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Studies have been carried out to determine the influence of different chemical environments and tool shapes on damage produced during diamond tool scratching...
Nitin P. Padture, Christopher J. Evans, Hockin D. Xu, Brian R. Lawn
The machinability of a heterogeneous silicon carbide with weak interphase boundaries, elongated grains, and high internal stresses is evaluated relative to a...
The IGES/PDES Organization (IPO) 1994 Annual Report presents a general overview of the IPO''s accomplishments for 1994, gives details of accomplishments of the...
C Monroe, D M. Meekhof, B E. King, Steven R. Jefferts, Wayne M. Itano, David J. Wineland, P Gould
We report laser cooling of a single 9Be+ ion held in a rf (Paul) ion trap to where it occupies the quantum-mechanical ground state of motion. With the use of...
C Monroe, D M. Meekhof, B E. King, Wayne M. Itano, David J. Wineland
We demonstrate the operation of a two-bit "controlled-NOT" quantum logic gate, which, in conjunction with simple single-bit operations, forms a universal...
R. J. Berry, Donald R. Burgess Jr., Marc R. Nyden, Michael R. Zachariah, M Schwartz
Atomic equivalent (AEQ), BAC-MP4, G2(MP2), G2, CBS-4, BCS-Q, and CBS-QCI/APNO molecular orbital calculations were used to calculate enthalpies of formation in...
J Schneir, John S. Villarrubia, T Mcwaid, V W. Tsai, Ronald G. Dixson
Atomic force microscopes are being used increasingly for process metrology. As a case study, the measurement by atomic force microscope of a soda lime glass...
J Smith, Jun-Feng Song, F Rudder, Theodore V. Vorburger
Based on the Rockwell diamond indenter's microform calibrations recently developed at NIST, as well as a deadweight standardized Rockwell hardness machine, the...