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Novel optical design of field emission SEMs

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29 May 2015Markus Boese, Sabine Lenz, Luyang Han, Christian Dietl, Stefan Meyer, Volker Drexler, Björn Gamm

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The potential of label-free nonlinear optical molecular microscopy to non-invasively characterize the viability of engineered human tissue constructs

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29 May 2015Leng-Chun Chen, William R. Lloyd, Shiuhyang Kuo, Hyungjin Myra Kim, Cynthia L. Marcelo, Stephen E. Feinberg, Mary-Ann Mycek

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Ultrafast pump-probe microscopy reveals the mechanism of selective fs laser structuring of transparent thin films for maskless micropatterning

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29 May 2015Stephan Rapp, Janosch Rosenberger, Matthias Domke, Gerhard Heise, Heinz P. Huber, Michael Schmidt

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Characterizing deformed ultrafine-grained and nanocrystalline materials using transmission Kikuchi diffraction in a scanning electron microscope

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28 May 2015Patrick W. Trimby, Yang Cao, Zibin Chen, Shuang Han, Kevin J. Hemker, Jianshe Lian, Xiaozhou Liao, Paul Rottmann, Saritha Samudrala, Jingli Sun, Jing Tao Wang, John Wheeler, Julie M. Cairney

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Sub-micron resolution selected area electron channeling patterns

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28 May 2015J. Guyon, H. Mansour, N. Gey, M.A. Crimp, S. Chalal, N. Maloufi

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Characterization of lubricants for research and development, quality control and application engineering

11 May 2015

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Characterization of XVIIIth century earthen mortars from Cremona (Northern Italy): Insights on a manufacturing tradition

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7 April 2015Michela Cantù, Fabio Giacometti, Angelo G. Landi, Maria Pia Riccardi, Serena Chiara Tarantino, Alberto Grimoldi

Webinar Q&A: Past, present and future - the evolution of x-ray analysis

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11 March 2015Zara Preston

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A possible scalable method for the synthesis of Sn-containing carbon nanostructures

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4 March 2015Ali Reza Kamali, Derek J. Fray

Free radical induced graft copolymerization of ethyl acrylate onto SOY for multifunctional materials

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4 March 2015Vijay Kumar Thakur, Michael R. Kessler

Effect of TiO2 content on the crystallization and the color of (ZrO2,TiO2)-doped Li2O–Al2O3–SiO2 glasses

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2 March 2015M. Chavoutier, D. Caurant, O. Majérus, R. Boulesteix, P. Loiseau, C. Jousseaume, E. Brunet, E. Lecomte

Conventional- and microwave-hydrothermal synthesis of LiMn2O4: Effect of synthesis on electrochemical energy storage performances

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2 March 2015Kunfeng Chen, Ailaura C. Donahoe, Young Dong Noh, Keyan Li, Sridhar Komarneni, Dongfeng Xue

A simple microwave-assisted combustion synthesis and structural, optical and magnetic characterization of ZnO nanoplatelets

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2 March 2015Yüksel Köseoğlu

Effect of grain size on the energy storage properties of (Ba0.4Sr0.6)TiO3 paraelectric ceramics

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2 March 2015Zhe Song, Hanxing Liu, Shujun Zhang, Zhijian Wang, Yatong Shi, Hua Hao, Minghe Cao, Zhonghua Yao, Zhiyong Yu

Dielectric and piezoelectric properties and PTC behavior of Ba0.9Ca0.1Ti0.9Zr0.1O3−xLa ceramics prepared by hydrothermal method

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2 March 2015Zixiong Sun, Yongping Pu, Zijing Dong, Yao Hu, Xiaoyan Liu, Peikui Wang, Meng Ge

Unique electromagnetic properties of the zinc ferrite nanofiber

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2 March 2015Xiaogu Huang, Jing Zhang, Shaorong Xiao, Tianyi Sang, Guosheng Chen

Rare-earth modified zirconium diboride high emissivity coatings for hypersonic applications

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2 March 2015Winnie Tan, Christopher A. Petorak, Rodney W. Trice

Plasma in spark plasma sintering of ceramic particle compacts

2 March 2015R. Marder, C. Estournès, G. Chevallier, R. Chaim

Crystal structure and enhanced electromechanical properties of Aurivillius ferroelectric ceramics, Bi4Ti3−x(Mg1/3Nb2/3)xO12

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2 March 2015Changbai Long, Huiqing Fan, Mengmeng Li, Guangzhi Dong, Qiang Li

An extended hardness limit in bulk nanoceramics

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2 March 2015James A. Wollmershauser, Boris N. Feigelson, Edward P. Gorzkowski, Chase T. Ellis, Ramasis Goswami, Syed B. Qadri, Joseph G. Tischler, Fritz J. Kub, Richard K. Everett

Stress, temperature and electric field effects in the lead-free (Ba,Ca)(Ti,Zr)O3 piezoelectric system

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2 March 2015Matthias C. Ehmkea, Florian H. Schader, Kyle G. Webber, Jürgen Rödel, John E. Blendell, Keith J. Bowman

Imaging collagen type I fibrillogenesis with high spatiotemporal resolution

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6 February 2015Dimitar R Stamov, Erik Stock, Clemens M Franz, Torsten Jähnke, Heiko Haschke

Reducing porosity in AlSi10Mg parts processed by selective laser melting

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15 January 2015Nesma T. Aboulkhair, Nicola M. Everitt, Ian Ashcroft, Chris Tuck

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