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As sensor use in buildings becomes more wide spread, it is possible to use this information as input to an inverse fire model in order to enhance the value of
David R. Black, Robert S. Polvani, Kate Medicus, H E. Burdette
X-ray diffraction topography was used to investigate the relationship between sub-surface damage, near-surface microstructure, and fracture strength in a series
The Web has emerged as a dominant mode of making information available and is increasingly seen as the medium to support collaboration across boundaries of
Marcia L. Huber, C D. Holcomb, Stephanie L. Outcalt, J. R. Elliott
We measured bubble point pressures and coexisting liquid densities for two mixtures of R-134a and a polyolester (POE) lubricant. The mass fraction of the
This paper describes initial research using the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML97) in construction industry applications. The modeling of steel
For a class of deterministic systems chaotic dynamics entails irregular transitions between motions within a potential well (librations) and motions across a
Spatially-resolved magneto-optical (MO) images of a (0.3 nm Co/1.2 nm Pt)15 multilayer film with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy have been obtained by Kerr
Fillers are commonly used in industrial applications to alter the properties of polymer materials. However, little is known about the microscopic details of
We create an ultracold neutral plasma by photoionization of laser-cooled xenon atoms. The charge carrier density is as high as 2 x10^{9} cm^{-3}, and the
We have used long-lived uv transitions in the ground term of Ars 13+, Xe 31+ and Xe 32+ to directly image highly charged ions within an electron beam ion trap
J P. Burke, Carl J. Williams, Paul S. Julienne, Y B. Band, M Trippenbach
Four-wave mixing is a common process in nonlinear optics wherein the nonlinear interaction between light and matter allows three light waves to interact or mix
Single molecule fluorescence techniques for the study of macromolecular motion and conformational dynamics are useful for understanding the mechanisms of
A fun and timely problem in cavity quantum electrodynamics is the question of whether atoms are actually radiating anything when their spontaneous emission is
We have developed a frequency stabilized laser system to supply light to measure atomic-scale displacements of a stage moved in real time. Each laser in the
Hybrid bilayer membranes (HBM) are synthetic membrane mimics designed to form a biomimetic surface. The basic HBM system consists of a lipid monolayer adsorbed
A new platform for monitoring hybridization of thiol-derivatized DNA probes (SH-DNA) immobilized on gold surfaces is currently being developed. The gold surface
Grazing incidence X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (GIXPS) can be used to obtain both chemical and structural information to describe the depth profile for a
Optimizing and understanding the parameters involved in thin film DNA hybridizations are important to emerging DNA sensor array technologies. We recently
Agricultural biotechnology requires methods for the early diagnosis of the effects of environmental stressors such as excessive exposure to ozone, metal and
The abstraction of hydrogen atoms by hydroxyl radicals is the determining factor in the tropospheric lifetimes of most saturated organic compounds, including
L A. Tully, Frederick P. Schwarz, Barbara C. Levin
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is developing a heteroplasmic human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) standard reference material (SRM) to
M C. Wheeler, Richard E. Cavicchi, G Poirier, Stephen Semancik
While conductometric gas sensing has been widely studied, the mechanisms are not well understood (particularly for modified oxides). For example, what magnitude
We have fabricated an electrochemical biosensor for detecting structure changes in a phospholipid layer absorbed onto a mixed thioalkyl self-assembled monolayer
The broad range of substrate polypeptides that interact with the GroEL chaperonin has prompted the proposal that hydrophobic interactions provide the primary
Peter M. Vallone, R. Owczarzy, P. V. Riccelli, A. S. Benight
Melting Analysis of DNA Dumbbells with Repeating Dinucleotide Stem Sequences Reveals Evidence for Long Range Sequence Dependent Interactions in Short Duplex DNA
An important question regarding the mechanism of N-glycosidic bond cleavage by pyrimidine-specific DNA glycosylases is how the enzyme activates the pyrimidine
Although many techniques for microanalysis exist, few are totally nondestructive, easy to maintain, or portable. Techniques such as Electron Probe Microanalysis