Journals

The Multiple Origins of Broadening in Near-edge X-ray Spectra of Nitrogen Compounds

November 10, 2014

Author(s)

John T. Vinson, Terrence J Jach, W. T. Elam, J. D. Denlinger

A comparison of the N Kα emission spectrum of crystalline ammonium nitrate to molecular orbital calculations reveals a unique observation: the peak associated

Measurement and Calculation of Absolute Single and Double Charge Exchange Cross Sections for O6+ Ions at 1.17 keV/u and 2.33 keV/u Impacting He and H2

November 10, 2014

Author(s)

J. R. Machacek, D. P. Mahapatra, D. R. Schultz, Yuri Ralchenko, A. Chutjian, J. Simcic, S. M. Madzunkov, R. J. Mawhorter

Absolute single and double charge-exchange (CE) cross sections for the astrophysically-prominent O6+ ion with the atomic and molecular targets He and H2 are

Molecular dynamics simulation of thermal ripples in graphene with bond-order-informed harmonic constraints

November 7, 2014

Author(s)

Alexander Y. Smolyanitsky

We describe the results of atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of thermal rippling in graphene, obtained with a simple, low computational cost, harmonic

Tunable, stable source of femtosecond pulses near 2 υm via supercontinuum of an Erbium mode-locked laser

November 7, 2014

Author(s)

Andrew M. Klose, Gabriel G. Ycas, Daniel I. Maser, Scott A. Diddams

Ultrashort pulses of light in the 2 υm region were generated using supercontinuum broadening from an erbium fiber system. The output of a mode-locked erbium

Molecular Basis for the High CO₂ Adsorption Capacity in Chabazite Zeolites

November 7, 2014

Author(s)

Trong D. Pham, Matthew Ross Hudson, Craig Brown, Raul F. Lobo

The structure-property relationship for CO 2 adsorption in Li-, Na-, K-CHA (Si/Al = 5 and = 12), and pure silica chabazite (Si-CHA) zeolites was investigated by

Broad-Band Microwave-Based Metrology Platform Development: Demonstration of In-Situ Failure Mode Diagnostic Capabilities for Integrated Circuit Reliability Analyses

November 7, 2014

Author(s)

Lin You, Chukwudi A. Okoro, Jungjoon Ahn, Joseph Kopanski, Yaw S. Obeng, Rhonda R. Franklin

In this paper, we discuss the use of broadband high frequency electromagnetic waves (RF) to non- destructively identify, classify and characterize performance

Thermodynamic Interactions and Phase Behavior of Multicomponent Blends Containing Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, Styrene-Acrylonitrile Random Copolymer, and Deuterated Poly(methyl methacrylate)

November 7, 2014

Author(s)

Nicholas P. Young, Sebnem Inceoglu, Gregory M. Stone, Andrew J. Jackson, Steven R. Kline, Stephane Costeux, Nitash P. Balsara

Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) was used to probe the phase behavior of multicomponent mixtures of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO 2), styrene

Line shapes, positions and intensities of water transitions near 1.28 microns

November 7, 2014

Author(s)

Vincent T. Sironneau, Joseph T. Hodges

We present measurements of approximately 70 isolated, self-broadened, water vapor lines which are assigned to the (1,0,1)(0,0,0), (0,0,2)(0,0,0), (1,2,0)(0,0

Spin-orbit-coupled topological Fulde-Ferrell states of fermions in a harmonic trap

November 7, 2014

Author(s)

Lei Jiang, Eite Tiesinga, Xie-Ji Liu, Hui Hu, Han Pu

Motivated by recent experimental breakthroughs in generating spin-orbit coupling in ultracold Fermi gases using Raman laser beams, we present a systematic study

Fast transport of mixed-species ion chains within a Paul trap

November 6, 2014

Author(s)

Ryan S. Bowler, M. Palmer, John P. Gaebler, Dietrich G. Leibfried, J. G. Ceremuga

We investigate the dynamics of mixed-species ion crystals during transport between spatially distinct locations in a linear Paul trap in the diabatic regime. In

NIST 10 V Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard System Using a Low Capacity Cryocooler

November 6, 2014

Author(s)

Logan A. Howe, Anna Fox, Alain Rufenacht, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul Dresselhaus, Samuel Benz, Robert E. Schwall

Rising costs of and difficulty in obtaining liquid helium in many areas of the world provides strong motivation for cryogen-free operation of superconducting

Energy Transfer Between Eigenmodes in Multimodal Atomic Force Microscopy

November 5, 2014

Author(s)

Sang M. An, Santiago D. Solares Rivera, Sergio Santos, Daniel Ebeling

We present experimental and computational investigations of tetramodal and pentamodal atomic force microscopy (AFM), respectively, whereby the first four or

Critical behavior of zero-field magnetic fluctuations in perpendicularly magnetized thin films

November 4, 2014

Author(s)

Andrew L. Balk, Mark D. Stiles, John Unguris

We use video-rate magneto optical Kerr effect (MOKE) microscopy to study zero field magnetic fluctuations in a perpendicularly magnetized cobalt film at room

Fast Neutron Detection with a Segmented Spectrometer

November 3, 2014

Author(s)

Jeffrey S. Nico, T J. Langford, Christopher D. Bass, H Breuer, Craig Heimbach, D. K. Erwin

A fast neutron spectrometer consisting of segmented plastic scintillator and He-3 proportional counters was constructed for the measurement of neutrons in the

International Key Comparison of Neutron Fluence Measurements in Monoenergetic Neutron Fields CCRI(III)-K11

November 3, 2014

Author(s)

Maynard S. Dewey, V. Gressier, A. C. Bonaldi, David M. Gilliam, H. Harano, A. Masuda, T Matsumoto, N. Moiseev, Jeffrey S. Nico, R. Notle, S. Oberstedt, N. J. Roberts, S. Rottger, D. J. Thomas

To ensure the validity of their national standards, National Metrology Institutes, NMIs, participate regularly in international comparisons. In the area of

Draft B Report of Bilateral Key Comparison SIM.T-K6.3 on Humidity Standards in the Dew/Frost-point Temperature Range from -30 °C to 20 °C

November 3, 2014

Author(s)

Christopher W. Meyer, Peter H. Huang, Julio Brionizio

A Regional Metrology Organization (RMO) Key Comparison of dew/frost point temperatures TDP/FP was carried out by NIST and the Instituto Nacional de Metrologia

Archaeal DNA replication

November 3, 2014

Author(s)

Zvi Kelman, Lori M. Kelman

DNA replication is an essential process for all life forms. While the process is fundamentally conserved in the three domains of life, bioinformatics

Observations of Dicke narrowing and speed dependence in air-broadened CO2 lineshape near 2.06 um

November 3, 2014

Author(s)

Thinh Q. Bui, David Long, Agata Cygan, Vincent T. Sironneau, Daniel Hogan, Priyanka M. Rapusinghe, Mitchio Okumura

Frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy (FS-CRDS) was used to study CO2 lineshapes in the (20013)←(00001) band centered near 2.06 um. Two

Acoustic Emission and Low Temperature Calorimetry Study of Freeze and Thaw Behavior in Cementitious Materials Exposed to NaCl Salt

November 3, 2014

Author(s)

Yaghoob Farnam, Dale P. Bentz, Allison Hampton, Jason Weiss

This paper describes a series of experiments that were performed to assess the freeze-thaw behavior of mortar samples exposed to NaCl solutions. A low

Scattering resonances and bound states for strongly interacting Rydberg polaritons

November 3, 2014

Author(s)

Przemek Bienias, Soonwon Choi, Ofer Firstenberg, Mohammad F. Maghrebi, Mikhail Lukin, Alexey Gorshkov, Hans Peter Buchler

We provide a rigorous framework describing a low-density gas of slow-light polaritons propagating in one dimension under the conditions of electromagnetically

Which resonances in small metallic nanoparticles are plasmonic?

November 3, 2014

Author(s)

Emily Townsend, Garnett W. Bryant

We use time-dependent density functional theory to examine the character of various resonances corresponding to peaks in the optical response of small metallic

ATMP-Stabilized Iron Nanoparticles: Chelator-Controlled Nanoparticle Synthesis

November 1, 2014

Author(s)

Lauren F. Greenlee, Nikki S. Rentz, Roy H. Geiss

Iron nanoparticles are of interest in fields such as water treatment and alternative energy due to their reactive properties and low cost. When combined with

Effect of Acoustic Excitation on R134a/Al2O3 Nanolubricant Mixture Boiling on a Reentrant Cavity Surface

November 1, 2014

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski, Steven E. Fick

This paper quantifies the influence of acoustic excitation of Al2O3 nanoparticles on the pool boiling performance of R134a/polyolester mixtures on a commercial

Details of the Magnetization Reversal in Patterned Exchange-biased and Unbiased Thin Films

November 1, 2014

Author(s)

Robert D. Shull, Y. P. Kabanov, Andrew P. Chen, Cindi L. Dennis, V S. Gornakov, Valerian I. Nikitenko

New features of the magnetization reversal of a patterned bilayer in the form of a square mesh consisting of 16 um wide intersecting stripes of Ni(sub79)Fe

SLDMOL: A Tool for the Structural Characterization of Thermally Disordered Membrane Proteins

November 1, 2014

Author(s)

Joseph E. Curtis, Hailiang Zhang, Hirsh Nanda

SLDMOL is a program for modeling the one-dimensional scattering length density (SLD) profile of proteins at the lipid membrane-solution interface or adsorbed to

Change in the Magnetic Structure of (Bi,Sm)FeO₃ Thin Films at the Morphotropic Phase Boundary Probed by Neutron Diffraction

November 1, 2014

Author(s)

Shingo Maruyama, Varatharajan Anbusathaiah, Amy Fennell, Mechthild Enderle, Ichiro Takeuchi, William D. Ratcliff

We report on the evolution of the magnetic structure of BiFeO 3 thin films grown on SrTiO 3 substrates as a function of Sm doping. We determined the magnetic

Direct evidence of active and inactive phases of Fe catalyst nanoparticles for carbon nanotube formation

November 1, 2014

Author(s)

Stefano Mazzuccoo, Ying Wang, Mihaela M. Tanase, Matthieu C. Picher, Kai Li, Zhijian WU, Stephan Irle, Renu Sharma

Iron and carbon interactions play an important role in various industrial processes such as steel manufacturing, liquid fuel the production by Fischer Tropsch

Reproducible x-ray reflectometry optimization: statistical analysis of differential evolution fitting of multilayer structural models

October 31, 2014

Author(s)

Donald Windover, David Gil, Yasushi Azuma, Toshiyuki Fujimoto

We test the reproducibility of X-ray reflectometry(XRR) measurements and optimizations using an National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ)/National Institute

Structural and Dynamical Studies of Acid Mediated Conversion in Amorphous-Calcium-Phosphate Based Dental Composites

October 31, 2014

Author(s)

Fan Zhang, Andrew Allen, Lyle E. Levine, Mark D. Vaudin, Drago Skrtic, Joseph M. Antonucci, Kathleen Hoffman, Anthony A. Giuseppetti, Jan Ilavsky

Amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) based composites are promising restorative dental materials attributable to ACP's capacity to release calcium and phosphate

Liquid Chromatography: Fundamentals and Instrumentation

October 30, 2014

Author(s)

Catherine Rimmer