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NIST is starting two ambitious projects to (1) develop a taxonomy of software security flaws and vulnerabilities, (2) develop a taxonomy of software assurance...
Although instrumented indentation and atomic forcve microscope (AFM) are utilized extensively for the measurement of forces in the piconewton to millinewton...
The step-diagonal test modifies the diagonal displacement test for machine tool performance evaluation by executing a diagonal as a sequence of single-axis...
Michael L. McGlauflin, Johannes A. Soons, M A. Donmez
This paper investigates an alternative method to assess thermal errors due to the heat generated by moving linear axes using a spindle-mounted probe and simple...
The National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) pioneered the use of circular line-heat-sources in guarded hot...
We discuss the performance of a feed-forward amplifier (FFA) at 10GHz. The feed-forward method is primarily used to suppress intermodulation distortion in...
V Shah, P Schwindt, Vladislav Gerginov, Svenja A. Knappe, Leo W. Hollberg, John E. Kitching
We demonstrate a simple technique to significantly improve the long-term frequency stability in atomic clocks vased on coherent population trapping (CPT). In...
Developing exchange standards for technical product data started historically as multiple, and isolated, national efforts in the 1970s and early 80s. The...
In this paper, we characterize microwave nonlinearity in a high temperature superconducting (HTS) thin film sample by measurement of a geometry-independent...
Molecular dynamics simulation is used to calculate the infinite-dilution diffusivity of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) in steam at conditions of temperature and...
Toby Padilla, Timothy P. Quinn, D. R. Munoz, R. A. Rorrer, John R. Berger
This study provides experimental data for determining the factors affecting wire feeding performance. Full-scale experiments show that feeding performance, in...
We describe a dynamic atomic force microscopy (AFM) method to map the nanoscale elastic properties of surfaces, thin films, and nanostructures. Our approach is...
Stephanie A. Hooker, Jens Mueller, Clayton Kostelecky, K. Womer
Piezoelectric ceramics are desirable actuator materials for many biomedical applications due to their ability to generate precise, controlled motion with...
In this article, we investigate the suitability of wireless technologies in healthcare/hospital environments. We focus on Wireless Personal Area Network...
The National Software Reference Library (NSRL) of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collects software from various sources and...
The National Software Reference Library (NSRL) of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collects software from various sources and...
Dongjin Lee, Thomas W. LeBrun, Arvind Balijepalli, Jason J. Gorman, Cedric V. Gagnon, Daehie Hong, Esther H. Chang
This paper presents the design of a multiple beam optical tweezers instrument used for manipulating micro/nano-sized components. The basic equations used in...
The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) is working on the challenges of interconnecting components of automated dimensional metrology systems. Our...
Michael W. Cresswell, Ronald G. Dixson, William F. Guthrie, Richard A. Allen, Christine E. Murabito, Brandon Park, Joaquin (. Martinez, Amy Hunt
The implementation of a new type of HRTEM-imaging (High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy) test structure, and the use of CD-AFM (CD-Atomic Force...
Kyoungsik Kim, Brian R. Washburn, G Wilpers, C. W. Oates, Leo W. Hollberg, Nathan R. Newbury, Scott Diddams, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, M. Yan
The frequency comb of a Cr:forsterite femtosecond laser is stabilized using the f-to-2f self-referencing technique. The frequency noise of the comb components...
There is a high probability that gases or liquids with high boiling points, higher than that of Halon 1301, will be required to provide fire protection in...
W W. Bannister, A Donatelli, F Bonner, F Lai, P Kurup, J Egan, E G. Jahngen, P Muanchareon, W Paramasawat, W Sriseubsai, S K. Chiang, V Kongkadee, S Sengupta, R Nagarajan, N Euaphantasate, V Parma, M Cazeca, E Chen, A Morales
Thomas E. Lipe Jr., Joseph R. Kinard Jr., Charles J. Burroughs, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel Benz
We report the preliminary results of a project to improve the NIST calibration service for low-voltage thermal transfer standards. Central to this project is...
Mark W. Davis, Arthur H. Fanney, Michael J. LaBarre, K R. Henderson, Brian P. Dougherty
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have measured the performance of a residential fuel cell system when subjected to...