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Conferences

Advanced Techniques for Nanocharacterization of Polymeric Coating Surfaces

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Xiaohong Gu, Tinh Nguyen, Li Piin Sung, Mark R. VanLandingham, Y C. Jean, Jonathan W. Martin

The applications of AFM and nanoindentation on study of surface property of polymeric coatings have been demonstrated. The surface microstructure of several...

Real-Time Dielectric Measurements and Microstructure of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Anthony J. Bur, Y E. Lee, S C. Roth

Measuring Ineffectiveness

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees

Applications of Sinkhorn Balancingto Counting Problems

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Isabel M. Beichl, F Sullivan

We describe a gneral Monte Carlo technique based on work of Knuth for estimating the size of trees in backtrack algorithms. This method, based on importance...

The Effects of Human Variation in DUC Summarization Evaluation

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Donna K. Harman, Paul D. Over

There is a long history of research in automatic text summarization systems by both the text retrieval and the natural language processing communities, but...

Crystallite Size and Residual Strain/Stress Modeling in Rietveld Refinement

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Davor Balzar, N Popa

We consider thft problem of microstructure modeling in Rietveld refinement, in particular of crystallite size and residual strain/stress andpropose the...

Phase Field Modeling of Solidification Under Stress

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Julia Slutsker, Alexander L. Roytburd, James A. Warren, Geoffrey B. McFadden, William J. Boettinger

A phase-field model that includes stress field during non-isothermal solidification of a one-component system has been developed. The model has been applied to...

Systematic Observations of 150 W Metal-Halide Arc Lamps Containing a Progression of Additive Chemistries

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

John J. Curry, Craig J. Sansonetti

With three complimentary diagnostic methods, we examined a series of 150 W metal-halide arc lamps containing a progression of additive chemistries: 1) pure Hg...

An Uncertainty Analysis of a NIST Hydrocarbon Liquid Flow Calibration Facility

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Tsyh Tyan Yeh, Pedro I. Espina, G E. Mattingly, N Briggs, Jesus J. Aguilera

The paper presents the uncertainty characterization of NIST s new hydrocarbon liquid calibrator (HLFC). This facility uses a passive piston prover technique...

Systematic Errors in Noise Parameter Determination Due to Imperfect Source Impedance Measurement

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Wojciech Wiatr, Dave K. Walker

We present a rigorous analysis of systematic errors int he four-noise parameter determination of a two-port network using the cold-source technique. The method...

TE_01δDIELECTRIC-RESONATOR TECHNIQUE FOR PRECISE MEASUREMENTS OF THE COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY OF LOSSY LIQUIDS AT FREQUENCIES BELOW 1 GHz.

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Jerzy Krupka, Kristof Derzakowski, Michael D. Janezic, James R. Baker-Jarvis

A novel TE 01δmode cylindrical dielectric resonator has been used to measure the complex permittivity of liquids. Measurements have been performed at...

A Bayesian/Maximum Entropy Method for the Certification of a Nanocrystallite-Size NIST Standard Reference Material

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

N G. Armstrong, W Kalceff, James Cline, John E. Bonevich

A Bayesian/Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) method for determining crystallite size distribution and morphology from size-broadened x-ray line profiles is presented...

Deviations From Equilibrium of Thallium Level Populations in a Metal Halide Arc Lamp

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

D Karahourniotis, John J. Curry, E Drakakis, Eric C. Benck

The excitation equilibrium in a metal halide lamp was studied using a method based on optically thick lines without the assumption of local thermodynamic...

High Heat-Flux Sensor Calibration: A Monte Carlo Modeling

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

A V. Murthy, A Prokhorov, D P. DeWitt

Conventional calibration of heat-flux sensors uses high-temperature blackbody radiation, and places the sensors away from the blackbody aperture. This approach...

NIST Impulse Spectrum Amplitude Measurement Service

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Nicholas Paulter, Donald R. Larson

The NIST service for measuring the impulse spectrum amplitude of the output of impulse generators is described. The calibration procedures used in this...

Retrieval Evaluation with Incomplete Information

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

C E. Buckley, Ellen M. Voorhees

This paper examines whether the Cranfield evaluation methodology is robust to gross violations of the completeness assumption (i.e., the assumption that all...

On the Effect of Limited Competition Between Greedy ASs on Internet Services

June 28, 2004

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh, R E. Van Dyck

Determination of Frequency Coefficients for Thermal Voltage Converters and Digital Voltmeters by Comparison to Inductive Voltage Dividers

June 28, 2004

Author(s)

Joseph R. Kinard Jr., Thomas E. Lipe Jr., Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic

The Ac-dc Transfer Project at NIST is expanding the use of inductive voltage dividers (IVDs) for the calibration of high-voltage ranges of thermal voltage...

1 A and 120 mA Thin-Film Multijunction Thermal Converters

June 28, 2004

Author(s)

H. Laiz, Thomas F. Wunsch, Joseph R. Kinard Jr., Thomas E. Lipe Jr.

We report on the development of thin-film multijunction thermal converters for the measurement of ac current. The materials and designs chosen for these devices...

Silicon-Based Tunable-Barrier Single Charge Sources

June 27, 2004

Author(s)

Neil M. Zimmerman

We have demonstrated the operation of, and are assessing theoretically and experimentally the error rates of, silicon-based single-electron turnstiles, pumps...

Temperature Determination of the Ag-and Au-Freezing Points Using a Detector-Based Radiation Thermometer

June 26, 2004

Author(s)

Howard W. Yoon, David W. Allen, Charles E. Gibson, Maritoni A. Litorja, Robert D. Saunders, Steven W. Brown, George P. Eppeldauer, Keith R. Lykke

Modeling the Performance of a Naturally Ventilated Commercial Building With a Multizone Coupled Thermal/Airflow Simulation Tool.

June 26, 2004

Author(s)

James W. Axley, Steven Emmerich, George Walton

Naural ventilation systems have long been employed in European residences to control indoor air quality and provide thermal comfort. European building designers...

A Comparison of ITS-90 and Detector-Based Scales Between NPL and NIST Using Metal-Carbon Eutectics

June 26, 2004

Author(s)

Graham Machin, Charles E. Gibson, D L. Lowe, David W. Allen, Howard Yoon

Portable LED-Illuminated Radiance Source

June 25, 2004

Author(s)

David W. Allen, G Dezsi, Howard W. Yoon

Comparison of Direct and Indirect Methods of Spectral Infrared Emittance Measurement

June 25, 2004

Author(s)

Leonard M. Hanssen, A Prokhorov, V B. Khromchenko, Sergey Mekhontsev

Near Infrared Indirect Emissivity Measurements and System Employing a Vacuum Goniometer

June 25, 2004

Author(s)

Matthias Rink, Vladimir Kromchenko, Sergey Mekhontsev, Leonard Hanssen

Spectral Characterization of HST Calibration Lamps - New Pt/Ct-Ne Line Catalogues and Ageing Test

June 25, 2004

Author(s)

F Kerber, Michael R. Rosa, Craig J. Sansonetti, Joseph Reader, Gillian Nave, P Bristow, M Fiorentio, G Lercher

The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility's (ST-ECF) lamp project, funded directly by the European Space Agency (ESA), is dedicated to the study of...

Preliminary Instrumentation for the Efficient Use of Web-Based Electronic Health Records

June 24, 2004

Author(s)

Sydney Henrard

NIST has devised preliminary elements (technical hooks) of a convenient logging method for Web-based electronic health record (EHR) dialogues. These can...

Comparison of an Oil-Bath Blackbody to a Water-Bath Blackbody Using the NIST TXR

June 22, 2004

Author(s)

Benjamin K. Tsai, Joseph P. Rice

Emittance Standards for Improved Radiation Thermometry During Thermal Processing of Silicon Materials

June 22, 2004

Author(s)

Benjamin K. Tsai, D P. DeWitt, E A. Early, Leonard M. Hanssen, Sergey Mekhontsev, Matthias Rink, Kenneth G. Kreider, B J. Lee, Zhuomin Zhang

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