Recent work at Los Alamos National Laboratory has demonstrated the physical principles for a new type of solid-state cryocooler based on anti-Stokes fluorescence. Design studies indicate that a vibration-free, low-mass "fluorescent cryocooler" could operate for years with efficiencies and cooling powers comparable to current commercial systems. This paper presents concepts for a fluorescent cry...

It has recently been proposed that designing selective emitters with photonic crystals (PhCs) or plasmonic metamaterials can suppress low-energy photon emission, while enhancing higher-energy photon emission. Here, we will consider multiple approaches to designing and fabricating nanophotonic structures concentrating infrared thermal radiation at energies above a critical threshold. These are b...

The promise of increased efficiencies stemming from electronic data capture and electronic data management (referred to here collectively as EDC) has existed for years. However, adoption of EDC as a standard clinical trial tool has been slower than expected, primarily because of the mixed track record for EDC implementations. According to the most recent benchmarking document from The EDC Forum...