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Conferences

Superfluid-to-Mott-Insulating Transition in a One-Dimensional Atomic Gas

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

C Fertig, K M. O'Hara, J H. Huckans, James V. Porto, William D. Phillips

Over the past two decades, the Mott-insulating phase transition has received a great deal of attention as a prototypical example of a quantum phase transition

Fundamental Parameters Line Profile Fitting in Laboratory Diffractometers

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

R W. Cheary, A A. Coelho, James Cline

The fundamental parameters approach to line profile fitting uses physically based models to generate the line profile shapes. Fundamental parameters profile

Optical Anisotropy in Viscoelastic Carbon Nanotube Suspensions

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

D J. Fry, Erik K. Hobbie

Carbon nanotubes, having remarkably high tensile strength, large aspect ratio, and enhanced electrical and thermal properties, continue to hold much promise as

Peel Test Revisited Using Novel High Throughput Methods

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

A Chiche, Wenhua Zhang, Christopher Stafford

We have developed a novel combinatorial method for peel testing based on the use of gradient techniques, including surface roughness and energy, adhesive or

Dynamical Adhesion Force of Cells on Biomaterial Substrates

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

Y N. Deng, Carl Simon Jr., P M. McGuiggan, Sheldon M. Wiederhorn, Brian R. Lawn

The adhesion of cells to synthetic biomaterial implant surfaces is an essential step for tissue growth in bone repair. Such adhesion can mandate whether the

Hydrosomes and Optical Tweezers: What Can We Do With the World s Smallest Test Tubes?

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

Joseph E. Reiner, Rani B. Kishore, Kristian Helmerson, M K. Gilson

Hydrosomes are micron sized surfactant stabilized water droplets in a fluorocarbon background. Different chemicals can be mixed with the water droplets to form

Superfluid Atomic Fermi Gas With a Vortex

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

N Nygaard, G M. Bruun, B I. Schneider, D L. Feder, Charles W. Clark

Dilute atomic gases have become a powerful tool for studying many-body quantum mechanics. The best example of this is the achievement of Bose-Einstein

Models and Control Approaches for the Microassembly of Microelectromechanical Systems

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

Jason J. Gorman, Nicholas Dagalakis

The majority of commercially available microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have depended on silicon micromachining for manufacturing. However, silicon

Field Measurements of State of Polarization and PMD from a Tier-1 Carrier

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

D Peterson, Paul Leo, Kent B. Rochford

Field measurements of the state of polarization in buried and aerial transmission fiber are presented and analyzed. State of polarization changes measured under

Coupling Efficiencies in Single-Photon On-Demand Sources

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

Stefania Castelletto, Ivo P. Degiovanni, M J. Ware, Alan L. Migdall

Many quantum computation and communication schemes require, or would significantly benefit from, true sources of single photon on-demand (SPOD). Unfortunately

High-Throughput Adhesion Testing of Combinatorial Libraries With Multi-Lens Arrays

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

Aaron M. Forster, Wenhua Zhang, Christopher Stafford

The NIST Combinatorial Methods Center (NCMC) has adapted the Johnson, Kendall, and Roberts (JKR) test to develop a high-throughput adhesion measurement platform

Combinatorial Techniques to Measure Curing of Epoxy Films

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

Aaron M. Forster, D Ragahavan, Naomi Eidelman, Alamgir Karim

Combinatorial methods were implemented in the investigation of time and temperature effects on epoxy curing by using three complementary techniques

Significant Parameters in the Optimization of MALDI-TOF-MS

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

S Wetzel, Kathleen M. Flynn, James J. Filliben

One of the most significant issues in any analytical technique is optimization. Optimization and calibration are key factors in quantitation. In matrix-assisted

Structure-Property Relationships of Thermoset Methacrylate Composites as a Function of Resin Matrices, Nanofillers, and Nanofiller Surface Chemistries

February 1, 2004

Author(s)

K W. O'Brien, Elizabeth Wilder, Joseph M. Antonucci

The goal of this research is to better understand the interactions and relationships between nanoparticle fillers, their surface treatment chemistries, various

Micromachined Alkali Atom Vapor Cells for Chip-Scale Atomic Clocks

January 30, 2004

Author(s)

Li-Anne Liew, Svenja A. Knappe, John M. Moreland, Hugh Robinson, Leo W. Hollberg, John Kitching

This paper describes the fabrication of chip-sized alkali atom vapor cells, for use in highly miniaturized atomic frequency references, using silicon

Force-deflection characterization of individual carbon nanotubes attached to MEMS devices

January 25, 2004

Author(s)

M Hartman, Paul Rice, Dudley Finch, G. D. Skidmore, Victor M. Bright

Results are presented for in-situ manipulation, attachment, and mechanical testing of individual carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on MEMS devices. Nanotubes positioned

Interoperable Dynamic Tactical Information for Public Safety Officials

January 23, 2004

Author(s)

William D. Davis, D D. Evans

Currently, fire department notification of a building fire comes from either a building fire alarm system monitoring service or a 911 call. The emergency

Using Nonoscillatory Splines to Model Urban Environments

January 15, 2004

Author(s)

David E. Gilsinn, Marjorie A. McClain, Christoph J. Witzgall

In this paper we introduce the notion of Lavery splines and examine their properties in the univariate case. We also discuss some of the details involved with

Approximating Limit Cycles of a Van der Pol Equation with Delay

January 15, 2004

Author(s)

David E. Gilsinn

In this paper a theorem of Stokes is used to establish the existence of a periodic solution of a Van der Pol equation with fixed delay in the neighborhood of an

Using Nanoscillatory Splines to Model Urban Environments

January 15, 2004

Author(s)

David E. Gilsinn, Marjorie A. McClain, Christoph J. Witzgall

Bayesian Analysis of Ceria Nanoparticles From Line Profile Data

January 12, 2004

Author(s)

N G. Armstrong, A Dowd, James Cline, W Kalceff

A Bayesian/Maximum entropy (MaxEnt) method is applied to quantify the broadening of X-ray line profiles in terms of the nanocrystallite size effects in ceria

Measurement Uncertainty and Traceability Issues: A Standards Activity Update

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

Steven D. Phillips

Theo1 Confidence Intervals

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

T Tasset, David A. Howe, Donald B. Percival

Correlation between Degree of Exfoliation, Dielectric Properties and Light Transmission of Nylon/Clay Nanocomposites Probed by an Online Dielectric Slit Die

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

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

Effect of Trace Subdivision on the Computation of Power Spectral Densities

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

Egon Marx

Progress Towards the Second-Generation Atomic Fountain Clock at NIST

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

Elizabeth A. Donley, Thomas P. Heavner, M O. Tataw, F Levi, Steven R. Jefferts

Analysis of Covalently Cationized Polystyrenes Using Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

Z Vakili, Kathleen M. Flynn, Charles M. Guttman, Mark Arnould, H M. Byrd

Production of covalently charged polymers of known molecular mass is important in determining the ability of mass spectrometry (MS) to provide exact Molecular

Scattering by a Sphere with a Dielectric Half-Space or on Another Sphere

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

Egon Marx

Particle contamination of dielectric or conducting surfaces can be detected by shining light on the surface and looking for abnormal scattering distributions

The Cesium Physics Package Design for the PARCS Experiment

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

E A. Burt, W M. Klipstein, R J. S

Non-Contact Determination of Free Carrier Concentration in n-GaInAsSb

January 1, 2004

Author(s)

James E. Maslar, Wilbur S. Hurst, C Wang, D A. Shiau

GaSb-based semiconductors are of interest for mid-infrared optoelectronic and high-speed electronic devices. Accurate determination of electrical properties is

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