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Vacuum in Particle Accelerators: Modelling, Design and Operation of Beam Vacuum Systems


 
A unique guide on how to model and make the best vacuum chambers

Vacuum in Particle Accelerators offers a comprehensive overview of ultra-high vacuum systems that are used in charge particle accelerators. The book?s contributors ? noted experts in the field ? also highlight the design and modeling of vacuum particle accelerators.

The book reviews vacuum requirements, identifies sources of gas in vacuum chambers and explores methods of removing them.

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Nuclear Reactor Physics and Engineering


 

An introductory text for broad areas of nuclear reactor physics

Nuclear Reactor Physics and Engineering offers information on analysis, design, control, and operation of nuclear reactors. The author—a noted expert on the topic—explores the fundamentals and presents the mathematical formulations that are grounded in differential equations and linear algebra. 

The book puts the focus on the use of neutron diffusion theory for the development of techniques



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Exploring the Solar System, 2nd Edition


 

An Exciting and Authoritative Account of the Second Golden Age of Solar System Exploration Award-winning author Peter Bond provides an up-to-date, in-depth account of the sun and its family in the 2nd edition of Exploring the Solar System. This new edition brings together the discoveries and advances in scientific understanding made during the last 60 years of solar and planetary exploration, using research conducted by the world's leading geoscientists



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Ferroic Materials for Smart Systems: From Fundamentals to Device Applications


 
Presents state-of-the-art knowledge?from basic insights to applications?on ferroic materials-based devices

This book covers the fundamental physics, fabrication methods, and applications of ferroic materials and covers bulk, thin films, and nanomaterials. It provides a thorough overview of smart materials and systems involving the interplays among the mechanical strain, electrical polarization, magnetization, as well as heat and light. Materials presented

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NLM Inspires the Next Generation of Scientists and Researchers

Determination, inspiration, curiosity, and the importance of mentors were just a few of the themes of the sixth annual Science Day at NIH. Science Day at NIH is a partnership between NLM, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Friends of the National Library of Medicine,…




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NBA Star Kevin Love Shares Mental Health Struggles in NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

In the current issue of NIH MedlinePlus magazine, NBA star Kevin Love talks about his experiences with anxiety and the importance of removing the stigma surrounding men and mental health. The Cleveland Cavaliers basketball player shares what it was like to experience a panic attack right in the middle of a game. He also offers advice to…




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scPopCorn Gets to the Kernel of Single-Cell Experiments: NLM–Made Algorithm Helps NIH Researchers

Researchers at the National Library of Medicine’s National Center for Biotechnology Information have created a new algorithm called scPopCorn (single-cell subpopulations comparison) to capture the differences among populations of cells from single-cell experiments. The algorithm, developed by my team is available at GitHub and is described in an article in Cell Systems (Y. Wang, J. Honka, and T.M. Przytycka, Cell…



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Happy New Year!

As we look back at 2019, we’d like to share a few NLM in Focus stories about some of the National Library of Medicine’s people, services, and products that are making a difference in scientific discovery and public health and educating the public. Winter 2019 As the Broadway hit “Hamilton” prepared to begin a U.S. tour, we…




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Actress Jordin Sparks Talks About Sickle Cell Disease in NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

The current issue of NIH MedlinePlus magazine brings you recording artist and Broadway actress Jordin Sparks sharing her family’s experience with sickle cell disease. Sparks opens up about honoring her late stepsister, giving more patients a voice, and reducing stigma. She says, “We need to end the stigma that can come with sickle cell disease.…




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Photochemical Fate of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds in River Water

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EM00086H, Paper
Open Access
Priya Inge Hora, William Arnold
Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are not completely removed during wastewater treatment and are frequently detected in surface waters and sediments. Photochemical transformation of QACs has not been thoroughly investigated as...
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Sorption of sulfamethoxazole on biochars of varying mineral content

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EM00102C, Paper
Jing Li, Yihui Chen, Liping He, Ni Liang, Lin Wang, Jing Zhao, Bo Pan
Negative charge assisted H-bond played a significant role in sulfamethoxazole sorption for low-temperature biochars (200–300 °C), while Ca-containing mineral content facilitated SMX sorption as pyrolysis temperature increased.
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Investigating the presence and persistence of volatile methylsiloxanes in Arctic sediments

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,908-917
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00455F, Paper
Dimitri Panagopoulos Abrahamsson, Nicholas Alexander Warner, Liisa Jantunen, Annika Jahnke, Fiona Wong, Matthew MacLeod
Uncertainties in the physicochemical properties of volatile methylsiloxanes have resulted in substantial uncertainties in calculations of concentrations persistence. Choosing the right set of properties seems crucial for making accurate predictions.
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Influence of climate and biological variables on temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants in Arctic char and ringed seals from Greenland

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,993-1005
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00561G, Paper
Frank Rigét, Katrin Vorkamp, Igor Eulaers, Rune Dietz
Climate change may affect temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Arctic wildlife.
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A simple field-based biodegradation test shows pH to be an inadequately controlled parameter in laboratory biodegradation testing

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,1006-1013
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00491B, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Matthew Goss, Zhe Li, Michael S. McLachlan
We developed a field-based biodegradation test based on OECD 309 which minimizes the need for laboratory resources. Significant differences in biodegradation rates were observed between parallel lab and field tests likely due to pH disparities.
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Participatory science for coastal water quality: freshwater plume mapping and volunteer retention in a randomized informational intervention

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,918-929
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00571D, Paper
Wiley C. Jennings, Sydney Cunniff, Kate Lewis, Hailey Deres, Dan R. Reineman, Jennifer Davis, Alexandria B. Boehm
This study presents a novel framework for estimating safe swimming distances at beaches and is the first participatory environmental science study to experimentally test strategies for increasing volunteer retention.
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Acetotrophic methanogens are sensitive to long-term nickel contamination in paddy soil

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,1014-1025
DOI: 10.1039/D0EM00029A, Paper
Chen Xueping, Yu Juan, Chen Zheng, Zhang Hongmei, Cheng Wangda, Bai Fayan, Zheng Yu, Khan Imran Ahamed, He Chiquan, Liu Xiaoyan
Paddy soil accounts for approximately one-fifth of the world's cultivated area and faces a serious threat from nickel (Ni).
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Temporal trends of suspect- and target-per/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), extractable organic fluorine (EOF) and total fluorine (TF) in pooled serum from first-time mothers in Uppsala, Sweden, 1996–2017

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,1071-1083
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00502A, Paper
Open Access
Luc T. Miaz, Merle M. Plassmann, Irina Gyllenhammar, Anders Bignert, Oskar Sandblom, Sanna Lignell, Anders Glynn, Jonathan P. Benskin
Temporal trends (1996–2017) of suspect- and target-per/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), extractable organic fluorine (EOF) and total fluorine (TF) were determined in first-time mothers from Uppsala, Sweden.
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Influence of the application of Fe–Mn–La ternary oxide-biochar composites on the properties of arsenic-polluted paddy soil

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,1045-1056
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00570F, Paper
Lina Lin, Minling Gao, Xuewei Liu, Zhengguo Song
The effects of Fe–Mn–La ternary oxide-biochar composites on arsenic fractionation, soil enzyme activities, and microbial communities in arsenic-polluted soils were determined.
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Aging induced changes in ice nucleation activity of combustion aerosol as determined by near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, 22,895-907
DOI: 10.1039/C9EM00525K, Paper
Open Access
Fabian Mahrt, Peter A. Alpert, Jing Dou, Philippe Grönquist, Pablo Corral Arroyo, Markus Ammann, Ulrike Lohmann, Zamin A. Kanji
Soot particles aged in acidic aqueous solutions reveal significantly enhanced ice nucleating activity.
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Distribution and leaching behavior of organophosphorus and brominated flame retardants in soil in Chengdu

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EM00106F, Paper
Ruoying Liao, Jingyan Jiang, Yiwen Li, Zhiwei Gan, Shijun Su, Sanglan Ding, Zhi Li, Lin Hou
29 surface farmland soil samples were collected to investigate the spatial distribution and composition characteristics of 13 organophosphorus flame retardants, 11 polybrominated diphenyl esters and 8 novel brominated flame retardants.
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Cooking and electronic cigarettes leading to large differences between indoor and outdoor particle composition and concentration measured by aerosol mass spectrometry

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EM00061B, Paper
Open Access
Yuliya Omelekhina, Axel Eriksson, Francesco Canonaco, Andre Prevot, Patrik Nilsson, Christina Isaxon, Joakim Pagels, Aneta Wierzbicka
We spend about two thirds of our time in private homes where airborne particles of indoor and outdoor origins are present. The negative health effects of exposure to outdoor particles...
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Cost revised for Kaleshwaram work component

Engineer-in-Chief requested for revision of costs




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Paddy purchased from 5.8 lakh farmers in one month

Amount to be credited after quantity is confirmed by millers




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HC seeks clarity on govt’s ‘COVID strategy’

Why testing conducted only on people with primary symptoms, asks High Court




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[ASAP] Dewar Benzenoids Discovered In Carbon Nanobelts

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01027




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[ASAP] Combining SchNet and SHARC: The SchNarc Machine Learning Approach for Excited-State Dynamics

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00527




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[ASAP] Gap-Mode Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering on Au Nanoplates of Varied Thickness

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01021




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[ASAP] Valley Polarization and Valleyresistance in a Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Superlattice

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00863




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[ASAP] Inter- and Intragrain Inhomogeneity in 2D Perovskite Thin Films Revealed by Relative Grain Orientation Imaging Using Low-Frequency Polarized Raman Microspectroscopy

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00992




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[ASAP] Effect of Hydrogen Bonding between Ions of Like Charge on the Boundary Layer Friction of Hydroxy-Functionalized Ionic Liquids

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00689




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[ASAP] Collective Rayleigh Scattering from Molecular Ensembles under Strong Coupling

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01012




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[ASAP] Nonthermal Plasma-Assisted Photocatalytic Conversion of Simulated Natural Gas for High-Quality Gasoline Production near Ambient Conditions

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00934




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[ASAP] Property-Oriented Material Design Based on a Data-Driven Machine Learning Technique

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00665




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[ASAP] Tuning the Ambipolar Character of Copolymers with Substituents: A Density Functional Theory Study

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00678




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[ASAP] Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Perylene Diimide (PDI) Crystals

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01226




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[ASAP] Ligand-Induced Luminescence Transformation in AgInS<sub>2</sub> Nanoparticles: From Defect Emission to Band-Edge Emission

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01197




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[ASAP] Ultra-High-Responsivity Vertical Nanowire-based Phototransistor under Standing-Wave Plasmon Mode Interaction Induced by Near-Field Circular OLED

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00993




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[ASAP] Frequency of the AC Electric Field Determines How a Molecular Liquid Crystallizes

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01002




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[ASAP] Distinct Interaction of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase with Cellulose Revealed by Computational and Biochemical Studies

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00918




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[ASAP] Combining Graphics Processing Units, Simplified Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory, and Finite-Difference Couplings to Accelerate Nonadiabatic Molecular Dynamics

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00320




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[ASAP] Opportunities in the Synthesis and Design of Radioactive Thin Films and Nanoparticles

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00412




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[ASAP] Cryogenic Single-Molecule Spectroscopy of the Primary Electron Acceptor in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00891




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[ASAP] Real-Time Time-Dependent Nuclear-Electronic Orbital Approach: Dynamics beyond the Born–Oppenheimer Approximation

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00701




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[ASAP] Two-Dimensional Rare Earth–Gold Intermetallic Compounds on Au(111) by Surface Alloying

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00981




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[ASAP] Interface-Controlled Rhombohedral Li<sub>3</sub>V<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> Embedded in Carbon Nanofibers with Ultrafast Kinetics for Li-Ion Batteries

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01035




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[ASAP] Photogenerated-Carrier Separation and Transfer in Two-Dimensional Janus Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Graphene van der Waals Sandwich Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00706




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[ASAP] How the Mixed Cations (Guanidium, Formamidinium, and Phenylethylamine) in Tin Iodide Perovskites Affect Their Charge Carrier Dynamics and Solar Cell Characteristics

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00686




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[ASAP] Nonclassical Behavior in Competitive Ion Adsorption at a Charged Solid–Water Interface

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00808