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Submissions from 2008

Nanotech Innovations: Nanotechnology Enterprise at Michigan Technological University., John A. Jaszczak, Mary Raber, Michael Bennett, et al.

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Drizzle rates versus cloud depths for marine stratocumuli, A. B. Kostinski

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Entropic aspects of supercooled droplet freezing, Alexander Kostinski and Will Cantrell

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Effective growth of boron nitride nanotubes by thermal chemical vapor deposition, Chee Huei Lee, Jiesheng Wang, Vijaya Kayastha, et al.

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SMMP v. 3.0-Simulating proteins and protein interactions in Python and Fortran, Jan H. Meinke, Sandipan Mohanty, Frank Eisenmenger, et al.

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ZnO nanosquids: Branching nanowires from nanotubes and nanorods, Samuel L. Mensah, Abhishek Prasad, Jiesheng Wang, et al.

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Giant intrinsic carrier mobilities in graphene and its bilayer, S. V. Morozov, K. S. Novoselov, M. I. Katsnelson, et al.

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Controlled growth of carbon, boron nitride, and zinc oxide nanotubes, Jason P. Moscatello, Jiesheng Wang, Benjamin Ulmen, et al.

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Magnetic properties of one-dimensional Ni/Cu and Ni/Al multilayered nanowires: Role of nonmagnetic spacers, Partha Pratim Pal and Ranjit Pati

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Effect of manganese and cobalt doping on conductivity of ZnO based varistors: A study by complex plane modulus, Archana Pandey, Abhishek Prasad, Sindhu Singh, et al.

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Origin of negative differential resistance in a strongly coupled single molecule-metal junction device, Ranjit Pati, Mike McClain, and Anirban Bandyopadhyay

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Alternative nanostructured sensors: Nanowires, nanobelts, and novel nanostructures, Abhishek Prasad, Samuel L. Mensah, Zhengwei Pan, et al.

Developing nano education at a technological university: Science, technology and social implications of nanotechnology, Bruce E. Seely and John A. Jaszczak

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Optical and electrical characterization of conducting polymer-single walled carbon nanotube composite films, Inderpreet Singh, P. K. Bhatnagar, P. C. Mathur, et al.

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Enrichment of surface-active compounds in coalescing cloud drops, Ilya Taraniuk, Alexander Kostinski, and Yinon Rudich

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Self-consistent calculations of strain-induced band gap changes in semiconducting (n, 0) carbon nanotubes, Pavan Kumar Valavala, Douglas R. Banyai, Max Seel, et al.

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Growth of p-type Si nanotubes by catalytic plasma treatments, Ming Xie, Jiesheng Wang, Zhiyong Fan, et al.

Submissions from 2007

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Greenockite and associated uranium-vanadium minerals from the Huron River Uranium Prospect, Baraga County, Michigan, S. M. Carlson, George W. Robinson, M. J. Elder, et al.

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Strain-induced formation of carbon and boron clusters in boron carbide during dynamic indentation, Dipankar Ghosh, Ghatu Subhash, Chee Huei Lee, et al.

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Electronic structure mechanism of spin-polarized electron transport in a Ni-C60-Ni system, Haiying He, Ravindra Pandey, and Shashi P. Karna

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Parallel tempering molecular dynamics folding simulation of a signal peptide in explicit water, Siegfried Höfinger, Benjamin Almeida, and Ulrich H.E Hansmann

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Micro- and nano-scale graphite cones and tubes from Hackman Valley, Kola Peninsula, Russia, John A. Jaszczak, Svetlana Dimovski, S. A. Hackney, et al.

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Nano- and micro-scale graphite cones and tubes from Hackman Valley, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia, John A. Jaszczak, S. A. Hackney, and S. Dimovski

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Graphene in extremely high magnetic fields, Z. Jiang, Y. Zhang, Y. W. Tan, et al.

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Systematic study of the boundary composition in poisson boltzmann calculations, Parimal Kar, Yanjie Wei, Ulrich H.E Hansmann, et al.

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Effect of graphitic order on field emission stability of carbon nanotubes, Vijaya Kayastha, Benjamin Ulmen, and Yoke Khin Yap

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Synthesis of vertically aligned single- and double-walled carbon nanotubes without etching agents, Vijaya Kayastha, Shun Wu, Jason P. Moscatello, et al.

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Critical comments to results of investigations of drop collisions in turbulent clouds, A. Khain, M. Pinsky, T. Elperin, et al.

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Formation of single crystalline ZnO nanotubes without catalysts and templates, Samuel Mensah, Vijaya Kayastha, Ilia Ivanov, et al.

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Selective growth of pure and long ZnO nanowires by controlled vapor concentration gradients, Samuel L. Mensah, Vijaya Kayastha, and Yoke Khin Yap

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Dielectrophoretic deposition of carbon nanotubes with controllable density and alignment, Jason P. Moscatello, Vijaya Kayastha, Archana Pandey, et al.

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Growth of carbon, boron nitride and ZnO nanotubes for biosensors, Jason P. Moscatello, Jiesheng Wang, Benjamin Ulmen, et al.

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Tuning the ferromagnetism of one-dimensional Fe ∕ Pt ∕ Fe multilayer barcode nanowires via the barcode layer effect, Puspamitra Panigrahi and Ranjit Pati

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Growth of single crystalline ZnO nanotubes and nanosquids, Abhishek Prasad, Samuel L. Mensah, Jiesheng Wang, et al.

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Controlling spin-polarized electron transport through a molecule: The role of molecular conformation, L. Senapati, Ranjit Pati, and S. C. Erwin

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Surfactant properties of atmospheric and model humic‐like substances (HULIS), Ilya Taraniuk, Ellen Graber, Alexander Kostinski, et al.

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Self-assembly of silicon nanotubes, Ming Xie, Jiesheng Wang, Chee Huei Lee, et al.

Works from 2006

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An enhanced version of SMMP-open-source software package for simulation of proteins, Frank Eisenmenger, Ulrich H.E. Hansmann, Shura Hayryan, et al.

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Theoretical study of molecule mediated spin-polarized electron tunneling between magnetic materials, Haiying He, Ravindra Pandey, and Shashi P. Karna

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Reconsideration of the physical and empirical origins of Z–R relations in radar meteorology, A. R. Jameson and Alexander Kostinski

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Spurious power‐law relations among rainfall and radar parameters, A. R. Jameson and Alexander Kostinski

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Planting seeds: Introducing nanotechnology education into engineering curricula, John A. Jaszczak and Bruce E. Seely

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The texture of rain: Exploring stochastic micro-structure at small scales, A. B. Kostinski, M. L. Larsen, and A. R. Jameson

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Pupil phase apodization for imaging of faint companions in prescribed regions, Alexander Kostinski and Weidong Yang

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Theoretical study of electron transport in boron nanotubes, Kah Chun Lau, Ravindra Pandey, and Ranjit Pati

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Spin-polarized electron transport of a self-assembled organic monolayer on a Ni(111) substrate: An organic spin switch, Haiying Liu, Ravindra Pandey, Ranjit Pati, et al.

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Transient detection using panoramic all-sky cameras, Lior Shamir

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Towards quantifying droplet clustering in clouds, Raymond Shaw, Alexander Kostinski, and Michael L. Larsen

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Phase signature for particle detection with digital in-line holography, Weidong Yang, Alexander Kostinski, and Raymond Shaw

Works from 2005

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Generalized-ensemble simulations of all-atom protein models, Vasyl Aleksenko, Wooseop Kwak, and Ulrich H.E. Hansmann

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Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of defect-mediated organization in quantum dot self-assembly, Da Gao, Adam Kaczynski, and John A. Jaszczak

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Mechanism for spatial organization in quantum dot self-assembly, Da Gao, Adam Kaczynski, and John A. Jaszczak

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Exploring protein energy landscapes with hierarchical clustering, Dominik Gront, Ulrich H.E Hansmann, and Andrzej Kolinski

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Protein structure prediction by tempering spatial constraints, Dominik Gront, Andrzej Kolinski, and Ulrich H.E. Hansmann

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High-density vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes with tubular structures, Vijaya Kayastha, Yoke Khin Yap, Zhengwei Pan, et al.

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Fluctuations and luck in droplet growth by coalescence, Alexander Kostinski and Raymond Shaw

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Obtaining the drop size distribution, Alexander Kostinski and Raymond Shaw

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Observations and analysis of uncorrelated rain, Michael L. Larsen, Alexander Kostinski, and Ali Tokay

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A theoretical study of vibrational properties of neutral and cationic B < inf> 12 clusters, Kah Chun Lau, Mrinalini Deshpande, and Ravindra Pandey

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A Theoretical study of electronic and vibrational properties of neutral, cationic, and anionic B24 clusters, Kah Chun Lau, Mrinalini Deshpande, Ranjit Pati, et al.

First-principles study of the stability and electronic properties of sheets and nanotubes of elemental boron, Kah Chun Lau, Ranjit Pati, Ravindra Pandey, et al.

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Structural control of vertically aligned multiwalled carbon nanotubes by radio-frequency plasmas, Jitendra Menda, Benjamin Ulmen, Lakshman Kumar Vanga, et al.

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Ab initio quantum chemical study of electron transfer in carboranes, Ranjit Pati, Andrew C. Pineda, Ravindra Pandey, et al.

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Using fuzzy logic for automatic analysis of astronomical pipelines, Lior Shamir and Robert J. Nemiroff

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Stability of field emission current from various types of carbon nanotube films, Benjamin Ulmen, Vijaya Kayastha, Adam DeConinck, et al.

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Low temperature growth of boron nitride nanotubes on substrates, Jiesheng Wang, Vijaya Kayastha, Yoke Khin Yap, et al.

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Growth of adhesive cubic phase boron nitride films without argon ion bombardment, Jiesheng Wang and Yoke Khin Yap

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Depth-of-focus reduction for digital in-line holography of particle fields, Weidong Yang, A. B. Kostinski, and Raymond Shaw

Submissions from 2004

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Naturally occurring cones and tubes of graphite, S. Dimovski, John A. Jaszczak, G. W. Robinson, et al.

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Reply to comments by Zhen‐Jia Wu and Ali Tokay on ‘Spurious power‐law relations among rainfall and radar parameters’, A. R. Jameson and A. B. Kostinski

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Controlling dissociative adsorption for effective growth of carbon nanotubes, Vijaya Kayastha, Yoke Khin Yap, Svetlana Dimovski, et al.

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Preliminary sputter-erosion characterization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Lyon Bradley King, Yoke Khin Yap, Jitendra Menda, et al.

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Equilibrium geometry and electron detachment energies of anionic Cr2O4, Cr2O5, and Cr2O6 clusters, Kah Chun Lau, Anil K. Kandalam, Aurora Costales, et al.

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A dual-RF-plasma approach for controlling the graphitic order and diameters of vertically-aligned multiwall carbon nanotubes, Jitendra Menda, Lakshman Kumar Vanga, Benjamin Ulmen, et al.

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Nightskylive.net: The Night Sky Live project, D. Pérez-Ramírez, R. J. Nemiroff, and J. B. Rafert

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The noise immunity of gradiometer coils for < sup> 14 N NQR land mine detection: Practical limitations, B. H. Suits

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One-sided achromatic phase apodization for imaging of extrasolar planets, Weidong Yang and Alexander Kostinski

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Effect of carrier gas on the growth rate, growth density, and structure of carbon nanotubes, Yoke Khin Yap, Vijaya Kayastha, Stephen Hackney, et al.

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Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes as the sputter resist in space propulsive systems, Yoke Khin Yap, Vijaya Kayastha, Jitendra Menda, et al.

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Testing multiwall carbon nanotubes on ion erosion for advanced space propulsion, Yoke Khin Yap, Jitendra Menda, Lakshman Kumar Vanga, et al.

Submissions from 2003

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Monte Carlo simulations of surface phase transitions in a modulated layered structure, Da Gao and John A. Jaszczak

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Naturally occurring graphite cones, John A. Jaszczak, George W. Robinson, Svetlana Dimovski, et al.

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Parallel tempering simulations of HP-36, Chai Yu Lin, Chin Kun Hu, and Ulrich H.E Hansmann

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Phase-modulated pupil for achromatic imaging of faint companions, Weidong Yang and Alexander Kostinski

Works from 2002

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Structural transitions in biomolecules - a numerical comparison of two approaches for the study of phase transitions in small systems, Nelson A. Alves, Ulrich H.E Hansmann, and Yong Peng

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Important correlation effects for the Er3+ 4f11 4S3/2 → 4I15/2 laser transition energy, Donald R. Beck

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When is rain steady?, A. R. Jameson and Alexander Kostinski

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Growth spirals on graphite from the Trotter Mine dump, Franklin, New Jersey, John A. Jaszczak

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A natural occurrence of graphite cones, John A. Jaszczak and George W. Robinson

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On the extinction of radiation by a homogeneous but spatially correlated random medium: reply to comment, Alexander Kostinski

Graphite with growth spirals from Arises River Marbles, Wlotzkas Baken, western Namibia, John Rakovan and John A. Jaszczak

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Multiple length scale growth spirals on metamorphic graphite {001} surfaces studied by atomic force microscopy, John Rakovan and John A. Jaszczak

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Manganotantalite from the Alto do Giz area, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, George W. Robinson, John A. Jaszczak, Reinhard R. Wegner, et al.

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Super-exponential extinction of radiation in a negatively correlated random medium, Raymond Shaw, Alexander Kostinski, and Daniel Lanterman

Submissions from 2001

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Curvature sensors, adaptive optics, and Neumann boundary conditions, Christ Ftaclas and Alexander Kostinski

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Comments on “Errors in the estimate of the fractal correlation dimension of raindrop spatial distribution”, A. R. Jameson and Alexander Kostinski

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What is raindrop size distribution?, A. R. Jameson and Alexander Kostinski

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Palache's 'Contributions to the mineralogy of Sterling Hill, New Jersey': The 900-foot level revisited, John A. Jaszczak

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Review of: Typomorphism of Diamond Microcrystals, John A. Jaszczak

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The many faces of copper crystals in the Lake Superior Copper District, John A. Jaszczak