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Conferences

A New Binary Inductive Divider Comparator System for Measuring High-Voltage Thermal Converters

May 1, 2001

Author(s)

Joseph R. Kinard Jr., Thomas E. Lipe Jr., S. Avramov

National Measurement Institutes have traditionally used bootstrapping or build-up techniques to determine the ac-dc difference of high-voltage thermal...

Permeability Prediction From Non-Destructive Imaging of Composite Microstructure

May 1, 2001

Author(s)

Joy Dunkers, Frederick R. Phelan Jr., Kathleen M. Flynn, D P. Sanders, Richard~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined~undefined Parnas

In this work, binary images of the microstructure of a unidirectional E-glass/epoxy composite were generated from the low contrast OCT data through image de...

MALDI MS of Saturated Hydrocarbon Polymers: Polyethylene and Other Polyolefins

May 1, 2001

Author(s)

William E. Wallace, Charles M. Guttman, B M. Fanconi, Barry J. Bauer

Saturated hydrocarbon polymers, polyethylene and polypropylene, are, by production volume, the most widely used of all synthetic polymers. Their molecular mass...

The Influence of Laser Energy of MALDI on the Molecular Mass Distribution of Synthetic Polymers

May 1, 2001

Author(s)

S Wetzel, Charles M. Guttman, Kathleen M. Flynn

The desorption/ionization process of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) is not completely understood...

Reconfigurable Machine Controllers using the OMAC API

May 1, 2001

Author(s)

S Birla, D -. Faulkner, John L. Michaloski, S -. Sorenson, G Weinert, James H. Yen

With enterprises facing tremendous time-to-market pressures, manufacturing systems must be implemented quickly and modified easily. The ability of the open...

High-Resolution Rb Two-Photon Spectroscopy With Ultrafast Lasers

May 1, 2001

Author(s)

T H. Yoon, A Marian, John L. Hall, Jun Ye

A two-photon wmsition in cold Rb atoms will be probed with a phase-coherent wide-bandwidth femtosecond laser comb. Frequency domainanalysis yields a high...

Transfer Calibration Validation Tests on a Heat Flux Sensor in the 51 mm High-Temperature-Blackbody

May 1, 2001

Author(s)

A V. Murthy, Benjamin K. Tsai, Robert D. Saunders

Facilities and techniques to characterize heat flux sensors are under development at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. As a part of this...

Looking at the Whole Picture: A Case Study of Analyzing a Virtual Workplace

May 1, 2001

Author(s)

Michelle P. Steves, Emile L. Morse

Evaluating collaborative systems is much more difficult than evaluating single-user systems due to the number of simultaneous (synchronous) or intertwined (both...

Mode-Locked Erbium/Ytterbium Co-Doped Waveguide Laser

May 1, 2001

Author(s)

John B. Schlager, Berton Callicoatt, Kevin L. Silverman, Richard Mirin, Norman Sanford, D. L. Veasey

Picosecond pulses are generated from a passively mode-locked ER3+/Yb3+ co-doped planar waveguide laser in an extended cavity configuration with a semiconductor...

Comparison of Agent Extinguishment of Hydrogen and Hydrocarbon Flames Using FID.

April 24, 2001

Author(s)

J Knutsen, E L. Morrey, J Riches

Codification of Wind Loads on Buildings Using Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Climatological Data Bases.

April 24, 2001

Author(s)

Jiann C. Yang, Marc R. Nyden, Samuel L. Manzello

An aircraft engine nacelle simulator was built to study the dispersion behavior of CF3I, a potential halon 1301 (CF3Br) replacement, at an extremely cold...

Anomalous Effects of Water in Firefighting: Increased Fire Intensities by Azeotropic Distillation Effects.

April 24, 2001

Author(s)

W W. Bannister, C C. Chen, N Euaphantasate

Premixed Flame Inhibition by Manganese and Tin Compounds

April 24, 2001

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris, Vadim D. Knyazev, Valeri I. Babushok

Flame inhibition data exist for a few metallic compounds (Fe(CO)5, Pb(C2H5)4, CrO2Cl2) which show them to be one or two orders of magnitude more effective than...

Molecular Order at Polymer Interfaces Measured by Broad-Bandwidth Vibrationally Resolved Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

April 23, 2001

Author(s)

P T. Wilson, Kimberly A. Briggman, John C. Stephenson, William E. Wallace, Lee J. Richter

Broad-bandwidth vibrationally-resolved sum frequency generation spectroscopy has been used to measure the molecular orientation distribution at polystyrene...

Global Dissemination of Performance Data and Information

April 2, 2001

Author(s)

Richard W. Bukowski, Richard D. Peacock

Adaptive Grid Refinement and Multigrid on Cluster Computers

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

William F. Mitchell

It has been shown that the combination of adaptive grid refinement and multigrid solution, known as adaptive multilevel methods, provide effective methods for...

Premixed Flame Inhibition by Manganese and Tin Compounds

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris, Vadim D. Knyazev, Valeri I. Babushok

In this work we presented the first experimental measurements of influence of manganese- and tin-containing compounds (MMT, TMT0 on burning velocity of methane...

Experiences with Using Solar Photovoltaics to Heat Domestic Water

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Brian P. Dougherty, Arthur H. Fanney

The solar photovoltaic (PV) industry continues to make progress in increasing the efficiency while reducing the manufacturing costs of PV cells. Economies of...

Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES): Software for Selecting Cost-Effective Green Building Products

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Barbara C. Lippiatt, A Boyles

The BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) tool implements a rational, systematic technique for selecting cost-effective green building...

Acquiring, Analyzing, and Using Complete Three-Dimensional Aggregate Shape Information

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Edward J. Garboczi, Nicos Martys, H A. Saleh, Richard A. Livingston

The shape of aggregates, from whatever source, plays a crucial role in determining the properties of the composite material in which they are embedded (e.g...

NIST Research on Structural Performance of Housing Systems

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Fahim Sadek, Michael A. Riley

An outline of NIST research in the area of structural performance of housing systems is presented in this paper. The performance of wood-frame houses in past...

Design Procedures for Structures with Supplemental Dampers

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Fahim Sadek, Michael A. Riley

Passive energy dissipation devices are used to reduce the damage from earthquakes by absorbing a portion of the earthquake-induced energy in structures. Wide...

Effect of Self-Assembled Monolayer Technology on Fiber-Matrix Adhesion

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Gale A. Holmes, E Feresenbet, D T. Raghavan

The concept of an interphase region between an adherent and a matrix or adhesive was first introduced in 1972 by Sharpe. Since this introduction, the role of...

Making MALDI-TOF-MS an Absolute Method for Determination of the MMD of Polymers

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Charles M. Guttman, William R. Blair, S Wetzel

In 1963, Donald McIntyre of the NBS Polymers Division produced the first polymer molecular mass standards to be issued by NBS as Standard Reference Materials...

Dielectric Properties and Morphology of Ferroelectric Ceramic-Polymer composite Films

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

C. K. Chiang, R Popielarz, Li Piin Sung

Dielectric constant and morphology of BaTiO3-polymer composite films were studied as a function of the filler concentration. The morphology of the films was...

Difficulties Making Reliability Predictions For Si, GaAs, and Inp

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Grady S. White, L M. Braun

The lifetime prediction model that has been developed for brittle materials implicitly assumes an initial flaw population from which, under the influence of an...

Structure and Property Characterization of Porous Low-k Dialectric Constant Thin Films Using X-ray Reflectivity and Small Angle Neutron Scattering

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Eric K. Lin, Wen-Li Wu, C Jin, J T. Wetzel

A novel methodology using a combination of high energy ion scattering x-ray reflectivity, and small angle neutron scattering is used to characterize the...

Polymer Matrix Effects on the Properties of Amorphous Calcium Phosphate-Filled Composites

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Drago Skrtic, Joseph M. Antonucci, D E. Eanes

Calcium phosphate are funding increasing use as biomaterials, e.g. in the treatment of defective mineralized tissues. Crystaline hydroxyapatite (HAP) is...

Designing Nanocrystal Nanosystems: Quantum-Dot Quantum-Wells to Quantum-Dot Solids

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

Garnett W. Bryant, W Jaskolski

To design nanocrystal nanosystems, a theory for nanocrystals is needed which can be applied to nanocrystals with atomic-scale variations in composition...

Modification of Spontaneous Emission of Quantum Dots: Purcell Effect in Semiconductor Microcavities

April 1, 2001

Author(s)

A Rahmani, Garnett W. Bryant

We condider the spontaneous emission of a quantum dot embedded in a cavity. Purcell and local-field effects are investigated using the coupled dipole method and...

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