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Injection Locking of a Semiconductor Double Quantum Dot Micromaser

November 2, 2015

Author(s)

Michael Gullans, Y.-Y. Liu, J. Stehlik, Jacob M. Taylor, Jason Petta

The semiconductor double quantum dot (DQD) micromaser generates photons through single electron tunneling events. Charge noise couples to the DQD energy levels...

Electrostatic Microprobe for Determining Charge Domains on Surfaces

November 2, 2015

Author(s)

Robert A. Fletcher

The electrostatic microprobe is a laboratory constructed instrument with the design purpose to measure charge content on wipe and various control surfaces. The...

A Measure of Dependence for Cryptographic Primitives Relative to Ideal Functions

November 2, 2015

Author(s)

Daniel C. Smith-Tone, Cristina Tone

In this work we present a modification of a well-established measure of dependence appropriate for the analysis of stopping times for adversarial processes on...

Cyber-Physical Systems Framework

November 2, 2015

Author(s)

David A. Wollman

Two worlds that have operated independentlythe digital and physical worldsare now merging, creating opportunities that will transform many sectors of our...

First far-infrared high resolution analysis of the nu6 band of phosgene 35Cl2CO and 35Cl37CLCO

November 2, 2015

Author(s)

Walter J. Lafferty

A Fourier transform spectrum of phosgene (Cl2CO) has been recorded in the 22.5 μm spectral region at a resolution of 0.00102 cm-1 using a Bruker IFS125HR...

The Fiber Break Evolution Process in a 2-D Epoxy/Glass Multi-Fiber Array

November 2, 2015

Author(s)

Edward D. McCarthy, Jae H. Kim, N. Alan Heckert, Stefan D. Leigh, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Gale A. Holmes

The mechanical integrity of a structural composite is strongly affected by the strength and toughness of the fiber-matrix interface/interphase [1], with...

Application of Natural Isotopic Abundance 1H-13C- and 1H-15N-Correlated Two-Dimensional NMR for Evaluation of the Structure of Protein Therapeutics

November 2, 2015

Author(s)

Luke Arbogast, Robert G. Brinson, John Marino

Methods for characterizing the higher-order structure of protein therapeutics are in great demand for establishing consistency in drug manufacturing, for...

Side Chain Conformational Distributions of a Small Protein Derived from Model-Free Analysis of a Large Set of Residual Dipolar Couplings

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Fang Li, Alexander Grishaev, Jinfa Ying, Adriaan Bax

Accurate quantitative measurement of structural dispersion in proteins remains a prime challenge to both X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy. An approach...

Inter-method Performance Study of Tumor Volumetry Assessment on Computed Tomography Test-retest Data

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Adele P. Peskin, Andrew Buckler, Jovanna Danagoulian, Kjell Johnson

Rationale and objectives The quantification of lung tumor volume change has potential as an imaging biomarker for diagnosis, therapy planning, and monitoring...

Monte Carlo based approach to the LS-NaI ß-γ anticoincidence extrapolation and uncertainty

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Ryan P. Fitzgerald

The β-γ anticoincidence method is used for the primary standardization of β-, β+, electron capture (EC), α, and mixed-mode radionuclides. Efficiency...

Combinatorial Analysis of Diagonal, Box and Greater-Than Polynomials as Packing Functions

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Pepe Torres Jimenez, Nelson Rangel-Valdez, Raghu Kacker, James F. Lawrence

Packing functions (PFs) are bijections between a set of m-dimensional vectors V over N m and nonnegative integers N. PFs have several applications, e.g. in...

Schwere Experimente

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Stephan Schlamminger, Christian Rothleitner

Obwohl die Standardunsicherheit der Gravitationskonstante in der neuesten Veröffentlichung des CODATA um über die Hälfte reduziert wurde, ist sie noch immer die...

History of Chromatography. Hamish Small: Experimenter Extraordinaire

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Andre M. Striegel

Hamish Small speaks to Andre Striegel about the secrets to his success in separation science and value of vague thoughts in scientific progress

Heat transfer principles in thermal calculation of structures in fire

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Chao Zhang, Usmani Asif

Structural fire engineering (SFE) is a relatively new interdisciplinary subject, which requires a comprehensive knowledge of heat transfer, fire dynamics and...

Is This for Real?: Fast Graphicality Testing

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Brian D. Cloteaux

When we have an integer sequence that can be realized as the degree sequence of some graph, we say that the sequence is graphic. While almost any graph theory...

Thermal Signature Measurements for Ammonium Nitrate/Fuel Mixtures by Laser Heating

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Cary Presser

Measurements were carried out to obtain thermal signatures of several ammonium nitrate/fuel (ANF) mixtures, using a laser-heating technique referred to as the...

Determination of Isoflavone Content in SRM 3238 Using Liquid Chromatography-Particle Beam/Electron Ionization Mass Spectrometry

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Lynn Zhang, Carolyn Burdette, Melissa M. Phillips, Kate Rimmer, R. K. Marcus

The characterization of active components in botanical materials is a challenging task, especially as increased consumption of botanicals and dietary...

Magnetocaloric Response Of Non-Stoichiometric Ni(sub2)MnGa Alloys and the Influence of Texture

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Michael V. McLeod, Anit Giri, Brigitte A. Paterson, Cindi L. Dennis, H L. Zhou, S C. Vogel, Yong Ho Sohn, Robert D. Shull, B S. Majumdar

Currently, there is significant interest in magnetocaloric materials for solid state refrigeration. In this work, polycrystalline Heusler alloys belonging to...

Towards the Development of a Documentary Standard for Derived-Point to Derived-Point Distance Performance Evaluation of Spherical Coordinate 3D Imaging Systems

October 30, 2015

Author(s)

Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Katharine M. Shilling, Prem K. Rachakonda, Wei Ren, Vincent D. Lee, Daniel S. Sawyer

This paper describes ongoing research work within the Dimensional Metrology Group (DMG) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in support...

Determination of 3-D molecular orientation by polarization broadband CARS spectroscopy

October 30, 2015

Author(s)

Young J. Lee

Theoretical description is presented about a new analysis method to determine 3-diminsional (3-D) molecular orientation by concurrently analyzing polarization...

Millimeter-Wave Near-Field Measurements Using Coordinated Robotics

October 29, 2015

Author(s)

Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Alexandra Curtin, Miranda L. Butler, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri

The National Institute of Standards and Tech- nology (NIST) recently developed a new robotic scan- ning system for performing near-field measurements at...

Zero to pi continuously controllable cross-phase modulation in a Doppler-broadened N-type electromagnetically-induced-transparency medium

October 29, 2015

Author(s)

Lu Deng, Edward W. Hagley, R B. Li, C J. Zhu

We demonstrate an observation of zero to π continuously controllable cross-phase- modulation based on an N-type electromagnetically-induced-transparency scheme...

Compositional Analysis of Biomass Reference Materials: Results from an Interlaboratory Study

October 29, 2015

Author(s)

David W. Templeton, Edward J. Wolfrum, Katherine E. Sharpless, James H. Yen

Biomass analysis methods are used to compare compositions of different lignocellulosic feedstocks, to measure component balance around unit operations, and to...

A Significance Test for Reverberation-Chamber Measurement Uncertainty in Total Radiated Power of Wireless Devices

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

Catherine A. Remley, Chih-Ming Wang, Dylan F. Williams, Joop Aan Den Toorn, Christopher L. Holloway

We develop a significance test that determines whether the component of uncertainty due to the finite number of stepped mode-stirring samples or the component...

New Results on Packing Degree Sequences and the 2-Color Discrete Tomography Problem

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

James Shook, Michael Ferrara, Jennifer Diemunsch, Sogol Jahanbekam

A sequence $\pi=(d_1,\ldots,d_n)$ is graphic if there is a simple graph $G$ with vertex set $\{v_1,\ldots,v_n\}$ such that the degree of $v_i$ is the $i$th...

An algorithm for synchronizing a clock when the data are received over a network with an unstable delay

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

Judah Levine

I will describe a method for synchronizing a clock to a remote time standard when the channel connecting to two has significant delay variation that can be...

Molecular Dynamics Evaluation of Dielectric Constant Mixing Rules for H2O-CO2 at Geologic Conditions

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

Raymond D. Mountain, Allan H. Harvey

Modeling of mineral reaction equilibria and aqueous-phase speciation of C-O-H fluids requires the dielectric constant of the fluid mixture, which is not known...

Double-integrating-sphere system at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in support of measurement standards for the determination of optical properties of tissue-mimicking phantoms

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

Paul Lemaillet, Jeeseong C. Hwang, David W. Allen

There is a need for a common reference point that will allow for the comparison of the optical properties of tissue mimicking phantoms. This paper provides a...

Distributions of a Linear Homopolymer Additive in an Ordered Block Copolymer Matrix as Quantified by Small Angle Neutron Scattering

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

Huagen H. Peng, Vikram Daga, Ying Lin, J J. Watkins, Wen-Li Wu, Christopher Soles

The addition of linear poly (acrylic acid) (PAA) to a disordered low molecular mass poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly (ethylene oxide) triblock...

HOW OLD IS IT? - 241PU/AMNUCLEAR FORENSIC CHRONOLOGY REFERENCE MATERIALS

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

Ryan P. Fitzgerald, Kenneth G. Inn

One material attribute for nuclear forensics is material age. 241Pu is almost always present in uranium- and plutonium-based nuclear weapons, which pose the...

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