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Three-Dimensional Hydrogel Constructs for Dosing Cells with Nanoparticles

January 13, 2014
Author(s)
Elisabeth Mansfield, Tammy L. Oreskovic, Nikki S. Rentz, Kavita M. Jeerage
In evaluating nanoparticle risks to human health, there is often a disconnect between results obtained from in vitro toxicology studies and in vivo activity, prompting the need for improved methods to rapidly assess the hazards of engineered nanomaterials

Corrosion Detection in Concrete Rebars Using a Spectroscopic Technique

January 11, 2014
Author(s)
Edward J. Garboczi, Paul E. Stutzman, Shuangzhen S. Wang, Nicos Martys, Dat Duthinh, Virgil Provenzano, Shin G. Chou, David F. Plusquellic, Jack T. Surek, Sung Kim, Robert D. McMichael, Mark D. Stiles, Ahmed M. Hassan
Detecting the early corrosion of steel in reinforced concrete is a goal that has been much pursued. Since 2010, NIST has been working on a large project to develop an electromagnetic (EM) probe that detects the actual corrosion products via spectroscopic

Measurement and Simulation of Millimeter Wave Scattering Cross-sections from Steel-Reinforced Concrete

January 11, 2014
Author(s)
Ahmed M. Hassan, Edward Garboczi, Robert McMichael, Jack T. Surek, Mark D. Stiles, David F. Plusquellic, Virgil Provenzano, Paul E. Stutzman, Shuangzhen S. Wang, Sung Kim, Michael D. Janezic, Jason Coder, Nicos Martys, David R. Novotny
Some iron oxide corrosion products exhibit antiferromagnetic magnetic resonances (AFMR) at around 100 GHz at normal temperatures. AFMR can be detected in laboratory conditions, which serves as the basis for a new non-destructive spectroscopic method for

An Ontology Based Approach to Action Verification for Agile Manufacturing

January 10, 2014
Author(s)
Zeid Kootbally, Stephen B. Balakirsky
Many of today's robotic work cells are unable to detect when an action failure has occurred. This results in faulty products being sent down the line, and/or downtime for the cell as failures are detected and corrected. This article examines a novel

Broadband transmission filter 2013 OIC manufacturing problem contest

January 10, 2014
Author(s)
Catherine C. Cooksey, Li Li, J. A. Dobrowolski, Michael Jacobson
A broadband transmission filter from 400nm to 1100nm was selected for the manufacturing problem contest. The premise of the contest is to test the state of the art of current optical thin film manufacturing capabilities. A total 37 people from 15 teams

Measuring order in regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) with solid-state 13C CPMAS NMR

January 10, 2014
Author(s)
Ryan C. Nieuwendaal, Chad R. Snyder, Dean M. DeLongchamp
We report on details of molecular packing in high molar mass poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) by solid-state 13C {1H} cross-polarization magic angle spinning (CPMAS) NMR measurements. The degree of polymer order was estimated for two films of varied drying

A Profile of the Key Management Framework for the Federal Government

January 9, 2014
Author(s)
Elaine B. Barker
The Computer Security Division within ITL has recently provided a draft of Special Publication (SP) 800-152, A Profile for U. S. Federal Cryptographic Key Management Systems, for public comment. NIST SP 800-152 is based on NIST SP 800-130, A Framework for

Fast Proton Conduction Facilitated by Minimum Water in a Series of Divinylsilyl-11-Silicotungstic Acid-co-Butyl Acrylate-co-Hexanediol Diacrylate Polymers

January 9, 2014
Author(s)
Lauren F. Greenlee, Andrew M. Herring, James L. Horan, Anitha Lingutla, Hui Ren, Mei-Chen Kuo, Sonny Sachdeva, Yuan Yang, Soenke Seifert, Michael A. Yandrasits, Steven J. Hamrock, Matthew H. Frey
Studies of proton transport in novel materials are important to enable a large array of electrochemical devices. In this study, we show that heteropoly acids (HPAs) when immobilized in polymer matrices have highly mobile protons. Divinyl-11-silicotungstic

Applications of Surface Metrology in Firearm Identification

January 8, 2014
Author(s)
Xiaoyu Alan Zheng, Johannes A. Soons, Theodore V. Vorburger, Jun-Feng Song, Thomas Brian Renegar, Robert M. Thompson
Surface metrology is commonly used to characterize functional engineering surfaces. The technologies developed offer opportunities to improve forensic toolmark identification. Toolmarks are created when a tool comes into contact with a surface and causes

Applications of Surface Metrology in Toolmark Identification

January 8, 2014
Author(s)
Xiaoyu Alan Zheng, Johannes A. Soons, Theodore V. Vorburger, Jun-Feng Song, Thomas Brian Renegar, Robert M. Thompson
Surface metrology is commonly used to characterize functional engineering surfaces. The technologies developed offer opportunities to improve forensic toolmark identification. In 2009, a report by the National Academies called into question, amongst others

Bayes Estimators of Heterogeneity Variance and T-Systems

January 8, 2014
Author(s)
Andrew L. Rukhin
The considered problem concerns simultaneous inference for curve-confined natural parameters of independent, heterogeneous gamma-random variables with known shape parameters. The meta-analysis motivated loss function is suggested and some properties of the

Epitaxial Si encapsulation of highly misfitting SiC quantum dot arrays formed on Si (001)

January 8, 2014
Author(s)
Christopher W. Petz, Dongyue Yang, Alline Myers, Jeremey Levy, Jerrold Floro
This work examines Si overgrowth to encapsulate 3C-SiC quantum dot arrays epitaxially grown on Si substrates. Using transmission electron microscopy we show how the crystalline quality of the Si cap depends on the growth conditions. Overgrowth at 300ºC

Influence of tissue, age, and environmental quality on global levels of genomic methylation in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

January 7, 2014
Author(s)
Benjamin B. Parrott, John Bowden, Satomi Kohno, Jessica A. Cloy-McCoy, Jacqueline T. Bangma, Thomas R. Rainwater, Phillip M. Wilkinson, John Kucklick, Louis J. Guillette
Epigenetic modifications are key mediators of the interactions between the environment and an organism's genome. DNA methylation represents the best-studied epigenetic modification to date and is known to play key roles in regulating transcriptional

Quantifying short-lived events in multistate ionic current measurements

January 7, 2014
Author(s)
Arvind K. Balijepalli, Jessica H. Benjamini, Andrew T. Cornio, Joseph W. Robertson, Kin P. Cheung, John J. Kasianowicz, Canute I. Vaz
We developed a generalized technique to characterize polymer!nanopore interactions via single channel ionic current measurements. Physical interactions between analytes, such as DNA, proteins, or synthetic polymers, and a nanopore cause multiple discrete

Development of Standard Reference Materials for Cement-Based Materials

January 6, 2014
Author(s)
Chiara F. Ferraris, Nicos Martys, William L. George
Rotational rheometers are routinely used for homogeneous materials, but their usage for characterization of a granular fluid like concrete is a relatively new phenomenon. As measurements with rheometers can involve flow in a complex geometry, it is

Perfluorohexane Adsorption in BCR-704 Faujasite Zeolite Benchmark Studies for the Seventh Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge

January 6, 2014
Author(s)
Richard B. Ross, John K. Brennan, Kevin A. Frankel, Jonathan D. Moore, Raymond D. Mountain, Joshua D. Moore, Riaz Ahmad, Matthias Thommes, Vincent K. Shen, Nathan E. Schultz, Daniel Siderius, Kenneth D. Smith
The primary goal of the seventh industrial fluid properties simulation challenge was to test the ability of molecular simulation methods to predict the adsorption of organic adsorbates in zeolitic materials. The challenge focused, in particular, on the

Tailoring the Permselectivity of Water Desalination Membranes via Nanoparticle Assembly

January 6, 2014
Author(s)
Edwin Chan, William Mulhearn, Jung-Hyun Lee, Daeyeon Lee, Christopher Stafford
: Thin film composite membranes can selectively separate mono- and di-valent ions from water via solution-diffusion of each species through a dense but ultrathin, highly crosslinked polymer ‘skin' layer - water is transported across the membrane faster
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