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Calibration of a gamma ray Compton camera for radioactivity measurements

September 10, 2024
Author(s)
Heather H. Chen-Mayer, Dagistan Sahin, Bryan Remley, Steven Brown, David Goodman
A dual-plane Compton imaging detector previously developed for prompt gamma imaging has been further tested and calibrated for quantitative radioactivity determination, specifically to assess radioactive debris from a reactor fuel element containing

Measurement of Chloride in Concrete by Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation

September 1, 2024
Author(s)
Richard A. Livingston, Preethi Sridhar, Neal Berke, Amde M. Amde, Heather H. Chen-Mayer
Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis (PGAA) is an elemental analysis method based on radiative neutron capture that is isotope-specific and has a high sensitivity to chlorine (Cl). To evaluate the feasibility of replacing the conventional wet chemistry method

Maximally efficient exchange in thin flow cells using density gradients

August 19, 2024
Author(s)
Megan Mitchell, Charles Majkrzak, David Hoogerheide
Flow cells are ubiquitous in laboratories and automated instrumentation and are crucial for ease of sample preparation, analyte addition, and buffer exchange. Often, the assumption that the fluids have exchanged completely in a flow cell is crucial to data

Visualizing 3D Morphologies and Spatial Heterogeneities of Li after Fast- Charging via In-situ Neutron Tomography

March 22, 2024
Author(s)
Maha Yusuf, Anders Kaestner, Markus Wied, Jacob LaManna, Nghia Vo, Alison Dunlop, Andrew Jansen, Bryant Polzin, Stephen Trask, Markus Strobl, Vanessa Wood, Michael Toney, Johanna Weker
Mechanistic understanding of Li plating is imperative to developing fast-charging batteries for sustainable electric vehicles. Here, we report in-situ 3D characterization of the morphology and spatial heterogeneities of Li plating using neutron micro

Ultrasound programmable hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks for sono-chemogenetics

December 9, 2023
Author(s)
Wenliang Wang, Yanshu Shi, Wenrui Chai, Kai Tang, Ilya Pyatnitskiy, Yi Xie, Xiangping Liu, Weilong He, Jinmo Jeong, Ju-Chun Hsieh, Anakaren Lozano, Brinkley Artman, Xi Shi, Nicole Hoefer, Binita Shrestha, Noah Stern, Wei Zhou, David McComb, Tyrone Porter, Graeme Henkelman, Banglin Chen, Huiliang Wang
The precise control of mechanochemical activation within deep tissues via non-invasive ultrasound holds profound implications for advancing our understanding of fundamental biomedical sciences and revolutionizing disease treatments. However, a theory

Observation of Interpenetrated Topology Isomerism for Covalent Organic Frameworks with Atom-resolution Single Crystal Structures

November 9, 2023
Author(s)
Baoqiu Yu, Wenliang Li, Jing-Hong Li, Rui-Biao Lin, Hailong Wang, Xu Ding, Yucheng Jin, Xiya Yang, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Jingping Zhang, Jianzhuang Jiang
Rational control and understanding of isomerism are of significance but still remain a great challenge in reticular frameworks in particular for covalent organic frameworks (COFs) due to the complicated synthesis and energy factors. Herein, reaction of 3,3

Elastic Behavior of Orientation-Correlated Grains in Multiphase Aggregates

October 1, 2023
Author(s)
Thomas Gnaupel-Herold
Diffraction elastic constants (DECs) describe the elastic response of a subset of orientation-correlated grains which share a common lattice vector. DECs reflect the elastic behaviour of the single-crystal constituents through their dependence on grain

PGAA measurement of chloride diffusion profiles in concrete cylinders

July 21, 2023
Author(s)
Heather H. Chen-Mayer, Neal Berke, Richard Livingston
Chloride diffusion is correlated with corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete structures. The current standard method for estimating chloride diffusion profile is by destructive chemical analysis. This work investigates the feasibility of Prompt Gamma

Classification and Authentication of Materials using Prompt Gamma Ray Activation Analysis

July 12, 2023
Author(s)
Nathan Mahynski, Jacob Monroe, David Sheen, Rick L. Paul, Heather H. Chen-Mayer, Vincent K. Shen
Prompt gamma ray activation analysis (PGAA) is a non-destructive nuclear measurement technique that quantifies isotopes present in a sample. Here, we use PGAA spectra to train different types of models to elucidate how discriminating these spectra are for

Investigating the Cut-off Effect of n-alcohols on Lipid Movement: A Biophysical Study

July 5, 2023
Author(s)
Michael H. Nguyen, Dominik Dziura, Mitchell DiPasquale, Stuart R. Castillo, Elizabeth Kelley, Drew Marquardt
Cellular membranes are responsible for absorbing the effects of external perturbants for the cell's survival. Such perturbants include small ubiquitous molecules like n-alcohols which were observed to exhibit anesthetic capabilities, with this effect

H2 Generation by the 10B(n,alpha)7Li Reaction in High Temperature Water

July 4, 2023
Author(s)
Alan Keith Thompson, Mohamad Al-Sheikhly, Steven Guerin, David Bartels, Cameron Goodwin, Sangho Nam
H2 produced in water from the 10B(n,α)7Li fission reaction has been measured up to 300 oC. Thermal energy neutrons from the Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center's 2 MW reactor interact with boric acid-containing water in temperature-controlled high-pressure

Detection of a Pair Density Wavestate in UTe2

June 28, 2023
Author(s)
Qiangqiang Gu, Joseph Carroll, Shuqiu Wang, Sheng Ran, Christopher Broyles, Hasan Siddiquee, Nicholas Butch, Shanta Saha, Johnpierre Paglione, J. Davis, Xiaolong Liu

Mitocans Induce Lipid Flip-Flop and Permeabilize the Membrane to Signal Apoptosis

June 6, 2023
Author(s)
Stuart R. Castillo, Michael H. Nguyen, Mitchell DiPasquale, Elizabeth Kelley, Drew Marquardt
Pancratistatin (PST) and narciclasine (NRC) are natural therapeutic agents which exhibit specificity towards the mitochondria of cancerous cells and initiate apoptosis. Unlike traditional cancer therapeutic agents, PST and NRC are effective, targeted, and
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