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The use of conformity assessment as a means by which buyers and sellers can communicate requirements and conformance will increase as information technology...
H Boukari, Andrew J. Allen, Gabrielle G. Long, J Ilavsky, Jay S. Wallace, C C. Berndt, H Herman
We have studied the microstructure of thick plasma-sprayed yttrium-stabilized zirconia deposits fabricated from different initial feedstock particle size (32...
Andrew J. Allen, J Ilavsky, Gabrielle G. Long, Jay S. Wallace, C C. Berndt, H Herman
Various methods have been applied to the microstructural characterization of thermally-sprayed depostis. However, coexisting anisotropic distributions of intra...
A scanning tunneling Microscope in ultrahigh vacuum is used to measure the profile of electronic properties of cleaved amorphous silicon solarcells. -Their...
In scanned probe microscopy, it is necessary to know the tip's geometry in order to correct image distortions due to its finite size. Heretofore, methods have...
This paper provides an overview of the explosive growth of outsourcing in the electronics industry, which has created a 30% growth rate in the Electronics...
A new time-domain reflectometry measurement method is described that provides accurate measurements of the average high frequency (0.1 GHz to 10 GHz) dielectric...
An inexpensive, wide bandwidth, high cycle 50 ω probe is described for making electrical contact to printed wiring board planar transmission lines. The...
Barry J. Bauer, T J. Prosa, D W. Liu, C L. Jackson, D A. Tomalia, Eric J. Amis
Interpenetrating polymer networks are formed by dissolving poly(amidoamine) dendrimers in 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and polymerizing with dendrimer contents...
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The fiber/resin interface is critical to the final mechanical properties of a composite part. The extent f cure and cross-link density affect the resin...
This paper presents the simulation and performance of PNNI ATM networks by using an ATM PNNI Routing Protocol Simulator (APRoPS). This simulator was developed...
Rapidly, changing building designs, uses, materials, contents, fire protection and the general intermix of industrial/commercial and residential occupancies has...
Richard D. Peacock, Richard W. Bukowski, S. H. Markos
Recent advances in fire test methods and hazard analysis techniques make it useful to re-examine passenger train fire safety requirements. The use of test...
Using MPI to work with composed data-types, or data-types using pointers, is not a built-in operation. AutoMap and AutoLink are two tools that provide those...
A summary of the Workshop on Non-neutral Plasmas, held in Boulder, Colorado, July 29 through August 1, 1997, is given. This workshop provided an opportunity for...
I Artaki, D Noctor, C Desantis, W Desaulnier, L Felton, M Palmer, J Felty, J Greaves, C A. Handwerker, J D. Mather, S Schroeder, D Napp, TG Y. Pan, J Rosser, P Vianco, G Whitten, Y Zhu
In 1997, the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Lead- Free Solder Project carried out by a consortium of 11 industrial corporations, academic...
The EXPRESS Web Server is a World Wide Web interface for standards developers creating specifications for STEP, the Standard for the Exchange of Product Model...
Light-measurement instrumentation based upon high-quality charge-coupled-devices (CCD) is currently in use for measuring the characteristics of electronic...
Angela R. Hight Walker, R D. Suenram, A C. Samuels, J O. Jensen, D Woolard, W Wiebach
Fourier-transform microwave (FTMW) spectroscopy is an established technique for observing the rotational spectra of molecules and complexes in molecular beams...
The reliability of gate oxides is becoming a critical concern as oxide thickness is scaled below 4 nm in future technology nodes. The breakdown detection...
Java and the World Wide Web are used as the basis of a tool that tests conformance with the InteroperableMessage Passing Interface communication protocol. The...
Light-measurement instrumentation based upon high-quality charge-coupled-devices (CCD) is currently in use for measuring the characteristics of electronic...
David J. Wineland, C Monroe, Wayne M. Itano, D Kielpinski, B E. King, C J. Myatt
We summarize e orts at NIST to implement quantum computation using trapped ions, based on a scheme proposed by J.I. Cirac and P. Zoller (Innsbruck University)...
Many of the experimental advances in understanding interfacial transition zone (ITZ) microstructure and its role in the performance of cement-based composites...
Jack A. Stone Jr., Alois Stejskal, Lowell P. Howard
In this paper we describe the status of our research on the use of diode lasers for absolute distance interferometry, and we discuss the major sources of...
Jack A. Stone Jr., Lowell P. Howard, Alois Stejskal
Diode lasers are becoming increasingly important in length metrology. In particular, the tunability of diode lasers makes them attractive for applications such...