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Role of Solvation Dynamics and Local Ordering of Water in Inducing Conformational Transitions in Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Oligomers through the LCST by Deshmukh, Sanket A, Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S, Suthar, Kamlesh, Mancini, Derrick C

“…Conformational transitions in thermo-sensitive polymers are critical in determining their functional properties. The atomistic origin of polymer collapse at…”
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Non-equilibrium effects evidenced by vibrational spectra during the coil-to-globule transition in poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) subjected to an ultrafast heating-cooling cycle by Deshmukh, Sanket A, Kamath, Ganesh, Suthar, Kamlesh J, Mancini, Derrick C, Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K R S

“…Molecular dynamics simulations in conjunction with finite element calculations are used to explore the conformational dynamics of a thermo-sensitive oligomer,…”
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Studying Antimatter Gravity with Muonium by Antognini, Aldo, Kaplan, Daniel, Kirch, Klaus, Knecht, Andreas, Mancini, Derrick, Phillips, James, Phillips, Thomas, Reasenberg, Robert, Roberts, Thomas, Soter, Anna

“…The gravitational acceleration of antimatter,g¯, has yet to be directly measured; an unexpected outcome of its measurement could change our understanding of…”
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On the integration of ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) with CMOS chip by Mi, Hongyi, Yuan, Hao-Chih, Seo, Jung-Hun, Auciello, Orlando H., Mancini, Derrick C., Carpick, Robert W., Pacheco, Sergio P., Sumant, Anirudha V., Ma, Zhenqiang

“…A low temperature deposition of high quality ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) film onto a finished Si-based CMOS chip was performed to investigate the…”
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Elucidating Chemical and Morphological Changes in Tetrachloroauric Solutions Induced by X-ray Photochemical Reaction by Ma, Qing, Divan, Ralu, Mancini, Derrick C, Keane, Denis T

“…Chemical and morphological changes induced by an X-ray photochemical reaction in tetrachloroauric solutions leading to Au3+-to-Au0 reduction are monitored in…”
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Probing transverse coherence of x-ray beam with 2-D phase grating interferometer by Marathe, Shashidhara, Shi, Xianbo, Wojcik, Michael J, Kujala, Naresh G, Divan, Ralu, Mancini, Derrick C, Macrander, Albert T, Assoufid, Lahsen

“…Transverse coherence of the x-ray beam from a bending magnet source was studied along multiple directions using a 2-D π/2 phase grating by measuring…”
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Atomistic insights into solvation dynamics and conformational transformation in thermo-sensitive and non-thermo-sensitive oligomers by Deshmukh, Sanket A., Li, Zheng, Kamath, Ganesh, Suthar, Kamlesh J., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K.R.S., Mancini, Derrick C.

“…Solvation dynamics and conformational transformation in oligomers with varying degree of temperature sensitivity is studied using molecular dynamics (MD)…”
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Vibrational Spectra of Proximal Water in a Thermo-Sensitive Polymer Undergoing Conformational Transition Across the Lower Critical Solution Temperature by Deshmukh, Sanket A, Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K. R. S, Mancini, Derrick C

“…The vibrational spectrum of water near a thermo-sensitive polymer poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) undergoing conformational transition through the lower…”
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Magnetic-field-dependent assembly of silica-coated magnetite nanoclusters probed by Ultra-Small-Angle X-ray Scattering (USAXS) by Malik, Vikash, Suthar, Kamleshkumar J., Mancini, Derrick C., Ilavsky, Jan

“…Colloidal suspension of the silica coated magnetic nanoclusters (MNCs) was used to study the magnetic field mediated assembly of magnetic nanoparticles. The…”
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Simultaneous multiplexed materials characterization using a high-precision hard X-ray micro-slit array by Zhang, Fan, Allen, Andrew J., Levine, Lyle E., Mancini, Derrick C., Ilavsky, Jan

“…The needs both for increased experimental throughput and for in operando characterization of functional materials under increasingly realistic experimental…”
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X-ray zone plates with 25 aspect ratio using a 2-μm-thick ultrananocrystalline diamond mold by Wojcik, Michael J., Mancini, Derrick C., Divan, Ralu, Ocola, Leonidas E.

“…Hard X-ray phase zone plates are focusing optics used for X-ray microscopes at synchrotron radiation facilities. The resolution is determined by the outer-most…”
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Atomic scale characterization of the conformational dynamics of a thermo-sensitive and a non-thermo-sensitive oligomer using vibrational spectra obtained from molecular dynamics by Deshmukh, Sanket A., Sankaranarayanan, Subramanian K.R.S., Mancini, Derrick C.

“…Molecular dynamics simulations (MD) are used to calculate the vibrational spectra of a thermo-sensitive oligomer, namely, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM)…”
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Microfabrication of freestanding metal structures using graphite substrate by Makarova, Olga V., Mancini, Derrick C., Moldovan, Nicolaie, Divan, Ralu, Tang, Cha-Mei, Ryding, David G., Lee, Richard H.

“…A novel method of fabricating freestanding electroformed metal structures using a rigid porous graphite substrate is reported. Polymethylmethacrylate’s…”
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Development and Monte Carlo Analysis of Antiscatter Grids for Mammography by Boone, John M., Makarova, Olga V., Zyryanov, Vladislav N., Tang, Cha-Mei, Mancini, Derrick C., Moldovan, Nikolaie, Divan, Ralu

“…Mammography arguably demands the highest fidelity of all x-ray imaging applications, with simultaneous requirements of exceedingly high spatial and contrast…”
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Direct-write e-beam patterning of stimuli-responsive hydrogel nanostructures by Tirumala, Vijay R., Divan, Ralu, Ocola, Leonidas E., Mancini, Derrick C.

“…The need for stimuli-responsive components in microfluidic systems has led to the development of hydrogel-based patterned microstructures. The most commonly…”
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Microfabrication by X-ray-induced polymerization above the lower critical solution temperature by Tirumala, Vijay R., Caneba, Gerard T., Mancini, Derrick C., Wang, H. H.

“…A polymer synthesis method is presented in which chain growth driven by exothermic reaction stimulates a gradual chain collapse. The globular precipitates in…”
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Synchrotron-radiation-induced, selective-area deposition of gold on polyimide from solution by Ma, Qing, Moldovan, Nicolaie, Mancini, Derrick C., Rosenberg, Richard A.

“…Room-temperature photoinduced, selective-area deposition of gold films on polyimide from gold salt solution using synchrotron radiation x rays is described. A…”
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Structural investigation of CoMnGe combinatorial epitaxial thin films using microfocused synchrotron X-ray by Chu, Yong S., Tkachuk, Andrei, Vogt, Stefan, Ilinski, Petr, Walko, Donald A., Mancini, Derrick C., Dufresne, Eric M., He, Liang, Tsui, Frank

“…We discuss important experimental considerations and high-throughput synchrotron-based techniques for structural characterization of binary and ternary…”
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Observation of second-phase particles in bulk zirconium alloys using synchrotron radiation by Erwin, Kenneth T., Delaire, Olivier, Motta, Arthur T., Chu, Yong S., Mancini, Derrick C., Birtcher, Robert C.

“…To further advance the mechanistic understanding of microstructural evolution in zirconium alloys for high burnup applications, it is important to obtain a…”
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Surface photochemistry induced by x-ray irradiation by Rosenberg, Richard A., Ma, Qing, Lai, Barry, Mancini, Derrick C.

“…The high-intensity, high-energy x rays produced by third-generation synchrotron radiation sources have made possible many new applications, such as deep x-ray…”
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