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EXAFS Studies of Catalytic DNA Sensors for Mercury Contamination of Water

December 11, 2009
Author(s)
Bruce D. Ravel, S.C. Slimmer, X. Meng, G.C.L. Wong, Y. Lu
Monitoring of metallic contaminants in domestic and agricultural water systems systems requires technology that is fast, flexible, sensitive, and selective. Recently, metal sensors based on catalytic DNA have been demonstrated as a practical monitoring

Enhanced Water Splitting Performance of Potassium-Adsorbed Titania Nanotube Arrays

December 7, 2009
Author(s)
Christiaan Richter, Cherno Jaye, Eugen Panaitescu, Daniel A. Fischer, Laura H. Lewis, Ronald J. Willey, Latika Menon
It is demonstrated that vertically-aligned titania nanotube planar arrays fabricated by electrochemical anodization using standard potassium-containing electrolytes invariably contain a significant amount of surface-adsorbed potassium ions that enhance the

Measurement of heat capacity and enthalpy of formation of Nickel Silicide using Nano-calorimetry

November 2, 2009
Author(s)
Ravi Kummamuru, Lito De La Rama, Liang Hu, Mark D. Vaudin, Mikhail Efremov, Martin L. Green, David A. LaVan, Leslie Allen
We present characterization of energetics of the reaction between nickel and silicon thin films using differential scanning nano-calorimetry (nano-DSC). For the first time, nano-DSC measurements up to 850 °C and of enthalpy of thin film reactions have been

Composing complex EXAFS problems with severe information constraints

November 1, 2009
Author(s)
Bruce D. Ravel
In recent work, a model for the structural environment of Hg bound to a catalytic DNA sensor was proposed on the basis of EXAFS data analysis. Although severely constrained by limited data quality and scant supporting structural data, a compelling

Accurate Picoscale Forces for Insitu Calibration of AFM

September 3, 2009
Author(s)
Koo-Hyun Chung, Gordon A. Shaw, Jon R. Pratt
The force sensitivity of an atomic force microscope is calibrated directly using an in situ realization of primary electrostatic forces ranging from 320 pN to 3.3 nN with accuracy of a few percent. The absolute accuracy of a common atomic force microscope

Soft X-ray Characterization Technique for Li Batteries under Operating Conditions

September 1, 2009
Author(s)
Daniel A. Fischer, Cole Petersburg, Robert Daniel, Cherno Jaye, Faisal Alamgir
O K edge and Co L edge near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) was used to examine the cathode of an intact solid-state lithium ion battery. The novel technique allowed for the simultaneous acquisition of partial electron yield and fluorescence

Glassy Carbon as an Absolute Intensity Calibration Standard for Small Angle Scattering

August 19, 2009
Author(s)
Andrew J. Allen, Jan Ilavsky, Fan Zhang, Gabrielle G. Long, Pete R. Jemian
Absolute calibration of small-angle scattering (SAS) intensity data (in units of differential cross-section per unit sample volume per unit solid angle) is essential for many important aspects of quantitative SAS analysis, such as obtaining the number

REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR RHEOMETERS AND THE FLOW TABLE

August 3, 2009
Author(s)
Chiara F. Ferraris, Zughuo Li, Mona Mohseni, Nicholas Franson
Oil is the most used standard material for the calibration of rheometers. Other products are used to calibrate flow devices, i.e., the flow table is calibrated using a mixture of oil and silica powder. The oil is a Newtonian liquid while the oil-silica

Characterization of Fly Ash Reactivity in Hydrating Cement by Neutron Scattering

July 14, 2009
Author(s)
W Bumrongjaroen, Richard A. Livingston, Dan A. Neumann, Andrew J. Allen
A combination of small-angle and inelastic neutron scattering studies are presented to elucidate the different effects of Class F and Class C fly ash additions on microstructure development in hydrating cement (and concrete). Small angle neutron scattering
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