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Conferences

The global positioning system, relativity, and extraterrestrial navigation

April 27, 2009

Author(s)

Neil Ashby

Relativistic effects play an important role in the performance of the Global Positioning System (GPS) and in world-wide time comparisons. The GPS has provided a...

Random Telegraph Noise in Highly Scaled nMOSFETs

April 26, 2009

Author(s)

Jason P. Campbell, Jin Qin, Kin P. Cheung, Liangchun (. Yu, John S. Suehle, A Oates, Kuang Sheng

Recently 1/f and random telegraph noise (RTN) studies have been used to infer information about bulk dielectric defects' spatial and energetic distributions...

Spin Dependent Recombination Study of the Atomic-Scale Effects of Fluorine on the Negative Bias Temperature Instability

April 26, 2009

Author(s)

J.T. Ryan, Patrick M. Lenahan, A.T. Krishnan, S. Krishnan, Jason Campbell

Recent work has shown that the negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) can be significantly suppressed through the incorporation of fluorine in the gate...

Rapid Screening of Hydrogel Properties for 3D Tissue Culture: Effect of Modulus on Encapsulated Osteoblasts

April 25, 2009

Author(s)

Kaushik Chatterjee, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Marian F. Young, William E. Wallace, Carl Simon Jr.

Statement of Purpose: With few successful products in the market despite large investments in tissue engineering research, there is a need to accelerate tissue...

Expanding Environmental Information Management: Meeting Future Requirements

April 25, 2009

Author(s)

John V. Messina, Eric D. Simmon

The environmental impact of product manufacturing, use, and disposal has become a worldwide concern. Laws and regulations designed to protect human health and...

Combinatorial Method for Screening the Effect of Nanofiber Scaffold Composition on Cell Response

April 25, 2009

Author(s)

Murugan Ramalingam, Marian F. Young, Vinoy Thomas, Carl Simon Jr.

Statement of Purpose: We are developing combinatorial methods for screening cell-material interactions. Although previous approaches for rapid screening have...

From Network Microeconomics to Network Infrastructure Emergence

April 24, 2009

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

This paper suggests that evolutionary models of network infrastructure in market economy can be derived from the underlying selfish behavior of users and...

Response of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Under Mechanical Deformation Using Silane-Linked Laminin

April 22, 2009

Author(s)

Joy P. Dunkers, Juan M. Taboas

For mechanotransduction studies, extracellular matrix proteins should be robustly attached to the surface to prevent cell delamination during deformation. The...

EtherNet/IP Interoperability Recommendations

April 22, 2009

Author(s)

James D. Gilsinn, Kevin Knake

The EtherNet/IP interoperability recommendations are a result of work generated by the ongoing series of EtherNet/IP Implementors Workshops. The recommendations...

Effect of Vibration on PM and AM noise of Oscillatory and Non-oscillatory Components at 10 GHz

April 20, 2009

Author(s)

Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, David A. Howe

The performance of microwave components is sensitive to vibrations to some extent. Among them, microwave cables and connectors, bandpass filters, mechanical...

Frequency comb spectroscopy with coherent optical sampling

April 20, 2009

Author(s)

Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury, William C. Swann

A stabilized frequency comb provides a broadband array of highly resolved comb lines. Using a multiheterodyne technique, we measure the amplitude and phase of...

Integration of a Mobile Terahertz Spectroscopic System based on HEB Heterodyne Detection

April 20, 2009

Author(s)

Jack T. Surek, Eyal Gerecht, Thomas J. Hofer

We are developing a mobile heterodyne terahertz system based on hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixer receivers to both image and obtain spectroscopic signatures...

A microfabricated photonic magnetometer

April 20, 2009

Author(s)

Jan Preusser, Svenja A. Knappe, John Kitching, Vladislav Gerginov

We present initial measurements of an atomic magnetometer in which the microfabricated sensor head is coupled to the control system by optical fibers. Since...

Advancing Manufacturing Research Through Competitions

April 17, 2009

Author(s)

Stephen B. Balakirsky, Rajmohan Madhavan

Competitions provide a technique for building interest and collaboration in targeted research areas. This paper will present a new competition that aims to...

Measuring 6LI(N,T) and 10B(N,A) Cross Sections Using the NIST Alpha-Gamma Device

April 15, 2009

Author(s)

Maynard S. Dewey, David M. Gilliam, Jeffrey S. Nico, G.L. Green, A. Laptev, A. Yue

The 6LI(N,T) and 10B(N,A) cross sections are important neutron cross section standards. Precise knowledge of these cross sections is essential because they are...

Quantum Resistant Public Key Cryptography: A Survey

April 14, 2009

Author(s)

Ray A. Perlner, David A. Cooper

Public key cryptography is widely used to secure transactions over the Internet. However, advances in quantum computers threaten to undermine the security...

Characterizing Scratch Appearance on Polymer Coatings and Plastics:Effects of Illumination and Pigment Color

April 13, 2009

Author(s)

Li Piin Sung, Haiqing Hu

Scratch resistance is a desirable coating characteristic and is a key critical performance property in industry for evaluating the durability of polymer...

Publication 16 - Committee Reports for the 94th National Conference on Weights and Measures (Agenda)

April 13, 2009

Author(s)

Tina G. Butcher, Linda D. Crown, Lisa Warfield, Steven E. Cook, Ralph A. Richter

This is the annual meeting agenda for the standing committees of the National Conference on Weights and Measures. This meeting is scheduled to take place July...

Detector performance in long-distance quantum key distribution using superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

April 12, 2009

Author(s)

Burm Baek, Lijun Ma, Alan Mink, Xiao Tang, Sae Woo Nam

The recent advances in superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD or SSPD) technology has enabled long distance quantum key distribution (QKD) over...

Reference Metrology in a Research Fab: The NIST Clean Calibrations Thrust

April 12, 2009

Author(s)

Ronald G. Dixson, Ndubuisi G. Orji, Joseph Fu, Thomas B. Renegar, Xiaoyu A. Zheng, Theodore V. Vorburger, Albert M. Hilton, Marc J. Cangemi, Lei Chen, Michael A. Hernandez, Russell E. Hajdaj, Michael R. Bishop, Aaron Cordes

In 2004, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) commissioned the Advanced Measurement Laboratory (AML) a state-of-the-art, five-wing...

Using the Media Independent Information Service to Support Mobile Authentication in Fast Mobile IPv6

April 12, 2009

Author(s)

Constantine K. Christakos, Antonio Izquierdo Manzanares, Richard A. Rouil, Nada T. Golmie

We explore the use of the Media Independent Information Service (MIIS) in the IEEE 802.21 Media Independent Handover (MIH) framework to improve handover...

CYCLE_D VERSION 4.0: Theoretical Vapor Compression Cycle Design Program

April 9, 2009

Author(s)

J S. Brown, Piotr A. Domanski, Eric Lemmon

This paper presents Version 4.0 of the CYCLE_D: NIST Vapor Compression Cycle Design Program. The model can simulate a basic subcritical or transcritical...

Accurate Picometers for DC and Low-Frequency Displacement Measurement

April 6, 2009

Author(s)

Jon R. Pratt, Douglas T. Smith, Lowell Howard

We have developed a fiber-optic interferometer optimized for best performance in the frequency range from DC to 1 kHz, with displacement linearity of 1 % over a...

Effect of Line Width Roughness on Optical Scatterometry Measurements

April 6, 2009

Author(s)

Brent C. Bergner, Thomas Germer, Thomas Suleski

Line width roughness (LWR) has been identified as a potential source of uncertainty in scatterometry measurements, and characterizing its effect is required to...

Mapping the Edge-Roughness of Test Structure Features for Nanometer-Level CD Reference-Materials

April 2, 2009

Author(s)

Michael W. Cresswell, M Davidson, Geraldine I. Mijares, Richard A. Allen, Jon C. Geist, M R. Bishop

The near-term objective of the work reported here is developing a protocol for rapidly mapping CD and edge roughness from high-resolution SEM images of...

Accurately Measuring Unsteady Water Flows Using A Dynamic Standard

April 1, 2009

Author(s)

Iosif I. Shinder, Michael R. Moldover

We recently presented and tested a model for a dynamic gravimetric standard for steady water flows. In the range 10 kg/s to 60 kg/s, the difference between the...

Development of quantitative electric force microscopy for surface and subsurface characterization of nanostructures in polymeric coatings

April 1, 2009

Author(s)

Minhua Zhao

Electron Microscope Study of Strain in InGaN Quantum Wells in GaN Nanowires

April 1, 2009

Author(s)

Roy H. Geiss, David T. Read

GaN nanowires with InGaN quantum wells (QW) were grown on heated Si(111) substrates by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) using elemental Ga and In and a radio...

Standard Radio CommunicationTest Method for Mobile Ground Robots

March 31, 2009

Author(s)

Kate Remley, Galen H. Koepke

This paper describes a proposed standard method for conducting a performance evaluation of wireless communications links used for the control and telemetry...

A Location-Based Mechanism for Mobile Device Security

March 31, 2009

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen, Vlad Korolev

While mobile handheld devices, such as cell phones and PDAs, provide productivity benefits, they also pose new risks. A vital safeguard against unauthorized...

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