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Conferences

X-Ray Micro-Beam Diffraction Determination of Full Stress Tensors in Cu TSVs

May 28, 2013

Author(s)

Chukwudi A. Okoro, Lyle E. Levine, Oleg A. Kirillov, Yaw S. Obeng, Ruqing Xu, Jonathan Z. Tischler, Wenjun Liu, Klaus Hummler

We report the first non-destructive, depth resolved determination of the full stress tensor in Cu through-silicon vias (TSVs), using synchrotron based micro...

Perron-Frobenius Measure of Systemic Risk of Cascading Overload in Complex Clouds: Work in Progress

May 27, 2013

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

Dynamic resource sharing has both positive and negative effects on the system performance. Current research mostly concentrates on the positive effect resulting...

Toward the Development of a High Strain Rate Testing Standard for Advanced Fibers

May 24, 2013

Author(s)

Gale A. Holmes, Jae Hyun Kim, Nathanael A. Heckert, Walter G. McDonough, Stefan D. Leigh, Kirk D. Rice

The use of advanced fibers in applications where they are subjected to extremely energetic events has necessitated the need to develop measurement tools that...

Just Add Water Instant singly-dispersed suspensions of silver nanoparticles on demand.

May 20, 2013

Author(s)

Robert I. MacCuspie

The intrinsic instability of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is a substantial challenge to achieving stable long-term storage for on-demand use of AgNPs. Here, a...

A Dynamic Human Body Computational Phantom for RF Propagation Study

May 20, 2013

Author(s)

John G. Hagedorn, Kamran Sayrafian, Judith E. Terrill

Recent advances in micro-electronics technology to build small radio-enabled implantable and wearable medical sensors have sparked considerable interest in...

A microscene approach to the evaluation of hyperspectral system level performance

May 18, 2013

Author(s)

David Allen, Ronald G. Resmini, Christopher Deloye

Assessing the ability of a hyperspectral imaging (HSI) system to detect the presence of a substance or to quantify abundance requires an understanding of the...

An Analysis of the Probability Distribution of Spectral Angle and Euclidean Distance in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Using Microspectroscopy

May 18, 2013

Author(s)

Ronald G. Resmini, Christopher Deloye, David Allen

Determining the probability distribution of hyperspectral imagery (HSI) data and of the results of algorithms applied to those data, is critical to...

Optimizing Instrument Operation and Data Processing for Single Particle Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Measurement of Gold Nanoparticles

May 16, 2013

Author(s)

Jingyu Liu, Karen E. Murphy, Robert I. MacCuspie, Michael R. Winchester

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) operated in single particle mode is an attractive analytical tool capable of both sizing and counting...

Surface Chemical Transformations of UV irradiated Silica-Epoxy Nanocomposites

May 15, 2013

Author(s)

Justin M. Gorham, Tinh Nguyen, Deborah S. Jacobs, Coralie Bernard, Richard D. Holbrook

Silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) incorporated into a polymeric matrix, or silica nanocomposites (SiNCs), are used in a wide variety of commercially available...

Nanoparticles in Flame-Retardant Coatings for Flexible Polyurethane Foams: Effects on Flammability and Nanoparticle Release

May 15, 2013

Author(s)

Mauro Zammarano, Rick D. Davis, Yeon S. Kim, Richard H. Harris Jr., Marc R. Nyden, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Nasir M. Uddin

Nanoparticles can effectively reduce polymer flammability; however, the impact of nanoparticles on environmental and health safety is still unclear. The purpose...

Development of Standard Reference Materials for Cement-Based Materials

May 13, 2013

Author(s)

Chiara F. Ferraris, Nicos Martys, William L. George

Rheometers are used to determine the rheological properties of materials ranging from mayonnaise to concrete. While rotational rheometers are routinely used for...

Uncertainty of Calibration of Instruments, a Simple Example in Dimensional Metrology

May 13, 2013

Author(s)

Theodore D. Doiron

How is the calibration of a micrometer using gage blocks different from using a micrometer to calibrate gage blocks? In the measurement community there seems to...

Tools and Approaches for the Assessment of Nanomaterial Induced Oxidative DNA Damage

May 13, 2013

Author(s)

Elijah J. Petersen, Bryce Marquis, Pawel Jaruga, M Miral Dizdar, Bryant C. Nelson

Hyphenated mass spectrometry techniques have been employed as one of the primary analytical tools for investigating the effects of ionizing radiation, chemical...

Oxidatively Induced Damage to DNA: Potential Role of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes at the Molecular Level

May 13, 2013

Author(s)

Elijah J. Petersen, Xiaomin X. Tu, M Miral Dizdar, Ming Zheng, Bryant C. Nelson

Ultrasonication is a physical process known to generate abundant levels of oxygen-derived species such as hydroxyl radicals, hydrogen atoms, and hydrogen...

High Accuracy Measurements Using a Scanning System with a Single Point Triangulation Sensor

May 13, 2013

Author(s)

Theodore D. Doiron, Wei Ren, Eric S. Stanfield, Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Christopher J. Blackburn

The capabilities of non-contact laser spot triangulation sensors for high accuracy measurements have slowly increased over the past decade, and now have usable...

Precision metrology with coherent dual frequency combs

May 12, 2013

Author(s)

Nathan R. Newbury, Esther Baumann, Ian R. Coddington, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Greg B. Rieker, Laura C. Sinclair, William C. Swann, Alexander M. Zolot

Frequency combs have enabled a wide range of applications because of their unique combination of coherence and broad bandwidth. The comb provides 100,000's of...

Metrology for Lab-on-a-Chip Final-Product Devices

May 12, 2013

Author(s)

Darwin R. Reyes-Hernandez, Michael W. Halter, Jeeseong Hwang

New metrology tools to measure the critical parameters of internal structures in lab on a chip devices are greatly needed in order to develop standard tests for...

Microfluidic Synthesis of Nano-Liposomal Anesthetics

May 12, 2013

Author(s)

Wyatt N. Vreeland, Renee R. Hood, Eric Kendall, Mariana Junqueira, Julia Finkel, Don L. DeVoe

Topical anesthesia has the ability to provide painless application of pain management medications for minor procedures such as venipuncture, particularly in the...

A focused super-continuum solar simulator for illuminated solar cell microscopy

May 12, 2013

Author(s)

Tasshi Dennis

The design and application of a novel, focused solar simulator based on a high-power, super-continuum laser is described. We used the simulator to create...

Effects of fiber gripping methods on single fiber tensile tests: Parametric statistical analyses of tensile strengths and failure strains

May 9, 2013

Author(s)

Jae Hyun Kim, Nathanael A. Heckert, Walter G. McDonough, Kirk D. Rice, Gale A. Holmes

The Kolsky bar test has been widely used in measuring material response under high strain rate conditions. Initial experiments in the literature applying this...

Initial Measurement Results of the NIST 500 mm Guarded-Hot-Plate Apparatus Using Automated Computer Control

May 9, 2013

Author(s)

Robert R. Zarr

The initial thermal conductivity measurements from a guarded hot plate apparatus using multiple line-heat sources are presented for specimens of high-density...

Metrological Traceability for Guarded-Hot-Plate Apparatus

May 9, 2013

Author(s)

Robert R. Zarr

An approach for establishing metrological traceability for measurement results from guarded-hot-plate apparatus consistent with policy at the National Institute...

The NIST Quality System for Measurement Services: A Look at its Past Decade and a Gaze toward its Future

May 8, 2013

Author(s)

Sally S. Bruce

As the National Metrology Institute (NMI) for the United States, NIST, formerly the National Bureau of Standards, has provided measurement services, both...

Firebrand Generation from Building Components with Cedar Siding

May 6, 2013

Author(s)

Samuel Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki, Yoshihiko Hayashi

Fires in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) have been a large problem not only in the USA, but all over the world. From a pragmatic point of view, the WUI fire...

Firebrand Generation from a Full-Scale Structure

May 6, 2013

Author(s)

Samuel Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki, Yoshihiko Hayashi

Firebrands are a critical mechanism of fire spread in large outdoor fires, such as urban fires in Japan and WUI fires in Australia, Southern Europe, and the USA...

Microwave Conductance of Semicontinuous Metallic Films from Coplanar Waveguide Scattering Parameters

May 6, 2013

Author(s)

Jan Obrzut, Oleg A. Kirillov

Conductance of thin semicontinuous metallic films is measured in coplanar waveguide configuration at frequencies of 100 MHz to 20 GHz. The presented model of...

Development and Characterization of Continuous Feed Firebrand Generator

May 6, 2013

Author(s)

Samuel Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki

Evidence suggests that wind driven firebrand showers are a major cause of structural ignition in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires. While firebrands have...

Vulnerability of Decking Assemblies to Continuous Firebrand Shower

May 6, 2013

Author(s)

Samuel Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki

In WUI fires, decking assemblies have been observed to be an ignition vulnerability based on post-fire damage surveys. The Office of the State Fire Marshall...

Structural design for fire conditions: reliability-based resistance criteria

May 4, 2013

Author(s)

Therese P. McAllister, Bruce Ellingwood

The new paradigm of performance-based fire engineering (PBFE), with its systematic approach to identifying building performance objectives, quantitative...

Development of Standard Test Methods for Unmanned and Manned Industrial Vehicles Used Near Humans

May 3, 2013

Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, Richard J. Norcross, Joseph A. Falco, Jeremy A. Marvel

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been researching human-robot/vehicle collaborative environments for automated guided vehicles...

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