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Conferences

Perspectives on the Future of Manufacturing Engineering

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

R Jackson

Technology-based competition is heating up everywhere. One economist uses the analogy-not of a race--but of a casino to convey the flavor of the global...

Characterization of the Alloy-Solution Interface

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

H J. Mueller

For metals undergoing corrosion, a layer of water molecules becomes charged due to electrons accumulating on the outer metal surface and hydrated positive ions...

Microscale Test Technique and Test Results for Aluminum Thin Films

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

David T. Read, Joseph D. McColskey, Yi-Wen Cheng

A microscale, skyhook-type tensile-test technique has been developed to extend tensile testing to micrometer-scale specimens. This technique has been used to...

A Finite Volume PDE Solver Using Python (FiPy)

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Jonathan E. Guyer, Daniel Wheeler, James A. Warren

We present an object oriented partial differential equation (PDE) solver written in Python based on a standard finite volume (FV) approach.The solution of...

Measuring Flow Boundary Conditions and Nano-Scale Coating Processes During Sharkskin Melt Fracture

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Kalman Migler

Micelles formed of amphiphilic diblock copolymers may have applications in drug delivery and in understanding the physics of biological structures. Wormlike...

Incorporation of Stereo, Regio and Comonomer Defects Into the Crystalline Regions of Isotactic Polypropylene: Results From NMR, Molecular Dynamics and Chemical Shift Calculations

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

David L. VanderHart, Marc R. Nyden, R G. Alamo, L Mandelkern

We have shown that under conditions of crystallization during cooling at 1C/min, substantial amounts of 'defects' of the types a) stereo-mrrm, b) regio-2,1...

Effects of Proteins on Metal Corrosion

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

H J. Mueller

A previous report (Mueller, IMS, Ottawa, Canada, 1998) revealed that the modeled equivalent electrical circuits for either silver or copper surfaces were...

Comparison of Area Measurements of Apertures for Exo-Atmospheric Solar Irradiance Between NIST and JPL

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Maritoni Litorja, B. Carol Johnson, J B. Fowler

A comparison of the area measurements of the limiting apertures used for total solar irradiance measurements in the Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor...

The Establishment and Verification of Traceability for Remote Sensing Radiometry, With an Eye Towards Intercomparison of Results

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

B. Carol Johnson, Joseph P. Rice, Steven W. Brown

Establishment of traceability is necessary for placing results and estimates of their uncertainty on an absolute scale. There are a number of factors that must...

Metrology for Remote Sensing Radiometry

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

B. Carol Johnson, Steven W. Brown, Joseph P. Rice

Metrology, the science of measurement, is discussed in terms of measurements of radiant flux and associated quantities. Radiometric measurements are naturally...

Raman Microspectroscopy of Some High Explosives, Revisited

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

E S. Etz, S V. Roberson, J Greg Gillen

Current NIST research is discussed on the characterization by micro-Raman spectroscopy of several high explosives (HES). The RamanSpectra are evaluated relative...

The Nuts and Bolts and Results of Fluorine Bomb Calorimetry

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

P A. O'Hare

The technique of fluorine bomb calorimetry is outlined with special emphasis on the experimental methods, including the construction of the reaction vessel and...

A Brief Summary of the NIST Organic Thermochemistry Archive

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

H Y. Afeefy, J F. Liebman, Stephen E. Stein

This brief description summarizes the contents, philosophy and evolution of The NIST Organic Thermochemistry Archive, a chapter of the NIST Chemistry WebBook.

Chemical Taxonomy a Novel Annotation Technique for Chemical Genomics and Semantic Web

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Talapady N. Bhat, H Rodriguez

: Chemistry and Biology that are traditionally dominated by experimentalists, are emerging to be one of the most active areas of science in the modern era of...

Formlations of the Basic Vector Network Analyzer Error Model Including Switch Terms

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Roger Marks

This paper explores details of the relationship between two expressions of the basic error model describing a two-part vector network analyzer (VNA). One of...

Nitrides in Materials Science: Some Thermodynamic Aspects

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

P A. O'Hare

Recent studies by fluorine bomb calorimetry are described that lead to the determination of the standard molar enthalpy of formation of silicon nitride, [Δ] fH...

Chemical Taxonomies and Semantic Web for AIDS Research- an over view

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Talapady N. Bhat

Chemical structures provide the basis for understanding and rationalizing drug discovery process fro Human diseases. The study of interactions of chemicals with...

Inhibition of Silane Ignition by Iodine Containing Additives

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Valeri I. Babushok, Wing Tsang

The results of numerical studies on the influence of iodine and hydrogen iodide additives on silane self-ignition limits are reported. The entire matrix of...

Equivalency of the Rankings of Inhibitor Effectiveness for Combustion of Hydrocarbon Fuels

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Valeri I. Babushok, Wing Tsang, William L. Grosshandler

The search for alternatives to halon 1301 has involved numerous flame studies, with the effectiveness of different agents compared using a range of gaseous and...

Molecular Pathology: Role in Improving Patient Outcome Impact of DNA Typing on Standards and Practice in the Forensic Community

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

D J. Reeder

This paper reviews the history of DNA-based human identification from its inception in 1985. From the beginning of the technology, experts called for setting of...

Chemical Characterization of Magnetic Materials at High Spatial Resolution

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

J H. Scott

The fabrication of nanoscale magnetic materials and novel heterostructures has placed greatdemands on the analytical tools used to characterize the chemical and...

A History of Encasements; Technology Preserving the Charters of Freedom

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Christopher J. Evans

In its centennial year, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will complete the second set of hermetic encasements for the nation's founding...

Metrology of Localized Inhomogeneity in Optical Glass

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Angela Davies

The optical glass industry does not have a standard method of quantiatively evaluating localized inhomogeneities (striae). We are developing an interferometric...

Electrical Manipulation of Gold Nanoparticles for Microfluidic Applications

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Darwin R. Reyes-Hernandez, Geraldine I. Mijares, Kimberly A. Briggman, Jon C. Geist, Michael Gaitan

An electrical method to trap and release gold nanoparticles to and from the surface of alkanethiol-modified gold electrodes is presented. When a positive bias...

Towards Information Networks to Support Composable Manufacturing

October 15, 2008

Author(s)

Mahesh Mani, Albert W. Jones, Jun H. Shin, Ram D. Sriram

Rigid, supply-chain organizational structures are giving way to highly dynamic collaborative partnerships. These partnerships will develop rapidly by composing...

Tradeoffs in Building a Generic Supply Chain Simulation Capability

October 15, 2008

Author(s)

Sanjay Jain

Building a simulation model for any large complex sys-tem requires high expertise and effort. These requirements can be reduced through building generic...

Finned-Tube Heat Exchanger Simulation Program With Refrigerant Circuitry Optimization Capability

October 15, 2008

Author(s)

Piotr A. Domanski, David A. Yashar, Kenneth Kaufman

This paper presents an interactive finned-tube evaporator and condenser design program, EVAP-COND (ver. 3), which incorporates a computational intelligence...

Efficient Error Concealment for the Whole-frame Loss Based on H.264/AVC

October 15, 2008

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi, Bo Yan

For low bit-rate video communications, each video frame usually fills the payload of a single network packet. In this situation, the loss of a packet may result...

Single Molecule Analysis of Electrodynamically Stretched DNA in Nanochannels

October 13, 2008

Author(s)

Samuel M. Stavis, Christian H. Reccius, John T. Mannion, Larry P. Walker, Harold G. Craighead

A rapid (~20 ms) and precise (~110 nm) analytical method is presented for stretching and interrogating single DNA molecules. Conformation, length, speed and...

Oxide Reliability of SiC MOS Devices

October 12, 2008

Author(s)

Liangchun (. Yu, Kin P. Cheung, Jason P. Campbell, John S. Suehle, Kuang Sheng

Silicon carbide possesses excellent material properties for high temperature, high frequency and high power applications. Among all the device structures...

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