Poster Session (5:00-7:00PM)

Presentations

• Estimating Ultraviolet Solar Irradiance from Total Solar Irradiance: A Nine City Comparison

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  Authors

  • Eugene Clark

    • Trinity University

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• Generalized Quaternion Quantum Electrodynamics from Ginzburg-Landau-Schrodinger type Equation

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  Authors

  • V. Christianto

    • SciPrint.org

  • Florentin Smarandache

    • University of New Mexico, Gallup Campus

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• Quantum diffusion in optical lattices

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  Authors

  • Taylor Bailey

    • Texas A\&M University-Commerce

  • Carlos Bertulani

    • Texas A\&M University-Commerce
    • Texas A\&M University - Commerce

  • Eddy Timmermans

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Modeling Laser-Tissue Interactions: Implementing Thermal Models and the Wave Equation to Simulate Photon Transport in Tissues

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  Authors

  • Frederick Barrera

  • Dhiraj Sardar

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• Photophysical Study of Novel Perylene Analogues for Biophysical Applications

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  Authors

  • Jorge Palos-Chavez

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, UT San Antonio

  • Mark Penick

    • Department of Chemistry, UT San Antonio

  • Rolando Valdez

    • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  • George Negrete

    • Department of Chemistry, UT San Antonio

  • Lorenzo Brancaleon

    • University of Texas at San Antonio
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, UT San Antonio
    • University of Texas San Antonio
    • The University of Texas at San Antonio

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• Characterization of Rare Earth Oxide/Gold Composites Synthesized by Control of Surface Composition

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  Authors

  • Zannatul Yasmin

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Robert Dennis

    • The University of Texas at San Antonio
    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Dhiraj Sardar

    • University of Texas at San Antonio
    • UTSA

  • Maogen Zhang

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Waldemar Gorski

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Kelly Nash

    • The University of Texas at San Antonio
    • University of Texas at San Antonio

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• Ultra fast response of arrayed waveguide gratings: a phenomenological quantum approach

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  Authors

  • Daniel Dominguez

    • Texas Tech University

  • John Sandy

    • Texas Tech Univeristy

  • Luis Grave de Peralta

    • Texas Tech University

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• Optical losses and wave-front distortions in the reflection of light from a photonic-crystal mirror

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  Authors

  • Travis Miller

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Sergio Cantu

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Volker Quetschke

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Malik Rakhmanov

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Yi-Chen Shuai

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington

  • Deyin Zhao

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington

  • Weidong Zhou

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington

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• Experimental Investigation of the Possibility for Negative Refraction in Si Opals

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  Authors

  • Liliana Ruiz-Diaz

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Malik Rakhmanov

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Volker Quetschke

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Anvar Zakhidov

    • Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas

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• Analyses of the Ultraviolet Spectra of Er$^{3+}$ in Er$_{2}$O$_{3}$ and Er$^{3+}$ in Y$_{2}$O$_{3}$

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  Authors

  • Sreerenjini Chandra

    • UTSA

  • John B. Gruber

    • UTSA

  • Gary W. Burdick

    • Andrews University

  • Dhiraj K. Sardar

    • UTSA
    • The University of Texas at San Antonio

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• Mapping the double-slit diffraction pattern

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  Authors

  • Richard Selvaggi

    • Texas A\&M University-Commerce

  • Charles Rogers

    • Texas A\&M University-Commerce

  • Clay Richardson

    • Texas A\&M University-Commerce

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• A Chandra ACIS Observation of the Pulsar-Wind Remnant RCW 103

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  Authors

  • Estela Jordan

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Eric M. Schlegel

    • UTSA
    • University of Texas at San Antonio

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• Observations of the 2010 January Outburst of the Recurrent Nova U Scoprius using NASA's Swift

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  Authors

  • Marilyn Moore

    • UTSA

  • Sabrina Engelhardt

    • UTSA

  • Laura Vega

    • UTSA

  • Laura McMaster

    • UTSA

  • Eric M. Schlegel

    • UTSA
    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Ashley Pagnotta

    • LSU

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• Analytical models for the sun

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  Authors

  • John Fuqua

    • Texas A\&M University-Commerce

  • Carlos Bertulani

    • Texas A\&M University-Commerce
    • Texas A\&M University - Commerce

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• Numerical Methods for Modeling Cosmic Ray Propagation in the Galaxy

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  Authors

  • Hugo Espejel

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Edmund Bertschinger

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Preliminary Results For the Distribution of Observable Pulsars Within the Galaxy

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  Authors

  • Frank Ceballos

  • Matthew Benacquista

    • UTB/TSC

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• Mapping of the Moon in the Ultraviolet: the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project

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  Authors

  • D.G. Horvath

  • K.D. Retherford

  • G.R. Gladstone

  • S.A. Stern

  • A.F. Egan

  • P.F. Miles

  • J. Wm. Parker

  • T.K. Greathouse

  • M.W. Davis

  • D.C. Slater

  • D.E. Kaufmann

  • M.H. Versteeg

  • P.D. Feldman

  • D.M. Hurley

  • W.R. Pryor

  • A.R. Hendrix

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• Low-Energy electrons in Saturn's Magnetosphere

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  Authors

  • Anna DeJong

    • Southwest Research Institute

  • James Burch

    • Southwest Research Institute

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• X-ray Eclipses in the 2010 January Outburst of the Recurrent Nova U Scorpii?

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  Authors

  • Laura Vega

    • UTSA

  • Laura McMaster

    • UTSA

  • Marilyn Moore

    • UTSA

  • Sabrina Engelhardt

    • UTSA

  • Eric M. Schlegel

    • UTSA
    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Ashley Pagnotta

    • LSU

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

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• Empirical Model for Ion Flows Around Jupiter During the Galileo Mission

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  Authors

  • Austin Egert

  • Jared Bell

  • Hunter Waite

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• Three Dimensional Structure of CIRs at 1 AU

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  Authors

  • Thomas Broiles

    • UTSA/SwRI

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• Photometry of Standard Stars and Open Star Clusters

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  Authors

  • Amanda Jefferies

    • Southwestern University

  • Peter Frinchaboy

    • TCU

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• Warning times for potentially hazardous long-period comets

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  Authors

  • Susan Martinez

    • UTSA, SwRI San Antonio

  • Dan Boice

    • SwRI San Antonio

  • Walter Huebner

    • SwRI San Antonio

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• Super Storm Dependence upon Solar-Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling

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  Authors

  • George Clark

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Jerry Goldstein

    • Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio
    • Southwest Research Institute

  • Joerg-Micha Jahn

    • Southwest Research Institute

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• Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm Applied to Cassini-CAPS Corotational Data

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  Authors

  • Roberto Livi

    • University of Texas, San Antonio

  • Jerry Goldstein

    • Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio
    • Southwest Research Institute

  • Jim Burch

    • Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio

  • Anna DeJong

    • Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio

  • Frank Crary

    • Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio

  • Dave Young

    • Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio

  • Fran Bagenal

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Mapping the Galaxy with LISA

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  Authors

  • Jose Mckinnon

    • UTB/TSC

  • Matthew Benacquista

    • UTB/TSC

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• Effect of Porphyrins Bound to Tubulin Dimers

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  Authors

  • Brady McMicken

    • UTSA

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• Chaos Theory and Protein Dynamics

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  Authors

  • James Bui

    • University of St. Thomas

  • James Clarage

    • University of St. Thomas

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• Near Infrared Optical Properties of Whole Human Blood and Blood Containing Nanoparticulates

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  Authors

  • Lawrence C. Mimun

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Brian Yust

    • University of Texas at San Antonio
    • The University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Kelly L. Nash

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Dhiraj Sardar

    • University of Texas at San Antonio
    • UTSA

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• How Do Single Point Mutations Impact Protein Folding in Parkinson's Disease

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  Authors

  • Olivia Wise-Scira

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Andrew Roque

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Liang Xu

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Orkid Coskuner

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

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• The Maximum Solubility of Cholesterol in POPC/POPE Lipid Mixtures

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  Authors

  • Serkan Balyimez

    • Texas Tech University

  • Juyang Huang

    • Texas Tech University

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• Mining X-ray diffuse scattering images for evidence of protein dynamics

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  Authors

  • Mary Faltaous

    • University of St. Thomas

  • James Clarage

    • University of St. Thomas

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• Dynamics of Small Peptides: Comparison of NMR Relaxation Experiments with Molecular Dynamics Simulations

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  Authors

  • Elizabeth Gonzalez

    • University of St. Thomas

  • David Torres

    • University of St. Thomas

  • Michelle Steiger

    • University of St. Thomas

  • James Clarage

    • University of St. Thomas

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• Light Scattering as an Indicator of Protein Aggregate Size

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  Authors

  • Jeremiah Babcock

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Rolando Valdez

  • Lorenzo Brancaleon

    • University of Texas at San Antonio
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, UT San Antonio
    • University of Texas San Antonio
    • The University of Texas at San Antonio

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• Automated Microorganism Detector

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  Authors

  • Pelham Keahey

    • Southwestern University

  • Will Hardy

    • Southwestern University

  • Mason Cradit

    • Southwestern University

  • Steven Solis

    • Southwestern University

  • Andrea Holland

    • Southwestern University

  • Gerry Wade

    • Southwestern University

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• A Study of the Accuracy and Precision Among XRF, ICP-MS, and PIXE on Trace Element Analyses of Small Water Samples

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  Authors

  • Sahil Naik

    • Texas Academy of Math and Science
    • University of North Texas - Physics

  • Ritish Patnaik

    • Texas Academy of Math and Science
    • University of North Texas - Physics

  • Venkata Kummari

    • University of North Texas - Physics

  • Lucas Phinney

    • University of North Texas - Physics

  • Mangal Dhoubhadel

    • University of North Texas - Physics

  • Aaron Jesseph

    • University of North Texas - Chemistry

  • William Hoffmann

    • University of North Texas - Chemistry

  • Guido Verbeck

    • University of North Texas - Chemistry

  • Bibhudutta Rout

    • University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
    • University of North Texas - Physics

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• Structural and Thermodynamic Properties of Amyloid-$\beta $ Peptides: Impact of Fragment Size

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  Authors

  • T. Kitahara

  • O. Wise-Scira

  • O. Coskuner

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• Structure, function and folding of phosphoglycerate kinase are strongly perturbed by macromolecular crowding.

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  Authors

  • Antonios Samiotakis

    • University of Houston

  • Apratim Dhar

    • University of Illinois

  • Simon Ebbinghaus

    • University of Illinois

  • Lea Nienhaus

    • University of Illinois

  • Dirar Homouz

    • University of Houston

  • Martin Gruebele

    • University of Illinois

  • Margaret Cheung

    • University of Houston

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• An approach for detecting low frequency non-stationarity present in LIGO science data

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  Authors

  • Robert Stone

    • University of Texas-San Antonio

  • Soma Mukherjee

    • University of Texas-Brownsville
    • University of Texas at Brownsville

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• Surface chemistry of functionalized carbon nanotubes and their nanocomposites

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  Authors

  • Z.P. Luo

  • L. Carson

  • A. Oki

  • L. Adams

  • N. Soboyejo

  • E.G.C. Regisford

  • A. Holzenburg

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• Enhancing Optical Anisotropy and Thermal Stability of Liquid Crystals by Nanoparticles

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  Authors

  • Karen Vardanyan

    • Rutgers-Camden

  • Robert Walton

    • Rutgers-Camden

  • Richard Jimenez

    • Rutgers-Camden

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• Apparatus for the analysis of surfaces in gas environments using Positron Spectroscopy

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  Authors

  • Suman Satyal

  • Lawrence Lim

  • Vibek Joglekar

  • Sushant Kalaskar

  • Karthik Shastry

  • Alex Weiss

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• Sharma and Fulde-Farrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov states in an optical lattice

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  Authors

  • Zlatko Koinov

    • Department of Physics \& Astronomy, UTSA, San Antonio, TX, USA

  • Rafael Perez

    • Institute of Physics, UNAM, Mexico

  • Mauricio Fortes

    • Institute of Physics, UNAM, Mexico

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• A first principles study of noble metal-doped silicon nanocrystals Si$_{n-1}$M (n = 75 and 150 and M = Cu, Ag, Au)

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  Authors

  • Cedric Mayfield

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas Arlington

  • Muhammad Huda

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas Arlington

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• Photocatalytic Decomposition of Water: Next Generation Fuel Source

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  Authors

  • Keegan Hanks

    • UTSA

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• Study of Bulk Modulus in Zincblende Nitrogen doped Gallium Phosphide Alloys Using Density Functional Theory

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  Authors

  • Brandon Butler

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas Arlington

  • Muhammad Huda

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas Arlington

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• Study of novel configuration of columnar defects in the high temperature superconductor YBa$_{2}$Cu$_{3}$O$_{7}$

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  Authors

  • Lauren Dorsett

    • Austin College

  • Andra Troncalli

    • Austin College

  • Lisa Paulius

    • Western Michigan University

  • Wai -K Kwok

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Austin Howard

    • University of Texas at Dallas

  • Nicholas Cornell

    • University of Texas at Dallas

  • Anvar Zakhidov

    • University of Texas at Dallas

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• Temperature Dependencies of Linewidths, Positions, and Line Shifts of Spectral Transitions of Trivalent Neodymium Ions in Ceramic Nd3+:Y2O3

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  Authors

  • Francisco Pedraza

    • The University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Edward Khachatryan

    • The University of Texas at San Antonio
    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Robert Dennis

    • The University of Texas at San Antonio
    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Kelly Nash

    • The University of Texas at San Antonio
    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Dhiraj K. Sardar

    • UTSA
    • The University of Texas at San Antonio

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• Ferroelectric BaTiO$_{3}$ thin film synthesis on Ni substrates by pulsed laser deposition with varying oxygen atmosphere conditions

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  Authors

  • E. Silva

  • J. Liu

  • M. Liu

  • G. Collins

  • C.L. Chen

    • The University of Texas at San Antonio

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• Capturing the Potential of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

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  Authors

  • James Benson

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

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• Study of Narrowband Noise in Gravitational Wave Interferometers

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  Authors

  • Thilina Shihan Weerathunga

    • University of Texas, Brownsville

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• Modeling signals in gravitational wave interferometric data

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  Authors

  • Gamage Dannangoda

    • University of Texas Brownsville

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• Smarandache's Minimum Theorem in the Einstein Relativistic Velocity Model of Hyperbolic Geometry

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  Authors

  • Catalin Barbu

    • V. Alecsandri College, Bacau, Romania

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• Applications of the diffraction and interference of light and electronic waves

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  Authors

  • Cristian Bahrim

    • Lamar University

  • Robert Lanning

    • Lamar University

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• Comparison of GEANT4 Physics Models with Measured Beta Particle Data in Aluminum using a Strontium-90 Source

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  Authors

  • Samantha Everett

    • Texas Southern University

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• Shape-Controllable Synthesis of Gold Nanostructure and Their Application in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)

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  Authors

  • Jianhui Yang

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249

  • Dhiraj Sardar

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249

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• Er$^{3+}$:Y$_{2}$O$_{3}$ Fluorescence Enhancement through Energy Transfer to Plasmonic Nanoparticles

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  Authors

  • Nathan Ray

    • University of Texas San Antonio

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• Comparative study of Nd$^{3+}$ in various nanocrystalline sesquioxide hosts (Nd$^{3+}$:RE$_{2}$O$_{3}$ where RE = Y, Gd, La, Yb, and Sc)

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  Authors

  • Jesse Salas

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Robert Dennis

  • Kelly Nash

  • Dhiraj Sardar

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• Synthesis and Optical Properties of Nd$^{3+}$ in Nanocrystalline Nd$^{3+}$:BaGd$_{2}$O$_{4}$

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  Authors

  • Kenneth Ramsey

  • Robert Dennis

    • The University of Texas at San Antonio
    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Jianhui Yang

  • Maogen Zhang

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Dhiraj Sardar

    • University of Texas at San Antonio
    • UTSA

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• Silver (Ag) nanostructure assisted fluorescence imaging

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  Authors

  • Kyung-Min Lee

  • Arup Neogi

  • Minjung Kim

  • Bongsoo Kim

  • Rafal Luchowski

  • Zygmunt Gryczynski

  • Nils Calander

  • Tae-Youl Choi

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• Evidence for hexagonal diamond in CVD grown diamond thin films

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  Authors

  • Rajarshi Chakraborty

    • UT Arlington

  • Suresh Sharma

    • UT Arlington

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• Electronic Structure of Bimetallic Core/Shell Quantum-Dots

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  Authors

  • Ruben Estrada-Salas

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Hector Barron

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Devraj Sandhu

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Miguel Jose-Yacaman

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

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• Synthesis and characterization of monodispersed icosahedral Au using spherical aberration correction

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  Authors

  • J. Jesus Velazquez-Salazar

    • University of Texas at San Antonio
    • UTSA

  • Rodrigo Esparza

    • UTSA

  • Miguel Jose-Yacaman

    • University of Texas at San Antonio
    • UTSA
    • Dept. Physics and Astronomy, UTSA

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• Microwave-assisted synthesis and characterization of star-shaped zinc oxide micro and nanostructures

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  Authors

  • Flor Esthela Palomar Perez

    • UTSA

  • Idalia Gomez de la Fuente

    • UANL

  • Miguel Jose-Yacaman

    • University of Texas at San Antonio
    • UTSA
    • Dept. Physics and Astronomy, UTSA

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• Possible mechanism(s) behind recently observed effects of incorporating gold nanoparticles into a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal

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  Authors

  • Alfonso Hinojosa

    • UT Arlington

  • Suresh Sharma

    • UT Arlington

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• Piezolectric Charging for Smart Fabric Applications

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  Authors

  • Ross Hackworth

  • Julie Moriera

  • Ramakrishna Kotha

  • Robert Maxwell

  • Arturo Ayon

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• Acceleration of H$^{-}$ ions for the Cyclotron Institute Upgrade Project

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  Authors

  • Juan Olvera

    • Angelo State University

  • Henry Clark

    • Texas A\&M University

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• Experimental Verification of Moseley's Law and the Measurement of Environmental, Pollution, and Biological Samples using X-Ray Fluorescence analysis

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  Authors

  • Venkata Kummari

    • University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

  • Sahil Naik

    • Texas Academy of Math and Science
    • University of North Texas - Physics

  • Ritish Patnaik

    • Texas Academy of Math and Science
    • University of North Texas - Physics

  • Jerome Duggan

    • University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

  • Bibhudutta Rout

    • University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
    • University of North Texas - Physics

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• Constructing the Hodoscope Arrays for the Fermilab E-906/SeaQuest Spectrometer

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  Authors

  • Brianna Edlund

    • Abilene Christian University

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• Development of a Gas Stopper for Fusion-Evaporation Products

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  Authors

  • Jordan Sefcik

    • Angelo State University

  • Charles Folden III

    • Texas A\&M University

  • Marisa Alfonso

    • Texas A\&M University

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• Upsilon + Hadron correlations at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC)

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  Authors

  • Matthew Cervantes

    • STAR

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• Development of a Low-Level Counting Station

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  Authors

  • Omar Magana

    • SPS

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• CdSe-ZnS Core-Shell and Gold Quantum Dots and the Effects of Different Substrates

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  Authors

  • Gilbert Bustamante

    • SPS

  • Mohsen Purahmad

  • Rade Kuljic

  • Mitra Dutta

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• Exploration of Traveling Waves in High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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  Authors

  • Zachary Hernandez

    • SPS

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• Nanostructures: Temperature Dependence of Optical Properties for Solar Applications

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  Authors

  • Alvaro Aguilar

    • SPS

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