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Framework for learning agents in quantum environments

September 22, 2016
Author(s)
Jacob M. Taylor, Hans Briegel, Vedran Dunjko
In this paper we provide a broad framework for describing learning agents in general quantum environments. We analyze the types of environments which allow for quantum enhancements in learning, by contrasting environments to quantum oracles. We show that

Mostly sunny with a chance of cyber

September 22, 2016
Author(s)
David W. Flater
Counting known vulnerabilities and correlating different factors with the vulnerability track records of software products after the fact is obviously feasible. The harder challenge is to produce “evidence to tell how vulnerable a piece of software is”

Mostly sunny with a chance of cyber

September 22, 2016
Author(s)

David W. Flater

Counting known vulnerabilities and correlating different factors with the vulnerability track records of software products after the fact is obviously feasible. The harder challenge is to produce “evidence to tell how vulnerable a piece of software is”

Volume Determination of Irregularly-shaped Quasi-spherical Nanoparticles

September 22, 2016
Author(s)
Ravikiran Attota
Nanoparticles (NPs) are widely used in diverse application areas, such as medicine, engineering, and cosmetics. The size (or volume) of NPs is one of the most important parameters for their successful application. It is relatively straightforward to

Atomically Engineered Ferroic Layers Yield a Room-Temperature Magnetoelectric Multiferroic

September 21, 2016
Author(s)
Julia A. Mundy, Charles M. Brooks, Megan E. Holtz, Jarrett A. Moyer, Hena Das, Alejandro F. Rebola, John T. Heron, James D. Clarkson, Steven M.T. Disseler, Zhiqi Liu, Alan Farhan, Rainer Held, Robert Hovden, Elliot Padgett, Qingyun Mao, Hanjong Paik, Rajiv Misra, Lena F. Kourkoutis, Elke Arenholz, Andreas Scholl, Julie Borchers, William D. Ratcliff, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Craig J. Fennie, Peter Schiffer, David A. Muller, Darrell G. Schlom
The defining feature of ferroics is the ability of an external stimulus - electric field, magnetic field, or stress-to move domain walls. These topological defects and their motion enables many useful attributes, e.g., memories that can be reversibly

Electrochemical intercalation of lithium ions into NbSe2 nanosheets

September 21, 2016
Author(s)
Albert Davydov, Anand V. Patel, Louisa Meshi, Emily Hitz, Liangbing Hu
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have been known for decades to have unique properties and recently attracted broad attention for their two-dimensional (2D) characteristics. NbSe2 is a metallic TMDC that has been studied for its charge density wave

Spin-Orbit Coupled Molecular Quantum Magnetism Realized in Inorganic Solid

September 21, 2016
Author(s)
Sang-Youn Park, S.-H. Do, K.-Y. Choi, J.-H. Kang, Dongjin Jang, B. Schmidt, Manuel Brando, B.-H. Kim, D.-H. Kim, Nicholas Butch, Seongsu Lee, Sungdae Ji
The molecular magnetism, representing an isolated spin state, is of particular interest due to characteristics of quantum magnetism with quantum tunneling phenomena underlying qubits or molecular spintronics for the quantum information devices. Such

The Glass Transition of a Single Macromolecule

September 21, 2016
Author(s)
Jack F. Douglas, David Simmons, Weston L. Merling, Jack Mileski
The glass transition of a single macromolecule in isolation is relevant to the dynamics of systems including dilute solutions of synthetic polymers and biological macromolecules such as proteins. Here we employ molecular dynamics simulation to show that a

A Probabilistic Network Forensics Model for Evidence Analysis

September 20, 2016
Author(s)
Changwei Liu, Anoop Singhal, Duminda Wijesekera
Modern-day attackers tend to use sophisticated multi-stage/multi-host attack techniques and anti-forensics tools to cover their attack traces. Due to the current limitations of intrusion detection and forensic analysis tools, reconstructing attack

After oxidation, zinc nanoparticles lose their ability to enhance responses to odorants

September 20, 2016
Author(s)
Samantha Hagerty, Yasmine C. Daniels, Melissa Singletary, Oleg Pustovyy, Ludmila Globa, William A. MacCrehan, Shinichiro Muramoto, June W. Lau, Edward Morrison, Iryna Sorokulova, Vitaly Vodyanoy, Gheorghe Stan
Electrical responses of olfactory sensory neurons to odorants were examined in the presence of zinc nanoparticles of various sizes and degrees of oxidation. The zinc nanoparticles were prepared by the underwater electrical discharge method and analyzed by

An analysis of technologies and standards for designing smart manufacturing systems

September 20, 2016
Author(s)
Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Katherine C. Morris, Sangsu Choi, Kiwook Jung
Smart manufacturing is defined by high degrees of automation. Automation, in turn, is defined by clearly defined processes. The use of standards in this environment is not just common place but essential to creating repeatable and reliable systems. As with

Extinguishment and Enhancement of Propane Cup-Burner Flames by Halon and Alternative Agents

September 20, 2016
Author(s)
Gregory T. Linteris, Fumiaki Takahashi, Viswanath R. Katta, Valeri I. Babushok
Computations of cup-burner flames in normal gravity have been performed to reveal the combustion inhibition and enhancement by the CF3Br (halon 1301) and potential alternative fire-extinguishing agents (C2HF5, C2HF3Cl2, and C3H2F3Br). The time-dependent

Gas-Phase Interactions of Phosphorus Containing Compounds with Cup-Burner Diffusion Flames

September 20, 2016
Author(s)
Gregory T. Linteris, Fumiaki Takahashi, Viswanath R. Katta, Valeri I. Babushok
The effects of phosphorus-containing compounds (PCC) on the extinguishment and structure of methane-air coflow diffusion flames, in the cup-burner configuration, have been studied computationally. Dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP), trimethyl phosphate (TMP

Interlaboratory Analytical Comparison of Fatty Acid Concentrations in Serum or Plasma

September 20, 2016
Author(s)
Michele M. Schantz, Carissa Powers, Schleicher Rosemary, Joseph Betz, Stephen A. Wise
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is conducting an accuracy-based program for improving the

Signatures of intracrystallite and intercrystallite limitations of charge transport in polythiophenes

September 20, 2016
Author(s)
Kiarash Vakhshouri, Brandon Smith, Edwin Chan, Chenchen Wang, Alberto Salleo, Cheng Wang, Alexander Hexemer, Enrique Gomez
Charge carrier mobilities in conjugated semicrystalline polymers depend on morphological parameters such as crystallinity, crystal orientation, and connectivity between ordered regions. Despite recent progress in the development of conducting polymers, the

Spintronic nanodevices for bioinspired computing

September 20, 2016
Author(s)
Julie Grollier, Damien Querlioz, Mark D. Stiles
The challenge of fabricating bio-inspired hardware is building ultra-high density networks out of complex processing units interlinked by tunable connections. Nanodevices exploiting spin electronics (or spintronics) can be a key technology in this context

Spintronics

September 20, 2016
Author(s)
Hideo Ohno, Mark D. Stiles, Bernard Dieny
Scope: This special issue covers recent developments in spintronics, where the spin degree of freedom of electrons is used to harness otherwise inaccessible capabilities. We have witnessed a wide range of progress, particularly in the past 10 years

A Q-band free-space characterization of carbon nanotube composites

September 19, 2016
Author(s)
Ahmed M. Hassan, Jan Obrzut, Edward Garboczi
We present a free-space measurement technique for non-destructive non-contact electrical and dielectric characterization of nano-carbon composites in the Q-band frequency range of 30 GHz to 50 GHz. The experimental system and error correction model
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