the persistence of correct system operation, and reduce energy consumption. These tools decrease the time and the skill level required to carry

Shake Table Testing of an Elevator System in a Full-Scale Five-Story Building

August 17, 2016
Author(s)
Xiang Wang, Tara C. Hutchinson, Rodrigo Astroza, Joel P. Conte, Jose I. Restrepo, Matthew Hoehler, Waldir Ribeiro
This paper investigates the seismic performance of a functional traction elevator as part of a full-scale five-story building shake table test program. The test building was subjected to a suite of earthquake input motions of increasing intensity, first

Structure and Dynamics of Interacting Nanoparticles in Semidilute Polymer Solutions

August 17, 2016
Author(s)
Ryan Poling-Skutvik, Katrina Irene S. Mongcopa, Antonio Faraone, Suresh Narayanan, Jacinta C. Conrad, Ramanan Krishnamoorti
We investigate the structure and dynamics of silica nanoparticles and polymer chains in semidilute solutions of high molecular weight polystyrene in 2-butanone to determine the effect of long range interparticle interactions on the coupling between

Antiferromagnetic domain wall motion driven by spin-orbit torques

August 16, 2016
Author(s)
Takayuki Shiino, Se-Hyeok Oh, Paul M. Haney, Seo-Won Lee, Gyungchoon Go, Byong-Guk Park, Kyung-Jin Lee
We theoretically investigate dynamics of antiferromagnetic domain walls driven by spin-orbit torques in antiferromagnet/heavy metal bilayers. We show that spin-orbit torques drive antiferromagnetic domain walls much faster than ferromagnetic domain walls

DRILLING DOWN ON SMART MANUFACTURING -- ENABLING COMPOSABLE APPS

August 16, 2016
Author(s)
Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Nenad Ivezic, KC Morris, Simon P. Frechette
One of the most exciting new capabilities in Smart Manufacturing (SM) is the provisioning of manufacturing services as unbundled "apps," which could be significantly more flexible and less expensive to use than the current generation of monolithic

Photochemical transformations of thiolated polyethylene glycol coatings on gold nanoparticles

August 16, 2016
Author(s)
Stacey M. Louie, Justin M. Gorham, Eric A. McGivney, Jingyu Liu, Kelvin B. Gregory, Vincent A. Hackley
Photochemical reactions can result in significant transformations of manufactured nanomaterials in sunlit environments. While transformations of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) have been investigated extensively, much less attention has been focused on the

Perspectives of Occupants with Mobility Impairments on Fire Evacuation and Elevators

August 15, 2016
Author(s)
Kathryn M. Butler, Susanne M. Furman, Erica D. Kuligowski, Richard D. Peacock
The purpose of this report is to provide guidance for designers, building managers, and fire emergency personnel on how to improve communication, procedures, and elevator usage during fire emergencies, based on a study of the evacuation experiences of

A quantum enigma machine: Experimentally demonstrating quantum data locking

August 12, 2016
Author(s)
Daniel Lum, Michael S. Allman, Thomas Gerrits, Cosmo Lupo, Seth Lloyd, Varun Verma, Sae Woo Nam, John Howell
During the first half of the 20th century, enigma machines (i.e., pseudorandom polyalphabetic ciphers) of increasing sophistication gave better resistance against brute-force codebreaking attacks. However, the ultimate form of cryptographic security is

Demonstration of EPR steering using single-photon path entanglement and displacement-based detection

August 12, 2016
Author(s)
T Guerreiro, F. Monteiro, A Martin, J B. Brask, T Vertesi, Boris Korzh, Felix Bussieres, Varun Verma, Adriana Lita, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam, Francesco Marsili, Matthew D. Shaw, Nicolas Gisin, Nicolas Brunner, Hugo Zbinden, Robert Thew
We demonstrate the violation of an EPR steering inequality developed for single photon path entanglement with displacement-based detection. We use a high-rate source of heralded single-photon path-entangled states, combined with high efficiency

Alternate Substrates for Measuring Cigarette Ignition Propensity Using ASTM E 2187

August 11, 2016
Author(s)
Richard G. Gann, Edward J. Hnetkovsky, William F. Guthrie
ASTM E 2187 has become the internationally referenced standard for designing and specifying less fire-prone cigarettes. In this Standard, a lit cigarette is placed on a substrate consisting of a number of layers of filter paper. The metric is whether the

Broadband Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering

August 11, 2016
Author(s)
Charles H. Camp
Broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (BCARS) microspectroscopy is a unique label-free imaging modality that provides detailed chemical information at each pixel. In minutes, this technique captures a “hyperspectral” cube that co-registers
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